- Works, were said to have rendered valuable assistance, along with Mr Harwood of Eckington, and Mr John Thomas Jones (1828-1894) of Eckington and Mr Thorpe of Staveley, surgeons. Richard and John Fell Swallow were also said to have been ‘very energetic’.
- • Edmund Bucknall Estcourt, Rector of Eckington, provided sustenance and blankets • Edmund Bucknall Estcourt, Rector of Eckington, provided sustenance and blankets for the rescued and ensured they were delivered to their homes.

After the Accident The fire below ground continued to rage for some time after the accident, and attention was turned to how the bodies of Charles Meggitt and Henry Stevenson were to be recovered. Owing to the accumulation of bad air and the inefficient state of the ventilation in the workings, no one had been able to reach the bottom of the shaft. Wooden piping was introduced down the pumping shaft for ventilation, and a large volume of water was pumped into the pit at the rate of 200 to 300 gallons a minute.26. It was concluded that the only effective way to extinguish the fire would be to allow the workings to fill will water, which could be expected to take several months. The two remaining casualties were not recovered until 8 April 1860. Unfortunately, a further death occurred during the recovery operation. Samuel Hobson (c.1794-1860), aged 66, was seriously injured when a quantity of rock and earth fell on him. He was conveyed to 186027. Sheffield Infirmary, where he died on 7 March Inquest into the deaths of Naboth Kirkby and Hugh Bird On Saturday, 10 September 1859, an inquest on the bodies of Naboth Kirkby and Hugh Bird was opened by H.E. Walker, Esq., M.D., deputy coroner, but he took no evidence. The hearing was held simply to enable the bodies to be interred, and it was adjourned to 5 October. The boys were buried at the parish church of St. Peter and St. Paul, Eckington, on 11 September 1859, possibly at a joint funeral conducted by the Rev. E.B. Estcourt, Rector of Eckington. October28, The adjourned inquest was opened on Wednesday, 5 at the 'British Oak', before the Coroner, Mr C.S.B. Busby, Esq., of Chesterfield, and the following jury:

- • Wells, Esq., Eckington, foreman; • Wells, Esq., Eckington, foreman;
- • Rotherham, Esq. of Mosborough Hall; • Rotherham, Esq. of Mosborough Hall;
- • Frederick. Keeton, Mosborough; • Frederick. Keeton, Mosborough;
- • John Ibbotson Hayes, Mosborough; • John Ibbotson Hayes, Mosborough;
- • Septimus Staton, Mosborough; • Septimus Staton, Mosborough;
- • Luke Worrall, Mosborough; • Luke Worrall, Mosborough;
- • George Booth, Mosborough; • George Booth, Mosborough;
- • George Cadman, Mosborough; • George Cadman, Mosborough;
- • Joseph Alton, Plumley; • Joseph Alton, Plumley;
- • George Widdowson, Eckington; • George Widdowson, Eckington;
- • Murther McEvoy, Eckington, a former deputy steward at the colliery; • Murther McEvoy, Eckington, a former deputy steward at the colliery;
- • Thomas Carline, Eckington. • Thomas Carline, Eckington.

Frith Beresford gave evidence at the hearing, along with Mr Hedley of Derby, the government inspector of mines. Beresford said that he had been standing by the Crown Inn in Mosborough between three or four o'clock in the afternoon when he was first told of the incident by John Sisson. He went to the pit and saw a significant quantity of smoke coming out of the drawing shaft. People were erecting barricades around the downcast.