Brynn Hall Colliery

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Ashall, Henry, 21 Jun 1889, aged 15, Way drawer, Inspection made and inquest attended. He was taking a tub to the shaft down an incline, when the engine sett jammed against those he had left behind, and one ran away and caught him. There were no proper stopblocks to prevent the tubs running away, hence the accident

Bailey, John, 07 Feb 1862, aged 27, Collier, Fall of roof

Bailey, Thomas, 04 Dec 1906, aged 53, Collier, Inspection made and inquest attended. He was engaged working a pillar back, with the loose end against an old road, when the roof collapsed, and deceased was crushed under the fall. Not sufficient props set to support the roof in safety

Bennett, Peter, 10 Dec 1917, aged 44, Dayhand, Stone fell injuring his head

Blackledge, Lewis, 21 Sep 1877, aged 40, Dataler, Cage overwound, two of the deceased fell down the pit [More information ...]

Blunstone, Christopher, 13 Apr 1859, aged 21, Collier, Fall of coal at the working face

Bretherton, John, 13 Sep 1910, aged 43, Day-hand, When setting a special prop in order to draw wood with gablock and chain, a fall of roof occurred in old roadway, fatally injuring him and also injuring fireman

Brockson, Thomas, 30 Aug 1884, aged 60, Collier, Inquest attended. Deceased was finishing a pillar when a large stone fell over his drawing road and caught him. The stone appeared to have been forced out by the "weighting" of the roof, being apparently safe previously

Brown, John, 05 Apr 1904, aged 40, Locomotive-driver, Inspection made and inquest attended. The stay heads of the firebox on locomotive stripped, and steam rushed through the holes and scalded him to death. Deceased appeared to have had the safety valve fastened with wooden wedges, to get up greater pressure of steam ; and repairs to the stay heads had not been done in a proper manner

Brown, Stephen, 01 Sep 1914, (accident: 25 Aug 1914), aged 23, Haulage hand, A full tub which deceased had lashed on to the endless rope became detached and ran down a gradient of 1 in 8 and collided with another full tub he had just attached. Deceased being under the impression it was an empty runaway tub tried to twist an empty tub round so that it would not be knocked against the return wheel. The runaway tub, after colliding with the full one he had just attached to the rope, pushed it along the road until it crushed him and caused injuries which terminated fatally a week later

Cannon, John Thomas, 21 Dec 1934, aged 28, Drawer, killed by a fall of roof [date of report]

Combs, Thomas, 02 Oct 1895, aged 22, Drawer, Inspection made and inquest attended. A portion of roof fell upon him between two slips at far end of drawing road. The place was propped but not barred. He was crushed against a tub near face of the road

Creswell, Thomas, 30 Oct 1890, aged 34, Prop taker, Inspection made and inquest attended. They were commencing to draw the timber from a finished pillar and were busy with the first prop when the whole place came in without warning carrying all the timber with it

Cummin, James, 22 Dec 1868, aged 26, Labourer, Crushed between railway trucks

Dixon, Thomas, 20 Oct 1871, aged 45, Fireman, Fall of roof while getting up floor

Doe, William, 03 Nov 1902, aged 45, Brakesman, Inspection made and inquest attended. They were lowering some waggons with the locomotive, and in jumping off a brake of one of the waggons on some small coal which lay alongside the railway, he slipped back and was run over and killed. These lines should have been kept clear to allow the men to work in safety

Farrell, John, 23 Apr 1885, aged 41, Dataler, Inspection made and inquest attended. Deceased was crossing an old road where the top coal had been left standing. Before commencing work he had set a couple of props when a piece of top coal fell capping one of, the props. He ought to have had more timber

Fletcher, Edward, 16 Mar 1893, aged 43, Collier, Inspection made and inquest attended. The deceased while bringing his tub down a brow was overtaken and crushed by another tub the scotch having come out and overpowered the other drawer. The road was narrow in the lower part where the accident occurred and the jury recommended the road to be made wider on one side

Fletcher, Isaac, 01 May 1896, (accident: 17 Apr 1896), aged 40, Tunneler, Inspection made. A shot had been fired in the face of a tunnel and the deceased had drawn some loose stone down from the roof a stone fell from a step in the side which they had not been able to secure crushing the deceased. He succumbed to the injuries received May 1st

Grundy, William, 16 Oct 1899, aged 44, Brakesman, Inspection made. Deceased was a brakesman, and was chaining some waggons with a locomotive past some points, and when in the act of unhooking the chain he stumbled, and got run over by the empty wagons

Hilton, James, 23 Feb 1898, aged 17, Haulage hand, Inspection made. He was bringing a tub out to lash on to the haulage rope and he appears not to have noticed another tub already on the rope approaching, which caught his tub and jammed it against a bar leg knocking it out which brought down a large fall of roof down upon the deceased

Hopkins, Arthur, 04 Aug 1883, aged 13, Pulley boy, Deceased was employed on the endless rope road to guide the tubs past a pulley at a bend, and whilst doing so his arm was caught between the rope and pulley and he was drawn in and killed. Deceased should have been on the outside of the rope, but for some reason he had gone inside between the two roads

Hughes, Thomas, 07 Oct 1864, aged 45, Collier, Suffocation by explosive gas

Isherwood, Henry, 19 May 1872, aged 29, Collier, Fall of coal while holing in 4 feet mine

James, Joseph, 08 Feb 1894, aged 50, Collier, Inspection made and inquest attended. The deceased was driving a ribbing in the Wigan Six Feet Seam and neglected to keep a bar near the face as it advanced when the roof fell upon him from between two slips

Johnson, George, 21 Sep 1877, aged 26, Dataler, Cage overwound, two of the deceased fell down the pit [More information ...]

