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The Senghenydd colliery disaster, also known as the Senghenydd explosion (Welsh: Tanchwa Senghennydd), occurred at the Universal Colliery in Senghenydd, near Caerphilly, Glamorgan, Wales, on 14 October 1913. The explosion, which killed 439 miners and a rescuer, is the worst mining accident in the United Kingdom.
The following list of disasters in Great Britain and Ireland is a list of major disasters (excluding acts of war [a]) which relate to the United Kingdom, Ireland or the Isle of Man, or to the states that preceded them, or that involved their citizens, in a definable incident or accident such as a shipwreck, where the loss of life was forty or more.
Pages in category "Coal mining disasters in England" The following 38 pages are in this category, out of 38 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
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The Oaks explosion, which happened at a coal mine in West Riding of Yorkshire on 12 December 1866, remains the worst mining disaster in England.A series of explosions caused by firedamp ripped through the underground workings at the Oaks Colliery at Hoyle Mill near Stairfoot in Barnsley killing 361 miners and rescuers.
Monongah Mining disaster: Monongah, West Virginia, U.S. 344: 21 December 1910 Pretoria Pit Disaster: Westhoughton, England 319: 31 May 1892 Marie ore mine fire Příbram, Austria-Hungary (now Czech Republic) 301: 13 May 2014 Soma mine disaster: Manisa, Turkey 300+ 9 May 1993 Nambija mine disaster, landslide destroying several mines and buildings
The families of four men who died in a South Wales mining disaster 11 years ago have been told their inquests will be reopened. Garry Jenkins, 39, Philip Hill, 44, David Powell, 50, and Charles ...