Foxes Bridge Colliery

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Adams, Edward, 30 Mar 1880, aged 24, Collier, Injured by fall of roof

Baldwin, T., 15 Feb 1874, (accident: 10 Feb 1874), aged 30, Engineman, Boiler explosion. Died 15th

Bevan, Joseph, 06 Dec 1892, aged 42, Labourer, He fell about 8 or 9 feet from staging where he was tipping ashes into a railway truck. In the fall his head apparently struck the truck or rail. Two or three hours elapsed between his being last seen alive and his being found dead lying on the rails

Bishop, John, 31 Mar 1900, aged 19, Assistant runner-on, He ran a full cart on to a cage in a drop staple pit before he had made the brake fast, and was crushed between the cage and the framework

Brain, Jesse, 21 Dec 1897, (accident: 11 Dec 1897), aged 47, Collier, Fall of roof at the face from a slip which he was aware of and a joint which was not visible. The place seeened to been fairly well timbered. He died 2lst

Chamberlain, William, 23 Dec 1870, aged 14, Haulier, Crushed bewteen tubs or carts

Chamberlain, William, 09 Jan 1901, aged 28, Stallman, Clod which he was pulling down in his working place, fell over a larger area than he expected

Fleetwood, Henry, 16 Feb 1868, (accident: 04 Feb 1868), aged 14, Collier, Fell under a "cart," and was so severely injured that he died on the 16th

Gale, Urban Albert, 01 Mar 1885, aged 24, Labourer, Found dead in machinery. The deceased who was paralysed on one side was employed to work a small hand pump underground about 60 yards off was a donkey engine worked by compressed air with which be had nothing whatever to do.

George, Edwin, 18 Feb 1892, aged 42, Horse driver, While engaged with a horse, shunting railway trucks on the colliery sidings, he was crushed between the buffers

Gwinnell, Daniel, 17 Jul 1873, aged 30, Collier, Fall of roof (bell) ; died same evening

Hale, Samuel, 21 Feb 1889, aged 17, Collier, While holing at the face a fall of roof occurred from an unseen slant

Hill, Richard, 17 Dec 1898, aged 17, Hodder, Fall of roof from a parting in the rock owing to a sudden weight in his working place

James, John, 19 Aug 1873, Collier, Fell out of pit cart whilst ascending the shaft

Jordan, Joseph W., 24 Oct 1884, aged 20, Collier, Killed on an engine plane. Deceased and a boy were coming out together from their work, and met a journey of empty carts going in. They got up against the side of the road to allow the journey to pass, and just then the first cart jumped off the road, and Jordan was crushed against some timber. There was a man-hole within six yards of him, and a red light on the front of the train, which was visible for at least 100 yards, but in hurrying to get out they ran it too fine, and neglected to go into a refuge hole

Mallett, Edward, 07 Nov 1863, aged 45, Banksman, Fell down the pit nearly 300 yards, and was dashed almost to pieces. A rude and imperfect surface arrangement was the cause of this disaster

Meek, Thomas, 08 Oct 1875, aged 22, Collier, Fall of stone

Morgan, Henry, 24 Dec 1907, (accident: 23 Dec 1907, 3 p.m., 8th hour of shift), aged 49, Collier, He appears to have had two shots to fire in a horse road, about four feet from each other. He fired one and was returning to fire the second when it went off and injured him so that he died the next day. The explosive was compressed powder and the means of firing was by patent squib

Pickerell, Charles, 26 May 1872, (accident: 24 May 1872), aged 26, Driver, Fall of stone on the 24th ; died on the 26th

Pool, T., 14 Feb 1883, (accident: 12 Feb 1883), Driver, Kicked by a horse, and died on the 14th

Roberts, Alfred, 02 Jun 1871, aged 20, Collier, Fall of roof and coals in "Foxes bridge colliery"

Saunders, William, 24 Apr 1876, (accident: 21 Apr 1876), Labourer, Crushed by railway trucks ; died 24th April

Tingle, George, 01 Dec 1900, aged 17, Horse driver, His horse bolted, and the carts or tubs "jumping the road" knocked out some timbers. About half a ton of rock fell into the first cart, in which he was riding, and killed him

Wild, Charles, 20 Oct 1907, (accident: 09 Sep 1907, 1.30 p.m., 7th hour of shift), aged 24, Collier, Explosion of compressed powder while charging a hole. It appears that a copper pricker was being used for inserting the powder, but whether the explosion resulted from its use or from a spark from a candle is uncertain. He died on the 20th October from the result of his injuries

Wilks, William, 14 Aug 1874, aged 35, Labourer, Killed by railway truck