Granville Colliery

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Askew, George, 24 Apr 1884, aged 14, Driver, Crushed by loaded tubs

Bagnall, Charles, 20 Mar 1901, aged 45, Stallman, He died of "heart disease" while employed in the mine. The coroner's jury returned a verdict that deceased died from "natural causes" [fatality reported during the year but not classified as a reportable accident]

Bannister, Sydney, 30 Apr 1910, aged 22, Stallman, Deceased was preparing to set a bar at the entrance to the stall, to take the place of a prop set in the centre of the new road, when a fall of roof occurred and fatally injured him. Three props were run out by the fall

Brown, John, 11 May 1890, aged 17, Driver, Whilst driving a train of empty tubs that in which he was riding caught against the locker of another tub and he was thrown out and fatally injured

Brown, Thomas, 09 Jul 1909, aged 43, Dataller, While repairing a roadway, deceased was standing between a newly set bar and a catch prop when a fall of roof fatally injured him. Died two hours later (Cannel Coal seam)

Clark, John, 01 Jun 1914, aged 58, Stallman, Deceased was engaged in withdrawing props from a waste and was at the moment placing a chain around a prop when the roof on and around it collapsed, pushing his head into small slack. The place was only 20 inches high, so that deceased had to lie flat to fix the chain. He had already withdrawn three or four props, which probably started the roof on the move. The props were allowed to remain too far back in the waste. The prop he was engaged upon was 14 feet 6 inches from the coal face

Collier, Emma, 07 Apr 1896, aged 12, [Child], Deceased was taking her father's breakfast and was run over by a railway truck in the colliery sidings [fatality reported during the year but not classified as a reportable accident]

Cross, James, 27 Sep 1881, aged 14, Driver, Caught and crushed between two loaded tubs

Curtis, George, 17 Nov 1871, Collier, Fall of roof

Davis, John, 02 Aug 1877, aged 47, Incline man, Run over by loaded tubs on the engine plane

Dolman, Levi, 15 May 1872, aged 26, Collier, Fall of coal

Eames, Thomas Vingard, 01 Feb 1908, (accident: 30 Jan 1908), aged 30, Stallman, Deceased was cutting out the holing sprags to get down the coal, when he either slipped or fell in front of the falling coal, or the coal pushed a sprag out before he could get clear away. He died 1st February (Little Coal seam)

Evans, Stephen, 11 Dec 1869, aged 17, Stoker, Fell down shaft out of his seat on the chain

Fletcher, Joseph Samuel, 24 Aug 1898, aged 42, Header, Fall of coal. The deceased was in a heading when the lower portion of the seam fell upon him. He had set a long sprag to the upper portion of the coal but neglected to set one to the lower part

Green, Thomas, 17 Dec 1852, Fall of roof in the mine

Green, Thomas, 07 Oct 1862, aged 27, Miner

Haddook, Arthur, 21 Aug 1901, aged 35, Deputy, Fall of roof. Deceased was an official of the mine and was making an examination of the workings, when a large quantity of the roof fell and killed him (Woodfield coal)

Hanson, Edward George, 26 Apr 1906, aged 42, Stallman, Fall of roof. Three shots had been fired in the coal-face and failed to bring down the coal. One stallman was using a wedge in the coal-face, the deceased holding a light for him. When the coal fell a prop was knocked out, and the roof fell killing the deceased. Two other men were injured (Woodfield coal)

Harrison, John, 09 Sep 1864, aged 34, Collier, Run over

Hickinbotham, Samuel, 12 Mar 1904, (accident: 10 Mar 1904), aged 44, Stallman, Deceased was engaged in knocking out a holing sprag preparatory to fixing a shot and getting the coal down, but directly the sprag was cut loose part of the coal fell and fatally injured deceased. He died 12th March (Woodfield Coal)

Higginbotham, W., 25 Mar 1870, aged 17, Boy, Boiler explosion

Jones, Thomas, 03 Jul 1904, (accident: 31 Aug 1903), aged 69, Dayman, He received a slight injury in the mine on 31st August, 1903, from which he recovered, and he died from natural causes, "cancer" [fatality reported during the year but not classified as a reportable accident]

Kilbourne, Joseph, 16 Sep 1903, aged 31, Deputy, Fall of roof. Deceased fired a shot in a stall, and then proceeded to examine the place and to couple the cable up to another shot, when a fall of roof occurred and killed him (Eureka coal seam)

Leech, George, 08 Jan 1909, aged 44, Stallman, Deceased had finished his day's work and was preparing to leave the stall, when a piece of roof fell from between the timber at the gate-end (Cannel Coal seam)

Mosedale, George William, 14 Nov 1901, aged 16, Horse driver, Deceased was found fatally injured, and lying under the first full tub of a train of two. He had either been riding contrary to rule, or the horse had run over him while walking in front (Cannel coal)

Mott, Thomas Henry, 29 May 1907, aged 31, Stallman, Fall of roof. Deceased was working at the coal-face when a quantity of roof fell from between the two rows of timber. It came away from a fault slip which was unseen until the roof fell (Woodfield coal)

Onions, Isaiah, 13 Jan 1892, (accident: 11 Jan 1892, 10.30 a.m., 5th hour of shift), aged 49, Stallman, Fall of coal. Holing sprags gave way, and allowed the coals to fall upon deceased whilst he sat at work under them. Died January 13th

Pickering, John Richard, 14 Apr 1899, aged 25, Stallman, Fall of roof. Deceased was knocking out a prop from under a heavy roof, and used a hammer instead of a ringer and chain as required by the rules (Eureka coal)

Pickering, W., 02 Feb 1859, aged 14, Loader, Fall of coal from the roof [More information ...]

Sharat, J., 18 Sep 1859, aged 30, Miner, Fall of coal from the roof

Spencer, Thomas, 18 Oct 1893, aged 50, Sinker, Deceased was sinking a water shaft to supply the colliery and whilst a tub of dirt was being brought to the surface the hemp rope broke and the tub fell upon the deceased

Stone, Henry Edward, 18 May 1903, aged 20, Loader, Fall of roof. Deceased was loading coal near a fault, up to which timber had been set, when a fall took place from another fault which was not seen by the workmen (Eureka coal seam)

Stubbs, John, 19 Jan 1911, (accident: 11 Jan 1911), aged 30, Miner, Deceased was injured by a fall of roof while cleaning up to form a pack in a longwall face and died eight days later from spinal injuries. He had shortly before drawn a post to make room for the pack, and had reset it in another position, but ventured under the roof originally supported by it, with the above result

Thacker, Thomas, 28 May 1869, aged 35, Onsetter, A piece of coal fell down shaft

West, William, 11 Jan 1902, aged 21, Dataller, Fall of roof. Deceased was cleaning up an old roadway, and in consequence of the coal on the side giving way the roof fell from a fault slip running parallel to the roadway. Another man was injured (Eureka coal)

Wilkinson, Thomas, 23 Mar 1885, aged 26, Dataler, Fall of roof repairing an airway

Winders, William, 07 Mar 1862, aged 15, Trammer, Fall of roof

Worledge, William, 12 Feb 1903, aged 50, Stallman, Fall of roof. The deceased had taken a sprag from under some coal for the purpose of getting it down. The roof came down with the coal and killed deceased who was standing in the stall watching the coal roll over. The loader was watching the coal being taken down and had a narrow escape (Block coal seam)