Lancashire Mining Disasters 1835-1910

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Your rating has been recorded. Write a review Rate this item: Preview this item Preview this item. Lancashire Mining Disasters English View all editions and formats Summary: Lancashire Mining Disasters chronicles the effects, death and grief of the local ming communities in Lancashire, through colliery accidents and explosions from the early 's through to It also recalls the great bravery of other miners, often from other pits in the recue attempts, who with no thought of their own safety went below ground to try and their fellow comrades.

In doing so, they knew full well that they were risking their own lives, probably facing death. Such was the comradeship in coal mining communities. In no other industry would men grapple at rock and roof falls with ba. Allow this favorite library to be seen by others Keep this favorite library private.

At the end of the shift, men and boys working the Arley mine at yards below the surface, began ascending the shaft. The two-decker cage raised the workers in groups of eight. After many colliers had been raised, and the cage once again rose in the shaft, the steel winding rope slipped off the drum causing it to snap and plunged the cage down the shaft.

Workers waiting at the pit bottom had just enough time to rush back before the cage plunged into the sump followed by the steel rods that guided the cage in the shaft. An explosion killed seven men in May The pit was considered to be safe as little methane had been encountered and the men used candles.

The explosion resulted when gas was ignited by an open flame. An explosion in the colliery's Springs Pit occurred in the Arley mine at 8. Rescue teams were organised and some men and boys were raised from the workings, some suffering from the effect of afterdamp. The rescue party found 62 men and boys had been suffocated by afterdamp and some were badly burned by flames from the ventilation furnace.

Seven men and the pony were killed when gas exploded. It probably occurred after gas released by roof falls was ignited by shot firing. At the time of the accident No.

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The ventilation furnace set fire to coal at the upcast shaft and spread to the down brow. Water pipes were lowered into the downcast shaft. The fire caused an explosion of gas.

An explosion of gas in the Six Feet seam caused by shotfiring killed 27 men and boys and started an underground fire. The fire was extinguished after the pit was flooded with water taken from the aqueduct that supplied Liverpool with water from the Rivington Reservoirs. Date Colliery Location Notes Deaths 4 February Pendleton Colliery Pendleton An explosion caused when powder was blown out of a shot firing hole resulted in the death of six men. A hoppet large bucket was set up to raise about miners working in another part of the mine before search parties could begin the task of exploring for survivors and victims.

Fifteen survivors found suffering from afterdamp were raised to the surface and twenty men died. Two sinkers were descending the upcast shaft in a hoppet large bucket when an explosion damaged the headgear and discharged large volumes of smoke. After fixing the winding gear the hoppet was drawn uop and found to be empty. It was lowered again and returned with five colliers from the Cannel mine who said the explosion was in the Nine Foot. An exploring party including the miners' agent William Pickard descended into the downcast shaft where several colliers were found alive and returned them to the surface.

The coal had caught fire and buckets were sent for to extinguish it but two more explosions occurred and the explorers had to return to the surface. It was decided that anyone left underground must be dead and the shaft was sealed. Altogether 69 men died. It was caused when gas accumulated by inadequate ventilation was ignited by the discharge of a shot of gunpowder.

About 20 were badly burned. Most men escaped but of 40 trapped by the fire 18 were asphyxiated. The fire was extinguished two days later. At the time of the disaster naked flames were used in the colliery as it was not considered to be a "gassy" pit. Ten men were missing. Exploring parties were sent down but the pit was on fire and had to be blocked up. A second explosion sent flames from the shaft blowing the cage into the headgear.

The two shafts had winding engines and the downcast was the winding shaft for both seams. Open lights were used to work both seams and safety lamps were only used for examinations. The explosion took place in the lower Cannel mine after a roof fall. Just before the explosion, the cage had just reached the pit bank when the blast blew it into fragments, some of which fell down the shaft.

The explosion in the Wigan Nine Foot mine killed 36 men and boys including Mr Watkin, the colliery manager. After the accident, blasting was carried out during the night. A monument was erected in St Augustine's churchyard , Pendlebury where 64 victims were buried. The explosion was caused by firedamp igniting on contact with a candle. The death toll was It killed men.

Date Colliery Location Notes Deaths 19 March Golborne Colliery Golborne An explosion, caused by the ignition of a build up of methane , at Golborne Colliery killed 10 men and seriously injured several others. A fireball shot along a tunnel which was 1, feet underground. Archived from the original pdf on 13 June Retrieved 27 July Retrieved from " https: Mining in Lancashire Coal mining disasters in England Lists of mining disasters. Julian—Gregorian uncertainty Pages containing links to subscription-only content. Views Read Edit View history. This page was last edited on 27 November , at By using this site, you agree to the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy.

An explosion killed nine workers. An explosion at one of the coal pits in Haydock killed up to twelve workers. An explosion killed up to six workers. Ten men and seven boys were drowned after water from the River Croal inundated the pit workings.

Burgh Colliery was one of numerous pits and shafts that were collectively known as Coppull Collieries. Thirteen men and boys were killed after a shot was fired causing an explosion of firedamp. The workers descended the pit belonging to Fletchers and discovered the presence of gas which they tried to disperse with their jackets.

Thirteen men were killed in an explosion at Haydock Collieries' Rock Pit. Great Marsden near Burnley. The pit was worked by Spenser Wilson and Company. Bent Grange Colliery [15]. Butterworth's pit was in the centre of Oldham. About twenty men and boys and four ponies were working in Turner and Evans' No. The pit was the property of John Kenworthy and Brothers. Ince Hall Colliery [20] Deep Pit. Shortly after a hundred men and boys descended into the 1, feet Deep Pit, an explosion caused by inflammable gas coming into contact with a candle killed 13 workers, the oldest was 65 years of age and the youngest were four boys aged In very bad weather, water burst into the main level of the colliery.

Norley Hall Colliery [24]. The pit's shafts were feet deep. The colliery was the property of John Hargreaves. Ince Hall Colliery [20]. The colliery was owned by Thomas Butterworth who, after the explosion in October , had been told by the inspector that the ventilation of the mine was defective. Another explosion occurred in Ince Hall Colliery's Arley mine in The colliery was owned by John Knowles and Company. An explosion of firedamp ignited by shot firing at Bardsley Colliery's Diamond Pit between Oldham and Ashton-under-Lyne killed 53 men and boys.

An explosion of firedamp killed 25 men and boys. Douglas Bank Colliery [39]. The pit belonged to Kirkless Hall Coal and Iron, a company that owned several pits, coke works and ironworks near the Leeds and Liverpool Canal in Aspull.

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The old pit was sunk in off Walkden Road. Hindley Green Colliery [45] Springs Pit. The colliery employed nearly men and boys. An explosion in the No.

Lancashire Mining Disasters 1835-1910.

An explosion of gas after a roof fall in the Queen Pit killed 26 men. Another explosion in the Queen Pit killed 59 men. The colliery, started around had eight shafts. The colliery was operated by the Moss Hall Coal Company, it had eight shafts. An explosion caused when powder was blown out of a shot firing hole resulted in the death of six men.

The colliery was sunk in about by Smith and Sons.