Haunchwood Colliery

Current Status - Page under construction! and is far, far from complete!

Ashby, Dempster, 09 Jan 1855, Falling down the shaft

Bailey, Arthur, 18 Jan 1897, Pumpenigneman, Deceased died of "septic infection and exhaustion" and it was suggested that he had been injured at the mine. No inquest was held, and the doctor did not attribute his death to any injury received while following his employment [fatality reported during the year but not clas`sified as a reportable accident]

Bailey, William, 06 May 1893, aged 53, Labourer, Was knocked down by some trucks which were being shunted into the colliery sidings

Bates, George, 05 Feb 1885, aged 15, Trammer, Fall of roof. Sudden weight causing timbers to give way

Busby, John, 25 Dec 1889, aged 22, Collier, Little finger of his left hand crushed by a piece of coal died from erysipelas, the result of the wound on the finger

Clarke, Arthur, 06 Feb 1896, aged 17, Loader, Fall of side. He was injured by a fall of coal whilst cleaning up from under holing dirt from under coal which he had been holed for just over a week

Colston, John James, 08 Nov 1892, aged 37, Loader, Fall of roof. Deceased was getting down coal from the face when a piece of roof fell upon him

Cooper, Thomas, 26 Mar 1906, (accident: 27 Feb 1906), aged 48, Loader, Deceased received a slight injury in the mine on 27th February. The coroner's Jury found that he died of "pneumonia," probably brought on by his enforced idleness. Two doctors gave evidence that the death had no connection with the accident [fatality reported during the year but not classified as a reportable accident]

Corbet, N., 07 Jan 1857, aged 55, Miner, By falling down shaft, attempting to place a bottle in the skip, by climbing over fencing at pit top

Corfield, William, 12 Feb 1902, (accident: 11 Feb 1902), aged 27, Dayman, Fall of coal. Deceased was pulling coal from the face and was using a bar, when the coal behind him fell and fatally injured him. He died the next day (Slate coal)

Day, Joseph, 14 Feb 1889, aged 17, Driver, Fell off an empty train and was crushed against a full train in the pass-bye. Riding contrary to the rules of the mine

Finch, William, 23 Dec 1896, (accident: 12 Dec 1896), aged 31, Labourer, Crushed between two railway waggons. He was pushing at the buffers when other waggons came up behind and crushed him. He died 23rd Dec

Fowler, Ernest William, 06 Dec 1912, aged 23, Banksman

Hall, Henry, 05 Nov 1886, aged 50, Collier, Fall of coals whilst holing

Harris, John, 16 Feb 1950, aged 48, Killed by a fall of roof

Harrison, T., 30 Nov 1873, aged 18, Stoker, Rope broke whilst he was ascending the shaft during repairs [More information ...]

Hewitt, George, 27 May 1910, aged 32, Banksman, Deceased was barring an empty waggon down to the screens, when the loco pushed two other empties into it from the opposite direction. He was run over and died from shock on the same day

King, John, 20 Nov 1880, aged 32, Collier, Killed whilst holing coals, part of which were unsupported by sprags

King, William, 01 Nov 1898, aged 55, Deputy, Deceased was travelling along an endless rope engine plane when the tubs collided and caused some of the full tubs to run away. These caught the deceased and killed him

Moore, William, 23 Oct 1886, aged 45, Engine driver, Fell from a scaffold into the sump at the bottom of the shaft

Morris, William, 06 Feb 1856, aged 40, Fall of coal [More information ...]

Olner, Samuel, 26 Jun 1911, aged 38, Deputy, Deceased was caught by a runaway empty tub about 30 yards from the bottom of an incline on the main endless rope haulage road, and so severely injured that he died shortly afterwards. The tub had become unclipped in passing round the pulleys of a curve 100 yards higher up the road, and deceased, who had gone down the incline a few minutes before while the rope was standing, and was in a refuge hole talking to the bondsman, apparently stepped out into the road as the tub came down, with the result above stated. Deceased ought to have stopped the rope before re-commencing his journey to the bottom of the incline

Pickard, Samuel, 23 Mar 1898, (accident: 28 Feb 1898), aged 38, Dayman, Fall of roof coal. Deceased was pulling the sides from a coal heading when the roof coal broke through and fatally injured him. He died on 23rd March

Poulteney, Thomas, 15 Mar 1867, aged 56, Collier, Run over on incline. Chain breaking

Probers, John James, 03 Dec 1912, aged 36, Filler, This accident occurred in the Ryder seam, which has a thickness of 6 feet 9 inches, about 15 inches of which is propped up. Deceased and another filler, were engaged loading a tub that stood under a round bar with a prop fixed at each end, when a heavy bump took place, displacing the bar and two watch props and allowing roof to fall over an area 8 feet 5 inches by 7 feet 6 inches by 4 feet 3 inches. A fault slip was disclosed after the fall. The deceased was dead when taken out

Ratcliffe, William, 27 Jun 1881, aged 60, Holer, Coals fell upon deceased whilst holing them

Smith, William, 10 Jun 1903, aged 55, Labourer, He fell and died while at work on the pit bank. The doctor certified death to be due to "heart disease"

Worthers, Charles, 17 Sep 1867, aged 40, Collier, Fall of roof