Ashton's Green Colliery

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Anders, Henry, 18 May 1892, 2.30 p.m., 9th hour of shift, aged 53, Daywageman, Inspection made and inquest attended. When clearing a fall on a roadway, a stone fell on the deceased ; there should have been a bar set to secure the roof

Arnold, Robert, 31 Jan 1918, aged 26, Collier, Killed by a fall of roof

Ashton, James, 11 Sep 1907, aged 21, Drawer, When bringing his tub out to the downbrow shunt, a fall of roof occurred upon the deceased. It was recommended at the inquiry that the shunt should be barred

Atherton, Joseph, 06 Jul 1879, aged 78, Horsekeeper, When ascending the pit he, by some unexplained means, caught his head against a bearer and was decapitated

Austin, Thomas, 23 Sep 1927, aged 52, Collier, Cut eye and head by piece of coal. Died from septicemia

Austin, Thomas, 30 Sep 1927, (accident: 23 Sep 1927), Fall of roof — leg fractured. Sent to hospital. Died 30th Sept

Banks, George, 12 Dec 1909, aged 33, Roadman, When engaged filling dirt into the haulage gang from side of downbrow, he got fatally crushed by the tubs, through the gang starting, owing to a fall on the signal (electric) wires, which made the electric bell ring. Code of signals to be changed

Bate, Henry, 01 Jan 1910, aged 38, Miner, While engaged clearing debris on a scaffold in the shaft, the scaffold give way, and deceased fell a distance of twenty yards into water, and was drowned

Birchall, John, 14 Nov 1907, aged 60, Collier, Deceased was fatally crushed at the mouth of an endway by some full tubs of the haulage journey getting off the rails, when he was on his way out to the pit shaft. At the inquiry it was suggested that the haulage should be stopped a longer period, to enable the men to reach the shaft

Bridge, James, 22 Apr 1901, aged 28, Wagoner, Inspection made and inquest attended. Deceased with three other persons got in a manhole to let tbe full journey pass uphill, when a coupling broke and the tubs ran back, and getting off the rails knocked out three bars opposite the manhole, causing a fall of roof, which killed the deceased. The manhole was not sufficiently set back

Brown, James, 19 Nov 1879, aged 22, Collier, As he was lowering a tub down an incline the break rim smashed and the brake handle flew back striking him

Buckley, Albert, 01 Aug 1924, 11.0 a.m., 5th hour of shift, aged 23, Collier, While working at the face, getting down coal opposite a roadhead, the deceased was killed by a stone which measured 9 ft, 9 ins. long, 4 ft. 3 ins, wide and 2 it. 6 ins. thick. In its fall it displaced two props set for its support. The place was said to have been well propped, there being four props in line within a distance of 4 ft. The stone fell away from two roof breaks, one of which was 2 ft. from the coal and the other about 6 ins. on to the coal. The fireman had tested this particular portion of the roof only 30 minutes previously

Buckley, Joseph, 16 Dec 1903, aged 41, Lowerer, Inspection made. He appears to have asked his mate to let two waggons down so as to bump two other ones out from under the screens. After this had been done, he stepped between to push the front ones ; when the others followed on, and crushed him between the buffers. Deceased had put a scotch on the line to stop the latter ones, but one came over it

Burrows, Henry, 29 Nov 1890, (accident: 03 Nov 1890), aged 16, Pony driver, Died 29th Nov. from injuries said to have been received when lifting a box

Burrows, William, 02 Nov 1927, Finger crushed by stone — went septic. Residence: 304 Watery Lane

Cartwright, John, 14 Feb 1921, aged 21, Roadman, Killed by runaway tubs

Cooper, John, 22 May 1909, aged 43, Painter, When engaged painting the head gear he appeared to have accidentally fallen on to the pit brow. He succumbed to the injuries received the same day

Corrigan, John, 21 Apr 1897, aged 28, Collier, Inspection made and inquest attended. He had allowed the clod to overhang the coal face without securely propping it when a portion of it fell upon the deceased from a break. Otherwise the place was well timbered

