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	Cotmanhay Colliery	Index	Cotmanhay Colliery

Location:	Ilkeston 8 miles [12 km] WNW of Nottingham
Map Ref:	(Sheet 129 Nottingham and Loughborough) SK464450, 53° 0' 1" N, 1° 18' 27" W
Opened:	1849
Closed:	1881
Owners:	Barber, Walker, and Co.

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!

						Adcock, John, 12 Jan 1874, aged 43, Holer, Holing coal near to a fault when a piece of coal fell on him
						Bostock, Abraham, 17 Jul 1852, aged Boy, Fall of roof in the mine [More information ...]
						Cook, Abraham, 17 Jul 1852, Fall of roof in the mine [More information ...]
						Cook, W., 14 May 1859, aged 21, Miner, Fall of roof [More information ...]
						Ellis, W., 14 May 1859, aged 37, Miner, Fall of roof [More information ...]
						Reddish, N., 24 Dec 1862, aged 17, Trammer, Crushed by trams
						Sandon, S., 04 Sep 1861, aged 14, Trammer, Run over by trams on an incline [More information ...]
						Sisson, John, 14 Oct 1852, Falling down the shaft
						Tuniclffe, William, 17 Jan 1868, aged 36, Collier, Fall of bind from roof
						Wheatley, Charles, 04 Apr 1866, aged 22, Collier, Fall of bind in working place
						Wheatley, William, 25 Feb 1874, aged 49, Stallman, Fall of bind coming out of pot hole or slip in roof
						11 names found

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Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)

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