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On this day, January 16, 1862, 204 men and children died in the Hartley Colliery disaster.
Hartley Colliery disaster
Coordinates: 55°05'02"N 01°30'51"W
Drawing of the fractured cast iron beam, from the Illustrated London News, 1 February 1862
Date: 16 January 1862
Time: 10:30
Location: New Hartley, Northumberland, England
Coordinates: 55°05'02"N 01°30'51"W
Led to a legal requirement for all mines to have at least two shafts
The Hartley Colliery disaster (also known as the Hartley Pit disaster or Hester Pit disaster) was a coal mining accident in Northumberland, England, that occurred on 16 January 1862 and resulted in the deaths of 204 men and children. The beam of the pit's pumping engine broke and fell down the shaft, trapping the men below. The disaster prompted a change in British law that required all collieries to have at least two independent means of escape.
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Coordinates: 55°05'02"N 01°30'51"W
Drawing of the fractured cast iron beam, from the Illustrated London News, 1 February 1862
Date: 16 January 1862
Time: 10:30
Location: New Hartley, Northumberland, England
Coordinates: 55°05'02"N 01°30'51"W
Led to a legal requirement for all mines to have at least two shafts
The Hartley Colliery disaster (also known as the Hartley Pit disaster or Hester Pit disaster) was a coal mining accident in Northumberland, England, that occurred on 16 January 1862 and resulted in the deaths of 204 men and children. The beam of the pit's pumping engine broke and fell down the shaft, trapping the men below. The disaster prompted a change in British law that required all collieries to have at least two independent means of escape.
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