Corrigan, Robert, 03 Sep 1896, aged 52, Collier, Inspection made and inquest attended. A fall of rock roof occurred in the wide-work face capping a prop and crushing the deceased. The fireman had drawn his attention to the roof an hour previously and had asked him to timber it

Cowley, William, 08 Oct 1898, aged 26, Collier, Inspection made and inquest attended. The night-banksman had left his post and went to turn steam on at the boilers leaving an empty tub unsecured in the cage top of pit. The winder receiving a signal from pit bottom that men wanted to ascend started to wind the two men up without having a signal from the banksman when the empty tub fell out of the descending cage and struck the lower cage causing the deceased to fall to the bottom of the shaft and was killed

Cunliffe, William, 25 Sep 1896, aged 25, Collier, Inspection made and inquest attended. They were walking down the haulage downbrow to their work when a portion of the roof gave way nearly a foot thick burying the deceased. There was a joint at that point had not been timbered. The officials had seen no signs of it giving way. The wide work was approaching this part on the lower side which must have caused a sudden crush of the roof over the brow. At the inquest it was recommended that the roadway should be barred [More information ...]

Cunningham, William, 23 Feb 1916, aged 14, Haulage lad, Head and shoulders crushed by tubs

Davies, -, 15 Mar 1929, (accident: 13 Mar 1929), Fall of stone — sent to hospital. Residence: Died 15th Mar. Residence: 1929

Davies, James, 15 Mar 1929, (accident: 13 Mar 1929), aged 51, Dataller, Fall of roof — head injured and fractured thigh. Died 15th

Dearden, Thomas, 21 Dec 1895, (accident: 17 Dec 1895), aged 20, Collier, Inspection made. The deceased was sitting down at the top of a balance brow when a slab of rock fell upon him from the roof fracturing his skull. The fireman had been there half an hour previously but failed to detect the danger. He succumbed to the injuries received on the 21st

Dearden, W., 18 Jun 1906, aged 26, Shunt-minder, Inspection made and inquest attended. He was found under a journey of full tubs, coming up the brow ; nobody witnessed the accident, but probably he was trying to put one of the tubs on the rails when in motion, and got run over

Devine, Martin, 06 Nov 1916, aged 24, Metalman, Killed by a fall of stone

Eden, David, 20 Dec 1897, aged 30, Collier, Inspection made and inquest attended. He was bringing a tub of coal when a fall of roof occurred opposite two road ends capping three bars and burying the deceased. The roadway at that point ought to have been specially strengthened

Etches, Henry, 16 Feb 1918, aged 44, Roadman, Killed by runaway tubs

Fildes, Henry, 13 Jan 1898, (accident: 12 Jan 1898), aged 21, Collier, Inspection made and inquest attended. The deceased had been holing in the coal and had set two sprags when a piece from the loose end fell on him which he had not made secure. He succumbed to the injuries received the following day

Forshaw, William, 11 Dec 1900, aged 21, Daywageman, Inspection made. He was clearing up some dirt by the side of main down-brow, when a stone from the upper part of the side fell upon him. The bars here were 15 feet apart. The side was not supported by timber, and he was crushed

France, Henry, 05 Nov 1887, aged 63, Dataler, Inspection made. Deceased was putting on his clothes after finishing his work in the main return air road when a heavy fall of roof came knocking out for or five props and one of the stones felling on the higher side pack slipped off and caught him

Francis, Alfred, 20 Nov 1917, aged 15, Haualge boy, Caught by runaway tub — internal injuries

Frodsham, Thomas, 24 Feb 1875, aged 54, Dataler, Fall of roof

Garnett, Austin, 04 Jun 1912, aged 21, Drawer, Deceased was engaged filling a tub of coal near the face when a stone, 4 feet by 3 feet 2 inches by 8 inches, fell from a slip in the roof, displacing a prop, and killed him

Gleave, Albert, 20 Mar 1920, aged 35, Collier, Fall of coal — fractured skull

Goulding, John, 22 Jan 1901, aged 47, Daywageman, Inspection made and inquest attended. There had been a large fall on a main road, and the deceased and another person were engaged clearing it, and barring. They worked ahead of the front bar under bad roof, and eventually a stone fell, killing the deceased. Cause — working under unsupported roof

