	Cronton Colliery	Index	Cronton Colliery

Cronton Colliery

Location:	Whiston, nr. Prescot 12 miles [19 km] SSW of Wigan
Map Ref:	(Sheet 108 Liverpool, Southport and Wigan) SJ474892, 53° 23' 48" N, 2° 47' 28" W
Opened:
Closed:
Owners:	Hulton Colliery Co., Ltd.
	1947 - National Coal Board (N.C.B.)
Output:	1947 - Coal: Gas, Household, Manufacturing, Steam. (300,000 tons)
	1954 - Coal: Gas, Household, Manufacturing, Steam.
Employment:	1940 - 1,500 (1,200 below, 300 surface)
	1947 - 1,520 (1,160 below, 360 surface)
	1954 - 1,852 (1,514 below, 338 surface)
Seams Worked:	1954 - Crombouke, Haigh Yard Mine, Higher Florida, Lower Florida, Plodder, Wigan Five Feet, Yard
Notes:	Current Status - Page under construction! and is far, far from complete!

Description

Disasters (5 or more killed)

11th

Dec

1917

Explosion of gas caused by shotfiring, 8 lives lost (Show Names)

Names of those killed at this colliery

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

						Ball, Albert, 11 Dec 1917, aged 30, Collier, Explosion of gas caused by shotfiring [More information ...]
						Ball, Richard, 23 Sep 1938, aged 53, Collier, Killed by a fall of side
						Bates, Henry, 19 Dec 1916, aged 25, Shunter, Waggon ran over him
						Berry, Joseph, 18 Jun 1927, (accident: 14 Jun 1927), aged 25, Drawer, Compound fracture of leg. Died 18th
						Cunliffe, James, Aug 1932, aged 47, killed by a fall of roof
						Farrimond, Thomas, 19 Aug 1929, aged 30, Dataller, Killed by a fall of rock while cutting a socket for a bar
						Foster, James, 23 Nov 1925, aged 17, Haulage, Caught by tubs — fractured skull
						Foulkes, Samuel, 11 Dec 1917, aged 63, Waydrawer, Explosion of gas caused by shotfiring [More information ...]
						Gallaghan, Francis, 31 Jul 1916, aged 24, Sinker, Died by inhaling fumes from a gelignite shot
						Grundy, George, 24 Apr 1928, (accident: 16 Mar 1928), aged 51, Collier, Struck by coal face shot — fractured skull. Died 24th Apr
						Harrison, John, 11 Dec 1917, aged 36, Collier, Explosion of gas caused by shotfiring [More information ...]
						Havel, William, 09 Nov 1929, aged 49, Fireman, Killed by tubs
						Hyland, Patrick, 07 Jan 1925, aged 66, Collier, Struck by fall of coal
						Jones, George Richard, 11 Dec 1917, aged 23, Jigger, Explosion of gas caused by shotfiring [More information ...]
						Kelly, David William, 13 Nov 1927, (accident: 12 Nov 1927), aged 53, Coalcutter, Fractured pelvis while pulling down coal. Died 13th Nov
						Lowton, Joseph, 11 Dec 1917, aged 32, Fireman, Explosion of gas caused by shotfiring [More information ...]
						Lyons, W., 14 Jan 1927, aged 54, Collier, Fall of roof [More information ...]
						McGuinness, Raundoll, 11 Dec 1928, aged 26, Drawer, Runaway tubs — fractured ribs and internal injuries
						Miller, John, 17 Apr 1929, (accident: 11 Oct 1928), aged 27, Collier, Slipped and bruised ankle 11th Oct. 1928. Died of septicemia this day
						O'Neil, James, 11 Dec 1917, aged 40, Collier, Explosion of gas caused by shotfiring [More information ...]
						Pye, Walter, 11 Dec 1917, aged 42, Collier, Explosion of gas caused by shotfiring [More information ...]
						Rogers, John, 19 Nov 1917, aged 17, Coal tipper, Fell 20ft. — injury to head
						Timperley, Ernest, 11 Mar 1918, aged 41, Dataller, Struck by pulley — fractured leg
						Travis, John W., 11 Dec 1917, aged 24, Haulage Hand, Explosion of gas caused by shotfiring [More information ...]
						Williams, Ellis, 18 Jul 1916, aged 38, Fireman, Slipped into sump and was drowned
						Williams, George, 29 Mar 1929, aged 61, Collier, Killed by a fall of roof at face
						Worlsey, Henry, 07 Jan 1935, aged 28, Daywageman, Packing side of main haualge fall of roof in waste buried and killed him
						Yates, Joseph, 30 May 1935, aged 45, Byeworker, Plucking roof in haulage road when stone fell — fatally injured

						28 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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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:

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
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
1954 Guide to the Coalfields published by the Colliery Guardian
OS Grid Reference from Adit Now website