	Diglake Colliery	Index	Diglake Colliery

Diglake Colliery

Location:	Audley 5½ miles [9 km] NW of Stoke-on-Trent
Map Ref:	(Sheet 118 Stoke-on-Trent and Macclesfield) SJ812510, 53° 3' 20" N, 2° 16' 50" W
Opened:
Closed:
Owners:	William Rigby and Co.
Output:	1894 - Coal.
	1896 - Coal: Gas, Household.
	1900 - Coal: Gas, Household.
	1905 - Coal: Gas, Household.
Employment:	1894 - 479 (355 below, 124 surface)
	1896 - 242 (170 below, 72 surface)
	1900 - 114 (71 below, 43 surface)
	1905 - 25 (15 below, 10 surface) [Closed June, 1905]
Seams Worked:	1894 - Ten Feet, Seven Feet, Eight Feet
	1896 - Ten Feet, Eight Feet
	1900 - Hams, Ten Feet, Two Row
	1905 - Ten Feet, Two Row [Closed June, 1905]
Notes:	Current Status - Page under construction! and is far, far from complete!

Description

Disasters (5 or more killed)

14th

Jan

1895

Inrush of water from old workings of Diglake Colliery, 77 lives lost (Show Names)

Names of those killed at this colliery

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

						Alkins, T., 14 Jan 1895, aged 47, Inrush of water from old workings [More information ...]
						Bailey, H., 14 Jan 1895, aged 36, Inrush of water from old workings [More information ...]
						Bailey, J., 14 Jan 1895, aged 21, Inrush of water from old workings [More information ...]
						Beckett, J., 14 Jan 1895, aged 22, Inrush of water from old workings [More information ...]
						Beech, G., 14 Jan 1895, aged 32, Inrush of water from old workings [More information ...]
						Billington, E., 14 Jan 1895, aged 56, Inrush of water from old workings [More information ...]
						Blurton, J., 14 Jan 1895, aged 15, Inrush of water from old workings [More information ...]
						Booth, J., 03 Dec 1886, aged 50, Collier, Fall of roof
						Bowers, T., 14 Jan 1895, aged 32, Inrush of water from old workings [More information ...]
						Brough, J., 14 Jan 1895, aged 38, Inrush of water from old workings [More information ...]
						Buttler, W., 14 Jan 1895, aged 22, Inrush of water from old workings [More information ...]
						Carter, G., 14 Jan 1895, aged 40, Inrush of water from old workings [More information ...]
						Cartwright, T., 14 Jan 1895, aged 45, Inrush of water from old workings [More information ...]
						Childers, T., 14 Jan 1895, aged 27, Inrush of water from old workings [More information ...]
						Clough, H., 14 Jan 1895, aged 19, Inrush of water from old workings [More information ...]
						Cooper, J., 14 Jan 1895, aged 20, Inrush of water from old workings [More information ...]
						Cork, S., 14 Jan 1895, aged 38, Inrush of water from old workings [More information ...]
						Crosby, S., 14 Jan 1895, aged 18, Inrush of water from old workings [More information ...]
						Dodd, G., 14 Jan 1895, aged 24, Inrush of water from old workings [More information ...]
						Elsbey, J., 14 Jan 1895, aged 48, Inrush of water from old workings [More information ...]
						Fox, G., 14 Jan 1895, aged 13, Inrush of water from old workings [More information ...]
						Frost, J., 14 Jan 1895, aged 16, Inrush of water from old workings [More information ...]
						Frost, W., 15 Aug 1887, aged 34, Collier, Fall of roof
						Guise, J., 14 Jan 1895, aged 45, Inrush of water from old workings [More information ...]
						Higgins, E., 14 Jan 1895, aged 42, Inrush of water from old workings [More information ...]
						Hodgkinson, A., 14 Jan 1895, aged 14, Inrush of water from old workings [More information ...]
						Holland, Henry, 14 Jan 1895, aged 30, Inrush of water from old workings, left a wife and two children [More information ...]
						Hopwood, A., 14 Jan 1895, aged 18, Inrush of water from old workings [More information ...]
						Hopwood, H., 14 Jan 1895, aged 15, Inrush of water from old workings [More information ...]
						Hughes, W., 14 Jan 1895, aged 25, Inrush of water from old workings [More information ...]
						Jackson, A., 14 Jan 1895, aged 15, Inrush of water from old workings [More information ...]
						Johnson, A., 14 Jan 1895, aged 21, Inrush of water from old workings [More information ...]
						Johnson, F., 14 Jan 1895, aged 35, Inrush of water from old workings [More information ...]
						Johnson, J., 14 Jan 1895, aged 14, Inrush of water from old workings [More information ...]
						Johnson, S., 14 Jan 1895, aged 40, Inrush of water from old workings [More information ...]
						Johnson, W., 14 Jan 1895, aged 22, Inrush of water from old workings [More information ...]
						Knight, B., 14 Jan 1895, aged 16, Inrush of water from old workings [More information ...]
						Latham, W., 14 Jan 1895, aged 18, Inrush of water from old workings [More information ...]
