Disasters

Explosions, floods, collapses and other major incidents at UK mines — including significant post-closure incidents in abandoned workings. Each record is researched to the same standard as a mine or terminology entry, not just a casualty count.

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Disaster	Date	Type	Region	Fatalities
Rhydding Colliery roof fall, 1876 Three men clearing an earlier fall in Evans and Bevan's Rhydding drift near Neath were killed by a fall of roof on 11 January 1876.	1876	Collapse / Roof Fall	Neath Port Talbot	3
Lady Windsor Colliery roof fall, 1918 Two timbermen securing a stall face in Lady Windsor Colliery's nine-feet seam were buried by a fall of roof in March 1918, and a second fall ended the rescue.	March 1918	Collapse / Roof Fall	Rhondda Cynon Taf	2
Dunraven Colliery cage collision, 1918 Two cages collided in the Tydraw Colliery shaft at Treherbert on 10 March 1918, throwing a fireman and an ostler some 150 yards to the bottom.	10 March 1918	Winding / Shaft Accident	Rhondda Cynon Taf	2
Dyffryn Main Colliery roof fall, 1919 A collier and his son were killed together by a fall of roof in the Graigola seam at the Main (Bryncoch) Colliery near Neath on 8 April 1919.	8 April 1919	Collapse / Roof Fall	Neath Port Talbot	2
Cwmgwrach Colliery suffocation, 1919 A night fireman and a repairer were suffocated in fenced-off gassy workings at the Empire Colliery, Cwmgwrach, on 28 October 1919.	28 October 1919	Gas / Asphyxiation	Neath Port Talbot	2
Cribbwr Fawr Colliery roof fall, 1918 A rider and his boy assistant were buried by a heavy fall of roof while riding a journey at Cribbwr Fawr Colliery, Pyle, on 18 June 1918.	18 June 1918	Collapse / Roof Fall	Bridgend	2
Abercrave Colliery roof fall, 1917 Six or seven tons of roof fell on three men waiting for a tram at Abercrave Colliery on 30 August 1917, killing two cousins, one aged 15.	30 August 1917	Collapse / Roof Fall	Powys	2
Gurnos Colliery runaway journey, 1916 A snapped coupling sent about six trams back down an incline at Gurnos Colliery, Ystradgynlais, on 24 November 1916, killing two men at a double parting.	24 November 1916	Haulage / Transport	Powys	2
Hook Colliery inrush, 1916 Colliers at Hook, Pembrokeshire, cut into flooded old workings on 22 September 1916; two men were drowned and an inquest jury blamed the manager's negligence.	22 September 1916	Flooding / Inundation	Pembrokeshire	2
Bedlinog Colliery roof fall, 1916 Two Dowlais repairers were buried under about 30 tons of roof while strengthening timber on a double parting in Bedlinog's No. 1 pit on 17 March 1916.	17 March 1916	Collapse / Roof Fall	Merthyr Tydfil	2
Lletty Shenkin Colliery roof fall, 1915 A fall of roof at Lletty Shenkin Colliery, Cwmbach, on 8 June 1915 buried two young colliers; one was heard alive for hours before a second fall ended the rescue.	8 June 1915	Collapse / Roof Fall	Rhondda Cynon Taf	2
Lewis Merthyr Colliery roof fall, 1909 Two brothers, James and George Morgan, were killed by a fall of roof at the Lewis Merthyr Collieries' Trefor pit on 26 April 1909 as they left work.	26 April 1909	Collapse / Roof Fall	Rhondda Cynon Taf	2
Aberpergwm Colliery runaway tram, 1901 Two riders were killed at Aberpergwm Colliery, Glynneath, on 13 August 1901 when an empty tram ran into the timber trolley they were riding.	13 August 1901	Haulage / Transport	Neath Port Talbot	2
