Alexandrina Pit

1891 - A boring was put down in the Alexandrina Pit, Rainton Colliery, below the thill of the Main Coal Seam, to prove the Low Main Seam.

1896 - A bore-hole was put down below the thill of the Low Main Seam in the Alexandrina Pit, Rainton Colliery, to prove the Brockwell Seam, and the measures underlying it.

1896, 31 Dec - Low Main seam abandoned - Mineral being unprofitable to work

Atkinson, John, 23 Nov 1848, aged 59, he was crushed to death when a very large stone fell on him without the slightest warning

Bamborough, Charles, 08 Apr 1851, aged 9, Wailer, he attempted to climb on a train of coal waggons, missed his hold, and fell onto the line where he was run over by several waggons, and killed

Birtley, Robert, 22 May 1885, aged 32, Deputy, fall of stone while drawing timber out of a jud

Briddick, William, 12 Feb 1883, (accident: 18 Oct 1882), aged 18, Putter, fracture of spine by fall of stone which knocked out some props

Craggs, Thomas, 13 Jan 1850, aged 33, killed by a fall of stone from the roof [Inquest: 14 Jan 1850]

Dowell, John Smith, 28 Jul 1840, Hewer, killed by a fall of stone is his board (NEIMME Ref: Bud-48-12-154)

Edwards, Robert, 01 Apr 1886, aged 43, Hewer, killed by a fall of stone

Gibbons, John, 01 Oct 1890, aged 28, Rolleywayman, fall of stone; he drew a prop while repairing main engine road (he was working overtime) [More information ...]

Greenwell, Matthew, 27 Jun 1887, aged 58, Shifter, died today from blood poisoning caused by a wound to his hand received in April last by a fall of stone

Gregory, George, 27 Nov 1895, 8:55 a.m., 3rd hour of shift, aged 52, Labourer, knocked down and run over by waggons while crossing the branches

Hardisty, John, 16 Apr 1885, aged 45, Hewer, fall of a quantity of coal he had loosened by kirving

Hindmarch, John, 19 Sep 1848, Brakeman, he was attaching a horse to a laden waggon when he slipped and fell down, and the horse pulled the waggon over the back of his head; he died a short time later.

Hodgson, J. H., 05 Feb 1895, 1:50 p.m., 8th hour of shift, aged 20, Engineman, while attempting to start the screen engine he fell into the fly-wheel, and was crushed to death

Lee, Mark, 13 Nov 1884, aged 66, Shifter, fell down and expired while going in bye to his work in the pit; ventilation good; natural causes [fatality reported during the year but not classified as a reportable accident]

Lee, William, 18 Nov 1880, aged 35, Deputy, fall of stone in a loose side jud while preparing for timber

McDowell, Thomas, 10 Jun 1880, aged 15, Station Boy, crushed between tubs and a prop while coming round a curve, tub had got off the way on the endless chain road

Mills, William, 11 Apr 1851, aged 64, Deputy, he was engaged in drawing a prop where the coal had been worked out, was crushed by a large stone falling from the roof upon him, without having given the slightest warning

Punshon, -, 08 Aug 1842, Hewer, killed by a fall of stone in the goaf (NEIMME Ref: Bud-48-15-9)

Ranson, William, 14 Feb 1838, Wasteman, he with two others got into a corf to ride, when just after being lifted from the bottom — the hook not having been put right, the corf canted, and they fell out, when 2 or 3 fathoms up and Ranson was killed. (NEIMME Ref: Bud-48-8-31)

Shepherd, William, 07 Feb 1879, aged 35, Shiftman, while in the act of pushing away a set of tubs that had stopped on an incline plane he appears to have crossed the full way after they had started, and was knocked down and run over

Stott, Richard, 05 Oct 1846, aged 90, Furnaceman, killed by an explosion of fire-damp

Stott, Thomas, 02 Jun 1890, aged 28, Hewer, fall of stone while preparing to put in some timber at loose end of jud

War__p, Thomas, 28 Jun 1847, (accident: 21 Jun 1847), aged 57, On Monday, 21 June, Thomas W------p, aged 57, was drawing the timber supports in an area of the Alexandrina Pit where coal had been worked out. Without warning, a large piece of stone fell from the roof and crushed him. He received severe internal injuries as well as a broken right leg, and he died a week later on the 28th.

Willis, George, 01 May 1872, aged 21, Hewer, killed by a fall of coal