... A most dreadful colliery explosion occurred about noon on Tuesday at Messrs. Bromilow and Co.'s, Garswood Colliery, which is situate in Ashton, near St. Helen's. The town of St. Helen's was thrown into a fever of excitement on the news becoming known, and crowds rushed to the scene of the catastrophe, which is about three miles distant. The accident is the more appalling from the fact that a ...