	Clifton Hall Colliery	Index	Clifton Hall Colliery

Clifton Hall Colliery

Location:	Clifton, Manchester 4½ miles [7 km] NW of Manchester
Map Ref:	(Sheet 109 Manchester) SD793022, 53° 30' 57" N, 2° 18' 44" W
Opened:
Closed:
Owners:	John Knowles
	Andrew Knowles and Sons
	Manchester Collieries Ltd.
Output:	1894 - Coal: Gas, Household, Manufacturing.
	1896 - Coal: Gas, Household, Manufacturing.
	1900 - Coal: Gas, Household, Manufacturing.
	1905 - Coal: Gas, Household, Manufacturing.
	1910 - Coal: Gas, Household, Manufacturing.
	1915 - Coal: Gas, Household, Manufacturing.
Employment:	1894 - 617 (493 below, 124 surface)
	1896 - 539 (392 below, 147 surface)
	1900 - 570 (422 below, 148 surface)
	1905 - 610 (440 below, 170 surface)
	1910 - 677 (504 below, 173 surface)
	1915 - 785 (570 below, 215 surface)
	1923 - 1,084 (728 below, 356 surface)
Seams Worked:	1894 - Trencherbone
	1896 - Trencherbone
	1900 - Trencherbone
	1905 - Trencherbone
	1910 - Trencherbone
	1915 - Doe, Trencherbone, Victoria
Notes:	Current Status - Page under construction! and is far, far from complete!

Description

Disasters (5 or more killed)

18th

Jun

1885

Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by lighted candle, 178 lives lost (Show Names)

Those entries marked with , signify a disaster for which a memorial has been erected or for which we have images concerning the disaster, alternately their name may be mentioned on a memorial plaque. Click on the symbol next to the name to see the appropriate web page for the memorial.

