Cleworth Hall Colliery

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Bainbridge, William, 17 Jan 1905, (accident: 01 Dec 1904, 9 p.m., 6th hour of shift), aged 30, Dataller, First finger of right hand slightly contused, said to be by a stone ; the wound neglected, blood poisoning ensued. Died 17th January, 1905 (Black and White seam)

Barber, Jesse, 21 Jun 1911, aged 37, Collier, Fall of roof. In waste of working place, had gone behind three rows of props to see about the building of a pack (Trencherbone seam)

Barrett, John, 26 Apr 1910, (accident: 01 May 1909), aged 52, Dataller, In return air road whilst repairing, pulling down one stone when another came with it, the latter being keyed by the former. Accident, May 1,1909. Died April 26th (Yard seam)

Berry, Thomas, 08 Feb 1905, 8.30 a.m., 1st hour of shift, aged 54, Labourer, Crushed between buffers of waggons when passing between some stationary waggons to join a labourer emptying dirt from a waggon. A door of a waggon was let down, the door caught the brake, unpinning it and allowing the waggon to close up to the next just as deceased was passing through. Only his head caught between the buffers

Cotton, Joseph, 29 May 1903, 10.30 a.m., 5th hour of shift, aged 63, Collier, Fall of roof in working place from between a slip and a small fault, both ought to have been seen. The timbering rule requiring supports every 3 feet not observed, space 4 feet. Fall 19 feet long, 4 feet wide. (Average roof.) (Five Feet seam)

Cox, Robert, 06 Feb 1899, 3.30 a.m., 5th hour of shift, aged 24, Collier, Fall of roof in working place from between pronounced break, known to be there, and a back holed to, therefore should have been seen. Had drawn five sprags one after the other ; after drawing two there was a slight fall of roof ; it was then that props should have been placed so as to secure roof

Cranshaw, George, 04 Sep 1882, aged 15, Waggoner, Coal from slip holing

Cranshaw, William Henry, 15 Sep 1898, (accident: 13 Sep 1898), aged 23, Drawer, Whilst pushing an empty tub slipped on sleeper. Died from exhaustion following an operation for strangulated hernia on 15th

Crook, Ebenezer, 27 Jun 1911, aged 45, Labourer, Passing between the buffers of waggons standing only slightly apart ; had passed between one, and when between the second the waggons moved, crushing him. No thoroughfare, a very short distance around the end of the waggon

Higham, Thomas, 25 Sep 1921, (accident: 17 Feb 1921), aged 54, Collier, Slight injury to knee. Died 25th. Sept

Latchford, Thomas, 30 Jul 1881, aged 21, Shot-lighter, A shot, which he had lighted, blew through the pillar into the place where he had gone for safety

Lees, James, 11 Feb 1877, (accident: 05 Feb 1877), Coal miner, Crushed in jumping on tubs to ride up engine brow. Died 11th

Litherland, John, 20 Jan 1886, aged 30, Miner, Fatal fall of coal from the face of his working place while knocking out sprags in order to let it fall

Marsh, John Thomas, 05 Feb 1926, aged 55, Collier, Killed by a fall of roof

McCormack, John, 31 Mar 1905, 10.40 a.m., 6th hour of shift, aged 35, Fireman, Suffocated by firedamp, a rising place 25 yards up had been stopped working, air pipes disconnected by deceased, firedamp accumulated, found but not reported, fenced off. Deceased went without lamp into the gas, probably to knock to colliers approaching place downhill, his hammer found 17 yards up, proving distance he foolishly went, rescuing collier nearly lost his life (Trencherbone seam)

Middlehurst, John, 09 Oct 1916, aged 64, Collier, Fractured spine caused by fall

Mooney, John Edward, 28 Jul 1903, 1.30 a.m., 4th hour of shift, aged 20, Drawer, When travelling across faces in night shift seeking the shot-lighter, arrived at a roadway at the moment a shot (ammonite) was fired by shot-lighter, the latter being 20 yards down the road (Seven Feet seam)

Morris, William, 06 Jan 1926, aged 52, Collier, Fractured skull

Nutter, Arthur, 10 Jun 1920, aged 14, Haualge boy, Crushed between tubs

Owen, Albert, 25 Aug 1916, (accident: 11 Jun 1916), aged 28, Dataller, Internal injuries and fractured leg by fall of roof. Died 25th Aug

Partington, Thomas, 13 Jul 1909, aged 21, Drawer, Whilst filling tub in drawing road, large piece of rock 14 tons weight dropped on him without any warning. The stone was freed by a break and was drawn from the roof. The fireman admitted he knew the stone was drawn, as also did the two colliers ; certainly the stone ought to have been taken down. (Roof good) (Trencherbone seam)

Ruffley, John, 25 Sep 1911, aged 13, Lasher-on, Struck by runaway tubs not attached to rope

Smith, William, 04 Dec 1872, Banksman, Died suddenly on the pit bank [fatality reported during the year but not classified as a reportable accident]

Southern, James, 14 Jun 1898, aged 23, Drawer, Fall of roof on drawing road

Spilby, Alfred, 21 Dec 1927, aged 59, Engine tenter, Fell from slips — fractured skull

Unsworth, Thomas, 14 Dec 1900, (accident: 30 Nov 1900, 7.30 a.m., 2nd hour of shift), aged 16, Jigger, Crushed by tubs overwound by jig, owing to his attempting to tighten break whilst running. Died 14th December (Black and White Mine)

Williams, George, 07 May 1907, (accident: 26 Oct 1906, 4 p.m., 1st hour of shift), aged 55, Dataller, In roadway whilst repairing, drawing a prop, using short hammer, ordered by fireman not to remove the prop. Accident 26th October, 1906. Died 7th May, 1907. (Roof good) (Trencherbone seam)

Williams, Joseph, 16 Oct 1914, aged 18, Drawer, Deceased was taking a full tub along a drawing road having a slight dip in favour of the load. The front end of the tub got off the rails and knocked out a sprag set against the top of the canch. This also displaced a bar set under the lip and liberated a fall which caught deceased

Wood, Thomas, 08 May 1900, aged 52, Collier, On May 8th, Thomas Wood, 52, collier, died whilst at work in Cleworth Hall Colliery, Tyldesley. At the inquest it was proved by medical evidence that death was due to natural causes [fatality reported during the year but not classified as a reportable accident]

Yates, Frederick, 09 Sep 1915, (accident: 01 Sep 1915), aged 38, Collier, Bruised body while getting coal down. Pneumonia set in died 9th Sept