Coppice Colliery [DBY]

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Bacon, William Toplis, 03 Feb 1907, aged 43, Stallman, Deceased was getting off the cage at the pit bottom when a piece of timber which had been carried up by the ascending cage, fell down the shaft and struck deceased as he stepped off the other cage

Bestwick, Archibald, 28 Jun 1943, aged 52, Explosion of methane [More information ...]

Booth, Thomas, 08 Apr 1890, aged 44, Collier, Going along the roadway in the mine to his work when he fell down and expired. Verdict, "Died from syncope"

Brown, John Job, 12 Jul 1902, aged 16, Horse-driver, Fall of roof. Deceased was driving a horse along a roadway near the coal face when a settling of the roof occurred and caused a piece of stone to fall and kill the deceased (Waterloo coal)

Draper, James, 28 Jun 1943, aged 50, Explosion of methane [More information ...]

Fretwell, Henry, 12 Oct 1909, aged 64, Dataller, Deceased was cleaning up a fall on a roadway, when a piece of stone slipped and injured his leg by crushing it against the tub he was filling. He died 13th April, 1909, from septic poisoning set up by the accident (Deep Coal seam)

Gratton, George, 11 Apr 1908, aged 29, Sinker, The winding shaft was being deepened, and after the shots had been fired deceased returned, and in crossing the shaft he fell down it. He partly stepped on to a plank loosened by the shots and fell a distance of 17 yards

Henshaw, Henry, 01 Jul 1909, (accident: 23 Feb 1909), aged 47, Stallman, Deceased was lifting a tub on to the rails and using a ringer when he slipped, the ringer striking his right knee. Eczema developed, and he died of "syncope brought on by the prolonged attack of eczema" on 1st July (Deep Hard Coal seam)

Hoe, John William, 03 Jun 1907, aged 33, Onsetter, Deceased was cleaning the sump by the use of a tub suspended from the cage, when a link of the chain broke and allowed the tub to fall upon him

Holmes, John, 28 Jun 1943, aged 31, Explosion of methane [More information ...]

Hufton, Charles, 05 Mar 1915, aged 46, Engineman, Travelling on crane lifting a boiler and owing to rail fracture crane fell and crushed him

Hutchinson, William Edward, 04 Mar 1907, aged 19, Loader, Fall of roof. Deceased was passing under a gate-lip to render assistance to an injured man when the roof fell and killed him. The ripping was being wedged down at the time, but all the men engaged there left it and passed under the part that fell to render assistance to the injured man (Waterloo coal)

King, Thomas, 06 Jul 1909, (accident: 05 Jul 1909), aged 39, Dataller, Deceased was building a pack on the side of a roadway and was working at a place where the timber exceeded the maximum distance allowed by the rules, when a fall of roof fatally injured him. He died the next day (Waterloo Coal seam)

Metcalf, Henry, 05 Nov 1903, aged 68, Labourer, Deceased was employed riddling burned pit-hill refuse, and moving away from his wheel-barrow he suddenly fell down dead. An inquest was held, when a verdict of "death from natural causes" was returned

Moore, Sidney, 18 Mar 1903, aged 30, Stallman, Fall of roof. While deceased was getting coal down from the face, the tailing coal knocked a prop out which was set to support the roof. This allowed the roof to fall and kill deceased (Waterloo coal seam)

Noon, Wilfred Amos, 28 Jun 1943, aged 25, Explosion of methane [More information ...]

Prince, Samuel, 02 Jan 1913, (accident: 02 Dec 1912), aged 60, Stallman, Deceased died from septic poisoning absorbed through a scratch said to have been received in the pit on the 2nd December, 1912. He died on 2nd January, 1913

Riley, William, 29 May 1924, 1.0 a.m., 2nd hour of shift, aged 53, Dataller, Deceased was in the act of wedging down roof along an old road which was being cleaned up when a large stone weighing about 3 tons gave way, swung out a girder which pinned him to the floor and causing internal injuries from which he died the same day. The stone came away from a known break running gradually into the left side, meeting an unknown break running across the face of the dirt and it broke off at the edge of the next girder outbye

Saxton, Robert Meynell, 30 May 1904, aged 29, Dataller, He was re-building a pack at the side of a roadway, when the side rolled off and killed him (Deep soft coal)

Singleton, Job, 10 Mar 1906, (accident: 25 Nov 1905), aged 68, Banksman, Deceased trapped his finger while loading coals into a wagon ; blood poisoning followed and although he recovered from it he was left so weak that he died from heart failure on 10th March, 1906

Welbourne, William, 09 Aug 1912, aged 14, Pony Driver, He was riding on the shaft iron, contrary to the Colliery Regulations, when it broke and he was run over by full tubs

Winfield, Christopher, 27 Sep 1919, (accident: 26 Sep 1919), aged 50, Onsetter, Standing between two sets of tubs when back set was breasted up by a clip which clipper failed to get off rope. He was badly crushed and died next day