Glyntillery Colliery shot-firing accident, 1914 A frozen gelignite charge exploded in its hole as it was being rammed at Glyntillery Colliery on 18 March 1914, killing the shotfirer and a repairer and badly injuring two more men.	18 March 1914	Explosion	Torfaen	2
Rhymney Merthyr Colliery roof fall, 1907 Four men clearing a fall in the Rhas Las seam at Pontlottyn in February 1907 were buried by a second fall; two were dug out alive after nearly three hours and two were dead.	February 1907	Collapse / Roof Fall	Caerphilly	2
Deep Navigation Colliery roof fall, 1914 A fall of roof 28 feet long on a double parting at Deep Navigation Colliery, Treharris, on 25 June 1914 killed one man outright and fatally injured another.	25 June 1914	Collapse / Roof Fall	Merthyr Tydfil	2
Bedwas Navigation Colliery shaft accident, 1911 Two sinkers were thrown from the bowk and fell to their deaths in the North Pit sinking at Bedwas on 15 July 1911, after improper signalling took the bowk past its landing.	15 July 1911	Winding / Shaft Accident	Caerphilly	2
Ammanford Colliery roof fall, 1910 Two men were killed three days before Christmas 1910 when three sets of double timber collapsed on a road under repair at Ammanford Colliery.	22 December 1910	Collapse / Roof Fall	Carmarthenshire	2
Cwmaman Colliery haulage accident, 1910 Two boys hurrying to the pit bottom at the end of their shift at Cwmaman Colliery were overtaken and killed by a journey of drams on 1 October 1910.	1 October 1910	Haulage / Transport	Rhondda Cynon Taf	2
Emlyn Colliery runaway journey, 1909 Two repairers walking out of Emlyn Colliery, Penygroes, at the end of the shift on 28 June 1909 were killed when a badly coupled tram and timber carriage ran wild down the slant.	28 June 1909	Haulage / Transport	Carmarthenshire	2
Merthyr Vale Colliery roof fall, 1902 A ripper and his assistant at Merthyr Vale Colliery were killed in January 1902 when the clod they were barring down fell on them before they could move.	January 1902	Collapse / Roof Fall	Rhondda Cynon Taf	2
Fochriw Colliery runaway journey, 1901 Nine trams broke loose from a journey on a Fochriw Colliery drift on 12 January 1901 and ran back into the men behind, killing two men and three horses.	12 January 1901	Haulage / Transport	Caerphilly	2
Fochriw Colliery runaway trams, 1900 Two workers on their way out of Fochriw Colliery's No. 2 pit were killed on 5 April 1900 when trams ran away on a double parting after a hitching plate broke.	5 April 1900	Haulage / Transport	Caerphilly	2
Mynydd Maen Colliery roof fall, 1930 Two brothers were killed by a 40 to 50 ton fall of roof at Mynydd Maen Colliery on 3 December 1930, after one of them pushed a 14-year-old boy clear.	3 December 1930	Collapse / Roof Fall	Torfaen	2
Tylecoch Colliery shaft accident, 1857 Three masons walling the new Tylecoch shaft at Treorchy were killed in February 1857 when a load of bricks fell on them from the pit top.	February 1857	Winding / Shaft Accident	Rhondda Cynon Taf	3
Bute Colliery shaft accident, 1872 A father and son coming up the Bute Colliery shaft at Treherbert in January 1872 were killed when a full tram ran into the shaft and broke their cage loose.	January 1872	Winding / Shaft Accident	Rhondda Cynon Taf	2
Bute Colliery explosion, 1865 An explosion of firedamp at the Bute Merthyr Colliery, Treherbert, the Rhondda's first steam-coal pit, killed four colliers on 17 February 1865.	17 February 1865	Explosion	Rhondda Cynon Taf	4
Llanover Colliery cage accident, 1912 Two men died at Llanover Colliery, Argoed, on 7 April 1912 when the winding rope snapped and their cage fell 140 yards to the bottom of the shaft.	7 April 1912	Winding / Shaft Accident	Caerphilly	2
