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The Cadeby Main Colliery was a coal mine sunk in 1889 in
The Cadeby Main Colliery was a coal mine sunk in 1889 in Cadeby, South Yorkshire
Cadeby is a village and civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Doncaster in South Yorkshire, England. The population at the census of 2011 was 203. It is about five miles west of Doncaster, and four miles east of Mexborough.
History
The m ...
, England. It commenced production in 1893 and was worked until it was exhausted in 1986.
Cadeby Main pit disaster
On 9 July 1912 there was a major pit disaster at Cadeby Main Colliery. 35 miners died in the first explosion. However a further 53 died in a second explosion which affected the rescue team. 3 more miners died subsequently as a result of their injuries.References
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