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Aldred, David, 19 Dec 1881, aged 36, Collier, Explosion, firedamp, ignition probably caused by Davy lamp [More information ...]

Aldred, James, 23 Sep 1926, aged 59, Weighman, Crushed between waggons

Allen, George, 19 Dec 1881, aged 13, Waydrawer, Explosion, firedamp, ignition probably caused by Davy lamp [More information ...]

Armfield, Christopher, 19 Dec 1881, aged 36, Collier, Explosion, firedamp, ignition probably caused by Davy lamp [More information ...]

Armstrong, William, 20 Feb 1918, aged 42, Collier, Crushed by tubs - internal injuries

Ashton, James, 19 Dec 1881, aged 32, Collier, Explosion, firedamp, ignition probably caused by Davy lamp [More information ...]

Ashton, William, 19 Dec 1881, aged 39, Collier, Explosion, firedamp, ignition probably caused by Davy lamp [More information ...]

Aspinall, Thomas, 21 Jan 1878, aged 48, Dataler, Fall of roof while building a pack

Atherton, John P., 02 Feb 1928, (accident: 29 Oct 1927), aged 33, Dataller, Fell and fractured rib, 29th Oct. 1927. Died this day

Bailey, William, 19 Dec 1881, aged 21, Collier, Explosion, firedamp, ignition probably caused by Davy lamp [More information ...]

Baines, George, 19 Dec 1881, aged 20, Collier, Explosion, firedamp, ignition probably caused by Davy lamp [More information ...]

Baines, Jonathan, 19 Dec 1881, aged 51, Collier, Explosion, firedamp, ignition probably caused by Davy lamp [More information ...]

Baines, William, 19 Dec 1881, aged 25, Dataller, Explosion, firedamp, ignition probably caused by Davy lamp [More information ...]

Ball, William, 19 Dec 1881, aged 49, Fireman, Explosion, firedamp, ignition probably caused by Davy lamp [More information ...]

Barker, Henry, 07 Mar 1903, (accident: 27 Feb 1903), aged 24, Drawer, Inquiry made and inquest attended. Deceased was pushing an empty tub from the shunt, when a sudden fall of roof occurred, capping two bars and crushing him internally. He succumbed to the injuries received at the Wigan Infirmary, March 7th, 1903

Barker, Thomas, 18 Nov 1913, (accident: 09 Sep 1913), aged 30, Dataller, Deceased was walking up a main brow, dipping 1 in 7, when he slipped on a rail, and falling, injured his left knee. He was taken to the infirmary, and died there from pneumonia on 18th November. At the inquest the jury found that the injury contributed to his death, and returned a verdict of "Accidental death"

Barton, William, 19 Dec 1881, aged 31, Collier, Explosion, firedamp, ignition probably caused by Davy lamp [More information ...]

Bent, James, 19 Dec 1881, aged 27, Collier, Explosion, firedamp, ignition probably caused by Davy lamp [More information ...]

Blunt, Albert, 15 Sep 1886, aged 33, Dataler, Inspection made and inquest attended. A heavy stone fell over drawing road knocking out two props and a bar. Not sufficient bars set

Bradbury, John T., 12 Feb 1926, (accident: 01 Feb 1926), aged 60, Metalman, Strained himself, died from heart failure

Bromilow, John, 19 Dec 1881, aged 44, Collier, Explosion, firedamp, ignition probably caused by Davy lamp [More information ...]

Bromilow, Thomas, 19 Dec 1881, aged 44, Collier, Explosion, firedamp, ignition probably caused by Davy lamp [More information ...]

Bullough, William, 19 Feb 1909, aged 35, Collier, He was working at the face when a fall of roof occurred upon him, from between three slips, capping some props, set about four feet apart

Campbell, Charles, 30 Oct 1908, aged 15, Drawer, Fall of side. He was tramming for a dataller, who was enlargening and repairing the travelling downbrow, when a piece of side came over upon him from a break slip ; at the inquiry it was recommended, that the dataller's assistant should be an older and more experienced person

Caroll, Martin, 01 Jul 1904, aged 67, Dataller, Fall of roof. Inspection made and inquest attended. He was engaged packing a road, and went to an old roadway for old timber to build a chock, when a fall of roof occurred from a slip, capping two props and burying the deceased

Carr, John, 30 Aug 1879, aged 30, Collier, Fall of roof from between two slips as he was preparing to set a bar

