Gidlow Colliery

Barton, George, 06 Mar 1887, aged 27, Metalman, Inspection made and inquest attended. He was taking some side coal off to make a road past a pulley frame and did not secure the keystone on the top of the coal and it fell upon him

Bell, William, 08 Aug 1895, (accident: 02 Aug 1895), aged 37, Collier, Inspection made and inquest attended. A drawer was told to use two scotches in coming down brow with a tub but he used only one and the tub over powering him got away crushing the deceased who was passing the bottom of the brow. (Breach Special Rule 51.) He succumbed to the injuries received on August 8th, 1895

Boyle, Denis, 27 Dec 1895, aged 57, Dataler, Inspection made and inquest attended. They were engaged building a pack wall near the wide work face when a fall of ley roof occurred capping seven props and burying the deceased. The roof was very bad and full of slips. The fireman had examined the place an hour previously but failed to detect any danger [More information ...]

Calwalader, Thomas, 27 May 1894, aged 39, Contractor, Inquiry made and inquest attended. The fireman and himself had been taking out a low bar on the main road in a little time after a small stone fell from the place injuring his back. It was not thought serious at the time but the verdict at the inquiry was that he died from inflammation of the lungs accelerated by the blow

Duffey, Martin, 20 Nov 1903, (accident: 12 Nov 1903), aged 35, Prop-drawer, Inquiry made and inquest attended. Deceased was engaged drawing out props from under the roof, with a gablock and chain, when the prop to which he had attached his gablock came out and struck the deceased on the back of the head. He succumbed to the injuries received on the 20th instant

Evans, David, 08 Feb 1886, aged 40, Contractor, Inspection made and inquest attended. Deceased was repairing and re-timbering an airway when some of the old timber at a fault fell out and a piece of coal from the side struck him

Evans, Edwin, 03 Oct 1895, aged 29, Contractor, Inspection made and inquest attended. They had bored two holes and charged them with roburite for roofing down but while he was in the set of knocking a prop out from under the roof at that point it fell upon him to a slip crossing the roadway. The fireman was present at the time but did not detect the danger

Finch, Ralph, 21 Mar 1883, aged 62, Dataler, Inspection made and inquest attended. The deceased was assisting to repair an air road. They had set a bar and were clearing away some dirt to make room for another, when a fall took place, knocking out the bar already set [Surname may not be correct — only appears as Ralph F in the inspectors report]

Fisher, Thomas, 01 Jul 1907, aged 48, Dataller, He was building a packwall, when a stone fell upon him from between two slips in the roof, capping a prop

Frost, Samuel, 29 Aug 1873, aged 24, Collier, Riding down an incline in a tub in yard mine against orders

Good, George, 25 Oct 1873, aged 18, Brakeman, Caught between waggon buffers on railway

Halliwell, Moses, 28 Feb 1890, 10.40a.m., aged 40, Collier, Inspection made and inquest attended. He was just commencing to hole after setting his sprag when a stone fell from a slip bringing the coal down with it. There was a row of props a feet from the surface

Halsall, Robert, 02 Oct 1904, (accident: 30 Sep 1904), aged 44, Collier, Fall of roof. Inspection made and inquest attended. He was bringing his tub out along the brow,, when a fall of roof occurred from a step ; knocking out two bars which had been recently set and crushing him. He expired Oct. 2, 1904

Hanley, Edward, 27 Dec 1895, aged 34, Dataler, Inspection made and inquest attended. They were engaged building a pack wall near the wide work face when a fall of ley roof occurred capping seven props and burying the deceased. The roof was very bad and full of slips. The fireman had examined the place an hour previously but failed to detect any danger [More information ...]

Leonard, William, 26 Jul 1895, aged 20, Dataler, Inspection made. He was working in a wide work face with his road fairly well timbered but the roof was very bad and a fall occurred capping the props and crushing the deceased

Marrow, Thomas, 02 Feb 1876, aged 33, Hooker on, Crushed between tram and roof. Riding up engine plane contrary to orders

Ollerton, John W., 09 Apr 1900, aged 19, Dataller, Inspection made. The deceased was assisting another man to build a pack wall eight feet from the face, where they had been roofing down, when a rater of coal fell off the coal face, crushing his head against a stone

Turton, Joshua, 30 Aug 1892, 12.30 p.m., 7th hour of shift, aged 22, Collier, Inspection made and inquest attended. Deceased was working in a wide work face, and had propped up the ley stone, which was two feet thick, with props four feet apart, when portion of same fell upon him

Yates, James, 17 Jun 1880, aged 22, Collier, Fall of roof from between the bars in drawing road. The bars were too far apart considering the nature of the roof