Whitwick Colliery Pit No. 5 Colliery Disaster
Date:
19 Apr 1898
Location: Coalville, Leicestershire, England
Surnames/tags: England Mining_Disasters
Location: Coalville, Leicestershire, England
Surnames/tags: England Mining_Disasters
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Summary
- Date: 19 Apr 1898
- Location: Whitwick Colliery Pit No. 5, Coalville, Leicestershire, England
- Victims: 35 casualties
- Cause: Gob Fire
Miner Victims
Victims
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Victims' Occupations
| Job | Description |
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| Dataler | Underground workman paid by the day - can have another specific job |
| Deputy's Boy | assigned to run errands and orders for the deputy who was the safety officer for the mine, usually under the age of 16. |
| Drivers | A boy employed in driving the horses on the main road underground. He is usually 14 or 15 years of age. |
| Holer | miner who would pick holes for placement of charges in underground coal mine |
| Onsetters | Person who pushes full mine waggons on to the cage at the shaft bottom and takes the empties out. The rolley-way is a road or path sufficiently high for a horse to walk along it with the rolley, and is kept in repair by the rolley-waymen. The driver has charge of the horse. The onsetter transfers the tubs to the cage in which they are raised to bank, where the coal is weighed, screened, and sorted. |
| Shifters | men who repair the horse-ways and other passages in the mine, and keep them free from obstructions. |
| Stallman | Sub-contractor in charge of a "stall" or working place |
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