						Lee, H., 14 Jan 1895, aged 15, Inrush of water from old workings [More information ...]
						Leech, H., 14 Jan 1895, aged 20, Inrush of water from old workings [More information ...]
						Lightfoot, E., 14 Jan 1895, aged 17, Inrush of water from old workings [More information ...]
						Lightfoot, E., 14 Jan 1895, aged 15, Inrush of water from old workings [More information ...]
						Lowe, F., 14 Jan 1895, aged 28, Inrush of water from old workings [More information ...]
						Maddock, H., 14 Jan 1895, aged 45, Inrush of water from old workings [More information ...]
						Maddock, J., 14 Jan 1895, aged 15, Inrush of water from old workings [More information ...]
						Mayer, G., 14 Jan 1895, aged 18, Inrush of water from old workings [More information ...]
						Mayer, R., 14 Jan 1895, aged 14, Inrush of water from old workings [More information ...]
						Mayor, S., 14 Jan 1895, aged 18, Inrush of water from old workings [More information ...]
						Mitchel, J., 14 Jan 1895, aged 33, Inrush of water from old workings [More information ...]
						Mitchell, B., 14 Jan 1895, aged 40, Inrush of water from old workings [More information ...]
						Mottram, W., 14 Jan 1895, aged 33, Inrush of water from old workings [More information ...]
						Murray, G., 14 Jan 1895, aged 14, Inrush of water from old workings [More information ...]
						Platt, J., 14 Jan 1895, aged 20, Inrush of water from old workings [More information ...]
						Platt, J., 14 Jan 1895, aged 18, Inrush of water from old workings [More information ...]
						Pover, G., 14 Jan 1895, aged 14, Inrush of water from old workings [More information ...]
						Pover, J., 14 Jan 1895, aged 17, Inrush of water from old workings [More information ...]
						Pugh, W., 14 Jan 1895, aged 15, Inrush of water from old workings [More information ...]
						Rhodes, G., 14 Jan 1895, aged 17, Inrush of water from old workings [More information ...]
						Rhodes, H., 14 Jan 1895, aged 15, Inrush of water from old workings [More information ...]
						Rhodes, H., 14 Jan 1895, aged 17, Inrush of water from old workings [More information ...]
						Riley, H., 14 Jan 1895, aged 21, Inrush of water from old workings [More information ...]
						Riley, J., 14 Jan 1895, aged 46, Inrush of water from old workings [More information ...]
						Roberts, W., 14 Jan 1895, aged 42, Inrush of water from old workings [More information ...]
						Rowley, D., 14 Jan 1895, aged 25, Inrush of water from old workings [More information ...]
						Shufflebottom, J., 16 Apr 1888, aged 55, Fireman, Fall of roof rock while drawing timber
						Smith, E., 29 Dec 1883, aged 18, Engine tender, Blow from crank of pumping engine
						Spode, D., 14 Jan 1895, aged 62, Inrush of water from old workings [More information ...]
						Spode, G., 14 Jan 1895, aged 23, Inrush of water from old workings [More information ...]
						Sproson, E., 14 Jan 1895, aged 25, Inrush of water from old workings [More information ...]
						Sproson, F., 14 Jan 1895, aged 14, Inrush of water from old workings [More information ...]
						Sproson, T., 14 Jan 1895, aged 64, Inrush of water from old workings [More information ...]
						Sproson, W., 14 Jan 1895, aged 47, Inrush of water from old workings [More information ...]
						Taylor, F., 14 Jan 1895, aged 30, Inrush of water from old workings [More information ...]
						Taylor, J., 14 Jan 1895, aged 40, Inrush of water from old workings [More information ...]
						Taylor, P., 14 Jan 1895, aged 40, Inrush of water from old workings [More information ...]
						Taylor, R., 14 Jan 1895, aged 38, Inrush of water from old workings [More information ...]
						Taylor, R., 14 Jan 1895, aged 18, Inrush of water from old workings [More information ...]
						Taylor, T., 14 Jan 1895, aged 15, Inrush of water from old workings [More information ...]
						Tittle, T., 14 Jan 1895, aged 19, Inrush of water from old workings [More information ...]
						Vernon, C., 14 Jan 1895, aged 30, Inrush of water from old workings [More information ...]
						Viggars, F., 20 Sep 1879, aged 14, Driver, Run over by tubs
						Web, H., 14 Jan 1895, aged 35, Inrush of water from old workings [More information ...]
						Wynne, G., 14 Jan 1895, aged 30, Inrush of water from old workings [More information ...]

						83 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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Credits

Sources:

1883 Mines Inspectors Report (C 4078), North Staffordshire District by Thomas Wynne, 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
1900 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1905 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
OS Grid Reference from Adit Now website