	High Brooks Colliery	Index	High Brooks Colliery

High Brooks Colliery

Location:	Ashton-in-Makerfield 3 miles [4 km] SW of Wigan
Map Ref:	(Sheet 108 Liverpool, Southport and Wigan) SD556017, 53° 30' 36" N, 2° 40' 6" W
Opened:	1855
Closed:	1875
Owners:	Mercer and Evans

Description

Disasters (5 or more killed)

	23rd	Jan	1866		Explosion of firedamp, 30 lives lost (Show Names)
	1st	Apr	1869		Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by blown out shot, 37 lives lost (Show Names)

Names of those killed at this colliery

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

						Ashcroft, John, 01 Apr 1869, aged 12, Pony driver, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by blown out shot, Explosion of gas [More information ...]
						Barton, James, 01 Apr 1869, aged 25, Collier, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by blown out shot, Explosion of gas [More information ...]
						Baxendale, Richard, 01 Apr 1869, aged 17, Drawer, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by blown out shot, Explosion of gas [More information ...]
						Broderick, John, 01 Apr 1869, aged 25, Collier, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by blown out shot, Explosion of gas [More information ...]
						Burns, Jeremiah, 01 Apr 1869, aged 13, Drawer, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by blown out shot, Explosion of gas [More information ...]
						Catterall, Richard, 23 Jan 1866, aged 19, Drawer, Explosion of firedamp [More information ...]
						Doherty, Ime, 07 Feb 1868, Collier, An exploded shot
						Ellison, Thomas, 23 Jan 1866, aged 29, Drawer, Explosion of firedamp [More information ...]
						Fairhurst, Edward, 23 Jan 1866, aged 24, Collier, Explosion of firedamp [More information ...]
						Fairhurst, Thomas, 23 Jan 1866, aged 30, Drawer, Explosion of firedamp [More information ...]
						Fairhurst, Timothy, 23 Jan 1866, aged 48, Collier, Explosion of firedamp [More information ...]
						Farrimond, Henry, 01 Apr 1869, aged 33, Collier, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by blown out shot, Explosion of gas [More information ...]
						Gaskell, Joseph, 01 Apr 1869, aged 22, Collier, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by blown out shot, Explosion of gas [More information ...]
						Gee, John, 01 Apr 1869, aged 36, Collier, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by blown out shot, Explosion of gas [More information ...]
						Gerard, Peter, 01 Apr 1869, aged 12, Drawer, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by blown out shot, Explosion of gas [More information ...]
						Gorton, Richard, 01 Apr 1869, aged 48, Fireman, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by blown out shot, Explosion of gas [More information ...]
						Goulding, William, 01 Apr 1869, aged 18, Drawer, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by blown out shot, Explosion of gas [More information ...]
						Hart, John, 23 Jan 1866, aged 15, Jigger, Explosion of firedamp [More information ...]
						Hewitt, William, 23 Jan 1866, aged 19, Drawer, Explosion of firedamp [More information ...]
						Hilcock, Seth, 23 Jan 1866, aged 30, Collier, Explosion of firedamp [More information ...]
						Hill, Thomas, 23 Jan 1866, aged 38, Collier, Explosion of firedamp [More information ...]
						Hurst, James, 01 Apr 1869, aged 16, Drawer, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by blown out shot, Explosion of gas [More information ...]
						Hurst, John, 23 Jan 1866, aged 28, Collier, Explosion of firedamp [More information ...]
						Idden, William, 14 Jun 1869, aged 26, Hooker on, Falling into pit [More information ...]
						Jones, Henry, 01 Apr 1869, aged 15, Drawer, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by blown out shot, Explosion of gas [More information ...]
						Jones, Hezekiah, 01 Apr 1869, aged 13, Drawer, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by blown out shot, Explosion of gas [More information ...]
						Jones, James, 01 Apr 1869, aged 30, Collier, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by blown out shot, Explosion of gas [More information ...]
						Jones, Joseph, 01 Apr 1869, aged 17, Drawer, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by blown out shot, Explosion of gas [More information ...]
						Jones, Samuel, 01 Apr 1869, aged 33, Collier, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by blown out shot, Explosion of gas [More information ...]
						Latham, Alexander, 01 Apr 1869, aged 36, Collier, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by blown out shot, Explosion of gas [More information ...]
						Leyland, James, 23 Jan 1866, aged 60, Collier, Explosion of firedamp [More information ...]
						Leyland, Robert, 23 Jan 1866, aged 26, Explosion of firedamp [More information ...]
						Leyland, William, 01 Apr 1869, aged 33, Collier, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by blown out shot, Explosion of gas [More information ...]
						Liptrot, Samuel, 23 Jan 1866, aged 21, Dataller, Explosion of firedamp [More information ...]
						Lowe, Peter, 23 Jan 1866, aged 17, Drawer, Explosion of firedamp [More information ...]
