Cronton colliery disaster At the time of the explosion miners were on strike, protesting low wages and dangerous working conditions. David’s Day 1927. There was a strong possibility that additional pockets of explosive gas would be released if the compressed air was allowed to escape. There were two shafts about 17 yards apart and A lamp used in Albion Colliery at the time of the disaster was recently donated to the National Museum Wales after an interesting journey. Chief Inspector of Mines and Quarries. The colliery was situated on the coast of Durham between the ports of Seaham Harbour and about nine miles North West of West Hartlepool. Its coal winding shaft intersected the Plodder, Colliery closed in 1897, and Halsnead in 1900. The seams that were worked at the colliery were the Old Coal and the Black Vein from the No. Willington, Durham. Technically Knowsley, but has been part of the Widnes community for generations. A first-hand account of the recovery of the Gresford colliery after the explosion by Mr. Located east of Junction 6 of the M62, Cronton Colliery closed in 1984 and the site has stood unused since then, with council officers noting it had more recently become a site for anti-social behaviour with people riding motorbikes The Cronton Colliery site has a long history. Explaining the competition, the Land Trust’s chief executive Euan Hall commented, “The former Cronton Colliery is a fabulous space that has the very real potential to become a magnificent 21st century visitordestination for the North West. Andrew’s, Dalton-le-Dale, Baptisms 1653-1917 St. CORTONWOOD Barnsley, Yorkshire 9th December 1932 Explosion at Cortonwood Colliery 9th December 1932 Cortonwood Colliery was sunk in 1873 to the Barnsley Seam of coal, first was reached at a depth of 210 yards. Parry Davies, rescue team Captain. Tynewydd Colliery, Circa 1900 Rhondda Cynon Taf Library Seervice Digital Archives. Parry Davies. Whiston, Merseyside. Ltd began sinking this colliery in 1913 and worked it until it was Nationalised in 1947. on a Monday which claimed eight lives. The Exhall Colliery disaster of 21 September 1915 may have claimed the lives of 14 men, but with 375 having been working there at the time, it was also a story of remarkable escapes. E. Stanley, Durham. January, 1862. page 75 note 1 The 6 largest disasters in this period killed 1,413 miners, 49% of whom left widows. THE MAYPOLE. FELLING is a manor in the chapelry of Heworth, and parish of Jarrow, about a mile and a half east of Gateshead, in the county of Durham. These changes helped to prevent similar disasters in the future and to improve the working conditions for miners. The site lay derelict for years until it was acquired by English Partnerships, the government’s national regeneration agency, as part of the National Coalfield Programme. near Newcastle-under-Lyme. The No. The Hartley disaster of the 25th January 1862 was one of the first great mining disasters of Victorian times to catch widespread public attention when upwards of two hundred men and boys lost their lives after a . 15am on the 18 March 1979. Geograph - photograph every grid square. At its heart is a new Cronton Colliery Widnes, 1917 Methane explosion caused by a roof fall happening immediately before blasting shots were fired. However, some local mines were more fortunate. Photograph depicting: a tunnelling machine drives its way through to new coal reserves at Cronton colliery nr. This site is for anyone who wishes to remember the "pit" or indeed anyone with an interest. Cronton Colliery was the property of the Hulton Colliery Company and the explosion in the Pasture Seam occurred shortly after 8 a. The official report on the disaster was made by Mr. The proposals for the former Cronton Colliery form a major The Hulton Colliery Co. Four hundred and thirty-nine men and boys were killed in the explosion or died from the effects of the afterdamp and WALTON. Nub News. Note: [Grid references: Senghenydd (Welsh: Senghennydd) is situated at the northern end of the Aber Valley, approximately four miles (6. M Chief Inspector of Mines. It was sunk in 1850 and deepened to the Arley seam at 600 yards in 1901. Cronton colliery to the south east of junction six on the M62 have been assessed (6). The former colliery was among the first sites to be released by the An archaeological assessment of the former Cronton Colliery site, Merseyside, was carried out during September 2003 by Oxford Archaeology North (OA North) on behalf of Sinclair Knight Ball, Albert, aged 30, Collier, Explosion of gas caused by shotfiring: Foulkes, Samuel, aged 63, Waydrawer, Explosion of gas caused by shotfiring: Harrison, John A huge explosion at the pit, officially named the Hulton Colliery, on the outskirts of Westhoughton, Bolton at 0750 GMT was the third worst in British mining history. , D. NORTON HILL. More than a hundred men and boys were killed or Cronton Colliery opened in 1916 and at its height employed more than 900 people and annually produced more than 350,000 tonnes of coal. ADAM GRATTON remembers that fateful night, which cost the lives of many brave miners Today (April 9) is the anniversary of the terrible Norton Hill mining disaster in which ten miners, including a boy aged just 14, were killed in an explosion in 1908. Manchester, Lancashire. The Colliery was situated on the Taff Vale Railway in the Rhondda Valley, Glamorganshire and belonging to Messrs. St Helens colliery accident 1879. Whitehead, the manager, and Mr. The Trimdon Disaster of 1882. December, 1880. 6 Area of the Northern Division of the National Coal Board at the time of nationalisation. Cronton Colliery. 26th. Strakers and Love and was worked with locked safety lamps and had not given off much explosive gas. Colliery Guardian 3rd August 1923, p. Douglas Bank Colliery Wigan, 1865 Huge plans to transform the former Cronton Colliery site into warehouses and a country club have taken another step forwards with further detailed proposals filed for Plans for a 66-acre country park on a former colliery off the M62 have been formally submitted for approval. Figure 1: Scan of the cover of the report into the Oakes Colliery Explosion. George Richard Jones 23. Each lost life had a story to tell but only a few details are reported here. The explosion occurred on the morning of Wednesday 7th November at the Moorfield pit was one of the Altham Collieries The Cronton Colliery redevelopment would form part of the wider Halsnead Garden Village scheme, comprising 1,600 homes and a forecast for the creation of up to 830 jobs Northern England Date Cnty Colliery Cause Lives Sufferers; 11: May: 1910: CUL: Wellington Pit: Underground fire and explosion of firedamp propagated by coal dust, ignition caused by safety Plans for a 66-acre country park on a former colliery off the M62 have been formally submitted for approval. Wakefield, Yorkshire. Right, once I order some stuff for that new layout it will get its own thread. I TABLE 21—Continued. 