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The Gresford disaster occurred on 22 September 1934 at Gresford Colliery, near Wrexham, when an explosion and underground fire killed 261 men.Gresford is one of Britain's worst coal mining disasters: a controversial inquiry into the disaster did not conclusively identify a cause, though evidence suggested that failures in safety procedures and poor mine management were contributory factors.
The Millfield Mine disaster occurred November 5, 1930, at the Sunday Creek Coal Company Poston Mine Number 6 in Dover Township, Athens County, Ohio.It was the state's worst mine disaster, killing 82 men.
The fires continued to burn for over a week, and on November 29, rescuers finally admitted defeat after air samples from drill holes showed air unable to sustain human life. The mine was sealed on November 30 with concrete to starve the fire of oxygen. [7] In September 1969, the mine was unsealed in an attempt to recover the miners' bodies.
The incident led to the Mines (Precautions Against Inrushes) Regulations 1979 (PAIR), requiring examination of records held by the Natural Environment Research Council which might be relevant to proposed workings [and] diligent enquiry into other sources of information which may be available, e.g. from geological memoirs, archives, libraries and persons with knowledge of the area and its history.
The Redding pit disaster was a coal mining disaster in September 1923 when an inrush of water trapped 66 miners underground at a mine shaft in the Central Belt of Scotland, with 40 fatalities. History
It has been said that Queen Elizabeth's biggest regret is her response to the Aberfan mining disaster. Here's why it took her eight days to visit, as depicted in 'The Crown' season 3.
The Senghenydd explosion remains the worst mining disaster in Britain. [87] The deaths of 440 men from a small community had a devastating effect; 60 victims were younger than 20, of whom 8 were 14 years old; 542 children had lost their fathers and 205 women were widowed.
Police have arrested at least a dozen suspects in connection with Turkey's coal mining disaster that killed hundreds last week. Officials say the mine collapsed Tuesday in the city of Soma ...