	Morley Main Colliery	Index	Morley Main Colliery

Morley Main Colliery

Location:	3½ miles [6 km] SSW of Leeds
Map Ref:	(Sheet 104 Leeds and Bradford) SE274282, 53° 45' 0" N, 1° 35' 0" W
Opened:
Closed:
Owners:	William Ackroyd and Bros.
Output:	1894 - Beeston - Coal: Household.
	1894 - Black Coal - Coal: Household.
	1894 - Cannel - Coal: Gas.
	1894 - Deep - Coal: Household.
	1894 - Little - Coal: Household.
	1896 - Beeston - Coal: Household.
	1896 - Black Coal - Coal: Household.
	1896 - Cannel - Coal: Gas.
	1896 - Deep - Coal: Household.
	1896 - Little - Coal: Household.
	1900 - Beeston - Coal: Household.
	1900 - Black Coal - Coal: Household.
	1900 - Cannel - Coal: Gas.
	1900 - Deep - Coal: Household.
	1900 - Little - Coal: Household.
	1905 - Beeston - Coal: Household. Ironstone.
	1905 - Black Coal - Coal: Household.
	1905 - Deep - Coal: Household.
	1905 - Little - Coal: Household.
Employment:	1894 - Beeston - 122 (114 below, 8 surface)
	1894 - Black Coal - 159 (148 below, 11 surface)
	1894 - Cannel - 106 (82 below, 24 surface)
	1894 - Deep - 118 (91 below, 27 surface)
	1894 - Little - 265 (226 below, 39 surface)
	1896 - Beeston - 219 (198 below, 21 surface)
	1896 - Black Coal - 127 (104 below, 23 surface)
	1896 - Cannel - 80 (65 below, 15 surface)
	1896 - Deep - 79 (57 below, 22 surface)
	1896 - Little - 260 (221 below, 39 surface)
	1900 - Beeston - 158 (122 below, 36 surface)
	1900 - Black Coal - 198 (170 below, 28 surface)
	1900 - Cannel - 23 (15 below, 8 surface)
	1900 - Deep - 166 (139 below, 27 surface)
	1900 - Little - 132 (111 below, 21 surface)
	1905 - Beeston - 126 (106 below, 20 surface)
	1905 - Black Coal - 142 (118 below, 24 surface)
	1905 - Deep - 126 (103 below, 23 surface)
	1905 - Little - 71 (56 below, 15 surface)
Seams Worked:	1905 - Beeston - Churwell
	1905 - Deep - Middleton Main
	1905 - Little - Middleton Little
Notes:	Current Status - Page under construction! and is far, far from complete!

Description

Disasters (5 or more killed)

7th

Oct

1872

Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by naked light, 34 lives lost (Show Names)

