Cadeby Disaster, July 9th 1912. Engraved And Enamel Victorian Shilling Memorial / Momento Mori. An Unusual And Hostorical Piece Of Mining History.

The Cadeby disaster was a devastating coal-mining accident that occurred on 9 July 1912 at Cadeby Main Colliery, near Conisbrough and Doncaster in South Yorkshire, England. Two underground explosions claimed the lives of 91 men, including a large number of brave rescuers who had entered the mine to help their fellow miners. It became one of the deadliest mining disasters in British history and left a lasting mark on the local community. Most modern accounts give the death toll as 91, although some mining records list 88. The first explosion killed 35 men immediately, three more later died from their injuries, and the second explosion killed 53 rescuers and other men underground. The colliery had also experienced a smaller gas explosion near an underground fire in January 1912, several months before the disaster.