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Yew Tree Colliery

Location:	Tyldesley 7½ miles [12 km] ESE of Wigan
Map Ref:	(Sheet 109 Manchester) SD696020, 53° 30' 49" N, 2° 27' 31" W
Opened:
Closed:
Pits:	No. 1 Pit
	No. 2 Pit, locn: (Sheet 109 Manchester) SD695021
Owners:	Tyldesley Coal Co., Ltd.
Output:	1894 - Coal: Household, Manufacturing, Steam.
	1896 - Coal: Household, Manufacturing, Steam.
	1900 - Coal: Household, Manufacturing, Steam.
	1905 - Coal: Household, Manufacturing, Steam.
	1910 - Coal: Household, Manufacturing, Steam.
Employment:	1894 - 107 (95 below, 12 surface)
	1896 - 141 (118 below, 23 surface)
	1900 - 150 (122 below, 28 surface)
	1905 - 261 (135 below, 126 surface)
	1910 - 108
Seams Worked:	1894 - Seven Feet
	1896 - Seven Feet
	1900 - Seven Foot or Black & White
	1905 - Black and White, Seven Foot
	1910 - Seven Foot or Black and White
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!

						Baguley, Thomas, 08 Dec 1900, (accident: 26 Jan 1900, 2.30 p.m., 8th hour of shift), aged 36, Collier, Fall of coal and dirt from working face. Crushed coal broke over sprags. First commencement to work a pillar of coal. Died 8th December (Black and White Mine)
						Beswick, Thomas, 09 Feb 1893, aged 16, Appt. carpenter, Carting piece of wood with circular saw the wood sprung up and struck him on the temple
						Fearnley, Peter, 11 Feb 1895, aged 29, Collier, Fall of coal from face not sufficiently spragged
						Partington, John, 09 Dec 1895, aged 28, Shunter, Crushed between chain and a waggon being draw along railroad the locomotive engine being on another line of rails. He attempted to unhook chain from waggon while in motion and on the wrong side of chain
						Shaw, James, 21 Dec 1879, (accident: 18 Dec 1879), aged 13, Waggoner, Breaking of gig chain caused a tub to crush him. Died 21st
						Stockton, Thomas, 25 Feb 1882, (accident: 23 Feb 1882), aged 26, Miner, Roof entering from a level. Died 25th
						Yates, James, 07 Mar 1877, Falling in the shaft whilst removing a scaffold

						7 names found

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Credits

Sources:

1877 Mines Inspectors Report (C. 2003), Manchester District by Joseph Dickinson, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
1894 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1896 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department, also available online at Peak District Mines Historical Society Ltd
1900 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1900 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 536), Manchester District (No. 6) by John Gerrard, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
1905 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1910 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
OS Grid Reference from Adit Now website