Names of those killed at this colliery

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

						Allen, John, 18 Jun 1885, aged 29, Hooker on, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by lighted candle [More information ...]
						Anderson, John W., 11 May 1928, aged 41, Collier, Crushed by runaway tubs
						Ashburn, Joseph, 31 Dec 1907, 2 p.m., 8th hour of shift, aged 54, Collier, In jig brow, whilst repairing, deceased stood on three iron pipes (compressed air) 4 feet from floor, stowing dirt on iron girders. From 2 yards higher up the brow and from the lip edge of roof, some stone fell displacing a prop, one stone fell on the three pipes, whilst he was getting down, astride the pipes, the stone slid down on the pipes, struck his back, forcing the lower part of his body against a pipe flange, the serious injury caused his death in three and a half hours. Two companions standing on the floor got away uninjured. The lip edge of roof ought to have had a bar under or more props. (Roof good) (Trencherbone seam)
						Ashton, John William, 13 Sep 1929, aged 47, Collier, Killed by runaway tubs [More information ...]
						Ashton, William, 18 Jun 1885, aged 52, Coal Miner, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by lighted candle [More information ...]
						Atkinson, Israel, 18 Jun 1885, aged 22, Coal Miner, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by lighted candle [More information ...]
						Atkinson, John, 18 Jun 1885, aged 40, Coal Miner, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by lighted candle [More information ...]
						Banks, Rueben, 18 Jun 1885, aged 19, Jigger, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by lighted candle [More information ...]
						Barker, Matthew, 13 Feb 1873, aged 27, Coal Miner, Roof coal falling from between two previously unseen slips near where a chock had been removed
						Barker, Walter, 18 Jun 1885, aged 13, Stable Boy, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by lighted candle [More information ...]
						Barlow, Frederick, 18 Jun 1885, aged 23, Coal Miner, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by lighted candle [More information ...]
						Barlow, Noah, 18 Jun 1885, aged 20, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by lighted candle [More information ...]
						Barlow, Thomas, 18 Jun 1885, aged 54, Coal Miner, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by lighted candle [More information ...]
						Barlow, Thomas, jnr., 18 Jun 1885, aged 30, Coal Miner, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by lighted candle [More information ...]
						Barter, Leonard Charles, 18 Jun 1885, aged 13, Wagon-Coupler, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by lighted candle [More information ...]
						Baxter, William, 18 Jun 1885, aged 20, Coal Miner, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by lighted candle [More information ...]
						Bell, Benjamin, 18 Jun 1885, aged 18, Coal Miner, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by lighted candle [More information ...]
						Berry, George Enoch, 18 Jun 1885, aged 20, Wagoner, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by lighted candle [More information ...]
						Berry, James, 29 Dec 1882, aged 25, Miner, Roof coal in taking down
						Berry, John, 18 Jun 1885, aged 16, Jigger, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by lighted candle [More information ...]
						Berry, William, 18 Jun 1885, aged 54, Coal Miner, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by lighted candle [More information ...]
						Blomerby, James, 18 Jun 1885, aged 47, Coal Miner, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by lighted candle [More information ...]
						Blomerley, William, 09 Aug 1895, aged 61, Dataller, In working place had taken out a chock without setting any props although there were 5ins. of broken calls coal above. Fall 12 feet square
						Blower, Walter, 18 Jun 1885, aged 28, Coal Miner, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by lighted candle [More information ...]
						Booth, John, 05 Nov 1876, (accident: 01 Nov 1876), aged 30, Waggoner, Strained himself in lifting a tub on to the rails. Died 5th
						Booth, William, 18 Jun 1885, aged 17, Wagoner, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by lighted candle [More information ...]
						Bradley, Thomas, snr., 18 Jun 1885, aged 45, Coal Miner, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by lighted candle [More information ...]
						Bradley, William, 18 Jun 1885, aged 20, Pony Driver, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by lighted candle [More information ...]
						Bridge, Henry, 07 Jan 1915, aged 34, Collier, Killed by a fall of roof at face
						Brockbank, R., 02 Oct 1862, Miner, Fall of roof coal in Doe mine [More information ...]
						Brooks, Ben, 07 Nov 1904, 7.45 p.m., 1st hour of shift, aged 43, Collier, Fall of coal from working face. "Crump" caused coal to ride over two sprags (Trencherbone seam)
						Brooks, Matthew, 18 Jun 1885, aged 16, Wagoner, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by lighted candle [More information ...]
						Buck, Thomas Percival, 18 Jun 1885, aged 18, Coal Miner, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by lighted candle [More information ...]
						Burrows, T., 14 Apr 1855, Falling off the cage in ascending the pit
						Cheadle, Richard, 18 Jun 1885, aged 24, Coal Miner, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by lighted candle [More information ...]
						Chesworth, William, 03 Apr 1864, (accident: 24 Mar 1864), aged 20, Miner, Burned in an explosion of firedamp in the Doe mine ; died 3rd of April. The men knowing the place to be on the move, incautiously continued at work with open lights, and without reporting it to the underlooker or fireman, until gas came off with the breaking down of the roof
						Clamp, Joseph, 18 Jun 1885, aged 44, Coal Miner, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by lighted candle [More information ...]
						Colley, John, 18 Jun 1885, aged 37, Fireman, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by lighted candle [More information ...]
						Colley, Joseph, 18 Jun 1885, aged 35, Coal Miner, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by lighted candle [More information ...]
