Hall End Colliery

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Alcock, William Charles, 15 Apr 1891, 1.10 p.m., aged 16, Driver, Deceased appears to have been riding on a full tub and either fell or was thrown off and fatally crushed. Pony working in sling gears had no power to stop the tram

Allbrighton, William, 07 Feb 1890, aged 33, Stallman, Fall of roof. Withdrawing back timber without using a ringer and chain cutting it out at the foot contrary to the rules of the mine

Bailey, John, 04 Dec 1935, aged 66, Collier, Killed by fall of roof

Baker, William Ernest, 26 May 1909, aged 29, Engineman, Deceased was in charge of a main and tail rope system of haulage driven by a pair of steam engines. The ropes passed close to where he stood for operating the gear, and in pushing the rope over to coil properly on the drum, he slipped and was drawn into the revolving drum

Bass, James, 31 Oct 1887, aged 20, Dataler, Head crushed between the tub and the roof while overturning a tub of dirt

Cooke, Herbert, 26 Nov 1881, aged 22, Holer, Fall of roof whilst engaged holing

Davis, James, 08 Sep 1877, aged 24, Header, Fall of coal

Davis, William, 16 Feb 1883, aged 60, Blacksmith, Beam of wood fell upon him

Day, Ernest, 28 Jan 1909, aged 14, Clipper, Deceased was drawing full tubs out of a side road on to a main endless rope road, when some tubs broke away on the main roadway and knocked deceased down. He died same day (Ryder Coal seam)

Deakin, George, 30 Aug 1907, aged 16, Horse-driver, Deceased took three full tubs from the gate-end instead of four, the usual number. When he had gone some distance he found his mistake and returned without the horse. He appears to have been taking a full tub down the inclined roadway by going in front of it, when he was overpowered and run over (Seven feet coal)

Deakin, John, 07 Sep 1883, aged 45, Header, Shot exploded before he could get clear away. Had made his "jarmin" of touch paper

Deeming, John, 25 Oct 1883, aged 35, Stallman, Fall of roof whilst setting timber

Draper, George, 16 Apr 1890, aged 15, Driver, The boy's light went out and instead of stopping to relight it he went forward in the dark, the horse and tubs went along the wrong roadway and he was crushed between the tubs and the side of the road

Hanley, William, 21 Jul 1909, (accident: 19 Jul 1909), aged 36, Stallman, He was called to assist the loader with a full tub near the gate-end, when a fall of roof broke a bar and fatally injured deceased. Died 21st July (Ryder Coal seam)

Holdam, John, 29 Feb 1888, aged 34, Stallman, Fall of roof. Withdrawing timber without using a ringer and chain

Hollis, Thomas, 11 May 1880, aged 14, Driver, Roof and side of roadway gave way and fell upon deceased

Jackson, Walter Rowley, 25 May 1914, aged 17, Clipper, Deceased was taking a set of six full tubs from out of a slant road on to the main endless haulage rope with a chain attached to it, when a set of six full tubs about 70 yards in front of him broke loose from the rope, ran back along a gradient 1 in 13, and caught him as he was escaping into a refuge hole. There were Smallman clips at the front and back ends of the set ; the front end one lost the grip of the rope and the back end one broke when the set fell back on to it. An automatic switch threw the tubs off the rails, and they travelled 50 feet before stopping. The front clip, which was put on the rope by the deceased, was probably not tightened sufficiently at the start

Jelf, Josiah, 15 May 1900, aged 59, Horse Keeper, Deceased's death was caused by "haemorrhage" due to the rupture of a blood vessel, which gave way during the ordinary performance of his duties [fatality reported during the year but not classified as a reportable accident]

Parker, Eliu, 04 Feb 1886, aged 23, Banksman, Crushed between railway wagons

Podmore, Edward, 23 Sep 1882, aged 17, Dataler, Fall of roof whilst repairing the roadway

Pratt, Edward, 25 Aug 1877, aged 26, Sinker, A brick fell out of the tub whilst descending the shaft, and struck deceased

Read, George, 13 May 1897, aged 17, Horse driver, Deceased was taking dirt into a stall and instead of stopping as directed by the official he attempted to lower by hand from the tram down an inclined road. He was over powered, and being in front was crushed

Rowell, John, 03 Sep 1900, aged 34, Stallman, Fall of side. Deceased appears to have been cleaning up in front of a length of over-hanging coal, when it fell and crushed his head between the coal and a prop supporting the roof. No sprags had been set to the coal (Ryder coal)

Slack, Thomas, 24 Jan 1900, aged 40, Stallman, Fall of roof. Deceased appeared to have been setting a prop just prior to his leaving work for the day, when a piece of coal came off the face, and a heavy fall of roof with it (Seven feet coal)

Slaney, Joseph, 08 Apr 1892, 3 p.m., 7th hour of shift, aged 27, Collier, Fall of roof whilst at work getting down coal. The place was very faulty and had a bad roof

Smith, Richard, 20 Jun 1891, (accident: 19 Jun 1891, 8.50 a.m.), aged 21, Driver, Crushed by a train of full tubs. Horse drawing by loose gears having no control over the stopping of the train. Deceased was found in front of the full tubs supposed to have slipped off the gears. Died 20th June

Spooner, Samuel, 05 Oct 1887, aged 37, Stallman, Fall of coal while holing neglected to set sufficient holing sprags according to rule

Sweet, Joseph, 08 Feb 1905, aged 53, Holer, Fall of roof. Deceased and another man were driving a heading between two faults when a portion of the roof fell and fatally injured the deceased. The other man was injured (Ryder coal seam)

Tranter, Henry, 06 Aug 1897, aged 57, Dataller, Fall of roof. Whilst repairing the roof of a roadway a large piece of stone fell from a faulty part of the roof and fatally injured the deceased. He died upon reaching the surface

Treadwell, William, 05 Nov 1907, aged 53, Stallman, Fall of roof. He had holed the coal face at the top of the seam, but to work a boring machine he appears to have removed a prop set to support the roof, and shortly afterwards the roof fell and killed him (Ryder coal)

Wallbank, David, 08 Aug 1879, aged 13, Driver, Bind fell from the road side as the boy was driving past