Greenough, William, 26 Jul 1893, aged 21, Collier, Inspection made and inquest attended. The deceased was working at the face when a fall of roof occurred from between two slips they had neglected to keep their props set near the face

Griffith, Thomas, 22 Nov 1886, aged 60, Collier, Inspection made and inquest attended. This man was splitting a narrow pillar and had set a line of props in the middle of his driving about 4ft. apart. The coal was very thin on one side against the old works and the props proved insufficient to carry the roof and it came down bodily. The place ought to have been barred

Grimes, Richard, 16 Mar 1876, aged 40, Labourer, Struck on head by winch handle

Hamer, William, 18 Dec 1909, aged 44, Daywageman, When engaged repairing, a heavy fall of roof occurred upon them, knocking out several bars. The roof falling up to a seam above, a distance of eight yards. The strata being wet was probably the cause of the fall, as the bars were set about three feet apart [More information ...]

Hampson, Peter, 13 Oct 1857, Hooker on, Run over by a loaded wagon

Handforth, Harry, 24 Oct 1916, (accident: 10 Oct 1916), aged 30, Coaler, Spine fractured by fall. Died 24th

Heyes, Ellen, 17 Jan 1920, aged 37, Scrubber, Crushed between waggons while fetching coals. Female

Higgins, Patrick, 18 Dec 1913, aged 50, Contractor's man, Deceased was trailing two 6-feet rails down a haulage brow, when a stone about 4 feet square and 7 inches thick dropped from the roof and crushed him. He was found doubled up in a crouching position and had probably been suffocated. The haulage road was also the return airway, and the stone was damp and had fallen away at a slip running diagonally towards a refuge hole. The road had been in use about 15 months, and although no timber was actually under the stone, there were two supports close to it at the side

Hill, William, 14 Feb 1884, aged 43, Collier, Inspection made and inquest attended. Deceased was getting out the lower portion of the seam, when an overhanging piece of the top coal, which he had failed in getting, down fell over the sprag on to him

Horrocks, Samuel, 01 Apr 1924, 4.10 p.m., 10th hour of shift, aged 37, Deputy, Killed by a fall of roof [More information ...]

Horseley, Edward, 29 Feb 1916, aged 15, Drawer, Crushed between a fallen bar and a full tub

Howard, Richard, 17 Oct 1899, aged 53, Daywageman, Inspection made and inquest attended. The shunt minder omitted to turn the points, which caused the empty journey of nine boxes coming downbrow to run into four loaded boxes set against a scotch prop. The prop was broken and the boxes ran to the bottom of the brow, crushing the deceased. The jury condemned the management at the inquiry, and fault was found with the kind of sprag used

Howe, Thomas, 11 Dec 1893, aged 30, Collier, Inspection made and inquest attended. A piece of coal fell on the deceased when he was in the act of filling a tub. The seam was 5 feet thick with a parting 2 feet from the top. It was part of the top section that fell it having been allowed to overhang

Hughes, Lloyd, 04 May 1895, aged 28, Contractor, Inspection made and inquest attended. This accident was caused through deceased and others being sent to clean out the sump at bottom of shaft without any special examination made previous to them going. A piece of brick fell from side of shaft and struck the deceased on his head

Hughes, Stephen, 20 Dec 1915, aged 56, Contractors man, Killed by a fall of roof while passing down road

Jackson, William Henry, 07 Jun 1912, (accident: 06 Jun 1912), aged 35, Road-repairer, A "bar" in a level roadway had been sawn out and loose dirt taken down. While engaged clearing away the dirt, preparatory to retimbering, a stone 3 feet 9 inches by 2 feet 11 inches by 1 foot 10 inches, fell on deceased, causing injuries from which he died on 7th June

James, Makins, 17 Dec 1886, aged 21, Drawer, Inspection made and inquest attended. He was killed by a fall of roof (top wall) in the main road as he was going to his work. The place was examined an hour and a half previously and considered to be safe

Johnson, Edward, 23 May 1929, Strained lifting full box. Residence: 23 Langtree Street

Jones, L., 05 May 1931, (accident: 15 May 1930), Fall of stone — badly crushed — sent to hospital, died 05/05/1931

Kearney, Thomas, 23 Apr 1873, aged 23, Labourer, Fall of stone from side of sinking pit

Kenney, Patrick, 09 Nov 1908, aged 27, Balancer, Fall of side. When engaged at the bottom of a balance brow, a large stone off the side fell upon him. The sides had been propped, but not barred

Leyland, John, 05 Sep 1873, aged 31, Collier, Explosion of gas while holing between pits [More information ...]

