	Darley Main Colliery	Index	Darley Main Colliery

Darley Main Colliery

Location:	Barnsley 1½ miles [3 km] SSE of Barnsley
Map Ref:	(Sheet 110 Sheffield and Huddersfield, 111 Sheffield and Doncaster) SE358040, 53° 31' 55" N, 1° 27' 32" W
Opened:	1849
Closed:	1886

Description

Disasters (5 or more killed)

	29th	Jan	1847		Explosion, 6 lives lost (Show Names)
	24th	Jan	1849		Explosion, 75 lives lost (Show Names)

Names of those killed at this colliery

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

						Ashton, James, 24 Jan 1849, aged 17, Explosion [More information ...]
						Atkinson, Edward, 24 Jan 1849, aged 36, Explosion, left a wife and two children [More information ...]
						Baines, John, 23 Dec 1863, aged Boy, Crushed by corves in the mine
						Barraclough, George, 24 Jan 1849, aged 36, Explosion, left a wife and four children [More information ...]
						Barraclough, Joshua, 16 Aug 1855, aged Boy, Run over by corves in the mine
						Batty, Francis, 24 Jan 1849, aged 15, Explosion [More information ...]
						Beevers, John, 24 Jan 1849, aged 56, Explosion, left a wife and two children [More information ...]
						Billington, Edward, 24 Jan 1849, aged 24, Explosion [More information ...]
						Billington, William, 24 Jan 1849, aged 11, Explosion [More information ...]
						Broadhead, T., 29 Jan 1847, Explosion [More information ...]
						Brook, Charles, 24 Jan 1849, aged 37, Explosion, left three children [More information ...]
						Brook, William, 24 Jan 1849, aged 14, Explosion [More information ...]
						Brown, David, 24 Jan 1849, aged 37, Explosion, left a wife and two children [More information ...]
						Brown, G., 29 Jan 1847, Explosion [More information ...]
						Burkinshaw, Hugh, 24 Jan 1849, aged 22, Explosion [More information ...]
						Burkinshaw, James, 24 Jan 1849, aged 19, Explosion [More information ...]
						Burton, John, 24 Jan 1849, aged 26, Explosion, left a widow [More information ...]
						Charlesworth, John, 24 Jan 1849, aged 13, Explosion [More information ...]
						Charlesworth, Joseph, 24 Jan 1849, aged 14, Explosion [More information ...]
						Darwin, John, 24 Jan 1849, aged 36, Explosion, left a wife [More information ...]
						Darwin, Thomas, 24 Jan 1849, aged 28, Explosion, left a wife and two children [More information ...]
						Elistone, T., 29 Jan 1847, Explosion [More information ...]
						Field, George, 24 Jan 1849, aged 32, Explosion, left a wife and two children [More information ...]
						Firth, Henry, 24 Jan 1849, aged 34, Explosion, left a wife and four children [More information ...]
						Firth, Thomas, 24 Jan 1849, aged 45, Explosion [More information ...]
						Fisher, George, 24 Jan 1849, aged 23, Explosion [More information ...]
						Gilberthorpe, J., 29 Jan 1847, Explosion [More information ...]
						Gilliatt, John, 24 Jan 1849, aged 11, Explosion [More information ...]
						Gilliatt, Thomas, 24 Jan 1849, aged 19, Explosion [More information ...]
						Goldthorpe, William, 24 Jan 1849, aged 13, Explosion [More information ...]
						Gomersley, G., 29 Jan 1847, Steward, Explosion [More information ...]
						Goodliffe, Samuel, 24 Jan 1849, aged 19, Explosion [More information ...]
						Guest, George, 24 Jan 1849, aged 41, Explosion, left a wife and one child [More information ...]
						Guest, Joseph, 24 Jan 1849, aged 16, Explosion [More information ...]
						Guest, William, 24 Jan 1849, aged 15, Explosion [More information ...]
						Hammond, Charles, 24 Jan 1849, aged 25, Explosion [More information ...]
						Hammond, Edward, 24 Jan 1849, aged 20, Explosion, left a wife [More information ...]
						Hammond, Thomas, 24 Jan 1849, aged 39, Explosion, left a wife and four children [More information ...]
						Hardisty, William, 24 Jan 1849, aged 11, Explosion [More information ...]
						Harper, Amos, 24 Jan 1849, aged 37, Explosion, left a wife and seven children [More information ...]
						Harper, George, 24 Jan 1849, aged 10, Explosion [More information ...]
						Harrison, George, 15 Mar 1864, Fall of coal in the mine
						Hartley, John, 24 Jan 1849, aged 25, Explosion [More information ...]
