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Apedale Colliery Explosion 1878

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Disasters | Mining Disasters | England Mining Disasters |Staffordshire Mining Disasters | Apedale Colliery Disaster 1878

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Summary

  • Date: 27 March 1878
  • Location: Apedale, Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire (approximately 53 degrees 2' N, 2 degrees 16' W)
  • Victims: 22+ fatalities
  • Cause: Explosion
  • sources [1]
"The colliery was owned by Messrs. Stainer of Apedale and the explosion which claimed the lives of twenty-three men and boys....The Coroner asked the jury to retire to consider the verdict and they returned the following verdict: The men lost their lives through an explosion of gas but how and where it accumulated or where it was exploded, we have no positive evidence to show. We find also that there does not appear to be any blame to be attached to the management of the pit."


Victims
Name Age Those they left behind Address Sourced Bio Connected Category
Caleb Whalley 29 wife & 7 children Apedale father of Frederick below
Frederick Whalley 13 mother & 6 siblings Apedale son of Caleb Whalley above
Edward Smith 16 Silverdale
William Bostock 15 Silverdale
Joseph Braddock 28 Silverdale
William Baggalley 14 Silverdale
James Higginson 35 wife ? Silverdale
Thomas Dale 26 wife & children ? Silverdale
Henry Yarwood 17 Silverdale
John Sanders 26 Silverdale
John Edwards 28 Silverdale
John Stockton 15 Silverdale
William Baggalley 25 Silverdale
Albert Handy 15 Silverdale
Henry Piper 28 Halmer end
Abraham Riley 43 mother & wife Boon Hill
John Taylor 16 Newcastle
Joseph Baggalley 35 mother & children Newcastle
James Mayer 60 wife Emma Chesterton
Thomas Hughes 28 Chesterton
Richard Fowler 60 wife & children ? Chesterton
James Cork 21 parents and siblings Wood Lane

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... ... ... died in the Apedale Colliery Explosion 1878 disaster on 27-March 1878

Research Notes

probable birth, census, death records

Caleb Whalley

Caleb 30 coal miner is recorded in the 1871 Audley census with family - Elizabeth Whalley Wife 30 Frederick Whalley Son 5 Charles Whalley Son 3 Edwin Whalley Son 1

Caleb died aged 29? years,

Frederick Whalley

Caleb 30 coal miner is recorded in the 1871 Audley census with family - Elizabeth Whalley Wife 30 Frederick Whalley Son 5 Charles Whalley Son 3 Edwin Whalley Son 1

Frederick died aged 13 years.

Edward Smith

Edward died aged 16 (or 32) years.

William Bostock

William died aged 15 years.

Joseph Braddock

Joseph died aged 28 years.

William Baggalley

William died aged 14 years.

James Higginson

A James Higginson 26 iron works labourer is recorded in the 1871 Burslem census with wife Ann 20 -

James died aged 35 years.

Thomas Dale

There is a Thomas Dale 22 labourer recorded in the 1871 Tunstall census with family - Emiley Dale Wife 21 Sharlet Dale Daughter 3 John J Dale Son 2

However, there are other local census records of other Thomas Dales.

Thomas died aged 26 (or 20) years.

Henry Yarwood

Henry died aged 17 years.

John Sanders

John died aged 26 years.

John Edwards

John died aged 28 years.

John Stockton

John died aged 15 years.

William Baggalley

William died aged 25 years.

Albert Handy

Albert died aged 15 (or 14) years.

Henry Piper

Henry of Halmer end died aged 28 years.

Abraham Riley

Abraham 40 miner is recorded in the 1871 Boon Hill census with family - Elizabeth Riley Mother widow 77 Mary Riley Wife 42

Abraham of Boon Hill died aged 43 years.

John Taylor

John of Newcastle died aged 16 years.

Joseph Baggalley

Joseph Baguley 29 mine loader is recorded in the !871 Newcastle census with family - Margaret Baguley Mother 60 Mary Hanlon 7 John Hanlon 5

Joseph of Newcastle died aged 35 (or 40) years.

James Mayer

James Mayer 59 collier is recorded in the 1871 Milton census with wife Ann 60 -

James of Chesterton died aged 60 years.


Thomas Hughes

Thomas of Chesterton died aged 28 years.

Richard Fowler =

A Richard Fowler 56 coach trimmer is recorded in the 1871 Newcastle census with family - Annie Fowler Wife 53 William Fowler Son 23 Eliza J Fowler Daughter 20

Richard of Chesterton died aged 60 years.

James Cork

James Cork 17 coal miner is recorded in the 1871 Wood Lane census with family - Elizabeth Cork Mother 53 widow dressmaker Isaac Cork Brother 14 coal miner Charles Cork 7 grandson James of Wood Lane died aged 21 years.

Sources

  1. ↑ https://www.nmrs.org.uk/mines-map/accidents-disasters/staffordshire/apedale-colliery-explosion-newcastle-under-lyme-1878/ (accessed 6-6-2022)
  • 'Ironopolis...' book by Nicholas Moss, 2018 Caxton




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