Kirkby Colliery

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Bacon, Charles Age, 02 Apr 1903, (accident: 27 Mar 1903), aged 15, Horse-driver, Deceased stated that was taking his horse from the stable, the horse went up an old roadway and in turning the animal round it knocked him down and hurt him. He died on 2nd April from "lock-jaw" (Top hard coal seam)

Bonser, Charles, 13 Nov 1912, aged 39, Dayman, Deceased was preparing to wedge down some overhanging coal and clunch at the coal face when it came away prematurely and injured him so severely as to cause death within two hours. The piece which fell measured about 8 feet 6 inches by 2 feet by 2 feet 11 inches, and probably weighed a ton and a half

Bonsoll, Horace, 09 Jan 1904, aged 21, Loader, Fall of overhanging clunch which lay above the bed of coal, and between the top of the coal seam and the coal forming the roof of the working place (Top hard coal)

Brackner, Harry, 26 Oct 1915, aged 39, Dayman, Rolling large piece of coal towards tub when it struck a prop and knocked it out — roof fell striking his head

Cartledge, George, 16 Dec 1913, aged 44, Dayman, He was passing the side of a tram to help the loader get it into the stall when a slab of clod weighing 4 cwts. fell from the roof into the tram. His head projected over the side of the tram and his neck was broken against the edge of it. The clod fell between the bars and did not disturb the timber. The stallman examined the place an hour before and thought it safe

Chambers, Robert, 30 Jul 1908, aged 13, Horse-driver, A full tub was left standing on a roadway, and afterwards ran away and fatally injured deceased. A man was injured (Top Hard Coal seam)

Gibson, Frank, 03 Jan 1913, aged 16, Ganger, Deceased was riding on the shaft iron, contrary to the colliery regulations, along a level road. The shaft caught a prop and threw deceased off the crank and he was run over and killed by a tub of dirt

Gilman, George Morley, 27 Jan 1902, aged 29, Stallman, Fall of side. Deceased was working coal from under overhanging clod which was insufficiently spragged. The clod fell and killed him (Top hard coal)

Green, Joseph, 22 Jan 1915, aged 21, Haulage youth, Lowering empty tubs on gradient by lockers. He had left a tub secured by loaker. Dirt tubs ran down and hit back of empty tubs flinging dirt forward and he was struck on head by a piece. Died 1 hr later

Heat, John Thomas, 03 Nov 1919, aged 41, Stallman, Killed by a fall of 5 tons of clod which broke a bar as he was pushing in a tub

Hill, Henry, 25 Aug 1906, aged 38, Stallman, Fall of roof-coal. Deceased was getting down roof-coal in a heading, and after cutting one side and taking out a prop, he went under the coal when it fell upon him (Top hard coal)

Hind, Frank, 16 Aug 1900, aged 17, Horse driver, Deceased was bathing in a disused quarry, and was drowned [fatality reported during the year but not classified as a reportable accident]

Hopkinson, James, 22 Dec 1924, 12.0 noon, 6th hour of shift, aged 52, Stallman, Deceased was getting out coal in preparation for dropping the clod which he had supported on sprags, when some coal shelled off the face, knocked out the sprags and allowed the clod to fall on to him. He died a few minutes after being extricated

Jackson, Josiah, 06 May 1914, aged 33, Dataller, He was taking down a second ripping 18 in. thick and was found under a piece of bind weighing a ton, which had fallen from under the ripping. His ringer was found underneath him. Why he was under the ripping cannot be explained

Marriott, James Frederick, 20 Sep 1903, (accident: 05 Feb 1903), aged 16, Horse-driver, Deceased was in charge of a horse drawing one full tub, when the horse knocked him down and he fell under the moving tub. He died 20th September (Top hard coal seam)

Marsh, George, 19 Aug 1924, 12.35 p.m., 6th hour of shift, aged 14, Bank-boy, Deceased was in the act of picking out "bats" on a travelling screen consisting of round iron bars. He was sitting on the guard over the screen rollers and in reaching forward to get at a piece of "bats," he overbalanced himself and got his fingers fast between two of the iron bars of the screen which carried him over the end into the delivery chute before the screen could be stopped. His body was crushed between the guide plate across the chute and one of the L-iron scrapers (fixed at intervals on the screen), causing severe abdominal injuries from which he died the same evening