						Hepplestone, James, 28 Jun 1858, aged Boy, Crushed in the mine
						Hiland, William, 24 Jan 1849, aged 11, Explosion [More information ...]
						Hinchcliffe, William, 24 Jan 1849, aged 2, Explosion [More information ...]
						Hinchliffe, John, 12 Nov 1852, Fall of coal in the mine
						Holland, Isaac, 24 Jan 1849, aged 15, Explosion [More information ...]
						Holland, William, jnr., 24 Jan 1849, aged 11, Explosion [More information ...]
						Horbury, George, 28 Jul 1858, Fall of roof in the mine
						Hunbley, William, 24 Jan 1849, aged 35, Explosion, left a wife and four children [More information ...]
						Hutchinson, William, 24 Jan 1849, aged 24, Explosion [More information ...]
						Jenkinson, John, 29 Jan 1847, Explosion [More information ...]
						Kay, George, 19 Feb 1867, aged 32, Collier, Fall of roof
						Kaye, John, 24 Jan 1849, aged 18, Explosion [More information ...]
						Loy, George, 24 Jan 1849, aged 40, Explosion, left a wife and five children [More information ...]
						Loy, John, 24 Jan 1849, aged 15, Explosion [More information ...]
						McDonald, Patrick, 24 Jan 1849, aged 19, Explosion [More information ...]
						Mooney, Thomas, 24 Jan 1849, aged 15, Explosion [More information ...]
						Parsons, John, jnr., 24 Jan 1849, aged 20, Explosion [More information ...]
						Parsons, John, sen., 24 Jan 1849, aged 48, Explosion, left a wife [More information ...]
						Parsons, William, 24 Jan 1849, aged 13, Explosion [More information ...]
						Rennison, Edward, 24 Jan 1849, aged 18, Explosion [More information ...]
						Roberts, William, 26 Jun 1858, Fall of coal in the mine
						Sager, Joseph, 24 Jan 1849, aged 29, Explosion, left a wife and six children [More information ...]
						Seddons, James, 24 Jan 1849, aged 26, Explosion, left a wife and two children [More information ...]
						Sells, Joseph, 24 Jan 1849, aged 10, Explosion [More information ...]
						Senior, -, 21 Apr 1843, burnt in explosion
						Smith, John, 24 Jan 1849, aged 36, Explosion, left a wife [More information ...]
						Swift, Isaac, 24 Jan 1849, aged 23, Explosion [More information ...]
						Swift, Joseph, 24 Jan 1849, aged 25, Explosion [More information ...]
						Sykes, Abram, 24 Jan 1849, aged 25, Explosion [More information ...]
						Sykes, John, 24 Jan 1849, aged 18, Explosion [More information ...]
						Taylor, John, 24 Jan 1849, aged 26, Explosion, left a widow [More information ...]
						Taylor, Ralph, 24 Jan 1849, aged 25, Explosion [More information ...]
						Tetley, George, 24 Jan 1849, aged 23, Explosion, left a wife and one children [More information ...]
						Turner, George, 24 Jan 1849, aged 21, Explosion [More information ...]
						Utley, Edward, 24 Jan 1849, aged 36, Explosion, left a widow [More information ...]
						Utley, Thomas, 24 Jan 1849, aged 12, Explosion [More information ...]
						Winder, George, 10 Sep 1855, Fall of coal in the mine
						Winder, John, 24 Jan 1849, aged 31, Explosion, left a wife and four children [More information ...]
						Winter, George, 24 Jan 1849, aged 19, Explosion [More information ...]
						Winter, Robert, 24 Jan 1849, aged 28, Explosion [More information ...]
						Wood, Charles, 24 Jan 1849, aged 17, Explosion [More information ...]
						Wormald, John, 19 Nov 1851, Fall of coal in the mine

						85 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.

For those names marked the text of the Mines Inspectors report into the incident is available online. Click on the icon to display the report.

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.

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Credits

Sources:

1851 (Jul-Dec) Mines Inspectors Report, by Charles Morton, H.M. Inspector of Mines, published in 1854
1854 Mines Inspectors Report, by Charles Morton, H.M. Inspector of Mines
1855 (Jul-Dec) Mines Inspectors Report, by Charles Morton, H.M. Inspector of Mines
1858 Mines Inspectors Report, by Charles Morton, H.M. Inspector of Mines
1863 Mines Inspectors Report, by Charles Morton, H.M. Inspector of Mines
1864 Mines Inspectors Report, by Charles Morton, H.M. Inspector of Mines