Durham Mining Museum - Ingham's Colliery (UK) (original) (raw)
| Location: | Thornhill5½ miles [9 km] W of Wakefield |
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| Map Ref: | (Sheet 110 Sheffield and Huddersfield) SE239189, 53° 39' 57" N, 1° 38' 13" W |
| Opened: | |
| Closed: | |
| Pits: | Bye Pit |
| Combs Pit, locn: (Sheet 110 Sheffield and Huddersfield) SE253191 | |
| Owners: | Inghams' Thornhill Collieries Ltd. |
| Output: | 1894 - Coal: Coking, Household. |
| 1896 - Coal: Coking, Household. | |
| 1900 - Coal: Coking, Household. | |
| 1905 - Beeston - Coal: Coking, Gas, Household. Fireclay. | |
| 1905 - Black Bed - Coal: Coking, Gas, Household. | |
| 1905 - Wheatley Lime - Coal: Coking, Household. | |
| 1910 - No. 1 Mine - Coal: Coking, Gas, Household. | |
| 1910 - No. 2 Mine - Coal: Coking, Gas, Household. | |
| 1915 - No. 1 - Coal: Household. | |
| 1915 - No. 2 - Coal: Household. | |
| Employment: | 1894 - 427 (316 below, 111 surface) |
| 1896 - 411 (304 below, 107 surface) | |
| 1900 - 647 (505 below, 142 surface) | |
| 1905 - Beeston - 246 (146 below, 100 surface) | |
| 1905 - Black Bed - 372 (272 below, 100 surface) | |
| 1905 - Wheatley Lime - 125 | |
| 1910 - No. 1 Mine - 391 (249 below, 142 surface) | |
| 1910 - No. 2 Mine - 413 (278 below, 135 surface) | |
| 1915 - No. 1 - 382 (232 below, 150 surface) | |
| 1915 - No. 2 - 441 (294 below, 147 surface) | |
| 1923 - No. 1 - 335 (231 below, 104 surface) | |
| 1923 - No. 2 - 360 (269 below, 91 surface) | |
| 1933 - No. 1 - 335 (231 below, 104 surface) | |
| 1933 - No. 2 - 360 (269 below, 91 surface) | |
| 1940 - No. 1 - 335 (231 below, 104 surface) | |
| 1940 - No. 2 - 360 (269 below, 91 surface) | |
| Seams Worked: | 1905 - Beeston - Beeston |
| 1905 - Black Bed - Better Bed, Black Bed | |
| 1905 - Wheatley Lime - Wheatley Lime | |
| 1910 - No. 1 Mine - Black Bed | |
| 1910 - No. 2 Mine - Beeston, Blocking, Wheatley Lime | |
| 1915 - No. 1 - Black Bed | |
| 1915 - No. 2 - Beeston, Silkstone, Wheatley Lime | |
 Catalogue of plans of abandoned mines for Ingham's Colliery |
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| Notes: | Current Status - Page under construction! and is far, far from complete! |
Description
Disasters (5 or more killed)
| | 9th | Sep | 1947 | | Explosion, firedamp propagated by coal dust, ignition caused by spark from flame safety lamp, 12 lives lost (Show Names) | | ---------- | ------- | -------- | | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
Names of those killed at this colliery
Please note that this collection of names is by no means complete!
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| | | | Ashton, G., 04 Nov 1899, aged 65, Labourer, Was passing along sidings, when was run over by locomotives and waggons | |
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| | | | | | | Auty, Wilfred, 09 Nov 1912, (accident: 02 Aug 1912), aged 33, Coal-getter, He was getting coal at the face when a large "pot hole" weighing about 900 lbs. fell on his back and fractured his spine. He had sounded the roof 2 or 3 minutes before the fall and it appeared perfectly safe. He died on 9th November | |
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| | Barber, Albert, 17 Mar 1915, aged 52, Miner, Working ironstone with a hammer when he strained his shoulder which became inflammed. Died form blood poisoning 17th Mar | |
| | | | | | | Brook, Walter, 13 Sep 1910, (accident: 11 Aug 1910), aged 50, Hanger-on, He was loading the cage at the pit bottom when a small piece of coal dropped down the shaft and caught him on the cheek. A carbuncle developed and he died on 13th September, the medical evidence being to the effect that he died from diabetes accelerated by a carbuncle caused by the accident | |
| | | | | | | Clarkson, Henry, 06 May 1912, aged 44, Collier, Deceased was withdrawing a prop by means of a hammer from an old lift in the waste, when a large stone, approximately 2 tons in weight, fell from a break and killed him instantly. No attempt should have been made to withdraw the prop except by suitable means, such as a "dog and chain" | |
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| | | | | | Ellis, Percy, 09 Sep 1947, aged 54, Ripper, killed in the 1947 explosion, firedamp propagated by coal dust, ignition caused by spark from flame safety lamp [More information ...] |
| | | | | | | Frudd, Milton, 09 Sep 1947, aged 51, Machineman, killed in the 1947 explosion, firedamp propagated by coal dust, ignition caused by spark from flame safety lamp [More information ...] |
| | | | | | | Grayson, George, 09 Sep 1947, aged 49, Byeworker, killed in the 1947 explosion, firedamp propagated by coal dust, ignition caused by spark from flame safety lamp [More information ...] |
| | | | | | | Hargreaves, George, 03 Mar 1909, aged 36, Crane Driver, These men were engaged with others, removing debris with the portable steam crane. The crane was standing on rails laid on newly made ground and whilst it was in the act of lifting with the grab, it suddenly canted over on to its side. The two men were fatally crushed and scalded. The crane should have been anchored [More information ...] | |
| | | | | | | Hewitt, Bernard, 09 Sep 1947, aged 42, Shotfirer, killed in the 1947 explosion, firedamp propagated by coal dust, ignition caused by spark from flame safety lamp [More information ...] |
| | | | | | | Howarth, Clifford, 09 Sep 1947, aged 20, Beltman, killed in the 1947 explosion, firedamp propagated by coal dust, ignition caused by spark from flame safety lamp [More information ...] |
| | | | | | | Johnson, Ernest, 09 Sep 1947, aged 68, Byeworker, killed in the 1947 explosion, firedamp propagated by coal dust, ignition caused by spark from flame safety lamp [More information ...] |
| | | | | | | Littlewood, Charles Harold, 16 May 1913, aged 20, Byeworkman, Deceased and a deputy bored into a miss-fired shot in a stone drift and a violent explosion occurred killing deceased instantly and injuring the deputy. No one appeared to be aware of the miss-fired shot, which most probably had occurred through the shot-firer attempting to fire two shots in parallel with a faulty cable, a weak battery, and the connections to the detonator incorrectly made. The shot-firer neglected to mark the direction of the two shots on the roof | |
