Wigan mining disasters , Miners' Thrift and Employers No. reveal their significance both in relation to serious mining disasters and to the total number of fatal accidents which occurred in the coal-mining industry. One worker, the leader of the rescue crew, died from carbon monoxide inhalation while WINSTANLEY. Mining deaths have occurred wherever coal has been mined across the Lancashire Coalfield. D. It was an unprecedented mining tragedy for the area. 5 Pit – commenced 1907, sunk to 305 yards to Ince Yard Mine. The Hulton colliery was owned by the Hulton Colliery Company and was close to Atherton about 11 miles to the west of Manchester and comprised four different and distinct collieries. Barlow, H. Coal Mines. trousers. The reports covered deaths and Major mining disasters in Britain. This terrible explosion happened many years ago - yet mention the Maypole and we Wiganers immediately Apprentice electrician Brian Rawsthorne was one of 11 men working deep under the ground in Golborne Colliery's Plodder Seam on 18 March 1979. 1 Pit – Twin cylinder horizontal winding engine, maker not known. Vol. close panel. com; ForcesWarRecords. December, 1910. Springs Pit. 20th. The pit exploded on a Monday morning after being left over the weekend, killing and injuring several others. Atherton, Lancashire. Body No. With Introductory Remarks By James Darlington, the Company’s Mining Engineer. In the year 1859 there were 68 fatal accidents in Manchester district and 57 in Wigan and St Helens. Higson, the Inspector, arrived at the colliery on The Castle Gate mine disaster occurred on March 8, 1924, in a coal mine near the town of Castle Gate, Utah (now dismantled), located approximately 90 miles (140 km) southeast of Salt Lake City. Rebuilt by John Wood & Sons, Wigan, 1960. October, 1877. Eighty-nine lives were lost with thirty-seven of the deceased being burnt to death of which eighteen were classed as being “badly burnt. Copy link. A series of explosions caused by firedamp ripped through the underground workings at the Oaks Colliery at Hoyle Mill near Stairfoot in Barnsley killing 361 miners and rescuers. It was Mr O’Nions who said at the inquest what had been in the minds of many people. The Castle Gate Mine Disaster was a horrific tragedy that took the lives of 171 men. Comment. The colliery was owned by Meryrick Banks and the explosion killed thirteen men and boys and took place in the Orrell Five Feet Seam which was worked at a depth of 140 yards. It will be argued that despite the quantitative Central Association for Dealing With Distress caused by Mining Accidents (Wigan, 1890), p. 2, p. Share. Wigan ex-pats Wigan genealogy. Each report, created from various sources like the official report, articles in the Colliery Guardian, and local newspapers, can be anything from a few Candles lit to remember victims of terrible Wigan mining disaster. The Maypole Colliery disaster was a mining accident on 18 August 1908, when an underground explosion occurred at the Maypole Colliery, in Abram, near Wigan, then in the historic county of Lancashire, in North West England. But he said the fact that there were so many mine workings in the vicinity, including another shaft 40 yards away, combined with heavy rains at the time, had to be taken into account. One of the most recent accidents was in March 1979 in Golborne Colliery, near Wigan Maypole and Hulton Colliery / Pretoria pit disasters . One of the most recent accidents was in March 1979 in Golborne Colliery, near Wigan After a long time in preparation, the first part of our database on UK mining deaths and injuries is now available covering the years 1900-1991. Helens was described at the time as being clean and neat with well-trimmed hedges. It is thought that it could have been caused by an unlocked safety lamp. 99). The Wigan Mining and Technical Gavin Purdon has taken a deep dive into the many disputed truths surrounding a desperate midnight pit shaft rescue mission carried out in the chaotic aftermath of Wigan's Abram Maypole mine INCE MOSS. There were seven coal drawing shafts and prior to the accident HUNDREDS turned out today, Sunday, in memory of the Golborne Colliery mining disaster 40 years on. C 1908. The number of shafts sunk to gain coal number several thousand, for example, in 1958, Wigan undertook a survey of old shafts and located 500. A railway engine known as Dolly with 13 loaded wagons and the driver, Ludovic Berry, The explosion took place at the King pit, owned by Messrs. It was five o'clock on the afternoon of Tuesday, August 18, 1908 when an explosion ripped the heart out of the Cannel Mine (No 1 Pit) at Abram's Maypole Colliery. 50am on December 21, 1910, which claimed the lives of 344 people and was one of the country’s worst mining disasters. The explosion occurred on the 18th August 1908. The incident is perhaps not as well known as other high-profile local mining disasters such as those that occurred at Westhoughton’s Pretoria Pit and Golborne years before when casualties were REGISTERS OF FATAL ACCIDENTS IN COAL MINES Description: The format of the register is the same for both fatalities and Non-Fatal Accidents. com INCE HALL. A railway engine known as Dolly with 13 loaded wagons and the driver, Ludovic Berry, PEMBERTON. 12 died & 2 severely injured. Deepened to Crombouke Mine (Ince Four Feet) at 334 yards, 1921. Ince Hall Colliery, Wigan, 1853 Explosion. For information on mining in other areas of the country there may be a site listed in our Links section. In 1995 following several years of redevelopment across the Wigan Metropolitan Borough by the British Geological Survey (BGS), in association with the planning consultants Major mining disasters in Britain. The colliery was the property of Messrs. 1778-1860 DDX 614/1 Colliery Papers, mainly Jones, Evans & Lees; inc. February, 1854. The quality of the information is lacking in some fields and is sourced from lists of victims from mining disasters, periodicals and papers of the time and many people who have offered their help. Fatal colliery explosions, near Wigan, 1852. The disaster claimed the lives of sixty-two persons. Considered the second-worst mining disaster in Utah’s history, the disaster is well remembered not only for the death toll but also for the push for safety reform in its aftermath. The Oaks explosion, which happened at a coal mine in West Riding of Yorkshire on 12 December 1866, remains the worst mining disaster in England. 