Accident minier

Bedford Colliery Disaster

13 août 1886 · 53.50° N, 2.50° W

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13 août 1886
Type
Accident minier
Coordonnées
53.50° N, 2.50° W
Description
1886 coal mining disaster
Deaths
38

Bedford Colliery disaster

1886 coal mining disaster

The Bedford Colliery disaster occurred on Friday 13 August 1886 when an explosion of firedamp caused the death of 38 miners at Bedford No.2 Pit, at Bedford, Leigh in what then was Lancashire. The colliery, sunk in 1884 and known to be a "fiery pit", was owned by John Speakman.

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