“Unnamed” Colliery Explosion – Shropshire – 1816

UNNAMED. Shropshire, 1816.

There was a report of an explosion in what was described as “a superficial excavation for coal” by which several men were killed and others severely burnt.

REFERENCES
Annals of Coal Mining. Galloway, Vol. 1 p.405.

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