Bamfurlong Colliery

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Anderton, John, 20 Jun 1896, (accident: 18 Jun 1896), aged 50, Joiner, Inspection made. He was at the saw-bench, sawing a piece of timber; and after running the circular saw through it he turned round to shut off the steam. The timber overhanging the saw-bench was falling when it was caught by the saw which hurled it forward striking the deceased and fracturing his skull. He expired on the 20th. It is difficult to shield a saw of this kind but an attempt will be made

Andrews, William, 29 Nov 1877, aged 56, Shot-lighter, Fall of roof

Archer, William, 06 Jun 1890, aged 38, Collier, Inspection made and inquest attended. Deceased was holing when the coal came over onto him. It was uncertain whether he had a sufficient number of sprags set or not

Armested, William, 15 Mar 1878, aged 17, Labourer, When lowering waggons from under the screens his foot caught between the points, and the waggons went over his legs

Ashcroft, Simeon, 14 Dec 1892, 7 a.m., 2nd hour of shift, aged 13, Pony boy, Inspection made and inquest attended. Underground fire [More information ...]

Aspinall, William, 05 Nov 1888, aged 34, Collier, Inquest attended. He was taking out a chock to make room for his drawing road after setting another chock for his protection when a heavy stone fell on him

Atkinson, Matthew, 19 Aug 1905, aged 32, Brakesman, Inspection made and inquest attended. He appears to have attempted to pass between two railway waggons, that were in motion in the siding, when his head got crushed and he was fatally injured between the buffers

Ball, Henry, 13 Jan 1911, aged 26, Dataller, He was taking a long prop up a brow, and when about reaching a manhole, got fatally injured by a full tub being brought down by a drawer

Banche, William, 14 Dec 1892, 7 a.m., 2nd hour of shift, aged 14, Pony boy, Inspection made and inquest attended. Underground fire [More information ...]

Banks, Thomas, 18 Nov 1887, aged 25, Collier, He was engaged in filling his tub when a piece of coal rolled off the face and crushed him against a prop

Bannon, John, 03 Apr 1930, (accident: 14 Mar 1930), aged 59, Collier, Fall of stone — fractured ribs. Died 3rd Apr

Barnett, Samuel, 20 Jul 1889, aged 37, Collier, Inspection made and inquiry attended. He was going to his work along the motion road, instead of the travelling road, which had been provided since the accident at this place on the 23rd April, when one of the lashing chains slipped and the tubs ran back and caught him

Barton, John, 28 Mar 1892, (accident: 08 Mar 1892, 11 p.m., 3rd hour of shift), aged 35, Dataler, Inquiry made and inquest attended. Deceased was crushed by a stone falling upon him from the roof while in the act of ripping. Died March 28th

Bate, Matthew, 23 Apr 1889, aged 40, Pusher-on, Inspection made and inquest attended. He was going up the "motion brow" to see why the rope had stopped, when it suddenly started. At the same time time the hook of one of the lashing chains broke, and four loaded tubs ran amain, and, catching against an empty tub, forced the latter on to the deceased

Beetle, Samuel, 11 Apr 1912, aged 53, Dataller, When engaged removing dirt off a bar, which had been partly knocked out by a drawer's tub, a fall of roof occurred, which brought down two bars set 3 feet apart, and buried deceased

Benbow, James, 25 Nov 1892, aged 39, Packer, Inspection made and inquest attended. The deceased was a contractor's man and was removing rubbish in the waste where props had been drawn without securing the place, when the roof fell upon him

Benson, Nathaniel, 26 Jan 1883, aged 58, Collier, Inquest attended. The deceased was chipping the roof of a drawing road when a drawer carelessly ran against him with a loaded tub

Billinge, Joseph, 28 Sep 1876, aged 35, Collier, Strained his back whilst lifting pipes

