New treasure trove (Lugau)

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The new treasure trove in Lugau was the only shaft of the Zwickau-Lugau coal mining association founded in 1855 . Like the God's Blessing Shaft , it was on the ridge between Lugau and Oelsnitz .

history

With the drilling of the well was started in 1856, after 1844 in Lugau coal had been discovered. In 1862 the pit got a siding.

Accident of 1867

On July 1, 1867, a shaft broke in which all 101 miners on the morning shift lost their lives. The cause was the washing out of the mountains behind the shaft lining . When the latter was no longer able to bear the weight of the broken masses, the setting broke. The rock masses fell into the shaft, making it airtight. Rescue measures initiated immediately were unsuccessful as the masses kept breaking. The director of the Zwickau – Lugau coal mining association suffered a nervous breakdown, whereupon the work was directed by the director of the neighboring God's blessing shaft .

The news of the accident quickly spread to the surrounding communities, and the miners' relatives rushed to the shaft in large numbers. But despite all demands and efforts, the shaft could not be held and was abandoned on July 11th. To prevent further break-up, the shaft began to be toppled with heaps. This work was completed in September.

The miners in the pit suffocated.

Consequences of the accident

The accident led to a worldwide solidarity campaign for the widows and orphans.

Accidents like this led to calls for greater responsibility on the part of mine operators.

The Saxon Mining Authority took this mining disaster as an opportunity to enforce the previously made requirement that every mine must have at least two independent exits.

The Zwickau – Lugauer hard coal mining association went bankrupt.

Overwork

Obelisk at the Lugau Church
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1869 was Lugauer coal Building Association founded, which began on October 6, 1869, the verbrochenen shaft under the name Trust shaft again aufzuwältigen . In July 1872, the remains of the unfortunate miners were found and buried in a communal grave. An obelisk was erected at the Lugau church for the miners.

See also

literature

  • Rolf Vogel : The Lugau – Oelsnitzer coal field . Ed .: Förderverein Bergbaumuseum Oelsnitz / Erzgeb. e. V. Hohenstein – Ernstthal 1992, p. 11, 78-82 .
  • Statistical reports on the mountain system . Abolition of those who died in 1866 at the “Neue Fundgrube” coal mine in Lugau. In: Royal. Bergakademie zu Freiberg (Hrsg.): Yearbook for the mountain and hut man to the year 1873 . S. 138-139 ( tu-freiberg.de [PDF; 1.8 MB ; accessed on February 1, 2011]).
  • Heino Neuber: "... because you saw nothing but misery" - The mine disaster at the "New Treasure Trove" in Lugau . Mining Museum Oelsnitz / Erzgebirge, 2018, ISBN 978-3-00-057625-6
  • Friedrich Hofmann : Deep underground! ( Wikisource )
  • Friedrich Hofmann : The terrible tragedy in Lugau . ( Wikisource )

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Lugau urban development project. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on December 23, 2010 ; Retrieved February 1, 2011 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.stadt-lugau.de
  2. ↑ D. Communications from the Saxon coal mining industry. In the Zwickau inspection district. (PDF; 1.4 MB) I. Broken shaft. (No longer available online.) In: Yearbook for the mountain and hut man on the year 1869. Königl. Bergakademie zu Freiberg, p. 82 , archived from the original on November 9, 2013 ; Retrieved February 1, 2011 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / tu-freiberg.de
  3. ^ John M. Kleeberg: From strict liability to workers' compensation: The Prussian railroad law, the German liability act, and the introduction of Bismarck's accident insurance in Germany, 1838-1884. (PDF; 374 kB) (No longer available online.) In: International law and politics, Vol. 36:53. Pp. 53–132 , formerly in the original ; Retrieved February 1, 2011 .  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.law.nyu.edu  
  4. ↑ Hubert Kiesewetter: The industrial penetration of the Zwickau hard coal region. The development of the Zwickau hard coal industry. (No longer available online.) In: The industrialization of European mining regions in the 19th century. Toni Pierenkemper, pp. 130–131 , formerly in the original ; Retrieved February 1, 2011 .  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives ) @1@ 2Template: Dead Link / books.google.com
  5. ↑ Essential Nights New Treasure Trove Lugau. (No longer available online.) In: essential-nights.de. Archived from the original on January 31, 2016 ; accessed on January 31, 2016 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.essential-nights.de

Coordinates: 50 ° 44 ′ 19.5 ″  N , 12 ° 43 ′ 32.8 ″  E