Westleigh Colliery Explosion – Leigh – 1847

WESTLEIGH. Leigh, Lancashire. 28th. January, 1847.

An explosion was reported at the colliery which killed five and seriously inured another five men.

REFERENCES
Annals of Coal Mining. Galloway. Vol.2, p.81.
Mining Journal. Vol. xvi, p.58.

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