Witness and a man named Henry Phillips got him out. Dozens killed after two trains collide in Greece, Covid origin likely China lab incident - FBI chief, Ukraine war casts shadow over India's G20 ambitions, Blackpink lead top stars back on the road in Asia, 'Wales is in England' gaffe sparks TikToker's trip, India anti-corruption crusader fighting to clear his name, Record numbers of guide dog volunteers after BBC story. As with many colliery disasters, England's deadliest mining incident was caused by firedamp, the mixture of methane gas with the dust-laden air of a coal mine. Manvers Cadeby Colliery Cadeby Colliery Denaby Main Closed in 1968 used as ventilation and pumping shaft for Cadeby, the Pit head baths is the only building that still remains, as you can see from the photo below it could soon be demolshed. Between them he thought they had put up nine or 10 prop. The report comments: The longwall retreating method has been practised to a limited extent in this country for many years and there was nothing new in the system adopted in this case except that American shortwall machines and Joy loaders were used in the headings. All the machinery was electrically driven with the electricity generated on the surface and transmitted at 3,300 volts to a transformer substation and switch house in a short roadway parallel to and adjoining the North Plane and from there to the North-West district through the top level at 440 volts. He then went down the 5th slit to the return where he again found 4 per cent gas, along the level and got as far as the 8th slit where another fall completely blocked any progress. There was a haze in the intake and dust was showing in the beam of his lamp. Payne told the Divisional Inspector and Mr. Joseph Hall to arrange for the Rescue Teams. Fatal Accident at Manvers Main. Though appearing to pass largely unnoticed . Witness believed he had been an insurance agent once. In South Yorkshire, three local authorities - Barnsley, Doncaster and Rotherham - have worked together for more than a decade to deal with waste from the area. With rationalisation in the South Yorkshire coalfield, from 1950 to 1956, Manvers became the centre of coal output from the collieries known as the South Manvers complex that were linked below ground. Winder could not find Leeman and Ayscough concluded that he was also missing but he had no idea where he was. The records are very diffuse and the names in the files have been trawled up by my own researches over about 10 years. The speed of the haulage was about 8 miles an hour. They generally loosened the prop first, and then put the chain around. . It was found at a depth of 260 metres in 1870. Immediately prior to nationalization, Manvers was owned by Manvers Main Collieries Ltd. Alan Wild, the undermanager was informed of the accident about 4 a.m. and after giving instructions to Ben Winder and Ayscough. Recommended Bus Take the bus from Park Street/Market Place to Manvers Way/Farfield Park 21 min 3 - 4 Line 226 bus The inquiry drew attention to the use of auxiliary fans and recommended that: At collieries where auxiliary fans are used the managers should draw up a simple code of rules for the instruction of officials and workmen dealing with theses matters, including the periodic measurement of the quantity of air passing in the roadway at which the fan takes its supply and the quantity delivered at the safe and the person made responsible for taking and recording such measurements should be properly instructed as to the significance of the readings. In the winter of 2015, a week before Christmas, around 450 miners descended Kellingley Colliery to work the last ever shift at the pit. It was agreed that this was possible. He did not notice if the flag of the Joy rider switch had dropped which would indicate that the earth leakage had tripped but he took this for granted. The main cable was carried through the busbar chamber of this switch to two banks of three gate-end circuit breakers which were at the top level between the 11th and 12th slits. this was followed by a flash and the cutting off of the current. he did not go into the face of the headings as he did not think this necessary since no one was to work there on that shift. He was not under deceased; they were both on piecework. 