Donisthorpe Colliery

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Corner, Henry, 20 Sep 1910, aged 23, Stallman, The accident occurred at the working face in the main seam, and was caused by a piece of coal 7 ft. long 7 ft. high and 3 ft. deep suddenly bursting off an unseen line of fault, accompanied by a heavy "bump." Three sprags and three props were discharged. Deceased was buried by the fall and severely injured. Died same day

Dennis, Henry, 27 Nov 1898, (accident: 17 Nov 1898), aged 21, Trammer, While returning from work carrying a glass bottle on his chest he either fell or was kicked by a horse. The glass penetrated his bowels and he died on 27th November

Evans, James, 12 May 1888, aged 19, Onsetter, While attempting to cross the shaft bottom the cage descended and caught him. Acting contrary to rules of the mine

Evans, John, 18 Jul 1893, (accident: 30 Jun 1893), aged 65, Stallman, Died from syncope. The man received a slight injury to his leg on June 30th. The doctor stated that such injury had nothing to do with his death but that death was due to sudden failure of the heart's action. No inquest was held

Evans, William, 06 Mar 1914, aged 39, Incline roadway man, Deceased attended to the required repairs on an inclined plane roadway, and whilst so engaged he was run down and fatally injured by a set of 13 full tubs that were gravitating to the plane bottom. He was probably taken by surprise at his work and run down before he could step aside

Finch, Josiah, 16 Jan 1913, aged 37, Stallman, The seam has a gradient of 1 in 2½ and is worked to the full rise. Holing is done in friable shale overlying the seam. Sprags are set from the coal to the roof, and stretchers from the face to props to guard against slabs of coal falling over owing to the steepness of the measures. The deceased and his brother, soon after arriving at the stall, began taking out sprags and using a wedge the coal. Deceased was incautiously in front of the coal, while his brother was wedging at the buttock end, when a slab of coal fell and fatally crushed him against a prop

Garratt, Harry, 24 Apr 1900, (accident: 23 Apr 1900), aged 21, Onsetter, Deceased was taking the empty tubs from the cage at the pit bottom, when the engineman pulled the cage up and fatally injured the deceased. He died next day

Harry, Francis, 05 Jun 1889, aged 60, Chargeman, Charging a shothole with gunpowder when from some unexplained cause it exploded and fatally injured the deceased

Hearby, James, 13 Aug 1898, aged 48, Stallman, He died of heart disease while proceeding to his work in the mine. No inquest was held [fatality reported during the year but not classified as a reportable accident]

Hemsley, Edwin, 25 Oct 1902, aged 29, Carpenter, The two men had been repairing the shaft below the cage landing, and were in a hoppit suspended by a rope under the cage. They signalled to be raised up, and while ascending the shaft the engineman lost control of the winding engines, the cage was overwound, and the two deceased fell down the shaft [More information ...]

Kirk, James, 16 Nov 1877, aged 34, Stallman, Fall of coals

Kirk, Thomas, 25 Jan 1896, aged 73, Roadman, Fall of roof. Deceased was engaged in making the official morning examination and appears to have been sitting down in a recess of the roadway resting and waiting for a fellow examiner when the roof fell upon him. He died in the mine

Kirk, Walter, 01 Jan 1892, 5 a.m., 8th hour of shift, aged 19, Dataler, Fall of side. Assisting to remove a fall of stone in the return airway, when a piece of side fell over and fatally injured him

Letts, Thomas, 15 Apr 1898, aged 60, Onsetter, Deceased was in charge of the pit bottom, and, in order to get to the opposite side of the shaft, he walked across the sump-boards, under a descending cage and was fatally crushed. The cage contained eight workmen who were going to their work. There was a proper road round the shaft which he could have used with safety

Miles, William, 25 Oct 1913, (accident: 13 Oct 1913), aged 52, Assistant onsetter, Deceased was engaged as puller off on the empty side of the cage. He was in the act of pulling off the empty at the same time as the full tubs were being pushed on to the cage at the opposite end, when the cage suddenly lifted and his head was jammed between the tub and an iron rod 4 feet 6 inches up from the rail. The ascending cage had failed to reach the keps by a few inches, and the engine driver having reversed the engine the cage dropped 3 feet to 4 feet which jerked the bottom cage proportionately. The landing stage is on the ground floor, so that the winder has a good view of the ascending cage. The injuries the deceased received were cuts on the right cheek. He was taken to the Infirmary. Forty hours after admittance he developed delirium tremens, from which he died on October 25th. The House Surgeon said his general condition was unhealthy

Scott, Joseph, 22 Dec 1894, (accident: 19 Dec 1894), aged 48, Banksman, Deceased was crushed between two full trams of coal whilst at work on the pit bank. He died 22nd

Shuttleworth, John, 10 May 1877, aged 14, Driver, Kicked by a pony

Shuttleworth, Thomas, 11 Dec 1884, aged 43, Carpenter, Engineman overwound [More information ...]

Stubbs, Thomas, 17 Oct 1886, aged 30, Header, Fall of the side of the roadway setting timber to support roof

Talbot, Henry, 25 Oct 1902, aged 52, Shaft-man, The two men had been repairing the shaft below the cage landing, and were in a hoppit suspended by a rope under the cage. They signalled to be raised up, and while ascending the shaft the engineman lost control of the winding engines, the cage was overwound, and the two deceased fell down the shaft [More information ...]

Till, Christopher, 30 Nov 1911, aged 52, Chargeman Shifter, Deceased and two others were engaged in drawing timber in a disused stall in the Eureka seam. They drew the props by loosening at the head with a pick and then knocking the post out with a hammer or another post. Deceased then ventured into the waste to recover a drawn prop, when a slab of stone, 5 to 8 inches thick, fell and injured him so severely that he died on the same date. The accident was due to a direct breach of Special Rule 71, which requires roof supports to be drawn by a dog and chain

Ward, Thomas, 23 Dec 1886, aged 30, Stallman, Fall of roof whilst building a pack

Whetton, Arthur, 08 May 1899, aged 38, Stone header, Fall of roof. Deceased and three others were setting a bar in a stone heading driven through faulty ground, when a fall of roof occurred and instantly killed deceased. The other men were injured (Stone heading to main coal)

Whetton, William, 16 Jan 1878, aged 44, Stallman, Fall of coal and bind. Deceased was getting top coal from over the stall packs in the goaf

Winter, William, 04 Jun 1877, aged 42, Incline man, Run over by a train of tubs

Wright, B., 09 Sep 1938, Surveyor, run over by tubs

Wright, Thomas, 20 Oct 1874, aged 16, Header, Went into heading not at work to fetch tools. Gas exploded. Place insufficiently ventilated