Carn Brea and Tincroft (Tin)

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Allen, Joseph, 27 Jul 1878, aged 38, Shaftsman, Explosion of remnants of dynamite in the bottom of a hole which had been previously fired [More information ...]

Angrove, Thomas, 31 Aug 1885, aged 18, Miner, Deceased was descending by the man engine just below the 80 fathoms level he was too late in stepping on and fell across the sollar. Before he could get out of the way the step above came down on him and crushed him

Augrove, James, 29 Oct 1886, aged 14, Assistant shaftsman, Deceased was working with his father who is a shaftman and was engaged repairing the skip road when by some means not known he fell away and was killed

Aver, William, 13 Apr 1908, aged 20, Miner, Timbermen were altering some staging about the 300-fathom level and accidentally allowed a loose plank to fall away ; in falling it struck deceased and knocked him off a stage on which he was working, about five fathoms below the 300-fathom level. He fell to the 320-fathom level, where he was picked up fatally injured

Bastian, Francis, 27 Sep 1909, aged 31, Miner, Fall of side some fathoms above where he was working. It came from a soapy head or slip, which it is said could not be previously seen. In rolling down the stope it caught and carried him with it to the pass or opening through which the ore is dropped into the trams. Having fallen through the opening he was found in the level 12 fathoms below on some rock. In order to enable the men to make better examination of large places like this, more light is desirable, and acetylene lamps now used for the purpose by the officials might, with advantage, be provided for the men

Benney, Hugh, 28 May 1875, aged 60, Labourer, Fell five feet from a plank, while wheeling some coals into an engine house

Bray, Thomas, 23 May 1899, aged 15, Miner, Fell in the Highburrow West Shaft from the 262 to the 298 fathom level where his body was found. He had been working with a "pare" of men and when last seen was assisting to remove some stage timber

Bray, William, 27 Mar 1884, aged 25, Engine driver, Explosion of one of a series of four boilers that supply steam for 12 inch surface pump lifting about 5 fathoms, and for working 96 heads of stamps. The tube collapsed for want of water

Brown, Richard, 20 Jul 1875, aged 14, Miner, Fell away from a ladder while going down it backwards, i.e. not facing the ladder

Brown, Samuel, 14 Dec 1877, aged 23, Miner, Man slipped while prizing a rock with a crowbar in some underhand stopes, and fell through a small hole purposely left between the edge of the stope and the stull

Carpenter, William, 02 Feb 1882, aged 52, Miner, Small unexpected fall of ground

Cocking, Albert, 27 Jun 1882, aged 16, Miner, Cocking and Paull together with a miner called Trengove, were driving with a boring machine, the 250-fathoms level west of Podler's engine shaft, two brothers named Jeffery being engaged in tramming the lode stuff broken. From 18 to 20 holes each, 8 feet in depth, had been bored in the end. At the time of the accident two rounds of holes had been blasted, and Tengove, the head man of the core, was at the dynamite locker, about 70 fathoms from the end, preparing the charges for the next and last blast; with him were Paull and Cocking, whilst the two brothers Jeffery were sitting down about 2 fathoms off eating their lunch. Cocking, who was assisting in preparing the charges, stuck his lighted candle on the side of the level directly over the dynamite locker, from which he took a candle to cut up into snuffs. He then proceeded to take his lighted candle but in doing so let it fall on the dynamite locker which contained, in addition two packets of dynamite, a box of detonators, some fuse, and candles. In a moment the contents of the locker caught fire and the dynamite exploded, killing Cocking and Joseph Jeffery, Paull receiving injuries from which he shortly afterwards died, Trengove and William Jeffery escaping in a miraculous manner [More information ...]

Cocking, Thomas, 11 Feb 1907, 1.30 p.m., 7th hour of shift, aged 19, Miner, When climbing, by means of a chain from the 270 to the 282-fathom level after "Croust," the chain broke and he fell on his head

Collens, Samuel J., 27 Jun 1911, aged 22, Miner, He dropped his hammer from his working place just below the 222 fathoms level down to the 246 fathoms level, and went to regain it. On his way he slipped and fell to the 246 fathoms level, fracturing his skull. The road he travelled had been in use for several years and was provided with a hand-rail. He had not been sufficiently cautious

Collins, James Henry, 10 Feb 1898, aged 35, Miner, Killed instantly by the fall of a 10 tons of stuff from the hanging wall which burst off without warning

Collins, Peter, 31 Mar 1893, aged 40, Timberman, While engaged repairing the Highbarrow Shaft at the 50-fathom level he appears to have overbalanced himself and fallen away to the 130-fathom level where his dead body was found

Condon, William, 05 Jun 1894, aged 21, Miner, Fell of ground. A rock about 1½ to 2 tons weight fell from the lip of a stope on the back of the 197 fathom level and fell into the underhand stope below this level. Rolling down this stone it killed deceased and injured another man (Michael Trevena) [More information ...]

