Crawford Colliery

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Ackers, Peter, 20 Feb 1889, aged 21, Drawer, Inspection made and inquest attended. He was taking his empty tub in when there was a sudden fall of roof, capping two props and breaking over the packs

Ainscough, Michael, 15 Feb 1871, aged 23, Labourer, Getting into the cage to descend while the engine was in motion

Ainscough, William, 24 Sep 1903, aged 58, Collier, Inspection made and inquest attended. He was engaged at the face, when a sudden weighting of the roof took place, which gave way from some slips, capping four props, and fatally injuring deceased

Ainsworth, William, 02 Sep 1898, aged 18, Drawer, Inspection made and inquest attended. He was pushing his empty tub along the drawing road at a point where the bars were six feet apart when a stone fell upon him two feet in width, from between two breaks crossing the airway. He expired half-an-hour after the accident

Alker, Jacob, 12 May 1891, 12.20 a.m., aged 37, Chargeman, Inspection made. He was roofing down a face of widework and was building a pack when the roof fell upon him which also capped two props. The place was fairly timbered

Bailey, James, 14 Feb 1908, aged 53, Dataller, He was was engaged building a chock in the waste, and when trying to draw out a broken prop with his hand, a stone fell from slips in the roof upon him

Barker, James, 07 Oct 1897, (accident: 24 May 1897), aged 60, Collier, Inquiry made and inquest attended. He was wedging some coal down when a portion of it fell knocking a prop out which struck the deceased. He died from pleurisy accelerated by the accident on October 7th, 1897

Brannan, Thomas, 09 Feb 1878, aged 43, Labourer, Crushed between waggon buffers. He was pushing a waggon along with his back to the waggon, when several others were being shunted against him. The engineman stated he had whistled, but deceased could not have heard it

Chisnall, James, 12 Mar 1902, aged 21, Wagon-lowerer, Inspection made. He was the regular waggon labourer, and whilst lowering some waggons, he slipped or fell off one of the brakes he was sitting on, and fell under the wheels and was killed

Cooke, James, 15 Sep 1884, aged 42, Collier, Inspection made. Deceased was filling his tub when a stone fell from a "slip," capping two of the props. The place appeared to be fairly well timbered

Crooke, Matthew, 01 Feb 1876, aged 24, Collier, Fall of roof

Donnelly, William, 08 Dec 1908, aged 27, Dataller, He was engaged packing the side of a roadway, when a fall of roof occurred from a slip, capping four props, and fatally injuring deceased

Dovenor, William, 30 Oct 1912, aged 28, Dataller, Deceased was engaged clearing away a fall of roof in a road near the end of some crushed brick arching. The arching was apparently unstable owing to coal pillars near having been worked out, and without any warning 15 feet of the archway suddenly collapsed and buried him

Farrimond, Henry, 14 Nov 1884, aged 38, Collier, Inspection made. He was drilling a hole in the coal when a stone fell from two "slips," and breaking off close to the face. The place was well timbered, one prop being capped by the fall

Finch, William, 04 Dec 1877, aged 15, Labourer, Injured by capstan rope on pit bank

Freeman, William, 05 May 1876, aged 18, Drawer, Fall of roof

Gorton, Edward, 11 Jun 1875, aged 21, Labourer, Caught between waggon buffers

Goulding, Joseph, 07 Apr 1915, (accident: 30 Sep 1914), aged 62, Night banksman, Deceased was removing a piece of iron out of the cage which was standing at the heapstead level, but not on the keps. He had one foot inside the cage and one on the landing plates when the cage was suddenly lowered about 3 feet in response to a signal from the King Seam level. Goulding fell into the cage and received a serious flesh wound between his legs. The winding engineman had a full view of the cage, but had evidently forgotten about deceased being in the cage. Goulding was operated on the day following the accident, but died on April 7th, 1915, from pyels nephritis resulting from his injuries

Green, Edward, 09 Jul 1867, aged 54, Labourer, Crushed between coal trucks above ground

Green, Joseph, 01 Oct 1909, aged 28, Collier, When engaged holing the coal a large stone fell upon the deceased from between two slips in the roof, capping two props

Harrison, Ad., 16 Nov 1870, aged 66, Labourer, Killed by railway trucks above ground

Hart, John, 13 Apr 1902, (accident: 11 Apr 1902), aged 17, Drawer, Inspection made and inquest attended. He was pushing an empty tub along the level, past the entrance to a drawing road, when a fall of roof occurred, capping a bar and two props, and causing him such injuries that he died on the 13th inst.

