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Abram, John, 19 Apr 1920, aged 38, Drawer, Caught by runaway tub — internal injuries. Died 19th Apr

Allen, Henry, 28 May 1863, aged 26, Drawer, Fall of roof

Ashton, Edward, 16 Nov 1870, aged 42, Collier, Riding on coal boxes below ground

Ashurst, Henry, 15 Apr 1914, aged 58, Daywageman, The deceased and his mate were bringing tubs of dirt along a road on which the gradient at one point had an average fall of 1 in 18 for about 20 yards. They had been in the habit of bringing the tubs out in turns to a certain point, the other man going out before and waiting at this point, and a scotch was then put in and both men would go to the rear of the tub. On the present occasion the deceased went out first to wait, but apparently went too far, and his mate went past the usual stopping point with the result that the tub got amain and met deceased as he was returning, and he was crushed against the side

Balshaw, John Joseph, 24 Nov 1927, aged 37, Daywageman, Killed by a fall of roof

Bentham, Henry, 07 Jan 1888, aged 36, Collier, Inspection made and inquest attended. He was drawing a chock without first setting a prop to protect himself, although told by the fireman to do so, when the roof came down upon him

Bullen, Albert, 30 Aug 1912, aged 20, Drawer, Deceased took a full tub from the face in order to lower it by means of a balance rope down an incline dipping 1 in 5. He was found several feet below where the tub should have been attached, in front of the tub, and penned between it and the roadside. The tub had doubtless overmastered him as he tried to push it back to the rope end

Burton, John, 23 Dec 1873, aged 20, Drawer, Fall of roof

Cooke, Benjamin, 09 Oct 1866, aged 45, Collier, Fall of coal

Cunliffe, John, 19 Jan 1858, aged 33, Collier, A waggon of coal on an inclined plane in the 4-feet mine

Davies, Edward, 03 Jun 1891, 2 p.m., aged 29, Collier, Inspection made. The deceased was holing his coal on the top when he bared some slips and the roof fell upon him. The circumstance was quite unforeseen and difficult to guard against

Dutton, Walter, 30 Jun 1882, aged 16, Downbrow boy, Inspection made and inquest attended. The rope attached to two tubs was unhooked by deceased's orders, before he had time to scotch them, and they overpowered and crushed him against some full tubs standing near

Edwardson, Ezekel, 03 Aug 1897, aged 16, Drawer, Inspection made and inquest attended. The boy fell in the sump between the cage bearers which were about 14in apart and was drowned in the water below. He appears to have thought the cage was at the mouthing. At the inquiry the jury suggested closer over to the sump

Edwardson, George, 02 Oct 1869, aged 16, Pony driver, Run over by a train of full tubs in mine

Ferris, Michael, 15 Jun 1897, (accident: 14 Jun 1897), aged 20, Drawer, Inspection made and inquest attended. The deceased was in the drawing road when a piece of rock stone about 2 feet 6 inches wide fell from the roof across the roadway upon the deceased. He succumbed to the injuries the following day. The roof which had been considered strong was propped but not barred

Freeman, -, 07 Jan 1885, aged 10, The lad was playing with some other boys with the empty waggons and started the waggons down a slight incline when he was run over

Glover, James, 06 Nov 1862, aged 13, Drawer, Found dead on waggon road

Glover, James, 26 Jul 1892, 8.30 a.m., 3rd hour of shift, aged 46, Pusher on, Inspection made. Deceased was working a new pony on the main road, when, by some means, it knocked him down, fracturing his skull ; he was found in front of the full tubs. There was ample room on the roadway

Hague, William, 04 Feb 1873, aged 61, Sinker, Cage sticking in shaft with ice, rope broke

Haslam, William, 04 Oct 1878, aged 14, Pony driver, Fell under tubs, owing to horse getting restive

Hesketh, Peter, 02 May 1913, aged 58, Daywageman, Whilst the deceased was entering the cage on the heapstead, at the commencement of the night shift, the engineman lowered the cage and fatally crushed him. The accident was apparently due to a misunderstanding regarding the signal given and to the keps not having been used on that occasion. The winding engineman stated he received two rings on the signal to lower the cage, but the banksman denied having signalled to lower the cage, when the accident occurred

