Bretby Colliery

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Adams, Jervis, 05 Oct 1871, aged 43, Horse driver, Fall of roof

Adams, Rodger, 18 Jul 1873, aged 13, Pony driver, Knocked down by horse and run over by waggons

Adams, Thomas, 27 Sep 1872, aged 42, Collier, Fall of roof [More information ...]

Armson, Frank, 24 Sep 1867, aged 39, Collier, Blasting powder

Astle, John, 20 Feb 1873, aged 19, Collier, Fall of roof [More information ...]

Atkin, Charles, 14 Apr 1883, aged 41, Collier, Fall of roof whilst setting timber

Blazey, Robert, 04 Dec 1876, aged 20, Loader, Loading tubs too high, which knocked a bar out, causing the roof to fall upon deceased

Blower, George, 17 Feb 1869, aged 24, Collier, Fall of roof

Boffey, John, 25 Oct 1883, aged 40, Deputy, Getting coal off the side of an airway when they fell and crushed him

Clempson, Richard, 01 Mar 1888, aged 37, Loader, Fall of roof

Collins, Stephen, 02 Apr 1872, aged 30, Collier, Fell frompart way down the shaft

Copnall, George, 20 Feb 1873, aged 50, Underviewer, Fall of roof [More information ...]

Cox, George, 21 Feb 1906, aged 68, Labourer, He died shortly before he should have started work as a surface labourer, and the coroner's jury found that death was due to "natural causes — fatty degeneration of the heart" [fatality reported during the year but not classified as a reportable accident]

Cox, James, 18 Jun 1867, aged 15, Horse boy, Run over

Crowder, John, 18 Jan 1890, aged 13, Screen boy, Crushed between railway waggons. Had been sent to clean up the roadway under the waggons

Domelo, John, 11 Nov 1875, aged 44, Stallman, Gate road pack neglected to be built. Fall of bind at lip of gate

Ensor, Thomas, 12 Apr 1881, aged 20, Collier, Returning from work along the main roadway when a large fall of roof came upon them [More information ...]

Fletcher, Samuel, 27 May 1881, aged 33, Loader, Trying to fire a shot. Supposed to have lighted the powder instead of the match

Greaves, Thomas, 11 Mar 1875, aged 41, Stallman, In the act of setting timber when the roof fell upon him

Hardwick, Robert, 27 Sep 1872, aged 55, Collier, Fall of roof [More information ...]

Hardwick, Robert William, 01 May 1914, aged 16, Pony driver, Deceased was bringing one full tub from the coal face to the endless rope siding when it caught against a wood prop set under one end of a steel girder, and liberated some roof and side which fell on him as he was walking at the back end of the tub. Tubs had been rubbing against the prop for two or three days which was known to the corporal, who ought to have "slewed" the rails from it

Harrison, Arthur, 01 Apr 1885, aged 41, Dataler, Explosion of gunpowder. Supposed to have lighted the german instead of the match

Hobbes, William, 24 Jun 1873, aged 16, Collier, Run over by waggon on inclined plane. A chain had broken. He was wrong to be in the middle of the road at the time

Insley, William, 21 Aug 1901, (accident: 16 Aug 1901), aged 41, Stallman, Fall of coal while removing holing sprags preparatory to firing a shot to bring the coal down. He died on the 21st August (Eureka coal)

Odgett, Robert, 06 Nov 1884, aged 34, Loader, Fall of roof in the roadway

Pegg, William, 02 Jun 1882, aged 16, Incline boy, Run over by a train of tubs

Pepper, William, 24 Dec 1869, aged 13, Horse boy, Run over

Redfern, Arthur Lewis, 11 Sep 1929, aged 26, killed by a fall of roof

Redfern, Eli, 19 Apr 1883, aged 24, Stallman, Fall of roof ; withdrawing timber from the goaf

Staley, Charles, 27 Oct 1898, (accident: 14 Jul 1898), aged 21, Holer, Fall of roof. Deceased was holing at the coal face at the gate end after the ripping had fallen up to the face. He holed into a slip which liberated the roof and it fell upon him. He died 27th October

Starkey, George, 22 May 1902, aged 48, Chargeman Dataller, Fall of roof. Deceased was repairing an airway when the timber supporting the roof gave way, and a large fall occurred which killed the deceased (Eureka coal)

Street, Samuel, 23 Feb 1865, aged 45, Collier, Mortifaction of finger

Thornbury, Henry, 14 Dec 1865, Collier, Fall of stone

Thornhill, Edward, 12 Apr 1881, aged 22, Collier, Returning from work along the main roadway when a large fall of roof came upon them [More information ...]

Tomlinson, John, 09 Sep 1865, aged 13, Horse driver, Crushed by tram

Tomlinson, John, 31 Mar 1871, aged 43, Horse driver, Run over by railway truck near the colliery

Walley, R., 11 May 1857, aged 22, Loader, Fall of roof

Webster, John, 05 Jul 1889, aged 49, Roadsman, Going in front of a full tub down an incline roadway contrary to the rules of the mine the tub overpowered him and passed over his body

Whotton, William, 31 Oct 1889, aged 65, Labourer, Crushed by timber whilst he and another man were sawing wood for railway waggons in the colliery timber yard