						Collier, John, 18 Jun 1885, aged 35, Bricklayer, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by lighted candle [More information ...]
						Collier, Thomas, 18 Jun 1885, aged 19, Taker-Off, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by lighted candle [More information ...]
						Collier, William, 30 Mar 1870, aged 43, Bricklayer, Scalded by steam [More information ...]
						Constantine, John, 18 Jun 1885, aged 33, Stoker Of Boiler Furnace, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by lighted candle [More information ...]
						Consterdine, Robert, 22 Aug 1857, A cage used as a carrier in sinking with guides stuck in the pit, and then fell away and killed him as he was sinking
						Crook, James, 18 Jun 1885, aged 40, Coal Miner, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by lighted candle [More information ...]
						Crook, James, 18 Jun 1885, aged 23, Foreman, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by lighted candle [More information ...]
						Crook, John, 18 Jun 1885, aged 19, Coal Miner, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by lighted candle [More information ...]
						Crook, Ralph, 18 Jun 1885, aged 42, Coal Miner, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by lighted candle [More information ...]
						Crossley, Robert, 18 Jun 1885, aged 32, Coal Miner, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by lighted candle [More information ...]
						Daniels, Ralph, 18 Jun 1885, aged 65, Labourer, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by lighted candle [More information ...]
						Darby, William, 18 Jun 1885, aged 23, Filler, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by lighted candle [More information ...]
						Davies, David, 18 Jun 1885, aged 20, Coal Miner, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by lighted candle [More information ...]
						Davies, Edward, 18 Jun 1885, aged 36, Coal Miner, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by lighted candle [More information ...]
						Davies, John, 18 Jun 1885, aged 26, Coal Miner, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by lighted candle [More information ...]
						Davies, John, jnr., 18 Jun 1885, aged 15, Wagoner, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by lighted candle [More information ...]
						Davies, John, snr., 18 Jun 1885, aged 56, Coal Miner, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by lighted candle [More information ...]
						Davies, Joseph, 18 Jun 1885, aged 26, Coal Miner, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by lighted candle [More information ...]
						Dermody, John, 18 Jun 1885, aged 20, Waggon Filler, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by lighted candle [More information ...]
						Derricot, Joseph, 18 Jun 1885, aged 39, Coal Miner, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by lighted candle [More information ...]
						Done, John, 18 Jun 1885, aged 34, Coal Miner, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by lighted candle [More information ...]
						Downs, John, 16 May 1884, aged 33, Miner, Roof coal, between slips, Doe mine
						Doxey, David, 18 Jun 1885, aged 45, Underlooker, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by lighted candle [More information ...]
						Drabble, Frederick, 21 Jan 1878, (accident: 21 Dec 1877), aged 35, Dayman, Explosion of fire-damp
						Draper, James, 11 Aug 1875, aged 20, Coal Miner, Roof coal falling
						Dunkerley, John Henry, 18 Jun 1885, aged 19, Wagoner, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by lighted candle [More information ...]
						Dunn, Thomas, 18 Jun 1885, aged 26, Coal Miner, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by lighted candle [More information ...]
						Dyke, John, 18 Jun 1885, aged 34, Coal Miner, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by lighted candle [More information ...]
						Dyson, James, 18 Jun 1885, aged 38, Coal Miner, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by lighted candle [More information ...]
						Dyson, Joseph, 18 Jun 1885, aged 25, Coal Miner, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by lighted candle [More information ...]
						Dyson, Samuel, 18 Jun 1885, aged 24, Coal Miner, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by lighted candle [More information ...]
						Eaves, Sanuel, 18 Jun 1885, aged 27, Day Wage Man, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by lighted candle [More information ...]
						Eckersley, John, 18 Jun 1885, aged 33, Coal Miner, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by lighted candle [More information ...]
						Edge, Ernest, 18 Jun 1885, aged 18, Coal Miner, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by lighted candle [More information ...]
						Edge, James, 17 Jun 1873, Coal Miner, Coal falling at a slip in the face as he was holing
						Edge, Lot, 25 Sep 1852, Fall of coal and clod
						Edwards, John, 18 Jun 1885, aged 29, Coal Miner, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by lighted candle [More information ...]
						Edwards, John, 30 Apr 1909, aged 38, Collier, Fall of coal from face, had just commenced to hole, owing to inclination, face top heavy ; hence urgent need for sprags to be set before commencing to hole (Trencherbone seam)
						Edwards, John, 13 Sep 1929, aged 52, Collier, Killed by runaway tubs [More information ...]
						Edwards, Thomas, 18 Jun 1885, aged 27, Coal Miner, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by lighted candle [More information ...]
						Edwards, William Henry, 18 Jun 1885, aged 20, Coal Miner, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by lighted candle [More information ...]
						Evans, John, 18 Jun 1885, aged 25, Engine Driver, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by lighted candle [More information ...]
						Evans, John, 18 Jun 1885, aged 25, Coal Miner, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by lighted candle [More information ...]
						Ewing, Walter, 18 Jun 1885, aged 20, Coal Miner, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by lighted candle [More information ...]
						Feeney, James, 18 Jun 1885, aged 21, Coal Miner, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by lighted candle [More information ...]