Bolton, Thomas, 04 Nov 1904, aged 60, Labourer, Inspection made and inquest attended. He was riding on the endless rope behind a tub of props, on the surface gangway, from one pit to the other, and when he came to a rise in the tramway, he fell backward to the floor, and rolled through the fencing to the ground below, a distance of twenty-one feet, and was killed

Bowden, William, 24 Nov 1904, (accident: 15 Nov 1904), aged 34, Drawer, Inquiry made. Deceased appeared to have slipped and injured his knee, when pushing a tub underground. Blood poisoning set in afterwards, and he succumbed to the injuries received at the Wigan Infirmary, November 24, 1904

Bradshaw, John, 18 Jun 1906, aged 22, Haulage-hand, Inspection made and inquest attended. He was attending to some tubs in the endless rope downbrow, when he got fatally crushed by two full tubs and a timber trolley, running back downbrow, off the flat landing place top of brow, after they had been unlashed ; which happened through the haulage engineman having a signal to reverse, and the weight of the rope carried them back sufficient distance to run downbrow themselves. A warrick will be placed top of downbrow to prevent them going back

Bradshaw, John, 09 Jul 1908, aged 33, Metalman, When rebarring a brow, they had set one bar, and as his fellow workman was examining the roof between two bars, previous to putting stretchers up, a stone fell from the roof fatally injuring deceased

Brown, Peter, 01 Nov 1917, aged 45, Metalman, Killed by a fall of roof

Bullen, William, 06 Mar 1886, aged 40, Collier, Deceased was taken ill in the pit and died on being brought to the surface. It was reported that he had strained himself in lifting a tub but there was no evidence to that effect

Burtonwood, Samuel, 01 Nov 1897, aged 23, Drawer, Inspection made and inquest attended. He was a drawer to his father and another collier. These colliers had cut some top coal at the sides to get it down it is said to have been supported by a prop (but some doubt about this). After this cutting which loosed both ends the colliers carelessly allowed their drawer to start filling coal from under these tops when they suddenly fell and killed him

Cain, John, 15 Dec 1915, aged 41, Contractors timberman, Killed by large fall on road while repairing

Cain, Peter, 22 Apr 1886, aged 40, Dataler, Inspection made and inquest attended. He was re-timbering some crushed bars trying to keep up 2 feet of broken roof when it fell knocking out the bars he had set and buried him. He was an experienced man at this kind of work

Cave, Michael, 14 Dec 1892, 7 a.m., 2nd hour of shift, aged 16, Spare boy, Inspection made and inquest attended. Underground fire [More information ...]

Chapman, William, 17 Jan 1929, aged 17, Bratticeman, Killed by haulage rope

Clark, John, 17 May 1876, aged 23, Collier, Fall of roof

Clarke, Charles, 04 Jul 1890, aged 56, Collier, Inspection made and inquest attended. He was working in front of the coal without having his sprags set when it fell upon him

Clarkson, Joseph, 09 Oct 1902, aged 21, Browman, Inspection made and inquest attended. Deceased and another person were engaged getting timber bars, to go down the pit, and he was with his back to the pit mouth, pulling at a ten foot bar; and it was supposed, owing to the bar being wet, he lost his hold, and fell backwards into the shaft and was killed. Deceased had removed the fence, and sent timber down on the single cage, just before the accident

Cleary, George, 14 Dec 1892, 7 a.m., 2nd hour of shift, aged 17, Lasher on, Inspection made and inquest attended. Underground fire [More information ...]

Colebeck, John, 14 Dec 1892, 7 a.m., 2nd hour of shift, aged 18, Drawer, Inspection made and inquest attended. Underground fire [More information ...]

