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Edmunds Main Colliery Disaster

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Worldwide Disasters | Mining Disasters | England Mining Disasters Yorkshire Mining Disasters |Edmunds Main, Barnsley, Yorkshire, 1862

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History and Circumstances

  • Date: 8 December 1862
  • Location: Edmunds Main, Worsbrough, Yorkshire, England
  • Victims: 59 lives lost
  • Cause: Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by shot firing and naked lights

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Victims
Name Details Sourced Bio Connected Category
Baker, George Age 19. Buried at Worsborugh on 25 August 1863, Worsborough Dale, single.
Matthew Bates Age 36 Buried 16 August 1862 at Worsbrough, Worsborough Dale, married with three children.
Peter Blacker Worsborough Dale, single.
George Columbine Worsborough Common, a boy.
Robert Cottle Worsborough Dale, married with five children.
A son-in-law of Robert Cottle whose name was unknown.
Cottle, Nicholas son of Robert Cottle.
William Davy Worsborough Common, married with one child.
James Eastwood Kitroyd, married with two children.
James Ellis Worsborough Bridge, single.
John Ellis (Snr.) Worborough Bridge, married with two children.
Walter Ellis Son of John Ellis.
James Ewins Barnsley, married with five children.
Robert Farrington Lancashire man whose residence was unknown.
William Fielding Barnsley, Single.
George Firth Worsborough Dale, married with two children.
Charles Frobisher Worsborough Dale, married with three children.
George Galloway Worsborough Common, single.
Thomas Gawthorpe Worsborough Dale, married with five children.
John Hartley Age 12 Buried 17 August 1863 at Worsbrough, Son of John Hartley
John Hartley Worsborough Common a widower with one child. Buried 17 August 1863 at Worsbrough
Hartley, Walter Buried on 17 August 1863 at Worsbrough. Son of John Hartley
Joseph Hawley, Age 27, Buried on 17 August 1863 at Worsbrough, Worsborough Dale, married with one child.
John Hitchin Worsborough Dale, married with one child.
Robert Hough Worsborough Common, married with two children.
Benjamin Hoyland Worsborough Dale, married with one child.
Richard Hunt Worsborough Common, single
George Lawton Age 52 Buried 11 October 1863 at Worsbrough, Worsborough Dale, married with one child.
Lawton, Henry Age 27 Buried 11 October 1863 at Worsbrough, Worsborough Dale, single.
Edward Leech alias Phillips, Worsborough Dale, married with five children.
A son of Edward Leech
A son of Edward Leech
John Lister Age 41, Buried on June 17 at Worsbrough
Thomas Margerison Worsborough Common, a boy.
Patrick M’Court Barnsley, single.
Thomas Mitchel Age 21 Buried 18 August at Worsbrough
George Ogley Worsborough Common, single.
William Ogley Worsborough Common, married with two children.
Robert Oldfield Worsborough Dale, married with two children.
Thomas Oxterberry Barnsley, married with two children.
Henry Palfreyman Barnsley, married with six children.
John Parkin Worborough Dale, married with one child.
William Parkinson Worsborough Common, married with two children.
Edward Phillips Yes Yes Yes
George (Senior) Phillips Yes Yes Yes
Joseph Phillips Yes Yes Yes
William Porter Worsborough Dale, married with five children.
William James Porter Worsborough Dale, a boy.
James Radcliffe Worsborough Dale, married with one child.
Radcliffe’s hurrier whose name was not known.
William Rigby Barnsley, single.
John Schofield Age 27 Buried August 12 at Worsbrough,Worsborough Dale, married with one child.
William Sharrock Worsborough Common, married with two children.
John Shaw Barnsley, single.
Joseph Walker Worsborough Common,married with two children.
Robert Watson Worsborough Dale, married with three children.
Charles Wildsmith Worsborough Common, married with eight children.
George Wroe Worsborough Common, single.
Thomas Wroe alias Mitchell, Worsborough Common, single.




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