Willingsworth Colliery Explosion – Sedgley – 1850

WILLINGSWORTH. Sedgley, Staffordshire. November, 1850.

The colliery was the property of Mr. James Bayley. The doggy had found gas in a particular part of the pit in the morning and had cautioned the workmen. His own son forgot the caution and took a lighted candle into the back stall in question. Five were killed in the resulting explosion and four others severely burned.

REFERENCES
Annals of Coal Mining. Galloway. Vol. 2. p. 103.
Mining Journal Vol.xx, p.528.

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