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Joseph Robinson

Age:   37
Died:   19th Apr 1888
Accident:   19th Apr 1888 8:00 PM
Year Born:   abt. 1851
Colliery:   St. Helen's, Workington
Company:   St. Helen's Colliery and Brick Co.
Occupation:   Onsetter
Notes:  
brought out alive on 19th April; died 20th April in Infirmary ; killed in the 1888 explosion (ignition probably caused by shot firing)
Buried:   [not known]
Category:  

Description

The text of the report from the Mines Inspector into this disaster is available in the Disaster Reports section of this website.


Related Articles

Pub.
Date
Article (Newspaper)
20 Apr 1888  Terrible Colliery Explosion (The Times)
21 Apr 1888  The Colliery Explosion In Cumberland (The Times)
23 Apr 1888  The Workington Colliery Explosion (The Times)
24 Apr 1888  Workington Colliery Explosion (The Times)
26 Apr 1888  Appalling Pit Disaster Near Workington, Thirty Men Killed At St. Helens Colliery (Whitehaven News)
26 Apr 1888  The Workington Pit Disaster, Condition Of The Mine, Consultation By Mining Inspectors, Managers, And Directors (Whitehaven News)
26 Apr 1888  Military Funeral Of Sergeant Smith (Whitehaven News)
30 Apr 1888  Letters to the Editor, The Workington Colliery Explosion (The Times)
01 May 1888  The Workington Colliery Disaster (The Times)
03 May 1888  The St. Helens Pit Calamity (Whitehaven News)
10 May 1888  St. Helens Colliery Explosion (Whitehaven News)
17 May 1888  The Workington Disaster, Further Diving Operations — Recovery Of Bodies (Whitehaven News)
18 May 1888  The Workington Colliery Explosion (The Times)
24 May 1888  St. Helens Colliery Disaster (Cumberland Pacquet)
24 May 1888  The St. Helens Colliery Disaster, The Inquest Before Mr. Lumb (Cumberland Pacquet)
25 May 1888  The Workington Colliery Explosion (The Times)
26 May 1888  The Workington Colliery Explosion (The Times)
31 May 1888  St. Helens Colliery Disaster, Verdict Of The Jury (Whitehaven News)
07 Jun 1888  St. Helen's Colliery, Proving A New Seam (Cumberland Pacquet)
07 Jun 1888  Correspondence, The Workington Disaster (Cumberland Pacquet)
14 Jun 1888  The St. Helen's Colliery Disaster, The Adjourned Inquest: Scenes Between The Coroner And Foreman (Cumberland Pacquet)
11 Aug 1888  Closing Scenes Of The St. Helen's Disaster, The Funerals Of Halstead And Tunstall, Painful Incident At The Church Gates (Workington Star)
30 May 1889  St. Helens Colliery Disaster, Resumption Of The Inquest, Examination Of Beatty, The All Important Witness (Whitehaven News)

Further Reading


Mines Inspectors Report Entry


Sources
  • 1888 Mines Inspectors Report (C 5779), Newcastle District (No. 3) by James Willis, H.M. Inspector of Mines, Page: 30, Accident Number: 14 Where to find this report

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