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Brierley Colliery

Location:	Brierley 7½ miles [12 km] S of Sheffield
Map Ref:	(Sheet 119 Buxton and Matlock) SK372755, 53° 16' 30" N, 1° 26' 32" W
Opened:
Closed:
Owners:	Hodroyd Coal Co., Ltd.
	1947 - National Coal Board (N.C.B.)
Employment:	1923 - 1,175 (953 below, 222 surface)
	1933 - 595
	1940 - 940
	1947 - 25 (21 below, 4 surface)
Notes:	Current Status - Page under construction! and is far, far from complete!

Description

Disasters (5 or more killed)

None Found

Names of those killed at this colliery

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

						Bell, William, 25 Mar 1933, aged 37, Collier, On longwall face near and old road at right angles to face stone band broke and displaced three timber bars — bulk of fall had been removed and he was cleaning the floor when there was fall of side which killed him outright
						Brook, Oswald Walter, 02 Feb 1915, (accident: 14 Jan 1915), aged 57, Dataller, He was withdrawing timber when piece of roof fell without warning. Died 2nd Feb
						Copley, W., 11 May 1934, aged 50, Collier, He was driving a wedge into coal face when piece of rock fell reeling out a prop. Died 2 months later
						Green, James Israel alias WEST Frederick, 20 May 1919, aged 30, Collier, He had holed near floor of a pillar and a shot had been fired which did not bring down the coal. He was working under overhanging coal when it fell and killed him
						Kerr, Jim, 02 Dec 1936, aged 21 [More information ...]
						Lawton, Mathew Clarence, 02 Dec 1936, aged 20 [More information ...]
						Makings, Wilfred, 30 Dec 1919, aged 21, Corporal, Walking along horse road when some overhanging side fell on him. Died 7 hours later
						Nash, Philip, 02 Dec 1936, aged 24 [More information ...]
						Ogley, Ernest, 24 Nov 1915, aged 17, Trammer, Assisting to couple full tubs when slab fell from side and displaced a prop
						Senior, Frederick, 31 Jan 1913, aged 21, Trammer, He was holing when a piece of stone fell from the roof and struck his head. The timber was not set to the specified distance
						Swift, Thomas, 05 Dec 1924, 8.30 a.m., 3rd hour of shift, aged 14, Pony Driver, He was passing the front tub of a set of four which he was bringing on to the main haulage when it is thought that he slipped on a cast iron pipe that lay on the side of the road. He fell in front of the set and was killed instantly, his neck being broken. Had the haulage road been kept clear of obstructions the accident would probably not have happened

						11 names found

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Credits

Sources:

1913 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 7439), Yorkshire and North Midland Division (No. 3) by Thomas H. Mottram, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
1923 Colliery Year Book and Coal Trades Directory. Published by The Louis Cassier Co. Ltd., from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian
1924 Mines Inspectors Report, Yorkshire Division (No. 3) by H. M. Hudspeth, H.M. Inspector of Mines [DMM Ref: L-01624 - Tom Bainbridge Collection]
1933 Colliery Year Book and Coal Trades Directory. Published by The Louis Cassier Co. Ltd., from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian
1940 Colliery Year Book and Coal Trades Directory. Published by The Louis Cassier Co. Ltd., from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian
1947 Colliery Year Book and Coal Trades Directory. Published by The Louis Cassier Co. Ltd., from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian