MineArchiveExplosion disasters
Firedamp, coal dust or blasting explosions underground.
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2 disasters in the 1780s, of 502.
| Disaster | Date | Type | Region | Fatalities |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wallsend Colliery 'Dark Wall' explosion, 1786 In 1786 six men were killed by an explosion in the B Pit at Wallsend while cutting a communication with the A Pit through firedamp. The drive, 95 yards long, was afterwards known as the 'Dark Wall', because men chose to cut it in total darkness rather than by the light of a steel mill. |
1786 | Explosion | Tyne and Wear | 6 |
| Scott's Pit explosion, 1788 Thirteen men died of afterdamp after an explosion caused by naked lights at a Llansamlet colliery on 14 March 1788. Welsh Coal Mines places it at Scott's Pit, begun by Captain John Scott in the 1770s; the Durham Mining Museum records the same date, cause, toll and the same thirteen names under the name Llansamlet. Three of the dead were a father and his two sons. |
14 March 1788 | Explosion | Swansea | 13 |