Elm Colliery

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Bateman, Thomas, 11 Dec 1917, aged 29, Collier, Prop fell breaking his neck

Catherall, Edward J., 21 Jan 1907, aged 20, Daywageman, The deceased and another person were winching a tub of dirt up a steep roadway, when one lap of the rope slipped, which caused them to let go the handles ; and deceased was fatally injured by being struck by one of the handles, through there not being a safety-catch on the winch

Catherall, John, 22 Jan 1919, aged 34, Driftsman, Injury to face by shotfiring [More information ...]

Connah, Richard, 27 Sep 1920, aged 47, Drift driver, Charge exploded while ramming cable

Davies, Edward, 12 Jul 1920, aged 48, Collier, Killed by a fall of roof

Davies, Ishmael, 06 Apr 1900, aged 58, Collier, Inspection made and inquest attended. Deceased was repairing his roadway, and resetting a bar, when a fall of roof coal occurred upon him before he had secured it

Davies, William, 14 Feb 1907, (accident: 08 Feb 1907), aged 68, Fireman, When examining the longwall face, he was struck by a piece of coal falling off the face. He succumbed to the injuries received on the 14th inst

Dyment, Walter, 26 Mar 1913, aged 37, Collier, Whilst the deceased was preparing to drill a shot hole in the coal face, a fall of roof occurred which displaced five props and caused severe injuries from which he succumbed on his way to the infirmary. The fall consisted of roof coal and overlying stone, having a total thickness of over 5 feet

Edwards, Joseph, 24 Jun 1908, aged 24, Filler, He was assisting a collier to set a prop near the face, when a stone fell from some slips in the roof upon him, capping a prop

Edwards, Thomas, 07 May 1886, aged 50, Filler, Inspection made and inquest attended. Deceased was filling his tub at the entrance to a new opening which had just been started out of the level when a piece of top coal fell capping two bars under which he was working

Ellis, John, 07 Nov 1898, aged 48, Ripper, Inspection made and inquest attended. The deceased was engaged repairing roadways and when in the act of putting some loosened stones down from the roof more came than he expected and he was crushed against a tub

Evans, John, 28 Feb 1903, aged 65, Collier, Inspection made and inquest attended. He was getting coal down off the face, when he appears to have liberated a slip in the roof, running with the coal face, and a stone fell upon the deceased capping a prop

Evans, Robert, 12 Mar 1884, aged 56, Screenman, Inquest attended. Some waggons were being lowered to the screens, and the first one ran a few feet in advance of the others. He went to it, and was pushing with his back to the buffer to keep it going, when, owing to some slight obstruction on the road it stopped, and those following immediately jammed up against him

Griffiths, Daniel, 23 Dec 1896, aged 40, Collier, Inspection made and inquest attended. He was in the act of capping timber in an abandoned road when the roof gave way to a slip knocking two props out and burying the deceased

Griffiths, Thomas, 20 Jul 1888, aged 36, Collier, Inspection made and inquest attended. He was taking out a ribbing off the higher side of the road and after firing a shot was preparing to set a prop under the coal when it suddenly fell from a bad slip running along the side of the place. From the evidence it appeared that he had been dilatory in preparing to set timber

Hewitt, Arthur, 07 Apr 1914, aged 14, Haulage attendant, Deceased was attending to the lashing chains used for connecting the tubs to the endless rope haulage, and had been assisting to get some tubs on the rails. When returning to his usual place of work he was knocked down by runaway tubs and fatally injured, owing to the breakage of a lashing chain

Hill, Edward, 22 Feb 1886, aged 40, Collier, Inspection made and inquest attended. He fired a shot which blew part of the coal. He was then preparing to set a sprag under that left standing when it rolled over on to him

Hill, Richard, 09 Aug 1912, aged 24, Filler, Deceased was taking a full tub down a road dipping 5 inches to the yard, when he was overtaken and killed by a runaway tub where the road was 4 feet wide and 3 feet high. The drawer in charge of runaway tub lost control of it through slipping on a plate at entrance to a level

Hollins, William, 19 Jan 1900, aged 35, Collier, Inspection made and inquest attended. When in the act of setting a bar in his roadway, a large pothole fell from the roof, capping the last bar they were setting, and crushing the deceased

Hollis, John, 30 Dec 1921, aged 35, Collier, Struck by coal from shot — cut head

Hughes, Thomas, 23 Jan 1907, aged 54, Collier, A fall of top coal, fell upon the deceased off the face, capping two sprags ; which appeared to have been set, with not sufficient slope to withstand the pressure

Hughes, Walter, 10 Aug 1906, aged 29, Collier, Inspection made and inquest attended. He was engaged at the face getting coal, when a fall of roof occurred from between two slips, capping three props, and fatally injuring deceased

Jones, Edward, 20 Jun 1891, 3.0 a.m., aged 56, Roadsman, Inspection made and inquest attended. Deceased was re-timbering a main roadway and was in the act of setting a prop when a large stone from under which he had just sawn two bars fell upon him and buried him

Jones, John, 29 May 1879, aged 18, Breaksman, After signalling the engineman to join the waggons at screens together he tried to pass between the buffers to couple up

Jones, Thomas, 15 Dec 1888, aged 23, Byeman, Inspection made and inquest attended. He was passing along a wide place in the main road when there was a sudden fall of top coal. Men were engaged in repairing this road but they had neglected to set timber and the roof sounded solid. Props should have been set under any circumstances

Jones, Thomas, 30 May 1899, aged 58, Horse Keeper, Inspection made and inquest attended. He was descending the No.1 Pit to commence duty, and when the cage stopped part of the way down the shaft at the Hollin mouthing to take the pumpman from that point main coal pit bottom, the deceased walked out of cage and fell to the bottom of the shaft. The pumpman is said to have spoken with deceased informing him he was going down with him, but deceased must have forgotten himself

Kendrick, Peter, 27 Feb 1878, aged 24, Sinker, Fell from hoppet when descending pit. Entirely due to his own carelessness

Millington, James, 20 Dec 1888, aged 48, Collier, Inspection made and inquest attended. He had just tired a shot which knocked out a prop and as he was in the act of resetting it a stone suddenly fell from a slip on to him

Nangreave, Thomas, 23 Sep 1889, aged 33, Engine driver, Inspection made and inquest attended. Deceased left his engine to assist the banksman who was sending some timber down the upcast shaft. The latter warned deceased that the doors covering the top of the shaft were open, and that he was to keep away, but he (deceased) picked up a piece of timber, put it into the hoppet, and was then walking away, when he slipped and fell through the open door into the shaft

Parry, Joseph, 02 Aug 1910, aged 23, Filler, After a shot in the Hollin seam, a piece of coal known to be "hanging" fell upon deceased. He had gone too near while his mate had gone round to examine the place

Peters, John, 20 Dec 1917, aged 37, Collier, Fractured spine by fall of clod

Roberts, Joseph, 16 May 1902, aged 20, Filler, Inspection made and inquest attended. A portion of side, resting on a prop on side of main dip, at entrance to drawing road, gave way, capping the prop, and fatally injuring deceased

Shone, Walter, 22 Nov 1919, aged 28, Collier, Died 25th Nov. from scepiceima caused by an abrasion of the skin

Stanley, Stephen, 26 Aug 1925, aged 39, Timberman, Drawn into collar

Tellett, Samuel, 10 Jan 1920, aged 37, Collier, Killed by a fall of top coal