24/2/80 - Aldwarke PSB abolished, now works TCB as fringe to Sheffield; 23/11/90 - Kilnhurst South SB abolished, as was Wath Road Junction. Cortonwood was later turned into a retail park. Witness worked by himself. REFERENCES On 26 June 1957 an explosion at the colliery caused the death of 6 underground workers and severe burning to 14 others. Ollitt, J. E. Kelsey and B.J. Harold Mann, the day overman, received the message from the undermanager at 5.15 a.m. which told him to go to the pit at once as there had been an accident. Interment, which took place on Saturday was attended by many friends. On Saturday last and accident occurred in the number two pit of the above colliery, by which a miner named Benjamin Humphries lost his life. He went along the North-West top level to the 5th. In 2008 the British Canoe Union took a 250-year lease on Manvers Lake. Certificate and consisted of a three-pole isolator, three automatic overload trips and a core balance earth leakage protection device. Tickets cost 3 - 5 and the journey takes 39 min. Manvers, Wath Main Colliery and the Wath railway marshalling yard were demolished, cleared of contamination and landscaped. There was little evidence of coking. The death occurred under tragic circumstances at the Manvers Main Colliery on Tuesday, April 27 of Mr Bernard Deakin (20), second son of Mr and Mrs H Deakin, 18 Herbert Street, Mexborough. Lightboxes. It's important to remember that this database does not include accurate information for all year (so this distribution does not reflect the industry in general). November, p.667. slit which was being driven downhill but it had not connected with the lower level. This includes an average layover time of around 10 min. They closed on 25 March 1988. Peter Watson was commissioned by the National Coal Board to paint Elsecar Colliery and others in South Yorkshire in the 1970s. This rationalisation saved on the cost of modernising winding plants, and ended the need for three coal washeries and other facilities. About Press Copyright Contact us Creators Advertise Developers Terms Privacy Policy & Safety How YouTube works Test new features Press Copyright Contact us Creators . At the same time, No.4 Shaft, near No.1 Shaft, was also sunk to the Parkgate. While part of fall was being cleared from the inbye end of the top level, he was found lying under the top level belt of the conveyor which had been dislodged from the conveyor frame, alongside the gate-end switches near the 11th slit. The total quantity of air circulating in the north district of the Meltonfield seam as last recorded by Mr. Fretwell on 28th February was 34,368 cubic feet per minute when the measurement was taken on the North Plane. John Kelsey, the same. The roof had fallen into a great height from this point to just outbye of the 7th slit and at other places had fallen to a height of two feet or more. * Barnburgh 1989. After being retreated for 55 yards, water from the Oaks rock above came through the roof and the faces stopped. Immediately prior to nationalization, Manvers was owned by Manvers Main Collieries Ltd. Let's move away from painting and sculpture for a while, and have a look at some photography. They were connected by four feet of pliable armoured cable. February 1945. Size: 24x18in Demolition Work Manvers Main Colliery, Wath Upon Dearne, South Yorkshire, September 1956We have more Michael Walters Posters. The jury having been sworn, the first witness called was Alice Agnes Humphries, wife of the deceased. 16 Manvers Main Colliery Photos and Premium High Res Pictures - Getty Images FILTERS CREATIVE EDITORIAL VIDEO 16 Manvers Main Colliery Premium High Res Photos Browse 16 manvers main colliery stock photos and images available, or start a new search to explore more stock photos and images. Inquest. Manvers Main Colliery death 1936/ William Foster, Re: Manvers Main Colliery death 1936/ William Foster, RootsChat.com, Europa House, Bury, Lancashire, BL9 5BT United Kingdom. He had always loosened the first, and then slip the chain round. "Coming from the East Riding where I'm from, this was a completely new landscape. Wild arrived at the colliery about 4.45 a.m. and Payne was already there. No one was left alive in the explosion area so no light could be thrown on what had happened. As far as he knew the liners which had been set were set all right. By the 8th March, it was possible for persons without apparatus to get into the headings with rescue men standing by and to the fan on the top level. . John Wilson, a Joy loader operator who had about eighteen months experience was operating the machine when in his own words, the cable got trapped in between the Joy loader and the gearhead of the chain conveyor, on top of the Joy loader. Harry Ayscough was the deputy on duty on the night shift of Saturday 3rd March. slit and went down into the bottom level to get to the men but on reaching with two yards of the 4s heading, the air was thick with dust and he could just see that there had been a fall on the chain conveyor. On 4 March 1945, an accident caused the death of five underground workers. Reports of RiDO, Rotherham Investment and Development Office. VideoRecord numbers of guide dog volunteers after BBC story. Manvers Colliery by William Edward Leadley (1902-1973), 1966, from Dearne Valley College [Skip to content] [Skip to main navigation] [Skip to quick links] [Go to accessibility information] Art UK has updated its cookies policy. In 1936, a safety Department was set up by the Company which had grown and at the time of the disaster consisted of a Senior Inspector with two full-time Junior Inspectors, one at Manvers Main Colliery and the other at Barnborough Colliery, in addition, there were three assistants at the former colliery, two at the latter and five other members of staff. 