Coleman, John, 26 Jul 1901, aged 24, Packer, Inquiry made and inquest attended. Deceased was a contractor's-man, and when engaged getting dirt from the waste for packing a fall of roof occurred from a slip, capping some props, and crushing the deceased

Collier, Joshua, 10 Jul 1888, aged 53, Proptaker, Inquest attended. He was riding in front of one of the tubs on the endless chain contrary to rules and was crushed against a low bar

Coulson, Thomas, 17 Mar 1894, aged 50, Labourer, Inspection made and inquest attended. The deceased was going home along a pathway crossing the railway branches and while passing between two waggons the same were bumped together by the locomotive of the railway company and injuring the deceased that he died afterwards at the infirmary. A bridge had since been erected over the railway for the men to travel by the colliery company

Davies, William, 17 Feb 1888, aged 36, Shotlighter, Inquiries made. Deceased had fired a shot and then went immediately to examine the place and before the smoke had cleared away. The powder seems to have blown up into the roof for there was a very heavy fall capping props and two or three chocks and burying deceased

Dawson, James, 17 Feb 1916, aged 50, Contractors man, Injured hand by fall of stone. Blood poisoning set in

Day, Thomas, 21 Jun 1889, aged 56, Stoker, Inspection made. He was assisting to lower some empty tubs down an incline from the pit bank to the stokehole. His mate, who was at the engine, told him to stand on one side until he wound up the slack rope, but deceased pushed the tubs on to the incline, and the sudden check when the rope become taut broke the coupling hook, and the rope flying back caught deceased on the head, fracturing his skull

Dewsbury, George, 13 Jun 1903, (accident: 20 May 1903), aged 22, Waggon Lowerer, Inspection made. Deceased was passing over the railway lines, in the course of his employment, when waggons were being lowered to the screens ; when he got his foot fast in the crossing, and it was severely crushed, by the waggon knocking him over. He was removed to the Wigan Infirmary, where his leg was amputated. Blood poisoning supervened, and he expired June 13th, 1903

Dolan, John, 14 Dec 1892, 7 a.m., 2nd hour of shift, aged 13, Spare boy, Inspection made and inquest attended. Underground fire [More information ...]

Eaves, John, 09 Jun 1884, aged 30, Drawer, Inspection made. A fall of stone occurred at the face, capping a prop and crushing off some of the coal. The place appeared to have been fairly well timbered

Edwards, Henry, 14 Dec 1892, 7 a.m., 2nd hour of shift, aged 49, Collier, Inspection made and inquest attended. Underground fire [More information ...]

Ellam, John, 19 Feb 1888, (accident: 09 Feb 1888), aged 30, Collier, Inquiries made and inquest attended. Deceased had a shot which failed to bring all the coal down. He reset his sprag and went on holing, when a piece of top coal and clod fell over the sprag on to his foot. Two toes were amputated, lockjaw set in, and he died 19th instant

Evans, Thomas, 26 Dec 1878, aged 35, Collier, Deceased was getting his coals down, after firing a shot, when a piece of stone unexpectedly fell with the coal

Evans, William, 14 Dec 1892, 7 a.m., 2nd hour of shift, aged 22, Drawer, Inspection made and inquest attended. Underground fire [More information ...]

Fairclough, Richard, 14 Dec 1892, 7 a.m., 2nd hour of shift, aged 14, Lasher on, Inspection made and inquest attended. Underground fire [More information ...]

Fairhurst, John, 09 Mar 1904, (accident: 16 Feb 1904), aged 44, Wagon-lowerer, Inspection made and inquest attended. Deceased was lowering a waggon under the screens, and got crushed between the upright supports and the waggon, owing to the upright supports being too near the rails. He succumbed to the injuries received at Wigan Infirmary, March 9, 1904

Farnworth, Henry, 19 Apr 1910, aged 65, Dataller, When setting a bar in the haulage downbrow, he noticed the empty tubs attached to the endless rope approaching which crushed him, when he was signalling

Farrimond, Frank, 19 Nov 1924, (accident: 02 Jun 1924, 1.0 p.m., 6th hour of shift), aged 23, Drawer, The deceased was said to have internally injured himself while lifting a tub on 2nd June, and he died on 19th November from anaemia and haemorrhage due to the strain

Farrow, John, 04 Apr 1919, aged 16, Dataller, Killed by a fall of roof

Gaskell, John, 08 Oct 1888, aged 16, Horse driver, Inspection made. He was found dead under the front tub of the loaded journey but there was nothing to show how he got there. The road was in good order

Gerrard, Thomas, 25 Aug 1899, aged 22, Collier, Inspection made and inquest attended. They were engaged working a piece of coal that had been left back next to a fault, and were about completing it, when the roof collapsed, burying the deceased, and capping the bars and props for a distance of five yards square, the roof being very weak in that part [More information ...]

