	Whittaker Bridge Colliery	Index	Whittaker Bridge Colliery

Whittaker Bridge Colliery

Location:	Radcliffe 7½ miles [12 km] NNW of Manchester
Map Ref:	(Sheet 109 Manchester) SD784077, 53° 33' 55" N, 2° 19' 33" W
Opened:	1880
Closed:	1895
Owners:	Andrew Knowles and Sons, Ltd.
Output:	1894 - Coal: Manufacturing.
Employment:	1894 - 146 (122 below, 24 surface)
Seams Worked:	1894 - Nine Foot

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!

						Barlow, William, 29 Nov 1888, aged 63, Lampman, Fatally hurt by following about five yards from a surface tramway to some plates on the canal bank as he was before daybreak without light going to his work by a short cut and not a proper road
						Garner, Joseph, 24 Sep 1886, aged 51, Miner, Injured by roof stone falling while he was in the act of propping. Accidental
						Grundy, John, 20 Oct 1881, aged 20, Miner, Coal. Holing without sprags ; his father was there
						Hardman, James, 02 Nov 1885, aged 38, Miner, Fatal fall of coal and dirt from the side of the back brow in the 6 feet mine where he was working
						Holden, Albert, 29 Jun 1893, aged 30, Collier, Fall of coal from face for want of sprag
						Lord, James, 13 Jul 1886, (accident: 03 Jun 1886), aged 37, Miner, Coal falling. Holing without sprags. Died July 13th
						Nuttall, S., 10 Mar 1883, aged 57, Dayman, Fall of bar in level
						Olive, Nathan, 10 Aug 1892, 9 a.m., 3rd hour of shift, aged 47, Collier, Fall of roof in working place from slip unseen, 2 ft. square, 7 ins. Thick
						Richard, Richards, 30 Jun 1884, aged 22, Miner, Head cut by a pop springing out
						Roberts, William, 29 Jun 1886, aged 39, Miner, Coal from a slip jamming him against a prop. He had two sprags set. Accidental

						10 names found

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Credits

Sources:

1881 Mines Inspectors Report (C 3241), Manchester District by Joseph Dickinson, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
1883 Mines Inspectors Report (C 4078), Manchester District by Joseph Dickinson, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
1884 Mines Inspectors Report (C 4429), Manchester District by Joseph Dickinson, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
1892 Mines Inspectors Report (C 6986), Manchester and Ireland District (No. 6) by John Gerrard, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
1894 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department