page_title: Lundhill Colliery explosion
hierarchical_section_title: Lundhill Colliery explosion
caption_attribution_description: British Coalfields, 19th Century
context_page_description: The Lundhill Colliery explosion was a coal mining accident which took place on 19 February 1857 in Wombwell, Yorkshire, UK in which 189 men and boys aged between 10 and 59 died. It is one of the biggest industrial disasters in the country's history and it was caused by a firedamp explosion. It was the first disaster to appear on the front page of the London Illustrated Times.
context_section_description: The Lundhill Colliery explosion was a coal mining accident which took place on 19 February 1857 in Wombwell, Yorkshire, UK in which 189 men and boys aged between 10 and 59 died. It is one of the biggest industrial disasters in the country's history and it was caused by a firedamp explosion. It was the first disaster to appear on the front page of the London Illustrated Times.
caption: Coalfields of the United Kingdom in the 19th century.
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