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Aspey, James, 05 Dec 1873, aged 30, Collier, Falling through cage botton while descending

Bagnall, Ernest, 11 Feb 1936, aged 33, Screen engineman, Found dead with mutilated arm and crushed side between clutch pinion

Billinge, Moses, 11 Aug 1915, (accident: 22 Mar 1915), aged 46, Haulage hand, Spine injured — caught between tubs. Died 11th. Aug

Blackmore, William, 21 Mar 1901, aged 21, Labourer, Inspection made. They were putting a water tank into the cage about midnight at the surface level, and deceased was asked to bring a torch lamp within the fencing. He came through the gate, and apparently walked over the edge of shaft at open side and fell to the bottom. He had a lighted torch in his hand, and there was an electric light close by

Bury, Thomas Pendle, 05 Jun 1917, aged 15, Haulage hand, Caught by runaway tubs

Copeland, Samuel, 27 Jun 1912, aged 16, Haulage-hand, Deceased was engaged taking off empty tubs from haulage rope at junction of main road and a slant when a fall of roof occurred, which displaced all the timber over an area of 18 feet by 15 feet. About 10 tons of roof "metal" fell and completely buried him

Croke, John Joseph, 03 Feb 1929, aged 43, Contractor, Killed by a fall of roof

Dalton, Dominic, 26 Jan 1886, aged 35, Banksman, Inspection made and inquest attended. The banksman were going into the cage to get the loaded tubs out instead of pushing them out with the empties and by accident the engine crept and lifted the cage when the deceased who was on the cage at the time jumped out and a tub followed and fell on him

Davies, Edward, 29 Jun 1916, (accident: 26 Jun 1916), aged 33, Collier, Injury to back caused by fall. Died 29th

Davies, Evan, 20 Jan 1905, aged 19, Haulage-hand, Inspection made and inquest attended. The five persons were killed and thirteen injured in an overwinding accident whilst they were descending the shaft. The cage went beyond the usual point and struck a scaffold below [More information ...]

Davies, James, 01 Nov 1927, Finger crushed between scotch and block. Residence: 23 Hargreaves Street

Dixon, Richard, 20 Apr 1905, (accident: 17 Apr 1905), aged 57, Collier, Inquiry made and inquest attended. He injured his body by falling against a tub which he was pushing underground, He succumbed to internal injuries received on April 20, 1905

Doherty, Charles, 20 Jan 1903, aged 26, Collier, Inspection made and inquest attended. Deceased was working at the face, when a piece of coal came off the face from a slip, and crushed him against the pack wall. He expired after reaching the hospital. There appeared to have been no holing done at the time

Donegan, John, 13 Aug 1920, aged 46, Contractors man, Killed by a fall of roof

Donnellan, William, 20 Feb 1899, aged 27, Drawer, Inspection made and inquest attended. The chain attaching two full boxes to the endless rope going upbrow slipped, the boxes in running downbrow collided with an empty tub at the level shunt, causing a bar to be displaced which liberated the portion of roof which fell upon the three drawers who were having their breakfast at the time. The road was rough in places, and ought to have been more substantially timbered [More information ...]

Ellison, Peter, 15 Dec 1907, aged 64, Detaller, When preparing for work at the mouth of a gate road, off the haulage road, a fall of side occurred upon him, causing fatal injuries

Fairhurst, Joseph, 05 Sep 1907, aged 23, Drawer, When attempting to unlash the chain, attaching an empty tub to the endless rope, near the mouth of an endway, he got fatally injured by being crushed against a low bar, owing to some mistake in signalling

Foggerty, Philip, 20 Feb 1899, aged 23, Drawer, Inspection made and inquest attended. The chain attaching two full boxes to the endless rope going upbrow slipped, the boxes in running downbrow collided with an empty tub at the level shunt, causing a bar to be displaced which liberated the portion of roof which fell upon the three drawers who were having their breakfast at the time. The road was rough in places, and ought to have been more substantially timbered [More information ...]

Foster, William, 28 Dec 1904, (accident: 04 Oct 1904), aged 56, Surface-hand, Inquiry made and inquest attended. He was assisting to carry a timber curb on the surface, when he slipped and fell injuring his knee ; it was not considered serious at the time, but blood poisoning afterwards set in, and he died December 28, 1904

Garner, John William, 10 Jan 1914, aged 20, Haulage hand, While a shot was being fired in the ripping of a gate-road the lower side of the coal face was left unguarded, and deceased evidently came along the face and entered the place at the moment the shot was fired. He was buried under the stone blown down by the shot. The accident was due to a breach of Section 2 (e) of the Explosives in Coal Mines Order, inasmuch as the shotfirer neglected to take suitable steps to prevent any person approaching the shot

Golden, James, 30 Jul 1915, aged 24, Contractor, Killed by a fall of stone while pushing

