	Garswood Park Colliery	Index	Garswood Park Colliery

Garswood Park Colliery

Location:	St. Helens 4 miles [7 km] SSW of Wigan
Map Ref:	(Sheet 108 Liverpool, Southport and Wigan) SJ561991, 53° 29' 12" N, 2° 39' 37" W
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Notes:	Current Status - Page under construction! and is far, far from complete!

Description

Disasters (5 or more killed)

	4th	May	1866		Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by shot firing, 16 lives lost (Show Names)
	20th	Aug	1867		Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by blown out shot, 14 lives lost (Show Names)

Names of those killed at this colliery

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

						Anders, Henry, 04 May 1866, aged 48, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by shot firing, Explosion of firedamp in Little Delph Mine [More information ...]
						Anders, John, 06 Aug 1880, aged 39, Collier, Fall of roof between props and face of coal, which were only two feet apart
						Anders, Thomas, 04 May 1866, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by shot firing, Explosion of firedamp in Little Delph Mine [More information ...]
						Anders, Thomas, 20 Aug 1867, Collier, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by blown out shot, Explosion of firedamp in Little Delf mine [More information ...]
						Austin, Charles, 01 Jul 1878, aged 15, Pony driver, Cassidy and another man were clearing away a fall which had just occurred in the level whilst Austin held a light for them. A large stone which they were turning over slipped out of their hands, and fell against a prop, knocking it out, which caused more of the roof to fall upon the deceased [More information ...]
						Baron, William, 20 Aug 1867, Driver, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by blown out shot, Explosion of firedamp in Little Delf mine [More information ...]
						Beetle, Peter, 04 May 1866, aged 16, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by shot firing, Explosion of firedamp in Little Delph Mine [More information ...]
						Briers, William, 20 Aug 1867, Driver, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by blown out shot, Explosion of firedamp in Little Delf mine [More information ...]
						Bromilow, James, 14 Apr 1881, aged 54, Collier, Inspection made and inquets attended. Fall of roof, which was not sufficiently timbered
						Brown, William, 20 Aug 1867, Collier, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by blown out shot, Explosion of firedamp in Little Delf mine [More information ...]
						Cassidy, Christopher, 01 Jul 1878, aged 28, Dataler, Cassidy and another man were clearing away a fall which had just occurred in the level whilst Austin held a light for them. A large stone which they were turning over slipped out of their hands, and fell against a prop, knocking it out, which caused more of the roof to fall upon the deceased [More information ...]
						Cheetham, William, jnr., 20 Aug 1867, Collier, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by blown out shot, Explosion of firedamp in Little Delf mine [More information ...]
						Chesworth, William, 20 Aug 1867, Collier, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by blown out shot, Explosion of firedamp in Little Delf mine [More information ...]
						Eden, John, 20 Aug 1867, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by blown out shot, Explosion of firedamp in Little Delf mine [More information ...]
						Fillingham, Anthony, 20 Aug 1867, Collier, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by blown out shot, Explosion of firedamp in Little Delf mine [More information ...]
						Finney, Henry, 04 May 1866, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by shot firing, Explosion of firedamp in Little Delph Mine [More information ...]
						Fitzakerly, William, 25 Nov 1863, aged 46, Fireman, Falling down the shaft
						Harrison, Thomas, 04 May 1866, aged 28, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by shot firing, Explosion of firedamp in Little Delph Mine [More information ...]
						Hill, Joseph, 13 Apr 1866, aged 30, Collier, Fall of roof
						Holding, John, 05 Dec 1871, aged 15, Hooker on, Crushed by pit boxes below ground
						Johnson, John, 14 Jan 1880, aged 53, Collier, Deceased was working out an old pillar from the goaf, and had not taken sufficient precautions to timber the broken roof, from which a stone fell on him. He had a sufficient supply of timber
						Kilshaw, Ralph, 04 May 1866, aged 11, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by shot firing, Explosion of firedamp in Little Delph Mine [More information ...]
						Knowles, James, 04 May 1866, aged 16, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by shot firing, Explosion of firedamp in Little Delph Mine [More information ...]
