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Coleshill Colliery
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| Location: | Flint 12 miles [19 km] WNW of Chester |
| Map Ref: | (Sheet 117 Chester and Wrexham) SJ232742, 53° 15' 34" N, 3° 9' 1" W |
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| Owners: | William Jones and Company |
| Notes: | Current Status - Page under construction! and is far, far from complete! |
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Description
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Disasters (5 or more killed)
None Found
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Names of those killed at this colliery
Please note that this collection of names is by no means complete!
 | Allsop, William, 07 Oct 1884, aged 48, Collier, Inspection made and inquest attended. This was a simple accident. A piece of coal burst off from the face as he was holding, and fell over the sprag on to him | |||||
| Jones, Joseph, 11 Jul 1860, Collier, An explosion of firedamp [More information ...] | |||||
| Jones, Robert, 26 Jan 1861, aged 49, Dataler, Fall of stone from the side of the place | |||||
| Jones, Thomas, 03 Oct 1884, aged 22, Drawer, Inspection made and inquest attended. Deceased was loading up the coal when a piece rolled off the face from a "slip." It is probable that the danger would have been seen had the place been properly examined | |||||
| Parry, J., 30 Jul 1852, Fall of roof | |||||
| Roberts, Joshua, 22 Apr 1890, aged 49, Fireman, Inspection made and inquest attended. Deceased and another man were removing some gas from the workings and venturing too far in he was suffocated before he could be rescued | |||||
| Roberts, Robert, 21 Oct 1856, By the coal screen on the pit bank | |||||
| Rogers, Humphrey, 24 Dec 1856, By the breaking of a jig chain | |||||
| Thomas, George, 16 Apr 1859, aged 13, Waggoner, An explosion of gas | |||||
Unknown, -, 27 Jan 1868, aged 16, Drawer, Falling under his tub | ||||||
| 10 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 ,
have a web page providing individual details of the accident, the page may
also include a photograph of the deceased.
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next to the name to see the web page.
more information on some of the fatalities shown above
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Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)
a simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Coleshill Colliery
list of collieries/pits etc. near to Coleshill Colliery
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Credits
Sources:
- 1852 (Jul-Dec) Mines Inspectors Report, by Joseph Dickinson, H.M. Inspector of Mines, published in 1854
- 1856 Mines Inspectors Report, by Peter Higson, H.M. Inspector of Mines
- 1859 Mines Inspectors Report, West Lancashire and North Wales District by Peter Higson, H.M. Inspector of Mines
- 1860 Mines Inspectors Report, by Peter Higson, H.M. Inspector of Mines
- 1861 Mines Inspectors Report, by Peter Higson, H.M. Inspector of Mines
- 1868 Mines Inspectors Report, South West Lancashire and North Wales District by Peter Higson, H.M. Inspector of Mines
- 1884 Mines Inspectors Report (C 4429), Liverpool District by Henry Hall, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
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