Hoyland Silkstone Colliery

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Aitkin, John, 03 Jun 1910, aged 13, Weigh clerk, He was found dead in a wagon containing oak beams. He had a newspaper in his hand, and a heavy beam had crushed his head against the end of the wagon. It is evident that he had climbed into the wagon to have a quiet read, and that the beam was thrown against his head by the impact of the wagons on the one in which he was sitting

Allott, Charles, 08 Mar 1910, aged 42, Boiler Smith, Whilst raising a tank for a "water softener" the tackle broke and the tank fell over onto him

Allott, T., 12 Mar 1895, (accident: 28 Feb 1895), aged 20, Hurrier, Sprained his shoulder when lifting a corf. Died 12th Mar

Archer, Herbert, 13 Dec 1919, (accident: 02 Dec 1919), aged 53, Collier, While holing piece of coal struck back of hand which caused abrasion. Died 11 days later — blood poisoning

Arnold, E., 17 Apr 1882, aged 27, Collier, Fall of roof

Arnold, W., 22 Dec 1880, aged 19, Collier, Fall of roof

Arrowsmith, N., 22 Dec 1890, (accident: 21 Oct 1890), aged 29, Fall of stone. Died 22nd Dec

Austin, J., 15 Mar 1887, (accident: 14 Mar 1887), aged 22, Engineman, Fall of roof. Died 15th Mar

Ayrton, Enoch, 23 Mar 1904, aged 30, Screener, He appears to have climbed the fence protecting the driving wheel of the engine working the screens, for what purpose is not known, and to have been caught by the wheel and killed. The whole of the machinery was well fenced

Bailey, D., 14 Sep 1889, aged 44, Collier, Fall of roof

Baker, George, 30 Aug 1905, aged 26, Trammer, The deceased man was drawing timber in a longwall face. He had knocked out one of two props and then struck the second one ; when it fell out a fall of stone occurred at two slips, which caught and killed him. He should have used a "dog and chain" to draw the prop with

Ball, John William, 27 Nov 1906, aged 31, Trammer, He was taking an empty tub from the pass-bye into the face when a piece of stone fell from the side and caused such severe injuries that he died on the way to the Barnsley (Beckett) Hospital

Barker, F., 17 Mar 1882, aged 15, Driver, Crushed by corves

Barlow, W., 20 Dec 1892, Pumpman, At Hoyland Silkstone Colliery, a pumpman named W. Barlow was found drowned in the reservoir on the 20th December [fatality reported during the year but not classified as a reportable accident]

Batty, George, 26 Mar 1907, (accident: 03 Mar 1907), aged 53, Dataller, Some repairs were being done in the upcast shaft at night time and he was assisting the shaftman. He and the banksman had been cutting a piece of wood with a saw on the pit hill and after doing so the banksman took the saw into the enginehouse. Deceased followed him and while they were there a signal was received from the men in the shaft and the banksman got through a window to go by a shorter road to the pit hill ; the deceased attempted to follow him but in getting out lost his footing and fell to the ground, a distance of 12 feet and was seriously injured about the head. He died on the 26th inst. The road they were going by was totally unfenced and quite unfit to be used at night time and they should have travelled by the proper road which was provided

Bearshall, J., 09 Nov 1898, aged 32, Hanger on, Crushed against ironwork in pit porch

Bennett, William Milner, 29 Aug 1908, aged 37, Collier, Killed by a fall of roof at the loose end of his working place. He was alone at the time, but it is probable he had heard a fall and went to look at the loose end, and, when examining it, a further fall buried him

Blount, W., 18 Nov 1890, aged 17, Trammer, Fall of roof

Briggs, W., 15 Oct 1883, aged 49, Collier, Fall of roof

Burgin, A., 06 Jan 1896, aged 24, Screener, Went to overhead shafting but for what purpose it is not known and was caught by it

Cannon, John, 25 Oct 1907, aged 46, Collier, He had finished his work and was travelling to the shaft when he was knocked down by a set of empty tubs and killed. The refuge holes were at the required distance. He had been warned to get into one of them and apparently, as his lamp was found lying opposite one, had been attempting to do so when he was caught by the tubs

