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UK Disaster reports
In this section of the site we will provide text of the official reports of the Mines Inspectorate into disasters and major incidents that have occurred in the rest of the UK. This section will gradually grow as more reports are added over the coming months. If you have any of the reports we have not already made available and are willing to let us borrow the report to copy (and return!) then please let us know via email to the webmaster (see menu at left).
The ability to provide this information is due to the relaxation of Crown Copyright for some classes of documents. After consultation with HMSO we have been granted a Class Licence (Number C01W0000177) to reproduce this material.
These reports are generally known as "Command Papers" as they are presented to Parliament by Command of His/Her Majesty. The specific Command Paper number is given in the left column of the following table - click on this and it will take you to the text of the report.
We have also provided an index to the names mentioned in the text of the reports, click here to access the index.
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Cmd 3698 | 26th | Feb | 1930 | Lyme Colliery | F. H. Wynne | |||
| Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by shot firing | |||||||||
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Cmd 7221 | 10th | Jan | 1947 | Burngrange Nos. 1 & 2 | A. M. Bryan | |||
| Explosion, firedamp and fire, ignition caused by flame of open acetylene cap lamp | |||||||||
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Cmd 7434 | 9th | Sep | 1947 | Ingham | ||||
| Explosion, firedamp propagated by coal dust, ignition caused by spark from flame safety lamp | |||||||||
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Cmd 8180 | 7th | Sep | 1950 | Knockshinnock Castle | Sir Andrew Bryan | |||
| Inrush of liquid peat or moss from surface | |||||||||
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Cmd 8574 | 26th | Sep | 1950 | Creswell | Sir Andrew Bryan | |||
| Fire caused by frictional heating of torn belting | |||||||||
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Cmd 9019 | 10th | Oct | 1952 | Bedwas | T. A. Jones | |||
| Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by relighting of flame safety lamp | |||||||||
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Cmd 9553 | 13th | Jan | 1954 | Glyncorrwg | T. A. Jones | |||
| Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by sparking at the wedge of the Schlorn bar | |||||||||
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Cmnd 287 | 6th | Sep | 1955 | Blaenhirwaun | T. A. Jones | |||
| Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by sparks produced by friction between fan blades of compressed air turbine fan and pieces of stone | |||||||||
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Cmnd 327 | 21st | Feb | 1957 | Sutton | A. Winstanley | |||
| Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by incendive flash from terminal box of a motor | |||||||||
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Cmnd 331 | 6th | Mar | 1957 | Chanters | ||||
| Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by electric arc from cover plate of busbar chamber of switch for the Pikrose haulage | |||||||||
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Cmnd 279 | 26th | Jun | 1957 | Barnburgh Main | C. W. Scott | |||
| Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by flash from a damaged electric cable | |||||||||
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Cmnd 414 | 7th | Dec | 1957 | Golborne | G. Hoyle | |||
| Explosion, firedamp, ignition probably caused by shot firing | |||||||||
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Cmnd 475 | 4th | Mar | 1958 | Brookhouse | A. E. Crook | |||
| Shaft accident, overwind, caused by excessive speed of winding engine due to faulty breaking | |||||||||
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Cmnd 843 | 22nd | Apr | 1959 | Walton | T. A. Rogers | |||
| Explosion, firedamp propagated by coal dust, ignition caused by electric arc from damaged trailing cable of coal cutting machine | |||||||||
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Cmnd 935 | 26th | Sep | 1959 | St. Johns | H. J. Perrins | |||
| Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by spark at flange gap of plug and socket coupling of a drilling machine | |||||||||
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Cmnd 1000 | 10th | Oct | 1959 | Bickershaw Nos. 1, 2, 3 & 4 | R. H. Clough | |||
| Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by spontaneous combustion of heated material | |||||||||
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Cmnd 1272 | 28th | Jun | 1960 | Six Bells | T. A. Rogers | |||
| Explosion, firedamp propagated by coal dust, ignition caused by frictional heat from a piece of falling quartzitic rock | |||||||||
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Cmnd 1845 | 22nd | Mar | 1962 | Hapton Valley | H. S. Stephenson | |||
| Explosion, firedamp propagated by coal dust, ignition probably caused by either shot firing or frictional heat | |||||||||
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Cmnd 1850 | 12th | Apr | 1962 | Tower | C. Leigh | |||
| Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by severe short circuit to earth in an electric cable | |||||||||
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Cmnd 2813 | 17th | May | 1965 | Cambrian | H. S. Stephenson | |||
| Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by defective gate-end switch controlling the return end plough motor | |||||||||
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Cmnd 3657 | 9th | Sep | 1967 | Michael | H. S. Stephenson | |||
| Underground fire, spontaneous combustion | |||||||||
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Cmnd 4804 | 6th | Apr | 1971 | Cynheidre/Pentremawr | J. S. Marshall | |||
| Outburst of Coal and Firedamp | |||||||||
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Cmnd 5557 | 30th | Jul | 1973 | Markham | J. W. Calder | |||
| Overwind | |||||||||
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Report | 12th | Jun | 1975 | Houghton Main | J. Carver | |||
| Explosion of firedamp | |||||||||