						Franklin, William, 18 Jun 1885, aged 23, Wagoner, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by lighted candle [More information ...]
						Fryer, J. J., 29 Nov 1917, (accident: 05 Nov 1917), aged 34, Haulage hand, Foot injured by fall of roof. Died 29th
						Gardiner, Luke, 18 Jun 1885, aged 29, Coal Miner, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by lighted candle [More information ...]
						Gaskell, Charles Edward, 18 Jun 1885, aged 20, Coal Miner, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by lighted candle [More information ...]
						Gee, William, 18 Jun 1885, aged 18, Wagoner, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by lighted candle [More information ...]
						Giles, James, 02 Mar 1869, aged 21, Miner, Roof coal falling as he was taking out a chock
						Green, Henry, 18 Jun 1885, aged 28, Coal Miner, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by lighted candle [More information ...]
						Greenall, John William, 18 Jun 1885, aged 16, Taker-Off, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by lighted candle [More information ...]
						Greenhalgh, Edwin, 18 Jun 1885, aged 19, Filer, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by lighted candle [More information ...]
						Greenhalgh, William, 14 Jan 1878, aged 41, Miner, Coal falling as he was taking out a prop. Died 14th
						Gretton, John, 18 Jun 1885, aged 17, Wagoner, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by lighted candle [More information ...]
						Griffiths, Isaiah, 18 Jun 1885, aged 47, Coal Miner, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by lighted candle [More information ...]
						Grimshaw, Herbert, 18 Jun 1885, aged 15, Wagoner, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by lighted candle [More information ...]
						Hall, George, 18 Jun 1885, aged 42, Day Wage Man, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by lighted candle [More information ...]
						Hall, Thomas, 18 Jun 1885, aged 42, Fireman, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by lighted candle [More information ...]
						Hall, William, 18 Jun 1885, aged 25, Day Wage Man, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by lighted candle [More information ...]
						Hardman, Daniel, 18 Jun 1885, aged 37, Ostler, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by lighted candle [More information ...]
						Hardman, John, 18 Jun 1885, aged 25, Hooker on, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by lighted candle [More information ...]
						Hardman, John, 18 Jun 1885, aged 24, Coal Miner, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by lighted candle [More information ...]
						Hardman, Thomas, 18 Jun 1885, aged 28, Hooker on, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by lighted candle [More information ...]
						Hardy, Stephen, 14 Jul 1864, Horse Keeper, Roof falling in the Doe mine
						Higgins, Thomas, 08 Apr 1910, aged 40, Gangrider, Was in charge of a train of 20 waggons in which 36 men were riding up the engine plane. For 20 years he had done this work, always riding inside the first waggon. On this occasion he was sitting on the side of the 16th waggon. At a low place with only 9 inches clearance from the top of the waggon he was crushed down on to the waggon, his back being broken. A fireman rode inside the tub, and permitted deceased to ride in this foolish manner (Trencherbone seam)
						Hilton, John, 18 Jun 1885, aged 26, Coal Miner, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by lighted candle [More information ...]
						Hilton, Thomas, 18 Jun 1885, aged 29, Coal Miner, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by lighted candle [More information ...]
						Hilton, William, 18 Jun 1885, aged 36, Coal Miner, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by lighted candle [More information ...]
						Hopwood, James, 18 Jun 1885, aged 15, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by lighted candle [More information ...]
						Horne, Samuel, 23 Mar 1888, (accident: 12 Mar 1888), aged 24, Drawer, Fatally hurt between tubs he having lost his light stopped with his tub on the way and was upon by a drawer coming out with two tubs. Died 23rd
						Hotskiss, Thomas, 18 Jun 1885, aged 14, Wagoner, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by lighted candle [More information ...]
						Hough, Robert, 30 Jan 1875, aged 35, Dayman, A train of tub waggons drawn upon him by the pony as he was assisting with some timber
						Howell, John, 18 Jun 1885, aged 21, Coal Miner, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by lighted candle [More information ...]
						Hughes, Edward, 31 May 1878, aged 18, Filler, Coal falling from the face. It knocked him against a prop that was close to
						Hughes, Elijah, 14 Dec 1872, aged 20, Coal Miner, Coal and dirt falling in the Doe Mine
						Hughes, James, 18 Jun 1885, aged 20, Wagoner, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by lighted candle [More information ...]
						Hughes, James, 10 Aug 1885, aged 25, Miner, Fatal fall of roof coal in their working place. Roberts lived long enough after being to tell that after knocking the chocks and props from under the coal it seem to be fast they began cutting when it suddenly fell and buried them both. Their own error [More information ...]
						Hughes, John, 18 Jun 1885, aged 18, Coal Miner, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by lighted candle [More information ...]
						Hughes, Samuel, 28 Jan 1909, (accident: 27 Jan 1909), aged 25, Collier, Along with two other men, rolling a stone about 1½ cwt. across the waste to put in the pack, the stone slipped from the men, rolled downbrow, knocking out a prop which allowed two or three cwt. of roof to fall on deceased. Died 28th January. (Roof good) (Trencherbone seam)
						Hughes, W., 19 Sep 1883, (accident: 18 Sep 1883), aged 20, Waggoner, Fall of roof from slips. Died 19th
						Humphreys, Edward, 18 Jun 1885, aged 28, Coal Miner, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by lighted candle [More information ...]
						Isherworth, Thomas, 13 Jun 1898, aged 50, Collier, Fall of coal from face. Insufficiently spragged