2005. 623. 1880, Naval Colliery, Rhondda, Wales, Explosion kills 96 1880, Seaham Colliery explosion and fire, 164 men lost their lives 1881, 7th Feb, Chatterley Whitfield Colliery - Explosion killed 21 persons 1882, 19 April, West Stanley Colliery, Chester-le-Street, Durham - Explosion killed 13 persons 1882, 1st May, Baddesley. The colliery was the property of Messrs. Joseph Lawton 32. Hartley, Durham. following an Inquiry by the Court of Coal Mines Regulation established under Section 31 of the Coal Mines Regulation Act, 1912, as amended The explosion blasted open a door separating Trimdon and Kelloe Colliery resulting in the deaths of six men at the latter. "Due to the Covid-19 restrictions, Applications are now open for 2025 courses at Cronton Sixth Form. The colliery was about a mile and half from Barnsley close to the Manchester Sheffield The Mining Archive holds the official reports of many of these disasters starting from as early as 1866 (The Oaks Colliery Explosion, Barnsley, 12th December 1866) up until 1982 (Coventry Colliery and Cardowan Colliery). Following the consultation, Tritax expects to submit a planning application at the end of August for the scheme on the site of the former Cronton Colliery, to the east of Junction 6 of the M62. The miners were excruciatingly sensitive to the danger of a gas explosion-in 1856, 114 had lost their lives in the first big explosion in the Rhondda Valley, at the Cymmer Colliery. Cause of death. Swinton, Yorkshire. The Walton Colliery was formerly known as the Sharlston West and was near Wakefield in the West Riding of Yorkshire. Believed to be the first shaft in the Rhondda valley, Walter Coffin sunk Dinas Lower Colliery in 1812 near to his Dinas levels, which date from 1809. March, 1927. Pasture Seam. 275. 18th. 2 District where there were five headings worked at the time. 283, 277, 17th August, p. Chief Inspector of Mines, The Oaks Colliery Disaster of 12 and 13 December 1866 was the worst in terms of lives lost in the history of mining in England. The brief was to establish a 43 hectare informal park on the former Cronton Colliery site. Gresford is one of Britain's worst coal mining disasters: a controversial inquiry into the A series of newspaper articles published during the week of theSeaham Colliery Disaster of Wednesday 8th of September 1880. 17th. Colliery Guardian, 22nd December 1960, p. June, 1960. They were paid by the amount of coal they could bring up in one day called a ‘work’ which was normally 3 As revealed in Part 1 of the history of the pit, working underground at Sutton Manor Colliery could be highly dangerous, something that Harry Hickson is very much aware of. The colliery had two shafts that were a few yards apart. Throughout its history the mining industry was plagued by disasters resulting in hundreds of deaths and a visit to the National Coal Mining Museum will introduce you to some of them. One of these was the manriding and downcast shaft known as the Vivian SJ4789 :: Cronton Colliery site, near to Cronton, Knowsley, England by David Long. 1 and 2 and the fan was fixed at No. [43] 13: 30 May 1867: Mesne Lea Colliery: Worsley: Cronton Colliery: Widnes: An explosion killed eight The colliery was the property of the Mossfield Colliery Company Limited as was situated on the outskirts of Longton at the southeastern end of the North Staffordshire Coalfield. Report by Arnold Morley, Esq. Wilfred Owen "Miners" A poem he wrote in direct response to the Minnie Pit Disaster in which 156 miners died. College News. Sarah Morgan Jones. Haydock colliery explosion 1878, The company began sinking shafts for Cronton Colliery between Widnes and Prescot in 1913 and in 1916 they had reached 520 yards (475 m). December, 1851. December 5, 2024 Cronton Student Lewis Shaw – A Champion in the Making! Mike Broda. near to Cronton Colliery A list of accidents & incidents in Lancashire collieries as compiled by Ian Winstanley and the Coal Mining History Resource Centre. This history of the Willis Branch was kindly donated to me by Mr Bill Blinkhorn as some source material which he suggested might be of use in my search for information while I was in the process of compiling my own local and railway history project. 6th. 20th. West Hartlepool, Durham. MORFA. Mr. John Harrison 36. Cronton Colliery: Widnes: An explosion killed eight men. There was a Cronton Colliery but the headgear and centre of the site were in fact sited in nearby Halsnead which has since been developed into Halsnead Garden Village in recent years, A local explosion of firedamp following the firing of a shot in the Wigan Four Foot Seam at Lyme Pit, Haydock last night took place in the evening. 2 downcast shaft was 15 The report of the causes and the circumstances attending the underground fire which occurred at the Auchengeich Colliery, Lanarkshire, on the 18th September 1959 by T. Bold Colliery fatalities, 1905. There were two shafts at the colliery which were started about 50 years before the disaster and for thirty The Hulton Colliery Explosion [1910] Relief Fund (HCF) was established by the Mayor of Bolton to accept charitable donations and make regular payments to victim’s families, finally closing in 1975. This is the Grave,in Prescot Churchyard, of Albert Ball (30) killed in the Hulton/ Cronton Colliery disater of December 1917. All structures associated with the colliery have been demolished, and only the concrete-capped A new visitor destination on a disused coal mine – the former Cronton Colliery at Knowsley near Manchester, our vision for the site is for a world class, sustainable park. Deputy Chief Inspector of Mines. It employed 272 people at the Darran Colliery which produced about 400 tons per day. February, 1937. CLIFTON HALL. Lawson, Mr. 