Cawthorne, William, 11 Feb 1914, aged 66, Dataller, He apparently struck his head while proceeding to work on the haulage road, causing a slight abrasion. An abscess formed which proved fatal

Chambers, W., 29 Jun 1894, aged 36, Labourer, Injured by waggons

Chandler, Leonard, 23 Nov 1907, aged 19, Trammer, These men and another along with a deputy were removing a portion of an old side wall and arching, in an underground boiler house, with a view of replacing it, when a built up girder collapsed and a large quantity of stone fell and caused the death of Ogden instantly and the others subsequently died from their injuries in the Beckett Hospital at Barnsley. The deputy and the other man were also seriously injured ; son of Frank (injured), brother of Lawrence (injured) [More information ...]

Clarkson, T., 29 Oct 1902, aged 38, Collier, Killed by fall of coal when standing to rest in front of a face which he had been holing. Cause — a slip and neglect to set sprags

Cooke, Arthur, 23 Nov 1907, aged 33, Ripper, These men and another along with a deputy were removing a portion of an old side wall and arching, in an underground boiler house, with a view of replacing it, when a built up girder collapsed and a large quantity of stone fell and caused the death of Ogden instantly and the others subsequently died from their injuries in the Beckett Hospital at Barnsley. The deputy and the other man were also seriously injured [More information ...]

Copley, Amos, 31 Jul 1908, aged 28, Collier, The shaft at which this accident occurred is 20 ft. diameter, and fitted with cages carrying eight tubs on two decks. The drums on the winding engine are of different diameters, and one cage runs to the old Silkstone Seam level, a depth of 509 yards, and the other to the Fenton Seam mouthing, a distance of 383 yards from the surface. At the latter level baulks are put across half the shaft for the cage to rest on, and fallers are also fitted. The spaces between the baulks were 2 ft. 9 ins. and 2 ft. 5 ins. The day of the accident was the first the deceased had worked at this Colliery ; he had completed his shift and returned to the shaft, but instead of going to empty tub side of it, as he should have done, he went through an opening in a wall, to the full tub side and walked into the shaft, which at the time was unprotected, and fell through the baulks to the Old Silkstone hanging-on, a distance of 126 yards, and was killed

Currie, F., 25 Sep 1894, (accident: 21 Sep 1894), aged 52, Collier, Fall of coal. Died 25th

Daykin, Robert, 27 Jan 1913, (accident: 15 Jan 1913), aged 61, Hanger-on, Deceased was making preparations at the pit bottom to lower full tubs on to the cage which was coming down. The cage struck one end of a 12-foot approach rail, elevating the other end. Deceased, who was in a stooping position with his legs across the rail, received injuries from which he died on the 27th instant

Deakin, G., 16 Jul 1885, aged 15, Plane boy, Crushed by wheel of main tail rope

Dodson, G., 12 Oct 1899, aged 56, Packer, Fall of roof

Donnon, R., 11 Nov 1904, (accident: 10 Nov 1904), aged 34, Trammer, He was travelling in-bye to work with other men, and when they got to the engine plane they saw a set of tubs coming out-bye. All except deceased got into refuge holes; he went forward and was caught and so severely injured that he died the following day. He afterwards told a trammer that he was hurrying to get one of four empty tubs left in the pass-bye

Doughty, Joseph, 02 Jun 1905, aged 45, Collier, When travelling on an engine plane at the end of his shift a fall occurred and caught and killed him. Coal was being worked at each side of the engine plane and this caused the stone to fall

Dunning, James R., 08 Jul 1935, Miner, explosion [More information ...]

