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Agar, William, 02 Sep 1924, 8.20 p.m., 7th hour of shift, aged 31, Collier, Deceased and two others were walking up an endless haulage road, having a gradient of 1 in 20, at the termination of their shift. A set of tubs ran back just as deceased was attempting to enter a refuge hole, inflicting injuries from which he died four hours later. The set of tubs ran back over two jack catches or runaway switches which were clogged up with dirt and failed to act

Ainsley, John William, 23 May 1944, aged 20

Anderson, Jock, 03 Feb 1958, aged 37

Archer, William E., 04 Jul 1912, aged 24, Waggon lowerer, He had lowered 7 empty wagons and was found dead between the buffers of the first two, which were then uncoupled

Armitage, John, 18 Dec 1906, aged 61, Dataller, A deputy instructed him to clean up the in-bye end of the endless rope plane in the North District of the Barnsley Seam and assisted him to put one empty tub on to the full road and told him when he had filled it to lower it to some full ones round a curve. He was then to clean up the higher portion of the road and throw the scattered coal into any of 91 empty tubs which were standing on the empty road. On returning towards the end of the shift the deputy found him pinned between a prop at the road side and the front of the 84th empty tub with the seven below it off the rails and twisted completely around across both sets of rails. He was quite dead and cold. The empty tub on the full road had nothing in it but the man's shovel, and his lamp was hanging upon a prop close to him on the empty road side, and from this he appears to have done no work after the deputy left him. The most probable cause of the accident seems to be that he had been taking off one or more empty tubs intending to fill them, and when he released the whole of the empty train moved forward, twisted round and caught him as he attempted to take his lamp off the prop. The train was kept in position by wooden lockers and the road dips 1 in 48 at the lower end and 1 in 12 higher up

Arnold, Thomas, 16 Jul 1941, aged 17

Ascroft, John, 22 Jul 1937, aged 22

Ash, Arthur, 06 Feb 1926, aged 59

Atkinson, Jack, 27 Aug 1946, aged 31

Austin, Samuel, 21 Oct 1913, aged 25, Collier, Deceased was passing underneath the edge of the coal ripping in a gate, when a piece of coal weighing about 500lbs. was burst off the dipping face by a "bump." Both his thighs and his spine were fractured. The coal was being worked on "face" and there was an end slip from which the coal fell. The edge of the ripping over hung the supports 1 foot 6 inches. No timber was displaced by the fall and the specified distance for setting props was not exceeded. The place was examined and reported safe three hours before the accident

Bailey, Wilfred, 15 Aug 1913, aged 21

Baines, George Frederick, 1973, aged 63

Baker, George, 04 Mar 1959, aged 37

Barker, Robert, 04 Jul 1941, aged 47

Barlow, Oscar, 03 Jul 1945, aged 53

Barlow, W., 30 Sep 1896, aged 45, Screener, Run over by waggons on sidings

Barraclough, William, 18 Jan 1906, aged 43, Collier, He and another man were pushing a tub up the face, and in twisting it at the flat sheet he put his right hand against the coal face and his left against the corner of the tub. When he was pushing his left hand slipped, and he fell with his left side on to the corner of the tub, over the region of the heart, and was killed instantly

Bassinder, Thomas, 18 Jul 1913, aged 44, Collier, Deceased was standing at least 6 feet away from the coal face when he was struck by the top end of a prop which was knocked out by a piece of coal "bumped" off the face. He died three days later from peritonitis consequent upon intestinal rupture

Bassinder, Thomas, 24 Jul 1913, (accident: 21 Jul 1913), aged 44, Collier, Deceased was standing at least 6 feet away from the coal face when he was struck by the top end of a prop which was knocked out by a piece of coal bumped off the face. He died three days later from peritonitis consequent upon internal injuries

Batchelor, Joseph, 18 Jul 1956, aged 43

Beaumont, William, 13 Mar 1947, aged 63

Bennett, James, 15 Nov 1927, aged 19

Bentley, Richard, 10 Jul 1931, aged 49

Bentley, Ronald, 22 Jan 1950, aged 31

Beswick, Joseph, 25 Sep 1924, 8 p.m., 7th hour of shift, aged 25, Collier, He had partially rebuilt a gate side pack and was sawing timber in order to set a chock on the top of it, when a stope fell from the roof which was unsupported for over 8 ft. and buried him. He died on his way to the pit bottom

Birkinshaw, J., 28 May 1955, aged 50

Blackwell, William, 13 Oct 1920, aged 28

Blunt, Thomas William, 12 Jun 1956, aged 61

Booth, Robert, 16 Jul 1927, killed by a fall of roof [date of report]