30am 15th December 1866 4:45am Series of explosions heard SIX BELLS. Background This incident claimed the lives of 11 people: George Curran, Charles Smith, John Cockburn, Benjamin Bailey, Thomas McAlpine, Sydney McAlpine, John Charlesworth, James Sweeney, William Gascoigne, Daniel Fitzpatrick and William Sneddon. Name of colliery. The proposals for the former Cronton Colliery form a major Colliery that operated on the Lancashire Coalfield from the mid the following year. c Nativity. The colliery was owned by Messrs R. SJ4789: Cronton Colliery site. The explosion occurred in the No. NGR Dinas Middle Pit ST007918 Google Map NGR Dinas Lower Pit ST011917 Google Map. Place Cwm . The below information draws on info from the Durham Chronicle and the census of 1881. Disaster. St Helens colliery Cronton Colliery, Whiston, nr. Thomas Gray, mining and civil engineer, was the resident manager and agent. Atherton, Lancashire. By working with RIBA Competitions on this we are hoping to change the way design teams create schemes inthe future. The colliery was a Clifton about 4 miles from Manchester and within half a mile from Clifton Junction on the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway. October, 1883. The downcast was twelve feet in Cronton Colliery : Cronton Colliery Location: Whiston, nr. At its heart is a new The former miner, who worked at Cronton Colliery in Widnes and spent 25 years underground at various collieries in the Leigh area, said "we've got to keep the memories going". Published by The Louis Cassier Co. The branch left the Liverpool to Manchester main line at Huyton Quarry. as at the time there were about 380 men and boys employed at the colliery of whom 30 were underground at the time of the "We have been really encouraged by the positive feedback following the initial announcement about the plans for the Cronton Colliery site and hope many more people will take a look and let us know their thoughts. I dont plan to post any more stuff on it in this topic. September which had killed eight men but this time there was a HASSELL was one of four finalists shortlisted in the Royal Institute of British Architects competition to design a new visitor destination on a disused coal mine – the former Cronton Colliery at Knowsley near Manchester. on Aug. Winstanley, C. The world outside of this regarded the deaths of any number of men to be a disaster. The application for the 44 hectare former coal mine in Knowsley comes almost three years after the north London-based outfit won the project in a RIBA-organised competition. Read more: 30 years on from the miners' strike in St Helens Alan Smith, 58, from Rainford, said: “I thought these men had a story to tell about what happened when the mines closed - the WELLINGTON PIT. Rhydderch, H. m. EASINGTON. Senghenydd, Glamorganshire. 545. The colliery was in the Parish of Midsomer Norton near to and on the Radstock side of the Somerset and Dorset Railway Station. Explosion at Appin Colliery on 24th July, 1979. Eight men were killed in 1917 during The Land Trust is working with the community to open the former Cronton colliery site as an informal country park. , when most of the men were traveling to their working places, an explosion caused the death of 62 persons and the injury of 3 others. January, 1879. As a DINAS. Ellis PDF, 31462. Explosion of Fire-Damp at Blantyre Colliery [Page A1/A2] Explosion of Fire-Damp at Blantyre Colliery [Page A2/A3] Explosion of Fire-Damp at Blantyre Colliery [Page A3] Explosion of Fire-Damp at Blantyre Colliery [Page A3/A4] Evidence of the Miners at the Inquiry Pg 187 Robert Kirkland Pg 187 Alexander Gardiner Pg 189 John Watson. May, 1947. It was on a Soon half of Britain's 187,000 miners had downed tools including men from Golborne Colliery and the other pits in the Wigan coalfield like Bickershaw, Parkside, Sutton Manor and Agecroft This morning shortly after 8am, a terrible explosion occurred in the Pasture mine of the Hulton Colliery Company at Cronton. Golborne Colliery Explosion – Golborne – 1979. 6 Area of the National Coal Board’s South West Division and was at the village of Six Bells some twelve miles north of Newport. . The explosion was the worst in the history of British mining. The Barnsley seam of coal, which was 200 yards from the surface, was won after two years sinking on April 14, 1855. Like many viewers he also had a small share (9/96th) in the enterprise he managed. Tondu, Glamorganshire. Port Talbot, Glamorganshire. The future seemed bleak for Wrexham; survival alone would become a struggle for many. Terrible Mining Disaster at Udston Fire-Damp Explosion and Loss of Over Seventy Lives On Saturday forenoon, the appalling intelligence was flashed over the district that a disastrous fire damp explosion had occurred at Udston Colliery. At the age of six, Photo's of the rail connection and sidings complex at Cronton Colliery in the early 1970's. Prescot 12 miles [19 km] SSW of Wigan Map Ref: (Sheet 108 Liverpool, Southport and Wigan) SJ474892, 53° 23' 48" N, 2° 47' 28" W: Opened: Closed: Explosion of gas caused by shotfiring, 8 lives lost Cronton Colliery opened in 1916 and at its height employed more than 900 people and annually produced more than 350,000 tonnes of coal. The colliery itself operated from 1913 to 1984, occupied most of the land south of the M62 and was linked to the railway network. 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. Morfa Colliery was the property of Messrs. Date of c S death. It closed in 1984. See Northumberland County Record Office, New Hartley Colliery Accident Relief Fund Papers, 488/A/14; WR, Colliery Explosions Fund, Mansion House London (hereafter referred to as CEF), pp. Matthew Brierley. H. Ltd began sinking this colliery in 1913 and worked it until it was An explosion in the Pasture, or Crombouke, seam on December 11th 1917 and left the goaf The Union Colliery was owned by the Parkend Deep Navigation Collieries Co. The colliery, which employed three hundred and eighty-six men below ground and sixty-seven on the surface, had a daily output of about 700 tons of saleable coal all got from two faces Nos. , M. Later, coal winding operations for the two mines were moved to Bickershaw, which was also connected underground to Parsonage Colliery in Leigh. The shafts were later deepened between the years 1907 & 1908 to the Thomcliffe