						Jackson, Shemei, 18 Jun 1885, aged 33, Coal Miner, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by lighted candle [More information ...]
						Johnson, Daniel, 18 Jun 1885, aged 36, Coal Miner, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by lighted candle [More information ...]
						Johnson, William, 18 Jun 1885, aged 32, Coal Miner, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by lighted candle [More information ...]
						Jones, Benjamin, 22 Jun 1899, 7.30 a.m., 1st hour of shift, aged 45, Collier, Fall of coal from working face, overhanging 1 ft. 6 ins., spragged at one end ; another sprag would have prevented
						Jones, Enoch, 18 Jun 1885, aged 29, Coal Miner, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by lighted candle [More information ...]
						Jones, Harry, 25 Nov 1907, 7.40 a.m., 1st hour of shift, aged 18, Haulage engine attendant, Whilst in a downbrow, at the top of it, on the lower side of the level, watching a train of empty tubs being drawn by rope on the level, one of the empty tubs left the rails, caught one of eight tubs standing on a parallel road on lower side, these eight tubs were carried forward, the first of these caught the head of deceased, crushing it against a prop. He was knelt down and did not see the tub
						Jones, Samuel, 18 Jun 1885, aged 24, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by lighted candle [More information ...]
						Jones, William, 18 Jun 1885, aged 38, Coal Miner, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by lighted candle [More information ...]
						Josiah, Joseph, 05 Feb 1867, (accident: 23 Jan 1867), Miner, Fall of roof in Trencherbone Miine. Died 5th Feb
						Kay, James, 09 Apr 1863, aged 12, Waggoner, A waggon running down a jig brow
						Kay, James, 18 Jun 1885, aged 35, Coal Miner, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by lighted candle [More information ...]
						Kenny, John, 24 Nov 1924, 1.40 p.m., 7th hour of shift, aged 44, Collier, The deceased was killed by a fall of clod which was overhanging the coal about 18 ins. He was assisting the shot firer to stem a shot hole when the roof began to weight. After listening a few minutes, they continued the operation and had just completed stemming the hole when the clod fell. The shot firer and also the fireman, who had examined the place about 45 minutes previously, considered it safe. Holing is done by percussion drills, and the vibration and subsequent weighting probably assisted the fall
						Kilver, Samuel, 18 Jun 1885, aged 14, Furnaceman's Helper, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by lighted candle [More information ...]
						Kimer, Peter, 18 Jun 1885, Oiler Of Wagons, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by lighted candle [More information ...]
						Lambert, William, 04 Aug 1916, aged 17, Taker off, Strained himself twisting a tub
						Leach, Samuel, 18 Jun 1885, aged 37, Coal Miner, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by lighted candle [More information ...]
						Leach, William, 27 Jan 1903, (accident: 19 Jan 1903, 10 a.m., 4th hour of shift), aged 57, Dataller, Fall of roof in waste, in a dirt hole, deceased sat near fireman loosening a prop with hammer preparatory to using gablock and chain to drew the prop ; a "crump" in the roof caused a stratum of coal to lever the prop out; the coal fell on the head and side of body of deceased : he walked home. Died 27th January. (Good roof.) (Trencherbone seam)
						Lees, John, 18 Oct 1869, aged 18, Waggoner, Roof, &c. falling when taking out chocks
						Loader, George, 18 Jun 1885, aged 22, Coal Miner, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by lighted candle [More information ...]
						Lycett, William, 18 Jun 1885, aged 16, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by lighted candle [More information ...]
						Maddon, George, 18 Jun 1885, aged 21, Wagoner, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by lighted candle [More information ...]
						Mannion, John, 18 Jun 1885, aged 25, Coal Miner, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by lighted candle [More information ...]
						Mason, Samuel, 14 Mar 1878, aged 37, Miner, Dirt falling from a slip
						Matthews, Samuel, 18 Jun 1885, aged 21, Coal Miner, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by lighted candle [More information ...]
						Mattox, Henry, 18 Jun 1885, aged 23, Coal Miner, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by lighted candle [More information ...]
						Mattox, Thomas, 18 Jun 1885, aged 22, Coal Miner, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by lighted candle [More information ...]
						Mawdsley, William, 18 Jun 1885, aged 16, Wagoner, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by lighted candle [More information ...]
						McBride, John, 04 Apr 1903, (accident: 03 Feb 1903, 12.30 a.m., 6th hour of shift), aged 43, Collier, Fall of coal and dirt from working face in front after drawing sprags. Died 4th April (Trencherbone seam)
						McCarthy, John, 18 Jun 1885, aged 17, Wagoner, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by lighted candle [More information ...]
						McHugh, Patrick, 18 Jun 1885, aged 38, Coal Miner, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by lighted candle [More information ...]
						Mellins, John, 18 Jun 1885, aged 16, Wagoner, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by lighted candle [More information ...]
						Mellor, Charles, 21 Apr 1892, 2.30 p.m., 9th hour of shift, aged 25, Collier, Whilst pulling coal down, the coal came away from a slip at the back in a large mass, 5 to 6 yards long
						Meredith, Joseph, 09 Oct 1900, 2 p.m., 8th hour of shift, aged 52, Dataller, Fall of roof in working place whilst building pack. Improperly taking chocks. (Good roof.) (Trencherbone Mine)
						Merrick, William Henry, 18 Jun 1885, aged 19, Filler, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by lighted candle [More information ...]
						Molloy, Peter, 08 Jun 1928, aged 22, Repairers Assistant, Killed by runaway basket
						Morris, Thomas, 18 Jun 1885, aged 40, Coal Miner, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by lighted candle [More information ...]
						Morton, Benjamin, 19 Jul 1886, aged 21, Miner, By roof falling as he was pulling coal from the working face. Accidental
