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  Shevington Colliery  Index  Shevington Colliery  
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Shevington Colliery


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Location: Shevington
4 miles [6 km] NW of Wigan
Map Ref: (Sheet 108 Liverpool, Southport and Wigan) SD535093, 53° 34' 41" N, 2° 42' 7" W
Opened: 1855
Closed: 1890
Owners: John Tayleur and Company


  Description Summary Disasters Names Local Collieries Credits  

Description


  Disasters Summary Description Names Local Collieries Credits  

Disasters (5 or more killed)


  1st Nov 1861  Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by safety lamp, 13 lives lost (Show Names)

  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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Ashcroft, James, 01 Nov 1861, aged 47, Collier, An explosion of gas [More information ...]

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Ashcroft, John, 01 Nov 1861, aged 15, Collier, An explosion of gas [More information ...]

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Ashcroft, Solomon, 01 Nov 1861, aged 13, Collier, An explosion of gas [More information ...]

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Aspinall, William, 06 Sep 1858, aged 26, Sinker, Fall of roof in the waggon road, which he was repairing

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Aspinall, William, 06 Nov 1858, aged 36, Striker, A chain by which scaffold was suspended, on which he was working, broke, and he fell about 60 yards down the pit

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Atherton, John, 05 Sep 1860, aged 30, Collier, An explosion of firedamp [More information ...]

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Barnes, Thomas, 05 May 1875, aged 23, Dataler, Suffocated by firedamp

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Barnes, William, 13 Nov 1852, Drowned in the sump-hole, part of the side of the shaft into which he was fixing a framing, having fallen upon the cage and overpowered the engine

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Baron, James, 01 Nov 1861, aged 12, Collier, An explosion of gas [More information ...]

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Baxendale, R., 10 Nov 1855, Crushed by a tub waggon

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Bentham, John, 20 Oct 1875, aged 25, Metalman, Fall of roof

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Bentham, Nathianiel, 14 Mar 1866, aged 24, Collier, Fall of roof

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Breakwell, John, 17 Nov 1857, Drawer, Explosion of firedamp [More information ...]

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Breakwell, Thomas, 17 Nov 1857, Drawer, Explosion of firedamp [More information ...]

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Bullen, William, 22 Nov 1875, aged 48, Horse Keeper, Found drowned in sump ; supposed to have fallen out of cage

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Close, Richard, 09 Oct 1861, aged 62, Labourer, Fall of roof

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Crooker, William, 01 Nov 1861, aged 59, Collier, An explosion of gas [More information ...]

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Culshaw, James, 01 Nov 1861, aged 22, Collier, An explosion of gas [More information ...]

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Culshaw, John, 01 Nov 1861, aged 29, Collier, An explosion of gas [More information ...]

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Finch, J., 23 May 1851, An iron pipe, which he was taking down the shaft, falling upon him

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Gaskell, James, 01 Nov 1861, aged 35, Collier, An explosion of gas [More information ...]

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Goulding, Edward, 01 Nov 1861, aged 22, Collier, An explosion of gas [More information ...]

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Hall, James, 23 Apr 1857, Collier, Fall of coal

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Haughton, W., 20 Nov 1855, (accident: 14 Nov 1855), Crushed while oiling the pumping engine, died 20th

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Holcroft, Robert, 01 Nov 1861, aged 38, Collier, An explosion of gas [More information ...]

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Holland, James, 07 Feb 1867, aged 39, Collier, Fall of roof

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Jackson, Richard, 31 May 1859, aged 19, Collier, By falling out of the cage whilst descending the pit

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Loscon, John, 05 Sep 1860, aged 22, Collier, An explosion of firedamp [More information ...]

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Reed, Thomas, 06 Nov 1861, (accident: 01 Nov 1861), aged 60, Collier, An explosion of gas, died on Nov. 6th [More information ...]

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Ridings, William, 11 Nov 1861, (accident: 01 Nov 1861), aged 45, Labourer, An explosion of gas, died on Nov. 11th [More information ...]

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Stringfellow, James, 14 Nov 1873, aged 32, Collier, Fall of roof while getting coal

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Tickle, James, Nov 1843, aged 37, Blacksmith, run over by waggons

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Twitter, Edward, 07 Nov 1860, aged 45, Collier, Fall of roof

      

Unknown, -, 26 Dec 1860, aged 50, Collier, Fall of roof

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Yates, William, 01 Nov 1861, aged 40, Collier, An explosion of gas [More information ...]

 
  35 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 Shevington Colliery

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


  Credits Summary Description Disasters Names Local Collieries  

Credits

Sources:

  • 1851 Mines Inspectors Report, by Joseph Dickinson, H.M. Inspector of Mines
  • 1852 (Jul-Dec) Mines Inspectors Report, by Joseph Dickinson, H.M. Inspector of Mines, published in 1854
  • 1855 Mines Inspectors Report, by Joseph Dickinson, H.M. Inspector of Mines
  • 1857 Mines Inspectors Report, by Peter Higson, H.M. Inspector of Mines
  • 1858 Mines Inspectors Report, by Peter Higson, H.M. Inspector of Mines
  • 1859 Mines Inspectors Report, West Lancashire and North Wales District by Peter Higson, H.M. Inspector of Mines
  • 1860 Mines Inspectors Report, by Peter Higson, H.M. Inspector of Mines
  • 1861 Mines Inspectors Report, by Peter Higson, H.M. Inspector of Mines
  • 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
  • 1875 Mines Inspectors Report (C. 1499), Liverpool District by Henry Hall, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report

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Related Links:

None found

Further Reading:

  • Lancashire Mining Disasters, 1835 - 1910 by Jack Nadin, Published by Wharncliffe Books, 2006, ISBN 1-903425-95-5
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