Historical events during the month of January
Australia
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Date
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Event
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Cause
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Description
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Deaths
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09/01/1923
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Bellbird Mine 1923
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Explosion
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On 1 September 1923, twenty-one miners perished as the result of a fire in No 1 Workings at Bellbird Colliery, situated
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21
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12/01/2020
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2020 Curragh
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Crush Injury
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Donald Rabbitt, 33, was a contractor at Curragh Coal Mine near Blackwater and is understood to have been working in the
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1
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17/01/2008
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Michael Auld 2008
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Crush Injury
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On 17 January 2008 Mr Auld was working underground as a member of a three person service crew at Cannington Mine pr
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1
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17/01/2014
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Mt Lyell Inrush 2014
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Inrush
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The 53-year-old man died from injuries received in a workplace accident at the Mount Lyell mine in Queenstown just befor
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1
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20/01/1999
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Brant North 1999
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Crush Injury
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On night shift of Wednesday, 20 January 1999 at approximately 05:00 hours, trainee miner Brant North had both legs
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26/01/1991
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Gary Martin 1991
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Fall
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Gary Michael Martin received fatal injuries when a UGL loader which he was driving entered the void of R405 stope.
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1
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Rest of the World
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Date
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Event
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Cause
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Description
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Deaths
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01/01/1942
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Sneyd Colliery Explosion 1942
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Explosion
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I have come to the conclusion that six tubs were turned in at the top of the Banbury Crut Jig without any empty wagons b
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16/01/1862
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Hartley Pit Disaster 1862
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Collapse
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The Hartley Colliery Disaster (also known as the Hartley Pit Disaster or Hester Pit Disaster) w
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204
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21/01/1960
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Coalbrook Disaster 1960
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Collapse
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In the worst mine disaster in South Africa, a large section of the Clydesdale Colliery, at the Coalbrook mine near Sasol
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435
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25/01/2019
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Brumadinho Dam Failure
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Collapse, Outrush, Dam Failure
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On the 25th of January 2019 the dam wall on a tailings dam at the Corrego Do Feijao Iron Ore mine near Brumadinho, Minas
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308
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