	Whinnyhill Colliery	Index	Whinnyhill Colliery

Whinnyhill Colliery

Location:	Cleator Moor 3 miles [5 km] SE of Whitehaven
Map Ref:	(Sheet 89) NY008154, 54° 31' 27" N, 3° 31' 58" W
Opened:
Closed:
Owners:	1840s - Hermatite Mining Company
	Catalogue of plans of abandoned mines for Whinnyhill Colliery

Description

Disasters (5 or more killed)

28th

Oct

1848

Explosion of gas by naked light, 31 lives lost (Show Names)

Names of those killed at this colliery

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

						Aiken, John, 28 Oct 1848, aged 17, explosion of gas, son of Thomas [More information ...]
						Aiken, Thomas, 28 Oct 1848, aged 39, explosion of gas, father of John, left a wife and five children [More information ...]
						Atkinson, John, 28 Oct 1848, aged 32, explosion of gas, left a wife and two children [More information ...]
						Barwise, John, 28 Oct 1848, aged 28, explosion of gas, left a wife and two children [More information ...]
						Clark, Robert, 28 Oct 1848, aged 13, explosion of gas [More information ...]
						Cummins, John, 28 Oct 1848, aged 24, explosion of gas, left and wife and two children [More information ...]
						Davidson, Alexander, 28 Oct 1848, aged 23, explosion of gas, left a wife and child [More information ...]
						Disley, John, 28 Oct 1848, aged 22, explosion of gas, suffocated, unmarried [More information ...]
						Dowie, James, 28 Oct 1848, aged 18, explosion of gas, unmarried [More information ...]
						Dryden, William, 28 Oct 1848, aged 23, explosion of gas, unmarried [More information ...]
						Fay, Martin, 18 Jul 1871, (accident: 26 Jun 1871), aged 26, Hewer, killed by a fall of coal [More information ...]
						Fitzsimmons, Thomas, 28 Oct 1848, aged 25, explosion of gas, burned, left a wife [More information ...]
						Hall, John, 28 Oct 1848, aged 30, explosion of gas, left a wife and three children [More information ...]
						Harrison, James, 28 Oct 1848, aged 29, explosion of gas, unmarried [More information ...]
						Hetherington, Richard, 13 Feb 1859, buried by a fall of roof, his leg was amputated, died from shock
						Kelly, Patrick, 28 Oct 1848, aged 31, explosion of gas, married [More information ...]
						Kennyon, James, 19 Mar 1847, aged 29, Explosion
						Lavery, James, 22 May 1850, (accident: May 1850), aged 17, Miner, the contents of a basket of coals fell on him - died from his injuries
						Lawson, John, 28 Oct 1848, aged 16, explosion of gas, son of Richard, brother of Richard [More information ...]
						Lawson, Richard, 28 Oct 1848, aged 46, explosion of gas, father of Richard and John, left a wife and seven children [More information ...]
						Lawson, Richard, 28 Oct 1848, aged 12, explosion of gas, son of Richard, brother of John [More information ...]
						Lish, William, 28 Oct 1848, aged 23, explosion of gas, left and wife and two children [More information ...]
						Lochery, Charles, 28 Oct 1848, aged 21, explosion of gas, unmarried [More information ...]
						Lochery, Daniel, 28 Oct 1848, aged 32, explosion of gas, left a wife and child [More information ...]
						MacDouall, John, 28 Oct 1848, aged 46, explosion of gas, suffocated, left a wife and 1 child [More information ...]
						Marsh, Henry, 28 Oct 1848, aged 12, explosion of gas, left a wife and child [More information ...]
						McGuiness, John, 08 Aug 1868, aged 40, Hewer, killed by a fall of coal
						McLoughlan, John, 28 Oct 1848, aged 18, explosion of gas, unmarried [More information ...]
						Milby, James, 28 Oct 1848, aged 26, explosion of gas, brother of John, left a wife and two children [More information ...]
						Milby, John, 28 Oct 1848, aged 18, explosion of gas, brother of James, unmarried [More information ...]
						Monaghan, Patrick, 28 Oct 1848, aged 41, explosion of gas, burned, left a wife and 7 children [More information ...]
						Savage, Dennis, 28 Oct 1848, aged 26, explosion of gas, burned, left a wife and 19 child [More information ...]
						Smith, James, 31 May 1844, aged 27, was stifled by an accumulation of foul air in a coal mine
						Thompson, James, 28 Oct 1848, aged 26, explosion of gas, left a wife and four children [More information ...]
						Veitch, George, 28 Oct 1848, aged 47, explosion of gas, suffocated, left a wife and 9 children [More information ...]
						Ward, John, 28 Oct 1848, aged 13, explosion of gas, brought out of the pit alive but died after a few hours from the severe burns about the face and mouth [More information ...]
						Watson, George, 28 Oct 1848, aged 19, explosion of gas [More information ...]
						Weir, Alexander, 17 May 1863, aged 30, explosion of gas, Buried: Whitehaven Cemetery on 27 May 1863 [More information ...]
						Weir, John, 17 May 1863, aged 35, explosion of gas, Buried: Whitehaven Cemetery on 27 May 1863 [More information ...]
						Weir, William, 17 May 1863, aged 32, explosion of gas, Buried: Whitehaven Cemetery on 27 May 1863 [More information ...]
						Weir, William, 17 May 1863, aged 10, explosion of gas, Buried: Whitehaven Cemetery on 27 May 1863 [More information ...]
						Wilkinson, John, 10 Feb 1845, (accident: 08 Feb 1845), aged 26, explosion of gas, left a wife and three children

						42 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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more information on some of the fatalities shown above

Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)

a simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Whinnyhill Colliery

list of collieries/pits etc. near to Whinnyhill Colliery

Credits

Sources:

1863 Mines Inspectors Report
1868 Mines Inspectors Report, Northumberland, North Durham and Cumberland District by George William Southern, H.M. Inspector of Mines
1871 Mines Inspectors Report (C. 653), Northumberland, North Durham, and Cumberland District by George William Southern, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
Headstone(s) in Whitehaven Cemetery
Information supplied by West Cumbria Mines Research
The Times Newspaper