Ellerbeck Colliery

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Ainscough, Joseph, 06 May 1925, aged 38, Fireman, Killed by a fall of stone after firing a shot

Anton, Willliam, 25 Aug 1924, (accident: 16 Aug 1924, 4.0 a.m., 7th hour of shift), aged 36, Gang minder, The deceased was caught by a set and knocked to one side of the brow while travelling up it at a point where there was a space of 3 ft. for travelling. His injuries were not considered serious at the time, but resulted in his death nine days later. The speed of the haulage was five miles per hour. Apparently he had been walking too near and the corner of the first tub caught him

Ashton, Thomas, 18 May 1920, aged 50, Dataller, Killed by a fall of roof

Baines, Frank, 22 Aug 1881, aged 30, Engine tenter, Falling when about to ascend from a pumping station at a mouthing

Banks, John, 16 May 1882, aged 33, Miner, Roof from between slips

Booth, William, 14 Nov 1899, (accident: 25 Oct 1899), aged 58, Collier, On November 14th, Wm. Booth, 58, collier, died at home suddenly. At the inquest it was shown that on October 25th whilst working at Ellerbeck Colliery a fall of coal injured the foot, that he had recovered from the injury. Post-mortem proved death to be due to the rupture of a blood vessel in the brain [fatality reported during the year but not classified as a reportable accident]

Brannan, Thomas, 03 Apr 1884, aged 27, Metalman, Roof that he was taking down, Jos. Sheffield hurt [More information ...]

Croston, William, 09 Aug 1883, aged 30, Miner, Fall of roof

Downs, Thomas, 27 May 1919, (accident: 16 May 1919), aged 55, Collier, Fall of roof — contused about the hips. Died 27th

Eckersley, James, 22 Mar 1880, aged 56, Stoneman, Roof falling from a slip where he was drawing a prop. King coal

Edwards, John, 11 May 1917, aged 46, Collier, Killed by a fall of roof

Farrington, John, 07 Nov 1889, aged 15, Boy, Was assaulted by a boy Cooper who threw a stone and fractured his skull for which Cooper was prosecuted at Chorley and fined half-a-crown and admonished. Non-Comprised

Green, William, 30 Apr 1924, 3.45 p.m., 2nd hour of shift, aged 41, Contractors man, Deceased was engaged in enlarging a main road in connection with the haulage arrangements, and while shovelling loose debris from the floor a stone fell off the side and killed him instantly. It was afterwards found that the stone had come away at a small fault running parallel to the road

Heaton, James, 15 Apr 1893, aged 50, Dataller, Deceased and another experienced dataller were sat eating their supper at a junction of a main level and jig brow. A sudden top weight came on brought down an iron girder and two bars resting thereon. The height under bars 7 feet. Fall 12 feet long, 9 feet wide,3 to 4 feet thick

Ince, James, 22 Apr 1889, aged 25, Gang rider, Fatal from injury received riding up the engine brow with full tubs, died at home. Inspection and inquest [Yard Seam]

Kennedy, Patrick, 11 Feb 1898, (accident: 08 Jan 1898), aged 23, Dataller, Cut little finger with stone whilst building a pack wall. Blood poisoning ensued, causing death 11th Feb

Kenny, John, 08 Oct 1884, aged 38, Sinker, Ascending hoppet tearing off fend-off boards at a mouthing

Longworth, John, 31 Aug 1880, aged 46, Miner, Roof cannel falling unexpectedly when he was taking it down

Mason, Gideon, 24 Oct 1892, 11.10 p.m., 4th hour of shift, aged 42, Dataller, Fall of roof from two slips, displaced one prop. Ought to have had more under

Millington, Jacob, 29 Apr 1897, aged 19, Dataller, Fall of roof in working place. Every reason to believe props were set regardless of dip of seam

Moss, Henry, 26 May 1914, aged 26, Collier, Deceased was assisting to remove a fall in a roadway, when a further fall of roof took place, displacing other four bars. He was caught by the second fall, and was dead when liberated

Murphy, Edward, 26 Aug 1927, aged 53, Contractors man, Killed by a fall of roof

Nelson, Richard, 02 May 1906, 4.30 p.m., 10th hour of shift, aged 18, Haulage hand, Crushed by haulage rope and pulley wheel ; either his coat sleeve caught by rope and drew him into the wheel, or he took hold of rope inadvertently and was drawn in

O'Shea, Arthur, 05 Aug 1915, (accident: 04 Mar 1915), aged 55, Collier, Fell against wall in mine. Died 5th Aug

Pemberton, James, 09 Mar 1900, (accident: 14 Nov 1898), aged 38, Collier, On March 9th, James Pemberton, 38, collier, died in the Chorley Cottage Hospital, on the 14th of November, 1898, was injured by fall of roof in his working place in the Smith Mine, Ellerbeck Colliery, Coppull. At the inquest, verdict — accidental death [fatality reported during the year but not classified as a reportable accident]

Pemberton, Samuel, 25 Oct 1918, (accident: 18 Jan 1917), aged 53, Fireman, Injury to back by fall of roof. Died 25th Oct. 1918

Rutter, William, 09 Apr 1894, aged 26, Collier, April 9th, William Rutter, 26, collier, died whilst at the face underground, at the Ellerbeck Colliery. From natural causes [fatality reported during the year but not classified as a reportable accident]

Scard, John Henry, 31 Mar 1908, 7.30 a.m., aged 55, Brakesman, Knocked down by wagons pushed by locomotive engine. Deceased had signalled the engineman to go on and he expected the wagons to go on another line of rails. He had omitted to open the points, but thought he had. With his back to the travelling wagons he moved in front of them. It was very windy at the time. Had the engineman whistled perhaps deceased would have looked and seen the wagons were on a wrong line

Taylor, Robert, 29 Nov 1921, aged 30, Miner, Caught by boxes

Turner, William, 21 Jun 1904, 11.30 a.m., 5th hour of shift, aged 26, Bricklayer, Crushed by steel girder being placed underground (Arley seam)

Walker, A., 01 Dec 1883, (accident: 14 Nov 1883), aged 40, Miner, Fall of roof. Died 1st Dec

Westy, George, 18 May 1920, aged 50, Dataller, Killed by a fall of stone

Whalley, Richard, 11 Feb 1924, 2.15 p.m., 6th hour of shift, aged 48, Contractor's Man, Fall of roof — fractured skull [More information ...]

Witts, John, 11 Jun 1900, (accident: 09 Jun 1900, 1 p.m., 5th hour of shift), aged 41, Mechanic, Crushed by revolving bar of electric coal cutting machine. Owing to misunderstanding, person at machine started it whilst deceased was close to the bar, the teeth of which caught his clothing, causing injuries from which he died on 11th June (Yard Mine)