Cortonwood Colliery

1904, Dec 17 - Underground Fire, no men underground at the time, shafts sealed to kill the fire.

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Aggnall, A., 26 Apr 1893, (accident: 21 Apr 1893), aged 31, Collier, Fall of coal. Died 26th

Allen, Alphonso, 09 Dec 1932, aged 51, Explosion of firedamp caused by shotfiring [More information ...]

Arnott, Robert, 19 Jun 1961, aged 35, Suffocation from outburst of firedamp caused by floor upheaval [More information ...]

Bagnall, W., 25 Jun 1934, aged 20, Engine driver, There had been a fall of bind at crossgate junction and he was cleaning fall from rails when stone fell from roof burying him

Bailey, Albert, 19 Jun 1961, aged 48, Suffocation from outburst of firedamp caused by floor upheaval [More information ...]

Barker, G., 24 Sep 1882, (accident: 23 Sep 1882), Collier, Fall of coal. Died 24th Sept

Beadon, W., 26 Jan 1887, aged 19, Hurrier, Fall of roof

Beevers, T., 04 Nov 1898, (accident: 11 Oct 1898), aged 43, Hurrier, Fall of side. Died 4th November

Blackburn, A., 25 Mar 1903, (accident: 20 Mar 1903), Died 25th March. Fall of roof coal in a working place. Cause — two slips and neglect to set timber

Bott, J., 28 Jan 1889, aged 53, Collier, Fall of side

Cavill, E., 01 Apr 1884, aged 20, Hurrier, Fall of coal

Charlesworth, J. A., 22 Aug 1902, aged 14, Driver, Was holing the coal in a working face unknown to the collier in charge, when a large flake of coal fell and killed him. Cause — coal not spragged

Cooke, Edgar, 05 May 1915, aged 17, Engine driver, Standing near engine house when tub mortar broke away and ran 300 yards down 1 in 18 and caught him

Eccles, Jack, 07 Jan 1933, (accident: 09 Dec 1932), aged 22, Explosion of firedamp caused by shotfiring ; died in Barnsley Hospital [More information ...]

Eccles, John William, 08 Dec 1933, aged 22, Filer, Injured by explosion of firedamp from shotlighting. Died 7th Jan 1933

Edge, John, 13 Jun 1911, aged 37, Trimmer, A weight bump caused a large slab of coal to burst off the face at the loose end. The coal fell upon Edge and fatally injured him

Elliott, E., 25 Mar 1887, aged 21, Collier, Fall of coal

Evans, Samuel, 11 Jul 1934, aged 16, Haulage hand, Tramming empty tubs from end of rope at loader gate — he was stooping to look at a watch hanging at roadside when empty set ran into a tub which crushed him to death

Farramond, William, 13 Sep 1909, aged 39, Trammer, Fall of roof. Farramond and a collier were getting down top coal at a gate end, when the coal suddenly fell from a slip, killing Farramond and slightly injuring the collier

Fisher, F., 23 Jul 1877, aged 16, Incline boy, Run over by corves

Fletcher, John, 03 Dec 1901, aged 45, Collier, Fall of roof in the working face. Cause — a slip and breaks

Garrity, J., 15 Jul 1882, aged 15, Driver, Crushed by corf

Grayson, J., 22 Jan 1889, aged 45, Collier, Fall of roof

Hadley, G., 04 Jul 1882, aged 50, Collier, Fall of coal

Hague, Harold, 01 Oct 1924, 10.45 a.m., 5th hour of shift, aged 17, Haulage Hand, An accumulation of full tubs had resulted from a haulage breakdown. Unknown to anyone, and contrary to the usual practice, deceased was apparently attempting to couple two trains of full tubs when another train was hauled against them, causing him to be crushed and killed. Instead of coupling from the side, deceased had got in between the tubs. Had a distance piece been in use between the tubs the accident would have been prevented

Hardwick, T., 19 Mar 1885, aged 33, Collier, Fall of coal

Hargreaves, M., 31 May 1904, aged 60, Underground Labourer, Six full tubs were being sent out of the cross gateway up a plane where they were hauled by a small air engine. The set was signalled away and then stopped, one of the tubs having apparently caught against the roof timber. The corporal examined the set, but saw nothing, so signalled again to the engineman. As soon as the set started a second time the rope broke, and the tubs ran back and caught and killed the deceased

Hartshorne, George, 23 Aug 1907, (accident: 16 Aug 1907), aged 61, Collier, When cutting coal a piece from his pick flew and hit him on his forehead. Died from blood poisoning on the 23rd

Harvey, Wiliam, 25 Apr 1911, aged 37, Packer, Whilst removing dirt that had fallen after two bars had been taken out, he was buried by a second fall which was due to two other bars reeling out. Due precaution had not been taken in temporarily supporting the roof

Hawson, Richard, 04 Jul 1913, aged 37, Collier, Deceased had taken down some clod at the working face over an area of about 150 square feet, and was preparing to set longer timber to the newly exposed roof, when part of it fell and killed him

Hemingway, G., 21 Dec 1882, (accident: 19 Dec 1882), aged 32, Collier, Fall of coal. Died 21st Dec

Holmes, John, 19 Jun 1961, aged 46, Suffocation from outburst of firedamp caused by floor upheaval [More information ...]

Humphries, Frederick, 09 Dec 1932, aged 21, Explosion of firedamp caused by shotfiring [More information ...]

