Cadeby Main pit disaster

Wann

9. Juli 1912

Art

Grubenunglück

Koordinaten

53.49° N, 1.23° W

Description

coal mining accident in South Yorkshire, England

Deaths

91

1912 coal mining accident in England

The Cadeby Main Pit Disaster was a coal mining accident on 9 July 1912 which occurred at Cadeby Main Colliery in Cadeby, West Riding of Yorkshire, England, killing 91 men. Early in the morning of 9 July an explosion in the south-west part of the Cadeby Main pit killed 35 men, with three more dying later due to their injuries.

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