Shelton Colliery Explosion – Shelton – 1835

SHELTON. Shelton, Staffordshire. 1835.

There was reference to an explosion at the colliery in the 1835 Report in which a number were burnt and four or five died.

REFERENCES
Annals of Coal Mining. Galloway, Vol.1, p.504
Report from the Select Committee on Acidents in Mines. 4th. September, 1835. 2,743.

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