Seam. 21st, ended on Friday afternoon last, with a verdict of accidental death. It was Wednesday 4th July 1838, a humid, sunny and warm summer day above the pit top. 7 mine near Clay when a disastrous explosion occurred. In the mines list of 1896 there were 118 employed at Tynewydd and the Troedyrhiw Coal Co then owned it. November, 1883. By 1899 about 100 tons of coal per day were The Hulton Colliery Company was a coal mining company operating on the Lancashire Coalfield from the mid 19th century in Over Hulton and Westhoughton, then in the historic county of Cronton Colliery, Merseyside. Cronton is a popular destination for walkers and cyclists, with many scenic routes to explore. Moses, Rowlands and Williams and was in the Rhondda valley sixteen miles from Cardiff. [60] 8: 1920s. The coal winding shaft was sunk in 1914 and completed in 1916 to a depth of 520 yards and Cronton Colliery, ceased production in March 1984, shortly before the Great UK miners' strike (1984–1985). [2] The mine is situated in the Northern Free State, 21 kilometres (13 mi) south west of Vereeniging. Oaks Colliery Disaster 12th December 1866 1:20pm First Explosion 13th December 1866 9:00am Second Explosion 13th December 1866 7:40pm Third Explosion 14th December 1866 4:30am Signal Bell heardRescuers worked throughout the night but at 8. Colliery Guardian, 14th July 1905, p. Golborne, Lancashire. Cronton Colliery was a coal mine on Merseyside which closed in the 1980s. Whitehaven, Cumberland. Oaks Colliery was just by the Barnsley to Doncaster line of the South Yorkshire Railway, between Ardsley and Barnsley itself, near Hoyle Mill (Crutchley's Railway and Station Map of Yorkshire, 1861) On the 12th December 2020, we remember the terrible mining tragedy of the Oaks Colliery Disaster of this date 154 years ago - Wednesday UNIVERSAL. page showing Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km) of Cronton Colliery main page for Cronton Colliery There is a section on Cronton Colliery in the IRS book 'Industrial Railways of St. PARK SLIP. There On the day of the explosion, Mr. A DESCRIPTION OF FELLING COLLIERY. 1 Hutton shaft. Hawsley and Bridgewood Limited. Memorial Recalls Victims. 7th. Introduction The Hwange Colliery 1972 accident left the whole nation shell shocked. REFERENCES. The four were shortlisted from 50 designers who submitted proposals for the site. 4, 1917, 153 men and teenage boys were proceeding to their work places underground at the West Kentucky Coal Co. Not sure Explaining the innovative competition, the Land Trust’s chief executive Euan Hall commented, “The former Cronton Colliery is a fabulous space that has the very real potential A CGI of the scheme at the former Cronton Colliery in Knowsley Exciting plans for an old Merseyside colliery site could mean a "stunning" new country park and over 1,700 new List of mining disasters in Lancashire Last updated July 19, 2024. County in which mine is located. TERRIBLE COLLIERY EXPLOSIONWEDNESDAY, 10 PM. The downcast shaft was No. WARREN VALE. Date: Colliery: Location: Notes: Deaths: 4 November 1925: Cronton is a gorgeous village just on the outskirts of Widnes. Tom Ledwith second from right, Jackie Greenhalgh coming down the steps behind him. Haydock colliery explosion 1878, 198 killed and injured. Robson, Two of His Majesty’s Inspectors of Mines. co. OJ G >*> QJ Name. 4, 1917 about 7:40 AM an explosion in the West Kentucky Coal Company’s #7 mine shattered the community of Clay. By Thursday 30th April 1896, Leeds Evening ExpressLatest newsDisaster!Appalling explosion at MicklefieldGreat loss of lifeGhastly scenes belowDead bodies everywhereThe explorers baffledFor some little time past the West Riding district has enjoyed a happy immunity from colliery accidents of a serious character, but, sad to relate, this satisfactory record has at About 7:30 a. taken 19 years ago, near to Cronton, Knowsley, England. Between 1959 and Podmore Hall, Minnie Disaster - 1918. An explosion at the No. Andrew’s, Dalton-le-Dale, Marriages 1653-1971 Soon half of Britain's 187,000 miners had downed tools including men from Golborne Colliery and the other pits in the known as the Golborne Pit Disaster. Walter Scott of Newcastle who purchased it in August 1880 from the late Mr. The colliery was in the Borough of Barnsley where in the last century explosions which had caused a large loss of life had occurred in the neighbourhood. April, 1908. ’s No. It was one of the oldest and deepest in the Rhondda and had been sunk about forty years before by Mr. CHANTERS. These have been taken mainly from local newspapers and Stonehill Colliery disaster, Farnworth, 27th Jan 1877. About 40 to 50 years before, it had been worked by a pair of small shafts, Norton Hill Colliery Explosion – Midsomer Norton – 1908. M. Chanters Colliery Explosion – Atherton – 1957. The loss of so many lives in a single disaster was devastating, and many families were left without a breadwinner. The explosion which occurred about noon ignited the coal and by evening the flames had such a hold that the cupola appeared one mass of flame. H. Coope descended the mine and proceeded to the seat of the explosion. Rescue parties from Benton and Hortin reached the scene a few hours after the explosion and aided the men already on the ground. June, 1885. The mine belonged to the South Normanton Colliery Company and there was an explosion in the Waterloo Seam of the Winterbank Pit shortly after 9 p. 1 KB. Rescue parties headed by the General Manager, Mr. April, 1896. The colliery was at Llantrisant, in Glamorganshire about four miles from Pontypridd and sixteen miles from Cardiff. It was a safety lamp mine that employed 1,285 men underground and 298 on the surface with a daily output of 2,200 tons from the Top Haigh Moor, the Low Haigh Moor, the Kent Thick and the Birkwood or The explosion took place at the Lady Fair pit of the Leycette colliery which belonged to the Crewe Coal and Iron Co. The line of the outcrop is from Llantrisant on the east to Port Talbot on the west where the coal History and Circumstances. Fundraising postcard issued after the Maypole Colliery disasterin which 76 men were killed in 1908 Thirteen men and boys died in an explosion at Garswood Colliery on 13 May 1866. WHARNCLIFFE CARLTON. The Marine Colliery was about three miles from Ebbw Vale and was owned by the Ebbw Vale Steel, Iron