Caterall, Thomas, 10 Sep 1877, aged 23, Collier, Fall of coal

Collier, Richard, 19 Nov 1879, aged 38, Collier, Fall of roof between two slips. The fireman had directed him to work at a different point but he disobeyed the order

Cooper, John, 30 May 1874, aged 14, Dataller, Fell of roof in 4 foot mine

Cowburn, Edward, 10 Feb 1912, (accident: 02 Feb 1912), aged 48, Labourer, Cowburn was employed emptying slack wagons on a siding, when a trapdoor fell from a height of 26 feet and fatally injured him. The door was 24 inches by 18 inches by 3 inches, and was part of the staging at the pit brow. It had been frozen, and, when being wrenched up with a crowbar, the door fell through the opening. Cowburn was thought to be working elsewhere at the time. The door has since been provided with hinges. Deceased died on the 10th February

Cowen, Thomas, 03 Apr 1924, 5.0 a.m., 7th hour of shift, aged 40, Metalman, The deceased was killed by a fall at the face while building a pack wall and stowing dirt. The place was well timbered, the props being within the specified distance of 4 ft. The stone came away from three slips and had a maximum thickness of 1 ft. 8 ins. The fireman had examined the place only half an hour previously and considered it safe

Cronshaw, Richard James, 19 Dec 1881, aged 49, Underlooker, Explosion, firedamp, ignition probably caused by Davy lamp [More information ...]

Dawes, Henry, 29 Oct 1894, aged 50, Timber drawer, Inspection made. While in the act of drawing props from under the roof in an old roadway a stone fell from a slip crushing the deceased before he could clear himself. He did not use the gablock and chain

Dickenson, Albert Edward, 14 May 1928, aged 51, Collier, Killed by a fall of roof at face

Dootson, Henry, 17 May 1886, aged 16, Dataler, Inspection made and inquest attended. The journey got off the road at top of incline and the last tub becoming uncoupled ran down the brow and caught deceased before he could get away. Deceased had taken the drag off the journey as it passed him to put on his own gang otherwise the accident would not have occurred

Dunn, James, 30 Dec 1884, aged 41, Collier, Inspection made and inquest attended. Deceased had been told by the fireman to set some props at the place where he was working, which was done. He then went on getting coal and bared a "slip" at the face, when the stone fell, knocking out the props

Eckersley, Joshua, 19 Dec 1881, aged 31, Collier, Explosion, firedamp, ignition probably caused by Davy lamp [More information ...]

Fletcher, Thomas, 19 Dec 1881, aged 53, Dataller, Explosion, firedamp, ignition probably caused by Davy lamp [More information ...]

Garvin, Daniel, 19 Dec 1881, aged 37, Collier, Explosion, firedamp, ignition probably caused by Davy lamp [More information ...]

Gibson, Richard, 02 Mar 1914, (accident: 18 Feb 1914), aged 52, Dataller, Deceased offered to remove a prop near the coal face in order to allow a collier's tub to be taken along the face. He knocked it out with a hammer, and a fall of roof immediately took place from two slips and partly buried him, inflicting injuries from which he died on 2nd March. A gablock and chain was provided, but was not used, and in acting as he did deceased committed a breach of the Coal Mines Act, Section 52 (2)

Gilbody, Abner, 03 Nov 1890, aged 38, Dataler, Inquiry made and inquest attended. Some empty tubs were being lowered down the incline to rest against a stop prop when the latter was knocked out owing to its being too short and the tubs caught deceased who was taking his clothes off in the brow

Greenhalgh, Joseph, 08 Jun 1894, aged 47, Collier, Inspection made. The deceased was working in a widework face in the Arley Mine and had propped the roof about ever four feet when a large fall occurred capping the props and crushing the deceased

Gregory, Johnathan, 07 Dec 1898, aged 27, Collier, Inspection made and inquest attended. He was engaged getting coal in the longwall face when a fall of roof occurred from between two slips running parallel with the face the place was being barred as the face advanced

Griffiths, John, 14 Jan 1903, aged 40, Contractor, Inspection made. He was building a pack on side of the brow, and took upon himself to knock a prop out with a hammer, which was supporting the roof, causing a stone to fall upon him, fatally injuring him

Hickley, Martin, 14 Apr 1915, aged 19, Dataller, Fractured skull caused by runaway tub

Higson, William, 19 Feb 1912, aged 36, Collier, When assisting a drawer to turn a tub on a landing plate a fall of roof, 12 to 14 feet in length by 4 feet by 1 foot 3 inches, occurred and killed him. The propping rules had not, in this case been strictly complied with

Hill, Samuel, 22 Jun 1885, (accident: Dec 1884), aged 23, Fitter, Deceased received a slight injury to his knee in December 1884 through slipping and knocking it against a piece of wood. He continued at work for a time but had eventually to place himself under the doctor's care

Hilton, James, 18 Apr 1918, aged 56, Collier, Killed by a fall of roof

Hindley, William, 19 Dec 1881, aged 25, Collier, Explosion, firedamp, ignition probably caused by Davy lamp [More information ...]

