Minnie Pit Disaster

時期

1918年1月12日

種類

鉱山事故

座標

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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