	Bent Grange Colliery	Index	Bent Grange Colliery

Bent Grange Colliery

Location:	Oldham 6½ miles [10 km] NE of Manchester
Map Ref:	(Sheet 109 Manchester) SD920052, 53° 32' 37" N, 2° 7' 13" W
Opened:	1845
Closed:	1868
Owners:	Thomas Butterworth
Notes:	Current Status - Page under construction! and is far, far from complete!

Description

Disasters (5 or more killed)

	10th	Oct	1850		Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by naked light, 16 lives lost (Show Names)
	1st	Jul	1853		Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by faulty ventilation, 20 lives lost (Show Names)

Names of those killed at this colliery

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

						Ashworth, Samuel, 01 Jul 1853, aged 43, Collier, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by faulty ventilation [More information ...]
						Bambling, Bartholomew, 10 Oct 1850, aged 12, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by naked light [More information ...]
						Bramwell, Thomas, 10 Oct 1850, aged 21, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by naked light [More information ...]
						Brierley, Luke, 01 Jul 1853, aged 10, Drawer's Assistant, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by faulty ventilation [More information ...]
						Butterworth, Edmund, 10 Oct 1850, aged 40, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by naked light [More information ...]
						Butterworth, James, 10 Oct 1850, aged 21, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by naked light [More information ...]
						Crookson, Robert, 01 Jul 1853, aged 28, Collier, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by faulty ventilation [More information ...]
						Dunkerley, Daniel, 10 Oct 1850, aged 31, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by naked light [More information ...]
						Fidiham, Robert, 10 Oct 1850, aged 25, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by naked light [More information ...]
						Fitton, William, 01 Jul 1853, aged 35, Collier, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by faulty ventilation [More information ...]
						Fox, Benjamin, 10 Oct 1850, aged 34, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by naked light [More information ...]
						Fox, Jonas, 10 Oct 1850, aged 17, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by naked light [More information ...]
						Geary, Edward, 10 Oct 1850, aged 32, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by naked light [More information ...]
						Gill, Nathaniel, 01 Jul 1853, aged 30, Collier, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by faulty ventilation [More information ...]
						Halkyard, Joseph, 01 Jul 1853, aged 34, Collier, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by faulty ventilation [More information ...]
						Haslam, Robert, 01 Jul 1853, aged 34, Collier, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by faulty ventilation [More information ...]
						Howard, Elkanah, 01 Jul 1853, aged 30, Collier, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by faulty ventilation [More information ...]
						Jackson, James, 10 Oct 1850, aged 54, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by naked light [More information ...]
						Jackson, Joseph, 01 Jul 1853, aged 20, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by faulty ventilation [More information ...]
						Jones, John, 01 Jul 1853, aged 30, Collier, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by faulty ventilation [More information ...]
						Kershaw, Henry, 01 Jul 1853, aged 21, Collier, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by faulty ventilation [More information ...]
						Kershaw, Joseph, 01 Jul 1853, aged 44, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by faulty ventilation [More information ...]
						Lees, William, 10 Oct 1850, aged 32, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by naked light [More information ...]
						Lord, James, 29 Jan 1864, (accident: 22 Jan 1864), aged 19, Waggoner, Burned whilst blasting. The flame caught him as he was getting away ; died on the 29th
						Mellor, Robert, 01 Jul 1853, aged 50, Collier, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by faulty ventilation [More information ...]
						Mills, Daniel, 27 Feb 1863, aged 18, Waggoner, Roof falling in a waggon road
						Mytton, Ralph, 10 Oct 1850, aged 32, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by naked light [More information ...]
						Newton, George, 10 Oct 1850, aged 19, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by naked light [More information ...]
						Newton, John, 10 Oct 1850, aged 19, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by naked light [More information ...]
						Ogden, Samuel, 01 Jul 1853, aged 35, Collier, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by faulty ventilation [More information ...]
						Parkin, John, 10 Oct 1850, aged 13, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by naked light [More information ...]
						Smith, Simeon, 01 Jul 1853, aged 38, Collier, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by faulty ventilation [More information ...]
						Stott, John, 10 Oct 1850, aged 14, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by naked light [More information ...]
						Whittaker, George, 01 Jul 1853, aged 21, Collier, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by faulty ventilation [More information ...]
						Wild, William, 01 Jul 1853, aged 22, Hurrier, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by faulty ventilation [More information ...]
						Williamson, James, 22 Oct 1859, aged 30, Collier, Crushed against a low part of the roof whilst riding behind a tram up the engine-brow

						36 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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Credits

Sources:

1853 (Jul-Dec) Mines Inspectors Report, by Joseph Dickinson, H.M. Inspector of Mines, published in 1854
1859 Mines Inspectors Report, Manchester District by Joseph Dickinson, H.M. Inspector of Mines
1863 Mines Inspectors Report, by Joseph Dickinson, H.M. Inspector of Mines
1864 Mines Inspectors Report, by Joseph Dickinson, H.M. Inspector of Mines