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Explosion disasters

Firedamp, coal dust or blasting explosions underground.

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2 disasters in the 1770s, of 502.

DisasterDateTypeRegionFatalities
Neston Colliery explosion, 1777
An explosion at Neston Colliery killed four colliers, among the earliest recorded fatal mining accidents on the Wirral peninsula.		 17 May 1777 Explosion Cheshire 4
Chartershaugh Colliery Explosion, 1778
A firedamp explosion at Chartershaugh Colliery on 8 December 1778 killed 24 men, one of the deadliest recorded Durham coalfield disasters of the eighteenth century.		 8 December 1778 Explosion County Durham 24

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