Easton Colliery

Ashman, A., 29 May 1883, aged 40, Timberman, Whilst replacing some broken timber the top fell and killed him

Bennett, George, 19 Feb 1886, aged 45, Hewer, Killed by explosion of firedamp [More information ...]

Bennett, Henry, 22 Feb 1886, (accident: 19 Feb 1886), aged 32, Trammer, Killed by explosion of firedamp [More information ...]

Bennett, Samuel, 09 Feb 1899, (accident: 06 Aug 1895), aged 47, Collier, Died apparently from injuries received on the 6th August 1895, by a fall of roof in the Easton Colliery, but owing to lapse of time the accident is not comprised [fatality reported during the year but not classified as a reportable accident]

Bird, William, 08 May 1894, aged 61, Pump engineman, Crushed under the roof while riding up the engine plane against rules

Bryant, Albert, 15 Nov 1909, aged 49, Ripper and Timberman, He was employed in repairing an airway in which a fall had occurred, and apparently had crept over the fall after he had done some work at the place, and in doing so probably disturbed some props, with the result that a further fall occurred and smothered him. The roof in the "Red Ash" seam in this place is exceptionally bad, and it took about eight hours to get him out

Bryant, Charles, 22 Feb 1886, (accident: 19 Feb 1886), aged 21, Trammer, Killed by explosion of firedamp [More information ...]

Chevers, J., 10 Jun 1873, (accident: 07 Jun 1873), aged 40, Sawyer, Cut his thumb with the circular saw ; died of lock-jaw on the 10th of the month

Clarke, William, 19 Feb 1886, aged 33, Hewer, Killed by explosion of firedamp [More information ...]

Cox, Mary Ann, 21 Aug 1903, Mary Ann Cox, a little girl trespassing on the rubbish tip at Easton Colliery, belonging to the Bedminster, Easton, Kingswood, and Parkfield Collieries, Limited, was killed on the 21st August by trams. There was no witness of the accident [fatality reported during the year but not classified as a reportable accident]

Gainard, Joseph, 01 Feb 1910, aged 56, Hewer, A fire occurred in the hauling engine house at the top of No. 2 Great Vein Incline, on the main intake airway to that district, through the ignition by means of a candle of the waste from the cotton driving ropes. Gainard failed to make his escape up the incline which is steep, and was suffocated by the fumes from the fire

Gay, Henry, 25 Feb 1886, (accident: 19 Feb 1886), aged 24, Trammer, Killed by explosion of firedamp [More information ...]

Goddard, George, 15 Nov 1854, aged 21, Collier, Rope broke at hinge, and fell on him

Harding, George, 01 Jan 1897, aged 32, Labourer, Fall of stone and rubbish from the roof in a level heading where he was stowing rubbish

Hook, Job, 12 Dec 1885, (accident: 10 Dec 1885), aged 38, Timberman, Injured by a fall of stone and died on the 12th. He and others were making an incline the top seemed good and was timbered in the usual way with bars four feet apart a stone fell on him causing severe injuries

Hudd, Abraham, 06 Feb 1872, aged 13, Collier, Fall of roof

Hulbert, Samuel, 26 Apr 1860, aged 75, Collier, Heavy fall of top occasioned by a slip and a diagonal joint. No lack of timber and gob close up

Isaac, Howard, 25 Feb 1862, aged 15, Collier, Explosion of gunpowder through its incautious use

Isles, John, 09 Jun 1871, aged 18, Collier, Coming up the pit he put his head too far out of the cage, and was caught by a byot, and was knocked out, and fell to the bottom

King, William, 20 Feb 1854, aged 14, Collier, Lowered into sump and drowned

King, William, 20 Feb 1855, aged 14, Trammer, Lowered into water in sump

Long, Samuel, 19 Feb 1886, aged 40, Hewer, Killed by explosion of firedamp [More information ...]

Lovel, Charles, 11 Jan 1860, aged 29, Assistant banksman, Close to mouth of shaft the patform was unprotected by railing, and Lovel fell 9 feet to a lower level, the heavy tram coming on him

Lovell, Samuel, 13 Apr 1865, aged 45, Collier, Whilst he was building the gob wall in a "hatching" a pice of roof detached itself and deprived him of his life

Monks, William Boult, 15 Mar 1892, aged 61, Manager, Threw himself down the shaft of the pit when suffering from melancholia

Morgan, Giles, 19 Nov 1907, 10 a.m., 4th hour of shift, aged 50, Collier, Fall of roof. A "pot hole" about 6 feet from the coal face in his working place in the Great Vein which dips at an angle of about 45° in this district of the mine. He had just cleared away the coal which had been brought down by a shot and was in the act of making a hole in the floor to set a prop which his filler was getting for him, about two or three yards distant, when the stone fell

Rawlings, Isaac, 19 Feb 1886, aged 29, Trammer, Killed by explosion of firedamp [More information ...]

Rogers, Samuel, 19 Jan 1872, aged 23, Collier, Fall of coal

Sampson, John, 23 Aug 1889, aged 12, Boy, Timbers set in the horse road were knocked out by trams drawn by a horse which got off the rails ; the stone which rested upon them also fell and killed him while riding in the trams ; the road seemed to be in good order

Smith, Robert, 19 Feb 1886, aged 32, Hewer, Killed by explosion of firedamp [More information ...]

Sparkes, J., 06 Sep 1878, He died suddenly from natural causes in the Easton Colliery [fatality reported during the year but not classified as a reportable accident]

Taylor, Thomas, 08 Feb 1906, (accident: 15 Jan 1906), aged 60, Labourer, While assisting a timberman to lift a piece of timber deceased scratched his arm. Next night, owing to its being painful, he reported it. He died on the 8th of February at Bristol General Hospital from blood-poisoning

Webb, David, 01 Jan 1894, aged 60, Repairer, Fall of roof in an airway where he was engaged setting additional timber in consequence of weight having come on. He noticed that the timbers which he had set the day before were breaking and tried to strengthen them. A fall occurred and fastened him and before he realised the fall expanded and killed him