	Thornhill Colliery	Index	Thornhill Colliery

Thornhill Colliery

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Opened:
Closed:
Owners:	1947 - National Coal Board (N.C.B.)
Output:	1947 - Coal: Gas, Household, Manufacturing. (200,000 tons)
	1954 - Coal: Gas, Household, Manufacturing.
Employment:	1947 - 680 (446 below, 234 surface)
	1954 - 610 (417 below, 193 surface)
Seams Worked:	1954 - Beeston, Wheatley Lime
Notes:	Current Status - Page under construction! and is far, far from complete!

Description

Disasters (5 or more killed)

4th

Jul

1893

Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by naked light, 139 lives lost (Show Names)

Names of those killed at this colliery

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

						Andrews, Alexander, 04 Jul 1893, aged 15, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by naked light [More information ...]
						Ashton, John, 04 Jul 1893, aged 35, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by naked light [More information ...]
						Ashton, Joshua, 04 Jul 1893, aged 23, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by naked light [More information ...]
						Ashton, Oliver, 04 Jul 1893, aged 15, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by naked light [More information ...]
						Asquith, Herbert, 04 Jul 1893, aged 32, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by naked light [More information ...]
						Beaumont, Ephraim, 04 Jul 1893, aged 12, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by naked light [More information ...]
						Beaumont, John William, 04 Jul 1893, aged 16, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by naked light [More information ...]
						Brook, Aquila, 04 Jul 1893, aged 33, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by naked light [More information ...]
						Brook, Charles, 04 Jul 1893, aged 33, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by naked light [More information ...]
						Brook, Charles, 04 Jul 1893, aged 14, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by naked light [More information ...]
						Burton, Henry, 04 Jul 1893, aged 30, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by naked light [More information ...]
						Chapman, George, 04 Jul 1893, aged 18, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by naked light [More information ...]
						Coates, Joseph, 04 Jul 1893, aged 28, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by naked light [More information ...]
						Coates, Willie, 04 Jul 1893, aged 12, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by naked light [More information ...]
						Cole, William, 04 Jul 1893, aged 16, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by naked light [More information ...]
						Croft, John, 04 Jul 1893, aged 33, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by naked light [More information ...]
						Croft, Samuel, 04 Jul 1893, aged 28, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by naked light [More information ...]
						Crossley, E., 10 Dec 1877, aged 21, Collier, Fall of roof
						Crossley, George, 04 Jul 1893, aged 23, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by naked light [More information ...]
						Crossley, Samuel, 04 Jul 1893, aged 65, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by naked light [More information ...]
						Dobson, J., 29 Apr 1882, (accident: 13 Apr 1882), aged 62, Manager, Piece of iron fell on him in shaft. Died 29th Apr
						Drake, Stephen, 04 Jul 1893, aged 40, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by naked light [More information ...]
						Dunford, Herbert, 04 Jul 1893, aged 18, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by naked light [More information ...]
						Dyson, Thomas, 04 Jul 1893, aged 33, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by naked light [More information ...]
						Ellis, John, 04 Jul 1893, aged 36, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by naked light [More information ...]
						Ellis, Thomas, 04 Jul 1893, aged 32, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by naked light [More information ...]
						Ellis, William, 04 Jul 1893, aged 60, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by naked light [More information ...]
						Fearnley, Edward, 04 Jul 1893, aged 16, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by naked light [More information ...]
						Fearnley, Edward, 04 Jul 1893, aged 55, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by naked light [More information ...]
						Fenton, George, 04 Jul 1893, aged 36, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by naked light [More information ...]
						Fenton, J., 06 Apr 1887, (accident: 14 Mar 1887), aged 27, Collier, Fall of roof. Died 6th Apr
						Field, Walter, 04 Jul 1893, aged 15, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by naked light [More information ...]
						Firth, Alfred, 04 Jul 1893, aged 19, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by naked light [More information ...]
						Firth, Charles, 04 Jul 1893, aged 46, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by naked light [More information ...]
						Fisher, George, 04 Jul 1893, aged 25, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by naked light [More information ...]
						Fox, John, 04 Jul 1893, aged 15, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by naked light [More information ...]
						Fox, Thomas, 04 Jul 1893, aged 13, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by naked light [More information ...]
						Frith, Eli, 04 Jul 1893, aged 17, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by naked light [More information ...]