						Mullen, Thomas, 30 May 1899, (accident: 03 May 1899, 3.30 a.m., 9th hour of shift), aged 44, Collier, Fall of roof in working place. Died 30th May. The jury stated that a free supply and use of props might have prevented
						Page, William, 18 Jun 1885, aged 37, Coal Miner, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by lighted candle [More information ...]
						Parkinson, William, 18 Jun 1885, aged 17, Coal Miner, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by lighted candle [More information ...]
						Parry, Alfred, 18 Jun 1885, aged 31, Day Wage Man, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by lighted candle [More information ...]
						Pearson, Joseph, 18 Jun 1885, aged 50, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by lighted candle [More information ...]
						Penny, Henry John, 18 Jun 1885, aged 29, Day Wage Man, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by lighted candle [More information ...]
						Peters, James, 08 Oct 1926, (accident: 17 Apr 1926), aged 43, Collier, Sprained knee. Died 8th Oct
						Porter, Daniel, 18 Jun 1885, aged 35, Coal Miner, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by lighted candle [More information ...]
						Porter, Kay, 18 Jun 1885, aged 40, Coal Miner, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by lighted candle [More information ...]
						Porter, Samuel, 18 Jun 1885, aged 14, Wagoner, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by lighted candle [More information ...]
						Porter, William, 18 Jun 1885, aged 15, Wagoner, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by lighted candle [More information ...]
						Potter, James, 17 Mar 1868, Miner, Fall of roof in the Trencherbone mine falling after a chock was taken out. He died in the Salford Dispensary
						Price, Joseph, 18 Jun 1885, aged 29, Coal Miner, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by lighted candle [More information ...]
						Pugh, James Edward, 18 Jun 1885, aged 20, Coal Miner, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by lighted candle [More information ...]
						Quinan, John, 18 Jun 1885, aged 20, Day Wage Man, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by lighted candle [More information ...]
						Redford, James, 18 Jun 1885, aged 21, Coal Miner, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by lighted candle [More information ...]
						Reed, William Henry, 18 Jun 1885, aged 16, Filler And Wagoner, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by lighted candle [More information ...]
						Reynolds, William, 18 Jun 1885, aged 20, Day Wage Man, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by lighted candle [More information ...]
						Riley, John, jnr., 18 Jun 1885, aged 20, Wagoner, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by lighted candle [More information ...]
						Riley, John, snr., 18 Jun 1885, aged 44, Coal Miner, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by lighted candle [More information ...]
						Riley, William, 18 Jun 1885, aged 17, Wagoner, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by lighted candle [More information ...]
						Robbins, Thomas, 18 Jun 1885, aged 38, Coal Miner, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by lighted candle [More information ...]
						Roberts, Edward, 18 Jun 1885, aged 19, Horse Driver, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by lighted candle [More information ...]
						Roberts, George, 18 Jun 1885, aged 25, Coal Miner, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by lighted candle [More information ...]
						Roberts, Reuben, 10 Aug 1885, aged 23, Miner, Fatal fall of roof coal in their working place. Roberts lived long enough after being to tell that after knocking the chocks and props from under the coal it seem to be fast they began cutting when it suddenly fell and buried them both. Their own error [More information ...]
						Rothwell, James, 18 Jun 1885, aged 23, Coal Miner, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by lighted candle [More information ...]
						Royle, Edmund, 28 Nov 1920, aged 52, Fireman, Killed by a fall of stone
						Rushton, William, 18 Jun 1885, aged 17, Wagoner, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by lighted candle [More information ...]
						Ryder, John, 18 Jun 1885, aged 46, Coal Miner, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by lighted candle [More information ...]
						Ryder, William, 18 Jun 1885, aged 48, Coal Miner, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by lighted candle [More information ...]
						Sackfield, James, 03 Mar 1896, aged 18, Collier, Fall of coal from face in working place from a back overhanging 18 inches from vertical. Not spragged, ought to have been
						Sackfield, John, 18 Jun 1885, aged 48, Coal Miner, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by lighted candle [More information ...]
						Sackfield, Thomas, 18 Jun 1885, aged 13, Wagoner, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by lighted candle [More information ...]
						Seddon, Thomas, 18 Jun 1885, aged 37, Coal Miner, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by lighted candle [More information ...]
						Sedon, Richard, 18 Jun 1885, aged 41, Oiler Of Wagons, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by lighted candle [More information ...]
						Sharples, Samuel, 18 Jun 1885, aged 34, Coal Miner, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by lighted candle [More information ...]
						Shaw, William, 30 Mar 1870, aged 20, Labourer, Scalded by steam [More information ...]
						Slattery, Thomas, 18 Jun 1885, aged 34, Coal Miner, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by lighted candle [More information ...]
						Smethills, John, 18 Jun 1885, aged 32, Coal Miner, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by lighted candle [More information ...]
						Smith, Thomas, 01 Apr 1887, aged 21, Miner, Leg broken by fall of roof as he was building a pack wall
						Sofield, Edward, 18 Jun 1885, aged 29, Coal Miner, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by lighted candle [More information ...]
						Staley, Thomas, 18 Jun 1885, aged 23, Coal Miner, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by lighted candle [More information ...]