Whitworth Colliery (Tredegar) suffocation, 1914 The under-manager, an overman and a fireman of Whitworth Colliery, Tredegar, were suffocated together in old workings on 21 February 1914, two of them apparently going to help the third.	21 February 1914	Gas / Asphyxiation	Blaenau Gwent	3
Whitworth Colliery (Tredegar) fall of coal, 1880 Two colliers and a boy of fourteen were killed by a fall of coal in the Whitworth Drift at Tredegar on 17 January 1880, although the coal had been spragged.	17 January 1880	Collapse / Roof Fall	Blaenau Gwent	3
Duffryn Rhondda Colliery roof fall, 1924 Three officials repairing a fall at Duffryn Rhondda Colliery, Cymmer, while the pit stood idle in the depression were killed by a second fall in November 1924.	November 1924	Collapse / Roof Fall	Neath Port Talbot	3
Killan Colliery roof fall, 1914 Two colliers at Killan Colliery, Dunvant, were killed on 26 June 1914 when the roof fell from unseen slants as they reset timber a shot had knocked out.	26 June 1914	Collapse / Roof Fall	Swansea	2
National Colliery roof fall, 1913 A timberman and his assistant ripping down the roof of a haulage road at National Colliery, Wattstown, were killed on 18 December 1913 when a large piece fell out.	18 December 1913	Collapse / Roof Fall	Rhondda Cynon Taf	2
Glamorgan Colliery roof fall, 1912 Two brothers, Charles and George Lemon, were killed on 14 October 1912 by a fall of roof near the face at the Glamorgan Colliery, Llwynypia, that knocked out seven pairs of timber.	14 October 1912	Collapse / Roof Fall	Rhondda Cynon Taf	2
Big Pit roof fall, 1911 Two men barring down low roof on a road at Big Pit, Blaenavon, were caught by the fall on 12 December 1911; one died at once and the other six days later.	12 December 1911	Collapse / Roof Fall	Torfaen	2
Tirpentwys Colliery roof fall, 1910 Two men repairing a haulage road at Tirpentwys Colliery, near Pontypool, were killed on 8 September 1910 when a large fall brought out six pairs of timbers.	8 September 1910	Collapse / Roof Fall	Torfaen	2
Cwmneol Colliery electrocution, 1906 A colliery mechanic and his son-in-law were electrocuted at Cwmneol Colliery on 18 July 1906 when the old winder's flywheel they were hoisting swung into live wires.	18 July 1906	Machinery	Rhondda Cynon Taf	2
Gelli Colliery roof fall, 1903 Two repairers ripping a road at Gelli Colliery were buried on 23 April 1903 when a great rock between two smooth slips fell and crushed out their new timbers.	23 April 1903	Collapse / Roof Fall	Rhondda Cynon Taf	2
Cambrian Colliery roof fall, 1902 Two men riding out on a journey of coal at Cambrian Colliery, Clydach Vale, were buried in September 1902 when a tram knocked out a collar and the roof fell.	September 1902	Collapse / Roof Fall	Rhondda Cynon Taf	2
Lan Colliery suffocation, 1900 Two colliers were suffocated by carbonic acid gas in an old shaft of the Llan Colliery, Pentyrch, on 25 June 1900, the second going down the rope to help the first.	25 June 1900	Gas / Asphyxiation	Cardiff	2
Pwllbach Colliery boiler explosion, 1937 Two colliers waiting to go down Pwllbach Colliery, Ystalyfera, were killed on 15 May 1937 when gases exploded in a boiler flue and wrecked the surface buildings around them.	15 May 1937	Explosion	Neath Port Talbot	2
Great Western Colliery explosion, 1913 Two men were killed at the Great Western Colliery, Pontypridd, at the end of December 1913 when gas released by a fall of roof was fired by a naked light.	December 1913	Explosion	Rhondda Cynon Taf	2