Graham, John, 16 Apr 1926, aged 29, Drawer, Killed by a falling prop - struck on head

Green, George, 26 Aug 1914, aged 50, Dataller, Deceased and another man were drawing out some props on a road through the pack, which had been left open for a temporary air road and for stowage. They had used a "gablock and chain" to loosen a prop, but instead of pulling it out with the chain, the deceased loosened the latter and was proceeding to lift tbe prop out, when a fall of roof came away and killed him

Griffiths, William, 23 Nov 1894, aged 43, Packer, Inspection made and inquest attended. While the deceased was packing behind the widework face a stone fell from the roof while he was in a kneeling position and crushed him causing his death. There did not appear to have been any neglect

Horsley, Joseph, 19 Mar 1903, aged 31, Runner-in, Inspection made and inquest attended. Deceased was fatally injured by being struck by the haulage rope near the bottom of the shaft, owing to three full tubs falling out of the ascending cage striking the haulage rope. The tumbler of the cage was said to have been slightly bent during the previous night, and two witnesses at the surface stated they noticed the tumbler up when the cage reached the surface, although the assistant hooker-on stated he had put it down

Hughes, John, 13 Apr 1895, aged 28, Daywageman, Inspection made, and inquest attended. Deceased was engaged cleaning the pump at the bottom of the shaft when an iron bolt fell from the surface on his head. The pit mouth was not clear of loose material as it could have been and the bolt appears to have been disturbed and fallen through the banking operations at the surface

Hughes, Robert, 23 Mar 1917, aged 56, Screenhand, Crushed by tubs — injury to knee. Blood poisoning set in

Hughes, William, 02 Sep 1895, aged 43, Collier, Inspection made and inquest attended. When working at the face a fall of roof occurred to a slip running parallel with face of the coal capping three props. The fireman had not visited the place since 8 o'clock when he instructed them to set a row of props.The verdict of the jury was accidental but the jury presented that an official should be legally compelled to visit work persons under his charge more than once during each shift [More information ...]

Jolly, William, 18 Dec 1925, aged 55, Collier, Killed by tubs

Jones, Charles, 08 Jan 1875, aged 23, Sinker, Struck on head by winch handle

Jones, Hugh, 10 Nov 1890, aged 33, Tunneller, Inspection made and inquest attended. They were commencing to drive a tunnel and had been told by the fireman to set a bar at once at the entrance. This they neglected to do and a stone fell from the roof and caught the deceased

Jones, James, 23 Sep 1904, aged 14, Pony-driver, Inspection made and inquest attended. He was riding on the first tub of four full ones of coal, coming down a slope, with only one scotch, instead of two in the wheels ; when the first tub appears to have upset upon the deceased, fatally injuring him

Jones, John, 03 Jan 1896, aged 40, Daywageman, Inspection made and inquest attended. They were engaged repairing bars on a brow and after they had put up a new bar they proceeded to draw a prop when the roof gave way carrying all the timber before it and crushing deceased. The accident was at cross roads where it was bared out closed with covering timber

Jones, Joseph, 30 Jul 1902, aged 33, Collier, Inspection made and inquest attended. He was coming up the endless rope downbrow, and was found crushed between a full tub and a bar. No one appears to have seen the accident, he probably was leaning on the tubs, coming upbrow, and got caught under the low bar

Jones, Samuel, 02 Nov 1898, aged 48, Collier, Inspection made and inquest attended. A heavy fall of rock roof fell upon the deceased over the drawing road apparently from unseen slips although the rock was broken previously in the vicinity of the fall

Jones, William, 06 Dec 1895, aged 40, Packer, Inspection made and inquest attended. While the deceased was engaged making a pack wall in the face of wide work a stone fell upon him from some slips in the roof

Kearney, John, 20 Jan 1905, aged 15, Haulage-hand, Inspection made and inquest attended. The five persons were killed and thirteen injured in an overwinding accident whilst they were descending the shaft. The cage went beyond the usual point and struck a scaffold below [More information ...]

Kearney, John, 30 Dec 1910, (accident: 19 Nov 1910), aged 29, Contractor, When about to pick up a sleeper to lay rails in a roadway just ripped, a stone fell from the roof (to which temporary supports had been set) and inflicted injuries which proved fatal on the 30th December, 1910

Kelly, Thomas, 16 Mar 1916, aged 23, Contractors man, Killed by a fall of slipping dirt

Kerrigan, William, 10 Feb 1895, (accident: 06 Feb 1895), aged 22, Labourer, Inquiry made. He was assisting the wagon drawer in pushing a wagon and after doing so the plunger of the spring buffer which had stuck fast sprang out striking him on the temple causing such injuries that he succumbed on the 10th

