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  Mostyn Colliery  Index  Mostyn Colliery  
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Mostyn Colliery


  Summary Description Disasters Names Local Collieries Credits  

Location: Mostyn
18 miles [29 km] WNW of Chester
Map Ref: (Sheet 116 Denbigh and Colwyn Bay) SJ155810, 53° 19' 10" N, 3° 16' 4" W
Opened:
Closed: 1884


  Description Summary Disasters Names Local Collieries Credits  

Description


  Disasters Summary Description Names Local Collieries Credits  

Disasters (5 or more killed)


Memorial  1806  Explosion, 36 lives lost (Show Names)
Memorial  Apr 1807  Explosion, 26 lives lost (Show Names)
Memorial  10th Mar 1809  22 lives lost (Show Names)
Memorial  4th Aug 1840  Explosion, 11 lives lost (Show Names)

Those entries marked with image, signify a disaster for which a memorial has been erected or for which we have images concerning the disaster, alternately their name may be mentioned on a memorial plaque. Click on the image symbol next to the name to see the appropriate web page for the memorial.


  Names Summary Description Disasters Local Collieries Credits  

Names of those killed at this colliery

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

In Memoriam
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Bothol, John, 09 Oct 1866, aged 13, Drawer, Attempting to get into cage after the signal to the engineman had been given by the hooker-on

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Davies, -, 04 Jul 1842, Miner, Killed by an explosion of firedamp [More information ...]

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Davies, -, 04 Jul 1842, Miner, Killed by an explosion of firedamp [More information ...]

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Evans, Joseph, 16 Dec 1869, aged 30, Coal filler, Fall of coal from the side

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Hendrick, G., 28 Jul 1855, Fall of roof

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Hughes, Edward, 28 Jan 1865, aged 25, Labourer, A piece of iron falling down the shaft from the surface and killing him as he stood in the cage and the bottom

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Hughes, Edward, 02 Feb 1867, aged 60, Collier, Injuries by a train of coal tubs

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Hughes, Henry, 05 Jan 1878, aged 65, Collier, A small piece of coal fell from face. A simple accident

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Hughes, Isaac, 19 Feb 1872, Collier, Suffocated by gas in 5 yard mine

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Hughes, John Elias, 18 Dec 1871, aged 35, Collier, Fall of roof

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Hughes, Moses, 24 Dec 1870, aged 46, Fireman, Fall of roof

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Hughes, R., 10 Jan 1854, Fall of coal

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Hughes, Richard, 10 Apr 1871, aged 21, Labourer, A fall of ---- on the surface

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Humphries, Robert, 26 Apr 1866, aged 36, Collier, Suffocation in explosive gas

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Jones, David, 25 Sep 1876, aged 20, Drawer, Fall of roof

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Jones, John, 20 Aug 1867, Waggoner, Crushed by a train of full tubs

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Jones, John, 16 Aug 1874, aged 70, Furnaceman, Suffocated by gas given offf rom an old working on fire in the Eyton pit

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Jones, Mereth, 18 Jul 1870, aged 56, Coal filler, Fall of coal from the higher side

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Jones, Owen, 10 May 1881, aged 60, Pitman, Inspection made and inquest attended. Deceased was examining the pit, and was, it is supposed, leaning over the side of the cage when he was struck by the descending cage in a moment of forgetfullness

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Jones, Samuel, 29 Mar 1861, Fall of roof

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Jones, Thomas, 31 Mar 1863, aged 28, Hooker on, A piece of wood off one of the guide rods fell upon him in the pit

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Jones, Thomas, 07 Jul 1868, aged 41, Labourer, Fall of roof

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Jones, William, 04 Jul 1842, Miner, Killed by an explosion of firedamp [More information ...]

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Lewis, John, 08 Feb 1868, aged 70, Labourer, Run over by a locomotive above ground

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Lewis, John, 21 Apr 1869, aged 64, Collier, Fell from a mouthing 30 yards down the pit [More information ...]

