Alexandra Colliery (St. Helens)

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Ashall, Peter, 12 Jul 1869, aged 32, Daylabourer, Fall of roof while setting timber ; address: Park Road, St, Helens [More information ...]

Ashall, Thomas, 25 Apr 1887, aged 62, Collier, Inspection made and inquest attended. He was pillaring back and the roof came in bodily carrying all the props with it. This was caused by some bad slips in the roof

Aspinall, Peter, 22 Oct 1879, aged 32, Collier, The engineman started the engine the wrong way and the cage was taken up into the pulley when the rope broke and the cage with the men fell to the pit bottom [More information ...]

Dixon, David, 22 Oct 1879, aged 16, Drawer, The engineman started the engine the wrong way and the cage was taken up into the pulley when the rope broke and the cage with the men fell to the pit bottom [More information ...]

Flynn, William, 07 Mar 1924, 1.30 p.m., 7th hour of shift, aged 29, Drawer, He was killed on a main haulage road. A gang of 13 full tubs had been stopped at a landing to allow three more tubs to be attached to it. When the train was re-started the seventh tub from the outbye end became derailed and knocked out a prop, which was supporting a running bar over the brow. This caused a collapse of the overhead timbers and resulted in a fall of roof which killed the deceased. There was a clearance of 12 to 15 ins. between the side of the tub and the prop. The tub probably became derailed owing to some dirt or obstruction on the rails

Holland, Joseph, 22 Oct 1879, aged 28, Drawer, The engineman started the engine the wrong way and the cage was taken up into the pulley when the rope broke and the cage with the men fell to the pit bottom [More information ...]

Lynch, Hugh, 23 Mar 1891, aged 24, Pusher on, Inspection made and inquest attended. The deceased after putting some tubs on the road in a jig brow appears to have laid down to rest between the rails and gone to sleep. The next set ran over him. He had been at work about 15 hours

Norton, Henry, 22 Oct 1879, aged 30, Collier, The engineman started the engine the wrong way and the cage was taken up into the pulley when the rope broke and the cage with the men fell to the pit bottom [More information ...]

Parr, William, 22 Oct 1879, aged 50, Collier, The engineman started the engine the wrong way and the cage was taken up into the pulley when the rope broke and the cage with the men fell to the pit bottom [More information ...]

Percival, Thomas, 30 Aug 1886, aged 41, Fireman, Inspection made and inquest attended. Deceased was going down the pit when the cage caught

Pickavance, Joseph, 16 Apr 1873, aged 22, Collier, Fall of roof in Rushy Park Mine

Ray, Thomas, 22 Oct 1879, aged 45, Collier, The engineman started the engine the wrong way and the cage was taken up into the pulley when the rope broke and the cage with the men fell to the pit bottom [More information ...]

Rylance, Robert, 12 Jul 1869, aged 32, Daylabourer, Fall of roof while setting timber ; address: Liverpool Road, St. Helens [More information ...]

Webster, James, 22 Oct 1879, aged 38, Collier, The engineman started the engine the wrong way and the cage was taken up into the pulley when the rope broke and the cage with the men fell to the pit bottom [More information ...]

Webster, Joseph, 17 Jul 1886, (accident: 01 May 1886), aged 57, Collier, Whilst engaged in re-setting some props a stone fell inflicting a wound above the knee which was not considered dangerous at the time. Seven weeks later however suppuration set in and he died in the hospital on 17th July