World''s worst coal mine disasters World News
May 14, 2014· 9. In 1866, 388 people were killed in Oaks Colliery explosion near Barnsley in Yorkshire, the second deadliest coal mining disaster in the United Kingdom after the disaster at Senghenydd Colliery. 10. In 1965, Dhanbad coal mine disaster in Jharkhand, India killed 375 miners.