The Huskar disaster drastically affected the demographics of the local area with families deeply damaged by the loss of children. HUSKAR.

It was Wednesday 4th July 1838, a humid, sunny and warm summer day above the pit top. The water swam me down the day hole and through a slit into another bord gate. If we had stopped at the pit bottom we should have been saved. Huskar pit disaster.

His dad John worked on the coal face and his older brother George, ten, was a hurrier. Jane Raistrick, whose mother’s family originate from the village, is a member of Silkstone Heritage Group. Huskar Colliery Mining Disaster in Silkstone England: mining pit floods drown 26 children, leads to 1842 'Mines and Collieries Act' bans women and children working underground; Iowa Territory is organised from Wisconsin Territory, lasting until 1846 There is an inscription on the old monument in the churchyard of the Parish Church, Silkstone which records a disaster in the district. On Sunday 8th July, to close the commemoration, a welcome reception for the descendants of the 26 Huskar families and other guests will be held at All Saints Church at 1pm. Clarke of Noblethorpe.
The children and people were frightened, not knowing what the matter was. One or two corpses were left at almost every home. The rain put out the boiler fire and the engine could not be used to take the men to the surface and a message was sent down the pit for all the miners to make their way to the pit bottom. Kimbilio run four homes and a day care centre in Lubumbashi to help those affected overcome their dire circumstances and build new hope. Moorend Pit. They were taken to Thostle Hall where George Teasdale and a man named Buckley washed their faces and then they were taken to their homes in carts. The pit had a shaft used for pulling coal to the surface by a steam engine and in a wood, there was drift which was used for ventilation. It reads: Take heed, watch and pray, for ye know not when the time is. He was helped by his wife and children who worked as trappers and hurriers, helping transport the coal from the rock face to the surface via carts and passageways. Inside the church, visitors can also see the beautiful stained glass window which was produced in 2010 by the villagers under the guidance of stained glass artists, Tina Green and Rachel Poole following the design of local lady Julie Tyler. The Childrens’ Employment Commission.

[1] [2] Disaster Fourteen had got on before and they had passed sufficiently far to be safe. Two engine tenters became concerned at the amount of rainwater and feared it would flood the pit bottom. This July marks 180 years since the Huskar mining disaster; a distressing and deplorable Barnsley tragedy in which 26 children aged seven to 17 were untimely killed while working at Moorend Colliery in Silkstone Common. After the water had finally subsided, the remaining miners and the bodies of the dead children were brought to the surface where Reverend Watkins and Dr Ellis determined none could be saved. The Huskar Pit Disaster Disaster struck. Hurriers were fastened to the coal tubs, pushing and pulling excessive weights with their arms or even heads. A remembrance service, led by the Bishop of Wakefield, Tony Robinson, follows at 3pm with all invited to see a performance from Old Silkstone Band. The day was hot and sunny but a violent thunderstorm raged from about 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. Hailstones and about two to … The Huskar Colliery was joined to the Moorend Colliery for the purposes of ventilation and was the colliery was the property of Mr. R.C. The pit’s shaft was used to wind coal and workers to the surface using a steam engine, and a drift in Nabb Woods was used for ventilation. The children were washed off their feet and down to the door through which they had just passed. The children, aged between seven and 17, were taken to Throstle Hall Farm before being transported by cart to their homes across Silkstone, Dodworth and Thurgoland. Some of the older children managed to escape along a slit which lead to the Moorend Colliery. Any money raised throughout the event will be donated to Kimbilio; a charity which helps children and families in the Democratic Republic of Congo where some children are still working in dreadful conditions, mining cobalt used in batteries.