Brady, Michael, 20 Sep 1910, aged 42, Collier, Whilst cutting top coal in the face a piece of coal 10 feet long, 5 feet broad, and 12 inches thick burst from the coal face and fatally injured him. A sudden "weight bump" caused the fall. The coal was not holed

Brammer, Earnest, 13 Feb 1960, aged 49

Brennan, Daniel, 02 Oct 1951, aged 35

Bridges, Arthur, 24 Oct 1922, aged 53, killed by a fall of roof

Bridges, Samuel, 19 Jan 1911, aged 14, Driver, His head was severely crushed against the side of a tub by a stone which rolled off a wood pack at the corner of a gate The stone fell from above some top coal which was supported by the pack and which had become crushed by the settlement of the strata

Bridges, Samuel, 19 Jan 1912, aged 14, Driver, His head was severely crushed against the side of a tub by a stone which rolled off a wood pack at the corner of a gate. The stone fell from above some top coal which was supported by the pack and which had become crushed by the settlement of the strata

Bromilow, John Sydney, 12 Sep 1951, aged 63

Brown, Samuel, 25 Nov 1909, aged 33, Collier, Fall of roof. The deceased men were working in a faulty place when a sharp "bump " threw out a number of props and caused a large area of the roof to fall. Both men were buried. The place was very well timbered, but was far too wide [More information ...]

Burgess, Charles Henry, 05 Jul 1950, aged 44

Burkinshaw, Francis Lesley, 25 May 1908, aged 58, Collier, A small quantity of roof stone and coal fell upon and cut his leg and bruised his back. Blood poisoning supervened and he died on May 26th

Burkinshaw, Frederick, 08 May 1919, aged 14, Pony driver, A stone ripping in a gate had been supported on one side and he was turning his pony under lip when ripping fell and killed him instantly

Burt, Harold, 10 Mar 1948, aged 41

Burtoft, Willie, 11 Jun 1943, aged 53

Butterfield, Charles, 05 Jun 1903, (accident: 27 Apr 1903), aged 29, Collier, Died 5th June. Ruptured himself when lifting a tub on to the rails

Carnley, Reginald, 20 Jul 1941, aged 41

Casey, M. William, 26 Aug 1914, (accident: 28 Aug 1913), aged 40, Collier, He was tramming a full tub along the gate when a bar, supporting the roof, broke and fell, fracturing his left leg. He died on 26th August, 1914, from consumption, the medical evidence being that the accident was a contributory cause of death

Chater, John, 20 Sep 1909, aged 36, Collier, Fall of roof. He cut top coal in the gate end and knocked out a prop preparatory to getting the coal down. He foolishly went under the unsupported coal and was killed by the fall

Clarke, William, 24 Nov 1905, aged 67, Collier, When in the act of taking out a sprag the coal fell suddenly, caught and injured him against a tub so severely that he died shortly after being taken to his home. There was a well-defined slip behind the coal, of the existence of which he knew, and it was an error of judgment under the circumstances to have had the tub where it would prevent him getting clear when he was drawing the sprag

Clayton, Walter, 11 Dec 1928, aged 14

Collier, Albert John, 15 Nov 1920, aged 19

Cooper, Harold, 22 Dec 1958, aged 61

Crawford, Albert, 04 Mar 1950, aged 62

Crossley, Lou, 05 Jun 1964, aged 53 [More information ...]

Dainty, Enos, 18 Oct 1907, aged 63, Collier, He and another man were coming out-bye at the end of the shift and in doing so met a long train of empty tubs being lowered on the engine plane. When within about 15 yards of the out-bye end of the train the tubs checked and startled the men. The other man got into a refuge hole for safety and asked the deceased to come in but he stood in the full road, opposite the refuge hole, gazing at the empty tubs when a set of five full tubs came up behind him, knocked him down ran over and killed him on the spot. The haulage road is a good one with the refuge holes within the required distance

Davenport, Squire, 24 Apr 1942, aged 48

Davison, Bernard, 17 Sep 1942, aged 30

Deakin, William Henry, 05 Apr 1909, aged 23, Collier, Fall of side. Whilst working at the coal face, a large piece of coal rolled off and knocked out a prop. The prop struck the deceased across the neck and killed him instantly

Desborough, Daniel, 19 Dec 1955, aged 47

Dickinson, Harry, 09 May 1929, aged 53

Dixon, George Richard, 21 Aug 1955, aged 64

Dodds, Frederck, 14 Jun 1949, aged 49

Dowson, George, 16 Dec 1933, aged 60, Assistant yard foreman, He was found decapitiated on running road of colliery surface sidings after a large train of empty wagons pushed by two colliery locos had passed - he had been seen walking at the side of the tracks just before the accident

