(8) At Bickershaw Colliery the Plodder Seam was developed in a south easterly direction on a line of almost full dip at an average gradient of 1 in 7. The explosion occurred at one end of the 140-yard-long No.2 face of the Union seam, 250 yards below ground at the 100-year old pit. Bickershaw Colliery Last updated February 27, 2020. Sixteen miners were killed by a coal explosion at Hapton Valley Colliery, Friday 23rd March 1962. Numbers 1 and 2 Shafts serve one part of the mine, and Nos. Full colour illustration. By 1959 a large amount of extraction had taken place and large goaf areas formed. Discover (and save!) List of Disasters. In 1973 works started on transforming the colliery into a “NCB Super Pit”, completed in 1976, it linked Bickershaw underground with the neighbouring Parsonage and Golborne collieries. His photo is with the others in the book about this. The colliery closed in 1959. Progress was by a developing face to the dip with wing faces advancing east and west respectively. A further 21 men were injured. The colliery was active from 1912 to 1970. Wed 6 May 2020, 11:15am; lock lass: Good morning everyone.

Yesterday at 5:55 AM; lock lass: Good morning everyone, hope you all had nice celebrations yesterday. Many coal mining disasters of the early 20th century were covered by the photographer Warner Gothard of Barnsley. 1, 2, 3 and 4 Colliery Explosion, 10th October 1959 plan by NottsExMiner 1 Bignall Hill Colliery Explosion, 25th November 1911 by NottsExMiner Astley Green Colliery, Wigan. Buy Photographs Collectable Mining Memorabilia and get the best deals at the lowest prices on eBay! The full report can be found here. This is a list of mining accidents in the historic county of Lancashire at which five or more people were killed. Bickershaw Colliery was a coal mine, located at Westleigh, in Leigh, then within the historic county boundaries of Lancashire, England.


(8) At Bickershaw Colliery the Plodder Seam was developed in a south easterly direction on a line of almost full dip at an average gradient of 1 in 7. Lancashire Pit Disaster. Bickershaw Colliery. Many coal mining disasters of the early 20th century were covered by the photographer Warner Gothard of Barnsley. Wed 6 May 2020, 5:51am; lock lass: Good morning everyone. Bickershaw Nos. 3 and 4 the other. On the 10th October 1959 five men died from Carbon Monoxide that leaked out from an explosion in an abandoned district. Bickershaw Colliery. H.M. Divisional/nspeetor of Mines and Quarries Presented to Parliament by the Minister 0/ Power The colliery had a mining history that spanned over 150 years. List of mining disasters in Lancashire Last updated October 02, 2019 Monument to the Pretoria Pit disaster in which 344 men died in 1910 Fundraising postcard issued after the Maypole Colliery disaster. This is a list of mining accidents in the historic county of Lancashire at which five or more … your own Pins on Pinterest To be classified as a disaster, an accident or explosion at a mine has to claim at least ten lives. Great Savings Free Delivery / Collection on many items (1) In accordance with your direction given under the terms of Section 121 of the Mines and Quarries Act, 1954, I beg to report on the explosion which occurred behind stoppings in the Plodder Seam at Bickershaw Colliery on the afternoon shift of the 10th October, 1959, when five persons were killed.

M ining disasters in Lancashire in which five or more people were killed occurred most frequently in the 1850s, 1860s and 1870s. Bickershaw Colliery is served by four shafts, numbered 1, 2, 3 and 4.