Onllwyn Colliery roof fall, 1909 Two hauliers at Onllwyn Colliery were killed on 23 April 1909 when a derailed tram of stones struck a timber framing, which collapsed and brought down the roof.	23 April 1909	Collapse / Roof Fall	Neath Port Talbot	2
Cwm Cynon Colliery roof fall, 1908 Two men at Cwm Cynon Colliery, Penrhiwceibr, were killed on 10 February 1908 when a large stone they were trying to bar down from the roof of a road fell on them.	10 February 1908	Collapse / Roof Fall	Rhondda Cynon Taf	2
Dyffryn Main Colliery railway collision, 1906 Three platelayers riding a trolley on Main Colliery's private railway at Bryncoch, near Neath, were killed on 20 September 1906 when a locomotive ran into them on a sharp bend.	20 September 1906	Haulage / Transport	Neath Port Talbot	3
Naval Colliery roof fall, 1903 Two roadmen were killed in the Ely Pit of Naval Colliery, Penygraig, in October 1903 when a rotten framing collar broke over a main heading and the roof fell on them.	October 1903	Collapse / Roof Fall	Rhondda Cynon Taf	2
Newmarket Colliery explosion, 1895 A collier and a byeworker at J. and J. Charlesworth's Newmarket Colliery, near Wakefield, were killed by an explosion of gas on 21 November 1895.	21 November 1895	Explosion	West Yorkshire	2
Manvers Main Colliery roof fall, 1892 A dataller and a sixteen-year-old driver were killed by a fall of stone at Manvers Main Colliery, Wath-upon-Dearne, near the end of the night shift on 9 May 1892.	9 May 1892	Collapse / Roof Fall	South Yorkshire	2
West Cannock Colliery roof fall, 1895 Two datallers retimbering a gate road at West Cannock Colliery, Hednesford, were fatally injured by a fall of roof rock on 5 March 1895.	5 March 1895	Collapse / Roof Fall	Staffordshire	2
Loanhead Colliery roof fall, 1895 Two miners, Abraham Pryde and Peter Frame, were killed by a fall of stone at the Shotts Iron Company's Loanhead Colliery on 11 October 1895.	11 October 1895	Collapse / Roof Fall	Midlothian	2
Thorncliffe Colliery gassing, 1890 Two young colliers at Thorncliffe Colliery, Chapeltown, were gassed on 2 May 1890 and died in the following days.	2 May 1890	Gas / Asphyxiation	South Yorkshire	2
Wednesbury Oak Colliery roof fall, 1891 A pikeman and a loader at Wednesbury Oak Colliery, Tipton, were killed on 19 December 1891 when roof bounded by slips fell in the Bottom Coal and knocked out the timber.	19 December 1891	Collapse / Roof Fall	West Midlands	2
Tibshelf Colliery roof fall, 1897 Two men clearing rock brought down by a shot at the gate end of Tibshelf No. 3 pit were killed by a second, heavier roof fall on 14 January 1897.	14 January 1897	Collapse / Roof Fall	Derbyshire	2
Murton Colliery roof fall, 1898 Two shifters retimbering a place at Murton Colliery were killed by a fall of stone at a slip in the roof on 2 May 1898.	2 May 1898	Collapse / Roof Fall	County Durham	2
Parkfield Colliery fall of clod, 1893 Two colliers at Parkfield Colliery, near Bristol, were killed on 12 January 1893 when a clod with an unseen slip at its back fell over and knocked out their sprags.	12 January 1893	Collapse / Roof Fall	Bristol	2
East Cannock Colliery suffocation, 1892 Two airway men at East Cannock Colliery, Hednesford, were found suffocated in the return airway on 6 April 1892, overcome by gases from a fire burning in the gob.	6 April 1892	Gas / Asphyxiation	Staffordshire	2
