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Springwell Pit Disaster

When
1872
Where
Dawley, Shropshire, England
Part of
Springwell Pit disaster at Dawley kills eight miners

Eight men and boys died in the Springwell Pit Disaster at Dawley, Shropshire, in 1872.

The disaster occurred in 1872 at Dawley, a former mining town in Shropshire, England. The incident resulted in the deaths of eight men and boys. The supplied passage states only the year, so no exact day is asserted; the pit name comes from the event title rather than the cited passage, and the cause of the accident is not described in the supplied material.

Sources

  1. Dawley Wikipedia, revision of 2026-08-01

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