						Leadbetter, John, 20 Aug 1867, Driver, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by blown out shot, Explosion of firedamp in Little Delf mine [More information ...]
						Marriott, Thomas, 04 Nov 1882, aged 64, Dataler, Inspection made and inquest attended. Deceased was allowed to work at the pit bottom whilst water was being wound up the shaft, when something fell from the tank and struck him
						Mills, John, 04 May 1866, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by shot firing, Explosion of firedamp in Little Delph Mine [More information ...]
						Molyneaux, Ellen, 24 May 1872, aged 26, Sreener, Crushed by waggons
						Molyneux, Peter, 04 May 1866, aged 46, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by shot firing, Explosion of firedamp in Little Delph Mine [More information ...]
						Norcross, Henry, 29 Jan 1867, aged 43, Collier, Fall of coal in Ravenhead Main Delf
						Pallitt, Thomas, 10 Oct 1873, aged 40, Collier, Crushed by fall of roof in Little Delph mine
						Platt, Richard, 22 Jan 1870, aged 31, Collier, Fall of roof
						Radcliffe, Thomas, 20 Aug 1867, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by blown out shot, Explosion of firedamp in Little Delf mine [More information ...]
						Rigby, James, 03 Mar 1870, aged 76, Mason, Falling in boiler house above ground
						Roper, Richard, 23 Aug 1871, aged 56, Labourer, Crushed between the buffers of a coal truck
						Roughley, William, 04 May 1866, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by shot firing, Explosion of firedamp in Little Delph Mine [More information ...]
						Stockley, Thomas, 14 Sep 1865, aged 42, Collier, Fall of coal
						Swift, John, 04 May 1866, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by shot firing, Explosion of firedamp in Little Delph Mine [More information ...]
						Swift, Peter, 04 May 1866, aged 18, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by shot firing, Explosion of firedamp in Little Delph Mine [More information ...]
						Swift, Richard, 04 May 1866, aged 30, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by shot firing, Explosion of firedamp in Little Delph Mine [More information ...]
						Swift, William, 04 May 1866, aged 20, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by shot firing, Explosion of firedamp in Little Delph Mine [More information ...]
						Thomas, Peter, 04 May 1866, aged 12, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by shot firing, Explosion of firedamp in Little Delph Mine [More information ...]
						Thomas, Peter, 04 May 1866, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by shot firing, Explosion of firedamp in Little Delph Mine [More information ...]
						Topping, Aaron, 26 Jul 1876, aged 25, Collier, Fall of roof
						Topping, Joseph, 20 Aug 1867, Fireman, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by blown out shot, Explosion of firedamp in Little Delf mine [More information ...]
						Topping, Joseph, 20 Aug 1867, Jigger, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by blown out shot, Explosion of firedamp in Little Delf mine [More information ...]
						Wilkinson, Thomas, 20 Aug 1867, Collier, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by blown out shot, Explosion of firedamp in Little Delf mine [More information ...]
						Winstanley, Henry, 20 Aug 1867, Driver, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by blown out shot, Explosion of firedamp in Little Delf mine [More information ...]
						Wright, Henry, 20 Aug 1867, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by blown out shot, Explosion of firedamp in Little Delf mine [More information ...]

						48 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. 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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Credits

Sources:

1863 Mines Inspectors Report, by Peter Higson, H.M. Inspector of Mines
1871 Mines Inspectors Report (C. 653), West Lancashire and North Wales District by Peter Higson, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
1872 Mines Inspectors Report (C. 840), West Lancashire and North Wales District by Peter Higson, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
1873 Mines Inspectors Report (C. 1056), West Lancashire and North Wales District by Thomas Bell, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
1876 Mines Inspectors Report (C. 1734), Liverpool District by Henry Hall, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
1878 Mines Inspectors Report (C 2321), Liverpool District by Henry Hall, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
1881 Mines Inspectors Report (C 3241), Liverpool District by Henry Hall, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report