Johnston, Henry, 19 Aug 1910, aged 37, Collier, While getting or taking down coal, a portion of top coal two feet ten inches by two feet two inches by two feet fell upon him from between two slips

Jones, Robert A., 19 Nov 1915, aged 15, Killed instantly by fall of roof [More information ...]

Jones, Thomas, 18 Aug 1879, aged 36, Collier, The coal fell over the sprags as he was holing

Knowles, William, 07 Sep 1865, aged 43, Bricksetter, Fall of roof while putting in a furness arch

Layland, Thomas, 04 Feb 1884, (accident: 16 Aug 1883), aged 65, Collier, Inquest attended. Injured on 16th August 1883 by a piece of top coal falling from between two "slips" and capping two props

Littler, Thomas, 16 Sep 1898, (accident: 14 Sep 1898), aged 32, Daywageman, Inspection made and inquest attended. The deceased was engaged building a middle pack wall behind the long walled face in the Arley Mine when a portion of the roof gave way adjoining a previous fall capping some props and falling upon the deceased. He succumbed to the injuries received at the infirmary on the 16th

Lowe, John, 20 Aug 1917, aged 56, Collier, Killed by a fall of roof

Ludworth, Luke, 07 Jun 1872, aged 12, Fall of roof in 4 feet down brow

Ludworth, Thomas, 09 Dec 1918, aged 49, Fireman, Fall of coal — dislocated ankle. Died

Martin, Charles, 19 Nov 1915, aged 15, Killed instantly by fall of roof [More information ...]

Moss, James, 28 Apr 1897, aged 27, Collier, Inspection made and inquest attended, A piece of rock roof fell upon the deceased from a slip near face of a pillar capping four or five props which were set about three feet apart. The portion that fell was thin at the waste side and thickened to two feet at the face where it broke off capping the props

Naylor, John, 25 Oct 1862, aged 49, Banksman, Falling into shaft from surface

Owen, Owen C., 28 Feb 1908, aged 34, Contractor's man, After drawing out some props, in order to rip the roof down, a shot had been fired ; and when deceased was packing the side of road, a fall of roof occurred upon him

Redfern, William, 02 May 1876, aged 41, Collier, Explosion of powder (blown out shot)

Rogers, Thomas, 10 Aug 1887, aged 26, Collier, Inspection made and inquest attended. He went under the top coals for some purpose when they fell upon him. On the previous night the had drawn timber from under them and had a shot without bringing them down. Before going under them he should have reset the props

Sedgwick, John, 21 Sep 1877, aged 17, Dataler, Cage overwound, two of the deceased fell down the pit [More information ...]

Sherrat, Thomas, 06 Apr 1920, (accident: 20 Mar 1920), aged 27, Collier, Fall of coal — serious back injury. Died 6th Apr

Thomas, John, 20 Jan 1874, aged 34, Dataller, Fall of roof in Pemberton 4 feet mine

Ward, George, 23 Nov 1892, (accident: 22 Nov 1892, 7 a.m., 10th hour of shift), aged 27, Chargeman, Inspection made and inquest attended. They had knocked out three bars for the purpose of lifting the roadway for haulage arrangements when, a fall from the upper side came down suddenly. The fireman was present, but did not apprehend any danger ; lived until the following day [More information ...]

Wharton, Cyril, 22 Jan 1924, 12.45 p.m., 6th hour of shift, aged 32, Drawer, Deceased was found at the coal face partly fastened against the pack by three lumps of coal which had fallen off the face. Two sprags had been set against the coal, which was only holed about 9 ins. The fireman had last been in the place 1¾ hours prior to the accident and had considered the place secure and the sprags properly set. Evidently they had become loose and knocked out by the coal giving way

Whitmore, Thomas, 12 Mar 1912, (accident: 22 Feb 1912), aged 27, Shotlighter, When engaged ramming a shot in coal above an up-step, the coal and roof above displaced a prop, and, by falling upon him, inflicted injuries which proved fatal on 12th March

Wilkins, John, 24 Jun 1877, aged 24, Dataler, Fall of arch while deceased was repairing the same

Williams, Thomas, 22 Nov 1892, 7 a.m., 10th hour of shift, aged 22, Labourer, Inspection made and inquest attended. They had knocked out three bars for the purpose of lifting the roadway for haulage arrangements when, a fall from the upper side came down suddenly. The fireman was present, but did not apprehend any danger ; lived until the following day [More information ...]