						Stanley, Martin, 17 Sep 1882, (accident: 13 Sep 1882), aged 38, Miner, Explosion of firedamp. Died 17th
						Stazicker, Alfred, 18 Jun 1885, aged 16, Wagoner, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by lighted candle [More information ...]
						Stevens, Samuel, 27 Jul 1914, aged 40, Fireman, Two datallers were taking floor up to make more height. They had unwittingly disturbed some props acting as supports. Deceased on his round of examination came to these men and sat down to converse with them. He had only been there a few minutes, when a large fall of roof occurred displacing the above-mentioned props and burying deceased
						Sutton, John, 18 Jun 1885, aged 26, Wagoner, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by lighted candle [More information ...]
						Tarbrook, James, 13 May 1865, aged 45, Miner, Roof coal falling on him. He was taking out a chock prop to get down the coal
						Tatlock, James, 18 Jun 1885, aged 21, Coal Miner, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by lighted candle [More information ...]
						Taylor, Hamlet, 18 Jun 1885, aged 36, Coal Miner, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by lighted candle [More information ...]
						Taylor, John, 18 Jun 1885, aged 16, Wagoner, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by lighted candle [More information ...]
						Taylor, John, 18 Jun 1885, aged 44, Coal Miner, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by lighted candle [More information ...]
						Taylor, John Hamlet, 18 Jun 1885, aged 20, Coal Miner, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by lighted candle [More information ...]
						Taylor, Samuel, 28 Nov 1917, aged 19, Collier, Killed by a fall of roof
						Taylor, Thomas, 18 Jun 1885, aged 44, Furnaceman, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by lighted candle [More information ...]
						Tetlow, Thomas, 03 Apr 1877, aged 20, Coal miner, Top coal falling
						Tomkins, Isiah, 19 Dec 1916, aged 50, Carter, Kicked in stomach by horse
						Turner, James, 18 Jun 1885, aged 34, Fireman, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by lighted candle [More information ...]
						Turner, Thomas, 24 Nov 1876, aged 35, Coal miner, Roof coal falling
						Turner, William, 18 Jun 1885, aged 30, Day Wage Man, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by lighted candle [More information ...]
						Unknown, -, 02 Sep 1854, Collier, Explosion of firedamp (all burned) [More information ...]
						Urmston, C., 02 Mar 1851, Explosion of firedamp [More information ...]
						Urmstone, T., 03 Mar 1851, (accident: 02 Mar 1851), Explosion of firedamp on 2nd instant [More information ...]
						Valentine, Albert, 18 Jun 1885, aged 27, Bricklayer's Labourer, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by lighted candle [More information ...]
						Vickers, James, 18 Jun 1885, aged 22, Coal Miner, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by lighted candle [More information ...]
						Vickers, Samuel, 18 Jun 1885, aged 56, Coal Miner, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by lighted candle [More information ...]
						Wadsworth, Ralph, 18 Jun 1885, aged 23, Coal Miner, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by lighted candle [More information ...]
						Wallace, Arthur, 18 Jun 1885, aged 19, Filler, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by lighted candle [More information ...]
						Wardle, William, 18 Jun 1885, aged 34, Coal Miner, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by lighted candle [More information ...]
						Warren, James, 18 Jun 1885, aged 17, Wagoner, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by lighted candle [More information ...]
						Whitehead, George, 02 Oct 1862, Miner, Fall of roof coal in Doe mine [More information ...]
						Whitehead, Joseph, 18 Jun 1885, aged 30, Coal Miner, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by lighted candle [More information ...]
						Whittingham, James, 18 Jun 1885, aged 33, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by lighted candle [More information ...]
						Wilkinson, William, 18 Feb 1869, aged 13, Boy, Roof falling in a shunt near the pit bottom
						Willcock, Peter, 18 Jun 1885, aged 17, Filler, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by lighted candle [More information ...]
						Williams, Elijah, 01 Jul 1882, (accident: 22 Jun 1882), aged 21, Miner, Coal from side place on move. Died Salford Dispensary 1st July
						Williams, Enoch, 14 Oct 1873, aged 17, Pony driver, Roof falling and knocking out timber in a level
						Williams, James, 18 Jun 1885, aged 27, Coal Miner, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by lighted candle [More information ...]
						Williams, Samuel, 18 Jun 1885, aged 16, Pony Driver, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by lighted candle [More information ...]
						Williams, Thomas, 18 Jun 1885, aged 19, Day Wage Man, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by lighted candle [More information ...]
						Williams, William, 18 Jun 1885, aged 30, Coal Miner, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by lighted candle [More information ...]
						Wilson, Frank, 25 Nov 1882, aged 38, Enginebrowman, Caught by tubs, a coupling having broken
						Wintle, George, 28 Dec 1918, aged 42, Collier, Killed by a fall of coal
						Wolstenholme, John, 18 Jun 1885, aged 25, Coal Miner, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by lighted candle [More information ...]
						Wolstenholme, Peter, 18 Jun 1885, aged 25, Coal Miner, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by lighted candle [More information ...]
						Worrall, Robert, 18 Jun 1885, aged 13, Wagoner, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by lighted candle [More information ...]
						Worsley, Thomas, 18 Jun 1885, aged 28, Wagon Filler, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by lighted candle [More information ...]
						Worthington, George, 18 Jun 1885, aged 33, Coal Miner, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by lighted candle [More information ...]
						Yates, John, 18 Jun 1885, aged 26, Coal Miner, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by lighted candle [More information ...]

