	Heys Colliery	Index	Heys Colliery

Heys Colliery

Location:	Ashton-under-Lyne 6 miles [10 km] E of Manchester
Map Ref:	(Sheet 109 Manchester) SJ947994, 53° 29' 30" N, 2° 4' 44" W
Opened:	1855
Closed:	1869
Pits:	No. 1
	No. 2, locn: (Sheet 109 Manchester) SJ946994
	No. 3, locn: (Sheet 109 Manchester) SJ945993
Owners:	John Kenworthy and Brothers
	Leeses and Booth

Description

Disasters (5 or more killed)

	17th	Mar	1851		Explosion of firedamp, 6 lives lost (Show Names)
	31st	Jul	1857		Explosion of firedamp, 40 lives lost (Show Names)

Names of those killed at this colliery

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

						Barrowclough, John, 31 Jul 1857, aged 27, Explosion of firedamp [More information ...]
						Barrowclough, Richard, 31 Jul 1857, aged 29, Explosion of firedamp [More information ...]
						Braithwaite, Henry, 31 Jul 1857, aged 19, Explosion of firedamp [More information ...]
						Bramhall, John, 31 Jul 1857, aged 24, Explosion of firedamp [More information ...]
						Brookshaw, Joseph, 31 Jul 1857, aged 29, Explosion of firedamp [More information ...]
						Catlow, William, 31 Jul 1857, aged 21, Explosion of firedamp [More information ...]
						Cobeck, George, 31 Jul 1857, Explosion of firedamp [More information ...]
						Copley, Jonas, 31 Jul 1857, Explosion of firedamp [More information ...]
						Davies, Thomas, 31 Jul 1857, aged 20, Explosion of firedamp [More information ...]
						Elliott, Edward, 31 Jul 1857, Engineer, Explosion of firedamp [More information ...]
						Emmett, John, 31 Jul 1857, aged 23, Explosion of firedamp [More information ...]
						Foster, John, 31 Jul 1857, aged 37, Explosion of firedamp [More information ...]
						Gilbert, George, 31 Jul 1857, aged 16, Explosion of firedamp [More information ...]
						Gosling, Thomas, 31 Jul 1857, aged 30, Explosion of firedamp [More information ...]
						Green, Joseph, 31 Jul 1857, aged 12, Explosion of firedamp [More information ...]
						Greenwood, Benjamin, 31 Jul 1857, aged 26, Explosion of firedamp [More information ...]
						Greenwood, Benjamin, 31 Jul 1857, Fireman, Explosion of firedamp [More information ...]
						Hampson, Joshua, 31 Jul 1857, aged 19, Explosion of firedamp [More information ...]
						Healey, Josiah, 31 Jul 1857, Explosion of firedamp [More information ...]
						Holland, Abraham, 31 Jul 1857, aged 16, Explosion of firedamp [More information ...]
						Holland, Henry, 31 Jul 1857, aged 53, Explosion of firedamp [More information ...]
						Holland, Thomas, 31 Jul 1857, aged 21, Explosion of firedamp [More information ...]
						Hollingsworth, W., 01 Apr 1853, Fall of bricks etc. in No.3 pit
						Hopwood, Samuel, 31 Jul 1857, aged 20, Explosion of firedamp [More information ...]
						Joule, John, 01 Mar 1853, Fall of roof whilst arching underground flue
						Lamb, Thomas, 24 Nov 1856, Fall of roof in No.3 pit
						Liveses, Samuel, 31 Jul 1857, Explosion of firedamp [More information ...]
						Logan, John, 21 Jun 1865, Miner, Coal and roof falling
						Miller, William, 21 Dec 1850, Breakage of chain on incline in No. 2 pit
						Mort, William, 06 Nov 1861, Suffocated by firedamp in the Old mine
						Mottershead, Charles, 31 Jul 1857, aged 11, Explosion of firedamp [More information ...]
						Nolan, William, 31 Jul 1857, aged 30, Explosion of firedamp [More information ...]
						Ogden, J., 17 Mar 1851, Explosion of firedamp (8 injured - 5 of whom died) [More information ...]
						Ousey, Philip, 31 Jul 1857, aged 11, Explosion of firedamp [More information ...]
						Peet, John, 31 Jul 1857, aged 19, Explosion of firedamp [More information ...]
						Preece, William, 31 Jul 1857, aged 14, Explosion of firedamp [More information ...]
						Saxon, Samuel, 31 Jul 1857, aged 26, Explosion of firedamp [More information ...]
						Schofield, Joseph, 31 Jul 1857, aged 14, Explosion of firedamp [More information ...]
						Smith, Frank, 31 Jul 1857, Explosion of firedamp [More information ...]
						Speak, William, 31 Jul 1857, aged 19, Explosion of firedamp [More information ...]
						Taylor, John, 01 Feb 1866, aged 64, Furnaceman, Crushed by the cage ascending as he was getting in without the signal being given. The engineman was running the ropes to see if all was right before winding men
						Tetlow, John, 31 Jul 1857, aged 20, Explosion of firedamp [More information ...]
						Thompson, George, 31 Jul 1857, aged 40, Explosion of firedamp [More information ...]
						Thompson, Robert, 31 Jul 1857, aged 16, Explosion of firedamp [More information ...]
						Underwood, John, 31 Jul 1857, aged 27, Explosion of firedamp [More information ...]
						Walker, Samuel, 31 Jul 1857, aged 16, Explosion of firedamp [More information ...]
						Webb, Jonathan, 31 Jul 1857, aged 12, Explosion of firedamp [More information ...]
						Webb, William, 31 Jul 1857, aged 22, Explosion of firedamp [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.

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.

more information on some of the fatalities shown above

Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)

a simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Heys Colliery

list of collieries/pits etc. near to Heys Colliery

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
1856 Mines Inspectors Report, North and East Lancashire District, by Joseph Dickinson, H.M. Inspector of Mines
1857 Mines Inspectors Report, North and East Lancashire District, by Joseph Dickinson, H.M. Inspector of Mines
1861 Mines Inspectors Report, North and East Lancashire District, by Joseph Dickinson, H.M. Inspector of Mines