Luddon, John, 24 Dec 1903, (accident: 22 Dec 1903), aged 41, Metal-man, Inspection made and inquest attended. Deceased was the contractor for ripping roof in the roads, and when a shot of ammonite was fired, a stone struck the deceased at a distance of 18 yards. He succumbed to the injuries received on the 24th instant. The shot-lighter had the battery around a corner in a safe position, and appeared to have given deceased proper warning, but he must have thought himself safe sitting by the side of the road. If he had gone behind the pack he would have been absolutely safe

Luddon, Patrick, 25 Jun 1911, aged 41, Contractor, Fall of roof. When occupied driving a stone tunnel, a fall of roof occurred from some joints where ripping had been done, and where the workers thought they had made the roof safe

Makin, John, 26 Sep 1884, aged 40, Underlooker, Inquest attended. Deceased had been superintending the removal of a fall, and after it was completed examined the place and reported it all right. Directly afterwards however, a further fall took place, by which he was killed

Martin, John, 11 Jul 1925, aged 40, Collier, Stone fell causing internal injuries

McDermott, John, 15 Feb 1924, (accident: 14 Feb 1924, 4.30 p.m., 2nd hour of shift), aged 49, Metalman, He was injured by a fall on an endless rope haulage plane, dipping 1 in 4, while plucking down stone. The stone formed part of the side and had the following dimensions : 4 ft. 4 ins. long, 2 ft. 1 in. wide and 9 ins. thick. It was apparently very slightly overhanging, and the fireman had arranged to return and fire a shot in it if necessary. The stone in falling knocked the deceased violently on to the floor and then rolled several yards down the brow. He died on the following day from his injuries

Meade, James, 12 Aug 1901, aged 36, Balancer, Inspection made and inquest attended. Deceased was balancing a tub of coal down a brow, when the tub caught against a prop, releasing a portion of the roof, which fell upon him, causing fatal injuries

Millington, William, 06 Nov 1891, aged 49, Fireman, Inspection made and inquest attended. A tunnel was being driven, 5ft. by 5ft. in which five shotholes had been charged and rammed together. The deceased after firing one of these shots went back to fire a second when one of the remaining shots unexpectedly exploded

Molyneaux, John, 06 Aug 1891, aged 29, Jigger, Inspection made. A tram got off the road in the jig brow and knocked a bar out. Deceased and another man went to repair it but commenced to fill away the fall before resetting the bar. A second fall took place, liberating a large stone which fell upon Molyneaux

Mullaney, Thomas, 26 Jun 1917, aged 28, Contractors man, Killed by a fall of stone

Murphy, Michael, 29 Jun 1908, aged 30, Daywageman, The cage began to descend, whilst deceased was in the act of getting into it, to go down the pit, and he got fatally crushed between the cage and the pit top. The engineman having started the engine without receiving the proper signal, who was afterwards prosecuted and fined for breach of rules

Murphy, Patrick, 19 Aug 1929, aged 54, Metalman, Killed by a fall of roof

Myatt, Enoch, 26 Sep 1900, aged 45, Metal-man, Inspection made and inquest attended. He must have fallen off the full tubs, or haulage rope in front of gang, when riding against orders, as the body of deceased was found in front of empty gang returning, and his lamp and clog was found below that point. He was last seen alive riding in front of the full gang

Paculis, John, 01 May 1911, aged 18, Drawer, Eight tubs came uncoupled from a journey of thirteen, being hauled up a brow. Three of the tubs ran back and pinned Paculis at the entrance to a shunt. No "drag" or "trailer" had been used to prevent runaway, contrary to Special Rule 50a

