Paper catalogues available to view at The National Archives - (279) NRA 38052 Abel Collin's and Labray's charities, Nottingham. Create an account. The auxiliary fan was not running at the time as it had been stopped by Crossley on his way put to the shaft when he switched off all current to the district. Only Conroy showed injury by violence and all were covered with a thick layer of coal dust. Immediately prior to nationalization, Manvers was owned by Manvers Main Collieries Ltd. The report on the causes and circumstances attending the explosion which occurred on the 4th March 1945 at Manvers Main Colliery, Wath-on-Dearne, South Yorkshire, by J.R. Felton, O.B.E., H.M. Chief Inspector of Mines. Northern Mine Research Society | Registered Charity Number - 326704. Manvers Colliery shut down in 1988, and the site was turned into a business park. Stagecoach East Midlands operates a bus from Bus Station to Rotherham Interchange/A7 every 30 minutes. Tom Holmes, a member of the safety department was the captain and held a 2nd Class Certificate of Competence. No ripping was done in the levels or headings which were supported by steel girders set on wooden props. 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. In the top level the conveyor drive head at the top of the 11th slit had been blown outbye and the switch panels and main cable damaged. FATAL ACCIDENT AT MANVERS MAIN COLLIERY. Manvers No.1 Colliery. A pillar of coal 35 yards across was left, after which another longwall face, 120 yards long was opened out beyond and retreated as before. The evidence of Arthur Brown, Labourer, of 2 Angel Street, Bolton on Dearne, and John Westgarth, deputy of . 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. Instead of going down the pit at 10 p.m. to make his pre-shift inspection, he descended the No.4 shaft at midnight accompanied by a shift of nine workmen, four of whom were to cut the 8B North face, four to move conveyor pans in the bottom level of the North-West and one, Charles Edward Leeman, to attend to the pumps of which there were three, two driven by compressed air in the headings of the dip of the North Plane and one, electrically driven at the side of the North Plane outbye of the transformer station. . Known as the BDR Waste Partnership, it has commissioned Shanks and Scottish & Southern Energy, to construct and run a waste facility that will treat up to 265,000t per year of . This had to be signed and dated by the deputies and countersigned by the manager and undermanager. Both these machines were found in theses positions after the explosion. * Acton Hall 1985. Reports of RiDO, Rotherham Investment and Development Office. She said her husband was 29 years of age, and was a miner at Manvers Main Colliery. 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 surface plant was demolished in 1989. 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. Manvers was a complex comprising the original sinkings known as "Old Manvers", later sinkings known as "New Manvers" and a coke and by-products plant. 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. Opposite the bottom of the 7th slit and reaching the top level they saw all the supports dislodged and heard heavy falls of roof taking place inbye. - Estimated death toll: 361. Manvers Main CollieryCopyright L Hirst and used with his kind permission. Tickets cost 4 - 6 and the journey takes 1h 20m. The rescue men tried to get into the top level up the slits inbye of the 8th but were stopped by heavy falls of the roof. An aperture had been made by the other team but it was not large enough for men to pass with breathing apparatus. The Report of the Causes and circumstances attending the explosion which occurred on the 4th March 1945 at the Manvers Main Colliery, Wath-on-Dearne, South Yorkshire, was conducted by Mr. J.R. Felton, O.B.E., H.M. Chief Inspector of Mines and reported to The Right Honourable Emanuel Shinwell, M.P., Minister of Fuel and Power on the 20th. The first shaft was sunk in the late-19th century followed by the second shaft, sunk between 1900 and 1901, and later a third shaft was sunk. The source of ignition was thought to have been due to an electrical fault. I was captivated by the landscapes of South Yorkshire.". Fall of Roof Through Negligent Prop Drawing. The Saturday afternoon shift deputy, Laurence Wroe, went down the pit at 12.10 p.m. and came up at about 8 p.m. RootsChat.com is a totally free family history forum to help you. The fan for the 6s and 7s headings was a Meco EF4 driven by a 5 h.p. From two levels three pairs of headings were driven to the dip. He ought to have drawn the bottom prop. They were connected by four feet of pliable armoured cable. A nature reserve managed by the RSPB Old Moor Wetland Centre RSPB reserve containing the 45acre Manvers Lake was created and the rest of the site was developed for light industry and commerce with call centres for companies such as Ventura (bought out by CAPITA in 2011; CAPITA fully took over on 1 January 2012), TSC, T-Mobile and others occupying purpose-built units. He now knew what he needed assistance and started to come out but stumbled and fell and after crawling for about twenty yards he