Glover, William, 12 Jul 1877, aged 24, Sinker, Struck by stones which fell from hoppet when ascending pit [More information ...]

Gratton, George, 15 Nov 1889, aged 53, Collier, Inspection made and inquest attended. He was driving through an old pillar, and had apparently well secured his place with timber, but the roof fell in, carrying all the timber with it

Grundy, Peter, 16 Jun 1928, aged 22, Collier, Killed by a fall of roof [More information ...]

Grundy, William, 16 Jun 1928, aged 34, Collier, Killed by a fall of roof [More information ...]

Hall, Allen, 24 Feb 1912, aged 19, Haulage Hand, Whilst assisting to lift the haulage rope on to the top of the full tubs, the haulage started and crushed deceased against a bar. A signal appeared to have been given by some unknown person to "stretch up" slowly

Halton, William, 11 Nov 1913, aged 19, Wagon brakesman, Whilst engaged in shunting operations, deceased endeavoured to uncouple a wagon with his brake stick. The coupling was apparently stiff and he was unable to uncouple at the first attempt. He thereupon put his weight on to the end of the brake stick, causing the coupling to detach suddenly and he fell with both legs across the rails. A wagon and one wheel of the locomotive passed over his legs and he died the same evening from his injuries

Higham, Matthew, 18 Oct 1878, aged 16, Pony driver, Kicked by a pony which he was striking

Hill, John, 26 Jul 1881, aged 24, Collier, Inspection made. Deceased was taking out a pillar, and had set some props, but not sufficient. The roof fell, knocking out the timber he had already set

Hilton, Henry, 05 Jan 1880, aged 17, Pony driver, The deceased went to the front of three loaded tubs on an incline and was pulling at them to start them, when he fell, and the first tub went over him

Hollins, Joseph, 05 Mar 1891, aged 16, Lasher on, Inspection made and inquest attended. The deceased was trying to lift a tub on the rail, when it ran back and knocked a prop from under one end of a bar which was supporting a large stone. The stone fell upon. the deceased. They ought to have had more bars set

Hornby, Robert, 15 Dec 1882, aged 22, Collier, Inspection made. Deceased was stripping a fault, and at the time was holing, when a piece of coal suddenly fell, knocking out the sprags and props, allowing the roof to fall on him

Hughes, Thomas, 19 Nov 1913, (accident: 03 Oct 1913), aged 54, Dataller, Deceased was engaged in laying a roadway under the front of the ripping, when a small stone, "about the size of a hand," fell from between the roof timbers and struck his head, causing a small cut. He went home, but continued work the next day, and for about a fortnight. He was taken to the infirmary on 16th November and died there on the 19th November. Death was due to an abscess between the coverings of the brain, caused by the injury received

Hulme, William, 10 Feb 1913, (accident: 11 Oct 1912), aged 37, Collier, A stone fell from a slip whilst the man was at work on the coal face and injured his back. He died on 10th February, 1913

Johnson, Peter, 13 Jul 1917, aged 34, Collier, Crushed against prop

Jones, Noah, 08 May 1902, (accident: 05 Mar 1902), aged 43, Collier, Inquiry made. Deceased appears to have knocked his head against a prop in the mine on his way to the bottom of the pit. He died 8th May, 1902, from a growth on the brain, accelerated by the accident

Lane, John, 18 Feb 1885, aged 34, Collier, Inspection made and inquest attended. A piece of bat was forced off the face by a sudden weight in the roof and rolled on to deceased

Lawson, John, 28 Jan 1869, aged 50, Sinker, Something falling from the side ; doubtful [More information ...]