Hodson, John W., 10 Jan 1905, aged 25, Contractor, Inspection made and inquest attended. He was engaged getting roof down, his mate was cutting one side and the deceased the other side, when a portion of same fell from between two slips upon the deceased

Holcroft, Adam, 03 Jun 1909, aged 34, Drawer, When pushing his empty tub across the haulage motion downbrow, he got fatally crushed by two full tubs, which had been standing against a trailer, which failed to act

Howard, William, 01 Sep 1919, aged 39, Drawer, Killed by a fall of roof

Howells, James, 08 Mar 1926, aged 18, Cutters mate, Found between cutter wheel and coal

Hughes, Thomas, 25 May 1920, aged 45, Dataller, Killed by a fall of roof

Hunter, Encoch, 24 Aug 1888, aged 46, Hooker on, Inquiries made. Deceased went into the dib hole to put a bit of packing under the cage without saying anything to his mate who rang the cage down and deceased was caught under it. The cage had been standing about 20 yards up the pit whilst some timber was loaded into the other one at the top and deceased was evidently expecting the latter cage to descend

Hurst, Henry, 04 Dec 1885, aged 28, Collier, Inspection made and inquest attended. A fall of roof in the drawing road which was said to have been safe and strong when examined a few hours before

Johnson, Joseph, 19 Dec 1881, aged 27, Collier, Explosion, firedamp, ignition probably caused by Davy lamp [More information ...]

Johnson, Robert, 19 Dec 1881, aged 15, Dataller, Explosion, firedamp, ignition probably caused by Davy lamp [More information ...]

Johnson, Robert, 19 Dec 1881, aged 49, Dataller, Explosion, firedamp, ignition probably caused by Davy lamp [More information ...]

Jones, George, 23 Oct 1908, aged 28, Collier, Fall of side. When engaged working at the face, a portion of the top coal and dirt fell off a slip upon him, and said not to have been overhanging

Jones, John Edward, 19 Dec 1881, aged 26, Dataller, Explosion, firedamp, ignition probably caused by Davy lamp [More information ...]

Jones, Robert, 19 Dec 1881, aged 29, Dataller, Explosion, firedamp, ignition probably caused by Davy lamp [More information ...]

Joseph, Coop, 23 Mar 1901, aged 27, Collier, Inspection made and inquest attended. He was engaged getting coal at the face, when a fall of roof occurred between two slips running parallel with the face, capping four prope, and crushing the deceased

Kelly, Thomas, 30 Nov 1897, aged 41, Dataller, Inspection made. The deceased with others was assisting to put some tubs on the rails in the endless rope haulage brow, and when the jigger started the rope the deceased tried to pull one of the tubs sideways to get it on the rails when he somehow got entangled and fatally crushed. There were two low bars at the place which were the chief cause of the accident

Kerfoot, Richard, 03 May 1880, aged 53, Labourer, Run over by the locomotive. There appeared to have been some carelessness on the part of the men on the engine in not keeping a good look out

Kershaw, Edward, 20 Jul 1907, aged 47, Collier, When engaged at the face, a fall of top coal and dirt fell off the face upon him, which, it appeared, had not been overhanging

Lawson, John, 06 Jul 1885, aged 27, Collier, Inspection made and inquest attended. The straight face of cannel about 7 feet high fell over striking the end of an iron bar which deceased was carrying and forcing the other end against the lower part of his body injuring him fatally

Lea, William, 19 Dec 1881, aged 42, Collier, Explosion, firedamp, ignition probably caused by Davy lamp [More information ...]

Lee, Thomas, 03 May 1917, aged 44, Collier, Killed by a fall of roof

Livesley, Thomas, 19 Dec 1881, aged 44, Fireman, Explosion, firedamp, ignition probably caused by Davy lamp [More information ...]

