Crosby Colliery

1898 - Abandoned - Unprofitable, seams practically exhausted

1934 - Ten Quarters, Metal, Yard seams abandoned

Allan, John, 18 Aug 1869, aged 35, Deputy, killed by a fall of stone

Bailey, John, 08 Apr 1873, aged 48, Hewer, killed by a fall of stone

Davies, John, 21 Jan 1870, Hewer, killed by a fall of coal

Dixon, Thomas, 23 Sep 1868, aged 49, Shifter, crushed by tub

Dixon, Thomas, 23 Dec 1876, aged 28, Hewer, killed by a fall of stone

Donald, Jonathan, 24 Dec 1868, aged 45, Hewer, fall of top coal

Dunne, Joseph, 31 Jul 1862, died from suffocated following an explosion

Fishwick, John, 23 Oct 1855, Miner, killed by an explosion of firedamp while sinking a pit, left a wife and four children [More information ...]

Halliday, Thomas, 13 Jun 1872, aged 26, Hewer, crushed by tubs on inclined plane

Hardy, Jonathan, 24 Aug 1861, aged 15, suffocated from fumes from fire at pit top [More information ...]

Hodgson, George, 25 Apr 1862, aged 13, whilst in the act of doing his work he was caught by the cage and being knocked down with such injuries as led to his death

Johnstone, William, 02 Jul 1884, aged 52, Deputy, crushed by tubs on engine bank; chain broke

Kendal, Robert, 24 Aug 1861, aged 15, suffocated from fumes from fire at pit top [More information ...]

O'Donnell, M., 31 Aug 1867, aged 28, Hewer, killed by a fall of coal

Pattinson, John, 06 Apr 1864, killed by a fall of coal

Porter, William, 21 Jan 1897, aged 53, Hewer, The deceased was working in a place by himself after the regular shift of men had left the pit. There was no deputy in charge [Inspection made & inquest attended] [More information ...]

Rickerby, John, 19 Oct 1888, aged 62, Weigher, while taking full waggons from screens either slipped or was knocked over in putting a sprag into wheels; waggon passed over him

Ritson, Thomas, 08 Oct 1868, aged 45, Hewer, killed by a fall of stone

Roney, Leonard, 05 Mar 1892, 9:30 a.m., 4th hour of shift, aged 42, Set Rider, Whilst attempting to jump on to the set, he slipped and fell in front of the tubs [Inspection made & inquest attended]

Salmon, Norman, 21 Oct 1893, aged 14, [Not employed], his father was in charge of the coke ovens at the Crosby and Gilcrux Collieries, near Maryport, and who occasionally assisted his father on a Saturday, though not engaged by the manager, was passing along a gangway leading from the coal hopper to the coke ovens, when he was caught by a loaded bogie, and jammed against a brick pillar; he had been told by his father to go home, and not to pass over the gangway on his way

Smart, James, 24 May 1887, aged 32, Stoneman, explosion of a shot

Smith, Richard, 23 Oct 1855, Miner, killed by an explosion of firedamp while sinking a pit [More information ...]

Watson, Richard, 30 Nov 1870, aged 38, Shifter, killed by a fall of stone

Westray, Benjamin, 24 Aug 1861, aged 40, Stable Keeper, suffocated from fumes from fire at pit top [More information ...]