Shipley Colliery Explosion – Derby – 1857

SHIPLEY. Derby, Derbyshire. 4th. March, 1857.

The colliery was owned by A.M. Mundy and an explosion of gas claimed eight lives.

Those who died were:

• John Stabuck miner aged 24 years.
• Abraham Stabuck miner aged 43 years.
• Abraham Starbuck jnr. trammer aged 13 years.
• Thomas Hensham trammer aged 15 years.
• Joseph Richardson miner aged 25 years.
• John Purdy miner aged 36 years.
• Joseph Fowles miner aged 20 years.
• Job Richardson miner aged 21 years.

REFERENCES
Mines Inspectors Report, 1857.

Information supplied by Ian Winstanley and the Coal Mining History Resource Centre.