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Alliance Colliery
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| Location: | Wigan ½ miles [1 km] NE of Wigan |
| Map Ref: | (Sheet 108 Liverpool, Southport and Wigan) SD585058, 53° 32' 50" N, 2° 37' 35" W |
| Opened: | 1880 |
| Closed: | 1901 |
| Owners: | Alliance Coal and Cannel Co. |
| Output: | 1894 - Coal: Gas, Household, Steam. |
| 1896 - Coal: Gas, Household, Steam. | |
| 1900 - Coal: Gas, Household, Steam. | |
| Employment: | 1894 - 270 (226 below, 44 surface) |
| 1896 - 168 (132 below, 36 surface) | |
| 1900 - 76 (50 below, 26 surface) |
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Description
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Disasters (5 or more killed)
None found.
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Names of those killed at this colliery
Please note that this collection of names is by no means complete!
 | Brown, Thomas, 08 Mar 1888, aged 45, Collier, Inspection made and inquest attended. Deceased was killed by a fall of roof in his working place. There was apparently a deficient supply of timber but the evidence on this point was very conflicting | |||||
| Carlisle, William, 15 Nov 1893, aged 17, Drawer, Inspection made and inquest attended. The roof fell upon the deceased near face of roadway capping three bars which were set about 3 feet apart the roof in that roadway being very broken with slips | |||||
| Collier, Henry, 01 Jan 1893, (accident: 07 Dec 1892, 1 p.m., 7th hour of shift), aged 55, Collier, Inquiry made. Deceased slipped his footing while pushing a tub up a brow, injuring his back ; he died from inflammation, brought on by the accident, Jan. 1, 1893 | |||||
| Halsal, John, 23 Sep 1889, aged 19, Collier, Inspection made and inquest attended. His props were set 5 feet from the face, and the roof fell in between the timber and the face. He had not been visited by an official up to 11 o'clock | |||||
| Hogg, William, 06 Jun 1883, aged 54, Bricksetter, Inspection made and inquest attended. Deceased had gone down the pit to repair the pit bottom, and before he had properly "got his eyesight" went to look at his linesm just as the cage was being lowered and was knocked done. This accident was due to carelessness | |||||
| Humphreys, Samuel, 26 Nov 1897, (accident: 23 Nov 1897), aged 23, Labourer, Inspection made and inquest attended. The deceased went to see if any of the bearings of the machinery at the screens required oiling and apparently whilst leaning over some spur wheels his vest was caught and he was drawn in between them. He succumbed to injuries received on the 26th | |||||
| 6 names found | ||||||
If you know of any fatalities missing from the above list then please contact us with the details and we will add them to our database.
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Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)
a simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Alliance Colliery
list of collieries/pits etc. near to Alliance Colliery
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Credits
Sources:
- 1883 Mines Inspectors Report (C 4078), Liverpool District by Henry Hall, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
- 1889 Mines Inspectors Report (C 6015), Liverpool and Ireland District (No. 7) by Henry Hall, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
- 1892 Mines Inspectors Report (C 6986), Liverpool and Ireland District (No. 7) by Henry Hall, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
- 1894 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
- 1896 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department, also available online at Peak District Mines Historical Society Ltd
- 1897 Mines Inspectors Report (C 8819), Liverpool District (No. 7) by Henry Hall, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
- 1900 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
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