Barnburgh Main Colliery

[3] The colliery was adjacent to the Dearne Valley Railway to which it was connected but in 1924 a private line was constructed between Barnburgh and the Manvers complex.

[2][4] On 24 April 1942, the mine suffered a collapse in the Park Gate coal seam.

Geologists put forward the theory that the downward pressure caused the floor to be forced upwards.

[citation needed] On 26 June 1957 an explosion at the colliery caused the death of 6 underground workers and severe burning to 14 others.

[8] On 4 December 1981, Reginald Canham was killed in an accident aged 57 leaving a wife and two children, one of the last fatalities before its closure.