Hartley Colliery Disaster

When

16 Jan 1862

Kind

Mining accident

Coordinates

55.08° N, 1.51° W

Description

1862 mining disaster which resulted in the deaths of 204 men and children, and led to safety legislation

Deaths

204

1862 mining disaster in England

The Hartley Colliery disaster was a coal mining accident in Northumberland, England, that occurred on 16 January 1862 and resulted in the deaths of 204 men and boys. The beam of the pit's pumping engine broke and fell down the shaft, trapping the men below. The disaster prompted a change in British law that required all collieries to have at least two independent means of escape.

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