Notes from Dr. Borkosky

Bilston, Staffordshire. -On 24 March 1947 13 miners from Staatsmijn Hendrik were killed in a fire caused by an overheated conveyor belt. The first of these was in 1975, at the Kianga Mine, where 13 men died in an underground explosion. The First Dawson Disaster was a mining accident on October 22, 1913 in Dawson, New Mexico in which 263 men died (146 were Italian and 36 were Greek). Information supplied by Ian Winstanley and the Coal Mining History Resource Centre. The Cherry Mine disaster was a fire in the Cherry, Illinois, coal mine in 1909, and surrounding events, in which 259 men and boys died. 11 mine explosion, Oglebay-Norton mine, Craigsville, West Virginia, Federal Coal Mine Health and Safety Act of 1969, Underground mining (hard rock)#Mining methods, List of environmental accidents in the fossil fuel industry in Australia, Mining disasters in Bosnia and Herzegovina, an explosion occurred in a mine in Copiapó, its historic, successful rescue of 33 miners who had been stuck underground in the San Jose mine for a record period of nearly 10 weeks, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, "The world's worst coal mining disasters", Pittsburgh Post Gazette July 3,1960 page 3 section 1, "Times 4 July 1890 — Virginia Chronicle: Digital Newspaper Archive", "Durham Mining Museum - Colliery Disaster", "Los accidentes mineros más graves de la historia de España", "1938 Markham Disaster - Neil's Local History & Mining Site", "Myanmar jade mine landslide kills more than 100", http://www.angelofoz.com/beaconsfield_miners_2006/index.htm, "Remembering Moura No 4 mine disaster | Mine Safety Journal", "Moura No.2 Mine Disaster | Written in Blood | Mine Safety Journal", "Charges laid over Gretley coal mine disaster" ABC news 12/8/2003. He told the doggy not to drive the level any further but to start bricking the part that already been excavated and the boring rods were to be used. The total death toll from these disasters was 3,119 people.

30th. 30th. It caused the death of 1,099 miners (including many children) in Northern France on 10 March 1906. At the inquiry into the disaster before the Coroner, it was shown that the workings were under the control of Mr. John Harvey, the colliery manager whose son surveyed the pit under the direction of his father. The Cross Mountain Mine disaster occurred on December 9, 1911 near the community of Briceville, Tennessee, killing 84 miners. The Speculator Mine Disaster occurred in the copper mines of Butte, Montana on June 8, 1917. The workings had been carried on by way of the No.23 shaft but to try to drain them, a headway had been driven from another shaft, the No.7 in the Gubbin Ironstone Measure which lay below the Thick Coal. Bilston, Staffordshire. Federal laws for mining safety resulted from this disaster. In the metalliferous mines of Cornwall, some of the worst accidents were at East Wheal Rose in 1846, where 39 workers were killed by a sudden flood; at Levant mine in 1919, where 31 were killed and many injured in a failure of the man engine; 12 killed at Wheal Agar in 1883 when a cage fell down a shaft and seven killed at Dolcoath mine in 1893 when a large stull collapsed. Many coal mining disasters of the early 20th century were covered by the photographer Warner Gothard of Barnsley. This stated: That sufficient boreholes shall be kept in advance, and if necessary, on both sides, to prevent inundations in every working place likely to contain a dangerous accumulation of water. General Rule, the disaster might have been avoided and the jury returned the following verdict: The deaths of the seven deceased persons were caused by a rush of water into the pit in which they were working, occasioned by the neglect of John Harvey, senior but the jury do not consider the evidence sufficient to incriminate him. I know very little about coal mining, although my Sproston grandfather, and his father and grandfather, were all coal miners in the Butt Lane area of Talke (my gggrandfather Samuel Sproston was killed due to a roof fall at Slappenfield Colliery, Talke in 1879, burial place unknown). It is Staffordshire's worst mining accident. [citation needed], On April 26, 1942, during World War II, in the Benxihu (Honkeiko) coal mine in Liaoning Province, China, what is believed to be the worst mining disaster in history took the lives of over 1,500 people. During the whole of the operations, Captain Thornycroft remained at the pit head and descended the pit with Mr. Baker and others to make an examination. In 1942, 57 men and boys died in the Sneyd Pit disaster in Burslem in Stoke on Trent.