						248 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 , were killed in a disaster for which a memorial has been erected or for which we have images concerning the disaster, alternately their name may be mentioned on a memorial plaque. Click on the symbol next to the name to see the appropriate web page for the memorial.

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Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)

a simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Clifton Hall Colliery

list of collieries/pits etc. near to Clifton Hall Colliery

Memorial Images:

Memorial: 1885 Clifton Hall Colliery Disaster

Credits

Sources:

1851 Mines Inspectors Report, by Joseph Dickinson, H.M. Inspector of Mines
1852 (Jul-Dec) Mines Inspectors Report, by Joseph Dickinson, H.M. Inspector of Mines, published in 1854
1854 Mines Inspectors Report, by Joseph Dickinson, H.M. Inspector of Mines
1855 Mines Inspectors Report, by Joseph Dickinson, H.M. Inspector of Mines
1857 Mines Inspectors Report, North and East Lancashire 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
1868 Mines Inspectors Report, Manchester District by Joseph Dickinson, H.M. Inspector of Mines
1869 Mines Inspectors Report (C 124), Manchester District by Joseph Dickinson, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
1872 Mines Inspectors Report (C. 840), North and East Lancashire, and Ireland District by Joseph Dickinson, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
1873 Mines Inspectors Report (C. 1056), North and East Lancashire, and Ireland District by Joseph Dickinson, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
1875 Mines Inspectors Report (C. 1499), Manchester District by Joseph Dickinson, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
1876 Mines Inspectors Report (C. 1734), Manchester District by Joseph Dickinson, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
1877 Mines Inspectors Report (C. 2003), Manchester District by Joseph Dickinson, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
1878 Mines Inspectors Report (C 2321), Manchester District by Joseph Dickinson, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
1883 Mines Inspectors Report (C 4078), Manchester District by Joseph Dickinson, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
1884 Mines Inspectors Report (C 4429), Manchester District by Joseph Dickinson, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
1892 Mines Inspectors Report (C 6986), Manchester and Ireland District (No. 6) by John Gerrard, 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
1899 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 134), Manchester District (No. 6) by John Gerrard, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
1900 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1900 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 536), Manchester District (No. 6) by John Gerrard, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
1903 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 2119), Manchester and Ireland District (No. 6) by John Gerrard, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
1904 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 2506), Manchester and Ireland District (No. 6) by John Gerrard, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
1905 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1907 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 4045), Manchester and Ireland District (No. 6) by John Gerrard, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
1909 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 5177), Manchester and Ireland District (No. 6) by John Gerrard, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
1910 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1910 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 5676), Manchester and Ireland District (No. 5) by John Gerrard, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
1914 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 8023), Lancashire, North Wales and Ireland Division (No. 4) by A. D. Nicholson, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
1915 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
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, Lancashire and North Wales Division (No. 5) by A. D. Nicholson, 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
OS Grid Reference from Adit Now website