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Agnew, William, 20 Nov 1931, aged 34, Explosion, firedamp, caused by gob fire or safety lamp [More information ...]

Aitcheson, Robert, 21 Nov 1978, aged 54, Faceworker, Manriding train derailment [More information ...]

Allsopp, James Edward, 20 Nov 1931, aged 27, Explosion, firedamp, caused by gob fire or safety lamp [More information ...]

Arthur, Thomas, 10 Apr 1934, aged 19, Haulage enginedriver, Two colliers brought a loaded tub of dirt out of stall intending to lower it to stop block 4 yards below top of incline but stop block was open and they lost control of the tub which ran down 96 yards 1 in 6.7 and killed the haulage driver

Ashmore, Frederick Cobb, 04 Oct 1905, aged 32, Labourer, Some sand tubbing was being lowered by screw jacks prior to the sinking of a shaft being commenced, when one or more of the jacks was swayed out and the tubbing and timber fell and deceased was caught and killed

Ashton, John, 17 Mar 1913, aged 22, Corporal, Six empty tubs were being clipped to the rope in a short rise drift. When the tubs were 15 yards up the clip slipped and the tubs ran back, dashing into some empties at the bottom and derailing them. Ashton, who was about to enter a refuge hole, was struck by some of the tubs and fatally injured. Retaining catches were provided, but they were of poor design and failed to prevent the accident

Atkinson, Charles, 20 Nov 1931, aged 37, Explosion, firedamp, caused by gob fire or safety lamp [More information ...]

Barcock, Albert Edward, 20 Nov 1931, aged 17, Explosion, firedamp, caused by gob fire or safety lamp [More information ...]

Beastall, Henry, 20 Nov 1931, aged 58, Explosion, firedamp, caused by gob fire or safety lamp [More information ...]

Bentley, George Robert, 20 Nov 1931, aged 46, Explosion, firedamp, caused by gob fire or safety lamp [More information ...]

Bloxham, John Henry, 11 Apr 1913, aged 41, Bricklayer's Labourer, Deceased was seen to place his head underneath the chain fence at the top landing at the pit bottom to speak to the hanger-on whom he thought to be on another landing 6 feet 6 inches below. Before he could be warned by the hanger-on the cage came down and struck him on the head, killing him on the spot. The accident occurred on the night shift when no coal drawing was being done

Bonell, John H., 03 May 1924, (accident: 23 Dec 1923, 2 p.m., 2nd hour of shift), aged 49, Contractor, He was gobbing up an airway when some dirt fell from a lip edge and caught him. He did not appear to be much hurt and worked through the shift another period of four hours. Valvular disease of the heart, however, supervened, and he died on 3rd May, 1924, the medical evidence being to the effect that the accident had accelerated death

Booth, George, 08 Jul 1937, aged 28, killed by a fall of roof [More information ...]

Box, Donald, 21 Nov 1978, aged 39, Faceworker, Manriding train derailment [More information ...]

Brett, John, 20 Nov 1931, aged 37, Explosion, firedamp, caused by gob fire or safety lamp [More information ...]

Brocklehurst, William, 20 Nov 1931, aged 45, Explosion, firedamp, caused by gob fire or safety lamp [More information ...]

Brown, John, 20 Nov 1931, aged 31, Explosion, firedamp, caused by gob fire or safety lamp [More information ...]

Burbanks, Thomas, 31 Jul 1915, aged 38, Stallman, He and another were ripping and he as filling a tub when there was a heavy bump which broke a bar and stone fell and killed him

Butterfield, John, 19 Jan 1911, (accident: 17 Jan 1911), aged 14, Door Boy, The first two tubs of an empty run of six jumped oft the rails. Butterfield was standing near a full tub. He was without a light, having lent his lamp to a pony driver. He was caught between the first empty tub and the full one, and was fatally injured. He died on the 19th January

Buxton, Stanley, 20 Nov 1931, aged 28, Explosion, firedamp, caused by gob fire or safety lamp [More information ...]

