Newton Chikli Colliery disaster information

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The Newton Chikli Colliery disaster is an incident in Chhindwara (M.P.), India, which occurred on 10 December 1954. This incident occurred due to flooding of the mine caused by the inrush of water from the old workings of the same mine. A total of 63 persons were entrapped and drowned.

There were 112 persons inside the mine when it was inundated. 49 persons managed to effect their escape through the incline; the remaining 63 persons were entrapped and drowned.^[1]