	Bradley Hall Colliery	Index	Bradley Hall Colliery

Bradley Hall Colliery

Location:	Standish 3½ miles [6 km] NNW of Wigan
Map Ref:	(Sheet 108 Liverpool, Southport and Wigan) SD572111, 53° 35' 41" N, 2° 38' 44" W
Opened:	1855
Closed:
Owners:	Richard Fisher
	Henry Atherton
Output:	1894 - Coal: Manufacturing.
Employment:	1894 - 54 (41 below, 13 surface)

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!

						Baldry, Arthur, 12 Nov 1888, aged 38, Collier, Inspection made and inquest attended. He was driving a narrow place when some of the ley overlying the coal and which was projecting about 18 inches unsupported by timber fell upon him
						Banks, George, 10 Mar 1881, aged 23, Collier, Inspection made and inquest attended. The top coal fell on to deceased, in consequence of his neglecting to set a sufficient number of props
						Banks, John, 17 Nov 1876, aged 25, Collier, Fall of roof
						Bleakley, John Thomas, 22 Jun 1889, aged 17, Drawer, Inspection made and inquest attended. He was assisting some men to clear up some dirt from the side of the road when a piece of clod fell from the roof, knocking him against a tub. It was thought that the clod had been taken down to the hard roof, but they were deceived, owing to the presence of a dipping parting in the clod
						Bolton, Joseph, 03 May 1863, Fireman, Suffocation in explosive gas [More information ...]
						Broughton, William, 10 Nov 1877, aged 19, Drawer, Explosion of gas
						Brown, John, 01 Oct 1870, Collier, Fall of roof
						Eastham, James, 03 May 1863, Fireman, Suffocation in explosive gas [More information ...]
						Fairbrother, Henry, 15 Dec 1886, aged 30, Collier, Inspection made and inquest attended. Explosion of firedamp. Cause: open lights
						Firth, Jonas, 12 Jun 1874, (accident: 08 May 1874), aged 39, Collier, Fall of coal in 7 foot mine. Died 12th June
						Frith, Jonas, 12 May 1874, (accident: 08 May 1874), aged 39, Collier, Accidental death by coal falling from roof
						Grady, Patrick, 04 Nov 1875, aged 35, Metalman, Explosion of gas
						Green, Maw, 06 Jan 1863, aged 50, Pitman, Something falling upon him in the pit
						Lyon, David, 18 Dec 1860, Labourer, Deceased was killed by a portion of the signal rod falling down the pit
						Mason, Richard, 10 Jun 1862, aged 22, Drawer, Explosion of gas
						Needham, William, 10 Aug 1878, aged 60, Dataler, Fall of roof. A simple accident
						Turner, John, 24 Apr 1860, aged 15, Hooker on, Fell from mouthing
						Worthington, H., 12 Oct 1855, (accident: 01 Oct 1855), Explosion of firedamp., died from burns on the 12th (4 others burnt)
						Worthington, Henry, 17 May 1872, (accident: 06 May 1872), Collier, Explosion of gas in 4 Feet mine, on 6th inst.

						19 names found

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Credits

Sources:

1855 Mines Inspectors Report, by Joseph Dickinson, H.M. Inspector of Mines
1860 Mines Inspectors Report, by Peter Higson, H.M. Inspector of Mines
1863 Mines Inspectors Report, by Peter Higson, H.M. Inspector of Mines
1872 Mines Inspectors Report (C. 840), West Lancashire and North Wales District by Peter Higson, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
1875 Mines Inspectors Report (C. 1499), Liverpool District by Henry Hall, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
1876 Mines Inspectors Report (C. 1734), Liverpool District by Henry Hall, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
1877 Mines Inspectors Report (C. 2003), Liverpool District by Henry Hall, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
1878 Mines Inspectors Report (C 2321), Liverpool District by Henry Hall, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
1881 Mines Inspectors Report (C 3241), 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
1894 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department