Calladine, Albert, 20 Nov 1931, aged 31, Explosion, firedamp, caused by gob fire or safety lamp [More information ...]

Callaghan, John, 20 Nov 1931, aged 37, Explosion, firedamp, caused by gob fire or safety lamp [More information ...]

Cawood, Ernest, 20 Nov 1931, aged 50, Explosion, firedamp, caused by gob fire or safety lamp [More information ...]

Cheetham, Herbert, 20 Nov 1931, aged 30, Explosion, firedamp, caused by gob fire or safety lamp [More information ...]

Clay, Henry, 08 Jul 1937, aged 47, killed by a fall of roof [More information ...]

Cook, Roland, 05 Feb 1912, (accident: 02 Feb 1912, 8 p.m.), aged 23, Byeworker, While engaged in fighting a gob fire some gas became ignited by the fire. Froggatt died from his injuries the following day, Cook on February 5th, and Purdy on February 7th Feb. Four other men were injured [More information ...]

Cox, William, 06 Feb 1919, aged 48, Repairer, Coal had been taken off side and a stone supported by a sprag. He was working under stone when it suddenly fell killing him instantly

Dabell, William Henry, 10 Jan 1919, aged 24, Rope runner, In charge of set of one stone tub and 7 empties being lowered by engine into stall and he got in front and was pulled between tubs as they became undone and was crushed

Dove, Thomas, 20 Nov 1931, aged 42, Explosion, firedamp, caused by gob fire or safety lamp [More information ...]

Eames, Thomas, 17 Jul 1913, aged 51, Dataller, He was re-ripping a main road when a fall of roof knocked out a bar and buried him. The place had been examined 10 minutes before by a deputy and pronounced safe

Farnsworth, William, 20 Nov 1931, aged 29, Explosion, firedamp, caused by gob fire or safety lamp [More information ...]

Froggatt, E., 03 Feb 1912, (accident: 02 Feb 1912, 8 p.m.), aged 26, Byeworker, While engaged in fighting a gob fire some gas became ignited by the fire. Froggatt died from his injuries the following day, Cook on February 5th, and Purdy on February 7th Feb. Four other men were injured [More information ...]

Grain, Joseph William, 20 Nov 1931, aged 35, Explosion, firedamp, caused by gob fire or safety lamp [More information ...]

Greaves, James Roland, 20 Nov 1931, aged 35, Explosion, firedamp, caused by gob fire or safety lamp [More information ...]

Green, Kenneth, 21 Nov 1978, aged 38, Faceworker, Manriding train derailment [More information ...]

Green, Thomas, 20 Nov 1931, aged 42, Explosion, firedamp, caused by gob fire or safety lamp [More information ...]

Guy, Leonard, 20 Nov 1931, aged 34, Explosion, firedamp, caused by gob fire or safety lamp [More information ...]

Hall, David R., 21 Nov 1978, aged 21, Face Trainee, Manriding train derailment [More information ...]

Harris, Ernest, 12 May 1933, aged 46, Collier, Coal had been holed and spragged up to a fault — he took out sprag and tried to wedge coal down but failed and reset sprag — while filling coal he had got down a weight bump occured and coal fell burying and killing him

Hayes, Clifford, 20 Nov 1931, aged 25, Explosion, firedamp, caused by gob fire or safety lamp [More information ...]

Heath, Harold, 19 Jul 1934, aged 22, Collier, Walking outbye at end of shift along travelling road and was buried by fall of roof. Died 13 days later

Henderson, Geoffrey, 21 Nov 1978, aged 39, Faceworker, Manriding train derailment [More information ...]

Hibbert, Alfred, 20 Nov 1931, aged 44, Explosion, firedamp, caused by gob fire or safety lamp [More information ...]

Hickman, Michael Edward, 21 Nov 1978, aged 18, Face Trainee, Manriding train derailment [More information ...]

