1930 Hausdorf mining disaster
Funeral | |
| Date | 9 July 1930 |
|---|---|
| Time | about 16:00 CEST |
| Location | Kurt Shaft, Wenceslaus Mine, Hausdorf (now Jugów) near Neurode, Lower Silesia, Weimar Republic, Germany (now Jugów, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Poland) |
| Cause | Carbon dioxide outburst |
| Outcome | Rescue and recovery operation; mine later closed in January 1931 |
| Deaths | 151 |
| Non-fatal injuries | 59 rescued, many suffering from gas poisoning |
| Some foreign press reports later gave the death toll as 152. | |
The Hausdorf mining disaster was a mining accident that occurred on 9 July 1930 at the Kurt Shaft of the Wenceslaus Mine in Hausdorf (now Jugów), near Neurode now Nowa Ruda, in Lower Silesia, then part of Germany. The disaster was caused by a sudden outburst of carbon dioxide in the mine workings. It killed 151 miners according to local memorials and later regional histories, although some contemporary foreign newspaper reports later gave the toll as 152.
The accident was one of the worst mining disasters in the history of the Neurode coalfield. It struck a colliery that had been regarded as one of the most important industrial employers in the district. Later regional histories described the Wenceslaus Mine as the largest and most modern employer in the County of Glatz in the 1920s, with about 4,600 workers.