						Lowe, Peter, 01 Apr 1869, aged 20, Dataller, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by blown out shot, Explosion of gas [More information ...]
						Marsh, John, 23 Jan 1866, aged 50, Collier, Explosion of firedamp [More information ...]
						Marsh, Richard, 01 Apr 1869, aged 23, Collier, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by blown out shot, Explosion of gas [More information ...]
						Marsh, William, 23 Jan 1866, aged 17, Drawer, Explosion of firedamp [More information ...]
						McCulloch, John, 01 Apr 1869, aged 32, Collier, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by blown out shot, Explosion of gas [More information ...]
						McCulloch, Samuel, 01 Apr 1869, aged 28, Collier, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by blown out shot, Explosion of gas [More information ...]
						Melling, Thomas, 01 Apr 1869, aged 46, Collier, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by blown out shot, Explosion of gas [More information ...]
						Molyneaux, John, 23 Jan 1866, aged 18, Drawer, Explosion of firedamp [More information ...]
						Morris, James, 23 Jan 1866, aged 18, Drawer, Explosion of firedamp [More information ...]
						Norton, Anthony, 01 Apr 1869, aged 25, Collier, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by blown out shot, Explosion of gas [More information ...]
						Oldfield, John, 23 Jan 1866, aged 20, Collier, Explosion of firedamp [More information ...]
						Parkinson, Michael, 23 Jan 1866, aged 17, Drawer, Explosion of firedamp [More information ...]
						Parkinson, Thomas, 23 Jan 1866, aged 40, Collier, Explosion of firedamp [More information ...]
						Parkinson, William, 01 Apr 1869, aged 12, Door tenter, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by blown out shot, Explosion of gas [More information ...]
						Phillips, George, 23 Jan 1866, Underlooker, Explosion of firedamp [More information ...]
						Pilling, James, 23 Jan 1866, aged 31, Collier, Explosion of firedamp [More information ...]
						Pilling, Robert, 21 Dec 1864, Collier, Overwinding [More information ...]
						Saunders, John, 23 Jan 1866, aged 30, Explosion of firedamp [More information ...]
						Shaw, John, 23 Jan 1866, aged 35, Collier, Explosion of firedamp [More information ...]
						Shepherd, John, 23 Jan 1866, aged 15, Drawer, Explosion of firedamp [More information ...]
						Sudworth, James, 23 Jan 1866, aged 24, Collier, Explosion of firedamp [More information ...]
						Sutton, William, 23 Jan 1866, aged 20, Collier, Explosion of firedamp [More information ...]
						Swift, James, 01 Apr 1869, aged 13, Drawer, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by blown out shot, Explosion of gas [More information ...]
						Taylor, Henry, 03 Dec 1857, Drawer, Fall of roof
						Tollitt, George, 23 Jan 1866, aged 20, Drawer, Explosion of firedamp [More information ...]
						Unsworth, Henry, 01 Apr 1869, aged 16, Drawer, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by blown out shot, Explosion of gas [More information ...]
						Unsworth, John, 23 Jan 1866, aged 22, Drawer, Explosion of firedamp [More information ...]
						Walls, James, 01 Apr 1869, aged 25, Collier, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by blown out shot, Explosion of gas [More information ...]
						Watkinson, Adam, 01 Apr 1869, aged 13, Jigger, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by blown out shot, Explosion of gas [More information ...]
						Watkinson, Edward, 20 Dec 1867, aged 48, Collier, Fall of coal in Orrell 5-ft mine
						Webster, Stephen, 21 Dec 1864, Collier, Overwinding [More information ...]
						Wilcock, Eliahakim, 01 Apr 1869, aged 15, Jigger, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by blown out shot, Explosion of gas [More information ...]
						Wilkinson, John, 01 Apr 1869, aged 12, Pony driver, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by blown out shot, Explosion of gas [More information ...]
						Wilkinson, Moses, 01 Apr 1869, aged 20, Collier, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by blown out shot, Explosion of gas [More information ...]
						Worsick, John, 01 Apr 1869, aged 13, Drawer, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by blown out shot, Explosion of gas [More information ...]
						Worsick, William, 01 Apr 1869, aged 32, Collier, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by blown out shot, Explosion of gas [More information ...]
						Worsick, William, jnr., 01 Apr 1869, aged 11, Drawer, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by blown out shot, Explosion of gas [More information ...]

						72 names found

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Credits

Sources:

1857 Mines Inspectors Report, by Peter Higson, H.M. Inspector of Mines
1864 Mines Inspectors Report, by Peter Higson, H.M. Inspector of Mines
1868 Mines Inspectors Report, South West Lancashire and North Wales District by Peter Higson, H.M. Inspector of Mines
1869 Mines Inspectors Report (C 124), South West Lancashire and North Wales District by Peter Higson, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report