Rhondda Main Colliery shaft accident, 1910 Two sinkers at the new Rhondda Main Colliery, Ogmore Vale, were thrown back down the shaft on 15 August 1910 when a faulty throttle let the bowk run up into the platform.	15 August 1910	Winding / Shaft Accident	Bridgend	2
Blaendare Colliery explosion, 1901 Two masons walling an unventilated staple pit at Blaendare, near Pontypool, were killed on 28 February 1901 when gas under their staging fired at a naked light.	28 February 1901	Explosion	Torfaen	2
Avon Colliery shaft accident, 1880 Four men drowned in the flooded sump of the Great Western Railway's new Avon Colliery shaft at Abergwynfi on 6 September 1880 when a rope holding their walling stage broke.	6 September 1880	Winding / Shaft Accident	Neath Port Talbot	4
Wynnstay Colliery fall of coal, 1897 A contractor and his loader at Wynnstay Colliery, Ruabon, were crushed on 22 September 1897 when four yards of coal he was wedging down came away from a slip.	22 September 1897	Collapse / Roof Fall	Wrexham	2
Minera Lead Mines fall of ground, 1898 Two timbermen driving through the loose fill of an old stope at Minera were crushed on 11 August 1898 when a falling stone knocked out a timber and brought down thirty tons.	11 August 1898	Collapse / Roof Fall	Wrexham	2
Murton Colliery roof fall, 1892 Two timber drawers recovering props from a worked-out jud at Murton Colliery were killed by a heavy roof fall in the early hours of 24 November 1892.	24 November 1892	Collapse / Roof Fall	County Durham	2
Black Park Colliery scalding, 1896 Two men hosing hot ashes at the foot of Black Park Colliery's boiler-chimney shaft, near Chirk, were scalded to death on 27 January 1896 when falling debris turned the steam back on them.	27 January 1896	Other	Wrexham	2
Bold Colliery roof fall, 1895 Two colliers at Bold Colliery, St Helens, were killed by a roof fall on 2 September 1895, and the inquest jury called for officials to be made to visit their men more than once a shift.	2 September 1895	Collapse / Roof Fall	Merseyside	2
Collins Green Colliery roof fall, 1891 Two timbermen raising the bars of a main road at Collins Green Colliery were killed on 29 September 1891 when the last low bars gave way and the roof came down with them.	29 September 1891	Collapse / Roof Fall	Merseyside	2
Wheal Kitty shaft accident, 1895 Two miners hanging on the rope of a hand winch in Wheal Kitty's Vottle shaft fell to their deaths on 3 February 1895 when the winchmen changed gear without fastening the drum.	3 February 1895	Winding / Shaft Accident	Cornwall	2
Kingsbury Colliery sinking accident, 1895 Two sinkers were suffocated on 11 September 1895 when they were lowered, unchecked, into the gas-filled sinking shaft of the new Kingsbury Colliery in Warwickshire.	11 September 1895	Gas / Asphyxiation	Warwickshire	2
Pendleton Colliery shaft accident, 1894 Two men fell into the sump of Pendleton Colliery, Salford, on 23 August 1894 when a new balance scaffold tilted under one of them and he dragged the other in with him.	23 August 1894	Winding / Shaft Accident	Greater Manchester	2
Chisnall Hall Colliery overwind, 1893 Two men in the sinking pit at Chisnall Hall Colliery, Coppull, fell 170 yards on 29 July 1893 when the engineman overwound the hoppet and it parted from the safety hook.	29 July 1893	Winding / Shaft Accident	Lancashire	2
Maesteg Deep Colliery haulage accident, 1914 Two boys walking out of Maesteg Deep on 31 October 1914 were struck and dragged by a journey on the incline.	31 October 1914	Haulage / Transport	Bridgend	2