Jackson, William, 05 Jul 1861, aged 31, Collier, Fall of roof

Jones, Edward, 11 May 1892, 11.15 a.m., 6th hour of shift, aged 41, Collier, Inspection made and inquest attended. Whilst in the act of drawing a wooden chock out, in his working place, the roof fell upon deceased before he could get away

Jones, William H., 02 Oct 1901, aged 30, Collier, Inspection made and inquest attended. A large fall occurred at the face over his drawing road between the pack-walls, which were a little over five feet apart. More timbering might have prevented this accident

Kenyon, John, 03 Jun 1881, aged 25, Drawer, Inquest atttended. A piece of stone fell from between the chocks and the face knocking out two supporting props

Mulroy, Martin, 03 Jan 1905, aged 33, Contractor's-man, Inspection made. He was in a manhole during the jigging of a set down the incline, when the empty tub got off the rails and knocked a prop out supporting a bar, causing a fall of roof upon the deceased

Ogden, Paul, 05 Dec 1877, aged 24, Collier, Fell from cage ascending pit

Ormston, John, 23 Mar 1876, aged 49, Dataler, Fall of roof

Pimblett, Thomas, 20 Dec 1900, aged 14, Engine boy, Inquiry made and inquest attended. He was attending to the shaker-engine under the screens, and appears to have gone to oil when it was in motion, and was caught by an unfenced revolving shaft and killed

Potter, James, 03 Apr 1879, aged 55, Manager, The son of the deceased who was learning to work the engines by his father's instructions, was stepping into the cage at the pit bottom and was crushed between the cage and conducting rod

Pugh, Thomas, 11 Jun 1928, aged 54, Daywageman, Killed by a fall of roof [More information ...]

Ridyard, Thomas, 17 Aug 1875, aged 53, Prop taker, Fall of roof

Shaw, James, 30 Jan 1926, (accident: 22 Jan 1926), aged 40, Collier, Skin knocked off finger - septic poisoning. Died 30th Jan

Sow, Peter, 09 Mar 1869, aged 12, Pony Driver, Run over by a train of full tubs

Thompson, Alfred, 23 May 1876, aged 19, Drawer, Explosion of gas [More information ...]

Toft, Thomas, 15 Aug 1890, aged 44, Shotlighter, Inspection made and inquest attended. He had charged three shots and after lighting the first two was evidently trying to light the third when those first ignited exploded, and he was found dead under the coal. This was a gross breach of the rules

Twiss, W., 15 Oct 1868, aged 21, Dataler, Fall of roof in the Wigan 4-ft mine

Twist, Thomas, 19 Apr 1925, (accident: 07 Apr 1925), aged 51, Collier, Hand crushed between tub and prop. Died 19th

Twist, William, 09 Nov 1874, aged 43, Collier, Fall of coal in 4 Foot Mine

Unknown, -, 24 Nov 1857, Explosion of firedamp (4 killed - 2 men, 2 boys) [More information ...]

Unsworth, William, 09 Jan 1857, Fireman, Fall of stone from the roof of the mine

Waters, Thomas, 24 Jul 1913, aged 47, Contractor's man, Deceased was assisting a contractor in the changing of girders at the junction of a jig brow and a main level. While preparing to change a prop at the end of one of the girders, a fall of roof occurred and displaced four cross girders and a carrying girder. Waters was struck by a falling girder and buried by the fall

Williams, John, 07 Nov 1901, aged 25, Pony-man, Inspection made and inquest attended. A load of six feet props had been sent down the shaft lashed to the cage chains. The hooker-on at the bottom carelessly left one prop standing on top of cage: and after the cage had been signalled up, with deceased in top deck, and the hooker-on in bottom deck, the prop fell over and probably struck one of the bearers holding the wooden guides, which caused the prop to pierce through the planks top of cage, and fatally injure deceased

Wood, John, 08 Sep 1856, A stone falling from the side of a pit which he was working

Wood, William, 16 Nov 1925, aged 38, Haulage, Killed by a fall of roof

Worrall, Jonathan, 07 May 1873, aged 50, Labourer, Coal falling from waggon on railway

Young, James, 03 Apr 1855, Fall of roof coal