lost consciousness for some time. It was in Manvers's offices that George Hayes, the South Yorkshire NCB director informed NUM officials of the plan to close Cortonwood Colliery, triggering Yorkshire miners to walk out. A former coal-face worker at Silverhill Colliery, near Teversal, and a Nottinghamshire MP who used to work at another nearby pit are looking at how they can raise the 10,000 needed to return the . On 4 March 1945, the colliery suffered an accident which caused the death of five underground workers. Five days after the explosion firedamp was issuing from the two headings into the return. DAVID SIMPSON recalls the tragic loss of life in the coal mining history of North East England where literally thousands of men lost their lives simply doing their job. the site for mine explorers and mining historians Mine explorer and mining history videos on YouTube Connect with other mine explorers on Facebook. In May 1942 the Barnsley seam at No.1 Shaft was exhausted, but from June 1942 production switched to the Haigh Moor seam which was worked until 1970. Only five of these reports were of gas in the North-West area and on one of these occasions the men were withdrawn. Cart. [2] The colliery complex was closed on 25 March 1988.[3]. 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 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. MANVERS COLLIERY - HUDSWELL CLARKE 0-6-0ST LOCO. He made his way outbye at once to the transformer station at 7th. Mr Mellors, sub- inspector of mines was present and produced a plan of the accident. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Information supplied by Ian Winstanley and the Coal Mining History Resource Centre. In Holmes opinion, this had been done by the explosion. 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. The search for the body of Charles Leeman continued until the 16th of March. On 4 March 1945, the colliery suffered an accident which caused the death of five underground workers. Wild was in charge of the No.1 pit in which the Haigh Moor and the Meltonfield seam were worked. He put the isolating switch into neutral and saw that all the other five switches were in neutral. By using this website you are agreeing to the use of cookies. Buy images; Sell images; Browse 16 manvers main colliery stock photos and images available or start a new search to explore more stock photos and images. After some consideration, he decided to go to 8B face and get those men out. The North-West district was being headed at the time of the disaster with a view to opening out retreating longwall faces on this system and it was in this area that the explosion occurred. 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. - An innumt was held on Thuveday hem. Inline images in messages are the copyright of the respective linked sites. The Senghenydd Colliery disaster occurred at the Universal Colliery in Senghenydd near Caerphilly, Glamorgan, Wales, on 14 October 1913. The full report can be found here. Northern Mine Research Society | Registered Charity Number - 326704, NMRS Records, Gazetteer of British Collieries, NMRS Records, Index of Mining Companies BT31/4041/25797 (1888), Sections of Strata of the Yorkshire Coalfield, Midland Institute of Mining Engineers, 1927, Hill, A. The explosion occurred in the Meltonfield seam which was three feet nine inches thick, clean coal with a shale roof and a fireclay floor. He found the men still at work and shouted to Ben Winder to go at once to the telephone to inform the manager and undermanager that something serious had happened and to get a rescue team. 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. His first impression was that there had been a heavy fall. He waited there until the first rescue team arrived. The first bank of Reyrolle, Type GA1 switches supplied three conveyors. Manvers Main Colliery was a coal mine, sunk on land belonging to the Earl Manvers on the northern edge of Wath-upon-Dearne, between that town and Mexborough . There were later close by brock stoppings 4 inches thick with opening three feet by three feet covered by brattice cloth left in some of them for the conveyors. slits were ever there. Records of the Manvers Main Collieries Limited of Barnborough and Wath-Upon-Dearne, Yorkshire, 1937-1955. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. When he came to he found his lamp at his side, still burning and travelled outbye to the plane bottom where he was forced to sit down and rest. In all probability it would have done. MANVERS MAIN. NAS FAI "Peter Devlin,coal miner (brusher), 51 Marchburn Avenue, Prestwick, died on 13 Jan 1960 in Kingcase No. At the 5th slit, half the brickwork on the left side had been knocked out but the right side remained intact and some of the bricks had been blown into the lower level. 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. On 4 March 1945, an accident caused the death of five underground workers. He had worked nowhere else, to his knowledge. Immediately before nationalisation, Manvers was owned by Manvers Main Collieries Ltd. He was loosening it. This could be explained by reference to old workings in the Barnsley and Parkgate seam which were 162 and 433 yards below the Meltonfield seam. He was not under deceased; they were both on piecework. Witness and a man named Henry Phillips got him out. March and in particular what happened on the afternoon shift of that day did provide some answers. The Manvers Main Co. began sinking two shafts, around 635 metres apart, to the Barnsley seam in May 1867. 