Mostyn Colliery Explosion – Mostyn – 1840

MOSTYN. Mostyn, Flintshire. July, 1840.

The shaft was 390 feet deep and when the pit fired, large lumps of coal were blown up the shaft. Eight were killed in the explosion and one man and a boy were brought out fearfully burnt. Eleven lost their lives and five others were seriously injured. The disaster left six widows and thirty children fatherless.

REFERENCES
Annals of Coal Mining. Galloway. Vol.2, p.125.
Mining Journal. Vol. x, p.241.
Chester Chronicle.

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