Maypole Colliery disaster

Quand

18 août 1908

Type

Accident minier

Coordonnées

53.51° N, 2.59° W

Description

1908 mining disaster that occurred in North-West England

Deaths

76

1908 mining disaster that occurred in North-West England

The Maypole Colliery disaster was a mining accident on 18 August 1908, when an underground explosion occurred at the Maypole Colliery, in Abram, near Wigan, then in the historic county of Lancashire, in North West England. The final death toll was 75.

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