Mining Disasters St Helens

[percy_veer]

Thanks for the information. The year of the disaster and location sound like this would be good for me to explore. I called the archives department at St Helens Central Library to check if they keep records of the mining disasters. I was advised to search through the newspaper articles for further information.

You wouldn't happen to know the date the disaster occurred at Sutton Manor in 1915, would you? I did a search on google, but this didn't help. It could save me some time searching through the archives.

[Tea Time]

I'm sorry, but I dont have the exact dates of the accident.

Probably, your best bet will be to call the coroners office, and ask where inquest records for those mines are kept.

Some of the mines in that area were owned by Richard Evans & Co., which was a Wigan company.

Both Wigan and St. Helens have good message boards/forums. Asking on those will probably obtain you some more information.

[stonechat]

My gt grandfather was undermanager of Hyde Colliery at the time of an explosion

I found much material in newspaper accounts

You may be able to do the same