Seneley Green Colliery Explosion – Ashton-in-Makerfield – 1848

SENELEY GREEN. Ashton-in-Makerfield, Lancashire. 24th. October, 1848.

The explosion occurred in Mr. Stock’s new colliery and claimed the lives of five people who were working with naked candles.

REFERENCES
Annals of Coal Mining. Galloway. Vol.2, p.84.
Mining Journal. Vol. xviii, p.504.

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