Clifton Colliery

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Booth, Thomas, 10 Aug 1874, aged 14, Driver, Door fell on him had been left open by boy who had previously gone through and whose horse had thrown it off its hinges

Bragg, Benjamin, 24 Jun 1907, aged 25, Dayman, Fall of coal. Deceased was holing the coal face with sprag set up, when the coal rolled over the sprags and killed him (Deep hard coal)

Burrows, Thomas, 28 Feb 1902, (accident: 19 Feb 1902), aged 62, Stallman, Fall of roof. Deceased was passing the gate-end of his stall when a small quantity of roof fell and lacerated the heel of one foot. He was conveyed to the Infirmary and died from "pleurisy" on the 28th February (Deep hard coal)

Byre, Daniel, 28 Jun 1909, aged 29, Cutting-machineman, The two men were electrocuted at a coal-cutting machine, due to a defective earth (Deep Soft Coal seam) [More information ...]

Clark, William Maltby, 02 May 1890, aged 17, Driver, Whilst uncoupling his horse from a train of waggons it turned suddenly round and fatally crushed him between the horse shafts and the tubs

Clayton, Joseph, 02 May 1874, aged 18, Loader, Fall of bind from side of road at work with other repairing the road

Cragg, William, 19 Apr 1911, aged 55, Dayman, Deceased was taking a full tub down an inclined part of the stall by going in front of it, contrary to the rule of the mine, and his head was crushed between a tub and a prop

Dawson, Charles Arthur, 06 May 1909, aged 25, Loader, Deceased was loading coal up, when a piece of coal rolled over from the face and knocked a sprag out, which liberated the top coal and fell on to deceased (Deep Hard Coal seam)

Flint, Thomas, 27 Mar 1899, aged 26, Shunter, Deceased was coupling two waggons together while they were in motion and being pushed under the screens. He got crushed between a waggon and one of the supports to the picking platform attached to the screens

Grainger, Benjamin William, 22 Jul 1898, aged 51, Holer, He died suddenly from natural causes while at work in the mine [fatality reported during the year but not classified as a reportable accident]

Hallam, John, 05 Feb 1900, aged 16, Horse driver, Deceased was found dead under a loaded tub, one of a train of two attached to a horse. He was supposed to have been riding on the shaft iron connecting the horse to the tubs, and fallen off (Deep Soft Coal)

Hickling, Henry William, 23 Feb 1897, aged 81, Deceased was fatally injured by being run over with trucks on the colliery railway. He was not employed by the colliery company [fatality reported during the year but not classified as a reportable accident]

Higgs, Samuel, 28 Jun 1909, aged 36, Timberer, The two men were electrocuted at a coal-cutting machine, due to a defective earth (Deep Soft Coal seam) [More information ...]

Hill, Thomas, 24 Nov 1913, aged 35, Coal Cutter Driver, The machine had cut up to the haulage props and deceased released the rope. The tension was thus taken off the haulage prop which had been acting as a sprag to a large piece of rock, and a stone weighing half a ton, fell from the roof and struck deceased. His knee was forced into his abdomen and he was fatally injured. Two stallmates, a deputy and a contractor had examined the stone within half an hour of the accident and found it perfectly sound

Hurt, George, 12 Aug 1873, aged 38, Stallman, Fall of roof

Hyson, William, 17 Dec 1875, aged 46, Labourer, Ripping the roof, when part of the bind fell upon him

James, Arthur William, 08 Feb 1912, aged 40, Stallman, Deceased was seen to be cleaning up the dirt lying at the coal face, preparatory to dropping more coal. He appears to have taken out a sprag, when more coal came than he anticipated, some of which fell on him and killed him

Laykin, James, 14 Nov 1876, aged 38, Stallman, Getting down bind from the roof when part of the same fell upon him

Merrington, Harry, 08 Dec 1897, aged 16, Horse driver, Deceased was found dead under the first full tram of a tram of three which he was taking with his horse towards the pit bottom. He had been working 13 hours at the time of the accident and had been for some time regularly working 14 hours a day. He appears to have either gone to sleep and fallen from the shafts or was wearied and fell down

Mitchell, Robert, 28 May 1873, aged 48, Holer, Was holing under "Tops" which were not spragged, and which he had previously tried to wedge down. They suddenly fell upon him

Morrell, George, 05 Feb 1883, aged 45, Stallman, Fall of coals whilst taking out holing sprags (Hard Coal seam)

Paling, William Henry, 01 Jan 1909, aged 13, Incline hanger-on, A set of six empty tubs was going up a self-acting incline and they collided with the full set, causing five of the empty tubs to run back and fatally injure deceased. The jury expressed the opinion that so young a boy should not have the responsible duty of putting the under chain on the set (Deep Hard Coal seam)