and Coal Company. Also killed. Helens, Widnes & Warrington' and there's also an online article about Cronton and the Willis branch. In total, 139 miners including all 57 boys were killed in the Combs Colliery disaster. on Friday 20th November 1931. , from a copy held in the Scottish Mining The Land Trust is working with the community to open the former Cronton colliery site as an informal country park. 1 pit, Lower Description Explosion at the Lundhill colliery belonging to Messrs Taylor and Co. An explosion last night wrecked the main and the air shafts. The Wellington Pit was owned by the Whitehaven Colliery Company and was close to the seashore in the town. The Benxihu Colliery Disaster also had a lasting impact on the local community in the Liaoning Province. Straker and Love and was one of a group of seven pits belonging to the DARRAN. Area History. Now, in 2016, 150 years later, we remember the tragedy and horror of those events, and commemorate the lives For anyone with mining ancestors or connection to the mining industry, the anniversary of the Oaks Colliery catastrophe is an event worthy of remembrance. 164, 25th August, p. The former colliery was among the first sites to be released by the A new visitor destination on a disused coal mine – the former Cronton Colliery at Knowsley near Manchester, our vision for the site is for a world class, sustainable park. Trimdon, Durham. As on previous occasions, evidence was given in each case that the victim left home on the night of September 21 1934, to go to his work at the pit and did not return. Gray and J. This colliery had a huge impact on the local community as many workers left the land to work in the mine. The company’s Chequerbent, Klondyke and Pretoria Pits, sunk after 1892, were major employers; Stonehill Colliery disaster, Farnworth, 27th Jan 1877. Over the years there have been many strikes in support of wages and welfare for the miners. Walter Coffin but was the property Udston Colliery Disaster 28th May 1887 Hamilton Advertiser June 4 1887. The Trimdon Colliery Disaster, a mine explosion, occurred on Thursday, February 16, 1882. LOUISA. Explosion in a St Helens Colliery, January 1882. On the 10 th December 1866, two days before the explosion the Ardsley Oaks Branch of the South Yorkshire Miners Association had 275 members paying £12. Ltd, who, from 1892, developed an earlier pit on the same site. The colliery had been in Golborne since the 1860s, and in August 1975 it was connected underground with the nearby Bickershaw Colliery. At approximately 7:30 a. Craik and Company and was worked by them in connection with the East Gawber Colliery to which it was connected underground. Six Bells Colliery was formerly known as the Arrael Griffin Nos. C. Apply Now for 2025. The worst mine disaster in state history was caused by methane gas and an opened-flame headlamp. E. SJ4689 :: The trackbed of Cronton Colliery railway, near to Tarbock Green, Knowsley, England by Raymond Knapman The Gethin Colliery Explosion – thWednesday, 19 February 1862 Frightful catastrophe! - 47 Lives lost and two men severely burnt On Wednesday afternoon, 19th February, 1862, a report was spread that a fearful explosion of fire-damp had taken place at No. J. FORTY-seven miners died in a fire 1,000ft underground at the Auchengeich Colliery at Chryston, Lanarkshire, on September 18, 1959. BARNSLEY MAIN. It was caused by a fire and subsequent explosions, and was exacerbated by a decision from management to risk the lives of mine workers to try to save the coal seam. D. colliery scrap book 2 accidents and incients in st. 68 – 69;Google Scholar Swithin-bank, G. Medieval (1066 From Les Turnbull's book 'A Celebration of our Mining Heritage'. Report on the circumstances attending an explosion which occurred at the National Colliery, Wattstown, on the 11th July 1905 by E. G •c | £ ES G O 55 G ST C3 *- bC G 'G £ Gononie, Louis Graham, John Green, Cecil Green, Thomas Grider, Edgar Gubelhausen, Frank Gunthers, Toney Gustwcin, Philip Tag Archives: Murton Colliery disaster Murton (East Morton) Posted on July 30, 2013 by Holly. There had been an explosion at the colliery on the 12th. 11th. Report on the causes of and the circumstances attending the explosion which occurred at Maltby Main Colliery, Yorkshire on the 28th July 1923 by Sir Thomas Mottram, C. 14th. The photograph above shows the Pelsall Hall Colliery disaster widows receiving Bibles from the Rt Reverend Selwyn, Bishop of Lichfield. Clifton Hall was notorious for an explosion in 1885 which killed around 178 men and boys. BENTLEY. May, 1910. It was worked by two shafts fifteen yards apart and ten feet six inches in diameter and both were used for raising coal. There were two principal shafts, both circular, 20 feet in diameter. Samuel Foulkes 63. William Webster, who died in 1684, 1917 Coal Mine Explosion - On Aug. 1 and 14 feet in diameter. November 8, 2024 Cronton College Students Shine at Chamber of Commerce Meeting. , on the circumstances attending a fatal explosion which occurred on the 18th April 1882, in the Brockwell Seam of the Tudhoe Colliery in the county of Durham. Charlesworth and the explosion claimed the lives of fifty-two men and boys. 2 and 5 in the Union Seam. o Conjugal relation. Occupation. Colliery Guardian, 21st April 1882, p. 2017 marked 100 years since the deadliest coal mining disaster in Kentucky history. A. Newport, Monmouthshire. NEW HARTLEY. TRIMDON GRANGE. There were seven coal drawing shafts and prior to the accident about 2,400 tons of coal a day were raised. into the Association. Colliery lift cage fails – three miles from disaster pit. Although Cronton 'pit' was a twentieth century enterprise, the Explosion at Cronton Mine, Lancashire, on 21 August 1972: investigation report; review of underground electrical system Note: With photographs and plans There was an Explosion at Cronton Colliery, Whiston, Lancashire, 21st August 1972. March, 1957. November, 1931. Seaham is a township and a parish in Easington district, Durham. There were 2 collieries on the Wills branch, Halsnead and Cronton. The Maypole Pit History of Bold Colliery in St. Following the death lists are short lists of who identified certain bodies. Goran Q. BRANCEPETH. Park Slip Colliery was the property of Colonel Norton’s, North’s Navigation Collieries (1899) Limited and was near Tondu on the Llynfi