The outlets of the pit were closed to starve the fire of oxygen. The fire was detected around 270m underground in the Cecil pit in afternoon the day before the explosion. Ignition of methane by the naked flame of a miner’s lamp.An accident during the handling of mining explosives.Two main causes of the explosion have been hypothesized: The disaster was the result of a coaldust explosion which swept through the mine. The disaster caused the deaths of 1,099, becoming Europe’s worst mining disaster. The Courrieres mine disaster in France, occurred on 10 March 1906 in the Courriers mine located near the Pas-de-Calais hills in northern France. Courrieres Coal Mine Disaster (1906) – France Ĭarbon monoxide poisoning due to the closure of the ventilation system was reported to have caused most of the deaths. The mine had intially been a joint venture between China and Japan, until it was forcefully operated by the Japanese until the end of World War II in 1945.Conditions in the mines were deplorable food was scarce, and the workers’ clothing was in tatters.įollowing the liberation of Liaoning province from the Japanese Army’s control, the Soviet Union conducted an investigation of the mine accident. An electric fence was erected around the pit to obstruct the entry of miner’s relatives. The ventilation system was shut off and the pit head was sealed by the mine operator to deprive the underground of oxygen.
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