Patchett, William, 14 Dec 1899, aged 23, Engineman, Deceased was found dead and badly mutilated under the crank of the fly wheel of an air compressing engine. He probably went through the fencing and was feeling if the bearings were hot, when he slipped into the bed plate, and was drawn under the revolving crank

Perry, Esau, 24 Feb 1905, aged 47, Stallman, Fall of roof. Deceased was getting coal down when a large quantity of the roof fell and fatally injured him. He died the same day (Deep hard coal seam)

Price, Arthur Adcock, 08 Oct 1901, aged 16, Horse driver, He was travelling in front of a horse and train of full tabs, and when going down a slight incline in the roadway, the horse caught him up, and ran over him (Deep Hard coal)

Purdy, Francis, 21 Jun 1904, (accident: 17 Jun 1904), aged 58, Stallman, Fall of roof. Deceased was drilling a shot-hole in the coal-face when a piece of roof fell and fatally injured him. He died 21st June (Deep soft coal)

Reynolds, Thomas, 12 Mar 1885, aged 26, Holer, Fall of coals whilst cleaning up holing dirt

Roberts, Thomas, 24 Jan 1891, (accident: 23 Jan 1891, 8.0 a.m.), aged 49, Contractor, Whilst endeavouring to drive a horse through a doorway the animal turned sharply round and fatally crushed the deceased against a prop. Died 24th January

Roome, Amos Edward, 23 Feb 1915, aged 20, Loader, Ringing down coal when band fell and killed him

Seares, Frederick, 27 Nov 1892, (accident: 16 Nov 1892), aged 16, Driver, Fall of side. A large piece of stone fell from the side of the roadway and struck the deceased as he was walking in front of his pony. He died 27th November

Shakespeare, Enock, 17 Aug 1899, aged 56, Stallman, Fall of roof. Deceased was withdrawing timber from the goaf, when the falling stone ran out two other props and allowed the roof to fall upon him. He appeared to have been using a pick to get the timber out instead of a ringer and chain, as required by the Special Rules (Deep soft coal)

Shepherd, Willobroughy, 07 Dec 1915, aged 41, Collier, Killed by a fall of clod. Believed he was testing it when it fell

Shipman, Alfred, 20 Aug 1904, (accident: 19 Aug 1904), aged 34, Deputy, He was crushed by a full train of tubs when some of the tubs got off the rails. He died the following day (Deep hard coal)

Sisson, Thomas, 21 May 1887, aged 37, Stallman, Fall of coal while holing

Slack, Thomas, 24 Jan 1908, aged 30, Haulage-man, He was examining the tension wheels of the endless rope haulage, and although the brakes had been put on, the pulleys moved and crushed him (Deep Hard Coal seam)

Smith, Henry, 01 Feb 1894, (accident: 07 Feb 1894), aged 35, Deputy, Fall of roof. He was with two other men setting timber when the roof fell. He died 7th. The other two men were injured

Smith, Henry, 20 Nov 1905, aged 29, Stallman, Fall of coal. Deceased was taking a sprag out, and when the coal fell he stumbled against a prop and fell under the coal (Deep hard coal seam)

Smith, John, 10 Jun 1907, aged 29, Dayman, Fall of coal. Deceased took out a sprag and as the coal did not fall he was probably using a ringer to take out more holing dirt, when the coal fell and killed him (Deep hard coal)

Spencer, Joseph, 08 Nov 1898, aged 15, Horse driver, Deceased was found dead under tub the first tub of a set of full tubs brawn by a horse. He appears to have been attempting to ride contrary to the rules

Stanton, William, 05 Apr 1870, aged 39, Sinker, Fell off stage in shaft

Storer, Reuben, 22 Aug 1901, aged 59, Stallman, Fall of roof. Deceased had taken some coal down which knocked a prop out in falling. He was examining either the coal face or the roof, when a portion of the roof fell and killed him (Deep soft coal)

Voce, Edward, 22 Nov 1900, (accident: 19 Nov 1900), aged 17, Incline man, Deceased was uncoupling full tubs from the engine-plane rope, when he fell down, and was crushed by the tubs. He died on the 22nd instant (Deep Soft Coal)

Ward, William James, 11 Nov 1891, 9 p.m., aged 32, Dataler, Fall of roof. Deceased was repairing an airway when the timber gave way and fatally injured the deceased

Wood, Aaron John, 17 Apr 1885, aged 27, Dataler, Run over by a loaded tub which had broken loose on an engine plane