	Howe Bridge Colliery	Index	Howe Bridge Colliery

Howe Bridge Colliery

Location:	Atherton 5½ miles [9 km] ESE of Wigan
Map Ref:	(Sheet 109 Manchester) SD659020, 53° 30' 48" N, 2° 30' 51" W
Opened:
Closed:
Pits:	Puffer Pit
	Victoria Pit
	Volunteer Pit
Owners:	Manchester Collieries Ltd.
	1947 - National Coal Board (N.C.B.)
Output:	1948 - Coal: Household, Steam.
	1950 - Coal: Gas, Household, Steam.
	1954 - Coal: Household, Steam.
Employment:	1933 - 355 (248 below, 107 surface)
	1940 - 375 (259 below, 116 surface)
	1947 - 448 (312 below, 136 surface)
	1948 - 465 (322 below, 143 surface)
	1950 - 486 (363 below, 123 surface)
	1954 - 463 (346 below, 117 surface)
Seams Worked:	1948 - Brassey, Rams
	1950 - Brassey, Rams
	1954 - Brassey, Rams
Notes:	Current Status - Page under construction! and is far, far from complete!

Description

Disasters (5 or more killed)

None Found

Names of those killed at this colliery

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

						Aldred, William, 08 Oct 1870, aged 11, Waggoner, Explosion in Crumbouke mine, Buried: Atherton Cemetery on 12 Oct 1870 [More information ...]
						Ashurst, William, 08 Mar 1867, aged 34, Miner, Roof earth falling
						Charleson, James, 08 Oct 1870, aged 34, Miner, Explosion in Crumbouke mine, Buried: Atherton Cemetery on 02 Oct 1870 [More information ...]
						Cleworth, William, 06 Jan 1876, aged 23, Browman, Run over by waggons whilst shunting with a horse
						Cowburn, Peter, 05 Sep 1862, aged 16, Waggoner, Crushed by a waggon on the jig-brow chain breaking in 6-Feet mine. Did 7th, Buried: Atherton Cemetery on 10 Sep 1862
						Cowburn, Robert, 31 Mar 1870, aged 29, Miner, A windlass handle which he apparently let go striking him, Buried: Atherton Cemetery on 03 Apr 1870
						Edwards, William, 06 Jun 1870, aged 32, Miner, Coal falling, Buried: Atherton Cemetery on 09 Jun 1870
						Gregory, William, 08 Jul 1867, (accident: 25 Jun 1867), aged 40, Miner, Struck on firing a shot. He mistook a noise made by the fuse and being under the idea that it was the shot which had gone off he was returning to see what it had done when it went off. Died 8th July at Bolton Infirmary
						Hatton, James, 02 Feb 1866, aged 16, Waggoner, Crushed by falling coal and rock while filling a tub, Buried: Atherton Cemetery on 06 Feb 1866
						Heald, William, 11 Oct 1870, banksman, Caught by the engine brow rope whilst unhooking it from moving tub waggons
						Hunter, William, 23 Jan 1889, aged 23, Miner, Fatal by roof and top coal falling from a slip and a break at the side of the level when beginning a new place. Inspection and inquest attended [Seven Foot Seam] [More information ...]
						Landers, William, 03 Nov 1869, aged 30, Miner, Coal and roof falling as he was working away a pillar
						Lee, Arthur, 06 Feb 1870, (accident: 27 Jan 1870), aged 36, Miner, Exploison of shot which blew out stemming, Buried: Atherton Cemetery on 09 Feb 1870
						Lee, Joseph, 15 Aug 1889, aged 57, Platelayer, Killed by the colliery locomotive engine when on the siding after clipping the Railway Company's thorn hedge. Inquiry. Non-Comprised [fatality reported during the year but not classified as a reportable accident]
						Molyneaux, William, 08 Feb 1867, aged 26, Miner, Coal which he was working falling on him. He had one sprag set and was putting another in, Buried: Atherton Cemetery on 11 Feb 1867
						Parkinson, Luke, 23 Jan 1889, aged 19, Drawer, Fatal by roof and top coal falling from a slip and a break at the side of the level when beginning a new place. Inspection and inquest attended [Seven Foot Seam] [More information ...]
						Rothwell, Charles, 08 Apr 1868, aged 24, Miner, Coal which he was taking down in the great 7-feet mine falling upon him. It did not fall as he expected, and he incautiously, without re-setting the sprags, went underneath to undermine it a little more, Buried: Atherton Cemetery on 11 Apr 1868
						Seddon, John, 02 May 1877, aged 40, Coal miner, Coal falling
						Unsworth, John, 28 Aug 1871, aged 38, Miner, Coal falling from the face of his working

						19 names found

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Credits

Sources:

1868 Mines Inspectors Report, Manchester District by Joseph Dickinson, H.M. Inspector of Mines
1869 Mines Inspectors Report (C 124), Manchester District by Joseph Dickinson, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
1871 Mines Inspectors Report (C. 653), North and East Lancashire, and Ireland District by Joseph Dickinson, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
1876 Mines Inspectors Report (C. 1734), Manchester District by Joseph Dickinson, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
1877 Mines Inspectors Report (C. 2003), Manchester District by Joseph Dickinson, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
1889 Mines Inspectors Report (C 6015), Manchester and Ireland District (No. 6) by Joseph Dickinson, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
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
1940 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
1947 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
1948 Guide to the Coalfields published by the Colliery Guardian, from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian
1950 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1954 Guide to the Coalfields published by the Colliery Guardian
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