Martin, William James, 20 Nov 1914, (accident: 11 Jun 1914), aged 36, Stallman, Deceased was cutting down some clod to make room for a bar to support a slip to which he had just set a catch prop. He liberated the slip which allowed 2 cwts. of coal to fall upon his back causing injuries from which he died on 20th November, 1914

Matthews, John, 25 Jul 1910, (accident: 15 Apr 1910), aged 40, Loader, When working in the face a small stone fell from the roof and struck him between the shoulders. His injuries appeared to be slight at first, but he made no progress towards recovery, and eventually pneumonia supervened and he died on the 25th July. The doctors considered that his lungs were damaged by the fall

Moore, Frederick, 24 Mar 1895, (accident: 23 Mar 1895), aged 20, Labourer, Deceased was engaged in placing material on the cage at the pit bottom when the electric signal to the engineman was inadvertently given and the cage was started suddenly. causing deceased to fall out. He died next day

Moore, George, 07 May 1898, aged 31, Dayman, He died suddenly while leaving the colliery premises after doing a ways work. An inquest was held and a verdict of death from natural causes was returned [fatality reported during the year but not classified as a reportable accident]

Palethorpe, John, 25 Feb 1915, aged 52, Plane walker, There had been a smal fall on main haulage which he was removing when there was a further fall which killed him

Pickover, Anthony, 23 Oct 1905, (accident: 17 Jun 1905), aged 53, Stallman, Fall of clod from over the coal. Supposed to have been knocking a prop out with a hammer when a long length of clod fell and fatally injured him. He died 23rd October (Top hard coal seam)

Scothern, Thomas George, 28 Jun 1912, aged 36, Dayman, Deceased was filling coal close to some clunch that had been holed and spragged up. A bump caused a piece weighing about 150 lbs. to fall off the front without disturbing the sprags. His back was broken

Scott, Nathan, 02 Aug 1908, (accident: 31 Jul 1908), aged 15, Horse-driver, Deceased stood at the side of the roadway while his train was drawn forward, and as there was not sufficient room he was crushed between the tubs and a prop. Died 2nd August (Top Hard Coal seam)

Small, William Henry, 01 Jul 1911, aged 56, Onsetter, He was engaged in cleaning the sump boards at the shaft bottom when the cage was lowered on to him and fatally crushed him. All the evidence was to the effect that the cage had been under the control of the banksman, and therefore deceased should not have gone on to the sump boards. Half-an-hour had elapsed since the cage was rung up by the banksman, and under such circumstances a signal should have been exchanged with the bottom before the cage was lowered again

Spencer, Joseph Harold, 19 Jul 1889, aged 6, Child, Playing upon the branch railway leading from the colliery to a brickyard. The child had strayed upon the line [fatality reported during the year but not classified as a reportable accident]

Stevens, Robert, 24 Sep 1924, 1.0 a.m., 3rd hour of shift, aged 20, Ganger, Deceased was in the act of following his pony out along a gob-gate with a dirt tram, on which were two 9 ft. lengths of rails, when a fall of about 3 tons of small dirt occurred and he was completely buried. He was suffocated before he could be extricated and artificial respiration was tried by the deputy without avail. A bar was either run out or broken by the fall, and it is possible the rails on the tram caught the bar and knocked it out

Townsend, Leonard, 08 Jul 1910, aged 27, Dayman, Whilst he was loading coal in the face he was killed by a fall of roof from a cavity caused by a previous fall. The fall displaced two stretchers set across the cavity

White, William, 12 Jan 1909, aged 38, Dayman, Deceased was cutting roof coal down in the stall to make room for a bar, when the roof fell and fatally injured him. He died 12th January (Top Hard Coal seam)

Wilkinson, Samuel, 07 Aug 1902, aged 13, Horse-driver, Going down hill with a loaded tub and attempting to get in front of his horse he slipped on the rail and fell under the wheel of the tub. He died the same day (Top hard coal)

Wood, Walter, 12 Aug 1901, aged 32, Dayman, Fall of roof. Deceased was pulling coal from the face, when a portion of the roof fell and killed him (Top hard coal)