Billinge Lane

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Eaves, Robert, 30 Aug 1898, aged 21, Lasher on, Inspection made and inquest attended. A fall of side had taken place in the endless rope haulage downbrow knocking out some props from under the girders and when the two deceased with others had nearly completed removing the dirt that had fallen from the roof and side a large stone gave way from the roof which fell upon them [More information ...]

Fairhurst, George, 18 Sep 1896, aged 16, Shunt minder, Inspection made and inquest attended. A journey of 16 empty tubs attached to the haulage rope was being run into the shunt when the last tub was knocked off the rails and knocked out a prop out between the empty and full tub liberating a stone from the roof which fell upon the deceased. He ought to have remained in the manhole until the journey had properly landed at the shunt

Lavin, Thomas, 17 Feb 1893, aged 23, Dataler, Inspection made and inquest attended. The deceased was a contractor's man and while preparing to drill a hole in a stone which they had failed to bar down from the roof it gave way to a slip falling upon him

Middlehurst, Peter, 17 Aug 1900, aged 14, Haulage hand, Inspection made and inquest attended. He was following behind a set of full tubs up the endless-rope-haulage brow, when the tubs caused a rail to rise from the road behind the tubs, which got lifted also with the lashing chain attached, which crushed the deceased against an iron girder supporting the roof. The road was not in the best of order, owing to the wet floor lifting

Pennington, Thomas, 20 Feb 1897, aged 35, Dataller, Inspection made and inquest attended. They were engaged changing steel girders and repairing the main level when the roof gave way from a break on side of level capping five girders and burying the deceased

Rothwell, Thomas, 13 Apr 1893, aged 19, Drawer, Inspection made and inquest attended. The deceased was drawing along a road 4 yards wide with only a middle row of props in it set 4 feet to 9 feet apart when the roof fell to at slip running parallel with the road. The jury said they considered more timber was necessary

Smith, John, 30 Aug 1898, aged 30, Pusher on, Inspection made and inquest attended. A fall of side had taken place in the endless rope haulage downbrow knocking out some props from under the girders and when the two deceased with others had nearly completed removing the dirt that had fallen from the roof and side a large stone gave way from the roof which fell upon them [More information ...]

Taylor, William, 26 Apr 1893, aged 27, Drawer, Inspection made and inquest attended. The deceased was descending the pit in the cage with some other men when the ascending cage stopped at the 5 feet mine to bring up some night men. The deceased probably thought the cage had reached the bottom of pit and stepping out fell a distance of 36 yards and was killed. In future the cage with men in will be lowered direct to the bottom