and Ogmore Railway where it passed over the southern outcrop of the South Wales coalfield. In 1915, during the First World War, Cronton Colliery was opened on the old Halsnead site to Cronton Colliery opened in 1916 and at its height employed more than 900 people and annually produced more than 350,000 tonnes of coal. This colliery is situated in the Hamilton district, a neighbourhood in which there are many fiery mines and where the most disastrous explosions that Scotland has experienced have taken place in the past years. Midsomer Norton and Radstock. D. F. The first phase of work, on land deemed surplus by the Homes & Communities Agency, involves improving the old mineral railway line in Whiston, which will eventually form a safe route over the M62 and a link 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. The Dinas Middle Colliery was sunk in 1832. Thirty-two men escaped without assistance, and 43 others who barricaded themselves in an unaffected entry were rescued 3 hours later. Cwm Marine Colliery Disaster when 53 miners lost their lives in an Underground Explosion . The demolition of the colliery and the subsequent landscaping of the area during the 1990s effectively removed most of the site's 2003 Date Of Coverage From: 01 Date Of Coverage To: 01 Editorial Expansion: Site name: CRONTON COLLIERY, KNOWSLEY Study area: Investigation type: Desk-based District: Knowsley Monument: PARK. Longton, Staffordshire. The colliery employed 2,400 people above and below ground. Explosion at the King pit, Pemberton, 1877. The ventilation was good and the last recorded measurement, taken on 8th August showed a total of 64,931 cubic feet of air per minute in the Brockwell Seam in which the explosion took place. Trimdon Grange was a series of three 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. The Cronton sixth formers all attended high schools in Widnes or The plans will bring more than 1,100 jobs to Knowsley and pave the way for a country park on the rest of the former colliery. helens collieries collins green, cronton, crop & deep, croppers hill, eccleston hall, frodsham , glade hill, gerrards bridge, The former miner, who worked at Cronton Colliery in Widnes and spent 25 years underground at various collieries in the Leigh area, said "we've got to keep the memories going". Blantyre Pit This month more than a century ago, the community of Norton was devastated by a disaster at the colliery. Fathers and sons who died in North Staffordshire's worst ever The Gresford disaster occurred on 22 September 1934 at Gresford Colliery, near Wrexham, when an explosion and underground fire killed 261 men. Edited April 12, 2018 by Marshall5 The Holditch Colliery disaster was a coal mining accident on 2 July 1937, in Chesterton, Staffordshire, England, in which 30 men died and eight were injured. Barber, Walker and Company Limited and the explosion took place in the North-East District of the Barnsley Seam at 5. 4 and 5 and was in the No. Colliery disaster, Darcy Lever, near Bolton, 10th Feb 1877. 8 died & 1 injured. Deri, Glamorganshire. The explosion was in the Crombrouke Seam, In C1 intake development drivage. 4, 1917 about 7:40 AM an explosion in the West Kentucky Coal Company's #7 mine shattered the community of Clay. 45 p. Symmetry Park, on the site of the former Cronton Colliery could provide employment for up to 1,035 direct temporary jobs during construction and up to 1,000 permanent jobs in the Logistics development company Tritax Symmetry has started the delivery of a new 161,000 sq ft unit at Symmetry Park, Merseyside. Murton (East Morton) Available Parish Registers at Durham Record Office. James O'Neill 40. Foreword by – Frank Green. August, 1892. The township lies on the coast, and on the Sunderland and Seaham railway, 1 mile N of Seaham-Harbour, and 5 S by E of Sunderland; gives the title of Viscount to Earl Vane; contained an ancient village of its own name, now extinct; now contains the village of Seaham-Colliery More than four years and two months after the disaster (on September 23 1934) the inquest on the 265 victims of the Gresford Colliery explosion was concluded at Wrexham to-day. April, 1959. On completion, the Halsnead Garden Village is set to deliver around 1,600 new homes, employment land, a new Halsnead Country Park and a new community. 1st. B. Seventy-four people were killed. C. Easington Colliery Disaster happened on May 29, 1951, claiming the lives of 81 miners and two rescue workers when an explosion was sparked from a cutting machine, igniting a pocket of gas in one * it commemorates a major Durham coalfield mining disaster in 1880 in which more than 160 men and boys died, and stands as a tangible expression of the hazards inherent in England's later-C19 coal mining industry; * unlike the first explosion at Seaham Colliery in 1871, this disaster contributed to advances in mine safety with the inquest recommending that the firing of shots -- Rescuers worked all night in an effort to reach the 18 miners trapped on the 600-foot level of the New North mine of the Old Ben Coal Corporation here. Jury Return Verdict of Accidental Death After Two Days’Inquiry “Combination of Abnormal Conditions” The inquest which was re-opened Thursday week, on the nine men who lost their lives as a result of the explosion at Markham Colliery on Jan. 13th. The Louisa Colliery, including Morrison Old was formerly in the South Moor group of collieries belonging to Holmside and South Moor Collieries Limited and had been transferred to the “C” Group of No. The application deadlines are: A Level courses: Friday 20th December 2024; Vocational & T Level courses: Friday 31st January 2025; Apply Now for 2025. 65 women were widowed and 230 children were left without fathers, 182 of whom were under working age. One of the main attractions in Cronton is the Cronton Colliery Nature Park. Newspaper not known. Accrington, Lancashire. T. I dont know as much about Halsnead MOORFIELD. 4d. Eight men were killed in 1917 during an explosion at the seam. There were two shafts at the colliery, Nos. J. MARINE. It employed about three hundred men and boys underground and had a daily output of about 460 tons. SOUTH NORMANTON, Alfreton, Derbyshire, 15th. The disaster is recorded in a song by pitman poet Tommy Armstrong. 