Coal Mining Acident Hisstory

Coalmining Accidents and Deaths

This is a database of over 164,000 records containing the details of coalmining accidents and deaths in the UK. Some names are shown as "Witheld" - this is for reasons of Data Protection and relates to all records of people injured since 1950.

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A few examples of this tragic history:

• Joseph Birtley (age 7) in 1889
• Charles Hutchinson (age 9) in 1838
• William Northley (age 41) in 1866

Disasters

Information about disasters within the UK mining industry durng which 5 or more miners died. You can also study a full list of all disasters:

• Disasters during 1600 - 1799
• Disasters during 1800 - 1849
• Disasters during 1850 - 1899
• Disasters during 1900 - to date

Reports

UK Mining Disasters 1707 - 99  23-May 

70 kB

UK Mining Disasters 1800 - 19  23-May 

176 kB

UK Mining Disasters 1820 - 39  23-May 

490 kB

UK Mining Disasters 1840 - 49  23-May 

336 kB

UK Mining Disasters 1850 - 54  23-May 

302 kB

UK Mining Disasters 1855 - 59  23-May 

339 kB

UK Mining Disasters 1860 - 62  23-May 

403 kB

UK Mining Disasters 1863 - 66  23-May 

387 kB

UK Mining Disasters 1867 - 69  23-May 

455 kB

UK Mining Disasters 1870 - 72  23-May 

70 kB

UK Mining Disasters 1873 - 75  23-May 

292 kB

UK Mining Disasters 1876 - 77  22-Jul 

311 kB

UK Mining Disasters 1878 - 79  23-May 

406 kB

UK Mining Disasters 1880 - 81  27-Jun 

324 kB

UK Mining Disasters 1882 - 83  23-May 

262 kB

UK Mining Disasters 1884 - 85  23-May 

304 kB

UK Mining Disasters 1886 - 88  23-May 

220 kB

UK Mining Disasters 1889 - 90  23-May 

206 kB

UK Mining Disasters 1891 - 93  23-May 

313 kB

UK Mining Disasters 1894 - 95  23-May 

284 kB

UK Mining Disasters 1896 - 97  23-May 

309 kB

UK Mining Disasters 1898 - 1901  23-May 

232 kB

UK Mining Disasters 1902 - 05  23-May 

292 kB

UK Mining Disasters 1906 - 07  23-May 

242 kB

UK Mining Disasters 1908 - 10  23-May 

517 kB

UK Mining Disasters 1911 - 13  23-May 

314 kB

UK Mining Disasters 1914 - 18  23-May 

215 kB

UK Mining Disasters 1919 - 23  23-May 

410 kB

UK Mining Disasters 1924 - 29  23-May 

313 kB

UK Mining Disasters 1930 - 31  23-May 

409 kB

UK Mining Disasters 1932 - 34  23-May 

584 kB

UK Mining Disasters 1935 - 38  23-May 

267 kB

UK Mining Disasters 1939 - 42  23-May 

287 kB

UK Mining Disasters 1943 - 47  23-May 

436 kB

UK Mining Disasters 1948 - 51  23-May 

314 kB

UK Mining Disasters 1952 - 57  23-May 

266 kB

UK Mining Disasters 1958 - 62  23-May 

345 kB

UK Mining Disasters 1963 - 79  23-May 

463 kB