On Friday a conference was held to discuss what could be done. November 1908 and had not been completed at the time of the report going to press. Thomas Hearns aged 25 years, contractors man. He agreed that much was discussed man to man that did not appear in the reports. The day fireman were James Dawson, James Hodson, Herbert Nelson, W.H. ...I see there are Queen Pit Cottages down there on the right. I remember as a lad walking down a path called Watkin's brow and on the right hand side of the path was on opening to a derelict house which I was led to believe the mine managers house. At the inquest he gave the following account of the disaster: When near the colliery I heard a low rumbling noise and saw a cloud of dust. The improvements were to install a new furnace which would feed on a pure air intake and the ventilation of the workings to be divided into three separate districts. His Majesty’s Inspector of Mines, Mr. Hall, outlined the likeliest causes of the explosion the gas having been ignited form several possible causes the most obvious being a blown out shot or a defective lamp. “Memories are treasures no one can steal; Death leaves a heartache no one can heal.”. Is this a map of what I read was The King Pit? The shafts at the colliery had been sealed and there was evidence that the fire was less intense than at first nevertheless millions of gallons of water remained in the mine, He had accompanied rescuers within four hours of the explosion but no sound had been heard from the men below. Part of Sinkers Row + All of Chapel Row became Durham Place I told Mr. Nelson who had been in my place while I had been away and the undermanager to get the cage from the Seven Feet, then go down to the Seven Feet and if all was right there, to lengthen the rope and go down into the Wigan Mine. There is no record of complaints being made at the Lodge meetings and in fact the men did not wish to make use of rule 38 by which two men could be appointed to examine working conditions on the miners’ behalf. These heavy shots were used in ripping or “brushing” the roof immediately behind the working places. I was born at 2 Queen Pitt cottages in 1943. In the 1881 census Woods Terrace, Church Street, Back Church Street and Church Road all appeared for the first time. For other Murton records before and after the opening of Holy Trinity in 1875, consult the parish records for Dalton-le-Dale. The plan was submitted to the owners and their consulting engineers and they reluctantly approved them. Did the management know this and choose to ignore the case? The following southwestern surnames appeared in Murton and Easington District for the first time in the 1860s and are still present today: Blackmore, Newcombe, Tremaine, Colville, Bolt, Cornish, Hampton, Milford, Nancarrow, Peardon, Main, Pascoe, Trewicke, Tilley, Hemphill, Bray, Spry, Lavis, Dashper, Beer, Henwood, Hocking, Vine, Blackwell, Pine and Jane. The report commented: We regret to have to report that no reasonable opportunity presented itself, where the services of these men might have been effective to save life, and as all hope had been given up of rescuing anyone alive, it was inadvisable to allow them to venture into the poisonous atmosphere. The Employers’ Liability Act was far in the future. It would burn however and there was nothing else. Hardly had coal-drawing begun at ‘Dalton New Winning’ in 1843 when a total strike commenced across the Great Northern Coalfield on April 5 1844. Edward Potter, Viewer of Murton Colliery (Resident at South Hetton as manager of that concern in 1841). My father Henry Travis (Harry) was born there and his brother Norman and twin sisters Elsie and Christine. © 2020, wiganworld.co.uk, All Rights Reserved. The real miners did not arrive until the pit was ready for production in 1843. More than a century on, ghosts of one of Britain's worst mining disasters still haunt the Welsh valleys. My mother was born there in 1922 and so was I in 1946. Anthony McDonough aged 29 years, contractors man. Buildings over a mile away had been shaken by the blast and a dense cloud of smoke and poisonous vapours rose form the shaft for many hours. Some authorities credit her with as many as 21 murders but the evidence for any of them before 1865 is very weak or non-existent. GEE-PEMBERTON – In loving memory of a dear husband and daddy, COLIN GEE-PEMBERTON, Barlboro’ who lost his life in the Markham Disaster, 10th May 1938. Four men were killed in an explosion at Murton on December 21 1937. The shafts were connected to several seams, the Pemberton Five Feet at 410 yards, the Bickershaw Seven Feet at 425 yards, the Wigan Five Feet at 544 yards, the Wigan Four Feet or Cannel Mine at 571 yards and the Wigan Six Feet at 585 yards. During these operations three men were rescued alive and sent to the surface by way of the Wigan Junction shaft.

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