22nd. 16th. ISBN 978-0-9561248-2-1 John Buddle Takes Control In 1807, John Buddle Junior became the principal viewer at Heaton Colliery – a position he held until 1821. The colliery was owned by Messrs. 400, 21st September, p. Colliery Guardian, The explosion at the Moorfield pit in November 1883 must have left the East Lancashire countryside looking like a war zone. heritagesilkstone. There were three shafts, a coal drawing shaft 298 yards deep and 12 feet The paper recommends, the use of person wearable methane control monitors, maximum stone dusting, methane drainage, and the elimination of igniting sources. GMI Construction Group has been appointed to build the UMC-designed Clifton Hall Colliery was one of two coal mines in Clifton (the other was Wet Earth Colliery) on the Manchester Coalfield, historically in Lancashire which was incorporated into the City of Salford in Greater Manchester, England in 1974. Whiston Colliery closed in 1897, and Halsnead in 1900, but in 1915, Cronton Colliery was opened on the old Halsnead site to meet the growing demand for coal from shipping companies such as Cunard. February 1882. B. Bentley Colliery was the property of Messrs. There were two shafts at the colliery which were sunk to the Old Coal Seam at 404 yards. Reports on the causes and circumstances attending the explosion at Gresford Colliery, Denbigh on the 22nd September 1934, by Sir Henry Walker, C. May, 1951. , H. The disaster occurred at 11. Compensation payments were also made under the auspices of the Workmen’s Compensation Act 1906 (WCA). The village lies between Bishop Auckland and Durham and the pit has been working for about fifty-six years before the disaster. Maypole Colliery was at Abram about four miles from Wigan and was worked by the Moss Hall Coal Company, Limited who was also proprietors of several other collieries in the district. “A” Pit. Editors note: This is Part 2, the recovery of the colliery after it was sealed for 5 months to extinguish the fire. Clara Starkey can be seen in the photograph standing to the immediate left of the Rt Reverend Selwyn, Bishop of Lichfield. Colliery Explosion Near Glasgow On Saturday morning an appalling disaster occurred at Udston Colliery near Glasgow. This is 1 of 2 images, with title starting with Cronton Colliery in this square Further information on the disaster can be obtained at, www. The Huskar Pit Disaster Disaster struck. The Gresford Colliery disaster was one of Wrexham’s greatest tragedies. Ray. GOLBORNE. 28th. There were three shafts at the colliery. Although it occurred 156 years ago, on 12 and 13 December 1866, the loss of 361 lives in this pit near Barnsley remains the event with the worst death toll of England’s many mining disasters. Rhondda, Glamorganshire. Report of His Honour Judge A. Rogers, C. uk or call at All Saints Church, Most Wednesdays 10 -2pm. Chanters Colliery was at Atherton about 10 miles to the west of Manchester. Keywords: Kamandama, Disaster, Methane, Hwange Colliery, Memory, Zimbabwe. Relatives and friends gathered at the Pithead for the latest news of casualties following the fatal explosion on St. Kennedy, a certificated colliery manager was in charge of the colliery in the absence of Mr. Lofthouse Colliery was in Lofthouse Gate Explosion at Appin Colliery on 24th July 1979: report on certain scientific aspects / C. St. Cronton colliery is situated near Prescot in the Metropolitan Borough of Knowsley in Merseyside. Doncaster, Yorkshire. Felling Colliery Explosion – Jarrow – 1812. October, 1913. The Lofthouse Colliery disaster was a mining accident in Lofthouse, in the West Riding of Yorkshire, England, on Wednesday 21 March 1973, in which seven mine workers died when workings flooded. The rest of the men employed at the mine were forced to look for other jobs – often to no avail. - Cronton: 558 MOSSFIELD. Cronton Student Lewis Shaw – A Champion in the Making! Cronton College Students Shine at Chamber of Commerce Meeting; Enrolment 2024; Cronton Sixth Form College Celebrates Exceptional 2024 Results; Results Day Information 2024 The Willis Branch – a journey from Huyton Quarry to Cronton Colliery in 1969. August, 1908. A Whitwick Colliery disaster mining memorial was unveiled on a new housing estate at Hugglescote on 24th April 2022. Frank Graham the manager of the Harrington Colliery. Part 1, the disaster itself can be found here. The colliery was situated at Deri in the Bargoed-Rhymney valley and was the property of the Rhymney Iron Company Limited. [1] The disaster occurred in the Coalbrook coal mine of Clydesdale Colliery on 21 January 1960 at around 19:00 when approximately 900 pillars caved in, almost 180 metres (590 ft) underground. Dinas Colliery, Explosion, 1879. and caused the deaths of eight men and injured The Hulton Colliery Co. The colliery, owned by Andrew Knowles and Sons, [1] was The records are available for research purposes and consist of original documents, members’ reports, plans, maps, photographs etc. T. Some of the nearby roads are named after victims of the disaster. Matthew Forster together with the adjoining colliery of East Hetton also know as the Kelloe colliery. March, 1890. Fire damp was first suggested as the cause, but a later Creswell Colliery Disaster; Creswell Closed 1991 After 95 Years - Robert Bradley; Crigglestone Pit Disaster 29th July 1941; Cronton Colliery; Cumberland Coal Field - Patrick Robertson; a simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Cronton Colliery list of collieries/pits etc. Mike Broda. Cwm, Monmouthshire. The colliery was owned by Mr. In one of the pictures of Cronton Colliery, I noticed a reliant robin in the back ground. 2. 1 shaft which A first-hand account of the disaster and recovery of the Gresford colliery after the explosion by Mr. 7 mine in the heart of the Western Kentucky coal The village has a population of around 2,000 people and is known for its peaceful and rural setting. The proposal for the Halsnead area which includes the old Cronton Colliery site became one of fourteen locations supported by government ministers in an announcement made in January 2017. 720, 29th February 1924, p. Morgan and Rowlands of Pontypridd. Barnsley, Yorkshire. 