Maesteg Deep Colliery runaway journey, 1904 Four men were killed at Maesteg Deep on 14 November 1904 when a rider who had let himself into the locked engine house lost control of a journey carrying forty of the night shift down the drift.	14 November 1904	Haulage / Transport	Bridgend	4
Gilmilnscroft Colliery explosion, 1880 A Gilmilnscroft collier and his seventeen-year-old son died on 18 June 1880 after the son fired gas in a mine thought free of it, and the afterdamp kept rescuers back for three hours.	18 June 1880	Explosion	East Ayrshire	2
Sneyd Colliery shaft accident, 1895 Two ostlers going down Sneyd Colliery, Burslem, on 21 April 1895 were lowered into the water at the shaft bottom because a new winding rope was too long.	21 April 1895	Winding / Shaft Accident	Staffordshire	2
Bamfurlong Colliery roof fall, 1899 Two colliers working coal left beside a fault at Bamfurlong Colliery were buried by a roof collapse on 25 August 1899.	25 August 1899	Collapse / Roof Fall	Greater Manchester	2
Eston Ironstone Mines roof fall, 1897 Two ironstone miners at Eston were killed on 27 August 1897 by a large fall of roof as they brought down stone loosened by a shot.	27 August 1897	Collapse / Roof Fall	North Yorkshire	2
Cwmbran Colliery roof fall, 1893 A timberman and a fourteen-year-old boy retimbering a road at Cwmbran Colliery on 13 January 1893 were buried by a fall that went unnoticed for hours.	13 January 1893	Collapse / Roof Fall	Torfaen	2
Park Slip Colliery roof fall, 1899 A repairer and his son were killed at Park Slip Colliery, Tondu, on 23 November 1899 when rock fell from a fault slip as they enlarged a heading.	23 November 1899	Collapse / Roof Fall	Bridgend	2
Risca New Pit roof fall, 1894 Two young colliers who stayed behind to make their place safe at Risca on 26 February 1894 were killed by the roof as they set the extra timber.	26 February 1894	Collapse / Roof Fall	Caerphilly	2
Ferndale Colliery roof fall, 1891 Two men clearing an earlier fall at Ferndale's No. 1 pit, in the Rhondda Fach, were killed by a fresh fall of roof on 29 October 1891.	29 October 1891	Collapse / Roof Fall	Rhondda Cynon Taf	2
Agecroft Colliery roof fall, 1890 Two miners taking down top coal at Agecroft Colliery, Pendlebury, were killed on 13 June 1890 when it fell on them unexpectedly from slips.	13 June 1890	Collapse / Roof Fall	Greater Manchester	2
Kelty Colliery hoist accident, 1898 Two thirteen-year-old pithead girls at Kelty Colliery were killed on 28 May 1898 when a loaded hutch fell from a hoist cage onto the box where they sat.	28 May 1898	Machinery	Fife	2
Herrington Colliery roof fall, 1898 Three deputies clearing a fall on the Hutton Seam engine plane at Herrington Colliery were killed by a second fall from the roof on 17 August 1898.	17 August 1898	Collapse / Roof Fall	Tyne and Wear	3
Earnock Colliery roof fall, 1895 Two miners, Abraham McManus and Charles Rae, were killed by a fall of stone at Earnock Colliery, Hamilton, on 22 October 1895.	22 October 1895	Collapse / Roof Fall	South Lanarkshire	2
Ynyshir Colliery roof fall, 1897 A collier and his twelve-year-old son were killed by a fall of fireclay roof on the Barry road at the Ynyshir Standard Colliery in August 1897.	3 or 4 August 1897	Collapse / Roof Fall	Rhondda Cynon Taf	2
Loanhead Colliery roof fall, 1893 Two miners finishing a steep break incline in the Corbie coal at Loanhead were killed on 13 February 1893 when 20 tons of coal and blaes swept down it.	13 February 1893	Collapse / Roof Fall	Midlothian	2