Jackson, Tom, 19 Apr 1910, aged 43, Collier, A "bump" burst a piece of coal from the face and killed him

James, J., 19 Aug 1885, aged 36, Collier, Fall of roof

Jarvis, Frank, 20 Nov 1919, aged 26, Trammer, Filling loose coals off at face of a heading and was about to set a sprag when there was a large fall of coal which killed him

Jenkinson, T., 18 Aug 1899, aged 25, Hurrier, Fall of roof

Kellett, John, 19 Jun 1961, aged 38, Suffocation from outburst of firedamp caused by floor upheaval [More information ...]

Kenworthy, Arthur, 06 Apr 1933, (accident: 05 Apr 1933), aged 54, Collier, Pillar of coal had been extracted and timber was being withdrawn when he was buried by a fall. Died following day

Killingway, Harry, 18 Nov 1922, (accident: 15 Nov 1922), aged 19, crushed between two tubs

Lambert, A., 02 Sep 1876, (accident: 31 Aug 1876), aged 29, Hanger on, Fell off pithill on surface ; died 2nd September

Landles, William, 09 Dec 1932, aged 31, Explosion of firedamp caused by shotfiring [More information ...]

Law, C., 17 Apr 1891, aged 55, Shotfirer, Injured by tubs

Lockwood, Alfred, 15 Nov 1907, aged 58, Collier, He and two other men had just started to build a gate end pack when the roof began to fall without any warning. The two men rushed out of the place and were saved but the deceased was caught and killed. Some pillars were being worked out and there was, in consequence, a heavy weight on the timber and when the fall occurred it displaced at least 30 props and several bars

Logan, G., 05 Mar 1892, 12 noon, 6th hour of shift, aged 17, Driver, Run over by tubs

Longden, Kenneth, 08 Oct 1933, (accident: 04 Oct 1933), aged 22, Tram man, He was standing between a tub at face watching a collier examine some clod under which he had just pulled some coal when clod fell discharging a wood prop the end of which struck him in abdomen. Died 4 days later

Margison, J., 22 Feb 1898, aged 38, Collier, Fall of side

Martin, George, 16 Jan 1877, aged 35, Collier, Fall of coal

Moore, W., 05 Sep 1883, aged 14, Screener, Run over by waggons

Newbould, S., 25 Mar 1891, (accident: 24 Mar 1891), aged 28, Collier, Fall of roof. Died 25th

Newton, R., 29 Oct 1884, aged 32, Hurrier, Fall of coal

Nutter, Walter, 09 Dec 1932, aged 38, Explosion of firedamp caused by shotfiring [More information ...]

Outram, Royal, 09 Dec 1932, aged 45, Explosion of firedamp caused by shotfiring [More information ...]

Royston, Herbert, 15 Nov 1911, aged 28, Collier, Whilst getting coal he was caught by a fall of roof 12 feet long, 10 feet broad and about 20 inches thick. 16 or 17 props were thrown down by the fall

Scargill, Norman, 09 Dec 1932, aged 17, Explosion of firedamp caused by shotfiring [More information ...]

Senior, Albert, 17 Aug 1935, (accident: 13 Aug 1935), aged 44, Miner, he was struck by a swaying haulage rope

Senior, George H., 15 Nov 1937, aged 15, killed by a fall of roof [date of inquest]

Shaw, Thomas, 03 Mar 1910, aged 45, Bricklayer, He was lifting a plank with a rope when he broke a blood vessel and died almost immediately

Sidebottom, James, 06 Oct 1914, aged 44, Greaser, His duty was to oil the machinery in connection with a travelling stamp at the coke ovens. Three-phase current at 500 volts was supplied to overhead bare conductors and controlled by an enclosed 3-pole knife switch conveniently placed for operation from the working level. Before mounting the machine platform deceased turned the switch handle to the off position. He was found later quite dead with one hand in contact with one of the bare conductors. Subsequent examination of the switch showed that the release mechanism of one knife was broken, leaving one phase live

Smith, C., 02 Jun 1896, aged 32, Collier, Fall of roof

Sopps, John, 13 Jan 1914, aged 17, Trammer, Deceased was assisting to push a tub of coal out of a gate when there was a fall of about 9 tons of roof, and he and another trammer were buried. Both were extricated within half an hour, but deceased was dead while the second trammer was practically uninjured. The gate had only been turned in about 4 yards and was, in direction, coincident with a well defined slip in the roof stone which accounts for the fall. The place had been examined by a deputy 1½ hours before and reported safe

Spendlove, George, 12 Apr 1919, aged 50, Collier, Pillar was being extracted when piece of stone fell from three converging slips

Sykes, Percy, 12 Apr 1915, aged 38, Collier, Taking empty tub into face when piece of rock fell from face and killed him

Tomlinson, D., 28 Feb 1891, aged 28, Collier, Struck by broken conductor while descending shaft

Walker, Joseph, 28 Mar 1877, aged 30, Collier, Fall of roof

White, A., 05 Oct 1894, aged 42, Dataler, Fall of roof

Whitefield, Charles, 07 Oct 1880, aged 13, Driver, Crushed by corves

Whitehouse, John, 17 Oct 1912, (accident: 14 Oct 1912), aged 52, Collier, He was engaged in pulling down some coal when a fall of coal about 3½ feet by 5½ feet fell without warning, and pinned him against a prop. He died on the 17th October

Whitelam, J. H., 01 May 1894, (accident: 20 Feb 1894), aged 28, Trammer, Injured by tub. Died 1st May

Whiteley, J. W., 12 Dec 1904, aged 27, Hurrier, When waiting for tubs in a gate road, a weight bump came over the place and the timber was displaced causing a fall of roof which killed him

Windle, Albert, 09 Dec 1932, aged 18, Explosion of firedamp caused by shotfiring [More information ...]

Woodcock, Ernest, 13 Sep 1937, Coal Filler, he killed by a fall of roof