Exley, J., 01 Nov 1894, (accident: 31 Oct 1894), aged 14, Trammer, Fall of roof. Died 1st Nov

Farmer, Moses, 27 Dec 1905, aged 27, Shunter, While shunting attempted to pass between locomotive and a waggon and was caught between the buffers and fatally injured

Fieldsend, G., 06 Oct 1903, aged 31, Collier, Fall of roof in a working place. Cause — neglect to set timber

Flathers, R., 27 May 1895, aged 17, Dataller, Thrown down by rope underneath corves on endless haulage road

Gibbons, William, 03 Jul 1911, aged 57, Dataller, Whilst removing a fall of roof in a crossgate, he was caught by a second fall. He had sounded the stone and it appeared to be safe. Temporary timber should have been set

Green, F., 12 Apr 1901, aged 36, Collier, Run over by tubs or engine plane

Grimshaw, Stephen, 18 Sep 1906, aged 48, Collier, Deceased and his brother had reached the bottom of a jinney when the set moved away. They sat on some air pipes at the empty side until the full load came down. While there they heard one of the sets running away. Deceased thought it was the empty train running back so jumped into the full road and he was immediately caught by the full tubs and run over and fatally injured. The cause of the tubs running a main was the rope getting off the pulley at the top of the jinney and the jerk thus caused straightening the hook of one of the couplings

Haggarty, Patrick, 23 Mar 1907, aged 60, Collier, When working at the face the roof commenced to weight and the deceased set several props and continued to get coal when a fall of roof took place and displaced a number of props and killed him instantly. He ought to have stopped working

Hobson, H., 09 Apr 1889, aged 30, Byeworker, Fall of roof

Holloway, Joseph, 13 Nov 1883, aged 31, Collier, Fall of roof

Key, Edwin, 31 Oct 1905, aged 66, Storekeeper, When travelling down an incline on the surface to his home at 6 o'clock at night he was run over by a train of full waggons and killed. He had travelled this incline for more than 20 years and knew the trains were being run on the night in question. From the position of his body and a lamp and basket he was carrying it appeared that he had been getting out of the middle of the way and had slipped, and before he could get up again the waggons had caught him

Key, Henry, 29 Nov 1896, (accident: 14 Oct 1896), aged 27, Collier, Injured himself when lifting a corf. Died 29th November

Kilcullan, James, 01 Oct 1878, aged 28, Fall of roof

Kitchen, C., 14 May 1890, aged 65, Fall of roof [More information ...]

Larkin, George, 13 May 1880, aged 19, Trammer, Fall of roof

Leech, J., 15 Aug 1899, aged 15, Rope boy, Fall of roof

Lindley, J., 14 May 1890, aged 32, Fall of roof [More information ...]

Lomas, Oswald, 21 Feb 1908, aged 22, Collier, The deceased was travelling in-bye on the main haulage road when he attempted to get into the last tub but one of an empty train, and in doing so was crushed between the tub and a low bar, and died shortly afterwards. Riding was not allowed on this road, and he was acting illegally

Mason, John William, 05 Aug 1913, aged 38, Hanger-on, Deceased was just about to unload a cage of empties which had reached the shaft bottom, when a tub, which had fallen out of the ascending cage, struck the cage and rebounded, fatally injuring him. The tub catch had been left open on the ascending cage, or at least the catch was open when the cage reached the surface

Moorhouse, William, 12 Dec 1919, (accident: 20 Nov 1919), aged 49, Collier, Slightly injured by fall but not considered serious and continued to work. Wound turned sceptic. Died of pneumonia and influenza 12th Dec 1919

Myers, A., 17 Mar 1877, Fitter, Whilst changing winding rope on surface

Neal, Parker, 10 Jan 1911, aged 49, Trammer, Whilst walking out towards the shaft after finishing his shift, he was knocked down and crushed by a train of 20 empty tubs. He said he did not quite reach a man-hole. The man-holes were ten yards apart

Neild, G., 27 Jun 1896, aged 39, Deputy, Fall of roof

Nutt, George W., 08 Jul 1935, Miner, explosion [More information ...]

Ogden, Greenwood, 23 Nov 1907, aged 38, Ripper, These men and another along with a deputy were removing a portion of an old side wall and arching, in an underground boiler house, with a view of replacing it, when a built up girder collapsed and a large quantity of stone fell and caused the death of Ogden instantly and the others subsequently died from their injuries in the Beckett Hospital at Barnsley. The deputy and the other man were also seriously injured [More information ...]