Lochgelly Colliery roof fall, 1894 Two repairers retimbering a haulage road at Lochgelly on the colliers' idle day, 13 June 1894, were killed by a roof fall that went unnoticed for six hours.	13 June 1894	Collapse / Roof Fall	Fife	2
Bothwell Castle Colliery shaft accident, 1895 Two sinkers at the bottom of Bothwell Castle's No. 3 shaft were killed on 22 October 1895 when the sinking kettle caught the shaft timbering on its way up and fell 180 fathoms.	22 October 1895	Winding / Shaft Accident	South Lanarkshire	2
Bedlinog Colliery roof fall, 1898 Two repairers were killed on 19 September 1898 when 25 feet of rock roof came down on a Nottinghamshire face at Bedlinog No. 2 Colliery.	19 September 1898	Collapse / Roof Fall	Merthyr Tydfil	2
Montagu Colliery explosion, 1891 Two men recovering rails from an old part of Montagu Colliery, Scotswood, were killed on 9 December 1891 when gas fired at their lamps.	9 December 1891	Explosion	Tyne and Wear	2
Beamish Colliery explosion, 1891 Two stonemen looking for rails in old workings at Beamish Second Pit were fatally burned on 10 February 1891 when a candle fired gas lying in the roof.	10 February 1891	Explosion	County Durham	2
Bettisfield Colliery roof fall, 1895 Two repairers were killed at Bettisfield Colliery, Bagillt, on 1 July 1895 when loose top roof they had not drawn down fell on them as they set timbers in the main road.	1 July 1895	Collapse / Roof Fall	Flintshire	2
Westminster Colliery roof fall, 1896 Two byemen drawing timber from an abandoned road at Westminster Colliery, near Wrexham, were buried by a roof fall along a slip on 3 December 1896.	3 December 1896	Collapse / Roof Fall	Wrexham	2
Deaf Hill Colliery roof fall, 1897 Two hewers were killed by a fall of stone from between two slips in a longwall face at Deaf Hill Colliery, County Durham, on 12 February 1897.	12 February 1897	Collapse / Roof Fall	County Durham	2
Cadeby Main Colliery explosion, 1899 An explosion of gas at Cadeby Main Colliery on 11 March 1899, thirteen years before its great disaster, fatally burned two colliers.	11 March 1899	Explosion	South Yorkshire	2
Seaton Delaval Colliery shot accident, 1897 Two stonemen were killed by a gelignite shot in the Hastings pit at Seaton Delaval Colliery, Northumberland, on 1 February 1897.	1 February 1897	Explosion	Northumberland	2
Hebburn Colliery scalding, 1890 Two blacksmiths at Hebburn Colliery on Tyneside were scalded to death on 13 September 1890 when a valve was opened on the steam pipes to an underground engine.	13 September 1890	Machinery	Tyne and Wear	2
Edmondsley Colliery shaft accident, 1891 A master sinker and a sinker were killed at Edmondsley Colliery on 13 June 1891 when the banksman ran a kibble tram into a chock and it went down the shaft.	13 June 1891	Winding / Shaft Accident	County Durham	2
Llanbradach Colliery cage accident, 1898 Two men were thrown out and killed at Llanbradach Colliery on 28 September 1898 when a cage of fifteen struck staging left jutting into the shaft at the Four Feet seam.	28 September 1898	Winding / Shaft Accident	Caerphilly	2
Nantmelyn Colliery roof fall, 1893 A fall of rock in an untimbered heading at Nantmelyn Colliery, Cwmdare, on 22 December 1893 killed at least two colliers, one of them seventeen.	22 December 1893	Collapse / Roof Fall	Rhondda Cynon Taf	2
Ballochmyle Colliery shaft accident, 1897 An overman and a miner fell to their deaths at Ballochmyle, Auchinleck, on 19 October 1897 when the timbering of an air drift at the shaft top gave way and debris broke through the cage cover.	19 October 1897	Winding / Shaft Accident	East Ayrshire	2