Maypole Colliery disaster
Postcard published in 1908 to raise funds for the victims of the disaster | |
| Date | 18 August 1908 |
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| Time | 17:10 |
| Location | Abram, Wigan, Lancashire, England |
| Type | Coal mine disaster |
| Cause | Explosion of firedamp |
| Deaths | 75 |
| Burial | St John's Church, Abram |
The Maypole Colliery disaster was a mining accident on 18 August 1908, when an underground explosion occurred at the Maypole Colliery, in Abram, near Wigan, then in the historic county of Lancashire, in North West England. The final death toll was 75.