Silverwood Colliery

[2] Shortly after 8 a.m. on 3 February 1966, miners starting their shift went down the pit to board the "Paddy mail".

The accident featured in the local and national press, much of the coverage giving prominence to Sister Adsetts, a member of the Silverwood medical team who, working with members of the Rotherham Mines Rescue team, tended the injured as they were brought from the wreckage.

The unusual feature of a woman coming out from the pit led to headlines such as "The Angel with the dirty face".

When the locomotives and the vehicles were removed to the underground workshops for testing, the brakes proved to be in full working order.

The coal tip has been grassed completely and the once dangerous slurry lake turned into a freshwater nature reserve.