Lobb, Peter, 13 Apr 1887, aged 51, Dataler, Inquiries made and inquest attended.Instead of coming out from his work by the travelling road he came up the endless rope road and in endeavouring to pass a full tub was caught by the empties which were travelling at the rate of a mile an hour

Lowe, Thomas, 02 Jun 1914, (accident: 05 May 1914), aged 21, Drawer, The deceased and another drawer, owing to the youth who worked a hand crab having gone outbye at the close of his shift, decided each to lower the other's full tub down a jig about 50 yards in length, dipping 1 in 6. A full tub was connected to the crab rope at the middle level, but the tub was pushed off the landing before the rope was tightened up, with the result that the crab handle was jerked round and struck the deceased on the head, causing a fracture of his skull, from which he died on June 2nd. An efficient brake was provided on the barrel of the crab. Neither of the drawers had ever lowered a tub down the jig by means of the crab and exceeded their duty in attempting to do so

Marsh, John, 19 Dec 1881, aged 45, Collier, Explosion, firedamp, ignition probably caused by Davy lamp [More information ...]

Marsh, John, 19 Dec 1881, aged 17, Drawer, Explosion, firedamp, ignition probably caused by Davy lamp [More information ...]

Marsh, Thomas, 19 Dec 1881, aged 19, Collier, Explosion, firedamp, ignition probably caused by Davy lamp [More information ...]

Mather, Joseph, 19 Dec 1881, aged 18, Dataller, Explosion, firedamp, ignition probably caused by Davy lamp [More information ...]

Mather, William Henry, 19 Dec 1881, aged 17, Dataller, Explosion, firedamp, ignition probably caused by Davy lamp [More information ...]

Mayers, Benjamin, 19 Dec 1881, aged 38, Dataller, Explosion, firedamp, ignition probably caused by Davy lamp [More information ...]

McDonald, John, 16 Aug 1886, aged 38, Dataler, Inspection made and inquest attended. Deceased was taken by the fireman to repair an old road and was instructed by him to set props and bars every 2 feet as he went on as the roof was bad but he set them 6 feet apart and as he was clearing up for another prop a stone fell upon him

Mee, John, 19 Dec 1881, aged 51, Dataller, Explosion, firedamp, ignition probably caused by Davy lamp [More information ...]

Molyneux, Peter, 28 Apr 1898, aged 20, Drawer, Inspection made and inquest attended. The deceased was in the act of drawing some top coal down with his pick at the face when it fell, crushing him against a prop. The fireman had instructed them not to work under it but to draw it down

Molyneux, Thomas, 31 Mar 1910, aged 21, Waydrawer, When taking his full tub out along the Level, a fall of side occurred, capping a bar, which caused a fall of roof upon deceased

Morris, H., 19 Dec 1881, aged 24, Collier, Explosion, firedamp, ignition probably caused by Davy lamp [More information ...]

Moss, John, 27 Jul 1887, aged 57, Rope inspector, Inspection made. He was tightening a signal wire on an endless rope road and was caught and crushed by one of the tubs which was travelling at the rate of a mile an hour

Nixon, George, 19 Dec 1881, aged 17, Drawer, Explosion, firedamp, ignition probably caused by Davy lamp [More information ...]

Oakes, George, 22 Oct 1883, aged 19, Drawer, Inspection made and inquest attended. The deceased and another man were going up the engine plane from their work when the empty journey was going down, and neglected to get into a refuge place until it was too late. Deceased slipped on a pulley as he reached the refuge place, and the journey came on to him. This accident was due to the reckless haste with which the men were making their way to the pit bottom

Oakes, James, 28 Aug 1892, aged 32, Labourer, Inspection made and inquest attended. Deceased got crushed between two spring buffers of railway waggons near the screens while attempting to pass between them

Oldfield, Thomas, 13 Oct 1913, aged 40, Metalman, Along with another man he was making an additional refuge hole on a Main Haulage road in order to comply with the new requirements, the existing holes being 15 yards apart. At the point where the hole was being made the roof half been closely timbered for years, but while wedging down a piece of stone a sudden "crump" or weighting came on and canted out three bars. Probably in wedging down the stone the end support of one of the bars was weakened. The place was apparently well secured, but it would have been safer to have given additional support to the bars by setting another running bar near the ends

Owen, George, 10 Oct 1876, aged 23, Sinker, Fall of metal from side of sinking pit

Pass, George, 19 Dec 1881, aged 13, Waydrawer, Explosion, firedamp, ignition probably caused by Davy lamp [More information ...]

Penny, James, 03 Mar 1917, aged 24, Collier, Killed by a fall of roof

Phillips, William, 19 Dec 1881, aged 32, Collier, Explosion, firedamp, ignition probably caused by Davy lamp [More information ...]

