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Peckfield Colliery Manager, Charles Houfton and Garforth Colliery Manager, Robert Routledge, both arrived at Micklefield from Garforth at 8:50 am, and assisted by Samuel Clough they descended the No.2 shaft, and with a little maneuvering they got the cage past the obstruction and got down to the Beeston Seam, and began to help the survivors out ...
In 1835 and 1836, Micklefield Colliery was sunk. A second colliery, Peckfield, was sunk between 1872 and 1875, producing high volatile bituminous coal in the Westphalian Coal Measures.. Peckfield was still open at the time of nationalisation. After the financial year 1965–66, plans began to close the colliery, which was nearing exhaustion.
30 April – Peckfield Colliery disaster in Micklefield, Yorkshire: an underground explosion kills 63 men and boys and 19 pit ponies. [12] 4 May – Daily Mail newspaper founded. [13] 8 May – in cricket, Yorkshire sets a still-standing County Championship record when they accumulate an innings total of 887 against Warwickshire.
The following list of disasters in Great Britain and Ireland is a list of major disasters (excluding acts of war [a]) which relate to the United Kingdom, Ireland or the Isle of Man, or to the states that preceded them, or that involved their citizens, in a definable incident or accident such as a shipwreck, where the loss of life was forty or more.
Parc Slip Colliery explosion – A coal mine operated by John Brogden and Sons exploded. 16 February 1896 South African Republic: Braamfontein: 70–75 200+ Braamfontein Explosion – A freight train loaded with dynamite explodes in a railway siding in a Johannesburg suburb. 30 April 1896 United Kingdom: Micklefield, England 63 Unknown
The agent was the senior colliery manager: the term "viewer", "captain" or "steward" also appeared in older regional terminology. Where the mine owner provided the capital and sank the shafts, the agent organised the development of the colliery, determined mining methods, advised the owner on the mine's commercial management and labour policy ...
Acomb; Altofts West Riding Colliery; Barnoldswick Town; Barnsley ('A' team only); Barton Town; Beighton Miners Welfare; Bentley Victoria Welfare; Blackburn Welfare; Bolsover Colliery
Thorne Colliery: Matches played: 306: Goals scored: 1,061 (3.47 per match) ← 1967–68. ... Micklefield Welfare: 32 4 4 24 39 128 0.305 12 Resigned from the league