Cleator (Iron Ore)

1891 - No. 11 Pit - Ore exhausted

1912 - Abandoned

1919 - Abandoned

Beck, James, 04 Dec 1856, aged 50, Miner, cage became detached falling to the bottom of the shaft [More information ...]

Brown, John, 04 Dec 1856, aged 28, Banksman, cage became detached falling to the bottom of the shaft [More information ...]

Currie, William, 07 Nov 1889, aged 30, Miner, fall of roof, while engaged putting up a set of timbers a fall of sand and stone occurred burying deceased and his brother ; nine hours elapsed before the deceased was liberated

Foss, William, 16 Dec 1875, he and another man was descending the shaft, the drum of the winding engine had not been made fast to the drum shaft and the cage ran amain and capsized itself crushing him against the side of the shaft

Gamwells, John, 24 Dec 1855, killed while working on the shaft

Graham, Thomas, 24 May 1890, 6:30 a.m., 1st hour of shift, aged 21, Banksman, crushed by fly-wheel of winding engine; while assisting the engineman to get this engine off the centre, the wheel suddenly revolved and carried deceased into wheel pit, killing him

Hannah, Robinson, 08 Oct 1900, aged 29, Miner, A dynamite charge had been prepared to bring down a piece of ore in the ordinary way; but it fell of its own accord, and caught deceased. The place was well timbered; indeed, more timber could not be set until this particular piece of ore was taken down. [Inspection made & inquest attended]

Ireland, Andrew, 15 Oct 1878, aged 59, Manager, fell down shaft

Jenkinson, William, 24 Apr 1869, Miner, fell down the shaft

Lancaster, William, 09 Sep 1869, (accident: 11 Jun 1869), aged 42, Miner, while at work was injured by a beam which struck him in the bowels and crushed him severely

McAlly, Hugh, 11 Jun 1862, a piece of iron ore fell from the top of the pit, and upon his head, killing him instantaneously, he left a wife and child

McAvoy, James, 30 Nov 1888, aged 21, Trailer, suffocation by carbonic acid gas; the wood in a drift in No. 6 pit, having taken fire on the night of 29th November, the fumes from the fire passed to No. 9 pit, which was an upcast shaft for No. 6 pit; no notice having been sent to No. 9 pit of the danger caused by the fire in No. 6 pit, the No. 9 pit workmen descended the pit on the morning of 30th November; John Mills while proceeding to his working place became unconscious and while attempting to rescue him, McAvoy and Phillips lost their lives [More information ...]

McIlroy, Costlet, 20 May 1877, aged 42, Miner, waggon ran over his body on pit top

McNally, William, 26 Mar 1856, Furnace Man, died suddenly whilst at work

Middleton, William, 19 Feb 1876, (accident: 04 Feb 1876), aged 33, Miner, he had placed a cartridge of dynamite into a hole he intended to fire and had stemmed it, in the act of drawing the needle or picker it broke and whilst trying to get out the broken piece it exploded

Mills, John, 30 Nov 1888, aged 43, Miner, suffocation by carbonic acid gas; the wood in a drift in No. 6 pit, having taken fire on the night of 29th November, the fumes from the fire passed to No. 9 pit, which was an upcast shaft for No. 6 pit; no notice having been sent to No. 9 pit of the danger caused by the fire in No. 6 pit, the No. 9 pit workmen descended the pit on the morning of 30th November; John Mills while proceeding to his working place became unconscious and while attempting to rescue him, McAvoy and Phillips lost their lives [More information ...]

O'Hare, John, 24 Sep 1880, aged 17, Labourer, crushed by the connecting rod of pumps

Owens, Barnard, 20 Nov 1867, aged 24, killed by a fall of roof

Phillips, James, 30 Nov 1888, aged 38, Miner, suffocation by carbonic acid gas; the wood in a drift in No. 6 pit, having taken fire on the night of 29th November, the fumes from the fire passed to No. 9 pit, which was an upcast shaft for No. 6 pit; no notice having been sent to No. 9 pit of the danger caused by the fire in No. 6 pit, the No. 9 pit workmen descended the pit on the morning of 30th November; John Mills while proceeding to his working place became unconscious and while attempting to rescue him, McAvoy and Phillips lost their lives [More information ...]

Riley, Henry, 29 Mar 1890, (accident: 21 Mar 1890, 1:30 p.m., 6th hour of shift), aged 50, Blacksmiths Striker, fall from head gears; while engaged on the head gears his foot slipped, and he fell to the ground, receiving injuries from which he died on the 29th March

Rodgers, James, 14 Jun 1910, (accident: 03 Sep 1909), aged 62, Miner, several pieces of stone, 3 or 4 lbs. weight, fell from the roof in front of the last headtreee of a close-timbered working about 7 ft. high and struck Rodgers in the back while he was in a stooping position

Rooney, Charles, 20 Aug 1878, aged 56, Miner, killed by a fall of ore

Rowe, John, 18 Dec 1895, 6:40 a.m., 1st hour of shift, aged 62, Miner, shot explosion (gelatine dynamite); deceased was alone at the time of the accident, but the presumption is that he was "unramming," as a hammer and scraper were found near him with indications that they had been used for the aforementioned object; the hole had missed fire the day before, 16 hours previous to the accident [More information ...]

Thompson, John, 12 Jun 1874, aged 50, Miner, struck on the head, and was killed instantly by a fall of ore after a shot was fired, address: Hensingham [More information ...]