Barnsley Pit - EDIT Anyone recognise a relative ?

[woolley]

RE Mount Osborn Colliery

The only one I know of was 1847, fifteen killed

[Redroger]

21st- 22nd Nov 1841, try a Google search for Raleys Solicitors, specialists in industrial compensation.There seem to have been several accidents at this pit.

[Holmemoss]

This web site lists all the coal mining accidents:

http://www.cmhrc.co.uk/site/disasters/

I have a Henry Poppleton and his son Joseph who died in the explosion at Oak Ridge Colliery in 1866 - <Oak Colliery was owned by Messrs Firth, Bamber & Co. There were explosions of gas on 12th and 13th December, 1866. The total number of victims was 334 by the first explosion of the 12th December 1866 and 26 by the second explosion the following day. Total 360. 75 bodies were recovered prior to the shafts being closed, 45 were recovered during the first twelve months after the shaft was reopened and 70 during the past years making the total 190. This deducted from 360 leaves 17 bodies still in the colliery. It is remarkable that all but two have been identified.>

It wasn’t me who did the adding up! - presumably 170 bodies are still in the colliery.

Searching for Mount Osborn Colliery on the above site yields 32 'hits' with dates ranging from 1852 to 1872 with only two for 1857 - William Kaye killed om 13 Feb 1857 and John Marshall killed on 22 Oct 1857 - both by 'a fall of coal in the mine.'

[woolley]

This web site lists all the coal mining accidents:

http://www.cmhrc.co.uk/site/disasters/

I have a Henry Poppleton and his son Joseph who died in the explosion at Oak Ridge Colliery in 1866 - <Oak Colliery was owned by Messrs Firth, Bamber & Co. There were explosions of gas on 12th and 13th December, 1866. The total number of victims was 334 by the first explosion of the 12th December 1866 and 26 by the second explosion the following day. Total 360. 75 bodies were recovered prior to the shafts being closed, 45 were recovered during the first twelve months after the shaft was reopened and 70 during the past years making the total 190. This deducted from 360 leaves 17 bodies still in the colliery. It is remarkable that all but two have been identified.>

It wasn’t me who did the adding up! - presumably 170 bodies are still in the colliery.

Searching for Mount Osborn Colliery on the above site yields 32 'hits' with dates ranging from 1852 to 1872 with only two for 1857 - William Kaye killed om 13 Feb 1857 and John Marshall killed on 22 Oct 1857 - both by 'a fall of coal in the mine.'

That would tie in with the buriels at Barnsley Cem - 61 ? Oaks casualties between 1866 - 1874

a long recovery. I think someone should know 

PS No relatives recognised then

[dennford]

No one recognised, but to get back to the pic - the only thing I can surmise is that they all appear to be surface workers; do you know anything about the photo'?

Denn

[carolanne]

HEY YOU WOOLEY
I've just seen what you have wrote shhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

[woolley]

No one recognised, but to get back to the pic - the only thing I can surmise is that they all appear to be surface workers; do you know anything about the photo'?

Denn

Sorry Den the only thing I know are  2 of the people who were underground workers who worked there

[dennford]

No one recognised, but to get back to the pic - the only thing I can surmise is that they all appear to be surface workers; do you know anything about the photo'?

Denn

Sorry Den the only thing I know are  2 of the people who were underground workers who worked there

That blows my train of thought - but makes me wonder why they were clean and relatively well dressed for u/g workers; I guess something of note had happened or was to happen. As for nationalisation I would have expected several officials to be represented and it was usual when an official was photograped for them to have their sticks, yet none are evident here.

For anyone not familiar with coal mining, a stick was carried by all mine officials from deputy upwards and apart from anything else was a status symbol.

Denn

[Icicle]

My OH thought surface workers as well.

His Dad was an apprentice electrician at Barnsley Main. Going to show him this next time he visits and see what he thinks.