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Arnold, George, 21 Apr 1910, aged 14, Screen boy, He was passing between the wagons under the screens, when he was crushed between the buffers

Barrs, Ernest W., Aug 1924, (accident: 08 Jul 1924, 4.20 a.m., 7th hour of shift), aged 26, Filler, The deputy examined the place half an hour before the accident, and although it was timbered within the stipulated distances, he instructed deceased to put up a bar as an additional precaution before filling any more coal, as the roof sounded heavy. He chalked a mark on the roof where the bar had to be placed. Deceased, however, evidently filled the tub before setting the bar and the stone fell and so severely injured him that he died five weeks later. If the bar had been put up immediately the accident would probably not have occurred

Beaumont, Bruce, 29 Jul 1941, aged 25, Machine Man, explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by shot firing [More information ...]

Beaumont, John, 04 Mar 1903, aged 25, Miner, He had been working in a seam recently reached by a sinking shaft, and was returning to the surface. The cage struck the frame of a landing 105 yards above, and he was thrown out and fell to the bottom, a distance of 105 yards

Berry, Walter, 1907, aged 30, Deputy, He was taking up rails in a disused road and had been about half an hour and taken up all the rails but one, when a fall of roof took place and killed him. The road was packed at each side and the roof apparently good but it was at the edge of some pillars which were being taken out, and doubtless a weight had come over the place owing to this

Broadhead, Albert E., 29 Jul 1941, aged 45, Ripper, explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by shot firing [More information ...]

Builth, George, 17 Dec 1907, aged 25, Labourer, A coal hopper for the coke ovens being erected for the Otto Hilgenstock Coke Oven Co., was in course of construction. The deceased had assisted to pull a long plank to a height of 20 feet and was standing under it while two men above were handling it. They foolishly dragged it across other two planks which formed a temporary scaffold and caused one, 10 feet in length, to fall, and it struck the deceased on his chest and fatally injured him. This plank ought to have been properly secured in order to prevent an accident of this kind

Charlesworth, William, 29 Jul 1941, aged 38, Ripper, explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by shot firing [More information ...]

Clark, Samuel, 05 Nov 1855, Fall of roof in the mine

Dawson, Frederick, 18 Apr 1924, 7.45 a.m., 2nd hour of shift, aged 45, Timberer, A shot-hole in the back ripping of a gate road had been charged after which the shot-firer coupled up his cable and proceeded up the gate and some distance along the face for the purpose of firing, sending the filler down the gate to guard the approach from the crossgate. In the crossgate, some 11 yds. from the outbye side of the gate, was a sheet, and when the shot-firer shouted "fire," the filler got behind the sheet, from which point he could not see the gate end. After the shot was fired, deceased who had been sent by the deputy to get some timber, was found dead under the fall, having apparently proceeded up the gate unknown to the filler and just got to the ripping as the shot was fired. The filler said he expected the shot to be fired at once after the warning was given, and got behind the sheet for safety, but the interval before the firing was sufficient to allow deceased to pass. Had the approach been guarded as it ought to have been the accident would not have occurred

Fox, Bernard, 29 Jul 1941, aged 32, Ripper, explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by shot firing [More information ...]

Fox, Joseph, 29 Jul 1941, Ripper, explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by shot firing [More information ...]

Fox, Lloyd, 29 Jul 1941, aged 23, Ripper, explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by shot firing [More information ...]

Frost, James, 05 Feb 1857, Fall of coal in the mine

Gilyard, William, 09 Aug 1909, aged 41, Night Shift Deputy, He was found dead near a fall of roof in an airway which had caused an accumulation of firedamp. He was suffocated by the gas

Haigh, A., 13 Jan 1893, aged 14, Scale picker, Crushed by waggons

Haigh, J., 05 May 1899, aged 34, Labourer, Run over whilst attempting to get on locomotive

Hancock, James, 29 Jul 1941, aged 33, Machine Man, explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by shot firing [More information ...]

Handley, William, 29 Jul 1941, aged 38, Ripper, explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by shot firing [More information ...]

Hargreaves, John William, 09 May 1913, aged 15, Jig Bottom Boy, Whilst preparing to attach the rope to a set of empties deceased was caught by a door as the result of a runaway tub. The runaway was due to some full tubs on the bank head being caught by the full rope

Hartley, William, 29 Jul 1941, aged 30, Deputy, explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by shot firing [More information ...]

