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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. | ||