	Gerard's Bridge Colliery	Index	Gerard's Bridge Colliery

Gerard's Bridge Colliery

Location:	Windle 7 miles [12 km] SW of Wigan
Map Ref:	(Sheet 108 Liverpool, Southport and Wigan) SJ514960, 53° 27' 33" N, 2° 43' 51" W
Opened:	1855
Closed:	1865
Owners:	Speakman, Caldwell and Co.
	Caldwell and Thompson
	Caldwell and McCormach

Description

Disasters (5 or more killed)

Jun

1847

Explosion, 8 lives lost (Show Names)

Names of those killed at this colliery

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

						Appleton, Thomas, 02 Oct 1863, aged 45, Sinker, Deceased fell from a scaffold while repairing a shaft
						Atherton, John, 29 Oct 1859, aged 29, Collier, Fall of the roof coal
						Bradshaw, Ellis, 02 Sep 1857, Collier, Fall of roof
						Bradshaw, William, 01 Feb 1859, aged 31, Fireman, Suffocated in foul air
						Cartwright, T., 08 Jun 1851, Falling out of tub in ascending shaft
						Darbyshire, Thomas, 10 Nov 1858, aged 37, Dataler, A fall of roof which he was preparing to support with timber
						Fillingham, A., 25 Nov 1854, Fall of roof
						Finch, Cornelius, 12 Apr 1861, aged 28, Sinker, Falling out of hoppit whilst ascending
						Forest, John, 02 Jun 1847, aged 12, Drawer, Explosion [More information ...]
						Haselden, Edward, 02 Aug 1854, (accident: 12 Jun 1854), Died from explosion of firedamp on 12th June, burned
						Hayes, Edward, 20 Dec 1858, aged 11, Drawer, Fall of roof, which broke down the timber in the road
						Hazledon, James, 16 Aug 1859, aged 58, Banksman, By falling down shaft
						Jaffan, Patrick, 08 Jun 1858, aged 22, Waggoner, Between two railway trucks on the surface
						Johnson, -, 19 Dec 1855, Fall of roof
						Jones, Thomas, 18 Nov 1857, Fireman, Explosion of firedamp
						Lee, John, 02 Jun 1847, aged 17, Drawer, Explosion [More information ...]
						Marsh, Thomas, 18 Jul 1853, (accident: 05 Jul 1853), Explosion of firedamp (died on the 18th)
						Matthew, David, 02 Jun 1847, aged 15, Drawer, Explosion [More information ...]
						Matthew, John, 02 Jun 1847, aged 17, Drawer, Explosion [More information ...]
						Matthew, John, 02 Jun 1847, aged 45, Collier, Explosion [More information ...]
						Matthew, Joseph, 02 Jun 1847, aged 12, Drawer, Explosion [More information ...]
						Matthew, Peter, 02 Jun 1847, aged 22, Collier, Explosion [More information ...]
						McLean, James, 31 May 1862, aged 32, Nightwatchman, Falling down shaft from surface
						Parr, William, 03 Jul 1864, aged 46, Collier, Fall of top coal
						Smith, John, 15 Jul 1853, Fall of roof
						Twist, John, 21 Jul 1856, Explosion of firedamp [More information ...]
						Unknown, -, 07 Apr 1853, aged 21, Crushed by the cage whilst about to ascend the pit
						Unknown, -, 17 Jul 1857, Drawn over the pulley [More information ...]
						Worral, Joseph, 02 Jun 1847, aged 50, Collier, Explosion [More information ...]

						29 names found

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Credits

Sources:

1851 Mines Inspectors Report, by Joseph Dickinson, H.M. Inspector of Mines
1853 (Jan-Jun) Mines Inspectors Report, by Joseph Dickinson, H.M. Inspector of Mines, published in 1854
1853 (Jul-Dec) Mines Inspectors Report, by Joseph Dickinson, H.M. Inspector of Mines, published in 1854
1854 Mines Inspectors Report, by Joseph Dickinson, H.M. Inspector of Mines
1855 Mines Inspectors Report, by Joseph Dickinson, H.M. Inspector of Mines
1856 Mines Inspectors Report, by Peter Higson, H.M. Inspector of Mines
1857 Mines Inspectors Report, by Peter Higson, H.M. Inspector of Mines
1858 Mines Inspectors Report, by Peter Higson, H.M. Inspector of Mines
1859 Mines Inspectors Report, West Lancashire and North Wales District by Peter Higson, H.M. Inspector of Mines
1861 Mines Inspectors Report, by Peter Higson, H.M. Inspector of Mines
1863 Mines Inspectors Report, by Peter Higson, H.M. Inspector of Mines
1864 Mines Inspectors Report, by Peter Higson, H.M. Inspector of Mines