Hawksworth, Charles, 29 Jan 1904, aged 47, Collier, When he and five other men were descending the shaft, the cage caught either the beam carrying the fallows, or his foot was caught between them, and he was jerked out and fell to the bottom of the shaft and was killed

Howgate, Herbert, 06 Oct 1912, aged 19, Labourer, Whilst lowering a wagon on the washery he was struck by a buffer. He should not have been in front of the wagon

Hughes, Hugh, 08 Nov 1911, aged 27, Labourer, Whilst engaged in fastening the end door of a railway wagon which was standing on the sidings, another wagon ran into the standing wagon and Hughes was fatally crushed between the buffers

Jackson, Laurence, 1952, aged 32, Killed by a fall of roof

Kay, Walter Herbert, 02 Jan 1909, aged 23, Crusher Attendant, He was getting over a shaft making 55 revolutions a minute when the top coat which he was wearing caught the nuts of a coupling. He was whirled round the shaft and killed. The shaft should have been better protected

Lambert, Ezra, 29 Jul 1941, aged 37, Ripper, explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by shot firing [More information ...]

Leigh, William R., 14 Aug 1919, aged 27, Naval stoker petty officer, Loco went to boilers to remove three empty wagons. He knew this and after this was done he was found between them fast between buffers. It is not known how he got there

Megson, George, 29 Jul 1941, aged 27, Machine Man, explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by shot firing, died later in hospital [More information ...]

Metcalf, B., 21 Aug 1894, aged 48, Byeworkman, Suffocated

Mitchell, William, 29 Jul 1941, aged 29, Shotfirer, explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by shot firing [More information ...]

Mollart, John W., 29 Jul 1941, aged 47, Ripper, explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by shot firing [More information ...]

Nussey, George N., 29 Jul 1941, aged 49, Ripper, explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by shot firing [More information ...]

Oakland, Alfred, 29 Jul 1941, aged 39, Machine Man, explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by shot firing [More information ...]

Piper, Arthur, 29 Jul 1941, aged 31, Machine Man, explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by shot firing [More information ...]

Priestley, William, 29 Jul 1941, aged 55, Ripper, explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by shot firing [More information ...]

Riley, George W., 29 Jul 1941, aged 29, Ripper, explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by shot firing [More information ...]

Short, William, 02 Jan 1854, Fall of coal in the mine

Smith, James, 09 Feb 1911, aged 37, Collier, Whilst bannocking coal he was caught by a fall of roof 8 feet long, 3½ feet broad, at one end, and 14 feet broad at the other, varying, in thickness from 1 to 12 inches. The fall exposed a slip, and one prop was displaced

Standring, John, 11 Dec 1952, aged 59, died after being crushed by a tub containing about half-a-ton of coal while working on the Haigh Moor down-cast pit bank [date of report]

Sykes, Albert, 01 Sep 1924, 9.45 a.m., 4th hour of shift, aged 39, Filler, He was working on a machine cut face opposite a gateway, when a fall of roof occurred and buried him. The distance allowed between the front row of props and the face had been exceeded. Had proper distances been observed and supports set, the accident might have been prevented

Tate, John C., 17 Mar 1933, aged 17, Trammer, Taking loaded tubs outbye along a cross gate when buried by fall of roof

Tunnicliffe, Samuel J., 29 Jul 1941, aged 45, Machine Man, explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by shot firing [More information ...]

Waller, Arthur William, 06 Oct 1913, aged 29, Collier, Whilst getting coal he was caught by a fall of roof, 4 feet by 3 feet and an average thickness of 24 inches. The fault was due to four slips, two of which could be seen. One prop was displaced. The deputy had found all in order when he visited the place 3½ hours previously. There was no violation of rule

Webster, Joseph, 13 Feb 1904, aged 29, Coal Cutting Machineman, He was in front of a coal cutting machine, propping the machine rails against the first row of props, when a large fall of roof took place and killed him instantly. The fall was due to the fact that the machine rails were spragged from the front row of props, and the vibration of the machine caused five of them to give way, and the steel prop, to which the machine haulage rope was attached, eating its way into the roof at a weak point and so acted as a lever to force the stone down

White, Robert W., 29 Jul 1941, aged 40, Ripper, explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by shot firing [More information ...]

Widdop, John William, 24 Oct 1904, aged 25, Night-deputy, When attempting to raise one end of a roof bar by driving a prop underneath the end of it the bar sprang out, and a fall of stone took place and killed him

Wood, Basil, 29 Jul 1941, aged 53, Machine Man, explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by shot firing [More information ...]

Wright, Albert, 15 Oct 1914, aged 37, Labourer, He was crushed between the coke ovens and the smudge box of the ram engine whilst attempting to climb a ladder. He ought to have waited until the engine had passed the ladder

Wright, Harry, 29 Jul 1941, aged 36, Ripper, explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by shot firing [More information ...]

Wright, James, 31 May 1915, aged 55, Byeworker, Filling tub with debris from a fall of roof when he was caught in a second fall