Craddock, William, 01 Aug 1890, aged 17, Miner, The lad was engaged on the stull in pulling stuff into the pass to fill the waggon when a stone came down from a stope above and struck his head. There was no evidence to show why the stone fell or where it came from but it is surmised that it must have been shot out by men in the previous shift and lodged on a ledge that had been left on the foot wall and that the concussion caused by the bursting of a hole. In Tincroft the adjoining mine shifted the stone off the ledge. The ground all round was quite sound and the place properly secured. The lad died the day after the accident occurred

Daddow, James, 13 Nov 1884, aged 22, Miner, Was engaged with others cutting the "platt" at the 310-fathoms level with boring machinery. The drill stuck in the hole and deceased was knocking it with a mallet to loosen it when an old socket, left from a hole that had been fired about a week previously, and was situated close by, exploded, killing Daddow and injuring one of his comrades, named Richard Wills. It is supposed that the drill had come in contact with some nitro-glycerine that had exuded from remnants of dynamite in the old socket, and been conveyed away through a fissure in the ground ; it is quite possible, however, that the concussion alone may have caused the explosion [More information ...]

Dunstan, Thomas, 08 Jan 1909, aged 42, Miner, Some small stones fell from the gunniss above the 170-fathom level, on which he was engaged making a waterway. One struck his head, apparently causing instantaneous death. The quantity which fell was very small and was described by the man working with him as "insignificant"

Eastman, James, 14 Apr 1910, aged 17, Miner, When walking over a plank and carrying some drills, he apparently stuck them against the side and fell off the plank and down a winze, a distance of eight fathoms. A guard chain was provided to hold on by when walking on the plank

Goodman, Thomas, 30 Nov 1886, aged 20, Miner, Was engaged with others fixing air pipes for working a boring machine in the 213 fathoms level and fell down a winze to the level below

Grey, Richard, 05 Apr 1892, aged 26, Mason, In consequence of the breakage of the strapping plate or anchor plate of the stay belonging to a steam derrick the jib fell upon him and broke his back. The derrick was in use for the building of a new pumping engine house and was the property of the contractor. There appeared to be a flaw in the iron at a weld but it is very questionable whether it could have been noticed any ordinary examination. There should have been a strap on each side of the stay. Deceased was a mason and was at the time having a stone about 1½cwts (a comparatively small one) lowered into its place. The same derrick had lifted stones 2 tons weight at the same building

Halls, John, 30 Aug 1893, aged 20, Miner, A small fall of ground due to an air blast (i.e. the stone being in a state of tension burst off) fractured his skull

Hancock, Samuel H., 12 Nov 1896, aged 21, Miner, A fall of ground occurred in the stope where he and others were at work and in rushing to a supposed place of safety he ran into the portion of the fell striking him on his neck. The others escaped unhurt

Harris, John H., 07 Oct 1896, aged 46, Skip filler, When he and four others were descending to work the nose pin of the beam of the winding engine where the connecting rod to the crank broke and the gig skidded through the brake to the 320 fathom level when it alighted on the gate. They were all much shaken and Harris died from the results 16th

Hocking, David, 27 Mar 1889, aged 16, Miner's Assistant, Deceased was at work with his comrade at the 200 fathom level on the south lode which at that part of the mine was divided into three by two horses of ground. He was sent to the middle lode to fetch an axe, and while there a rock fell from the hanging wall between the 187 and 200 fathom levels carrying away the back and bottom stulls of the 200 and taking the lad with them. He was not found for two days. The ground was well secured by thick Norway balks which in some cases were double but owing to a scarcity of deads but little weighting was available otherwise the rock might have been caught by the first stull. Work was not going on in the place from whence this rock fell

Hosking, Richard, 25 May 1891, aged 18, Miner, The kibble in which he was being drawn up the shaft slipped from the hook and fell to the bottom taking Hosking with it. The accident apparently happened through the bow of the kibble riding on the point of the crook and not being properly within the hook

