Duxbury Park Colliery

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Adshead, Francis, 06 Sep 1894, aged 31, Prop drawer, Fall of roof in roadway whilst loosening a prop from slips all round which had not been seen

Alker, James, 26 Jan 1893, aged 63, Engineman, Getting out of cage at mouthing missed his footing and fell 200 yards to the bottom of shaft

Anton, Michael, 20 Mar 1894, aged 50, Ganger, Crushed by tub coupling between 1st and 2nd tub of a train of eleven others became detached. Deceased was walking before the train supposed the first tub bounded forward on becoming uncoupled and struck him. It would be easy to understand had he been riding but he was never known to ride. He was found between the rails and about 8 feet in front of the tub

Ashton, William, 13 Oct 1886, aged 18, Drawer, Fatal. A large stone fell unexpectedly from between two unseen slips in the roof close to the gig wheel

Barnes, George W., 27 Aug 1914, aged 54, Fireman, Killed by stones projected from a shot and his mate injured [More information ...]

Coleman, John Thomas, 27 Mar 1890, aged 16, Engine tenter, Killed by a train of full tubs running over him in the engine brow

Coyle, Frederick, 27 Jan 1919, aged 30, Pitman, Fell down shaft [More information ...]

Derbyshire, James, 12 Jan 1897, aged 22, Collier, Fall of roof in drawing road from slips which ought to have been seen

Dickinson, Jeremiah, 28 Oct 1907, 12 Noon, 6th hour of shift, aged 28, Dataller, In roadway shunt whilst repairing. With fireman for two hours had been chipping the roof to allow tubs room to travel, the roof had settled several inches from previous day. Fireman left deceased to fill the chipped shale, whilst deceased was doing this the roof fell on him. On one side was a pronounced slip plainly to be seen. No timber under roof ; had trusted to its being generally good. The slip and the settling should have warned them the place was dangerous. Fall 9 feet 7 inches long, 8 feet 9 inches wide, 14 inches thick. (Roof good) (King seam)

Duffin, John R., 24 Jun 1898, aged 38, Collier, Fall of roof near working place after a shot, should have waited until fireman had examined

Halliwell, James, 03 Aug 1900, 10.45 a.m., 3rd hour of shift, aged 48, Manager, Crushed by cage, when attempting to enter at an intermediate mouthing

MacNamara, Desmond Thomas, 18 Sep 1912, aged 18, Drawer, In working place from edge of ripping caunch, at face of roadway, whilst filling coal into tub, four props brought down by the fall. A bar set under the roof at caunch would probably have prevented the fall

Mayor, James, 06 Aug 1884, aged 21, Labourer, Raiway waggon on colliery siding

Pennington, Edward, 27 Jan 1919, aged 35, Pitman, Fell down shaft [More information ...]

Sharples, Robert, 13 May 1889, aged 27, Dayman, Killed by roof falling after he and the fireman had drawn props. Inspection and inquest attended [Bone-coal Seam]

Tootall, John, 21 Aug 1901, aged 39, Collier, Fall of roof in working place ; large area unsupported. (Average roof) (Bone)

Wallbank, William, 02 Oct 1912, aged 32, Timberman, In drawing road whilst repairing, had put a jack prop under a bar, taken out the prop under one end of the bar because the prop leaned too much, was about to set another prop in place thereof when the bar and two others collapsed, burying deceased under a large fall

Warburton, Thomas, 30 Dec 1902, (accident: 19 Dec 1902), aged 18, Drawer, On 30th December, Thomas Warburton, 18, drawer, died ; alleged that on 19th December, whilst at work at Duxbury Park Colliery, he scratched his arm. The doctor who attended him stated that he died from blood poisoning from the slight scratch on the arm. There was no proof how the scratch was caused [fatality reported during the year but not classified as a reportable accident]