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	Huskar Pit	Index	Huskar Pit

Location:	Silkstone 4 miles [6 km] WSW of Barnsley
Map Ref:	(Sheet 110 Sheffield and Huddersfield) SE293037, 53° 31' 47" N, 1° 33' 28" W
Opened:
Closed:
Owners:	R. C. Clarke

Description

Disasters (5 or more killed)

4th

Jul

1838

Inundation, 26 lives lost (Show Names)

Those entries marked with , signify a disaster for which a memorial has been erected or for which we have images concerning the disaster, alternately their name may be mentioned on a memorial plaque. Click on the symbol next to the name to see the appropriate web page for the memorial.

Names of those killed at this colliery

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

						Allick, William, 04 Jul 1838, aged 12 [More information ...]
						Barnett, George, 04 Jul 1838, aged 9 [More information ...]
						Burkinshaw, George, 04 Jul 1838, aged 10 [More information ...]
						Burkinshaw, James, 04 Jul 1838, aged 7 [More information ...]
						Carr, Elizabeth, 04 Jul 1838, aged 13 [More information ...]
						Clarkson, Elizabeth, 04 Jul 1838, aged 11 [More information ...]
						Clarkson, James, 04 Jul 1838, aged 16 [More information ...]
						Garnet, Catherine, 04 Jul 1838, aged 8 [More information ...]
						Gothard, John, 04 Jul 1838, aged 8 [More information ...]
						Hollin, Elizabeth, 04 Jul 1838, aged 15 [More information ...]
						Horne, Samuel, 04 Jul 1838, aged 10 [More information ...]
						Hoyland, Francis, 04 Jul 1838, aged 13 [More information ...]
						Hutchinson, Eli, 04 Jul 1838, aged 9 [More information ...]
						Jukes, Sarah, 04 Jul 1838, aged 8 [More information ...]
						Lamb, George, 04 Jul 1838, aged 8 [More information ...]
						Moss, Annie, 04 Jul 1838, aged 9 [More information ...]
						Newton, Sarah, 04 Jul 1838, aged 8 [More information ...]
						Parker, Ellen, 04 Jul 1838, aged 15 [More information ...]
						Sellars, Mary, 04 Jul 1838, aged 10 [More information ...]
						Simpson, John, 04 Jul 1838, aged 9 [More information ...]
						Taylor, Hannah, 04 Jul 1838, aged 17 [More information ...]
						Turton, James, 04 Jul 1838, aged 10 [More information ...]
						Walmsley, William, 04 Jul 1838, aged 8 [More information ...]
						Webster, Hannah, 04 Jul 1838, aged 13 [More information ...]
						Wright, Amos, 04 Jul 1838, aged 8 [More information ...]
						Wright, Isaac, 04 Jul 1838, aged 12 [More information ...]
						26 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 , were killed in a disaster for which a memorial has been erected or for which we have images concerning the disaster, alternately their name may be mentioned on a memorial plaque. Click on the symbol next to the name to see the appropriate web page for the memorial.

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 Huskar Pit

  list of collieries/pits etc. near to Huskar Pit

Memorial Images:

Credits

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Related Links:

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Further Reading:

• South Yorkshire Mining Disasters, Vol. 1, 19th century by Brian Elliott, Published by Wharncliffe Books, 2012, ISBN 1-903425-64-6