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Huskar Colliery was a coal mine in the South Yorkshire Coalfield, sunk to work the Silkstone seam. It was located in Nabs Wood, outside the village of Silkstone Common, in the then West Riding of Yorkshire. Huskar was the scene of a notorious pit disaster in 1838. ==Huskar pit disaster== In 1838 Huskar was connected to Moored Colliery, and used for ventilation purposes; it had a verttical shaft to the surface and a drift shaft leading to Nabbs Wood. On 4 July 1838 heavy rainfall struck the area, disabling the engine on the vertical shaft and flooding the drift shaft. A number of children, boys and girls between the ages of 7 and 17 working there were trapped and 26 were drowned. The disaster shocked public opinion and the resulting enquiry led to the 1842 Mines Act which sought to introduce some protection for child miners.〔() Huskar Mining Disaster: D Holland, healeyhero.co.uk〕 There are memorials to those who died in Silkstone churchyard,〔() article at silkstone reflects.co.uk〕 and at the mine site in Nabs Wood.〔() article, bbc.co.uk〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Huskar Colliery」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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