Minnie Pit Disaster

Cuándo

12 ene 1918

Tipo

Accidente minero

Coordenadas

53.04° N, 2.31° W

Description

Coal mining disaster

Deaths

155

1918 coal mining accident in England

The Minnie Pit disaster was a coal mining accident that took place on 12 January 1918 in Halmer End, Staffordshire, in which 155 men and boys died. The disaster, which was caused by an explosion due to firedamp, is the worst ever recorded in the North Staffordshire Coalfield. An official investigation never established what caused the ignition of flammable gases in the pit.

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