Hayes, John, 03 Aug 1867, aged 13, Drawer, Fall of roof

Heald, Edward, 27 Aug 1902, aged 31, Haulage-hand, Inspection made and inquest attended. A fall of roof occurred upon the deceased in the main road, when he was passing along under it. This portion of the roadway had been left unbarred as, in the opinion of the officials, it was considered safe

Hill, James, 24 May 1907, aged 58, Dataller, When building a packwall side of roadway a large stone fell over the pack, capping a prop, and fatally injuring deceased

Hughes, Thomas, 10 Jul 1885, aged 45, Contractor, Inspection made. Whilst getting down some side from the main road two props were knocked out. One was reset and when replacing the other a stone fell from the roof on to deceased

Hurst, Richard, 28 Apr 1869, aged 48, Collier, Fall of roof

Jordan, Edward, 05 Oct 1904, aged 40, Dataller, Fall of roof. Inspection made and inquest attended. They had been using the pulling jack to loosen a chock in a disused place, and deceased was at the back of the chock fastening the chain to it, when a stone fell upon him from some slips in the roof

Leonard, Patrick, 10 May 1908, aged 49, Dataller, The fireman when examining the main level on the Sunday night shift, noticed a break in the roof, and gave instructions to prop it, when the roof gave way, capping some props, and fatally injuring deceased

Liptrot, William, 25 Jul 1871, aged 13, Pony driver, Run over by a tram of pit boxes

Makinson, Ellen, 31 Oct 1894, (accident: 17 Oct 1894), aged 18, Tub cleaner, Inspection made and inquest attended. There were some tubs standing at the top of the wooden inclined stage and the deceased appears to have pushed one over and got in front to try to stop it when it overpowered her and causing such injuries that she died on the 31st instant

Massey, Peter, 12 Feb 1871, aged 14, Drawer, Run over by a train of full tubs below ground

Molyneux, Edward, 27 Oct 1870, aged 66, Labourer, Crushed between a coal truck and a wall

Morris, William, 13 Jan 1885, (accident: Oct 1882), aged 48, Collier, Deceased had his toe crushed in October 1882. He has worked at intervals since but ultimately succumbed to the injury then received

Nuttal, James, 17 Apr 1867, aged 13, Drawer, Crushed between two tubs on engine plane

Oakes, Joseph, 23 Aug 1897, aged 50, Dataller, Inspection made and inquest attended. The deceased was making a new airway and had set a row of props on each side of the roadway and after boring a hole to blow the roof down he commenced knocking out the middle props when the roof fell on him before he could clear himself

Owens, John, 05 Dec 1890, aged 53, Dataler, Inquiry made. He was engaged in laying a road along the wide work face and had to draw a prop to make room for it when the roof fell on him. The fireman had told him to set another prop first but this he neglected to do

Rigby, Joseph, 22 Sep 1892, (accident: 13 Sep 1892, 10 a.m., 4th hour of shift), aged 16, Drawer, Inspection made and inquest attended. The deceased slipped on a landing plate whilst drawing, and injured his knee ; erysipelas set in and he succumbed on September 22

Robinson, James, 23 Mar 1882, (accident: 07 Mar 1882), aged 42, Collier, Deceased was turning a tub on the landing plates, when he slipped and fell with his side against it receiving injuries from which he died on the 23rd

Scott, Adam, 21 Aug 1913, aged 49, Fireman, Deceased with another fireman and three datallers were removing a fall on the endless rope haulage plane and making the road safe. Several supports had been put in, with lofting and stone packing above. While deceased was breaking up a stone on the roadway a large stone fell from a slip running diagonally across the road, and killed him outright

Seddon, Walter, 18 Dec 1884, aged 18, Waggon lowerer, Inquiries made. Deceased had brought some empty waggons down the road, and was then pushing the first one with his back to the buffer, leaving the others stationery, when another lot which he had neglected to secure came down, and bumping against those he had left standing, jammed him between the buffers

Shelley, John, 23 Mar 1903, aged 42, Dataller, Inspection made and inquest attended. Deceased was repairing a fall on main road, when a stone fell upon him from the roof. He was aware the stone was unsafe, and was about setting a prop under it when it fell upon him. The fireman was present, and had directed him to set a prop

Shepherd, John, 20 Aug 1907, aged 24, Waggon Lowerer, He was engaged filling some dirt into a tub from under the screens, when he got knocked down and fatally injured by a waggon which was being lowered

Smith, James, 27 Aug 1925, aged 35, Collier, Killed by a fall of roof

Smith, John, 01 Jul 1871, aged 35, Collier, Fall of roof in the yard mine

Smith, Thomas, 16 Feb 1914, (accident: 12 Feb 1914), aged 49, Fireman, Deceased was engaged pulling down roof stone with a pinch bar, when a piece of stone broke off, fell on the top of a brick side wall, tilted over against a prop, and knocked it out. The falling prop struck him on the forehead and inflicted injuries from which he died four days later

Stringfellow, James, 25 Jul 1890, aged 53, Collier, Inquest attended. Deceased had gone on working too long without setting timber and just as his drawer was bringing in a bar for him a stone fell from a slip fell from the roof

Sumner, William, 13 Jan 1888, (accident: 14 Nov 1887), aged 39, Collier, Inspection made and inquest attended. Deceased was injured 14th November 1887, by a fall of top coal, causing a broken leg

Suum, William, 13 Sep 1871, aged 20, Platelayer, Run over by a waggon above ground

Walsh, William, 21 May 1879, aged 21, Collier, Fall of roof in drawing road owing to longwall goaf settling

Wilson, Job, 25 Aug 1874, aged 48, Dataller, Fall of roof