The Bedford Colliery disaster occurred on Friday 13 August 1886 when an explosion of firedamp caused the death of 38 miners at Bedford No.2 Pit, at Bedford, Leigh in what then was Lancashire. The colliery, sunk in 1884 and known to be a "fiery pit", was owned by John Speakman.[1][2]
- ^ Bedford. Wood End Pits. Leigh, Lancashire. 13th. August, 1886. (PDF), The Coalmining History Research Centre, p. 1, archived from the original (PDF) on 13 June 2010, retrieved 2010-12-17
- ^ Times Past (PDF), Wigan Culture and Leisure Trust, pp. 13–15, archived from the original (PDF) on 22 December 2010, retrieved 17 December 2010