Donnington Wood Colliery Disaster

Date: [unknown] [unknown]
Location: Lilleshall, Shropshire, England

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Summary

• Date: 11 September 1875
• Location: Donnington Wood ,Lilleshall, Shropshire (approximately 52 degrees 43' N, 2 degrees 26' W)
• Victims: 11 fatalities
• Cause: Fire
• sources ^[1]

(Note- the list of the deceased in this source document were actually from an earlier local incident at Brick Kiln pit, Leasow, Madeley in 1864) More accurate accounts of the disaster, with correct names of the victims can be provided by Durham Mining Museum ^[2],^[3].

" At the inquiry...The signalling apparatus was in perfect order but the men had been let down into a foul atmosphere which had overcome them....the air was so foul that it extinguished the lamps."

Victims Name Age Those they left behind Address Sourced Bio Connected Category Alfred Guy 25 wife Martha (Hancox) suffocation Daniel Guy 17 parents and many siblings suffocation Arnold Guy 17 parents and 3 siblings suffocation Emmanuel Guy 38 wife Harriet and 5 children suffocation James Guy 29 parents, siblings and possibly wife and children suffocation Charles Hayward 17 [4] suffocation James Icke 22 suffocation James Morgan 13 [5] suffocation John Stanworth 35 wife Elizabeth and 4 children suffocation Joseph Wagg 28 [6] suffocation James White 14 [7] suffocation

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Research Notes

birth, census, death records

Guy, Alfred, 25

1851 census record Donnington Wood Alfred Guy 1 Thomas Guy Father 28 Sarah Guy Mother 25 John Thos Guy Brother 6 Elizabeth Guy Sister 2

• "England and Wales Census, 1851," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:SG68-V3B : 9 November 2019), Alfred Guy in household of Thomas Guy, Lilleshall, Shropshire, England; citing Lilleshall, Shropshire, England, p. 34, from "1851 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO HO 107, The National Archives of the UK, Kew, Surrey. (accessed 25-6-2022)

Alfred Guy aged 25 death record (Suffocated by fumes from spontaneous fire in mine)

• https://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/information.pl?cite=Ix7cRlJ2u5X15J%2BUCtjjJg&scan=1 (accessed 25-6-2022)

Guy, Daniel 17

birth record

• https://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/information.pl?cite=HkkokCLn8%2FSKxQu2X60r6Q&scan=1 (accessed 25-6-2022)

Daniel Guy 17 death record (Suffocated by fumes from spontaneous fire in mine)

• https://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/information.pl?cite=czqi%2FN98boKSWr6M8Z6fHg&scan=1 (accessed 25-6-2022)

Guy, Arnold 17

• https://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/information.pl?cite=kZti4UNmePFLMSEcMYvT6A&scan=1 (accessed 25-6-2022)

Arnold Guy 17 death record (Suffocated by fumes from spontaneous fire in mine), birth record -

• https://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/information.pl?cite=rlo5ClBC2%2FFrMLUQKNIT1A&scan=1 (accessed 25-6-2022)

Guy, Emmanuel 38

1861 census record - Emmanuel 23 with wife Harriet 22 -

• "England and Wales Census, 1861," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M7BY-9QN : 3 March 2021), Emanuel Guy, Wombridge, Shropshire, England, United Kingdom; from "1861 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO RG 9, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey. (accessed 25-6-2022)

Emmanuel Guy 38 death record, Fireman (Suffocated by fumes from spontaneous fire in mine)

• https://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/information.pl?cite=9xJbOXkCnb%2B1hEySSdFZtQ&scan=1 (accessed 25-6-2022)

Guy, James 29

James Guy 29 death record (Suffocated by fumes from spontaneous fire in mine)

• https://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/information.pl?cite=hgHvjhd8l2EGomyjPMLcOg&scan=1 (accessed 25-6-2022)

Hayward, Charles 17

birth record -

• https://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/information.pl?cite=J3M0eUEHcm1%2BM7%2BlGAXpkA&scan=1 (accessed 25-6-2022)

Charles Hayward 17 death record (Suffocated by fumes from spontaneous fire in mine)

• https://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/information.pl?cite=xEpxk1sBD6oxRLYKCp8hiQ&scan=1 (accessed 25-6-2022)

Icke, James 22

James Icke 22 death record (Suffocated by fumes from spontaneous fire in mine)

• https://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/information.pl?cite=%2BVbsm2Z5iv8yCkeJls0tOQ&scan=1 (accessed 25-6-2022)

Morgan, James 13

birth record

• https://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/information.pl?cite=eEY0LDAdRCZG4fhliVdj7A&scan=1 (accessed 25-6-2022)

James Morgan 13 death record (Suffocated by fumes from spontaneous fire in mine)

• https://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/information.pl?cite=SEdKTfYoy5M6xHGDVYLsHA&scan=1 (accessed 25-6-2022)

Stanworth, John 35

John Stanworth 35 death record (Suffocated by fumes from spontaneous fire in mine)

• https://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/information.pl?cite=hXg8837%2BpHeZlSZIAmqIpw&scan=1 (accessed 25-6-2022)

Wagg, Joseph 28

Joseph Wagg 28 death record (Suffocated by fumes from spontaneous fire in mine)

• https://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/information.pl?cite=ACWRxC9qlkNrvLdCC9Hrlw&scan=1 (accessed 25-6-2022)

White, John

birth record -

• https://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/information.pl?cite=GFdJul8a03dWj1ZYToh6Yw&scan=1 (accessed 25-6-2022)

John White 14 death record (Suffocated by fumes from spontaneous fire in mine)

• https://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/information.pl?cite=V7cyHuEHM%2ByiMQTl%2FREeFA&scan=1 (accessed 25-6-2022)

Sources

1. ↑ https://www.nmrs.org.uk/mines-map/accidents-disasters/shropshire/donnington-wood-colliery-fire-lilleshall-1875/ "DONNINGTON WOOD. Lilleshall, Shropshire. 11th. September, 1875." (accessed 1-6-2022)
2. ↑ "Durham Mining Museum 11 Sep 1875 Donnington Wood Colliery" http://www.dmm.org.uk/colliery/d249.htm (accessed 17 Feb 2023)
3. ↑ "1875 Mines Inspectors Report (C. 1499), North Staffordshire District by Thomas Wynne, H.M. Inspector of Mines Durham Record Office Address: County Record Office, County Hall, Durham, DH1 5UL Reference: D/DMA 257" http://www.durhamrecordoffice.org.uk/ (accessed 17 Feb 2023)
4. ↑ "England and Wales Death Registration Index 1837-2007," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2J2J-4YV : 31 December 2014), Charles Hayward, 1875; from "England & Wales Deaths, 1837-2006," database, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : 2012); citing Death, Newport (Shropshire), Shropshire, England, General Register Office, Southport, England. (accessed 5 Jun 2023)
5. ↑ "England and Wales Death Registration Index 1837-2007," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2J2V-4SD : 31 December 2014), James Morgan, 1875; from "England & Wales Deaths, 1837-2006," database, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : 2012); citing Death, Newport (Shropshire), Shropshire, England, General Register Office, Southport, England. (accessed 5 Jun 2023)
6. ↑ "England and Wales Death Registration Index 1837-2007," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2J2K-NNR : 31 December 2014), Joseph Wagg, 1875; from "England & Wales Deaths, 1837-2006," database, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : 2012); citing Death, Newport (Shropshire), Shropshire, England, General Register Office, Southport, England. (accessed 5 Jun 2023)
7. ↑ https://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/information.pl?cite=V7cyHuEHM%2ByiMQTl%2FREeFA&scan=1 (accessed 25-6-2022)