Melgramfitz Colliery	Index	Melgramfitz Colliery

Location:	Greysouthern 9 miles [15 km] NE of Whitehaven
Map Ref:	(Sheet 89) NY066300, 54° 39' 24" N, 3° 26' 48" W
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Owners:	1860's - Fletcher & Co.
	Catalogue of plans of abandoned mines for Melgramfitz Colliery

Description

Disasters (5 or more killed)

None Found

Names of those killed at this colliery

Please note that this collection of names is by no means complete!

						Clark, George, 13 Feb 1871, aged 36, Coal Hagger, crushed between ascending cage and eye of shaft, fracture of right ribs and left thigh, died the same day; address: Great Broughton [Inquest: 14 & 21 Feb 1871]
						Crief, William, 13 Feb 1877, aged 54, Hewer, killed by a fall of roof
						Halliday, Thomas, 02 Jan 1868, aged 33, Hewer, getting out of cage whilst in motion
						Keenan, Frederick, 24 Aug 1870, aged 19, Hewer, killed by a fall of stone
						Roper, David, 28 Jan 1876, aged 30, Hewer, explosion of firedamp [More information ...]
						Sutter, William, 28 Jan 1876, aged 18, Hewer, explosion of firedamp [More information ...]
						Tarltan, John, 01 Feb 1873, aged 50, Hewer, crushed by tubs
						White, Joseph, 28 Aug 1873, aged 79, Screenman, run over by a waggon
						8 names found

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  more information on some of the fatalities shown above

Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)

  a simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Melgramfitz Colliery

  list of collieries/pits etc. near to Melgramfitz Colliery

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	Evidence given to the 1842 Children's Employment Commission