A loud rush of water was heard at the surface, the scaffold at the entrance to the level was swept away and the shaft filled with gas which was swept before the water from the workings. After a long hearing the magistrate said: This was most important case, and if it had been proved to his satisfaction, it was one in which he should have inflicted the very highest penalty, namely £20. Most of the deaths these days occur in developing countries, and rural parts of developed countries where safety measures are not practiced as fully. The butty did not hear this as he was out of earshot.

Up to the time of the accident the level had been driven 103 yards at an inclination of about 1 in 19 from the No.7 shaft to within about three or four feet of the bottom of the Thick Coal. [62] Five people were killed in July 2013 after the tanzanite quarry they were working in the Mererani mining hills collapsed above their heads. Terazawa K, Takatori T, Tomii S, Nakano K. South Africa Delayed reaction : Time magazine 22 February 1960 -, List of accidents and disasters by death toll, Learn how and when to remove this template message, Osage Coal & Mining Company’s No.

The Mines Inspectors Report 1862.

The Courrières mine disaster was the worst ever pit mine disaster in Europe. In England, The Oaks explosion remains the worst mining accident, claiming 388 lives on 12–13 December 1866 near Barnsley in Yorkshire although in the first and main explosion on 340 died, less than at the Hulton colliery but subsequent explosions claimed other lives during the night and the following day.

The swelling Susquehanna River collapsed into a mine under it and resulted in 12 deaths. Progress was limited as water from the upper workings was pouring into the sump. [84][85] On April 5, 2010, in the Upper Big Branch Mine disaster an underground explosion caused the deaths of 29 miners. If in this case they had been used, the lamentable accident would not have happened.

[46], On 4 January 2014 The Chinese Government stated that 1,049 people died in the year 2013, down 24 percent from 2012. The last body was found in the sump of the engine pit. "Mine found guilty over Gretley disaster" The Sydney Morning Herald 9/8/2004. The information given in the following tables is the result of seven years research into fatal coal mining accidents in several counties. In 1959, the Knox Mine Disaster occurred in Port Griffith, Pennsylvania. In the past, he had found that the water in the workings had always run off into the goaves when it reached a certain height. -On 3 March 1958 7 miners lost their lives when a cave-in occurred at Staatsmijn Maurits in Geleen. Three billion yuan (360 million US dollars) were dedicated for technological renovation on work safety, gas management in particular, at state-owned major coal mines. Mr. Thomas Bolton, solicitor of Wolverhampton appeared for the prosecution and James Motteram of the Oxford circuit for the defence. A few days after the inquest John Harvey was dismissed as the colliery manager but was employed at the colliery in another capacity. However, the 2006 rate was 20.1% less than 2005 despite an 8.1% increase in production. The government also promised to send safety supervision teams to 45 coal mines with serious gas problems and invite colliery safety experts to evaluate safety situations in coal mines and formulate prevention measures. OLD BRADLEY. Chatterley Whitfield is a disused coal mine on the outskirts of Chell, near Stoke on Trent in Staffordshire. During 2006, 72 miners lost their lives at work, 47 by coal mining. The Second Dawson Disasters was a mining accident on February 8, 1923 in Dawson, New Mexico in which 123 men died. Author Topic: Coal Mining accidents Staffordshire (Read 3364 times) Keziahemm. It was found too dangerous to proceed below the level at which the accident occurred since the sides of the shaft walling had almost been totally destroyed by the influx of water. In May 2014, in Soma, Manisa there was a major mine collapse caused by an explosion. Morfa Colliery,[82] near Port Talbot, Glamorgan, and Black Vein Colliery, Risca, Monmouthshire, suffered three disasters before they were closed for being unsafe. Steps were taken to re-wall the shaft and this work was carried on by relays of men working during the night when there was very heavy rain falling. As a result, Chinese bureaucrats habitually hide scandals (such as mine disasters, chemical spills, the 2003 SARS epidemic, and tainted milk powder) for fear of being held accountable by the ruling Communist Party or exposing their own illicit deals with companies involved. Contents.

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