Names of those killed at this colliery

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

						Abbott, Joseph, 12 Apr 1872, aged 44, Collier, Struck by a stone from a "shot"
						Addison, John, 07 Oct 1872, aged 32, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by naked light [More information ...]
						Ainley, B., 28 Mar 1896, (accident: 06 Mar 1896), aged 33, Collier, Fall of side
						Armitage, Joseph, 07 Oct 1872, aged 41, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by naked light [More information ...]
						Auty, Thomas, 07 Oct 1872, aged 43, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by naked light [More information ...]
						Barraclough, W., 05 Jan 1894, aged 17, Driver, Injured by tubs
						Bedford, John, 02 Mar 1863, Fall of roof in the mine
						Bell, George, 07 Oct 1872, aged 31, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by naked light [More information ...]
						Blakeley, Joseph, 16 Jan 1906, aged 62, Carpenter, He was sawing a piece off a prop with a circular saw when the teeth of the saw caught the edge of a hard knot and caused the prop to fly out, and he was hit so violently in the chest that his breast-bone was fractured, and it pressed upon his heart and caused instant death
						Broadhurst, Henry, 07 Oct 1872, aged 14, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by naked light [More information ...]
						Burnley, H., 17 Oct 1881, (accident: 11 Oct 1881), aged 28, Collier, Fall of roof ; died 17th
						Butterfield, James, 07 Oct 1872, aged 14, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by naked light [More information ...]
						Carson, George, 07 Oct 1872, aged 16, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by naked light [More information ...]
						Clayton, John, 26 Jan 1865, Miner, Explosion of firedamp [More information ...]
						Close, J., 02 May 1889, (accident: 30 Apr 1889), aged 43, Collier, Fall of roof. Died 2nd May
						Drausfield, M., 27 Apr 1903, (accident: 22 Apr 1903), aged 33, Collier, Died 27th April. Fall of roof in a working place. Cause — converging slips
						Earnshaw, Walter, 07 Oct 1872, aged 16, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by naked light [More information ...]
						Foster, John, 09 Dec 1901, aged 62, Engineman, Killed in the engine house by fall of the chimney. Cause — a heavy gale
						Foxton, R., 03 Jul 1899, aged 44, Collier, Fall of roof
						Gill, A., 08 Apr 1888, aged 33, Byeworkman, Fall of coal
						Greenwood, R., 04 Mar 1896, aged 47, Undermanager, Fall of roof
						Haigh, W., 04 Jul 1883, aged 35, Collier, Fell out of cage at the surface
						Hanby, Joseph Robert, 02 Jan 1907, (accident: 03 Nov 1906), aged 65, Coal Miner, Died from blood poisoning from some injury received on the 3rd November, 1906. What the injury was is not known. He alleged it was caused by a fall of coal and that he was knocked senseless by it, but this was not so, as a collier and a deputy were within five yards of him and they say no fall of any kind occurred. The medical evidence made it clear that a scratch had been received on his knee and that blood poisoning had been thereby set up
						Hardy, George, 07 Oct 1872, aged 22, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by naked light [More information ...]
						Hatfield, William, 26 Jun 1861, Fall of roof in the mine
						Hedley, Robert, 07 Oct 1872, aged 16, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by naked light [More information ...]
						Hepworth, C., 02 Jan 1900, aged 55, Shunter, Run over by waggon which he was moving over points
						Herald, Thomas, 18 Nov 1878, aged 56, Screenman, Fall of coal and roof
						Holt, James, 04 Jun 1868, aged 23, Hurrier, Fall of roof
						Howarth, James, 07 Oct 1872, aged 37, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by naked light [More information ...]
						Hurst, George, 07 Oct 1872, aged 38, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by naked light [More information ...]
						Jepson, J., 14 Jul 1890, (accident: 20 Jun 1890), aged 61, Collier, Fall of roof and coal. Died 14th July
						Jessop, Samuel, 26 Jan 1865, Miner, Explosion of firedamp [More information ...]
						Kellatt, Jonathan, 31 Aug 1861, Fall of roof in the mine
						Lightholder, A., 14 Dec 1876, aged 29, Bye-workman, Fall of roof
						Marsden, William, 07 Oct 1872, aged 51, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by naked light [More information ...]
						Mitchell, John, 07 Oct 1872, aged 35, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by naked light [More information ...]
						Morley, J., 03 Sep 1903, aged 55, Collier, Was foolishly working under an untimbered roof when he was killed by it falling upon him. He thought the roof would stand until he got a little more coal
						Mountain, J., 11 Mar 1898, aged 42, Planeman, Crushed by corves on engine plane
						Naylor, George, 18 Feb 1879, (accident: 10 Feb 1879), aged 17, Hurrier, Fall of roof. Died 18th Feb
						Nutter, H., 06 Jun 1883, (accident: 01 Jun 1883), aged 29, Byeworkman, Fall of coal ; died 6th
						Page, Emanuel, 07 Oct 1872, aged 32, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by naked light [More information ...]
						Parker, George, 07 Oct 1872, aged 16, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by naked light [More information ...]
						Parks, William, 07 Oct 1872, aged 26, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by naked light [More information ...]
						Phillips, S., 15 Feb 1898, aged 36, Hanger on, Fell against at bottom of shaft
						Pickersgill, James, 07 Oct 1872, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by naked light [More information ...]
						Pickersgill, William, 07 Oct 1872, aged 17, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by naked light [More information ...]
						Powell, John, 07 Oct 1872, aged 49, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by naked light [More information ...]
						Preston, George, 07 Oct 1872, aged 45, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by naked light [More information ...]
						Preston, Noah, 07 Oct 1872, aged 19, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by naked light [More information ...]
						Priestly, George, 26 Jan 1865, Miner, Explosion of firedamp [More information ...]
						Ratcliffe, John, 07 Oct 1872, aged 58, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by naked light [More information ...]
						Roberts, John, 07 Oct 1872, aged 50, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by naked light [More information ...]
						Schofield, S., 26 Aug 1891, aged 29, Sinker, Fell down shaft
						Seddon, James, 07 Oct 1872, aged 51, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by naked light [More information ...]
						Seddon, Thomas, 07 Oct 1872, aged 32, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by naked light [More information ...]
						Shooter, George, 21 Dec 1906, (accident: 01 Feb 1906), aged 26, Miner, When filling a tub in a coal cutting machine face a piece of "clod" 7 ft. long by 3 ft. by 1 to 2½ inches thick fell from between two slips on to his shoulders and fractured his spine. Died December 21st. One of the slips could be seen and the stone should have been taken down
						Simpson, J., 30 Jan 1890, aged 40, Collier, Fall of roof
						Singleton, Joseph, 07 Oct 1872, aged 14, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by naked light [More information ...]
						Souden, G., 13 Oct 1890, (accident: 11 Oct 1890), aged 18, Shunter, Injured by iron hook. Died 13th
						Spence, Matthew, 07 Oct 1872, aged 36, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by naked light [More information ...]
						Storey, T., 18 Feb 1885, (accident: 13 Feb 1885), aged 41, Collier, Fall of roof. Died 18th
						Teasdale, Joshua, 07 Oct 1872, aged 35, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by naked light [More information ...]
						Tempest, R., 16 Sep 1886, aged 40, Byeworker, Fall of roof
						Thomlinson, John, 07 Oct 1872, aged 33, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by naked light [More information ...]
						Thompson, T., 21 Jan 1884, aged 31, Hanger on, Two corves fell down shaft on to cage in which he was
						Townsend, Henry, 07 Oct 1872, aged 36, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by naked light [More information ...]
						Waite, George William, 07 Oct 1872, aged 14, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by naked light [More information ...]
						Walker, W., 16 Apr 1891, aged 41, Collier, Fall of roof
						Webster, A., 19 May 1887, (accident: 11 Apr 1887), Labourer, Fall of a wooden spout in pit porch. Died 19th May
						Westerman, N., 30 Dec 1867, aged 33, Byeworker, Fall of roof
						Winpenny, Charles, 20 Jan 1872, (accident: 16 Dec 1871), Run over by corves (Accident occurred 16th December 1871)
						Wood, James, 15 Feb 1904, aged 35, Collier, He was pulling a piece of stone down when a piece of stone fell and fatally injured him. A slip which could not be seen until after the fall took place was the cause of the accident ; the place was well timbered
						Wroe, Mark, 07 Oct 1872, aged 28, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by naked light [More information ...]
						Yates, James William, 07 Oct 1872, aged 14, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by naked light [More information ...]

