List of mining disasters in Lancashire

Men, women and children perished in explosions, roof falls, floods and haulage accidents.

Acts passed in subsequent years led to the appointment of more inspectors and increased their powers to regulate how mines were operated and the working conditions and welfare of the miners.

[5] After disasters the first rescuers were colliery managers and volunteer colleagues who descended into the pits to look for signs of life, rescue the injured, seal off underground fires and recover bodies while working in dangerous conditions sometimes at great cost to themselves.

In 1906 a committee of the Lancashire and Cheshire Coal Owners Association decided to provide a mines rescue station at Howe Bridge.

Boothstown Mines Rescue Station opened in November 1933 close to the East Lancashire Road.