Griff Clara Colliery

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Atkins, John Samuel, 23 Jan 1905, aged 27, Shunter, Employed by the London and North-Western Railway Company as a shunter, and was run over on the colliery railway 440 yards from the mine [fatality reported during the year but not classified as a reportable accident]

Baker, Thomas, 19 Apr 1909, aged 25, Dayman, Deceased and the stallman had been ordered by the deputy to set a prop to support the roof at the side of a slip, but instead of doing this they were preparing to put up a prop and a bar which would take a longer time, and before this was complete the roof coal and clod fell and killed deceased (Two Yard Coal seam)

Burn, John, 06 Nov 1908, aged 26, Loader, Fall of roof. Deceased and others were returning from work and after walking a few yards along the roadway, two steel girders fell out, and a quantity of the roof fell upon deceased and killed him (Slate Coal seam)

Chandler, Henry, 23 Nov 1903, (accident: 16 Nov 1903), aged 52, Holer, Fall of coal while holing. The deceased was holing within four feet of the buttock end from which coal had been taken only a short time before, which had been holed and was being loaded up. He died 23rd November (Slate coal seam)

Clarke, Joshua, 19 Aug 1908, (accident: 13 Aug 1908), aged 28, Stallman, Fall of side at the entrance to the working place. Deceased had re-laid a rail and was getting up from the floor when the side of the road fell and fatally injured him. Died 19th August (Two Yard Coal seam)

Ford, John, 01 Mar 1897, (accident: 05 Dec 1896), aged 71, Holer, A loaded tram ran off the rails 10 yards down a self acting incline and the deceased went to put it on to the top of the incline and it ran down and fatally injured deceased. The stop blocks had not been closed or the tram would not have run away. Died 1st Mar 1897

Hall, Harry, 10 Aug 1896, aged 41, Getter, Fall of roof. Deceased was pulling coal from the face with a bar and the falling coal knocked two props out and allowed the roof to fall on deceased

Heydon, George Daniel, 20 Oct 1900, aged 29, Deputy, Deceased was being drawn up the shaft, when the rope on the descending cage broke, about 20 yards from the cap. The cage fell 300 yards, and getting out of the conductors, struck the ascending cage and killed the deceased

Hill, Robert Bailey Geoffrey, 26 Feb 1907, aged 47, Deputy, Deceased was killed by after-damp, the result of an explosion of fire-damp which he ignited (Seven feet coal)

Jackson, William, 28 Apr 1906, (accident: 27 Apr 1906), aged 36, Engine-driver, Deceased attended to the tubs at the top of an incline, and drove the compressed air hauling-engine. He was pushing a full water-barrel towards the main line of rails when a horse and nine tubs ran into him. He died the next day (Slate coal)

Mayers, Samuel, 30 Oct 1905, aged 45, Banksman, He was found unconscious and died shortly afterwards. A post-mortem examination was made, and it was found that he died from natural causes, "heart disease" [fatality reported during the year but not classified as a reportable accident]

Smith, Edward, 08 Mar 1904, aged 54, Banksman, Crushed by two loaded railway wagons while attempting to pass through an opening between them, and while other wagons were being lowered into them

Taylor, Richard, 21 Dec 1901, aged 45, Stallman, Fall of roof. Deceased was getting top coal from a goaf or waste, when the rock above the coal fell from a slip and killed the deceased. The fall knocked a prop out which was set up to the rock for the protection of the men working there (Slate coal)