HC Deb 03 March 1930 vol 236 cc60-1W
Mr. WRIGHT

asked the Secretary for Mines the number of colliery explosions, the names of the collieries, and the loss of life in South Yorkshire for the years 1910 to 1929?

Mr. TURNER

The information is as follows:

LIST of FATAL ACCIDENTS from Explosions of Firedamp or Coal Dust in South Yorkshire from 1910 to 1929, and the number of lives lost.
Date of Explosion. Name of Colliery. No. of Deaths.
21st July, 1910 Rotherham Main 3
21st August, 1911 Maltby Main 3
2nd February, 1912 Bentley 3
6th July, 1912 Barnley Main 3
9th July, 1912 Cadeby Main 88*
30th May, 1914 Wharncliffe Silkstone 12
22nd June, 1914 Haigh 1
9th January,1917 Handsworth 2
2nd March, 1918 Wharnecliffe Wood 1
31st March, 1921 Hickleton Main 1
28th July, 1923 Maltby Main 27
23rd February, 1924 Birley East 4
24th April, 1924 Mottram Wood 1
* A further death occurred during 1913.