FRIGHTFUL COLLIERY EXPLOSION AT ST. HELENS
... FOURTEEN LIVES LOST. A terrible colliery explosion occurred at the Little Dalf Mine, Ashton, yesterday, about ten minutes to twelve The pit belongs to Moses Bromilow and Oo., and is the same one in which a similar fatality occurred in the year 1866, It is 460 yards deep, and is upwards of 1,090 yards in extent. The accident is said to have been caused by one of the deceased firing ashot, The ...