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Darton Main Colliery
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| Location: | Barnsley 3½ miles [5 km] NW of Barnsley |
| Map Ref: | (Sheet 110 Sheffield and Huddersfield, 111 Sheffield and Doncaster) SE306100, 53° 35' 10" N, 1° 32' 12" W |
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| Owners: | Darton Main Colliery Co., Ltd. |
| Employment: | 1923 - 696 (600 below, 96 surface) |
| 1933 - 23 (11 below, 12 surface) | |
| 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!
 | Creighton, R., 31 Dec 1929, Corporal, killed by a fall of roof | |||||
|  | Jones, David, 29 Aug 1919, aged 65, Collier, Engaged repairing in longwall face where roof had broken down. He was working the coal when a piece of stone fell from between goaf and face killing him instantly | ||||
| | Winstanley, William Thomas, 07 Mar 1919, aged 23, Coal miner, Preparing to set a prop and was caught by fall from two unknown slips | ||||
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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.
Click on the symbol
next to the name to see the web page.
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.
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Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)
a simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Darton Main Colliery
list of collieries/pits etc. near to Darton Main Colliery
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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
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