Plant, Thomas, 19 Dec 1881, aged 21, Collier, Explosion, firedamp, ignition probably caused by Davy lamp [More information ...]

Potts, Edward, 19 Dec 1881, aged 23, Collier, Explosion, firedamp, ignition probably caused by Davy lamp [More information ...]

Potts, Edward, 19 Dec 1881, aged 31, Dataller, Explosion, firedamp, ignition probably caused by Davy lamp [More information ...]

Prescot, Ann, 06 Jul 1894, (accident: 05 Jul 1894), aged 15, Screener, Inspection made. While in the act of coming down the steps from the screen to which there was a hand rail attached she accidentally fell and received injuries the following day

Prescot, Edmund, 23 Jan 1901, aged 32, Under-Manager, Inspection made. A tub attached to the haulage, in getting off the rails, displaced a bar supporting the roof, causing a fall of roof, and after the fall had been cleared away deceased was examining the roof above, when a second fall occurred, burying the deceased

Price, John, 17 May 1909, aged 30, Collier, He was engaged building a packwall on side of roadway when a sudden weighting of the roof took place, capping two bars, and fatally injuring deceased

Pyett, Robert, 24 Feb 1912, aged 53, Fireman, These men were inspecting workings in a down-brow beyond an underground fire, and, through leaving the intake and entering workings vitiated by. the fire, they were overcome and killed by carbon monoxide. The deceased started work at 10 p.m., and, after reporting the result of first inspection, returned to the workings at 1.30 a.m. to make a second inspection [More information ...]

Ramsey, Joseph, 28 Feb 1910, aged 69, Dataller, When clearing a fall of roof in an airway between two faces, some roof coal and dirt fell from a slip upon him

Rawson, William, 27 Mar 1885, aged 46, Chock drawer, Deceased was knocking out a prop when the shaft of the hammer struck him in the abdomen

Richardson, John, 23 May 1889, aged 29, Collier, Inspection made and inquest attended. The roof fell in at face of wide-work, knocking out three props. The place was fairly well timbered

Ridge, Patrick, 23 Nov 1888, aged 49, Dataler, Inspection made and inquest attended. He was putting up some bars on an incline and was caught by loaded tubs which were being moved and overcame the gigger who had forgotten to put in the stop props which would have prevented the accident

Rigley, John, 19 Dec 1881, aged 33, Collier, Explosion, firedamp, ignition probably caused by Davy lamp [More information ...]

Rimmer, Richard, 08 Jun 1899, aged 41, Fireman, Inspection made and inquest attended. The jig brake was out of order, and the deceased was called upon to examine it. He told the boy in charge of the brake to go on as he could see nothing wrong with it, he himself going down the brow, when the brake would not hold, and the tubs ran and crushed him. It was afterwards found the brake was loose and out of order

Roach, Martin, 12 Apr 1877, aged 23, Sinker, A "bearer" knocked out of side of pit by the hoppet, fell on him

Roberts, Jacob W., 24 Feb 1912, aged 50, Fireman, These men were inspecting workings in a down-brow beyond an underground fire, and, through leaving the intake and entering workings vitiated by. the fire, they were overcome and killed by carbon monoxide. The deceased started work at 10 p.m., and, after reporting the result of first inspection, returned to the workings at 1.30 a.m. to make a second inspection [More information ...]

Seddon, John, 19 Dec 1881, aged 24, Collier, Explosion, firedamp, ignition probably caused by Davy lamp [More information ...]

Shambley, Joseph, 14 Oct 1918, aged 69, Dataller, Fractured leg by fall of roof

Shovelton, John, 19 Dec 1881, Collier, Explosion, firedamp, ignition probably caused by Davy lamp [More information ...]

Smith, Joseph, 16 May 1903, (accident: 22 Apr 1903), aged 23, Drawer, Inspection made and inquest attended. Deceased went with an empty tub, pushing it downbrow, attached to a crab rope, when the full tub he had previously left top of the brow, without being scotched, and probably not pushed far enough to be safe, started itself downbrow, crushing the deceased against the empty tub. He succumbed to the injuries received, May 16th 1903, at the Wigan Infirmary

Smith, Peter, 20 May 1886, aged 81, Labourer, Deceased, who was a waggon greaser was trying to stop an empty waggon by putting the brake down when he slipped and fell under the wheels. It was no part of his duty to stop the waggons

