Elsecar Main Colliery

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Archdale, Thomas, 24 Jul 1909, aged 53, Ripper, Fall of roof. With others he was engaged in enlarging and re-timbering a main haulage road. Whilst he was preparing to set a prop a heavy fall of stone occurred. He was struck on the head by the edge of the falling stone and killed on the spot

Bedford, Norman, 24 Jan 1934, aged 41, Collier, A collier withdrew some props and bars from under a crossgate junction which extended to ripping lip — fall reeled out newly set prop which struck his head and killed him instantly

Bevins, George, 04 Apr 1924, 11.45 a.m., 6th hour of shift, aged 54, Collier, Deceased and two other men were engaged in building a gate side pack when a large fall of roof occurred without warning, completely burying all three. They lay under the fall until found by the deputy, and it was two hours or more before all were extricated. Deceased probably died within a few minutes of the fall from suffocation, but his mates were little the worse. The fall was 8 yards by 8 yards and 2 ft. 9 ins. thick and ran out all the timber

Bowley, Henry, 25 Nov 1919, aged 62, Dataller, Went with mate to clear up in gate and found a fall of roof coal. They were clearing this when there was a rock fall — spine fractured

Butcher, Fredrick, 04 Jul 1910, aged 19, Trammer, When loading dirt in a roadway a sudden bump displaced the roof supports, and he was killed by the fall which followed

Chadwick, Joseph, 20 Nov 1934, aged 37, Collier, Proceeding out at end of shift when he tripped and fell over a 'getter on' near shaft bottom cutting his knee which was dressed at surface. Worked 2 days and became ill. Died from septicemia 8 days later in hospital

Cook, H., 23 Jul 1884, aged 51, Collier, Fall of roof

Creeton, Albert, 04 Jul 1912, aged 23, Trammer, He was sitting in a passbye waiting for empty tubs along with other trammers, when a piece of dirt fell from the roof between the ripping and the last bar set, catching him on the shoulders

Creeton, William Henry, 12 May 1919, (accident: 05 May 1919), aged 22, Trammer, Day collier had drawn several props at end of shift. Afternoon colliers had upturned some tubs at roadside. He was going to loose end of buttock to fill some loose coal and took a short cut when a large piece of stone fell from roof. Died 7 days later

Dobson, Charles, 28 Jul 1915, aged 39, Collier, He and his mate had brought down gate ripping exposing an area of doubtful roof and they proceeded in recovering dirt before setting supports. A deputy arrived and told them to set a bar but before they could do so a stone fell and struck him

Drury, Harry, 17 Jan 1919, aged 16, Hanger on, Walking at side of empty set and fell between them — skull fractured

Eadean, John, 18 Feb 1922, aged 50, Killed by a fall of roof

Evans, Thomas, 24 Aug 1855, Fall of coal in the shaft

Goodison, George Thompson, 18 Nov 1922, aged 28, Killed by a fall of coal, address: Poplar place, Elsecar

Gray, Arthur, 23 Jan 1913, aged 31, Collier, Deceased was just about to commence getting some coal down when a large piece burst from the face. He was caught by the falling coal and fatally injured

Hague, John William, 22 Aug 1932, aged 48, Killed by a fall of roof

Hobson, Joseph, 12 Aug 1870, aged 64, Labourer, Fall of coal in horse road

Hudson, Harold, 04 Nov 1922, (accident: 03 Nov 1922), aged 35, Killed by a fall of coal

Jepson, H., 10 Dec 1895, aged 50, Sawyer, Caught by shafting of saw mill engine while oiling bearings

Jones, W., 14 Oct 1884, aged 43, Collier, Fall of coal

Kay, A., 15 Aug 1884, aged 30, Smith, Falling on to stage in pumping shaft whilst working in the shaft

Kidger, W., 27 Sep 1884, aged 14, Driver, Run over by corves

Owen, Richard, 18 Feb 1914, aged 32, Collier, They were engaged in taking down-hill, dip 1 in 12, a "bord piece," 12 feet long from the line of an old coal face, which had been standing some six months, and were found under a fall of roof. The fall came from roof breaks developed parallel to the "bord" line and displaced three props. The timbering rule was not contravened, but the ground should have been recovered by working on the "end" of the coal. The deputy had visited the place 1½ hours before and found it in working order [More information ...]

Parkin, John E., 13 May 1915, aged 47, Collier, Cutting down top coal when it fell from a slip and there was a sudden weighting

Ratcliffe, Samuel J., 31 May 1913, aged 54, Ripper, He was setting a bar under the ripping, preparatory to getting down some ripping, when a fall of roof occurred. Before he could get clear of this fall a second one occurred which killed him. More timber might have been set

Royston, D., 15 Jun 1893, aged 21, Trammer, Fall of roof

Skerrow, William, 01 Mar 1915, aged 41, Collier, Caught by fall of clod while fillig a tub

Somerscales, Hilton, 07 Oct 1934, (accident: 10 May 1934), aged 41, Deputy, Overwound cage crashed into the headgear

Steer, Leonard, 09 Oct 1919, aged 17, Haulage hand, Detaching screw chain from endless rope near a driving pulley which was supported by a frame. It was supposed his hand became fast between bottom rope and chain and he was pulled through frame. Rope was pulled off pulley and hit and killed him

Summerscales, Hilton, 30 Sep 1934, (accident: 10 May 1934), aged 40, Deputy, Practice rescue brigade was being raised to surface and cage was raised violently owing to engineman pulling his reversing lever in wrong position — cage went into headgear. All 6 were injured and taken to hospital, he died 30th Sept.

Sylvester, William, 15 Feb 1867, aged 22, Collier, Fall of roof

Taylor, Frederick, 10 May 1919, (accident: 02 May 1919), aged 26, Trammer, Filling coal when piece burst off face and knocked out two props. He was partially buried and not severely injured but died 8 days later — sceptic pneumonia

Warris, George, 13 Dec 1865, Fall of roof in mine

White, Frank, 04 Apr 1908, aged 23, Sinker, This accident happened in the Parkgate inset of No. 2 Pit. This inset was being enlarged preparatory to the inset arch being put in. The deceased was trimming coal off the side, to prepare for the side walls, when a piece of shale, about 25 cwts. in weight, fell from the roof, and killed him on the spot. The fall displaced two props and disclosed previously unseen converging slips forming a "pot-hole," The place was well timbered

Wilkinson, Harvey, 01 Aug 1928, aged 45, Killed by a fall of roof

Williams, John, 18 Feb 1914, aged 27, Collier, They were engaged in taking down-hill, dip 1 in 12, a "bord piece," 12 feet long from the line of an old coal face, which had been standing some six months, and were found under a fall of roof. The fall came from roof breaks developed parallel to the "bord" line and displaced three props. The timbering rule was not contravened, but the ground should have been recovered by working on the "end" of the coal. The deputy had visited the place 1½ hours before and found it in working order [More information ...]