Denby Colliery

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Agden, Frederick, 19 Oct 1865, aged 23, Labourer, Carrying mortat across shaft slipped and fell into shaft

Booth, Charles Thomas, 23 Jun 1924, 11.45 a.m., 5th hour of shift, aged 19, Ganger, Deceased was in the act of moving away some loose dirt which had fallen in front of his set of two full tubs when his horse started off and trapped his head and chest between the buffer and wheel of the front tub, suffocating him. He was an experienced ganger and appears to have been fully aware that his horse was of a restive nature. If he had taken the precaution of either disconnecting his horse or of getting help to hold the horse the accident would have been avoided

Bridges, G., 17 Sep 1856, aged 26, Fall of roof

Briggs, Elijah, 04 Aug 1871, aged 55, Collier, Fall of roof (Kilburn coal)

Briggs, Thomas, 07 Dec 1897, (accident: 02 Dec 1897), aged 72, Dataller, Deceased was assisting to carry a door underground when he scratched his right thumb. Blood poisoning set in and he died on the 7th

Brown, Hezekiah, 17 Jun 1899, (accident: 12 Jun 1899), aged 39, Header, Fall of roof. Deceased was driving a heading, which was nine feet wide when completed. A fall of roof occurred at the cutting side where deceased was working and fatally injured him. He died on the 17th instant (Mickley coal)

Brown, James, 01 Feb 1865, aged 20, Collier, Fall of coal

Brown, Thomas, 01 Sep 1868, aged 45, Pitman, Fell off scaffold whilst fixing stays in shaft

Brown, William, 29 May 1867, Banksman, Fell into shaft

Creswell, J., 07 Apr 1857, aged 31, Miner, Fall of roof from unseen joints

Green, George, 29 Jun 1893, aged 17, Horse driver, Crushed against a door by the horse he was driving as he was unable to open it for the horse to pass through

Green, William, 15 May 1900, aged 36, Stallman, Fall of roof. Deceased appears to have been preparing to set a prop for supporting the roof, when the roof fell and killed him (Kilburn coal)

Hall, Joseph, 02 Jun 1880, aged 34, Collier, Jammed between the cage and bunting at the pit bottom

Hall, Robert, 10 Nov 1909, aged 27, Pump attendant, Deceased was found lying insensible by the side of an underground electric haulage motor house, and although artificial respiration was kept up for nearly two hours he never regained consciousness. No person saw the accident occur, but it is probable he was attempting to investigate the cause of sparking and flashing on an ammeter without first having taken the precaution to switch off the current and make it dead. The screws attaching the ammeter to the switchboard were found to have been partly unscrewed (Kilburn Coal seam)

Hannibal, R., 02 Feb 1856, aged 26, Fall of roof [More information ...]

Hinchcliffe, A., 11 Oct 1910, aged 23, Stoneman, The remnant of a charge of explosive was struck by the drill of a machine, and Hinchcliffe was fatally injured by the explosion which followed. A fellow workman was seriously injured

Hughes, John Henry, 28 Jun 1905, (accident: 23 May 1905), aged 27, Stallman, Deceased was holing and taking the coal down near a fault slip under which a prop had been set, when a piece of bind fell from the slip and fatally injured him. He died 28th June (Kilburn coal seam)

Hunt, Hugh, 19 Apr 1872, aged 69, Collier, Fall of coal

Kerry, Thomas, 04 Dec 1869, aged 14, Labourer, Fell into unfenced working shaft

Lewin, Albert, 19 Jan 1912, (accident: 21 Sep 1911), aged 40, Loader, He was turning a full tub on the landing plate, and his foot was pinned between the tab and a prop. He died on 19th January, 1912

Riggott, Frederick, 25 Jun 1915, aged 15, Pony driver, Riding in first of two empty tubs which along with a pony was taking towards face when there was a fall of roof inside tub which killed him

Sanders, Frederick, 30 Oct 1892, (accident: 25 Oct 1892), aged 27, Stallman, Fall of roof. Deceased had been taking coal down and was about to set a prop when a large quantity of roof fell upon him. Died 30th Oct

Saunders, Thomas William, 14 Jan 1913, aged 26, Shunter, Whilst running in front of a moving locomotive to turn some points, his foot slipped on the greasy rails and got fast in some other points. The engine driver was unable to pull up in time, owing to the state of the rails, and deceased's leg was broken, and he died from shock. The ground was covered with snow

Taylor, Arthur, 22 Apr 1915, (accident: 09 Apr 1915), aged 18, Corporal, Attending to switch of chain cutter which was running with jib out. A piece of roof fell causing him to step forward in front and was caught by picks and leg drawn in and severed. Died 22nd. April

Taylor, J., 14 Apr 1859, aged 14, Loader, Fall of roof

Webster, Horace, 27 Feb 1904, (accident: 21 Feb 1903), aged 21, Loader, A fall of roof in a stall injured him on 21st February, 1903, and as he died one year and six days afterwards. No inquest was held [fatality reported during the year but not classified as a reportable accident]

Weston, Frederick, 12 Dec 1894, aged 46, Stallman, He died suddenly in the mine from natural causes. No inquest was held

Whiteman, John, 19 Oct 1924, (accident: 29 Sep 1924, 8.0 a.m., 1st hour of shift), aged 67, Stallman, Deceased was preparing to take out a prop from the edge of the waste, when some bind rolled down from the waste and knocked him down. He was uninjured save for a badly cut thumb. He walked out of the pit and was attended to by a doctor, but the wound eventually turned septic and he died on 19th October

Winfield, Ernest, 19 Jul 1898, aged 15, Rope boy, Whilst travelling with a train of 9 loaded tubs along an endless rope way he appears to have fallen in front of the train. He died the same day

Wood, Thomas, 24 Oct 1873, Pony driver, Was walking in front of a pony and loaded waggons, when he suddely fell, and they passed over him