	Moresby Colliery	Index	Moresby Colliery

Moresby Colliery

Location:	Moresby 2 miles [3 km] NE of Whitehaven
Map Ref:	(Sheet 89) NX996207, 54° 34' 17" N, 3° 33' 12" W
Maps:	1860s map detailed map from the Ordnance Survey
Opened:
Closed:
Owners:	1880s - Moresby Coal Co.
Output:	1882 - Coal.
	1883 - Coal.

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!

						Bitcon, James, 24 Dec 1890, several bogies passing over him, and so severely injuring him that he died from the effects a few days after
						Blair, Thomas, Jun 1941, Miner
						Donnelly, John, 26 Jan 1913, aged 44
						Findlay, John, 18 Nov 1882, aged 50, Joiner, crushed by cage at top of pit [More information ...]
						Marshall, William James, 28 Apr 1882, aged 13, Coal Picker, crushed between waggons
						McManus, Thomas, 12 Feb 1920, (accident: 04 Feb 1920), aged 29, Miner, he was crushed beneath a fall of stone weighing 6½ cwts., died from the effects in the Whitehaven Infirmary; residence: Harras Moor, Whitehaven
						Sides, William, 29 Mar 1886, aged 21, Rolleywayman, crushed by bogey on engine plane

						7 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 web page have been kindly provided by The West Cumbria Mines Research and are marked with .

Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)

a simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Moresby Colliery

list of collieries/pits etc. near to Moresby Colliery

Credits

Sources:

1880 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1881 Mines Inspectors Report (C 3241)
1882 Mines Inspectors Report (C 3621) Where to find this report
1886 Mines Inspectors Report (C 5090) Where to find this report
Information supplied by West Cumbria Mines Research
Mineral Statistics for 1883 - Government report from the Mines Department (C 4058), published in 1884 — includes List of Mines and Mineral Works