Jeffery, Joseph, 27 Jun 1882, aged 15, Trammer, Cocking and Paull together with a miner called Trengove, were driving with a boring machine, the 250-fathoms level west of Podler's engine shaft, two brothers named Jeffery being engaged in ramming the lode stuff broken. From 18 to 20 holes each, 8 feet in depth, had been bored in the end. At the time of the accident two rounds of holes had been blasted, and Tengove, the head man of the core, was at the dynamite locker, about 70 fathoms from the end, preparing the charges for the next and last blast; with him were Paull and Cocking, whilst the two brothers Jeffery were sitting down about 2 fathoms off eating their lunch. Cocking, who was assisting in preparing the charges, stuck his lighted candle on the side of the level directly over the dynamite locker, from which he took a candle to cut up into snuffs. He then proceeded to take his lighted candle but in doing so let it fall on the dynamite locker which contained, in addition two packets of dynamite, a box of detonators, some fuse, and candles. In a moment the contents of the locker caught fire and the dynamite exploded, killing Cocking and Joseph Jeffery, Paull receiving injuries from which he shortly afterwards died, Trengove and William Jeffery escaping in a miraculous manner [More information ...]

Jones, Samuel Henry, 12 Sep 1882, aged 27, Miner, Fell a distance of from 7 to 8 fathoms over a stope at the 238 fathoms level, and was killed. Deceased was subject to giddiness, and was really not in a fit state of health to work underground

Kitto, Henry, 18 Aug 1875, aged 20, Miner, Premature explosion of a hole while tamping

Knuckey, William, 27 Jul 1878, aged 21, Shaftsman, Explosion of remnants of dynamite in the bottom of a hole which had been previously fired [More information ...]

Lamerton, Joseph, 16 Jun 1873, aged 38, Miner, Fall down shaft. Deceased was looking at some timbermen cutting timber, and was startled by some stuff rattling down the shaft, and in his hurry stepped into the shaft

Lavin, Henry, 16 Mar 1886, aged 18, Miner, Was with two others riding to surface on top of a skip full of stull when his head came in contact with the lap at shaft brace and he was killed. Neither the engineman or lander knew that anyone was in the skip

Littlejohn, John H., 26 Jan 1901, aged 6, [Not employed], John H. Littlejohn, a little boy six years of age, fell into one of the slime ponds at the Carn Brea and Tincroft Mines on the 26th of January and was drowned [fatality reported during the year but not classified as a reportable accident]

Luke, Henry, 06 Jul 1874, (accident: 27 Mar 1874), aged 39, Miner, Premature explosion of a hole which exploded after the father had tamped it and just as he was going to apply the light. Father died 6th July [More information ...]

Luke, John Alfred, 27 Mar 1874, aged 14, Miner, Premature explosion of a hole which exploded after the father had tamped it and just as he was going to apply the light. Father died 6th July [More information ...]

Maynard, Cecil, 22 Oct 1906, aged 12, Schoolboy, Cecil Maynard, a schoolboy, 12 years of age, was playing with others about the sand burrows on the Carn Brea and Tincroft Mines, on the 22nd October, when a slip took place. Two boys were completely buried, and three partially. Maynard died before he could be released [fatality reported during the year but not classified as a reportable accident]

McCarthy, Henry Justin, 07 Dec 1906, aged 15, Miner, He was sent to fetch a shovel from the 182-fathom level to the 170, below which he worked with some men in a stope. He was climbing the ladders between these levels in Willoughby's shaft, and had evidently fallen from the ladder, as he was found on the platform at the foot of one of them, 8 or 9 feet above the 182-fathom level, but how it occurred is unknown. The ladders were in good order

Mellen, Joseph Henry, 10 Sep 1873, aged 14, Miner, Fall of 10 fathoms. While walking along a level deceased strayed from the proper road and fell through to the next level, the level was full of powder smoke at the time

Nancarrow, George, 02 Apr 1880, aged 23, Miner, Unexpected fall of ground

Opie, John Henry, 05 Apr 1906, aged 28, Trammer, In tramming stuff on the 262-fathom level, the cross bearers and runners forming the tramway gave way, and deceased, with his tram, fell about 9 fathoms, causing his death. It was thought that a heavy stone from above the 262 level fell upon this runner the night before and damaged it

Paull, William, 27 Jun 1882, aged 20, Miner, Cocking and Paull together with a miner called Trengove, were driving with a boring machine, the 250-fathoms level west of Podler's engine shaft, two brothers named Jeffery being engaged in tramming the lode stuff broken. From 18 to 20 holes each, 8 feet in depth, had been bored in the end. At the time of the accident two rounds of holes had been blasted, and Tengove, the head man of the core, was at the dynamite locker, about 70 fathoms from the end, preparing the charges for the next and last blast; with him were Paull and Cocking, whilst the two brothers Jeffery were sitting down about 2 fathoms off eating their lunch. Cocking, who was assisting in preparing the charges, stuck his lighted candle on the side of the level directly over the dynamite locker, from which he took a candle to cut up into snuffs. He then proceeded to take his lighted candle but in doing so let it fall on the dynamite locker which contained, in addition two packets of dynamite, a box of detonators, some fuse, and candles. In a moment the contents of the locker caught fire and the dynamite exploded, killing Cocking and Joseph Jeffery, Paull receiving injuries from which he shortly afterwards died, Trengove and William Jeffery escaping in a miraculous manner [More information ...]