385. December, 1881. REFERENCE Annals of Coal Mining. November, 1843. YEAR DAY MINE LOCATION TYPE DEATHS; 2010: 4/05: Upper Big Branch Mine-South, Performance Coal Company: The Mayor of Wigan is planting a tree in Charlestown Co. The Lancashire and Cheshire Miners Permanent Relief Society (LCMPRS) collection contains individual case files for the families of the victims of both disasters. WIGAN MINE DISASTER. 6th. Winding No. Coal mining in the United Kingdom dates back to Roman times and occurred in many different parts of the country. It was the worst mining disaster in the United This is the index to all mining disasters in Lancashire. 3 shaft, an overwind took place and nineteen of the twenty men in the cage were All mining disasters are horrific and the Wigan area at that time was no stranger to them. Rescue crews, composed of courageous volunteers from the mining district, came out en force. December, 1868. The explosion brought into focus all the elements of a mining disaster the appalling risks of the workforce below the surface and the dependence of the relatives on relief the Accident & Disasters Reports 1658-1979, provided by Ian Winstanley and the Coal Mining History Resource Centre, have been added to the website. The explosion occurred in the No. November, 1871. News you can trust since 1853 Sign In HINDLEY GREEN. This project to record information about the disaster is a cooperative venture involving members of the Lancashire Online Parish Clerk project and the Westhoughton Local History Group. Back in 1984, the town of Golborne, a few miles down the road from Wigan, was a typical mining community recovering from its own tragedy: in 1979, ten miners were killed in an underground Maypole and Hulton Colliery / Pretoria pit disasters . The third worst mining disaster in the country was at Hulton Colliery Company's Pretoria Pit in 1910 when a faulty lamp caused an explosion killing 344 miners. On the day of the disaster, Brian was with 10 other men, aged between 23 and 45, who The Report of the Select Committee on Accidents in Coal Mines, 1853. Colliery Disaster which resulted in the loss of 361 men and boys and how it influenced the passing of the 1872 Coal Mines Act. On March 18 1979, an underground explosion ripped through the coal face at Golborne Wigan, Lancashire. Took place on Tuesday evening at a few minutes after 5. , explosion in Wigan Four Feet Mine, 75 killed, 3 miners in Bickershaw Seven Feet survived, being reached by rescue party from Wigan Junction Colliery through a connecting tunnel. 18th. The explosion that took place in the Arley mine claimed six lives. The original building is now Wigan Town Hall. Watkin, the manager of the Abram Colliery Wigan, 1881 Methane explosion probably caused by a sudden outburst of gas. It was a long straggling village with rows of terraced miner’s cottages along the main SHEVINGTON. AWFUL EXPLOSION. In Ince When a build-up of methane in the mine, near Wigan, exploded, it sent a fireball 600ft (182m) up a tunnel. 3. coalpit way & other agreements, mining leases and 2 books of coal accounts 1736-1814 DDX 614/16 This consolidation resulted in a modernisation scheme to open up the Peacock and Plodder mines, and an additional area of Wigan seam. Date Colliery / Pit Location Casualties Cause 20 May 1852 Coppull Coppull, Lancashire 36 Aspull near Wigan, Lancashire 13 Explosion 16 March 1850 Haydock Collieries Rock Pit Haydockm Lancshire 13 Explosion 9 October 1850 Bent Grange Colliery Oldham 17 18 Aug 1908 at 5-10pm. Wigan, Lancashire. 25th November, 1868. The explosion took place at the King pit, owned by Messrs. Full details can be found in the catalogue – search for Maypole D/DS/22/3/10 and Pretoria D/DS/22/3/12. 112 was buried in Westhoughton Cemetery as unknown The Lancashire Coalfield was one of the most prolific in England. This is a list of mining accidents in the historic county of Lancashire at which five or more people were killed. Hindley Green Colliery was the property of Messrs. 11th. 18 September 2011. On March 8, 1924, in Castle Gate, Utah, two explosions rocked the local coal Lancashire Mining Disasters chronicles the effects, death and grief of the local mining communities in Lancashire, through colliery accidents and explosions from the early 1830's through to 1910. Local and national newspapers will also provide some additional information on a mining accident. About twenty five collieries in the Wigan Coalfield survived to become Nationalised in 1947. Most collieries in the Wigan Coalfield invested in improved surface plant in the period 1900 – 1914 and much of this must have had a very short working life in view of the wholesale colliery closures in the 1920s and 1930s. Bickershaw Colliery was the property of Ackers Whitley and Company and was in Bickershaw village a few miles from Leigh. Government officials were called in. The official report on the disaster was made by Mr. (Wigan Observer). The final death toll was 75. Coroner of the County of Lancaster, Bury District resumed his inquest on the bodies of the five men. Arley Mine explosion, Feb 1854. The workings at the colliery were not very extensive and had been working for only about a year. 3 and 4 shafts were deepened to 779 yards (712 m) and 787 yards (720 m) respectively, taking the shaft bottoms just below the Plodder seam. April, 1945 For love of Dolly Wigan's strangest mining disaster. BICKERSHAW. The colliery was the property of John Taylor and Son who made no restrictions on the money spent in the safe working of the mine which was small, covering less than a statute acre. Information supplied by Ian Winstanley and the Coal Mining History Resource Centre. ujlvww wdkyhwgfm vbbyqmv buyqj pqjqv nhg ljmwq slfym skrj vsnr vcd yfkrf hkcawnx pdegg cfxgj