Leigh, Robert, 30 Mar 1914, aged 30, Dataller, Whilst deceased was engaged in pushing some full tubs of coal along a level past the bottom of a jig brow, in the Lower Florida Seam, he was fatally injured by a large fall of roof which knocked out a running bar and six cross bars. The fall measured 15 feet by 10 feet wide by 10 feet high, and came away without any warning

Lenon, Philip, 14 Jan 1904, aged 26, Sinker, Inspection made and inquest attended. The carrier running down guides over the sinkers got damaged, and a portion of it fell down the shaft fatally injuring deceased. The winding appeared to have been too rapid, and the scaffold where the carrier was to stop was too high up above the men

Lewis, Robert, 16 Oct 1890, aged 37, Collier, Inspection made. A thin piece of the roof fell out from between the props as he was pulling down some coal

Leyland, David, 10 May 1907, (accident: 26 Apr 1907), aged 44, Collier, When breaking a lump of coal, he appears to have caught his knee with the pick ; blood poisoning afterwards set in, and he expired May 10th, 1907

Mather, John Robert, 10 May 1913, aged 18, Haulage hand, He was supposed to be travelling up an endless rope haulage brow rising 1 in 7, and said that in trying to get in front if two full tubs he was caught by two descending ones. A drawer who was following him pulled him off the top of two full tubs where he had been crushed against the roof

McGrath, John, 10 Feb 1902, aged 45, Daywageman, Inspection made and inquest attended. The deceased and another person were engaged repairing the haulage down-brow, and when they were putting a stretcher bar across the road, a portion of side gave way, crushing the deceased

McHenry, John, 20 Jan 1905, aged 16, Haulage-hand, Inspection made and inquest attended. The five persons were killed and thirteen injured in an overwinding accident whilst they were descending the shaft. The cage went beyond the usual point and struck a scaffold below [More information ...]

McNicholas, Thomas, 31 May 1920, aged 55, Timberman, Buried beneath fall of dirt [More information ...]

Monaghan, James, 20 Feb 1905, aged 17, Haulage-hand, Inspection made and inquest attended. A large fall of roof occurred at a junction of roads knocking down the bars and covering timber, which seem to have reeled out without breaking from some cause, fatally injuring them [More information ...]

Morgan, Edward, 27 Apr 1915, aged 48, Contractor, Fall of roof crushing head and body

Morris, Joseph, 27 Aug 1924, 1.15 p.m., 7th hour of shift, aged 50, Contractor, The deceased was engaged with another workman in enlarging a down brow, dipping 1 in 9, when two full tubs ran back about 140 yards owing to the breakage of a lashing chain. He was crushed against a low bar and fatally injured. His mate took refuge in a hole. The lashing chain consisted of links, 3/8 in. diameter. They are examined daily. The two tubs of dirt weighed about 26 cwts., and the lashing chain had a breaking strain of about four tons. In future, a "warrick" will be used a few yards above the point where repair work is being carried on

Mullen, Thomas, 31 May 1920, aged 51, Metalman, Buried beneath fall of dirt [More information ...]

Murphy, Thomas, 02 Sep 1895, aged 40, Collier, Inspection made and inquest attended. When working at the face a fall of roof occurred to a slip running parallel with face of the coal capping three props. The fireman had not visited the place since 8 o'clock when he instructed them to set a row of props.The verdict of the jury was accidental but the jury presented that an official should be legally compelled to visit work persons under his charge more than once during each shift [More information ...]

Parry, Edward, 09 Jan 1893, aged 18, Packer, Inspection made and inquest attended. Whilst building a pack along with his father a stone fell from between two slips upon the deceased they must have disturbed the roof by drawing props out

Prescott, John, 17 Feb 1921, aged 20, Contractors man, Killed by a fall of roof while attempting to rescue Henry Worthington [More information ...]

Regan, Patrick, 27 Jan 1908, aged 30, Contractor, They had been drilling a hole in the ripping, and when deceased was taking up the rails, under where the shot was, a fall of roof occurred, fatally injuring deceased

Rigby, James, 31 Jan 1906, (accident: 17 Jan 1906), aged 42, Packer, Inquiry made. While he was lifting a stone from a heap on the floor, a second stone slid down and injured his thumb. He expired January 31, 1906, at St. Helens Hospital, from the effects of blood-poisoning

Rigby, Thomas, 16 Aug 1887, aged 15, Pony driver, Inspection made. He had brought the journey of loaded tubs to the pit bottom and unhooked his pony and was walking backwards in front of the tubs as the latter were moving slowly into the shunt when he caught his foot against a sleeper and falling backwards, the tubs ran on to him

Roberts, Griffith, 11 Dec 1915, aged 20, Washer lad, Clothing caught by clutch and drawn into shafting

Rothwell, Thomas, 20 Jan 1905, aged 15, Haulage-hand, Inspection made and inquest attended. The five persons were killed and thirteen injured in an overwinding accident whilst they were descending the shaft. The cage went beyond the usual point and struck a scaffold below [More information ...]