It could not be recovered until all the twenty-six had been removed. To Commemorate the Huskar Pit Disaster. The children, boys and girls, who worked in the mine, decided to wait until the engine was working again. The Huskar mine was one part of Moorend Colliery which comprised a network of pits and tunnels that expanded for about a mile’s radius from where we are standing. On Thursday 5th July there will be a choir concert at Silkstone Church, 7pm till 9pm. The bodies had been viewed at their homes and Joseph Huskar who lived in Huskar, told the court what happened on that fateful day: Eleven of us were together and they all drowned but me. After hearing all the evidence and the accounts of survivors, the jury returned a verdict of “Accidental Death”. On 4 July 1838 heavy rainfall struck the area, disabling the winding engine on the vertical shaft. On that eventful day, the Lord sent forth his thunder, lightening, hail and rain, carrying devastation before them, and by a sudden eruption of water into the coal pits of R.C. It had been raining hard during a thunderstorm to such an extent that the water came into the sough of the engine house and the engineer gave the alarm to the banksman who shouted out incautiously to put the light out and come out of the pit. No man can prove it. Required fields are marked, Children of the Dark: Life and Death Underground, A BEARY special adventure comes to Barnsley. After news spread of the loss of 26 children, the nation began to wake up and realise the extent of women and children working down the mines in Victorian Britain.
It was connected to the Barnsley Canal by the Silkstone Waggonway. The water rose against the door and twenty-six children were drowned. Benjamin Mellow, aged 46 years old, examined on the 18th March 1841 told the Children’s Employment Commission: I am underground steward to four of Mr. Clarke’s pits and I have the superintendence of above 90 colliers. Coffins and shrouds were provided by the Clarke family along with a memorial which was erected in the churchyard in 1841. Of these children was Lamb’s own son, eight-year-old George. Both schools have been busy creating gardens made up of herbs, plants and vegetables that would have been common in 1838. Fourteen others managed to escape where they were met by banksman Francis Garnett. Property and land were destroyed. Together with Moorend, 100 children worked down the mines at Silkstone, joined by 70 colliers. Most of the pick-up points are our advertisers – they see how quick it flies from the stands. Children were cooped up inside for extremely long periods without regular rest or food breaks. This year, the 180th anniversary will be the biggest event ever hosted, involving the wider community including the two local primary schools. Local school children will be given talks by author Alan Gallop whose book, Children of the Dark: Life and Death Underground in Victoria’s England, uses the true story of the Huskar disaster as the backdrop to the toils and tribulations experienced by mining children.

At the bottom of the drift, there was an air door and the children went through this. As they made their way up the drift, a stream which was swollen into a rushing torrent by the downpour, overflowed down the drift. The unanimous verdict of the inquest jury was accidental death by drowning. Now that’s a lot of magazines. A tale shrouded in coal dust and salty tears of the young people who faced horrors, not only in their working conditions, but also in death, various local community groups have come together to host a commemoration this summer to keep the memory of the lost children alive. From Wednesday 4th to Sunday 8th July, Silkstone Church will be open to visitors with floral displays dedicated to the children along with information boards produced by the heritage group which discuss the event, the children and families affected, life in the village and the local mine owners. Since the disaster, efforts have been made in the village to remember the lost children and acknowledge the tragedy which has become ingrained in Silkstone’s history. Lamb instructed everyone to stay together at the bottom of the pit.

James Garnett, the father of one of the children, was one who went in after the water had subsided and he found the body of his child.

Huskar pit, which had a day hole leading into Nabs Wood, was a sloping old mine seam which zigzagged to the coal face and was used for ventilation purposes. After starting to research her family history 20 years ago, she discovered she was a descendant of the two Wright brothers, Isaac and Abraham, who died at Huskar. Aroundtown is available at over 200 pick-up points across the area. There are also Victorian flower vegetable gardens with some very unusual names and backgrounds. In 1838 Huskar was connected to Moorend Colliery, and used for ventilation. There is but a step between us and Death. To bring joy in light of sadness, a commemoration has been held every ten years since 1968. Designed by John Hislop, the herb garden is shaped as a labyrinth leading out from the pit bottom to the surface, with each herb dedicated to a child. Vol.2, p.144. I was coming up the dayhole with Elizabeth Taylor and some other. We distribute 20,000 copies on a bi-monthly basis. I am quite sure that the stream had never overflowed before. As the miners worked away down the pit, the water began to devastate the area above. Unbeknown to them of what raged on above, the children feared a thunder clap was instead a deadly firedamp explosion. The water washed the children down the day hole against a door, through which we had just come, and they were all drowned. Women who paid ‘married women’s stamp’ could be owed thousands in basic state pension, Banking on mum and dad’s help to buy property, Andy’s Man Club: Breaking down the stigma of men’s mental health, Yorkshire Air Ambulance: Celebrating 20 years of saving lives, Aroundtown Meets the Nicholson family of Cannon Hall Farm, Rotherham Climate Action aims to build back better to protect our planet, Wath Hall: bought by the people, for the people, Keeping your children busy during coronavirus lockdown, Business Advice: Staying proactive during COVID-19, ATHENA scr Leadership honouree Una Jennings, Your email address will not be published. Lodge’s  Almanac, 1915. Funerals were then held on Saturday 7th July, attended by thousands. Steward William Lamb began to prepare for evacuation. Every neglected call of God will appear against thee at the day of Judgement. They worked by candlelight for 12 hours, opening and shutting the traps to keep the pit ventilated and let the hurriers through with the coal tubs. On Saturday 7th July, there will be a guided tour of the Huskar Trail which starts at Nabs Wood in Silkstone Common and works its way down to Silkstone village. Galloway. Silkstone Methodist Chapel will also be open on Saturday 7th with various displays. REFERENCES Instead, workers would have to be lifted out manually a few at a time.