Lycett, John, 12 Feb 1890, 8.30 a.m., aged 21, Dataler, Inspection made and inquest attended. Whilst jigging some tubs down an incline the jig prop came out and the roof above fell on deceased

Magnall, David, 23 Dec 1911, aged 64, Dataller, A miner working to the rise in the Ince Seven Feet Mine, in a place eleven feet six inches by five feet, holed through to an old level driven from an old shaft worked prior to 1848. In consequence an inrush of water occurred from the old working and from the surface which was flooded with casual water. Deceased when attempting to leave the mine got drowned, and was found jammed between tubs in a shunt in the main level

Mally, Thomas, 21 Jan 1917, aged 29, Metalman, Killed by a fall of roof

Mann, Charles, 14 Dec 1892, 7 a.m., 2nd hour of shift, aged 14, Lasher on, Inspection made and inquest attended. Underground fire [More information ...]

Mann, Joshua, 14 Dec 1892, 7 a.m., 2nd hour of shift, aged 42, Collier, Inspection made and inquest attended. Underground fire [More information ...]

McGough, Thomas, 05 Nov 1913, aged 30, Drawer, He was bringing out a full tub along a road with a falling gradient of about 1 in 40, followed at a considerable distance by another drawer with a full tub, who by some means knocked out a bar and left loose of his tub. The tub ran nearly 90 yards and caught deceased and crushed him against a bar. The lowest portion of the road had a clearance of 5 inches above the tub top

Miller, William, 18 Jun 1880, aged 14, Pony driver, On descending, the boy got out of the cage and walked into the sump, the fence of which had been temporarily removed without sufficient precautions being taken to prevent accidents

Mills, Joseph, 14 Dec 1892, 7 a.m., 2nd hour of shift, aged 24, Collier, Inspection made and inquest attended. Underground fire [More information ...]

Molyneux, James, 09 Jul 1871, aged 41, Prop taker, Fall of roof

Moorcroft, Joseph, 15 Sep 1896, aged 16, Shunt minder, Inspection made and inquest attend. The deceased was assisting another lad to put a tram of timber on the endless rope motion road on top of a downbrow tunnel which had got the road at the landing when it overcame them crushing the deceased who was at the front end. They ought to have lashed the tub to rope first

Moore, John, 11 Jul 1913, aged 50, Timberman, Deceased and his son were engaged in enlarging a main intake airway and had set a stay next the roof in order to support some side stone which they did not wish to get down during the shift, the road being used as a travelling road. Deceased was squaring back the side for another stay, when several feet of side stone suddenly came away and displaced the stay which had been set. He was caught by the fall and was dead when liberated

Morrison, John, 14 Dec 1892, 7 a.m., 2nd hour of shift, aged 31, Collier, Inspection made and inquest attended. Underground fire [More information ...]

Murphy, Stephen, 15 Sep 1890, aged 28, Collier, Inquiry made. A fall of top coal. He had been warned shortly before by the fireman to get it down or prop it but had not properly carried out the order

Murther, Patrick, 12 Jul 1877, aged 28, Sinker, Struck by stones which fell from hoppet when ascending pit [More information ...]

O'Brien, Michael, 02 Nov 1908, aged 43, Contractor, He was packing after ripping near the face, when a fall of roof occurred upon him, coming off a fault. Sufficient support had not been given to the roof, near the fault

Ovington, John, 14 Dec 1892, 7 a.m., 2nd hour of shift, aged 19, Drawer, Inspection made and inquest attended. Underground fire [More information ...]

Owen, William, 14 Dec 1892, 7 a.m., 2nd hour of shift, aged 14, Pony boy, Inspection made and inquest attended. Underground fire [More information ...]

