	Wharncliffe Carlton Colliery	Index	Wharncliffe Carlton Colliery

Wharncliffe Carlton Colliery

Location:	Barnsley 1 miles [2 km] N of Barnsley
Map Ref:	(Sheet 110 Sheffield and Huddersfield, 111 Sheffield and Doncaster) SE348083, 53° 34' 12" N, 1° 28' 28" W
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Owners:	R. Craik and Co.
Notes:	Current Status - Page under construction! and is far, far from complete!

Description

Disasters (5 or more killed)

18th

Oct

1883

Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by safety lamp, 20 lives lost (Show Names)

Names of those killed at this colliery

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

						Ambler, Ellis, 18 Oct 1883, aged 58, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by safety lamp, Explosion of gas [More information ...]
						Barker, Thomas, 11 Sep 1878, aged 30, Collier, Fall of roof
						Booth, John, 11 Aug 1883, aged 16, Screener, Run over by waggons
						Button, Albert, 18 Oct 1883, aged 32, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by safety lamp, Explosion of gas [More information ...]
						Egley, George, 18 Oct 1883, aged 65, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by safety lamp, Explosion of gas [More information ...]
						Fisher, Henry, 18 Oct 1883, aged 54, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by safety lamp, Explosion of gas [More information ...]
						Fisher, William, 18 Oct 1883, aged 41, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by safety lamp, Explosion of gas [More information ...]
						Flatney, James, 18 Oct 1883, aged 14, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by safety lamp, Explosion of gas [More information ...]
						Garbutt, Richard, 18 Oct 1883, aged 49, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by safety lamp, Explosion of gas [More information ...]
						Goulding, William, 18 Oct 1883, aged 40, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by safety lamp, Explosion of gas [More information ...]
						Hallam, John, 18 Oct 1883, aged 41, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by safety lamp, Explosion of gas [More information ...]
						Hemingway, J., 12 Feb 1877, (accident: 10 Feb 1877), aged 46, Labourer, Crushed by waggon on surface ; died 12th February
						Holland, Frederick, 18 Oct 1883, aged 25, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by safety lamp, Explosion of gas [More information ...]
						Lawson, William, 18 Oct 1883, aged 49, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by safety lamp, Explosion of gas [More information ...]
						Leach, R., 20 Aug 1883, aged 35, Labourer, Found suffocated under waggon of smudge which he was emptying
						Mason, George, 18 Oct 1883, aged 16, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by safety lamp, Explosion of gas [More information ...]
						Mason, William, 18 Oct 1883, aged 40, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by safety lamp, Explosion of gas [More information ...]
						Phillips, Charles, 18 Oct 1883, aged 54, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by safety lamp, Explosion of gas [More information ...]
						Phillips, George, 18 Oct 1883, aged 19, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by safety lamp, Explosion of gas [More information ...]
						Shaw, William, 18 Oct 1883, aged 54, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by safety lamp, Explosion of gas [More information ...]
						Starkey, Charles, 18 Oct 1883, aged 36, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by safety lamp, Explosion of gas [More information ...]
						Stubbin, W., 16 Jun 1893, aged 29, Collier, Fall of coal
						Weller, Edward, 18 Oct 1883, aged 28, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by safety lamp, Explosion of gas [More information ...]
						Wood, Thomas, 18 Oct 1883, aged 55, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by safety lamp, Explosion of gas [More information ...]
						Wright, John, 18 Oct 1883, aged 46, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by safety lamp, Explosion of gas [More information ...]

						25 names found

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Credits

Sources:

1877 Mines Inspectors Report (C. 2003), Yorkshire and Lincolnshire District by Frank N. Wardell, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
1878 Mines Inspectors Report (C 2321), 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
OS Grid Reference from Adit Now website