						Frith, George, 04 Jul 1893, aged 15, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by naked light [More information ...]
						Garthwaite, Rowland Blakeley, 04 Jul 1893, aged 22, Blacksmith, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by naked light [More information ...]
						Goldthorpe, William, 04 Jul 1893, aged 70, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by naked light [More information ...]
						Goldthorpe, William, 04 Jul 1893, aged 41, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by naked light [More information ...]
						Grimsdale, Arthur, 04 Jul 1893, aged 15, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by naked light [More information ...]
						Haigh, Joseph, 25 Jul 1867, aged 35, Labourer, Run over by coal waggon
						Halstead, Henry, 04 Jul 1893, aged 57, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by naked light [More information ...]
						Hampshire, William, 04 Jul 1893, aged 36, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by naked light [More information ...]
						Hardcastle, John, 04 Jul 1893, aged 49, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by naked light [More information ...]
						Hardcastle, Walter, 04 Jul 1893, aged 24, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by naked light [More information ...]
						Hawksworth, Amos, 04 Jul 1893, Underground Manager, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by naked light [More information ...]
						Heywood, J., 04 Sep 1884, aged 38, Collier, Fall of roof
						Heywood, John, 04 Jul 1893, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by naked light [More information ...]
						Hill, James, 04 Jul 1893, aged 25, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by naked light [More information ...]
						Hills, Thomas Stanley, 04 Jul 1893, aged 14, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by naked light [More information ...]
						Hinchcliffe, Harry, 04 Jul 1893, aged 20, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by naked light [More information ...]
						Hinchcliffe, Jonathan, 04 Jul 1893, aged 46, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by naked light [More information ...]
						Jackson, H., 07 Jul 1883, aged 15, Hurrier, Fall of side
						Jackson, William, 04 Jul 1893, aged 27, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by naked light [More information ...]
						Jessop, Harry, 04 Jul 1893, aged 17, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by naked light [More information ...]
						Jessop, Matthew, 04 Jul 1893, aged 26, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by naked light [More information ...]
						Lee, Lewis, 04 Jul 1893, aged 26, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by naked light [More information ...]
						Lee, Sykes, 04 Jul 1893, aged 18, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by naked light [More information ...]
						Lightowler, Henry, 04 Jul 1893, aged 31, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by naked light [More information ...]
						Lightowler, Isaac, 04 Jul 1893, aged 36, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by naked light [More information ...]
						Little, Joseph, 04 Jul 1893, aged 22, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by naked light [More information ...]
						Longbottom, John, 04 Jul 1893, aged 40, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by naked light [More information ...]
						Longbottom, Smith, 04 Jul 1893, aged 15, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by naked light [More information ...]
						Mallinson, Joseph, 04 Jul 1893, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by naked light [More information ...]
						Milnes, Benjamin, 04 Jul 1893, aged 22, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by naked light [More information ...]
						Milnes, Fransord, 04 Jul 1893, aged 12, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by naked light [More information ...]
						Milnes, George, 04 Jul 1893, aged 51, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by naked light [More information ...]
						Milnes, James, 04 Jul 1893, aged 17, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by naked light [More information ...]
						Mort, Edward, 04 Jul 1893, aged 36, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by naked light [More information ...]
						Netherwood, John B., 04 Jul 1893, aged 15, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by naked light [More information ...]
						Nobel, James, 04 Jul 1893, aged 16, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by naked light [More information ...]
						Nobel, Joseph, 04 Jul 1893, aged 44, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by naked light [More information ...]
						Oates, Arthur, 04 Jul 1893, aged 18, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by naked light [More information ...]
						Oates, Frederick, 04 Jul 1893, aged 15, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by naked light [More information ...]
						Parkin, James, 13 Oct 1870, aged 24, Collier, Fall of roof
						Peace, W., 08 Dec 1888, aged 45, Byeworkman, Fall of roof
						Pickard, Richard, 04 Jul 1893, aged 49, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by naked light [More information ...]
						Ramsden, Abraham, 04 Jul 1893, aged 39, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by naked light [More information ...]
						Ramsden, Alfred Alonzo, 04 Jul 1893, aged 17, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by naked light [More information ...]
						Ramsden, Benjamin, 04 Jul 1893, aged 31, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by naked light [More information ...]