Pemberton, Joseph, 14 Feb 1902, aged 14, Scotcher-up, Inquiry made and inquest attended. Deceased was engaged at a curve in the haulage, and was knocked over by a runaway tub, which got uncoupled up the brow, when off the rails. He was about entering a manhole, when he was caught by the tub

Pennington, George, 25 Aug 1899, aged 30, Collier, Inspection made and inquest attended. They were engaged working a piece of coal that had been left back next to a fault, and were about completing it, when the roof collapsed, burying the deceased, and capping the bars and props for a distance of five yards square, the roof being very weak in that part [More information ...]

Phillips, James, 02 May 1906, aged 16, Dataller, Inspection made and inquest attended. He attempted to go down the coal face, after shots had been fired in the coal, when some coal rolled off the face capping a sprag, and fatally injuring deceased. The men had been warned by the fireman not to pass the place until the coal had been drawn down

Pilling, Joseph, 12 Feb 1885, aged 37, Carpenter, Inquiries made and inquest attended. Deceased was at work in an engine house at the top of an underground incline. The gang when coming up was drawn too far and catching against a prop knocked it out and a large fall of roof took place, burying the deceased

Proet, George Stanley, 23 Sep 1929, aged 24, Haulage hand, Caught by tubs while taking haulage chain off motor

Pryor, William, 15 Jun 1882, aged 52, Proptaker, Inquest attended. Deceased was drawing timber when a piece of top coal unexpectedly fell on him

Ratcliffe, Henry, 29 Nov 1910, aged 23, Drawer, The roof began to weight at the working face, and when endeavouring to get out of the way, a stone fell from the roof, tilted the tub being filled, and he was caught and killed between the tub and the roof

Ratcliffe, William, 24 Jun 1871, aged 14, Drawer, While ascending the pit an empty tub was pushed in from a higher mouthing which knocked him out

Rawnsley, Morris, 27 Oct 1892, 9 a.m., 3rd hour of shift, aged 17, Lasher on, Inspection made and inquest attended. He was crushed by runaway tub, through an accidental failure of another boy to get a tub off an endless rope, which striking a pulley wheel, caused the rope to jerk a tub unhooked, which, running down brow, struck deceased

Ready, Martin, 25 Oct 1887, aged 20, Dataler, Inspection made. He had gone down the pit and after getting out of the cage made a wrong turn and walked into the sump and fell between the bearers which were 18 inches apart to the button a distance of five yards

Reuder, Samuel, 28 May 1902, aged 30, Dataller, Inspection made and inquest attended. They had been blowing the roof down in a roadway, and were propping the roof, as they thought making it safe for the colliers' shift, when a fall of roof occurred from between two slips, capping several props, and fatally injuring deceased

Rickett, William, 16 Sep 1878, aged 25, Collier, Deceased was riding out from his work on a loaded tub (contrary to the rules), and was crushed against the roof

Ryan, Joseph, 22 Jan 1925, aged 15, Haulage hand, Killed by a fall of roof

Sanders, Henry, 07 Jan 1874, aged 26, Collier, Crushed by fall of coal

Simpson, Robert, 01 Aug 1901, aged 40, Dataller, Inspection made and inquest attended. Deceased had been setting a wooden chock, and was clearing some dirt away, when a fall of roof occurred upon him. The fireman had told him a prop was needed at that point, but he did not appear to have set it

Stokes, Thomas, 06 Mar 1891, aged 35, Dataler, Inspection made and inquest attended. The contractor had spragged up some tubs on a steep tunnel they were driving by means of loose props and rails. The tubs suddenly broke away when the deceased was at the handle of the winch to which the tubs were connected

Stones, Joseph, 10 Sep 1887, aged 46, Fireman, Inquiries made and inquest attended. Deceased and some other men were taking out some bars in the main engine road. He was knocking out a bar with a long prop when the bars fell over and sideways and struck deceased, who was eight feet away