16 Manvers Main Colliery Photos and Premium High Res Pictures - Getty Images Images Creative Editorial Video Creative Editorial FILTERS CREATIVE EDITORIAL VIDEO 16 Manvers Main Colliery Premium High Res Photos Browse 16 manvers main colliery stock photos and images available or start a new search to explore more stock photos and images. He thought that was the right way. She did not know how long it had been a miner, but he had been won ever since she knew him. What's he waiting for? Owing to the falls that were taking place and the levels being obstructed, he decided to retire with his team and on arrival at the fresh air base he reported to the undermanager and the captain of the following team. Colliery Guardian, 23rd November 1945, p.631, 30th. They started to work at the fall in the bottom level of the 8th slit. From two levels three pairs of headings were driven to the dip. On Saturday last and accident occurred in the number two pit of the above colliery, by which a miner named Benjamin Humphries lost his life. Crossley saw that the rubber was punctured but he did not notice the exposed core. * Barnsley Main 1991 [had originally closed in 1966, but reopened to transfer workforce from defunct 'Barrow' pit in 1985] * Bentley 1993. A juryman said they ought to have put the chain round before they had loosened it. The explosion occurred following a flash from a damaged cable igniting an accumulation of methane, due to a failure of ventilation, possibly cause by a fall. He thought he was a man, and one who understood his business. It was assumed by Crossley and Wilson that the gate end switch and also the switch to the transformer had tripped. Ayscough said he expected the pumpman to go into the first pumphouse down the plane, look at the sump there and then go to the second pumphouse and inspect the sump and if this was full, to start pumping, or if it was not, to go down to his air pump. Browse 16 manvers main colliery stock photos and images available or start a new search to explore more stock photos and images. Manvers Colliery shut down in 1988, and the site was turned into a business park. To do this Crossley used his battery key which he had been told would do the job even though there were no electricians in the district that afternoon. slit and just short of the 12th., the lower level had reached the 11th. He made his way outbye at once to the transformer station at 7th. * Askern 1991. Between 1900 and 1904 No.3 Shaft, near No.2, was sunk to the Parkgate. The Winter seam was also worked in 1941 and 1942. The Manvers Main Colliery Company was responsible, in 1911, for sinking two shafts at Barnburgh, a village about two miles north east. The explosion occurred in the Meltonfield seam which was three feet nine inches thick, clean coal with a shale roof and a fireclay floor. the blades were broken off and blown out of the casing and the fan tubing extensively damaged and shredded. On 4 March 1945, an accident caused the death of five underground workers. Available for both RF and RM licensing. He made two inspections on the North-West side, the second between 11.30 a.m. and 12.30 p.m. and he found that all was in order and failed to detect any firedamp in the headings. I have personally seen that the compressed air hoses or electric trailing cables are completely disconnected from ALL gate conveyors, face conveyors, coal-cutters, rotary boring machines and all other face machinery. Tom Holmes, a member of the safety department was the captain and held a 2nd Class Certificate of Competence. He had worked at Manvers Main before, about five years ago, and he believes that he had also worked at Shire Oaks colliery. The fan for the 6s and 7s headings was a Meco EF4 driven by a 5 h.p. RootsChat.com is a totally free family history forum to help you. They had drawn 13 in the same way. gah , you are a star. On most of these occasions, the auxiliary fan was out of order or the tubing was partially closed by a fall of roof. The time was about 3 a.m. The inquiry came to the conclusion that it seemed reasonably clear that at some time prior to the explosion there was some additional issue of gas into the headings and it may have come from the seams below. I was captivated by the landscapes of South Yorkshire.". Witness was about a mile off when he heard of the accident, when you arrive there the deceased had been got out, was being put on the ambulance to be taken out of the jinney. Witness had examined the place, and he thought deceased had been carrying too much weight of roof. He tested for gas against fan as he went in since that was the highest point and he thought that gas