	Loscoe Colliery	Index	Loscoe Colliery

Loscoe Colliery

Location:	Langley Mill 8½ miles [13 km] NNE of Derby
Map Ref:	(Sheet 129 Nottingham and Loughborough) SK423474, 53° 1' 19" N, 1° 22' 10" W
Opened:
Closed:
Owners:	Butterley Co.
	Butterley Co., Ltd.
Output:	1894 - Coal: Household, Manufacturing, Steam.
	1896 - Coal: Household, Manufacturing, Steam.
	1900 - Coal: Household, Manufacturing, Steam.
	1905 - Coal: Household, Manufacturing, Steam.
	1910 - Coal: Household, Manufacturing, Steam.
	1915 - Coal: Household, Manufacturing, Steam.
Employment:	1894 - 246 (206 below, 40 surface)
	1896 - 313 (271 below, 42 surface)
	1900 - 243 (198 below, 45 surface)
	1905 - 287 (239 below, 48 surface)
	1910 - 294 (242 below, 52 surface)
	1915 - 291 (239 below, 52 surface)
	1923 - 330 (270 below, 60 surface)
	1933 - 241 (202 below, 39 surface)
Seams Worked:	1894 - Deep Soft, Deep Hard
	1896 - Deep Soft, Deep Hard
	1900 - Deep Hard, Deep Soft
	1905 - Deep Hard, Deep Soft
	1910 - Deep Hard, Deep Soft
	1915 - Deep Hard, Deep Soft
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!

						Allen, Job, 17 Jan 1895, He sat down to rest after walking underground when he suddenly died from "heart disease"
						Allen, John, 05 Oct 1852, Breaking of a pit rope [More information ...]
						Cox, John, 06 Nov 1906, aged 22, Labourer, Deceased was passing between some full railway wagons on the siding when he was fatally crushed
						Daykin, John, 23 May 1849, Miner, Shaft accident [More information ...]
						Fletcher, Daniel, 06 May 1888, aged 38, Stallman, Fall of coal due to men in the next stall taking out holing sprags
						Fletcher, William, 17 Sep 1874, aged 37, Stallman, Fall of bind while repairing air way in the act of setting timber to support the roof when it fell
						Jennings, Obidiah, 28 Nov 1888, aged 39, Stallman, Fall of roof drawing a prop without using a ringer and chain
						Martin, William, 12 Mar 1866, aged 14, Horse driver, Run over by tubs in working place
						Milward, Richard, 23 May 1849, aged 16, Miner, Shaft accident [More information ...]
						Milward, Samuel, 05 Oct 1852, Breaking of a pit rope [More information ...]
						Prince, John, 28 Mar 1861, aged 16, Trammer, Crushed between a tram and a prop [More information ...]
						Radcliffe, Alfred, 16 Jan 1866, aged 14, Collier, Fall of bind at face of working
						Walker, George, 23 May 1849, Miner, Shaft accident [More information ...]
						Whynall, Charles, 02 Jan 1915, (accident: 01 Jan 1915), aged 31, Stallman, Filling coal at face when movement in roof was noticed. He stood clear between two props when large piece of roof fell and struck his head. Died 2nd Jan
						Wood, James, 11 Mar 1904, aged 25, Stallman, Fall of roof. After taking coal down from the face deceased got on to the top of the fallen coal, when the roof fell and killed him (Deep soft coal)
						Woodhouse, John, 18 Feb 1851, aged Boy, Crushed between coal waggons

						16 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 , 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.

Some of the names of mining fatalities on this page have been kindly provided by Ian Winstanley of the Coal Mining History Resource Centre (CMHRC) and are marked with . The CMHRC is available here.

more information on some of the fatalities shown above

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Credits

Sources:

1851 Mines Inspectors Report, by Charles Morton, H.M. Inspector of Mines
1854 Mines Inspectors Report, by Charles Morton, H.M. Inspector of Mines
1861 Mines Inspectors Report, by John Hedley, H.M. Inspector of Mines
1894 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1896 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department, also available online at Peak District Mines Historical Society Ltd
1900 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1904 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 2506), Midland District (No. 8) by Arthur H. Stokes, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
1905 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1906 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 3449), Midland District (No. 8) by Arthur H. Stokes, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
1910 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1915 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1923 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
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
OS Grid Reference from Adit Now website