Summers, John, 01 Mar 1893, aged 18, Waggon lowerer, Inspection made and inquest attended. The deceased was in the act of stepping under the buffers of two railway waggons to couple them when the locomotive was shunting some four other waggons to the same siding. There appeared to have been some carelessness on the brakesman's part who joined the waggons up without giving warning

Tasker, Arthur, 26 Jun 1901, aged 15, Taker-off, Inspection made and inquest attended. The deceased was employed taking the setts of empty tubs off the endless rope as they came into the shunt, and when in the act of coupling two setts another sett came up unawares to deceased and joined the last one he had taken off the rope, crushing him fatally when he was in the act of coulping the previous sett

Taylor, Ellen, 11 Jul 1882, aged 15, Screener, Inspection made. Deceased fell into a tank of hot water when she went to fill her can, and was scalded to death. The tank was 2 feet square and 8 feet high, and appeared to be perfectly safe

Taylor, Robert, 02 Jun 1916, aged 60, Collier, Killed by a fall of roof

Taylor, William, 07 May 1881, aged 42, Drawer, Inspection made and inquest attended. A stone fell from between "slips" and the props, crushing deceased against his tub, which he was levelling at the time

Thompson, Thomas, 08 May 1874, aged 20, Prop taker, Fall of roof while drawing props in Wigan 4 foot mine

Towey, James, 15 Dec 1892, (accident: 14 Dec 1892, 7 a.m., 2nd hour of shift), aged 26, Collier, Inspection made and inquest attended. Underground fire [More information ...]

Tudor, William, 05 Sep 1883, aged 30, Collier, Inspection made and inquest attended. The roof fell on to deceased at a point where two roads crossed. There was no timber set here, though a collier stated that the attention of the officials had been drawn to the necessity of doing so. The officials denied that their notice had been drawn to it, and had not considered it necessary previous to the accident

Vasey, Thomas, 21 Aug 1889, aged 36, Collier, Inspection made. He and two other men were engaged in clearing up a fall and re-timbering, when there was a further fall of dirt from the roof and side, which caught the deceased

Walker, Adam, 25 Apr 1908, aged 41, Contractor's man, He was packing dirt on side of ripping, when a stone fell upon him from a slip in the roof, capping two props

Walker, John, 19 Dec 1873, aged 41, Sinker, Bar of iron fell from a bearer at side of sinking pit, and struck deceased on head

Watmough, Thomas, 29 Nov 1894, (accident: 13 Nov 1894), aged 28, Collier, Inspection made and inquest attended. A fall of roof occurred between the face of coal and the timbering which was about four feet from coal, there were two slips crossing where the stone came from, he succumbed to the injuries received on the 29th

Wheelan, Joseph, 18 Dec 1906, aged 50, Dataller, Inspection made and inquest attended. While he was engaged clearing dirt, in a roadway near the face, a large fall of dirt and coal came away from a step, side of roadway, knocking out the timber, and fatally injuring deceased

Winstanley, James, 29 Nov 1892, (accident: 08 Aug 1892, 2.15 p.m., 9th hour of shift), aged 60, Collier, Inquiry made. Deceased was injured by a piece of coal striking him on the side. He commenced working in a fortnight's time, but died from inflammation from the effects of the blow, November 29th

Woodcook, John, 28 Jul 1904, aged 47, Dataller, Fall of roof. Inspection made. Deceased and another man were sent to clear a fall of roof near the face, and deceased attempted to get over the fall to work on the other side when some more dirt fell upon him, and he was killed. Props were set three feet apart, both sides of the fall, and said to have been the same under the fall

Yarwood, William, 19 Apr 1920, (accident: 16 Mar 1920), aged 57, Collier, Hit on head when lifting a box. Died 19th Apr

Yates, Thomas, 07 Oct 1909, aged 38, Contractor's man, He was engaged drawing out props for getting roof ripped in a roadway, when a fall of roof occurred from, slips upon him