	Wolstanton Colliery	Index	Wolstanton Colliery

Wolstanton Colliery

Location:	Wolstanton 2 miles [3 km] NW of Stoke-on-Trent
Map Ref:	(Sheet 118 Stoke-on-Trent and Macclesfield) SJ860480, 53° 1' 44" N, 2° 12' 32" W
Opened:
Closed:
Owners:	Wolstanton Ltd.
	1947 - National Coal Board (N.C.B.)
Output:	1947 - Coal: Manufacturing, Steam. (325,000 tons)
Employment:	1923 - 123 (71 below, 52 surface)
	1933 - 1,175 (900 below, 275 surface)
	1940 - 1,225 (950 below, 275 surface)
	1947 - 865 (650 below, 215 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!

						Barrow, John H., 19 Feb 1960, aged 46, Collier, Killed by a fall of coal
						Below, Trevor, 13 Jun 1972, aged 13, Ripper, Crushed by tubs
						Boulton, Richard, 02 Apr 1946, aged 38
						Brandall, Fredrick, 04 Sep 1951, aged 37
						Breeze, T., 08 Jan 1923, aged 42
						Brick, James, 14 Jun 1948, aged 61, Fall of roof [More information ...]
						Brown, Arthur, Jun 1985
						Colclough, Jack, 26 Apr 1972, aged 45
						Dabbs, Leonard Arthur, 11 Mar 1958, aged 69
						Dolezy, John, 20 Apr 1977, aged 56, Ripper, Hit by material during shotfiring
						Drobot, Wladyslaw, 26 Mar 1965, aged 42, Crutter, Killed by a fall of rock
						Ector, John Thomas, 21 Dec 1951, aged 44, Cutter, Fatally injured by cutter [date of inquest]
						Edmunds, Phillip, 01 Oct 1954, aged 38, Face worker, Shotfiring accident
						Ellis, Ralph, 20 Feb 1947, aged 38, Surface worker, Ran over by a digger
						Farr, V., 17 Jan 1938, aged 38
						Frain, K., 02 Mar 1950, aged 41
						Gidman, J., 28 Dec 1933, aged 29
						Grocott, Micheal, 09 May 1975, aged 24, Mechanic, Struck by machine he was repairing
						Hall, J. W., 10 Jan 1978, aged 51, Face worker, Fractured skull
						Harrington, Stuart, 10 Apr 1974, aged 23
						Heath, F., 03 Jul 1931, aged 44
						Hopkins, Spencer Charles, 22 Mar 1960, aged 43, Ripper
						Hulme, P., 1968
						Hulse, C. R., 21 Feb 1945, aged 47
						Jones, J., 24 Apr 1935, aged 29
						Kosecki, Manny, 07 Jan 1985, aged 58, Miner, Crushed - internal injuries
						Lacey, Micheal, 01 Apr 1974
						Larey, A. V., 20 Dec 1973, aged 60
						List, Jan, 03 Aug 1967, aged 43, U/Ground Worker, Multiple injuries [date of report]
						Lovatt, George H., 02 Aug 1950, aged 48, Surface shunter, Crushed between two wagons
						Lucas, James, 29 Apr 1966, aged 58, Onsetter, Crushed by car and girder
						Machin, Harold, 30 Dec 1963, aged 45, Maintenance, Struck on head by cage
						Martin, J. T., 03 Jun 1949, aged 57, Face worker, Roof collapse
						Mellor, Charles Arthur, 04 Mar 1944, aged 32
						Minshall, Walter, 1980, aged 48
						Newbrokes, Albert Edward, 17 Apr 1940, aged 39
						O'Brien, George H., 02 May 1963, aged 45, Ripper
						Okonski, Stanisaw Taduse, 12 Jul 1978, aged 53, Belt maintenance, Struck working on belt
						Pope, P. D., 01 May 1941, aged 35
						Rathbone, J. W., 18 Dec 1944, aged 40
						Roberts, Clive John, 01 Jan 1976, (accident: 25 Oct 1975), aged 22, Haulage worker, crushed by underground mine cars
						Smith, W., 09 Mar 1931, aged 35
						Stringer, Harold Awty, 14 Feb 1961, aged 48, Machine operator
						Sutton, Jessie, 07 Jul 1951, aged 58, Development Worker, Shot firing accident [date of report]
						Taylor, James, 08 Nov 1934, aged 62, Packer, killed by a fall of roof
						Whitehurst, B., 17 Feb 1953, aged 53
						Whitehurst, Thomas James, 19 Feb 1942, aged 53
						Williams, Frank, 24 Aug 1948, aged 41, Packer, Roof collapse

						48 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 , have a web page providing individual details of the accident, the page may also include a photograph of the deceased. Click on the symbol next to the name to see the web page.

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Credits

Sources:

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
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
OS Grid Reference from Adit Now website
Research into accidents at Wolstanton Colliery by Ronald Jenkins, IEng MIET GCGI (Colliery Electrician & Mine Rescue team) and Alan Lightfoot (Colliery Electrician - chargehand)