Durban Navigation Colliery disaster

A methane explosion occurred at the Durban Navigation Colliery on 8 October 1926, killing 124 miners.{{cite journal|url=https://www.natalia.org.za/Files/18/Natalia%20v18%20article%20p41-58%20C.pdf|title=Commercial Coal-mining in Natal: A Centennial Appraisal|journal=Natalia|volume=18|date=1988|access-date=31 December 2024}}{{cite web|url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/54874233|title=Colliery Explosion. Caused by Spark. Many Bodies Recovered|date=12 October 1926|work=The Register, Adelaide|access-date=31 December 2024}} It is the worst mine explosion in South Africa's history.{{cite thesis|url=https://wiredspace.wits.ac.za/bitstream/10539/17313/1/Landman%20G%20V%20R.pdf|title=Ignition and Initiation of Coal Mine Explosions|first=Gysbert Van Rooyen|last=Landman|publisher=Faculty of Engineering, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg|date=1992|access-date=31 December 2024}}