Botallack Mine Botallack, Cornwall, 1863
The chain broke when hauling men up the Boscawan Diagonal Shaft. 9 died.
Brngweog Lead Mine, Mold, 1862
Inrush of water. 16 died.
Dolcoath Mine Camborne, Cornwall, 1893
Massive stope on the 412 level collapsed while it was being timbered killing 8 miners.
Furzehill Mine Horrabridge, Cornwall, 1866
Flooding caused by holing through into flooded abandoned workings. 8 died.
Levant Mine Pendeen, Cornwall, 1919
The man-engine, that the miners used to travel up and down the shaft failed when the engine rod suddenly broke. 31 died & 19 were injured.
Leadhills Lead Mine, Leadhills, Lanarkshire, 1817
Suffocation by smoke from an underground engine. 7 died.
Mill Close Lead Mine Darley Dale, Derbyshire, 1887
Methane Explosion caused by shotfiring. 5 died.
New Cathedral Mine St Day, Cornwall, 1881
Flooding caused by holing through into flooded abandoned workings. 8 died.
Porkellis Mine Helton, Cornwall, 1858
Slime inrush from plugged shaft which was weakened by working too close to it. 7 died.
Snaefell Lead Mine Laxey, Isle of Man, 1897
Carbon Monoxide cause by an underground fire killed many miners, 27 died.
Wheal Agar Redruth, Cornwall, 1883
Winding rope broke causing cage to fall to the bottom of the shaft. 12 died.
Wheal Owles St Just, Cornwall, 1893
Flooding caused by holing through into flooded abandoned workings. 19 died.
East Wheal Rose Newlyn, Cornwall, 1846
Severe flooding caused by a massive thunder storm. 38 men & boys died.