was most likely to be there. The coroner said that in the was so he had paid a fearful penalty. The cable was not removed from the gate end switch and Wilson did not withdraw the pommel at the gate end switch because he did not think it was necessary. He could judge a left-handed collier meant an inexperienced one, or an incompetent collier. The coke ovens and coal by-products plant were closed in 1981. There was slack cable in front of the loader and the cable got fast on a pommel screw. Some names are shown as "Witheld" - this is for reasons of Data Protection and relates to all records of people injured since 1950. The direction of this running was to be reversed and to install a belt conveyor in 6s heading from the first cross slit to the top level fed by the chain conveyor from the face of 6s heading and that in the second cross slit. The electric power was off, but as it was required for cutting on 8B face and for driving the two auxiliary fans, the deputy switched it on as he went in. Deceased was very steady man, and worked very well. The company purchased the Kilnhurst Colliery in the 1940s but the company's coal mining activities ceased in 1946 with the nationalisation of the coal industry. How ASML became Europe's most valuable tech firm. Coal cutting was done in 7s heading twice during the shift and once in the 6s heading. The three insulated power cores were each surrounded by a copper screen, all in electrical contact with the bare earth conductor. With its closure, came the end of deep coal mining in Britain, and, effectively, the death of an industry that had, at one time, employed over 1.2 million people. Records of the Manvers Main Collieries Limited of Barnborough and Wath-Upon-Dearne, Yorkshire, 1937-1955. After 1922 all Parkgate coal came from No.3 Shaft, which had been winding from that seam since 1904. e) the inadvertent switching on of the power of the cable. Mr. G.C. Manvers workshops in front of the headgear. of 1 Manvers Main Colliery, Rotherham, South Yorkshire, England, UK : Mine Owner(s): 1868-1900 Manvers Main Co. 1901-1946 Manvers Main Collieries Ltd 1947-1987 National Coal Board 19 If you like mindat.org send us $5 to help keep us running! The Saturday afternoon shift deputy, Laurence Wroe, went down the pit at 12.10 p.m. and came up at about 8 p.m. Professor Statham supported the theory the manager was that there was fall at the bottom level of the 8th slit before the disaster which interrupted the ventilation and that at the same time, there was an abnormal and local emission of gas. He had told him that he was a left-handed collier. He had set the props all right. The No.1 shaft was the downcast and was 13 feet in diameter and the No.4 shaft was the upcast, 16 feet in diameter. On the Saturday, the day shift deputy, Frank Dobson, went down at 5.40 a.m. and came up about 1 p.m. The cause was an explosion of firedamp ignited by sparks from a damaged trailing cable. Deputy Wroe had signed such a report for his Saturday afternoon shift even though the Joy loader trailing cable had not been completely disconnected at the gate end box. Manvers Colliery shut down in 1988, and the site was turned into a business park. After reporting to Mr. Wild what he had found, he enquired the time and was told it was 5 a.m. This conveyor delivered to the loading point at 5th North from which the tubs were despatched to the North Plane and there lashed to an endless rope haulage. He got down the pit about 6.15 a.m. and contacted Mr. Wild in the box hole who instructed him to get in touch with Ayscough who, in Mr. Wilds opinion, was not fit to remain in the pit. All Census Lookups are Crown Copyright, National Archives for academic and non-commercial research purposes only. At about 12.30 a.m he started his inspection of the North-West and he estimated that from leaving the men at the bottom of the North Plane until rejoining them would take about 15 minutes and no more than twenty. The cause was an explosion of firedamp ignited by sparks from a damaged trailing cable. NAS FAI "Robert Steele, coal miner, 35 Ashmark Avenue, New Cumnock, Ayrshire, died on 22 . Langley Park Colliery, near Durham City, County Durham, closed in 1975 after producing coal for 102 years. The full report can be found here. Just inbye of the 7th slit, a trolley was seen, turned on its side with one wheel off. The regional headquarters and laboratories of British Coal were situated in the complex. MANVERS COLLIERY - HUDSWELL CLARKE 0-6-0ST LOCO. Wroes first inspection in the North-West was made about 12.30 p.m. and he found all in good order. 