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  Disasters - Names Return to Index Disasters - Names  
Date:  18th August 1908
Colliery:  Maypole
Company:  Moss Hall Coal Co., Ltd.
Cause:  Explosion, firedamp and coal dust, ignition caused by permitted explosive
Lives Lost:  76
Category:  Explosions of fire damp or coal dust

Fatalities



Individual page Allen, George, address: 169 Walthew Lane, Platt Bridge
Individual page Banks, E., address: 19 Powell Street, Wigan
Individual page Bennett, J., address: Bell Vue Street, Scholes
Individual page Boyle, M., address: Marsh Lane Scholes
Individual page Burns, J., address: Liverpool Road, Platt Bridge
Individual page Cafferty, E., address: 8 Upper Morris Street, Scholes
Individual page Cafferty, M., address: 8 Upper Morris Street, Scholes
Individual page Carroll, Patrick, address: 9 Teck Street, Wigan
Individual page Cassidy, J., address: May Street, Golbourne
Individual page Caulfield, P., address: 144 Lily Lane, Platt Bridge
Individual page Charnock, P., address: 212 Warrington Road, Abram
Individual page Conway, J., address: Warrington Road, Wigan
Individual page Crehen, J., address: 5 Platt Street, Plank Lane
Individual page Cullen, P., address: 11 Holland Street, Wigan
Individual page Danson, J., address: Hindley
Individual page Davies, J., address: 264 Warrington Road, Abram
Individual page Devaney, A., address: Moss Lane, Platt Bridge
Individual page Donald, T. M., address: 8 Knowles Street, Lower Ince
Individual page Donlon, T., address: Golbourne
Individual page Donnelley, J., address: 22 Turton Street, Golborne
Individual page Doyle, J., address: Greenough Street, Wigan
Individual page Draper, Albert, address: 117 Neville Street, Platt Bridge
Individual page Duffy, P., address: 8 Upper Morris Street, Wigan
Individual page Evens, S., address: Golborne
Individual page Fishwick, P. C., address: 50 Warrington Road, Abram
Individual page Flannery, J., address: Aspinall Street, Leigh
Individual page Foroad, B., address: Stanley Road, Platt Bridge
Individual page France, J., address: Dover Locks, Abram
Individual page Gallagher, M., address: 28 Wall Street, Scholes
Individual page Gaskell, T., address: Park Lane Abram
Individual page Georghegan, J., address: 18 Rupert Street, Wigan
Individual page Grath, J. M., address: Well Street, Wigan
Individual page Groak, Thomas, address: 8 Upper Morris Street, Scholes
Individual page Harrison, T., address: 515 Warrington Road, Abram
Individual page Henderson, A., address: 34 Chinch Street, Golborne
Individual page Holcroft, George, address: Leigh
Individual page Holcroft, J., address: Leigh
Individual page House, M., address: 53 Patrick Street, Scholes
Individual page Hughes, A., address: 22 Cobden Terrace, Golborne
Individual page Kearns, T., address: 25 Stanley Road, Platt Bridge
Individual page Killoran, H., address: Warrington Road, Abram
Individual page Killoran, T., address: 142 Lily Street, Platt Bridge
Individual page Kirby, J., address: High Street, Golborne
Individual page Lloyd, T., address: 43 Neville Street, Platt Bridge
Individual page McCabe, W.
Individual page McCucken, -, address: 18 Rupert Street, Wigan
Individual page McDonough, E.
Individual page McEllen, T., address: 7 Quinn Street, Golborne
Individual page McGowan, P., address: 15 Higham Street, Wigan
Individual page McGrael, M., address: 54 Talbot Lane, Platt Bridge
Individual page Melling, G.
Individual page Molloy, M., address: Vauxhall Road, Scholes
Individual page Monks, A., address: Warrington Road, Abram
Individual page Morgan, J., address: 30 Cambridge Street, Wigan
Individual page Mulligan, P., address: 59 Anderson Street, Scholes
Individual page Murphy, T., address: 104 Walthew Lane, Platt Bridge
Individual page Nelson, B.
Individual page Pennington, P.
Individual page Pimblett, H., address: Warrington Road, Dover, Abram
Individual page Pimblett, R., address: Warrington Road, Abram
Individual page Robinson, J., address: 20 School Street, Golborne
Individual page Robinson, O., address: 240 Warrington Road, Abram
Individual page Rushton, L., address: 348 Warrington Road, Abram
Individual page Sloyan, Patrick, address: 9 Teck Street, Wigan, Scholes
Individual page Smith, B., address: Wall View Lane, Platt Bridge
Individual page Taylor, H., address: 376 Warrington Road, Abram
Individual page Taylor, J., address: Abram
Individual page Walkden, J., address: 60 Warrington Road, Hindley
Individual page Walsh, J., address: Dootson Street, Platt Bridge
Individual page Wildinge, R.
 
70 of 76 names found
 

Those names marked with image, have a web page providing individual details of the accident, the page may also include a photograph of the deceased. Click on the image symbol next to the name to see the web page.


Memorial: 1908 Maypole Colliery Disaster

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Newspaper Articles


22 Aug 1908  Mine Disaster, Explosion Near Wigan, 73 Lives Lost (The Cardiff Times)

 

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