Roughley, Edward, 19 Feb 1920, (accident: 16 Jan 1920), aged 22, Contractors man, Spine fractured by fall of roof. Died 19th Feb

Ryan, John, 18 Jun 1875, aged 20, Engineman, Fell down pit

Saxon, William Joseph, 12 Nov 1910, (accident: 18 May 1910), aged 35, Collier, Slipped down on landing when running out a tub and hurt his leg. He continued to go to work, though complaining of pain in leg and groin until 13th June and died on 12th November from a malignant tumour in the right lung and a tumour in the hip joint

Sharps, George, 14 Mar 1907, aged 50, Browman, When walking along the waggon road, near the steam boilers, he got run over by the locomotive engine, the whistle of which was said to be blowing at the time

Shaw, Robert, 12 Sep 1927, aged 35, Contractors man, Fall of roof and timber — leg injured

Smallshaw, John, 18 May 1896, aged 50, Enginewright, Inspection made, and inquest attended. He was looking around the new fan engine-house which they were erecting at the time when he slipped and fell between the pillars of the foundation a distance of six yards causing internal injuries from which he died

Smart, James, 20 Feb 1905, aged 16, Haulage-hand, Inspection made and inquest attended. A large fall of roof occurred at a junction of roads knocking down the bars and covering timber, which seem to have reeled out without breaking from some cause, fatally injuring them [More information ...]

Spencer, James, 10 Oct 1891, aged 31, Labourer, Inspection made. Deceased and another man were lowering one of three waggons of bricks. The deceased was told to fasten the brakes of the waggons they were leaving but does not appear to have done so one of these waggons followed him down unawares and crushed him

Storey, William, 11 Feb 1888, aged 45, Blacksmith, Inspection made and inquest attended. He was helping to put a new cage on and was standing near the pit mouth, which was well lighted, when he was asked for some shackles. He stepped forward apparently without thinking, and fell into the pit

Swift, John, 20 Jan 1905, aged 24, Collier, Inspection made and inquest attended. The five persons were killed and thirteen injured in an overwinding accident whilst they were descending the shaft. The cage went beyond the usual point and struck a scaffold below [More information ...]

Taylor, William, 10 Oct 1905, aged 52, Collier, Inquiry made and inquest attended. He was engaged at the face, when a stone fell upon him from the roof, from between the props, the place being fairly well timbered. He succumbed to the injuries received

Thompson, James, 20 Feb 1899, aged 16, Drawer, Inspection made and inquest attended. The chain attaching two full boxes to the endless rope going upbrow slipped, the boxes in running downbrow collided with an empty tub at the level shunt, causing a bar to be displaced which liberated the portion of roof which fell upon the three drawers who were having their breakfast at the time. The road was rough in places, and ought to have been more substantially timbered [More information ...]

Thompson, Ralph, 05 Jun 1924, 1.20 a.m., 3rd hour of shift, aged 60, Daywageman, The deceased was withdrawing props from the waste when he was killed by a fall of roof weighing about 2 tons. He had been using a gablock, which was found lying close beside him, but whether he was actually using it at the time was uncertain. The stone came away from two slips which were not visible prior to the fall

Tickle, George, 10 Feb 1928, aged 21, Drawer, Killed by runaway tubs

Tomlinson, Thomas, 23 Apr 1917, aged 54, Dataller, Fall of roof — injury to back

Whalley, Thomas, 08 Feb 1906, aged 59, Collier, Inspection made. He was said to have been chipping preparatory to setting additional props, nearer the face (which the fireman had ordered to be set), when the roof gave way and he was fatally injured

Wilkinson, James, 10 Aug 1928, aged 43, Collier, Killed by a fall of coal while helping surveyor

Williams, Robert, 04 Mar 1903, aged 24, Daywageman, Inspection made and inquest attended. He was engaged ripping a roadway and packing, and while drawing a prop with his hammer, he appears to have slipped, and got caught by the stone falling upon him

Woods, Peter, 27 Aug 1892, (accident: 25 Aug 1892, 12 noon, 6th hour of shift), aged 56, Sawyer, Inquiry made. Whilst in the act of cutting out a sleeper, about 5 feet long, the timber rebounded after touching the saw, which was worked by engine power ; causing internal injuries to which he succumbed on the 27th August

Worthington, Henry, 17 Feb 1921, aged 32, Fireman, Killed by a fall of roof [More information ...]

Yates, William, 23 Jan 1886, aged 18, Dataler, Inspection made. The deceased, his father and another man were putting a heavy bar up and had a temporary prop under it when it fell and struck him. No roof fell

Young, Samuel, 25 May 1928, (accident: 07 May 1928), aged 43, Contractors man, Small cut on hand from stone. Died erisephylis 25th