	Scalegill Colliery	Index	Scalegill Colliery

Scalegill Colliery

Location:	Egremont 2½ miles [4 km] SSE of Whitehaven
Map Ref:	(Sheet 89) NX988148, 54° 31' 6" N, 3° 33' 49" W
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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!

						Jackson, William, 26 May 1775, explosion of gas, left a wife and eight children, Buried: at Egremont on 30 May 1775
						Reed, George, 08 Aug 1781
						Richardson, George, 29 Nov 1738, Engineer, killed by choke damp, Buried: at Holy Trinity on 30 Nov 1738 [More information ...]
						Routledge, James, 07 Jan 1775, Miner, killed by an explosion of foul air
						Williamson, James, 29 Nov 1738, Collier, killed by choke damp, Buried: at St. Nicholas on 30 Nov 1738 [More information ...]

						5 names found

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Some of the names of mining fatalities on this web page have been kindly provided by The West Cumbria Mines Research and are marked with .

more information on some of the fatalities shown above

Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)

a simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Scalegill Colliery

list of collieries/pits etc. near to Scalegill Colliery

Credits

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Information supplied by West Cumbria Mines Research