Crump Meadow Colliey

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Adams, Thomas, 17 Nov 1860, (accident: 02 Nov 1860), aged 36, Collier, Fall of roof on the 2nd, and from the injuries he then received he died on the 17th

Annetts, James, 26 Feb 1861, aged 13, Collier, Fell 21 yards (from a scaffold station) to the bottom of the shaft and was drowned [More information ...]

Barnard, George, 11 Dec 1897, aged 55, Repairer, Fall of roof and side, from an unseen face joint which killed him instantly. He and another man were at the time engaged in repairing and enlarging a siding or pass-bye in the Churchway High Delf seam

Carter, Joseph, 27 Sep 1871, aged 34, Labourer, Fell from a railway truck on the company's road at the "Crumpmeadow colliery"

Cole, Maurice, 05 Oct 1858, aged 43, Collier, Fall of roof from top and side

Coleman, William, 25 Dec 1869, He fell out of a coal truck on the public railway near the Crumpmeadow Colliery, and was killed

Elton, William, 25 Oct 1859, aged 34, Banksman, Fell down the shaft unseen [More information ...]

Gladwin, James, 24 Nov 1869, (accident: 11 Nov 1869), aged 40, Collier, Fall of roof on the 11th ; died on the 24th

Grindle, Daniel, 01 Aug 1863, aged 14, Collier, Whilst working with his uncle, a heavy fall of roof took place breaking right back on the gob up to a joint. The stall was fairly timbered

Harris, William, 06 May 1873, aged 10, Collier, Fall of roof. For taking so young a boy underground the butty collier was prosecuted by the owners and fined

Heaven, George, 27 Jan 1897, (accident: 07 Jan 1897), aged 54, Mason, After repairing a chimney stack he and others were removing the scaffolding planks in doing so he wrenched his knee. Blood poisoning supervened he died on the 27th. He had previously suffered from a bad knee

Ila, John, 15 Apr 1862, aged 26, Collier, Whilst at work at the face nearly for tons of top came down in consequence of a joint intersecting the run of the ground

Knight, James, 12 Jul 1871, (accident: 11 Jul 1871), aged 31, Collier, While taking down some coal in the "Crumpmeadow colliery" on the 11th, his mattock handle struck him a terrible blow, and he died on the 12th.

Lockston, William, 02 Apr 1865, aged 40, Collier, Fall of roof. This happened from a concealed joint tailing back into the solid

Morgan, George, 03 Mar 1858, aged 16, Haulier, Driving the horse too fast undeground, the tram flew off the rails and knocked out one of the timber supports, and thus brought down a fall of roof

Morgan, Samuel, 19 Jan 1871, aged 30, Collier, Fall of roof between two joints in the Crumpmeadow colliery

Morris, George, 04 Dec 1902, aged 24, Collier, When wedging up bottom clod he inadvertently loosened a sprag, which allowed a piece of coal to fall on him

Niblett, Joseph, 01 Feb 1899, aged 40, Labourer, When ascending the shaft he put his head outside the frame of the cage and it was caught by the descending cage

Parsons, Joseph, 09 Apr 1908, aged 35, Attendant on Coal Cutter, He was attending a bar coal cutter, and was caught and drawn around by the bar. Death must have resulted immediately. Apparently his clothes caught and dragged him in. He had only just told the driver to start the machine when the accident occurred

Parsons, Thomas, 17 Apr 1872, aged 31, Collier, Fall of roof

Powell, Elton, 16 Feb 1897, aged 15, Labourer, Run over by a railway waggon at the screens which he and another boy were moving contrary to rules

Pyles, George, 08 Dec 1856, aged 25, Collier, Fall of roof

Thomas, Joseph, 10 Nov 1869, aged 13, Collier, Fall of roof

Unknown, -, 12 Sep 1896, Tramp, He was scalded to death with another having gone into the boiler ash pit for shelter during the night not knowing the stoker was unplugged the boiler and caused this man's death, the other managing to escape. Not comprised under the Act

Vernon, Arthur, 08 Feb 1907, 7.30 a.m., 1st hour of shift, aged 18, Hodder and Filler, Caught against the side of heading by an empty tub, which a journey of three full ones, drawn by a horse, caught and turned round, in consequence of its not having been left sufficiently clear of the rails to allow the journey to pass. Deceased had brought the empties in some time before, and was therefore in some measure responsible for the placing of them

Waite, John, 12 Sep 1912, (accident: 31 Oct 1911), aged 39, Collier, Deceased was taking off a corner at a turn in a road for the purpose of widening it. He had holed out the old pack wall for a length of 4½ feet to a depth of about 18 inches, when a portion of the overlying rock came away from a joint or break and fell upon him, severely injuring his ribs and spine. He succumbed to his injuries on 12th September, 1912. A break in the rock parallel to the face of the pack might have been anticipated, and the setting of a sprag would probably have prevented the accident

Ward, Alfred, 20 Mar 1914, aged 31, Collier, He was about to get into a cage at bank when it was suddenly lowered by the engineman, and he was caught between the cage and the surface flat sheets, and fatally injured

White, Thomas, 11 Mar 1887, aged 19, Driver, Crushed by carts. He bent a piece of iron to act as a seat and placed it on the front end of a cart or tram his feet resting on the chain traces. A collier whom he passed warned him of his danger but he took no notice. Shortly after he was thrown off and run over

Williams, Edwin, 17 Apr 1897, aged 30, Collier, Explosion of about 2 lbs. of powder by his candle falling into the powder tin