Haw Park pit

[ncbnik]

Has anyone any details about any accidents at Haw Park pit.  It was part of the Walton (Sharlston West) colliery near Wakefield.  I know that after the explosion in 1959 at Walton the bodies were recovered at the Haw Park shaft but this is not the incident I'm enquiring about (although any further info on that would be useful).  Someone has e-mailed me asking about an incident a bit earlier, late 1940s or early 50s.  Anyone know of it,
Cheers, Nick

[dazbt]

Mar 23, 2016 13:23:07 GMT -5 ncbnik said:

Has anyone any details about any accidents at Haw Park pit.  It was part of the Walton (Sharlston West) colliery near Wakefield.  I know that after the explosion in 1959 at Walton the bodies were recovered at the Haw Park shaft but this is not the incident I'm enquiring about (although any further info on that would be useful).  Someone has e-mailed me asking about an incident a bit earlier, late 1940s or early 50s.  Anyone know of it,
Cheers, Nick

re the Walton 1959 disaster;

overtown.org.uk/walton-colliery-nature-park/HM%20CIMQ%20Report%20Walton%20Mining%20Disaster%201959%20extract.pdf


and, in a bit more detail courtesy of Joe Stocks and Bill Riley's original Pitwork web site;

www.dmm.org.uk/pitwork/html/walton.htm#contents

[ncbnik]

Thanks for the links I've already seen them but the 1959 accident is not the accident I'm primarily trying to find out about; it is thought it may have been late 1940s early 1950s.  However, as I said in prev post any more detail, particularly photos of the 1959 accident would be welcome, The Wakefield Express had some but it seems their archive of more than 10 years ago may have gone in the skip.
Cheers, Nick