Flimby Colliery

1898, 17 Feb - Rattler seam abandoned - Seam unworkable on account of faults

1908 - Metal, Cannel, Yard, Little Main seams abandoned

1932 - Seam unnamed seam abandoned

Armstrong, Thomas, 16 Dec 1870, aged 14, Driver, killed by a fall of coal

Axford, Samuel, 20 Aug 1891, 3:00 a.m., 6th hour of shift, aged 34, Sinker, whilst working in a "staple" a piece of stone fell from the sides and hit deceased on the head; the sides of the "staple" had not been examined as required by the special rules [Inspection made & Inquest attended]

Cameron, Allan, 11 Sep 1906, aged 16, Assistant banksman, drowned [More information ...]

Cooper, George, 31 Oct 1876, aged 14, Driver, killed by a fall of roof

Cooper, John, 22 Aug 1869, aged 40, Shaftman, fell down pit from top of low set of pumps [More information ...]

Crellan, Thomas, 14 May 1891, 10:00 a.m., 5th hour of shift, aged 54, Hewer, fall of roof from between two "slips" [Inspection made & Inquest attended]

Fell, Joseph, 30 Nov 1832, Miner, caught my machinery

Fletcher, Joseph, 08 Aug 1899, aged 17, Incline Breaker, Fletcher and others were trying to land an empty set of four tubs which had failed to reach the bank-head (Fletcher being in front of the empty tubs), when a set of eight full tubs attached to the other end of the rope were set in motion, thereby causing the empty tubs and deceased to be dashed against the incline wheel [Inspection made & inquest attended]

Greenhow, John, 27 Jul 1881, aged 57, Hewer, killed by a fall of coal

Hewitt, John, 05 Apr 1872, aged 25, Hewer, killed by a fall of stone

Hines, Mary, 28 Aug 1869, aged 40, Picker and Greaser, crushed by tubs on surface incline

Hodgshaw, Jonathan, 02 Nov 1872, aged 30, Hewer, killed by a fall of coal

Jackson, Tinnion, 07 Dec 1898, (accident: 06 Dec 1898), aged 60, Coal Washer, When crossing between two stationary trucks, he was crushed between the buffers in consequence of a third waggon being lowered against them. He died the following morning [Inspection made & inquest attended]

Lanchester, Thomas, 25 Apr 1854, pick-axe fell from a basket at the top of the shaft and hit him on the head, he died in a few hours, leaving a widow and five children

Marrow, William Kenyon, 05 Dec 1896, aged 52, Sinker, The downcast shaft was being deepened. The banksmen wrongfully used a loose piece of wood to prop the tram and this piece of wood working loose fell down the shaft and hit the deceased [Inspection made & inquest attended]

McGee, Daniel, 25 Nov 1893, 2:00 p.m., 8th hour of shift, aged 60, Hewer, Deceased and others were leaving their working places for the day, and came to a place where some timber had been accidentally knocked out. Men were there repairing the road, and warned deceased and others not to pass. Deceased appears to have made a rush to get past the place, when a fall of stone caught him [Inspection made & inquest attended]

Milburn, Robert, Feb 1864, large quantity of coals fell on him crushing his foot and ankle, his foot was amputated but he subsequently died

Nesbitt, James, 28 Nov 1894, Labourer, employed at the brickworks belonging to the Flimby Colliery, near Maryport, was killed by being run over by a railway waggon [fatality reported during the year but not classified as a reportable accident]

Ridley, Thomas, 28 Aug 1873, aged 42, Hewer, killed by a fall of stone

Smith, George, 24 Feb 1869, aged 16, Pony Driver, crushed by tub

Thompson, Joseph, 02 Apr 1872, aged 35, Hewer, killed by a fall of stone

Varty, John, 24 Sep 1880, aged 53, Hewer, killed by a fall of stone

Williamson, Henry, 06 Apr 1833, Miner, drowned in the sump after falling from the rope