Pemblett, Thomas, 05 May 1908, aged 62, Collier, A stone fell upon the deceased from the roof, about three yards back from the face, between props and the pack

Pennington, James, 25 Sep 1896, aged 20, Collier, Inspection made and inquest attended. They were walking down the haulage downbrow to their work when a portion of the roof gave way nearly a foot thick burying the deceased. There was a joint at that point had not been timbered. The officials had seen no signs of it giving way. The wide work was approaching this part on the lower side which must have caused a sudden crush of the roof over the brow. At the inquest it was recommended that the roadway should be barred [More information ...]

Pimblett, Henry, 14 Jun 1927, aged 49, Collier, Killed by a fall of stone at caunch

Potter, Jacob, 07 Jul 1927, aged 52, Metalman, Killed by a fall of dirt at the face

Pover, Edward, 27 Feb 1890, 11.30a.m., aged 26, Drawer, Inspection made and inquest attended. Deceased was lashing his full tub on to the endless rope when a second tub was allowed to run down the incline by another drawer and he was crushed between the two

Prescot, Peter, 14 Aug 1892, (accident: 18 Jul 1892, 9 a.m., 3rd hour of shift), aged 29, Fireman, Inspection made and inquest attended. Deceased had been repairing a brattice cloth on an endway, when he was struck by a runaway tub, the drawer having used a wooden scotch, which broke. Iron scotches will be used in future. Died August 14th

Price, Arthur, 27 Apr 1906, aged 22, Waggoner, Inspection made and inquest attended. He was pushing tubs off the flat landing, to run downbrow, when the engineman without any proper signal started them the wrong way, and deceased got fatally crushed against the frame of jig wheel

Pritchard, Edward, 11 May 1894, aged 47, Metalman, Inspection made and inquest attended. They had been trying to get a stone down from the roof but had failed and while preparing to set a prop it gave way to a break crushing the deceased so much that he died the following day

Quarry, John, 30 Jan 1907, aged 40, Pitman, Deceased died from the effects of a strain received when lifting and handling wooden pipes in the shaft

Roddy, Patrick, 22 Aug 1917, aged 45, Metalman, Fatally injured by fall of stone

Rogers, John, 26 Jul 1925, (accident: 23 Jul 1925), aged 49, Daywageman, Leg fractured by fall of stone. Died 26th July

Seddon, Albert, 16 Jan 1919, aged 14, Haulage, Knocked down and run over by loco

Shepperd, Richard, 12 Apr 1877, (accident: 05 Mar 1877), aged 24, Collier, Strained himself when lifting a tram. Died April 12th

Smith, David, 05 Aug 1886, aged 35, Fireman, Inspection made and inquest attended. Deceased was ascending the pit in which the guide rods had been newly fixed when one of the rods slipped through the clamps and he fell out of the cage

Smith, Levi, 01 Feb 1918, (accident: 11 Oct 1917), aged 50, Collier, Fractured skull by fall of stone. 11th Oct. 1917. Died this day

Stook, Edward, 02 Oct 1928, aged 50, Pusher on, Killed by a fall of roof

Stringfellow, Thomas, 27 Nov 1904, (accident: 22 Nov 1904), aged 38, Collier, Fall of side. Inspection made and inquest attended. He was filling a tub of coal at the face, when a piece of clod above the coal fell, crushing him against the packwall. He died from the effects of the injuries received Nov. 27, 1904

Sutch, John, 29 Dec 1885, aged 47, Sinker, Inquest attended. This man was the chargeman and was riding on the edge of hoppet against the rules when be fell out. He had been warned frequently to get properly into the hoppet both by the banksman and engineman

Swift, Daniel, 25 Mar 1914, aged 54, Daywageman, Deceased was filling dirt into the waste side of a gate-road pack, when a large fall of roof occurred and buried him. About a quarter of an hour previously he had removed a prop which was in the way of the pack, and the first portion of the fall appears to have come from near the place where the prop was removed. Before removing the prop he should have set another support

