	Malago Vale Colliery	Index	Malago Vale Colliery

Malago Vale Colliery

Location:	Bedminster 12 miles [19 km] NW of Radstock
Map Ref:	(Sheet 172 Bristol and Bath) ST582710, 51° 26' 9" N, 2° 36' 5" W
Opened:
Closed:
Owners:	S. Reynolds and Co.
	Stuckey's Bankers
	Malago Vale Company
	Bristol Colliery Co.
	Bristol Collieries Co., Ltd.
Notes:	Current Status - Page under construction! and is far, far from complete!

Description

Disasters (5 or more killed)

	9th	Aug	1851		Shaft Accident, 5 lives lost (Show Names)
	31st	Aug	1891		Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by naked light, 10 lives lost (Show Names)

Names of those killed at this colliery

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

						Abrams, Richard, 15 Mar 1895, aged 46, Examiner, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by shot firing, Abrahams fired a shot which ignited gas in cracks in the roof or coal dust in the roadway which had not been damped thus creating an extensive explosion [More information ...]
						Baker, Henry, 16 Jun 1887, (accident: 27 May 1887), aged 65, Labourer, Explosion of firedamp. He died June 16th. His duty was to stow rubbish from the working faces. He went into an airway where he had no business with a naked light and ignited some gas which had collected in a hole in the roof where a fall had occurred
						Boult, Thomas, 31 Aug 1891, aged 55, Miner, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by naked light, Explosion of firedamp at naked lights which were prohibited at the place [More information ...]
						Burgess, George, 31 Aug 1891, aged 62, Miner, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by naked light, Explosion of firedamp at naked lights which were prohibited at the place [More information ...]
						Button, William, 31 Aug 1891, aged 42, Fireman, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by naked light, Explosion of firedamp at naked lights which were prohibited at the place [More information ...]
						Chambers, Frederick, 31 Aug 1891, aged 22, Repairer, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by naked light, Explosion of firedamp at naked lights which were prohibited at the place [More information ...]
						Clarke, William Henry, 31 Aug 1891, aged 16, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by naked light, Explosion of firedamp at naked lights which were prohibited at the place [More information ...]
						Durbin, J., 27 Apr 1881, (accident: 26 Apr 1881), aged 29, Collier, The deceased and his partner went a short distance down a hatching whilst the third man fired a shot 34 feet along the face at right angles to the heading. When it exploded a small stone must have ricochetted from the coal or timber and it struck him on the head. He died of laceration of the brain on the 27th
						Durbin, Samuel, 31 Aug 1891, aged 51, Boiler Stoker, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by naked light, Explosion of firedamp at naked lights which were prohibited at the place [More information ...]
						Foot, Henry, 31 Aug 1891, aged 33, Miner, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by naked light, Explosion of firedamp at naked lights which were prohibited at the place [More information ...]
						James, Richard, 04 Sep 1863, (accident: 26 Aug 1863), aged 29, Collier, Burned this day by explosion of firedamp, and the injuries so received caused his death on the 4th of September. In this matter there was mismangement in the face of the work both by deceased and by his fellow workmen ; but the real fact is, that there was not air enough in the pit
						Moffatt, Robert, 09 Aug 1851, Rope breaking [More information ...]
						Parker, Joseph, 29 Jan 1883, (accident: 22 May 1882), aged 14, Labourer, He was crushed between a railway truck and the screen, and, though seriously injured, lived till the 29th January 1883
						Pike, Thomas, 09 Aug 1851, Rope breaking [More information ...]
						Pring, Philip, 09 Aug 1851, Rope breaking [More information ...]
						Smith, William, 09 Aug 1851, Rope breaking [More information ...]
						Taylor, George, 31 Aug 1891, aged 39, Furnaceman, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by naked light, Explosion of firedamp at naked lights which were prohibited at the place [More information ...]
						Vernon, Henry, 31 Aug 1891, aged 20, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by naked light, Explosion of firedamp at naked lights which were prohibited at the place [More information ...]
						Walters, Albert Edward, 15 Mar 1895, aged 17, Examiner's boy, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by shot firing, Abrahams fired a shot which ignited gas in cracks in the roof or coal dust in the roadway which had not been damped thus creating an extensive explosion [More information ...]
						Webster, William, 09 Aug 1851, aged 14, Rope breaking [More information ...]
						Woodbridge, James, 31 Aug 1891, aged 55, Repairer, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by naked light, Explosion of firedamp at naked lights which were prohibited at the place [More information ...]

						21 names found

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Credits

Sources:

1855 Mines Inspectors Report, by Herbert Mackworth, H.M. Inspector of Mines, includes a list of all the fatal accidents in the Southern District during the years 1851 to 1855
1863 Mines Inspectors Report, by Lionel Brough, H.M. Inspector of Mines
1881 Mines Inspectors Report (C 3241), South Western District by Thomas Cadman,, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report