Hopkinson, Thomas, 20 Nov 1931, aged 33, Explosion, firedamp, caused by gob fire or safety lamp [More information ...]

Huckerby, Albert Edward, 20 Nov 1931, aged 29, Explosion, firedamp, caused by gob fire or safety lamp [More information ...]

Jones, Leonard, 20 Nov 1931, aged 24, Explosion, firedamp, caused by gob fire or safety lamp [More information ...]

Kirkland, Arthur, 20 Nov 1931, aged 44, Explosion, firedamp, caused by gob fire or safety lamp [More information ...]

Kitchen, Frank, 16 Dec 1910, aged 19, Pit bottom boy, He was fatally crushed by the cage of an underground elevator used for simultaneously loading the decks of the winding-cage

Lawton, Harold, 20 Nov 1931, aged 31, Explosion, firedamp, caused by gob fire or safety lamp [More information ...]

Leivers, Walter, 21 Nov 1924, 6.15 a.m., End hour of shift, aged 40, Deputy, He had just come out of the pit and was walking towards the explosive store in order to return some unused explosive. He was in the act of passing between two wagons which were standing only a few feet apart, when another one was lowered on the same road and bumped into the first of the standing wagons at the precise moment when he was between the buffers. He was severely crushed, and though liberated almost immediately and attended by a doctor in the ambulance room, he died the same day from haemorrhage

Llewellyn, John, 20 Nov 1931, aged 47, Explosion, firedamp, caused by gob fire or safety lamp [More information ...]

Loughlin, Michael, 02 Nov 1933, aged 46, Collier, Walking in gate passbye outbye of face when top coal fell from pack side and dislodged a prop under a wood bar which knocked him against tubs causing fatal injuries

Maloney, Daniel, 20 Nov 1931, aged 35, Explosion, firedamp, caused by gob fire or safety lamp [More information ...]

Marriott, Owen, 23 Jul 1924, (accident: 16 Jul 1924, 9.15 a.m., 4th hour of shift), aged 21, Rope Runner, He was waiting for some empty tubs at the endless rope end when a smallman clip slipped after the re-starting of the rope and allowed six full tubs to run away on a gradient of 1 in 39 for over 100 yards. He thought the empties had broken away and jumped into the full road and was crushed against a bar leg. He was quickly released and sent to hospital where he died on 23rd July from compression of the spinal cord

Mason, Samuel, 20 Nov 1931, aged 47, Explosion, firedamp, caused by gob fire or safety lamp [More information ...]

Matteley, John, 15 Mar 1913, aged 40, Stallman, He was working in the gate when he was crushed by one full and three empty tubs which over-ran the horse on a gradient of 1 in 50. Had the lockers, which were provided, been used, the accident would not have happened

Middleton, Wilfred, 20 Nov 1931, aged 36, Explosion, firedamp, caused by gob fire or safety lamp [More information ...]

Mitchell, James, 21 Nov 1978, aged 55, Faceworker, Manriding train derailment [More information ...]

Norris, Thomas, 31 Jul 1912, aged 38, Stallman, Deceased was engaged setting a prop near the face. He was actually removing some fallen coal out of the way when a little top coal fell and a piece of clod, weighing about 1½ cwt., fell on to Norris and crushed him

Norton, George Henry, 18 Dec 1913, aged 16, Rope Lad, Deceased was employed taking off empties at a junction on an endless rope haulage road, dipping inbye 1 in 30. A train of empties fouled the full road at a point 150 yards above the junction and caused the hook attaching a load of full tubs to the rope clip to straighten out. The full tubs ran back, and before deceased could get into a manhole on the full road side he was struck and killed. No catches were provided to prevent or arrest a runaway

Peck, John Ernest, 20 Nov 1931, aged 34, Explosion, firedamp, caused by gob fire or safety lamp [More information ...]

Perry, Richard Thomas, 20 Nov 1931, aged 53, Explosion, firedamp, caused by gob fire or safety lamp [More information ...]