Dunbar, A., 17 Jul 1945, aged 50

Durnall, John, 16 May 1968, aged 64

Dyson, Henry, 19 Apr 1900, aged 40, Collier, Fall of side

Eades, Abram, 21 May 1923, aged 19

Ellis, Ronald, 04 Nov 1938, aged 21

Fawcett, James William, 17 Sep 1924, (accident: 07 Jul 1924, 5.30 p.m., 9th hour of shift), aged 26, Labourer, He was wheeling an empty barrow down a plank when he overbalanced and fell to the ground, his leg being injured by the barrow in the fall. He received medical attention and was sent to hospital on 29th July owing to inflammation. He was sent home on 13th September but was re-admitted on 17th September, and died from shock following the amputation of his leg

Flanagan, John, 27 Jun 1903, aged 13, Road boy, Killed by an empty tub which became detached from the train and ran down the engine plane

Foxton, Thomas Armstrong, 22 Nov 1965, aged 59

Friel, James Michael, 18 Apr 1930, aged 50

Frost, William, Nov 1908

Gaskhill, Thomas, 28 May 1942, aged 53

Gelder, Herbert, 05 Feb 1949, aged 54

Gibson, Charles, 08 Mar 1928, aged 69

Gibson, James W., 25 Dec 1908, aged 35

Goodill, Edwin, May 1956, aged 67

Goodman, Percy H., 16 Aug 1912, aged 15, Pony driver, He was found lying with his head between the first and second wheels of his first tub. No one saw the accident

Gough, Joseph, 12 Dec 1904, aged 40, Collier, He was pulling coal from the face with an iron bar when the bar slipped and hit him on the side of hid body. He complained of pain, but filled a tub, after which he collapsed and died in a few minutes from acute heart failure due to the blow

Gray, George, 1974

Hackett, Josephus, 14 Jan 1905, aged 52

Hamphire, James, 06 Sep 1956, aged 51

Hannam, Edwin Percy, 31 Aug 1906, (accident: 30 Aug 1906), aged 38, Collier, He was cutting some top coal when about 30 cwt. of coal fell over from the face and displaced three props, one of which struck him on the head. Died the following day

Hargreaves, J., 1956

Harvey, John, 07 May 1948, aged 26

Heppinstall, H., 1949, aged 57

Hinchcliffe, Richard, 14 Sep 1943, aged 63

Hole, Frank, 24 Jan 1933, aged 48, Collier, Ripping at entrance to a new gate using a pick to pull down large stone - slipped on rail and stone fell on him. Died 20th Jan 1933

Hole, Michael, 27 Nov 1903, aged 17, Engine Driver, His duty was to drive a compressed air hauling engine, but he voluntered to detached an empty tub from the endless rope of the main engine plane. He appears to have had some with the lever of the "snap" and he failed to detach the tub until it came in contact with other empties. The tub was twisted round and he was fatally crushed against the side

Hollins, Joseph, 25 Apr 1927, aged 31

Howcroft, John Marsh, Feb 1957, aged 60

Hudson, J., 21 Sep 1936, he was killed instantaneously by falling coal

Hughes, James, 26 Oct 1943, aged 53

Ivey, William Thomas, 06 Feb 1947, aged 44

Jackson, Harry, 11 Jan 1918, aged 19

Johnson, Albert, 02 Jan 1918, aged 54

Jones, Frank, 16 Dec 1930, aged 28

Jones, George, 01 Apr 1943, (accident: 29 Mar 1943), aged 15, Run over by tubs

Jones, Richard, 28 Apr 1950, aged 58

Kaye, Frederick, 03 Nov 1922, aged 46

Kempson, Alan, 12 Dec 1955, aged 56

Kirby, William, 19 Feb 1930, aged 16

Kitchener, Thomas, 21 Dec 1924, (accident: 18 Dec 1924, 5.30 p.m., 4th hour of shift), aged 46, Collier, He was pulling top coal down from a bord face with his pick when a piece suddenly fell and discharged a prop set close to the face. In jumping backwards to avoid the falling coal he received the end of the prop in his abdomen. First aid treatment was given but he died three days later from peritonitis following rupture

Latham, George Hawkins, 12 May 1915, aged 37, Collier, Bringing out tub when it got over end of flat sheet

Leach, Joseph, 22 May 1915, aged 14, Chain carrier on haulage road, He was swinging and riding on a tub on rope haulage and was carried into drum. He had prieviously been warned

Littlewood, Charles, 24 Sep 1962, aged 40

Lloyd, John, 1963

Lodge, Allen, 26 Apr 1927, aged 44

Longbones, Arthur, 05 Jun 1964, aged 57 [More information ...]