						Ramsden, David, 04 Jul 1893, aged 44, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by naked light [More information ...]
						Ramsden, Matthew, 04 Jul 1893, aged 59, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by naked light [More information ...]
						Ransden, Willie, 04 Jul 1893, aged 16, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by naked light [More information ...]
						Roberts, Josiah, 04 Jul 1893, aged 40, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by naked light [More information ...]
						Robinson, R., 09 Aug 1884, (accident: 01 Aug 1884), aged 37, Collier, Fall of roof ; died 9th August
						Rusby, Charles, 04 Jul 1893, aged 40, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by naked light [More information ...]
						Rusby, Frederick, 04 Jul 1893, aged 17, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by naked light [More information ...]
						Scarfe, Joseph, 04 Jul 1893, aged 16, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by naked light [More information ...]
						Scargill, James, 04 Jul 1893, aged 50, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by naked light [More information ...]
						Scargill, Lot, 04 Jul 1893, aged 28, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by naked light [More information ...]
						Scargill, Robert, 04 Jul 1893, aged 40, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by naked light [More information ...]
						Scargill, Rufus, 04 Jul 1893, aged 16, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by naked light [More information ...]
						Senior, Lot, 04 Jul 1893, aged 62, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by naked light [More information ...]
						Sheard, Ernest, 04 Jul 1893, aged 13, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by naked light [More information ...]
						Sheard, James, 04 Jul 1893, aged 54, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by naked light [More information ...]
						Smith, James, 04 Jul 1893, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by naked light [More information ...]
						Smith, John William, 04 Jul 1893, aged 42, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by naked light [More information ...]
						Smith, Mark, 04 Jul 1893, aged 29, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by naked light [More information ...]
						Speight, Herbert, 04 Jul 1893, aged 28, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by naked light [More information ...]
						Speight, Joseph, 24 Mar 1852, Fall of walling in the shaft
						Steadman, James Joseph, 04 Jul 1893, aged 24, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by naked light [More information ...]
						Stevenson, William, 04 Jul 1893, aged 15, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by naked light [More information ...]
						Summerscales, Henry, 04 Jul 1893, aged 59, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by naked light [More information ...]
						Swallow, William Henry, 04 Jul 1893, aged 25, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by naked light [More information ...]
						Thornes, Lambert, 04 Jul 1893, aged 15, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by naked light [More information ...]
						Tindale, John, 04 Jul 1893, aged 34, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by naked light [More information ...]
						Watkins, Thomas, 04 Jul 1893, aged 15, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by naked light [More information ...]
						Wilcock, George, 04 Jul 1893, aged 30, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by naked light [More information ...]
						Wilcock, Walter Henry Oxley, 04 Jul 1893, aged 51, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by naked light [More information ...]
						Wilkinson, George, 04 Jul 1893, aged 52, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by naked light [More information ...]
						Wood, George, 04 Jul 1893, aged 39, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by naked light [More information ...]
						Wood, Joseph, 04 Jul 1893, aged 15, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by naked light [More information ...]
						Wood, Sam, 04 Jul 1893, aged 40, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by naked light [More information ...]
						Wood, William, 04 Jul 1893, aged 12, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by naked light [More information ...]
						Wraithmell, Herbert, 04 Jul 1893, aged 18, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by naked light [More information ...]
						Wraithmell, Willie, 04 Jul 1893, aged 13, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by naked light [More information ...]
						Wroe, William Varley, 04 Jul 1893, aged 42, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by naked light [More information ...]

						120 names found

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Credits

Sources:

1852 (Jan-Jun) Mines Inspectors Report, by Charles Morton, H.M. Inspector of Mines, published in 1854
1877 Mines Inspectors Report (C. 2003), Yorkshire and Lincolnshire District by Frank N. Wardell, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
1883 Mines Inspectors Report (C 4078), Yorkshire and Lincolnshire District by Frank N. Wardell, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
1884 Mines Inspectors Report (C 4429), Yorkshire and Lincolnshire District by Frank N. Wardell, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
1888-05
1947 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
1954 Guide to the Coalfields published by the Colliery Guardian