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Lloyd, J., 08 Jun 1854, aged Boy, Crushed by a tram on incline in pit

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Owen, Thomas, 16 May 1868, Labourer, Fall of roof

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Parry, Joseph, 18 Jan 1853, Fall of roof

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Parry, Peter, 23 May 1871, aged 19, Coal dresser, Killed on the railway above ground by a coal truck

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Richards, Joseph, 16 Sep 1868, aged 19, Collier, Fall of coal

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Thomas, Edward, 24 Jan 1877, aged 17, Drawer, Crushed by tram at bottom of incline

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Thomas, John, 16 Mar 1866, Collier, Fall of coal in a travelling road

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William, Edward, 24 Mar 1866, aged 68, Labourer, Fall of coal in 3-yards mine

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Williams, Daniel, 07 Jun 1882, aged 18, Brakesman, Inspection made. Deceased was assisting to move some waggons which had to be pushed forward by means of a prop against the engine. When fixing the prop it slipped and he fell between the buffers

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Williams, Edward, 22 Jul 1884, aged 49, Pitman, Inquiries made. Explosion of gas

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Williams, Henry, 02 Dec 1862, aged 60, Labourer, Fall of roof

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Williams, Peter, 27 Jun 1853, Struck whilst descending the shaft

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Williams, Thomas, 22 Jun 1866, aged 16, Horse driver, A large pole fell off a tub in the tunnel and struck him in the breast

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Williams, Thomas, 28 May 1867, aged 30, Collier, Fall of coal from face

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Williams, Thomas, 07 Nov 1872, aged 60, Day labourer, Run over on railway

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Williams, William, 02 Oct 1856, An explosion of firedamp

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Wynne, T., 28 Nov 1853, Fall of roof

 
  42 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 image, have a web page providing individual details of the accident, the page may also include a photograph of the deceased. Click on the image symbol next to the name to see the web page.

More information  more information on some of the fatalities shown above


  Local Collieries Summary Description Disasters Names Credits  

Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)

Colliery Map  a simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Mostyn Colliery

Nearby Collieries  list of collieries/pits etc. near to Mostyn Colliery


  Summary Description Disasters Names Local Collieries Credits  

Memorial Images:

Memorial: 1806 Mostyn Colliery Disaster Memorial: 1807 Mostyn Colliery Disaster Memorial: 1809 Mostyn Colliery Disaster Memorial: 1840 Mostyn Colliery Disaster

  Credits Summary Description Disasters Names Local Collieries  

Credits

Sources:

  • 1853 (Jan-Jun) Mines Inspectors Report, by Joseph Dickinson, H.M. Inspector of Mines, published in 1854
  • 1853 (Jul-Dec) Mines Inspectors Report, by Joseph Dickinson, H.M. Inspector of Mines, published in 1854
  • 1854 Mines Inspectors Report, by Joseph Dickinson, H.M. Inspector of Mines
  • 1855 Mines Inspectors Report, by Joseph Dickinson, H.M. Inspector of Mines
  • 1856 Mines Inspectors Report, by Peter Higson, H.M. Inspector of Mines
  • 1861 Mines Inspectors Report, by Peter Higson, H.M. Inspector of Mines
  • 1863 Mines Inspectors Report, by Peter Higson, H.M. Inspector of Mines
  • 1868 Mines Inspectors Report, South West Lancashire and North Wales District by Peter Higson, H.M. Inspector of Mines
  • 1869 Mines Inspectors Report (C 124), South West Lancashire and North Wales District by Peter Higson, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
  • 1871 Mines Inspectors Report (C. 653), West Lancashire and North Wales District by Peter Higson, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
  • 1872 Mines Inspectors Report (C. 840), West Lancashire and North Wales District by Peter Higson, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
  • 1876 Mines Inspectors Report (C. 1734), Liverpool District by Henry Hall, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
  • 1877 Mines Inspectors Report (C. 2003), Liverpool District by Henry Hall, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
  • 1878 Mines Inspectors Report (C 2321), Liverpool District by Henry Hall, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
  • 1881 Mines Inspectors Report (C 3241), Liverpool District by Henry Hall, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
  • 1884 Mines Inspectors Report (C 4429), Liverpool District by Henry Hall, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report

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