Lumb, Laurence Walton, 24 Aug 1938, aged 38

Marsden, Walter, 19 Nov 1951, aged 40

Marshall, Frederick, 15 Jul 1941, aged 60

McCanaan, John, 06 Dec 1927, aged 20

McCanaan, William Henry, 03 Oct 1925, aged 28

Mitchell, Jonas, 05 Jan 1928, aged 47

Mitchell, Noah, 09 Jun 1956, aged 34

Monks, Arthur, 30 Aug 1932, aged 36

Moore, Thomas, 11 Sep 1905, aged 45

Morley, Patrick, 21 Sep 1944, aged 47

Moulton, Oswald, 10 Feb 1929, aged 21

Newton, Thomas Henry, 21 Aug 1934, aged 53, Byeworker, Found fatally injured under set of tubs - no witnesses

Nicholson, John William, 06 Feb 1911, aged 25, Stallman, A sudden fall of coal, 7 yards long, 9 inches to 12 inches thick and 6 feet 5 inches high, knocked out 4 props. One prop struck deceased on the head and killed him instantly, and another struck and broke the right arm of a man who was working near him. The fall disclosed a pronounced sooty parting in the seam

Nicholson, John William, 06 Feb 1912, aged 25, Stallman, A sudden fall of coal, 7 yards long, 9 inches to 12 inches thick and 6 feet 5 inches high, knocked out 4 props. One prop struck deceased on the head and killed him instantly, and another struck and broke the right arm of a man who was working near him. The fall disclosed a pronounced sooty parting in the seam

Nightingale, Walter, 25 Nov 1909, aged 39, Collier, Fall of roof. The deceased men were working in a faulty place when a sharp "bump " threw out a number of props and caused a large area of the roof to fall. Both men were buried. The place was very well timbered, but was far too wide [More information ...]

Noble, Herbert, 20 Dec 1915, aged 39, Collier, Struck by runaway full tubs which he was trying to avoid — nothing to show how they ran away

Oscroft, Frederick, 02 Oct 1946, aged 62

Parker, Henry, Aug 1951, aged 34

Parker, James, 19 Jul 1918, aged 53

Parker, Thomas Albert, 21 Aug 1917, aged 23

Patrick, W., 15 Jan 1943, aged 54

Plant, William Henry, 16 Nov 1908, aged 20, Rope Runner, On the road on which this accident occurred, a compressed air engine is used to haul the tubs. The empty tubs drag the rope in-bye, and 11 tubs of dirt or 16 of coal are hauled out at a time. In this case, seven tubs of dirt were to be brought out to be lowered into another road, and these tubs were sprigged with a rail. A signal of four raps, which meant "draw up steadily," was given to the engineman with the object of taking out the sprag so that the tubs could be lowered to others to make up the set. As soon as the tubs were moved the sprag was removed and a signal of "one" was given to stop, but evidently a proper connection of the signal wires was not made, for the engineman did not receive the signal and, therefore, continued to draw up steadily. The deceased and the man in charge of the haulage followed the set up the road shouting for the tubs to be stopped. The first tub left the rails, and the drawbar of the second tub broke and five tubs ran down the plane. The deceased was caught and run over, and died within a few minutes. The other man managed to get out of the way. The drawbar broke beyond the last bolt which was sheared through. This points to the conclusion that there was a jerk. The men should not have travelled up the plane after the tubs as the drag was not attached, for it was intended to lower the tubs as soon as the sprag was removed

Platts, George, 10 Feb 1927, aged 31

Porritt, Thomas, 13 Nov 1936, aged 53

Ramsden, Thomas, 07 Nov 1910, aged 31, Collier, The compressed air engines were unable to pull a set of full tubs right away and Ramsden was putting a rail to scotch the middle tub. The tubs ran back about a tub's length, and his head was caught between the full and empty tubs. Deceased had not fixed the rail

Richards, Charles Henry, 07 Mar 1910, aged 14, Coupler, He was on the lifts which lower empty tubs from the top deck to the bottom deck of the cage. Four tubs were pushed the wrong side by mistake. They fell on deceased and killed him

Richardson, Robert, 15 Jun 1944, aged 60

Rigley, -, 17 Oct 1941

Sagar, Arthur, 07 Apr 1942, aged 60

Sanderson, Norman, 02 Jan 1923, aged 31

Schofield, Leonard, 21 Jan 1945, aged 24

Sells, George Walter, 24 Feb 1907, (accident: 08 Jun 1906), aged 36, Collier, On the 8th of June, 1906, he, it is alleged, slipped when pushing a full tub in the pit and his death was thereby accelerated. He died from peritonitis due to an ulcer on the stomach. The medical evidence was not definite as to whether the injury had any connection with his death, but jury at the inquest in their verdict stated it was accelerated by injury