Pickersgill, William, 17 Dec 1911, (accident: 02 Dec 1911), aged 49, Boiler Stoker, Whilst removing the top manhole door of a boiler, he was scalded by an escape of steam. He had previously been forbidden to interfere with the manhole door. He died on 17th December

Price, Moses, 19 Oct 1911, aged 54, Collier, Whilst removing holing dirt he slipped and fell upon the handle of his shovel, which caused injury to the bowels. After four days he was removed to the hospital, and died after an operation

Prince, George, 13 Apr 1884, (accident: 21 Feb 1884), aged 37, Collier, Crushed by corves ; died 13th April

Race, J., 07 Apr 1880, (accident: 21 Feb 1880), aged 25, Trammer, Fall of roof. Died 7th Apr

Reed, W., 15 Apr 1879, aged 19, Trammer, Fall of roof

Rhodes, Ben Albert, 26 Nov 1909, aged 35, Manager, He was standing on a cross beam 24 feet from the ground helping to lower a derrick pole with a length of spun yarn. The yarn was rotten and broke with the weight of the pole. This caused him to lose his balance and he fell to the ground and was killed

Robinson, George, 21 Oct 1905, (accident: 12 Sep 1905), aged 32, Hanger-on, He and his mate had loaded the bottom deck of the cage when 14 full tubs followed down to the shaft and crushed him against an air pipe. It was the duty of the deceased and the man working along with him to put lockers in the wheels of the tubs to prevent them running down in this way, but they neglected to do so. The gradient in favour of the full tubs is very slight, and they had evidently thought they would stand without lockers. Died October 21st

Roystone, Francis Oscar, 06 Nov 1914, aged 49, Bricklayer's Labourer, He was working on a platform 3 feet 6 inches wide, in front of a winding engine-house. The platform was not fenced. He was probably struck by the winding rope when passing underneath it along the platform and was knocked to the ground level 22 feet below. The platform was seldom used, and repairs to the engine house were being done

Rushforth, R., 13 Jun 1894, aged 50, Collier, Fall of stone

Sanderson, J., 22 Oct 1886, aged 20, Labourer, Crushed by waggons

Sistern, Walter, 23 Nov 1907, aged 32, Ripper, These men and another along with a deputy were removing a portion of an old side wall and arching, in an underground boiler house, with a view of replacing it, when a built up girder collapsed and a large quantity of stone fell and caused the death of Ogden instantly and the others subsequently died from their injuries in the Beckett Hospital at Barnsley. The deputy and the other man were also seriously injured [More information ...]

Stanley, William, 15 May 1875, Sinker, Engineman lowered trunk on to him in sinking shaft [More information ...]

Swaine, -, Nov 1896

Taylor, Jonah, 18 May 1884, (accident: 25 Feb 1884), aged 54, Collier, Fall of coal ; died 18th May

Thompson, J. H., 25 Jul 1902, aged 20, Brakesman, Fell under the wheels of a train of full wagons when he was manipulating a brake-stick

Toone, George William, 10 Dec 1915, aged 44, Miner, He was working with another when face weighted causing them to withdraw. He returned to fetch his tools when he was caught by a heavy fall as he walked back

Walkden, W., 06 Nov 1883, (accident: 04 Oct 1883), Collier, Fall of roof ; died 6th Nov.

Wharton, C., 11 Apr 1883, aged 23, Hurrier, Fall of coal

Wildsmith, G. H., 16 Jun 1903, aged 27, Machine-man, Fall of roof in coal-cutting machine face. Cause — a slip and defective timbering

Wincup, Robert, 22 Feb 1905, aged 53, Surface Inclineman, A waggon had got off the rails and it was being got on again by a locomotive, and when it was easing back, after pulling the deceased, for some unexplained reason, went in between the buffers of two waggons and was fatally crushed

Wingfield, J., 05 Mar 1889, aged 49, Byeworker, Fall of roof

Worth, G., 24 Nov 1890, aged 33, Collier, Fall of stone

Wright, F., 08 Jul 1935, Miner, explosion [More information ...]