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  1. 1890

    Marguerite shaft coal-dust explosion

    On 18 February 1890, blasts fired too close together ignited coal dust in the Marguerite workings. Fire, smoke, and toxic gases spread through connected galleries, killing 43 miners. The disaster remains the deadliest accident recorded in the Decize-La Machine basin.

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