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Wyrley Colliery
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| Location: | Wyrley 7 miles [11 km] NE of Wolverhampton |
| Map Ref: | (Sheet 127 Stafford and Telford, 139 Birmingham and Wolverhampton) SJ999067, 52° 39' 28" N, 2° 0' 5" W |
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| Owners: | W. Harrison Ltd. |
| 1947 - National Coal Board (N.C.B.) | |
| Output: | 1947 - No. 3 - Coal: Household, Manufacturing, Steam. (275,000 tons) |
| Employment: | 1923 - No. 3 - 1,028 (881 below, 147 surface) |
| 1933 - No. 3 - 1,028 (881 below, 147 surface) | |
| 1940 - No. 3 - 1,028 (881 below, 147 surface) | |
| 1947 - No. 3 - 923 (790 below, 133 surface) | |
| Notes: | Current Status - Page under construction! and is far, far from complete! |
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Description
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Disasters (5 or more killed)
None Found
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Names of those killed at this colliery
Please note that this collection of names is by no means complete!
 | Athersmith, Joseph, 19 Jul 1914, (accident: 16 Jul 1914), aged 59, Holer, Deceased had drawn a sprag from some holed coal and was in the act of getting the coal off, when a fall of roof occurred. After the fall, the sides and the roof of the cavity were seen to be smooth and glossy, it being a "pothole" or "bell." He was removed to Walsall Hospital, where he died on 19th July, of heart failure following on delirium tremens, which supervened as the result of the injuries sustained at the time of the accident | |||||
| Meacham, Joseph, 23 Nov 1949, Fireman, cage accident [More information ...] | |||||
| Tennant, Arthur, 23 Nov 1949, Storesman, cage accident [More information ...] | |||||
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Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)
a simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Wyrley Colliery
list of collieries/pits etc. near to Wyrley Colliery
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Credits
Sources:
- 1914 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 8023), Midland and Southern Division (No. 6) by Hugh Johnstone, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
- 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
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