Oaks explosion

When

12 Dec 1866

Kind

Mining accident

Coordinates

53.55° N, 1.45° W

Description

Mining explosion in 1866

Deaths

361

1866 British mining disaster

The Oaks explosion, which happened at a coal mine in South Yorkshire on 12 December 1866, remains the worst mining disaster in England. A series of explosions caused by firedamp ripped through the underground workings at the Oaks Colliery at Hoyle Mill near Stairfoot in Barnsley killing 361 miners and rescuers. It was the worst mining disaster in the United Kingdom until the 1913 Senghenydd explosion in Wales.

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