Ellenborough Colliery

1892 - Hamilton, Virgin, Rattler Band, Metal Band, Cannel, Ten Quarter seams abandoned

1918 - Virgin, Ten Quarter, Rattler and Yard Band seams abandoned

1932 - Yard, Virgin, Cannel, Rattler, Ten Quarters, Metal seams abandoned

Armstrong, David, 09 Jun 1882, aged 56, Hewer, killed by a fall of coal [More information ...]

Armstrong, George, 30 Mar 1870, aged 35, Hewer, spark from pricker firing shot

Armstrong, William, 21 Oct 1845, aged 23, killed by a fall of roof

Bass, William, 19 May 1883, aged 31, Hewer, killed by a fall of coal

Bayle, Lawrence, 08 Nov 1872, aged 55, Driver, run over by waggons

Beckett, Joseph, 03 Dec 1860, explosion [More information ...]

Bell, John, 01 Oct 1843, killed by a fall of roof

Bell, Leonard, 03 Dec 1860, Deputy Overman, explosion [More information ...]

Blackburn, William, 22 Jul 1867, aged 60, Hewer, crushed by tubs

Bone, Henry, 12 Feb 1903, aged 15, Wagon Trimmer, Deceased was caught by moving screen belt and dragged under a jigger screen which delivered coal on to the belt. He had walked along the belt in the reverse direction to which it was moving to a fenced place at the end of the belt to remove small coals that collected there, and he was probably caught when getting on to the belt to return. His ordinary work was trimming wagons. The jury thought there had been some neglect on the part of the officials in allowing the boy to act as he did.

Bradley, Isaac, 04 Sep 1876, aged 36, Hewer, killed by a fall of roof

Brady, Dennis, 16 Mar 1883, aged 24, Shifter, killed by a fall of stone

Brinicombe, Reginald, 11 Jan 1889, aged 16, Assistant banksman, hand crushed between tub and cage

Brown, William, 08 Apr 1871, (accident: 25 Mar 1871), aged 50, Hewer, killed by a fall of coal [More information ...]

Cameron, Allan, 10 Jul 1912, aged 55, Hewer, whilst working on a longwall face, with blue metal roof, two props fell out and a stone 6 ft. by 4 ft. by 2 ft. 6 ins, came from a slippery facing injuring him fatally

Crosby, John, 28 Nov 1865, aged 26, Fireman, crushed

Curran, John, 12 Jun 1862, aged 13, he had somehow got his hand fixed in some winding gear, and before the machine could be stopped he was drawn to the drum, and swung violently round, death was instantaneous

Curwen, Richard, 31 May 1853

Evans, David, 26 Aug 1883, aged 23, Engineman, crushed by machinery

Evans, Thomas, 29 Mar 1911, aged 45, Drifter, gassed and fell into a hole

Fishwick, Joseph, 19 Jul 1855, aged 16, killed by an explosion of gas

Gaskin, Isaac, 03 Oct 1851, aged 48, Coal Hagger, Killed by the accidental fall against the right side of his heart of a large stone from the side of the shaft of a coal pit called Ellenborough pit in the occupation of Joseph Harris Esquire in the parish of Dearham, down which he was being lowered in a Basket by a Rope and Chain attached to a stationary Steam Engine near the top of the said Pit on the 3rd day of October 1851, died there and then.

Gilmour, John, 31 Jan 1889, aged 25, Shiftman, killed by a fall of roof

Goadie, William, 05 Dec 1872, aged 60, Hewer, killed by a fall of coal

Hutchinson, Robert, 18 Jun 1885, aged 31, Labourer, suffocated by gases issuing from burning waste heap

Jackson, John, 09 Nov 1883, aged 58, Hewer, killed by a fall of stone

Kennedy, William, 21 Mar 1888, was taken ill whilst at work, he went home and died the same day from acute inflammation of the stomach

Lancaster, George, 16 May 1902, (accident: 03 May 1902), aged 60, Hewer, while kirving in the bottom coal in the Hamilton Band in a long wall working some stone band and coal fell away causing a compound fracture of his left leg ; pneumonia supervened, but the primary cause of death was the accident

Lobb, John, 13 Nov 1867, aged 27, Hewer, killed by a fall of coal

McMeb, Peter, 19 Jun 1876, aged 25, Hewer, fall of roof and coal [More information ...]

Miller, William, 06 May 1852, crushed by corf on inclined plane

Nixon, John, 26 Apr 1888, aged 56, Hewer, jud of coal came over upon him

Nixon, Joseph Highmore, 26 Nov 1886, aged 21, Putter, killed by a fall of stone

Paterson, Christopher, 09 Aug 1890, 1:45 p.m., 8th hour of shift, aged 30, Hewer, injured on an endless rope haulage road and subsequently died

Plummer, George, 19 Jun 1876, aged 25, Hewer, fall of roof and coal [More information ...]

Robinson, James, 09 Jan 1890, 12:00 a.m., 6th hour of shift, aged 50, Screenman, Knocked down by waggons at screen

Rodgerson, Jane, 01 Jun 1881, aged 55, Coal Cleaner, crushed by waggon [More information ...]

Rodgerson, William, 22 Oct 1823, aged 65, Miner

Short, John, 02 Aug 1884, aged 33, Overman, fell down a staple

Sides, William, 11 Mar 1869, aged 50, Hewer, crushed by tub

Simpkins, Jonathan, 20 Jul 1871, aged 30, Hewer, killed by a fall of stone [More information ...]

Smart, Charles, 15 Feb 1899, (accident: 19 Dec 1898), Hewer, Died from injuries said to have been received in the pit on the 19th December 1898, but the jury returned a verdict in accordance with the medical evidence that the "death was due to peritonitis." [fatality reported during the year but not classified as a reportable accident]

Stephenson, John Lawson, 08 Nov 1907, aged 20, Banksman [More information ...]

Varty, Benjamin, 18 Jun 1866, aged 22, killed by an explosion [More information ...]

Varty, John, 02 Jan 1854, killed by a fall of roof

Varty, Thomas, 18 Jun 1866, killed by an explosion [More information ...]

Wales, John, 03 Dec 1860, Deputy Overman, explosion [More information ...]

Whitehead, Thomas, 02 Jul 1828, (accident: 26 Jun 1828), Miner

Wilkinson, James, 05 Jun 1852, aged 48, Hooker, whilst at work at the bottom of the shaft, a piece of coal 7lbs weight fell from an ascending basket and struck him on the head, causing his immediate death

Williamson, Thomas, 26 Mar 1851, Coal Hagger, a sudden fall of coal from the roof fell upon him, and he was killed on the spot