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. As far as he knew the liners which had been set were set all right. He adjusted his lamp to make a test for gas but breathing had become very difficult and he did not stay. 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. One in 4s heading which was driven by compressed air and the others were driven by electricity. This work started at about 11 a.m. and was soon completed. The 7th slit was badly damaged and there was a fall of roof in it. Though appearing to pass largely unnoticed . A plane was produced by Mr. Kimmins which showed that the Barnsley seam had been worked in 1890 and left a pillar of solid coal which was again worked in 1932-37. The coroner said that in the was so he had paid a fearful penalty. Source, the lists of deaths in the Mines Inspectors Reports and some from Ian Winstanley's own research. During the afternoon shift, the gearhead was being brought down the 7s heading but something significant happened at the Joy loader. 1 pit. 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. Find many great new & used options and get the best deals for Colliery Mining Miners Pit Check Token Tally in brass - Manvers NCB 1530 at the best online prices at eBay! The system was abandoned because of difficulties with the span of the roof which was over 13 feet wide and was replaced by a retreating longwall system. Adey, A Memorial: Manvers Main Colliery WW1 (WMR 47648), Swinton, South Yorkshire Allott, J Memorial: Manvers Main Colliery WW1 (WMR 47648), Swinton, South Yorkshire Ash, E Memorial: Manvers Main Colliery WW1 (WMR 47648), Swinton, South Yorkshire Ashley, A Ben Winder gave evidence at the inquiry and said that as far as he could estimate, for he did not have a watch, it was between 2 and 2.30 a.m. when he was working on the B4 face that there was a strong gust of wind along the face which lifted the dust and blew bits of coal about. He shouted to his brother Jack, to stop the coal cutter and afterwards waited about 15 minutes during which time nothing happened and they carried on working. Maltby Colliery, one of the last remaining deep mines in England, was closed in April. Mr. G.C. Sir Hartley Shawcross, K.C., who was representing the Company, examined Holmes about the fall and it was possible that the fall had occurred after the explosion. 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. By the Inspector: the outset eight or nine pots that morning. On 4 March 1945, an accident caused the death of five underground workers. In each case, the other findings will be in terms that the deceased died on the 4th March 1945, in the underground workings of the Meltonfield seam of the Manvers Main Collieries, Ltd., at Wath-on Dearne in the West Riding of Yorkshire fro the causes already stated and that the deceased was involved in the early hours of the morning in an explosion of gas, firedamp, in the said underground workings. e) the inadvertent switching on of the power of the cable. Four men were moving the chain conveyor gearhead down the 7s heading from the top level by means of the Joy loader. 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. It contributed not just to people's pay packets, but . I cant find any record of a Manvers Main Colliery death 1936/ William Foster (Yorkshire (West Riding)) - RootsChat.Com 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. Harry Ayscough was the deputy on duty on the night shift of Saturday 3rd March. It had been extensively worked in the district, usually by the longwall advancing system and in comparison to other seams in the district was not considered gassy but there had been explosions in the seam at other collieries. Upon nationalisation a plan to combine Barnburgh, Kilnhurst, Manvers Main and Wath Main was conceived. He did so but could find no firedamp but there was a strong smell in the return. Between 1900 and 1904 No.3 Shaft, near No.2, was sunk to the Parkgate. February 1945. NRA 6876 Acton, Simpson & Hanson, solicitors, Nottingham. The second had Type GA1 switches with one controlling a flexible cable to the coal cutter in 6s heading and the other, with a similar cable, went to the Joy loader in 7s heading. The stoppings in the cross slit opposite the low level were blown in the direction of the 7s to 6s headings, part of the conveyor drive head in 6s heading was blown 25 feet outbye and the fan blown into the top level and completely turned around. Stagecoach Yorkshire operates a bus from Sheffield Road/Taylor Row to Manvers Way/Farfield Park every 15 minutes. He left the pit bottom about 2.35 a.m. to make his second inspection and went inbye by the return as far as the belt conveyor, then through the separation doors at 6th North on to the North Plane and down to the Plane bottom. 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