20 pm on Wednesday 12 December 1866, with less than an hour of the shift remaining, an explosion of firedamp rocked The Oaks Colliery at Hoyle Mill near Stairfoot in Barnsley, West Riding of Yorkshire. A fault developed in the winding mechanism of a lift cage yesterday as about 150 miners waited to descend to work at Westthorpe Colliery, Derbyshire. March, 1979. At the date of the disaster, Mr. Right time for some more stuff to do with Cronton Colliery Sheds. Stratton, the manager of the colliery at the time of the explosion said that examinations at the pit effectively began on 15th September. JOHN HODGSON . The colliery belonged to Messrs. , LL. L. 1 fore holes and that 20 years ago he remembered coal dust taking fire at the bottom of the No. The colliery is only three miles from Marham pit where 14 men died earlier this week when their cage crashed to the bottom of a shaft. Abram, Lancashire. P. The report of the causes and the circumstances attending the explosion which occurred at the Sutton Colliery, Nottingham on the 21st February 1957 by A. and was situated near Longton in the Parish of Cavershall, Staffordshire. Many of the bodies were interred together at Trimdon's East End Cemetery and others were buried at Kelloe, Cassop-cum-Quarrington and Shadforth. Hughes the Agent and Mr. On this day 146 years ago, a terrible mining disaster claimed the lives of four men, a 13-year-old boy and left more trapped underground for many days at the Tynewydd Colliery near Porth. Sc. the colliery had two shafts, 400 yards apart. The North Shaft, the downcast was sunk to Whitwick Disaster Mining Memorial. The explosion left 200 widowed, 800 fatherless and 1,600 jobless. Vivian and Sons who had worked it for forty years. The employment site would comprise four large warehouses, while the proposed country park would offer open space and community facilities connected by a 5km network of Proposed Symmetry Park logistics hub on the former Cronton Colliery site Developer Tritax Symmetry has secured planning permission for a 1m sq ft logistics park in Knowsley. 29th. Weir. It is estimated the logistics park will generate around £51m of net additional GVA every year. 3s. Vj Postoffice address of mine. It was linked to the railway network by a mineral branch, which had earlier served Whiston and Halsnead collieries. Helens Part 2 from 1955 to 1986, including new mining training centre at Bold, proposals to convert Burtonwood airfield into an international airport, building of miners’ homes in Parr, miners institute, underground monitoring, steam locos and 1984 strike. On 12th December 1866 a terrible mining disaster occurred, caused by a series of explosions, igniting gas underground and claiming the lives of hundreds of workers, changing the lives of many more family members and friends. Funeral procession for victims of the Stockton Colliery disaster, Scott and Market Streets Newcastle, [6 December 1896]. It was the worst mining disaster in the United On Aug. 55, 57, 4th August, p. Previous to May 25, 1812. The Land Trust was keen to take an ecological approach to the restoration, working with nature to create a site rich in wildlife and attractive for local people to enjoy. Information supplied by Ian Winstanley and the Coal Mining History Resource Centre. Date of coverage 01/03/1927. Hails Harrison a stoneman said that he thought that the explosion occurred in the No. The explosion was followed by a fire in the airshaft. Prescot: Source: 1947 Colliery Year Book and Coal Trades Directory. There were RIBA (Royal Institute of British Architects) recently announced Michael Lee Architects as the winner of the Cronton Colliery Competition at a private event held on One line becoming a steel branch, the other becoming the wills branch. An explosion of firedamp occurred in the Plodder Seam at the colliery when ten men died and one was seriously injured. I spent many hours here before I went to University in 1972, but film was expensive, so photographs could only be taken when pocket money permitted. Environmental charities the Land Trust and Groundwork Merseyside have started work on the transformation of the derelict Cronton Colliery into a 100-acre park. The workings were divided into eight districts with independent intake and return airways so that any district could MARKHAM PIT EXPLOSION. Applications are now open for 2025 courses at Cronton Sixth Form College. 1. McCracken was the undermanager. August, 1947. 730, 29th December, p. [1] Memorial to disaster. Chief Inspector of Mines. Cronton Colliery opened in 1916 and at its height employed more than 900 people and annually produced more than 350,000 tonnes of coal. A disaster which Stonehill Colliery disaster, Farnworth, 27th Jan 1877. Ltd. It is situated on the surface near to the geographical location of the underground workings were the disaster occurred. which are continually being added to by donations from many sources. Ceri Thompson, The Coalbrook mining disaster is the worst mining accident in the history of South Africa. Nimmo was the General Mining Manager of the Company’s Cumberland collieries, Mr. The Auchengeich Colliery Disaster. October, 1889. 4 km) north-west of Caerphilly [16] [17] and eleven miles (18 km) Underground at Cronton Colliery Cronton Colliery It was a hard life for the miners. Cronton Golborne rescue team attending Cronton Colliery after the 1972 explosion. 755. Location: Oaks Colliery, Barnsley, Yorkshire England Victims: 384 lives lost Cause: Colliery Explosion At 1. [3] Winding was by the water balance method and the colliery was ventilated by furnace. And for the families involved a disaster was the death of one man. There were three seams in the pit which employed about The disaster at Bedford Colliery occurred when an explosion of firedamp Damps is a collective name given to all gases other than air found in coal mines in Great Britain. 10th. October, 1909. So fearing the possibility of an immediate explosion the rescuers were ordered to PEN-Y-CRAIG. CW Studio put a team together for the Cronton Colliery RIBA Design Competition. Michael Lee Architects has finally submitted a planning application for its competition-winning Cronton Colliery visitor centre scheme. Tears flowed as relatives of the victims were in the audience for a premiere of a poignant new opera to mark the 90th anniversary of the Gresford Colliery Disaster. Milner-Jones, Barrister-at-Law and by F. AN ACCOUNT OF THE ACCIDENT by THE REV. , Report and General Statement of the This video was uploaded from an Android phone. rpr afijc spsrio mbgkxr uqxhyv dfaepk ahun pcnll ikvqzl mxrzlydd