Swift, James, 09 Jan 1926, aged 65, Timberman, Killed by a fall of rock stone

Swift, William, 28 Jun 1914, (accident: 17 Jun 1914), aged 50, Daywageman, Deceased and his mate were cleaning out and timbering an airway along the coal face between two gate-roads. While he was making a foothole for a prop, a large stone fell without any warning and struck him on the arm and back, inflicting injuries from which he died eleven days after. The fall displaced two props, one being a broken one which he was about to renew

Tague, Bernard, 21 Nov 1912, aged 36, Timberman, While engaged securing a roadway where a large fall of roof had occurred, another fall took place from the side of the cavity and carried away some of the newly-set timber. He was buried by the material and killed on the spot

Taylor, James, 14 Mar 1876, aged 30, Collier, Fall of roof

Tilston, James, 06 Jul 1914, aged 49, Timberman, Deceased and a fireman were breaking stones at a fall near the face, where they had withdrawn the timber three days previously in order to build packs. While so engaged, another fall occurred, and deceased was caught by a stone, measuring 4 feet by 2 feet, which fell away from the edge of the previous fall. Deceased was a spare fireman, and both he and his mate considered it unnecessary to set any additional timber

Tunstall, Joseph, 21 Jun 1913, aged 60, Daywageman, The deceased, along with another workman was engaged in building a pack near the coal face, when, without any warning, a fall of roof occurred immediately over the place they were working, and both men were buried. Tunstall was found to be dead when released, but his mate escaped with a few bruises. The fall was about 8 feet long by 6 feet broad, and 3 feet 6 inches thick, and displaced a 9-foot roof bar and five props

Wakefield, John, 18 Dec 1909, aged 43, Collier, When engaged repairing, a heavy fall of roof occurred upon them, knocking out several bars. The roof falling up to a seam above, a distance of eight yards. The strata being wet was probably the cause of the fall, as the bars were set about three feet apart [More information ...]

Walsh, Thomas, 20 Oct 1924, 10.15 a.m., 4th hour of shift, aged 39, Metalman, The deceased was engaged in enlarging operations at the bottom of a brow, when he was drawn by the empty rope on to the return wheel of the tension bogie. A tub of coal and one of dirt had been attached to the endless rope and after proceeding about fourteen yards ran amain owing to the breakage of a link in the lashing chain. The deceased was at the time lowering an empty tub down from the tension carriage to the face and appears to have lost his head on hearing the tubs running back. Instead of stepping into a level road end, he crossed under the full rope and over the empty rope and in doing so was drawn into the tension wheel. The broken link, 3/8 in. diameter, could not be found. The ropes and chains are examined daily and reported upon weekly

Ward, Frederick, 29 Jul 1902, (accident: 26 Jul 1902), aged 36, Stoker, Inquiry made. Whilst stoking at night the fire of one of the steam boilers, he appears to have accidently struck the overhanging paraffin lamp with the rake and it fell upon him, setting his clothes on fire. He succumbed to the injuries received on the 29th instant

Williams, Edwin, 07 Nov 1899, aged 32, Collier, Inspection made and inquest attended. The haulage journey getting off the road knocked a bar out in the downbrow, and whilst deceased and others were preparing to replace the bar, a portion of the rock roof fell upon him. The firemen had sent these men without going himself to see the state of the roof

Williams, John, 04 Oct 1901, (accident: 02 Oct 1901), aged 48, Collier, Inquiry made and inquest attended. In contravention of the bye-laws of the colliery the shot-lighter allowed the collier to attach the cable to the fuse, and the shot-lighter appears to have fired the shot without taking any steps to see that the collier was out of the way. He was still at the face of place when the shot of ammonite was fired, and he was fatally injured. He succumbed to the injuries received on the 4th inst.

Williams, Joseph, 24 Nov 1913, aged 38, Timberman, Deceased, along with two other men, was engaged widening a shunt. Two temporary props had been set, a broken bar removed, the shunt widened, and a bar put up in place of the broken one. They were then cleaning up when a fall of roof occurred, displacing the bar which had just been set, and fatally injuring deceased