	Upton Colliery	Index	Upton Colliery

Upton Colliery

Location:	Upton, nr. Pontefract 8½ miles [14 km] NW of Doncaster
Map Ref:	(Sheet 111 Sheffield and Doncaster) SE483135, 53° 36' 57" N, 1° 16' 7" W
Opened:
Closed:
Owners:	1930's - Upton Colliery Co. Ltd.
	1940's - Dorman Long & Co. Ltd.
	1947 - National Coal Board (N.C.B.)
Output:	1954 - Coal: Coking, Gas, Household, Manufacturing, Steam.
Employment:	1933 - 1,395 (1,099 below, 296 surface)
	1940 - 2,016
	1947 - 925 (752 below, 173 surface)
	1954 - 1,426 (1,164 below, 262 surface)
Seams Worked:	1954 - Barnsley, Beamshaw

Description

Disasters (5 or more killed)

5th

Jun

1940

10 lives lost (Show Names)

Names of those killed at this colliery

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

						Ardmon, Walter Day, 17 Oct 1930, aged 35, crushed by wagons on the surface
						Baird, George, 24 Apr 1939, aged 24, killed by a fall of roof
						Bannister, Albert J., 04 Jun 1940, (accident: 08 May 1940), aged 53, killed by a fall of roof
						Begg, John F., 06 Mar 1942, aged 49, crushed by tubs
						Black, J., 02 Jun 1944, aged 46, run over by tubs
						Brough, Arthur, 14 Aug 1930, aged 27, hit by a dislodged prop
						Cartwright, Charles, 05 Jun 1940, aged 36, Collier, address: Manor Farm Estate, South Elmsall [More information ...]
						Coleman, James, 05 Jun 1940, aged 42, Collier, address: 24, Newport Street, Pontefract [More information ...]
						Daykin, James W., 06 Jun 1940, (accident: 05 Jun 1940), aged 40, Collier, address: 53, Tomwood Ash Lane, Upton [More information ...]
						Dill, Henry, 17 Dec 1943, (accident: 01 Nov 1943), aged 54, killed by a fall of roof
						England, Albert, 05 Jun 1940, aged 22, Haulage Hand, address: 10, Francis Street, Ackworth [More information ...]
						Everson, Clifford, 09 Jun 1932, aged 17, crushed by tubs
						Foster, John William, 18 Jun 1940, (accident: 05 Jun 1940), aged 36, Collier, address: 51, Tomwood Ash Lane, Upton [More information ...]
						Fox, Joseph, 20 Aug 1936, aged 29, run over by wagons on the surface
						Franklin, Robert, 23 May 1938, aged 29, killed by a fall of roof
						Gallagher, Edward, 21 Aug 1932, aged 25, fall of roof - hit by a prop
						Hassel, Frank, 30 Nov 1937, (accident: 16 Nov 1937), aged 52, killed by a fall of coal
						Hughes, James Joseph, 05 Jun 1940, aged 36, Collier, address: 21, Harewood Lane, Upton [More information ...]
						Jackson, Robert R., 19 May 1936, aged 21, crushed by the cage at the pit bottom
						Joyce, Albert, 02 Jan 1944, aged 23, killed by a fall of roof
						Kent, Norman, 27 Mar 1932, aged 20, fell down the shaft
						Law, Jabez, 21 Aug 1931, aged 43, crushed by the cage
						Lyons, James, 01 Jun 1927, aged 27, shot firing accident
						Newton, Andrew, 16 Apr 1941, (accident: 04 Mar 1941), aged 46, injured his leg and septicaemia set in
						Nicholls, John, 17 May 1935, aged 37, run over by tubs
						Nicklin, James, 11 Aug 1942, aged 31, trapped by tubs
						Overton, Noah, 05 Jun 1940, aged 30, Haulage Hand, address: 4, Smeaton Road, Upton [More information ...]
						Prince, J. C., 07 Dec 1940, aged 33, hit by girders on the cage
						Rich, Leslie, 05 Jun 1940, aged 30, Collier, address: 65, Harewood Lane, Upton [More information ...]
						Rodda, George William, 01 Feb 1932, aged 21, hit head on a girder
						Saltford, Herbert, 02 Jun 1944, aged 37, run over by tubs
						Simmonds, C., 02 Jan 1944, aged 37, killed by a fall of roof
						Smith, Eric, 02 Mar 1942, aged 14, caught in conveyor rollers
						Stevens, John, 05 Jun 1940, aged 49, Collier, address: 41, Cross Street, Upton [More information ...]
						Sykes, Charles, 28 Jan 1943, (accident: 25 Jan 1943), aged 35, crushed by tubs
						Temple, Edward, 23 Dec 1942, aged 38, killed by a fall of roof
						Turner, John, 05 Jun 1940, aged 46, Collier, address: New Lane, Upton [More information ...]
						Wood, Willis, 27 Mar 1932, aged 40, fell down the shaft

						38 names found

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Credits

Sources:

1933 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
1940 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
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