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Lung Hill Colliery explosion 1857
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Lung Hill Colliery explosion 1857
Explosion at Lung Hill Colliery in Wombwell neighbourhood of Barnsley, South Yorkshire. 200 miners went down the pit that day, in which 189 men and boys aged between 10 and 59 died, caused by a firedamp explosion. Date: 19 February 1857
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1850s 1857 Accidents Barnsley Coal Collieries Colliery Deaths Died Disaster Disasters Explosion Lung Miners Mining Shaft Wombwell
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