						75 names found

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Credits

Sources:

1861 Mines Inspectors Report, by Charles Morton, H.M. Inspector of Mines
1863 Mines Inspectors Report, by Charles Morton, H.M. Inspector of Mines
1868 Mines Inspectors Report, Yorkshire District by Frank N. Wardell, H.M. Inspector of Mines
1872 Mines Inspectors Report (C. 840), Yorkshire and Lincolnshire District by Frank N. Wardell, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
1876 Mines Inspectors Report (C. 1734), Yorkshire District by Frank N. Wardell, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
1878 Mines Inspectors Report (C 2321), Yorkshire and Lincolnshire District by Frank N. Wardell, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
1881 Mines Inspectors Report (C 3241), Yorkshire and Lincolnshire District by Frank N. Wardell, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
1883 Mines Inspectors Report (C 4078), Yorkshire and Lincolnshire District by Frank N. Wardell, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
1884 Mines Inspectors Report (C 4429), Yorkshire and Lincolnshire District by Frank N. Wardell, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
1888-05
1889 Mines Inspectors Report (C 6015), Yorkshire and Lincolnshire District (No. 5) by Frank N. Wardell, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
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
1896 Mines Inspectors Report (C 8450), York and Lincoln District (No. 5) by Frank N. Wardell, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
1898 Mines Inspectors Report (C 9264), York and Lincoln District (No. 5) by Frank N. Wardell, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
1899 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 134), York and Lincoln District (No. 5) by Frank N. Wardell, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
1900 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1900 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 536), York and Lincoln District (No. 5) by Frank N. Wardell, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
1901 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 1062), York and Lincoln District (No. 5) by W. H. Pickering, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
1903 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 2119), York and Lincoln District (No. 5) by W. H. Pickering, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
1904 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 2506), York and Lincoln District (No. 5) by W. Walker, 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), York and Lincoln District (No. 5) by W. Walker, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
1907 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 4045), York and Lincoln District (No. 5) by W. H. Pickering, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report