Sharp, Thomas, 23 Mar 1971, aged 34

Sims, Charles William, 26 Aug 1920, aged 32

Sindall, James William, 21 Jun 1913, aged 51, Collier, Deceased had just set a prop to the roof and sounded some coal when there was a weight bump, and a large slab of coal fell from the face knocked out two props and pinned him against a third prop. He died before reaching the pit bottom

Slee, John, 12 Jul 1941, aged 33

Smith, Walter, 09 Nov 1942, aged 60

Spivey, W., 31 Jul 1944, aged 36

Stones, W., 1949, aged 55

Sussams, Robert John, 22 Oct 1932, aged 40

Swallow, Enoch, 28 Nov 1947, aged 52

Swallow, Thomas, 31 Jul 1945, aged 48

Taylor, Barry, Dec 1979, aged 45

Taylor, David Hindmarsh, 14 Jun 1936, (accident: 09 Jun 1936), aged 39, Fall of coal

Taylor, Ernest, 26 Nov 1934, aged 18, Haulage Hand, On rope haulage dipping 1 in 24 he was heard to call for help ; rope was stopped and he was found lying dead with head under set of 6 full tubs. Thought he had run away when tubs derailed and was knocked under tubs by swinging rope [Inquest: 27 Nov 1934]

Thorpe, Johnny, 13 Feb 1967, aged 57

Turner, George Frederick, 30 Jan 1937, aged 42

Twigg, Thomas, 23 Apr 1931, aged 55

Walker, Willis, 02 Feb 1951, aged 58

Wallhead, George Herbert, 13 May 1952, aged 22

Wedgwood, Harold, 20 Nov 1959, aged 36

West, John, 1967, aged 24

Whalley, Norman, 31 Oct 1963, aged 54

Whiteley, G. H. P., 1927, aged 53

Wilkinson, James, 10 Feb 1902, aged 22, Driver, Crushed between a door frame and set of tubs which had run amain down a dip engine plane

Wilkinson, James, 19 Apr 1902, aged 22

Williams, G., 25 Jul 1934, aged 31, Filler, Shovelling coal onto belt conveyor when head struck by rock which fell between front row of bars and face. Died 8 hours later

Williams, George Probert, 10 Aug 1934, aged 33, died from a fractured skull from a fall of stone [date of report]

Williams, James, 27 Mar 1911, (accident: 06 Feb 1911), aged 39, Collier, Whilst walking down his gate to fetch a prop, ho was struck on the head by a girder which suddenly sprang out from the roof. He died on the 27th instant

Williams, James, 27 Mar 1911, (accident: 18 Mar 1911), aged 38, Collier, Whilst walking down his gate to fetch a prop, he was struck on the head by a girder which suddenly sprang out from the roof. He died on the 27th instant

Williams, Kenneth (Jock), 07 Nov 1946, aged 25

Wilson, F., 07 Nov 1934, aged 22, Screen hand, Went through a fence to remove some slack which had fallen from belt conveyor delivery into small bunker which was full - his clothing caught a clamp on shaft and he was whirled round and killed

Winder, Jonathan, 21 Apr 1914, aged 30, Collier, He was cutting down coal at the top end of an old gate and exposed a slip in the roof from which came a fall, fatally injuring him. One prop was knocked out by the fall. The place was properly timbered and had been visited by a deputy 2½ hours before and reported safe

Winder, Jonathan, 30 Apr 1914, aged 30, Collier, He was cutting down coal at the top end of an old gate and exposed a slip in the roof from which came a fall,

Winfrey, Walter, 03 May 1905, aged 30, Collier, He and another man were taking a full tub down a gateway dipping 1 in 18, when one behind, which had either not been properly secured or in which a defective locker had been used, followed them down, and he was fatally crushed

Wright, Thomas, 31 Aug 1968, aged 61

Wroe, Percy, 01 May 1924, (accident: 30 Apr 1924, 10 a.m., 4th hour of shift), aged 23, Haulage Hand, He was walking in front of a set of seven full tubs on a gradient of 1 in 19 in favour of the full load, when the 3/8 in. rope broke at a knot. The tubs knocked him down, and he was carried under the tubs for a distance of 12 yards. He was severely injured and died from shock the following morning. The rope was not suitable for the conditions under which it was used. It had been broken three times previous to the accident, and had on each occasion been knotted and continued in use