Pritchett, Joseph, 20 Nov 1931, aged 53, Explosion, firedamp, caused by gob fire or safety lamp [More information ...]

Pritchett, William, 20 Nov 1931, aged 47, Explosion, firedamp, caused by gob fire or safety lamp [More information ...]

Purdy, J., 07 Feb 1912, (accident: 02 Feb 1912, 8 p.m.), aged 34, Byeworker, While engaged in fighting a gob fire some gas became ignited by the fire. Froggatt died from his injuries the following day, Cook on February 5th, and Purdy on February 7th Feb. Four other men were injured [More information ...]

Robinson, Henry, 08 Jul 1937, aged 53, killed by a fall of roof [More information ...]

Rowe, James, 20 Nov 1931, aged 56, Explosion, firedamp, caused by gob fire or safety lamp [More information ...]

Ruddling, Matthew, 17 May 1924, 11 a.m., 5th hour of shift, aged 51, Ripper, He was engaged in enlarging an old crossgate, and was filling dirt from under a rock side which was overhanging and supported by three sprags. The side fell away from a weight break over a length of 19 ft., discharging the sprags and burying deceased, who was extricated dead in about an hour

Singleton, George, 20 Nov 1931, aged 29, Explosion, firedamp, caused by gob fire or safety lamp [More information ...]

Sleath, Lawrence Oliver, 20 Nov 1931, aged 27, Explosion, firedamp, caused by gob fire or safety lamp [More information ...]

Smith, John Hilton, 20 Nov 1931, aged 24, Explosion, firedamp, caused by gob fire or safety lamp [More information ...]

Stack, Thomas, 23 Mar 1933, aged 16, Pony driver, A collier lined up a broken bar in a crossgate 36 yards outbye of a longwall face and broke it in two with a hammer and pulled the pieces off the props and allowed about half a ton to fall — while he was away fetching a shovel Stack walked under

Swain, George, 21 Feb 1913, aged 43, Collier, Deceased was shovelling at the coal face when a piece of coal burst from the face and pinned him against a prop, killing him instantly. The coal weighed about a ton. It was not holed, but fell from a "hugger"

Templeman, Samuel William, 20 Nov 1931, aged 47, Explosion, firedamp, caused by gob fire or safety lamp [More information ...]

Thornton, George, 28 Nov 1924, 7.45 a.m., 2nd hour of shift, aged 35, Shunter, He crossed over a line of rails between some wagons and his own train, which was only a few feet away and backing, in order to give some instructions to another workman. On attempting to re-cross the line he was crushed between the buffers of the two trains and killed

Ward, William, 20 Nov 1931, aged 41, Explosion, firedamp, caused by gob fire or safety lamp [More information ...]

White, Joseph Thomas, 19 Jun 1912, aged 35, Filler, He was preparing to get down a piece of coal about 9 foot long, which had been slightly undercut and to which one sprag was set, when it fell forward and struck him on the head, causing injuries which proved fatal shortly afterwards

Whyatt, John William, 24 Dec 1913, (accident: 04 Dec 1913), aged 15, Rope Lad, Deceased was engaged in clipping on full tubs to the main endless rope at a junction where the gradient of 1 in 20 against the load. The train of five full tubs ran back for about 15 yards and one was overturned at the points. The coal was turned out of the tubs and fell upon deceased breaking his leg. Amputation was found to be necessary and he died on the 24th December from septic poisoning. There was a catch 15 yards above the junction

Wilford, Henry, 29 Jul 1915, aged 16, Pony driver, Taking pony along road when stone fell and killed him

Willcox, Clifford, 20 Nov 1931, aged 25, Explosion, firedamp, caused by gob fire or safety lamp [More information ...]

Windle, Horace, 20 Nov 1931, Explosion, firedamp, caused by gob fire or safety lamp [More information ...]

Womack, Henry, 20 Nov 1931, aged 44, Explosion, firedamp, caused by gob fire or safety lamp [More information ...]