High Park Colliery

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Birkin, John, 13 May 1881, aged 37, Stallman, Fall of roof whilst building a gate end pack

Brown, Abraham, 18 Nov 1864, aged 18, Collier, Explosion of gas [More information ...]

Buckley, -, 25 Nov 1867, aged 12, Driver, Run over on main level

Buxton, Frederick, 23 Jul 1868, aged 32, Collier, Fall of roof

Clifford, T., 27 Oct 1863, aged 28, Miner, Fall of roof

Clifton, Joseph, 14 Jan 1875, aged 33, Loader, Fall of bind whilst loading coal

Davis, Thomas, 18 Nov 1864, aged 15, Collier, Explosion of gas [More information ...]

Dennis, Thomas, 07 Mar 1864, (accident: Nov 1863), aged 14, Pony driver, Explosion of gas Nov. 1863

Etcher, George William, 16 May 1919, aged 24, Coalcutter man, Cutter fender pushed out a prop and he was trying to tighten it with a hammer when it sprang out and there was a fall which killed him

France, George, 07 Jul 1864, Collier, Fall of roof (coal)

Fretwell, John, 10 Sep 1866, aged 28, Collier, Fall of bind

Grainger, Louis, May 1932, aged 42, killed by a fall of roof

Hallam, Joseph, 16 Aug 1877, aged 51, Stallman, Fall of bind at the gate lip

Hibbert, George, 31 May 1909, (accident: 04 May 1909), aged 43, Stallman, He stated that he slipped while at work and injured a knee. He died on 31st May from blood poisoning, the result of the injury (Top Hard Coal seam)

King, Richard, 08 Aug 1866, Collier, Fall of roof

Kirk, E., 13 Mar 1862, aged 27, Miner, Explosion of gas

Kirk, John, 08 Mar 1873, aged 48, Stallman, Fall of roof [More information ...]

Mellor, William, 05 Dec 1864, aged 42, Hitcher, Carriage in shaft was let down. Mistake in signals

Murpher, Joan, 17 Jan 1868, aged 24, Sinker, Fell off scaffold in shaft [More information ...]

Parkinson, Edward, 12 May 1873, Waggoner, Fall of roof

Pass, Joseph, 22 Nov 1898, aged 48, Stallman, Fall of roof. Deceased was getting coal down, when a quantity of roof fell and killed him (Top hard coal)

Philips, Thomas, 20 Jun 1869, aged 50, Stallman, Fall of roof in No. 2 stall whilst hammering coal at the basset end against windway

Priest, Joseph, 04 Dec 1854, Falling down the shaft

Reeve, William, 25 Sep 1872, aged 35, Collier, Run over on incline

Rowley, E., 09 Jan 1863, aged 33, Miner, Fall of roof

Rowley, Edmund, 16 Jan 1886, aged 25, Collier, Fell from the scaffold whilst repairing the shaft

Saxton, Samuel, 03 Dec 1873, aged 14, Was trying to get into the cage, when it started and knocked him down the shaft

Shaw, David, 20 Jan 1888, aged 64, Dataler, Fall of roof while repairing a roadway

Snow, Elijah, 30 Jul 1868, aged 42, Collier, Fall of roof

Soar, Isaac, 09 Aug 1870, aged 12, Driver, Run over or crushed between tubs and a door

Twells, Hubert Henry, 12 Jun 1904, (accident: 25 Apr 1904), aged 51, Roadman, Fall of roof while coupling trams together on the main road. He died 12th June (Top hard coal)

Varey, William, 13 Feb 1893, aged 28, Stallman, Fall of roof. Deceased was holing the coal on the top or bannocking, when a sprag was knocked out liberating the roof which fell and killed deceased

Walters, Thomas, 08 Mar 1873, aged 20, Dayman, Fall of roof [More information ...]

Webb, Samuel, 20 Sep 1900, aged 66, Banksman, Deceased expired at the hospital. An inquest was held, as it was suggested that deceased had received an injury at the mine. The jury returned a verdict of "death from natural causes" [fatality reported during the year but not classified as a reportable accident]

Wilcockson, Robert, 30 Sep 1876, aged 50, Loader, Fall of bind