| | | | | | | Middleton, John, 09 Sep 1947, aged 38, Drawer, killed in the 1947 explosion, firedamp propagated by coal dust, ignition caused by spark from flame safety lamp [More information ...] |
| | | | | | | Middleton, Stanley, 09 Sep 1947, aged 37, Drawer, killed in the 1947 explosion, firedamp propagated by coal dust, ignition caused by spark from flame safety lamp [More information ...] |
| | | | | | | Peaker, Oswald, 03 Mar 1909, aged 38, Labourer, These men were engaged with others, removing debris with the portable steam crane. The crane was standing on rails laid on newly made ground and whilst it was in the act of lifting with the grab, it suddenly canted over on to its side. The two men were fatally crushed and scalded. The crane should have been anchored [More information ...] | |
| | | | | | | Pearson, Frederick William, 09 Sep 1947, aged 40, Deputy, killed in the 1947 explosion, firedamp propagated by coal dust, ignition caused by spark from flame safety lamp [More information ...] |
| | | | | | | Robertshaw, Percy, 09 Sep 1947, aged 49, Ripper, killed in the 1947 explosion, firedamp propagated by coal dust, ignition caused by spark from flame safety lamp [More information ...] |
| | | | | | | Robinson, W., 15 Jul 1903, (accident: 13 Jul 1903), aged 22, Collier, Died 15th July. Fall of roof coal in a working place. Cause — a slip and neglect to set timber | |
| | | | | | | Sutcliffe, Bernard, 02 Nov 1912, aged 20, Byeworkman, He was stowing ripping dirt, which had been brought down by a shot, into the gate pack, when a piece of roof 6 feet by 2 feet by 2 feet, weighing about 30 cwts., fell upon him without warning and broke his neck | |
| | | | | | | Swallow, J., 27 Oct 1897, aged 63, Signalman, Pushed into sump by tubs which then fell on him | |
| | | | | | | Varley, Frederick, 12 Oct 1907, aged 38, Labourer, He was standing on a sloping bench of a battery of coke ovens quenching coke with water from a hose pipe when he inadvertently in stepping back fell over the edge on to the railway below and was fatally injured. Died in Dewsbury Infirmary the same day | |
| | | | | | | Walshaw, George, 09 Sep 1947, aged 32, Ripper, killed in the 1947 explosion, firedamp propagated by coal dust, ignition caused by spark from flame safety lamp [More information ...] |
| | | | | | | Walshaw, William Henry, 09 Dec 1915, aged 36, Coal getter, His check was in the pit at the end of shift and a search found him dead under a fall of bind. Appeared that he had knocked out a prop with a hammer | |
| | | | | | | Wilson, Arthur, 09 Sep 1947, aged 44, Beltman, killed in the 1947 explosion, firedamp propagated by coal dust, ignition caused by spark from flame safety lamp [More information ...] |
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If you know of any fatalities missing from the above list then please contact us with the details and we will add them to our database.
For those names marked the text of the Mines Inspectors report into the incident is available online. Click on the icon to display the report.
Those names marked with , have a web page providing individual details of the accident, the page may also include a photograph of the deceased. Click on the symbol next to the name to see the web page.
Some of the names of mining fatalities on this page have been kindly provided by Ian Winstanley of theCoal Mining History Resource Centre (CMHRC) and are marked with .The CMHRC is available here.
more information on some of the fatalities shown above
Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)
a simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Ingham's Colliery
list of collieries/pits etc. near to Ingham's Colliery
Credits
Sources:
- 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
- 1897 Mines Inspectors Report (C 8819), York and Lincoln District (No. 5) by Frank N. Wardell, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
- 1899 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 134), York and Lincoln District (No. 5) by Frank N. Wardell, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
- 1900 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
- 1903 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 2119), York and Lincoln District (No. 5) by W. H. Pickering, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
- 1905 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
- 1907 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 4045), York and Lincoln District (No. 5) by W. H. Pickering, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
- 1909 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 5177), York and Lincoln District (No. 5) by W. H. Pickering, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
- 1910 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
- 1910 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 5676), Yorkshire and North Midland District (No. 4) by W. H. Pickering, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
- 1912 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 6983), Yorkshire and North Midland District (No. 4) by Thomas H. Mottram, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
- 1913 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 7439), Yorkshire and North Midland Division (No. 3) by Thomas H. Mottram, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
- 1915 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
- 1923 Colliery Year Book and Coal Trades Directory. Published by The Louis Cassier Co. Ltd., from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian
- 1933 Colliery Year Book and Coal Trades Directory. Published by The Louis Cassier Co. Ltd., from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian
- 1940 Colliery Year Book and Coal Trades Directory. Published by The Louis Cassier Co. Ltd., from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian
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