Penprage, Edwin, 22 Dec 1897, aged 37, Miner, They had charged and fired three holes which had apparently exploded. It was however found that one of the shots had not done its work ainclearing out the hole to recharge it some of the gelignite exploded killing this man and seriously injuring another

Polkinghorne, John, 01 Dec 1892, aged 19, Miner, He was employed in a stope under the 250 fathom level the roadway of which is carried on timber at this place. It was closely sheeted with planks except an opening 4½ feet by 1½ feet through which at the time of the accident he was about to hand his comrade a plank. Having picked up the plank he inadvertently stepped backwards and fell through the hole to the 262-fathom level where he died within a few minutes

Retallick, Zacharias, 27 Jun 1888, aged 22, Miner, Instead of going to surface in the usual way the deceased man jumped on to a full skip of stuff and rode up on it. When within a few feet of the surface his head struck against one of the runners, and he was thrown off and killed. Peremptory orders had been constantly given forbidding riding in skips and the man was directly warned by the foreman not to ride on this occasion but he jumped on to it as it was passing. His death was entirely owing to his own foolhardiness

Richards, James, 02 Jul 1874, aged 19, Miner, Bursting of ground on which he was standing

Rickard, Richard, 16 Feb 1884, aged 24, Miner, Fell over a steep stope and broke his skull

Rogers, William, 21 May 1875, aged 51, Miner, Fell down some old workings while crossing them from the slipping of a plank [More information ...]

Rule, Thomas, 26 Apr 1880, aged 20, Miner, Fell down a shaft while lowering his comrade with the windlass

Satterley, John Warren, 25 Feb 1898, aged 60, Miner, Killed by a fall of hanging wall which he was preparing to set timbers

Stephens, Richard, 29 Dec 1892, aged 20, Miner, He and his brother were tramming at the 274 fathom level and had to pass a stope below

Stone, Albert, 10 Nov 1903, aged 15, Miner's Assistant, When crossing a gunniss upon a roadway formed of planks, he by some means fell between it and the side, and dropping 10 fathoms was so injured that death resulted a few hours afterwards

Stoneman, John, 07 Jul 1873, Miner, Fall of 4 fathoms down some stopes. Deceased was pointing out to some other men where he meant to bore a hole, when he slipped and fell

Symons, John, 27 May 1876, aged 37, Sawyer, Injuries inflicted by pieces of an emery wheel which broke while he was grinding a large saw [More information ...]

Thomas, Samuel, 19 Oct 1875, aged 15, Miner, Enexpected fall of ground

Tippet, Thomas, 03 May 1882, aged 18, Assistant timberman, Was engaged with the timbermen in repairing Highbarrow East Shaft which is used for drawing purposes only, whilst descending a ladder came away with him at the 70 fathoms level and he fell to the 140 fathoms level. Had the ladder been properly stapled instead of nailed this accident would not have happened. The head timberman, whose duty is to keep the shaft in repair had himself passed over the same ladder a few minutes previously at the inquest the jury returned a verdict censuring the timberman very strongly

Trengove, Francis, 17 Dec 1886, aged 21, Trammer

Uren, Charles, 31 Dec 1902, aged 21, Miner, When fetching explosives, he had to pass through an old "gunniss." A piece of the footwall upon which he was walking gave way, resulting in his being precipitated to the level below, a distance of 20 fathoms

Whitford, Elijah, 25 Oct 1878, aged 15, Miner, Unexpected fall of ground

Williams, Joseph, 19 Oct 1910, aged 29, Miner, He was fatally injured by a piece of stone which fell from the back of a level on to a "stull" and then on to his head. The "stull" was 12 ft. below the back of the level, and he was 36 ft. below the stull. It appeared to be very questionable whether the "back" of the level had been as carefully examined as it should have been, but, in any case, the hole in the stull through which the stone finally dropped ought to have been covered over

Williams, Thomas, 07 Jun 1875, aged 39, Miner, Buried by some stuff while clearing a winze