Southport Colliery Parr St Helens, owned by Richard Evans, closed 1936. Courtesy of Liverpool Record Office MINING

MINING

Mining, Deaths and Inquests

Explosion Town House mine, 1850

Fatal colliery explosions, near Wigan, 1852

Arley Mine explosion, Feb 1854

A trip to Wigan 1858 including details of mines

Stonehill Colliery disaster, Farnworth, 27th Jan 1877

Colliery disaster, Darcy Lever, near Bolton, 10th Feb 1877

Explosion at the King pit, Pemberton, 1877

Explosion in a St Helens Colliery, January 1882

The Maypole Pit disaster, 1908, List of victims with addresses

1st Miner's V.C 1908

Ghosts at Upholland 1913 ?

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