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	Pinnox Colliery	Index	Pinnox Colliery

Location:	Burslem 3½ miles [5 km] NNW of Stoke-on-Trent
Map Ref:	(Sheet 118 Stoke-on-Trent and Macclesfield) SJ862508, 53° 3' 17" N, 2° 12' 19" W
Opened:	1855
Closed:	1885
Owners:	H. H. Williamson

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!

						Arblaster, William, 25 Mar 1857, Fall of roof
						Baddeley, William, 24 Jul 1857, Fell while making a fire four yards up the shaft
						Baskerfield, R., 20 Nov 1858, aged 18, Collier, Fall of roof
						Chadwick, S., 28 Jul 1866, aged 27, Explosion of a boiler
						Crockett, W., 27 Jun 1860, aged 29, Miner, Fall of coal
						Ellerton, S., 14 Apr 1869, aged 60, Collier, Fall of coal
						Hammersley, G., 01 May 1855, Fall of roof
						Hancocks, R., 29 Oct 1862, aged 17, Hooker-on
						Hargreaves, J., 12 Sep 1857, Drowned in letting off some water [More information ...]
						Hutchinson, R., 18 Sep 1854, Entangled in machinery
						Lees, F., 12 Sep 1857, Drowned in letting off some water [More information ...]
						Lightfoot, J., 15 Jan 1864, aged 42, Banksman, Fell down the shaft
						Phillips, R., 17 Jul 1856, Held on to chain to ride up
						Selman, G., 10 Mar 1864, aged 16, Waggoner, Crushed by tub on incline
						Wade, John, 02 Apr 1856, Fall of a brick in shaft
						Wheeler, S., 13 Feb 1854, Fell down shaft
						Willett, John, 25 May 1867, aged 14, Driver, Fall of coals
						Wright, James, 18 Jun 1866, aged 50, Labourer, Crushed between waggons
						18 names found

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