Coniston (Copper)

Birkett, T., 07 Jan 1854, aged 65, hit by falling rubbish when descending the shaft and was knocked down 20 fathoms

Birkett, W., 14 May 1850, Miner, killed by a fall of stone

Dixon, William, 27 Jun 1861, aged 24, Miner, who received a wound on the right temple, and got his left thigh broken

Duggan, William, 11 May 1865, killed by a fall of ore

Eagers, Joseph, 21 Jan 1861, aged 30, Miner, he was standing on the top of an old wall at the time, the stones of which gave way under him, when deceased was precipitated a distance of nine or ten fathoms, and was so much injured by the fall that he expired before he could be removed from the works

Halliday, Edward, 06 Nov 1908, aged 38, he was in the act of stemming a hole, previous to firing, when the shot prematurely exploded, blowing out the stemming, etc., which came in contact with his head, and caused instant death

Hamilton, Thomas, 18 May 1840, Labourer, fell down the shaft

Holliday, Edward, 11 Nov 1853, aged 38, killed by the premature explosion of a shot

Holliday, Isaac, 11 Jul 1853, killed by a fall of stone

Kennedy, Bryan, 06 May 1854, aged 19, explosion whilst stemming a shot

Millican, Thomas, 21 Aug 1850, aged 61, killed by machinery

Murphy, William, 21 May 1856, Filler, fell down the shaft

Redman, James, 19 Jan 1847, fell down the shaft

Relph, Stephen, 27 Oct 1860, aged 15, lost his footing and fell heavily among some stones, and was so seriously injured that he died the same evening

Richards, William J., 17 Apr 1871, (accident: 07 Apr 1871), aged 21, Miner, struck by the blast from a shot

Richardson, Thomas, 12 Apr 1866, aged 45, killed by the explosion of a shot, left a wife and eight children

Toole, John, 16 Aug 1851, (an Irishman) fell down the engine shaft