Kelton (Iron Ore)

1914 - Abandoned

Cross, Francis, 31 Dec 1886, aged 16, Hooker On, fall of stone from roof ; while engaged coupling two bogeys together, a stone fell from the roof and struck him on the head, inflicting injuries from which he died in half and hour

Jackson, George Walker, 03 Mar 1905, aged 22, Miner, A nearly vertical vein of ore 18 inches wide in slate rock was being worked, and in order to make a roadway 18 inches of the country rock was removed on the left or hanging cheek in which a hole had been drilled and was charged and nearly stemmed when a mass of stone which it was intended to shoot down between the drill hole and the hanging cheek, measuring 5 feet by 1½ feet by 1½ feet, fell away without any warning from a concealed parting at the top and a visible parting at the side, and caught deceased. The place had been visited by an official during the shift and he thought it was safe, Buried: St. Mary's Churchyard, Ennerdale

Lancaster, William Henry, 05 Mar 1899, (accident: 21 Feb 1899), aged 45, Miner, This accident occurred in a soft ore working about five feet high. The place was apparently well timbered but a sudden weightening or settling displaced some of the wood, and Lancaster was caught by a falling head tree. Injuries considered slight at first, but he died on the 5th March [Inspection made & inquest attended]

Molloy, Mick, 22 Apr 1881, aged 52, Miner, killed by a fall of roof

Parsley, William, 13 Nov 1899, aged 15, Locomotive Fire Boy, The youth incautiously leaned out of the brake van, and his head came in contact with a hurry or shoot, erected in the pit siding [Inspection made & inquest attended]

Stevenson, Thomas, 20 Jun 1887, aged 18, Trailer, bogey running amain on incline striking deceased