	Brightside Colliery	Index	Brightside Colliery

Brightside Colliery

Location:	nr. Sheffield 2½ miles [4 km] NE of Sheffield
Map Ref:	(Sheet 110 Sheffield and Huddersfield, 111 Sheffield and Doncaster) SK387894, 53° 24' 0" N, 1° 25' 0" W
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Pits:	Upcast Shaft
Notes:	Current Status - Page under construction! and is far, far from complete!

Description

Disasters (5 or more killed)

12th

Apr

1867

5 lives lost (Show Names)

Names of those killed at this colliery

Please note that this collection of names is by no means complete!

						Bates, John, 17 Mar 1863, Fall of roof in the mine
						Bates, Thomas, 12 Apr 1867, aged 60, Firetrier, Pit rope breaking [More information ...]
						Bergin, Joshua, 12 Apr 1867, aged 18, Filler, Pit rope breaking [More information ...]
						Buckley, Jeremiah, 19 May 1861, Fall of stone in the shaft [More information ...]
						Dunstan, John, 14 Feb 1857, aged Boy, Crushed by a corfe in the mine
						Fletcher, M., 20 Dec 1873, aged 66, Hanger on, Crushed in shaft
						Fox, George, 12 Apr 1867, aged 36, Labourer, Pit rope breaking [More information ...]
						Fox, James, 12 Apr 1867, aged 42, Labourer, Pit rope breaking [More information ...]
						Goldstraw, John, 12 Apr 1867, aged 26, Collier, Pit rope breaking [More information ...]
						Greaves, John, 20 Jan 1869, aged 18, Incline boy, Through the breaking of a chain, crushed by a tub at bottom of an incline [More information ...]
						Hanson, Thomas, 01 Dec 1879, aged 29, Dataller, Fall of roof
						Hoyland, Reuben, 04 Jun 1861, Fall of coal in the mine
						Laing, Isaac, 05 Aug 1873, aged 22, Collier, Fall of roof [More information ...]
						Lee, -, 04 Dec 1883, Collier, Fall of roof
						Mainfield, W., 20 Jan 1873, aged 41, Overman, Fall of roof
						Marsland, M., 15 Feb 1875, aged 55, Collier, Fall of roof
						Mosely, Thomas, 03 May 1861, Crushed by corves in the mine
						Norton, Joseph, 29 Jun 1867, aged 14, Driver, Run over by tubs
						Parker, George, 23 Oct 1865, Boy, Explosion of firedamp [More information ...]
						Parker, George, snr., 23 Oct 1865, Explosion of firedamp [More information ...]
						Ridge, Charles, 16 Apr 1869, aged 22, Collier, Fall of roof
						Sadler, Samuel, 14 Nov 1865, Fall of roof in mine
						Saunders, Thomas, 05 Aug 1873, aged 29, Filler, Fall of roof [More information ...]
						Shaw, William, 09 Aug 1867, aged 30, Incline man, Knocked down by jenny drag
						Singleton, Arthur, 30 Mar 1858, aged Boy, Fall of roof in the mine
						Weelock, Francis, 23 Oct 1865, Explosion of firedamp [More information ...]
						Whittaker, J., 17 Jun 1875, aged 27, Collier, Fall of roof
						Wilkinson, J., 05 Sep 1870, aged 19, Filler, Fall of roof
						Wright, Thomas, 04 Jul 1873, aged 14, Driver, Run over by tubs on inclined plane

						29 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.

Those names marked with , have a web page providing individual details of the accident, the page may also include a photograph of the deceased. Click on the symbol next to the name to see the web page.

Some of the names of mining fatalities on this page have been kindly provided by Ian Winstanley of the Coal Mining History Resource Centre (CMHRC) and are marked with . The CMHRC is available here.

more information on some of the fatalities shown above

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Credits

Sources:

1857 Mines Inspectors Report, by Charles Morton, H.M. Inspector of Mines
1858 Mines Inspectors Report, by Charles Morton, H.M. Inspector of Mines
1861 Mines Inspectors Report, by Charles Morton, H.M. Inspector of Mines
1863 Mines Inspectors Report, by Charles Morton, H.M. Inspector of Mines
1869 Mines Inspectors Report (C 124), Yorkshire District by Frank N. Wardell, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
1873 Mines Inspectors Report (C. 1056), Yorkshire and Lincolnshire District by Frank N. Wardell, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
1875 Mines Inspectors Report (C. 1499), Yorkshire District by Frank N. Wardell, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
1883 Mines Inspectors Report (C 4078), Yorkshire and Lincolnshire District by Frank N. Wardell, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report