	Methley Junction Colliery	Index	Methley Junction Colliery

Methley Junction Colliery

Location:	Normanton 5½ miles [8 km] NE of Wakefield
Map Ref:	(Sheet 104 Leeds and Bradford) SE396256, 53° 43' 32" N, 1° 23' 57" W
Opened:	1854
Closed:	1903
Owners:	H. Briggs, Son, and Co.
Output:	1894 - Coal: Household.
	1896 - Coal: Household.
	1900 - Coal: Household.
Employment:	1894 - 215 (159 below, 56 surface)
	1896 - 205 (148 below, 57 surface)
	1900 - 318 (253 below, 65 surface)
Notes:	Current Status - Page under construction! and is far, far from complete!

Description

Disasters (5 or more killed)

9th

Dec

1875

Explosion of gas, 6 lives lost (Show Names)

Names of those killed at this colliery

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

						Anson, Alfred, 09 Dec 1875, aged 37, killed by an explosion gas liberated by a fall of roof [More information ...]
						Bramham, Thomas, Jul 1892, (accident: 1887), An inquest was held at the beginning of July on Thomas Bramham, who received injury in Methley Junction Colliery five years previously [fatality reported during the year but not classified as a reportable accident]
						Husson, Joannes, 09 Dec 1875, aged 31, killed by an explosion gas liberated by a fall of roof [More information ...]
						Inman, James, 09 Dec 1875, aged 17, killed by an explosion gas liberated by a fall of roof [More information ...]
						Kidd, A., 06 May 1868, aged 16, Hurrier, Run over by a tub
						Lawrence, R., 02 Nov 1875, aged 58, Collier, Fall of roof
						Morrison, G., 14 Mar 1900, aged 68, Under Manager, Was found in the sump at bottom of up-cast shaft, into which he had apparently fallen
						Smethurst, Thomas, 09 Dec 1875, aged 25, killed by an explosion gas liberated by a fall of roof [More information ...]
						Stirland, Samuel, 09 Dec 1875, aged 32, killed by an explosion gas liberated by a fall of roof [More information ...]
						Thompson, Thomas, 09 Dec 1875, aged 30, killed by an explosion gas liberated by a fall of roof [More information ...]
						Walker, Thomas, 21 May 1875, aged 26, Bye-workman, Fall of roof

						11 names found

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Credits

Sources:

1868 Mines Inspectors Report, Yorkshire District by Frank N. Wardell, H.M. Inspector of Mines
1875 Mines Inspectors Report (C. 1499), Yorkshire District by Frank N. Wardell, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
1892 Mines Inspectors Report (C 6986), 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
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