	Swan Lane Colliery	Index	Swan Lane Colliery

Swan Lane Colliery

Location:	Wigan 3½ miles [5 km] ESE of Wigan
Map Ref:	(Sheet 109 Manchester) SD634041, 53° 31' 58" N, 2° 33' 3" W
Opened:	1865
Closed:	1925
Owners:	Swan Lane Collieries, Ltd.
Employment:	1923 - 651 (544 below, 107 surface)
Notes:	Current Status - Page under construction! and is far, far from complete!

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!

						Abbott, Charles, 17 Aug 1868, aged 35, Jigger, An explosion [More information ...]
						Abbott, Charles, 23 Feb 1917, aged 55, Collier, Killed by a fall of dirt
						Barrington, Peter, 18 Jul 1927, aged 48, Collier, Fall of top coal — fractured thigh. Died 1928
						Berry, James, 09 Oct 1870, aged 53, Labourer, Crushed by coal trucks above ground
						Berry, James, 05 Oct 1871, aged 53, Labourer, Injured by trams and tubs above ground
						Blacklow, John, 17 Feb 1874, aged 25, Banksman, Fell down shaft. Went into side arch past fence while intoxicated
						Brimbles, William, 22 Dec 1926, (accident: 17 Dec 1926), aged 58, Dataller, Injury to head by falling stone. Died 22nd
						Butterfield, J., 31 Jan 1868, aged 19, Collier, Falling when part way down the shaft
						Cundliffe, Richard, 19 Dec 1876, aged 47, Collier, Explosion of gas [More information ...]
						Davenport, William, 01 Dec 1868, aged 45, Collier, Fall of roof
						Eccleston, James, 22 Jun 1876, aged 65, Dataler, Fall of roof
						Gerard, Peter, 19 Jan 1870, aged 29, Hooker-on, Falling out of the cage while ascending
						Lancaster, James, 05 Aug 1877, aged 27, Collier, Fell from top of head-gear to pit bank
						Liptrot, William, 20 Aug 1877, aged 16, Hooker on, Fall of roof
						Molyneux, Joseph, 07 Mar 1878, aged 40, Dataler, The deceased were engaged in repairing and timbering a road, and the timber which they had set on the previous day gave way and fell upon them [More information ...]
						Phinee, Joseph, 17 Aug 1868, aged 35, Fireman, An explosion [More information ...]
						Reevers, John, 17 Aug 1868, aged 30, Collier, An explosion [More information ...]
						Rigley, Thomas, 20 Jul 1877, aged 36, Collier, Fall of roof
						Smith, James, 30 Oct 1873, aged 17, Engine tenter, Crushed between waggon buffers on surface
						Starkie, Peter, 10 May 1894, (accident: 27 Apr 1894), aged 26, Collier, Inquiry made. While in the act of holing the coal in the Three Feet Mine a small piece fell and injured his finger he worked a day or two afterwards but blood poisoning set in. Died 10th May
						Topping, Thomas, 07 Mar 1878, aged 45, Dataler, The deceased were engaged in repairing and timbering a road, and the timber which they had set on the previous day gave way and fell upon them [More information ...]
						Whittle, James, 08 Aug 1865, aged 43, Sinker
						Woodward, R., 08 Feb 1867, aged 11, Labourer, Run over by coal tubs

						23 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.

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Some of the names of mining fatalities on this page have been kindly provided by Ian Winstanley of the Coal Mining History Resource Centre (CMHRC) and are marked with . The CMHRC is available here.

more information on some of the fatalities shown above

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Credits

Sources:

1868 Mines Inspectors Report, South West Lancashire and North Wales District by Peter Higson, H.M. Inspector of Mines
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
1873 Mines Inspectors Report (C. 1056), West Lancashire and North Wales District by Thomas Bell, 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
1923 Colliery Year Book and Coal Trades Directory. Published by The Louis Cassier Co. Ltd., from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian