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Barton, John, 29 Mar 1911, aged 17, Pony driver, Whilst taking a set of full tubs to the passbye he was caught by a fall of roof, about 5 feet long, 4½ feet broad and 2½ feet thick. The fall exposed a slip. The pony was also killed

Bates, Samuel, 14 Sep 1908, aged 28, Collier, He was taking down some clod when a piece of coal burst off the face, and hit a prop and displaced it. The end of the prop hit him on the side of the head, and killed him

Bell, Frederick, 18 May 1909, aged 24, Collier, Fall of roof. He was temporarily acting as a driver, and was turning the horse round when it is probable that the shafts struck a prop and knocked it out. This allowed the roof to fall and he was killed on the spot. The fall disclosed slips, and it is probable the prop had been partly displaced with a settlement of the strata before it was knocked out

Bray, Jack, 24 Nov 1933, aged 27, Byeworker, Standing at gate junction when a fall of 10 tons of small material buried him. Dead when released 20 mins later

Brown, John, 15 Aug 1942, aged 42, he killed by a fall of roof in the Parkgate seam, address: Woodlands, near Doncaster

Burton, George, 07 Nov 1913, aged 14, Haulage Lad, Deceased was in charge of a train of 16 empty tubs which was being lowered down a gradient of 1 in 12. He walked down in front of the moving empty train and on reaching the junction signalled for it to stop. He probably thought the train was going too fast. Immediately afterwards his leg was crushed against a brick pillar at the junction by the third tub of a train of twelve getting off the rails. The twelve tubs had broken loose due to a fractured link at a point 60 yards away

Christian, Herbert, 13 Oct 1934, aged 49, Pumpman, fell down shaft

Dolan, Joseph, 04 Jun 1912, aged 26, Corporal, Whilst stooping to turn a passbye point he was struck on the head by a haulage rope and killed

Edge, William, 19 Sep 1912, aged 48, Byeworkman, Whilst engaged in removing full tubs in a self-acting incline he was caught by a runaway set of six tubs. The runaway appeared to be due to his knocking the clivvy off the full set whilst the empty set was standing on a heavy gradient. The set overrode the drag

Garner, William, 09 Dec 1909, aged 35, Ripper, Fall of roof. A road was being enlarged and repaired when a sudden collapse of newly set bars caused a heavy fall of roof, and Garner was killed. A small fault crossed the road at the place of accident

Greenbank, Henry, 02 Oct 1924, 7.30 p.m., 6th hour of shift, aged 64, Stallman, He was in the act of withdrawing timber from a longwall waste with a safety appliance when a fall 14 yds. in length, 14 ft. broad and 14 ft. high, occurred, without any warning whatever. It took seven hours to recover the body, and this was not accomplished without considerable risk. Death must have been instantaneous

Hickling, John, 29 Mar 1910, (accident: 25 Mar 1910), aged 23, Corporal, He was lashing two full tubs on to an endless rope when he fell in front of the tubs and was run over. He died on 29th March

Higgins, Thomas, 19 Mar 1924, (accident: 22 Feb 1924, 7.30 a.m., 2nd hour of shift), aged 56, Foreman, He was superintending the moving of some wagons by means of a rope operated by a compressed air engine. He was standing inside a slack coil, which became taut when the engine started and knocked him down, bruising and grazing his left leg. First aid was rendered and he afterwards received medical attention, but he died in hospital on 19th March from meningitis following septicaemia caused by the injury

Hill, John Henry, 30 Jan 1914, aged 20, Rope hand, He and another youth were dragging a misshapen iron tub body along a timbered roadway with a horse. The tub struck a bar leg and knocked it out, letting down a girder which struck Hill pinning his head between it and the tub

Jackson, Frank, 02 Feb 1912, aged 38, Clay-getter, He was struck on the back by a fall of clay from the face, and received injuries from which he died a few minutes later. He had undercut the face and had attempted to lever it down but failed, owing to the surface being frost bound

King, Alfred, 12 Apr 1914, aged 42, Byeworkman, Deceased, assisted by another worker during the strike, was widening a split from 8 feet to 16 feet for the purpose of putting in side walls and girders. While occupied at a buttock a bump occurred and deceased was fatally injured by a fall of bind from above the coal at the road side. Had he stepped forward instead of backwards the fatality would not have occurred. The fall exposed a slip which could not be seen beforehand

Lambley, William John, 19 Jul 1913, aged 34, Byeworkman, Deceased and the chargeman were engaged fixing a leg under a bar in a gob fire scouring when a quantity of roof stone fell. He was unable to jump clear, and was partially buried by hot material. Had stringers been used this might have been avoided. Apparently and error of judgement on the part of the officials

Ledger, James, 14 May 1924, 4.30 p.m., 4th hour of shift, aged 34, Stallman, He was pulling coal with a "ringer" when a piece broke away from the face and drove the point of the ringer into the floor, the other end striking him in the abdomen. He was sent to hospital and died two days later from peritonitis following a ruptured intestine

Meakin, Albert, 17 Jun 1924, 5.30 p.m., 4th hour of shift, aged 32, Collier, He was cutting in the hard coal under the top coal, which had been undercut to a depth of 3 ft. and was supported by sprags, when 13 ft. 6 ins. of top coal broke away from a middle parting and a hidden break, discharging two sprags and burying him

Murphy, Edward, 13 Oct 1913, (accident: 02 Oct 1913), aged 28, Dayman, Deceased was pulling coal off the solid face with an iron bar, when a piece weighing 30 cwts. fell and knocked out the face prop of a bank bar. He was struck violently in the stomach by the prop, and, although able to walk to the shaft unassisted, he succumbed to his injuries on the 13th October. The place had been inspected by a deputy an hour before the accident, and there was no breach of the timbering rules

Nicholls, George, 13 Nov 1915, (accident: 03 Nov 1915), aged 33, Collier, Helping to twist a full tub on flat sheets when he slipped and fell. Complained about his back and was taken home in ambulance. Became strange next day and was taken to Wakefield Asylum on 10th where he died a maniac 13th Nov

O'Hara, Martin, 13 Jun 1907, aged 32, Sinker, A hoppit filled with bricks was not stopped by the winding engineman at the proper place in a shaft, which was being sunk, and it caught and killed the deceased and injured another sinker. The engineman alleged that a pin came out of the shaft by which the reversing gear is worked causing him to lose control of the engine but under such conditions the result would have been to put steam against the engine and caused it to be stopped more easily

Palnt, Edward, 12 Jan 1934, aged 36, Stallman, At face bending down laying footing of a waste pack which he was extracting when piece of roof coal fell and inflicted fatal injuries

Parr, John, 19 Oct 1937, (accident: 07 Mar 1937), Collier, Injured by a fall of roof, died from his injuries

Richardson, George, 21 Mar 1914, aged 40, Byeworkman, He was engaged, with his mate, in drawing off an old gate and when last seen, prior to the accident, was preparing to draw a prop by means of a sylvester. Both men were found buried four hours later, Richardson being dead. The accident was caused by four bars collapsing, probably due to a fall of side

Tatham, Aaron, 22 Apr 1937, Deputy, killed by a fall of debris

Tickhill, Walter, 19 Jul 1912, aged 20, Driver, He had brought his full tubs with his pony on to the endless rope plane. He securely locked the tubs. Three boys endeavoured to push them to couple them to some more full ones which were standing on a Jack catch. To do this they took out one locker, and the tubs ran back into deceased and fatally injured him

Vardy, George, 24 Sep 1913, aged 16, Haulage Hand, Deceased was taking a chain from off the top of a full tub when he stumbled backwards and fell in front of some stationary full tubs on the empty road just as another full tub, having run 13 yards down a gradient of 1 in 20, came up. He was crushed and instantly killed

Wilks, William Henry, 10 Aug 1909, aged 14, Pony driver, Fall of roof. He was bringing two full tubs out of the workings, when a "bump" knocked out a bar and caused 10 cwt. of roof to fall killing Wilks on the spot. The road was well timbered