Southern, William, 13 Aug 1901, (accident: 26 Jul 1901), aged 36, Collier, Inspection made. He had been filling coal into his tub at the face, and when going to the lower side for more coal a fall of roof occurred from between two slips, capping two props, and fatally injuring the deceased. He died on August 13th, 1901

Stanley, John, 19 Jun 1895, aged 34, Collier, Inspection made and inquest attended. Deceased went to assist a dataller in getting an airway through a pack on the upper side of his road when the roof fell upon him from a break running parallel with the airway. The road was propped on each side but the fall occurred between the props

Stott, Charles, 19 Dec 1881, aged 36, Dataller, Explosion, firedamp, ignition probably caused by Davy lamp [More information ...]

Taylor, James, 19 Dec 1881, aged 27, Collier, Explosion, firedamp, ignition probably caused by Davy lamp [More information ...]

Twist, Joshua, 06 May 1887, aged 15, Waggon greaser, Inspection made. The lad was picked up dead out of the four-foot way. He had evidently from the position in which he was found been moving the trucks and got caught between the buffers although he had been warned by the foreman the same morning not to interfere with them. Men have since been appointed to do the work of greasing

Tyrer, William, 29 Jul 1892, 9.30 a.m., 4th hour of shift, aged 18, Dataler, Inspection made and inquest attended. He was assisting to lay a road, when a stone fell from where they had just taken out two broken props. The man seemed to have been rather careless, who he was working with, not to see that the roof was weighting

Unsworth, Henry, 24 Mar 1925, aged 71, Ropeman, Crushed between pulley and frame

Wadsworth, William, 19 Dec 1881, aged 20, Collier, Explosion, firedamp, ignition probably caused by Davy lamp [More information ...]

Wailing, Peter, 19 Dec 1881, aged 48, Dataller, Explosion, firedamp, ignition probably caused by Davy lamp [More information ...]

Walls, Henry, 10 Nov 1924, 8.40 a.m., 2nd hour of shift, aged 60, Fireman, Killed by runaway tubs [More information ...]

Walty, Patrick, 14 Mar 1904, aged 52, Collier, Fall of roof. Inspection made and inquest attended. He was taking an empty tub along a roadway, which was closely barred about every two feet, in the Arley Mine ; when a fall of roof occurred, knocking down seven bars, and fatally injuring deceased

Webb, James, 27 May 1906, (accident: 24 May 1906), aged 17, Haulage-hand, Inspection made and inquest attended. Deceased was in the endless rope haulage level, and appears to have stepped to the full road to let some colliers pass him, when two full tubs came along, which crushed him against some wooden bearers, supporting the haulage pulleys. He expired May 27, 1906

Westhead, Joseph, 19 Dec 1881, aged 29, Hooker on, Explosion, firedamp, ignition probably caused by Davy lamp [More information ...]

Whittle, Robert, 23 Apr 1918, aged 18, Metalman, Killed by a fall of stone

Wilcock, Aquila, 30 Apr 1878, aged 23, Drawer, Crushed between waggon buffers. Was standing between the waggons unknown to the brakesman whilst shunting was going on

Williams, James, 17 Apr 1920, aged 19, Haulage hand, Injury to head by haulage rope

Williamson, Thomas, 27 Nov 1886, aged 47, Dataler, Inquest attended. Deceased was getting into the cage to go down with the underlooker and others early in the morning when the engineman started without a signal and he was crushed against the flat sheets. The engineman said he heard them shout let down but the witnesses denied that this was so

Wood, James Henry, 15 Oct 1910, aged 16, Haulage hand, He was caught between full tubs when bending down to unhook chain from tub on endless haulage level

Worthington, Terrance, 10 Mar 1926, aged 42, Cutters mate, Struck by falling bar - killed instantly

Wright, Christopher, 13 Nov 1914, (accident: 09 Nov 1914), aged 64, Collier, Deceased was holing in the coal at the face, when a large stone fell from the roof and pinned him to the floor, inflicting injuries from which he died on 13th November. The stone parted from a slip close to and parallel with the coal face, and broke off at the edge of the roof bar next the face. Owing to the numerous breaks parallel to the face the use of bars at right angles to the coal face would have accorded greater protection

Wright, Robert, 02 Oct 1917, aged 41, Collier, Killed by a fall of stone

Yates, John, 16 Jul 1883, aged 21, Drawer, Inspection made. A piece of top coal fell over at loose end of the working place, striking the deceased. The place was fairly well timbered, and there did not appear to have been any negligence