Ireland Colliery

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Barksby, Issac, 05 Apr 1888, aged 19, Dataler, Fall of roof

Beresford, Arthur, 01 May 1914, aged 14, Driver, He was found under the front tub of his set of two full tubs ; the cotter was out and the pony had gone off the road by itself. There is an up-grade of 1 in 80 and a drag is stated to have been in position while the tubs were on the rails. It is not clear how the accident happened

Bolland, George, 06 Jun 1906, aged 57, Coke Loader, He fell down dead while at work on a stage near the coke ovens. The coroner's jury returned an open verdict. The widow sought compensation through the county court, when the judge referred the case to the medical referee, who reported that death was due entirely to natural causes, namely, by a sudden attack of "angina pectoris" [fatality reported during the year but not classified as a reportable accident]

Braine, William, 18 Feb 1910, aged 57, Stallman, He was cutting top coal down in the stall when the roof under which he was working fell and killed him

Clarke, John, 28 Mar 1897, (accident: 25 Mar 1897), aged 59, Dataller, Deceased was leading a horse drawing six full tubs on to the top of a self-acting incline roadway when the horse fell and caused deceased to be struck by the shafts. He died on the 28th

Cresswell, Ernest Smith, 19 Dec 1889, aged 12, Driver, Crushed between full trucks while crossing the branch railway to get into the workmen's train

Davies, Herbert, 14 Jun 1895, aged 60, Holer, Deceased was waiting at the pit bottom to ascend the shaft when he died from 'syncope'

Dawson, William, 19 Sep 1891, (accident: 04 May 1891, 9.0 a.m.), aged 35, Stallman, Fall of roof. Examining the roof when it fell upon him. Died 19th September

Dunn, Sylvanus, 19 Apr 1906, aged 57, Dataller, Fall of roof. Deceased was withdrawing timber from an abandoned stall by using a ringer-and-chain, and, when a large fall of roof occurred, he ran into a steel prop and broke his neck (Deep soft coal)

Gardner, John, 16 Sep 1885, aged 66, Dataler, Getting away from a train of empty tubs he stood upon the full road and was run over by a train of loaded tubs

Gibbon, George Albert, 15 Oct 1883, aged 14, Screen boy, Crushed by railway waggons under the screens

Haddock, Arthur Edward, 17 Feb 1913, aged 18, Pony Driver, Deceased was found dead between his pony and the first full tub of a tram in a train of two. The tubs had tipped up and caught him, breaking his neck

Hammonds, John, 25 Mar 1901, aged 53, Dataller, Deceased died from "blood poisoning," but as to how this originated there was no evidence to show [fatality reported during the year but not classified as a reportable accident]

Hardy, Joseph, 05 Mar 1905, aged 72, Pointsman, He was severely burned the previous day in his cabin at the level crossing of a branch railway ; supposed to have fallen asleep while smoking and set fire to his clothing [fatality reported during the year but not classified as a reportable accident]

Hay, John, 04 Feb 1908, aged 54, Stallman, Fall of coal. Deceased was commencing to undercut the coal-face when some coal fell off and killed him (Deep Soft Coal seam)

Hayes, George, 05 Nov 1890, aged 49, Coke burner, Crushed between two loaded coke waggons at the siding belonging to the coke ovens

Heywood, George, 24 May 1888, aged 26, Loader, Internal injuries sustained while lifting a piece of coal into a tub

Hill, Henry John, 23 Jul 1906, (accident: 05 Jul 1906), aged 57, Pumpman, Deceased was found inside the fencing of the machinery working a pump, and with his legs severely crushed between the spur wheels. He was supposed to have been attempting to oil one of the bearings. Died 23rd July (Deep soft coal)

Keene, Luke, 06 Dec 1910, aged 50, Ripper, He was trying to take a locker out of the wheels of a tub of dirt to which a pony was attached. The tub came off the rails and his head was crushed between it and a prop which was set about 1 foot from the road. The prop was set at about the centre of the gate end and there was ample room for deceased to have kept clear of it

Langley, Henry, 08 Jan 1902, aged 21, Labourer, Crushed between the buffers of two empty railway wagons while passing between them for the purpose of crossing over the line, and at the time a full wagon was being lowered into the empty wagons. He died the same day

Millthorpe, Wilfred, 14 Jun 1915, aged 16, Driver, Had just walked into stall to see if men were ready for empty tubs when there was a sudden bump and a fall which struck him

Platts, George, 16 Sep 1901, aged 49, Stallman, Deceased expired while leaving the mine in consequence of feeling unwell, and the coroner's jury returned a verdict "that the deceased died suddenly from failure of the heart's action" [fatality reported during the year but not classified as a reportable accident]

Tyler, John, 18 Feb 1888, aged 30, Loader, Coming down the stall in front of a full tub head crushed between prop lid and top of tub

Vickers, William, 09 Dec 1924, (accident: 30 Nov 1924, 2.15 a.m., 4th hour of shift), aged 53, Stallman, Deceased had retired down the heading in which he was employed and was taking shelter behind an upturned empty tram whilst a shot was being fired. At the moment the shot exploded a piece of bind fell from the roof where he sat and cut his forearm. The cut was at once dressed by the deputy who had fired the shot, and deceased was sent out of the pit and taken to hospital, where the wound received attention. It became septic, however, and he was again taken to hospital on 3rd December, but died of blood poisoning on 9th December, the arm having in the meantime been amputated in an endeavour to save his life

Wall, Samuel, 01 Dec 1881, aged 13, Screen boy, Assisting to remove railway waggons and was crushed between the buffers

Wheeler, Frederick Harry, 06 Oct 1912, (accident: 02 Sep 1912), aged 64, Loader, He was pushing a full tub of dirt up bank in a stall while another man pulled, the idea being to ease it off some loose dirt in the road. Unfortunately, the front locker dropped out and the tub ran down the incline of 1 in 10 and crushed him against a prop, fatally injuring him. He died on 6th October