Stanley Colliery

15th. March 1856.
ACCIDENT AT PARR.
There was an explosion of firedamp at Stanley Colliery in which William Leyland was severely burnt while he was working with a naked light against the colliery rules. He was working in front of a partition which fell down allowing some gas at the back to come into contact with his naked light and explode. (Wigan Observer)

Information supplied by Ian Winstanley and the Coal Mining History Resource Centre.