West Stanley Pit Disaster
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| Cause | unsafe lamps ignited sudden inrush of firedamp |
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| ID | 2444749 |
About West Stanley Pit Disaster
The West Stanley colliery was a coal mine near Stanley. The mine opened in 1832 and was closed in 1936. Over the years several seams were worked through four shafts: Kettledrum pit, Lamp pit, Mary pit and New pit. In 1882 an underground explosion killed 13 men and in 1909 another explosion killed 168 men.
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