Giants Hall Colliery

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Bragg, Joseph, 11 Nov 1895, aged 19, Lasher on, Inspection and inquiry made. The deceased was under the endless rope driving pulley picking up something from the floor and in coming out raised his head before he was clear of the rope and was drawn against the pulley and crushed

Broxton, Charles, 26 Mar 1918, aged 32, Killed by a runaway tub

Broxton, Charles, 30 Jun 1918, (accident: 26 Mar 1918), aged 32, Collier, Fractured thigh by a runaway tub. Died 30th June

Broxton, or BROYTON Charles, 30 Mar 1919, (accident: 26 Mar 1919), aged 32, Collier, Caught by runaway tubs — fractured thigh. Died 30th

Carter, Charles, 11 Dec 1892, (accident: 11 Jul 1892, 1.10 p.m., 8th hour of shift), aged 24, Collier, Inspection made. The deceased was working in a wide work face, when a stone fell from the roof in line with face ; the place being propped to within 2ft. 6in. of face of coal. Died December 11th, 1892

Frayne, Martin, 10 Feb 1897, (accident: 04 Feb 1897), aged 23, Metalman, Inspection made and inquest attended. The deceased was holding a light for his partner who was plucking roof down on the level after a shot when a stone fell upon him from between breaks in the roof crushing the deceased. He succumbed to the injuries received on the 10th instant

Geskell, George, 29 Apr 1897, aged 19, Metalman, Inspection made. He was engaged with the contractor ripping the roadway and packing it when a stone fell from the roof upon the deceased which they had failed to get down previously and had considered it secure

Hamill, Owen, 12 Nov 1903, aged 43, Contractor's man, Inspection made. They had been cutting bottom in a main road, and had been instructed to set two bars up to support the roof ; and after they had set one prop, the roof gave way, capping a prop, and fatally injuring deceased

Lucas, Edward, 03 Dec 1887, Metalman, Inspection made. He was cutting room for a bar in the side of a tunnel where the roof was bad when a stone suddenly fell out from between some slips

McLoughlin, Michael, 30 Jun 1897, aged 36, Metalman, Inspection made. He was a dataller and was sitting resting in front of the longwall face in the Arley Mine when a part of the face of coal fell over the deceased without any warning

Nuttall, John, 01 Jun 1911, (accident: 27 May 1911), aged 59, Dataller, He was assisting a fireman who was setting a prop near the coal face, when a splinter from the prop flew into Nuttall's blind eye. Inflammation of the brain followed and he died on June 1

Pilkington, W., 09 Dec 1902, (accident: 06 Dec 1902), aged 60, Fireman, Inquiry made. Deceased appears to have slipped on a landing plate underground, and injured his hip; he was able to work his shift out, and also worked the next shift. He died from the effects of pneumonia and pleurisy, accelerated by the accident on the 9th instant

Thorpe, William, 30 Dec 1925, (accident: 16 Dec 1925), aged 30, Metalman, Stone fell — bruised head and chest. Died 30th

Worthington, John, 29 Sep 1916, aged 48, Pusher on, Caught by runaway tubs — injuries to arm and body