1 and 4 shafts need be considered. Wilson went out intending to neutralise the loader gate end switch but he found that this had already been done. Free shipping for many products! Manvers Main Colliery was a coal mine, sunk on land belonging to the Earl Manvers and was situated on the northern edge of the town of Wath-upon-Dearne, between that town and Mexborough, in the Dearne Valley, South Yorkshire, England.Within the complex was the regional headquarters and laboratories of British Coal. The surface plant was demolished in 1989. February 1945, when the deputy, Dobson, found gas at 8 to 8.30 a.m. and three percent firedamp was present in the North-West top heading, due to a breakdown of the electric fan. Manvers Main Colliery WW1 (WMR 47648) Showing 1-15 of 264 records. Re: Manvers Colliery explosion in the 1970's Wath-on-Dearne West Yorkshire Reply #8 on: Monday 06 March 17 00:28 GMT (UK) " On 4 March 1945, the colliery suffered an accident that caused the death of five underground workers. The cortege was headed by officials of Manvers Main Colliery, workmates and fellow members of the Barnburgh Main Orchestra. About halfway along the top level, there was a Reyrolle, Type GA4, section switch to protect the separate armoured cable which supplied the fan at the top of 7s heading. The Senghenydd Colliery disaster occurred at the Universal Colliery in Senghenydd near Caerphilly, Glamorgan, Wales, on 14 October 1913. Manvers Main Colliery was the property of the Manvers Main Collieries, Limited and there were four shafts at the colliery but in connection with the accident only Nos. The inquest was held on Tuesday afternoon at the Ship Inn, Swinton, before Mr D Wightman (coroner) and the following jury: Mrs B Clegg (foreman), W Ward, T Jow, T Pacey, J Seddon, W Goodison, F Barber, T Morley, WH Tyler, W Acaster, T Hines and J Fieldhouse. Six of these men were moving pans along the return road and by the end of the shift he had got a number of men just beyond the chain conveyor in the 6th slit and others were on the outbye side. When Mr Watson was shown the paintings he said: "The memories came back of walking around the collieries. Save up to 30% when you upgrade to an image pack. 1850-1914 From two levels three pairs of headings were driven to the dip. The road was 13 feet wide and 6 feet high, and manholes were within the prescribed distance. Leeman carried both an electric lamp and a safety lamp but this was found at the main pumphouse in the North Plane after the explosion. He could not say for certain. Tickets cost 4 - 6 and the journey takes 1h 20m. The reports covered deaths and some injuries in coal, oil shale and metal mines as well as quarries. . Some years before the management decided to try intensive mining to increase production by installing power loading on the pillar and stall system in the colliery in the Meltonfield seam and the necessary machinery was made available by the Ministry of Fuel and Power. He did not want to be experienced to set a prop. The cause was an explosion of firedamp ignited by sparks from a damaged trailing cable. As soon as he saw the main belt there he realised that something was wrong because the belt was covered with a thin film of dust. RootsChat.com cannot be held responsible directly or indirectly for the messages or content posted by others. He looked at the gate end switch controlling the Joy loader and though the red flag had dropped, but they could not be sure. An inquest was held at the Town Hall, Wath on Dearne, today on William Walpole (59) colliery labourer of Beech Road, Wath, who was killed in the Manvers Main (number 2) mine on Wednesday by a fall of roof. A complex of collieries near Wath on Dearne and Mexborough amalgamated, along with other local collieries on 1 January 1986. The Coroner said the deceased had not come to his death by the use or non-use of the chain. It is sad, but things move on," he said. It was necessary for the men wearing breathing apparatus to work in the bottom level to secure the roadway and make it safe to travel. James Pendlebury, Marie, said he worked with the deceased. The Swallow Wood seam, which was opened in 1971, worked until 1987 when, under a survival plan, Manvers continued with one face in the Newhill seam. The deputy proceeded down the North Plane taking with him the four men who were to work in the North-West and left them at the bottom while he went in and examined the workings. Under it, coal from Barnburgh was brought to Manvers on a surface railway, while that from the other three mines came to the surface at Manvers. The statutory reports of. AditNow. The German artists Bernd (1931 - 2007) and Hilla . After some consideration, he decided to go to 8B face and get those men out. Winder said that on his way up the plane he found that the two inbye pumps had been started and they were delivering water into the standage there. slits were ever there. He did so but could find no firedamp but there was a strong smell in the return. Published: Saturday 09 February 1918 Newspaper: South Yorkshire Times and Mexborough & Swinton Times It was found at a depth of 260 metres in 1870. He had worked nowhere else, to his knowledge. 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