Lofthouse Colliery

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Armitage, Frederick William, 21 Mar 1973, aged 41, Face Worker, Inrush of water from old workings [More information ...]

Barber, J., 16 Sep 1887, aged 43, Collier, Fall of roof

Barnaby, Colin, 21 Mar 1973, aged 36, Face Worker, Inrush of water from old workings [More information ...]

Bedford, J., 14 Oct 1891, aged 24, Collier, Fall of roof

Billingham, Frank, 21 Mar 1973, aged 48, Face Worker, Inrush of water from old workings [More information ...]

Brown, Sydney, 21 Mar 1973, aged 36, Face Worker, Inrush of water from old workings [More information ...]

Clay, H., 29 Apr 1899, (accident: 28 Apr 1899), aged 25, Collier, Fall of roof. Died 29th April

Cooper, G., 19 Sep 1898, aged 18, Driver, Fall of roof [More information ...]

Cotton, Charles, 21 Mar 1973, aged 49, Face Worker, Inrush of water from old workings [More information ...]

Dickinson, M., 19 Sep 1898, aged 57, Byeworkman, Fall of roof [More information ...]

Dixon, W., 23 Jan 1889, (accident: 10 Sep 1888), aged 37, Collier, Fall of roof ; died 23rd January 1889

Finnegan, Edward, 21 Mar 1973, aged 40, Deputy, Inrush of water from old workings [More information ...]

Haigh, Alan, 21 Mar 1973, aged 30, Face Worker, Inrush of water from old workings [More information ...]

Hampshire, Guy, 27 Oct 1906, (accident: 25 Oct 1906), aged 30, Collier, After a shot had been fired in a ripping, he and his mate were taking down the loose stone, and while doing so he noticed the stone move and so stepped back. A large stone fell and displaced a prop 7 feet in length, the end of which hit him on the head. Died on the 27th

Hargreaves, Joseph, 20 Feb 1884, aged 64, Byeworkman, Run over by timber tram on incline

Hartley, H., 12 Jun 1935, Miner, shaft accident

Hayes, H., 03 Jun 1885, aged 46, Byeworker, Fall of roof

Hodson, G., 28 Dec 1934, aged 34, Coalcutter, He had completed his cut — he detached compressed air pipe feeding his machine and within a few minutes there was an explosion of firedamp. Died in hospital 4 days later

Hudson, J., 20 Nov 1886, (accident: 19 Nov 1886), aged 19, Banksman, Crushed by cage. Died 20th Nov

Lawton, William, 25 May 1892, Miner, William Lawton died on the 25th May, and it was said he had strained himself when lifting a tub on to the rails, three or four weeks previously in Lofthouse Colliery. Nothing was known by the management of any injury, and he had continued to work for a fortnight afterwards [fatality reported during the year but not classified as a reportable accident]

Lee, R., 17 Dec 1894, aged 16, Byeworker, Struck by crab handle

Lockwood, J., 30 Oct 1903, aged 38, Labourer, It was the duty of Lockwood to take small trucks containing 1½ tons down a line with a gradient of 1 in 18. The trucks moved by their own gravity and were controlled with the brakes. The morning was wet and Lockwood was ordered to take only one truck at a time, but he foolishly took two and tried to control them by standing on the buffer of the last one and putting on the brake with his foot. The trucks overpowered him and collided with a train of wagons and he was killed

Mackerall, H., 18 Apr 1882, (accident: 12 Apr 1882), aged 35, Byeworker, Crushed by corf. Died 18th Apr

Nicholson, W. E., 24 May 1894, aged 43, Collier, Fall of roof

Overend, W., 15 Apr 1889, aged 13, Screener, Run over by waggons

Patewell, A., 29 Mar 1888, aged 19, Collier, Fall of roof

Pawson, James, 25 Aug 1908, aged 43, Collier, When working at the face a stone fell from between two slips which converged over the coal and killed him. One of the slips was visible before the fall occurred, and two props had, therefore, been set under the stone to support it, and at the time of the accident bottom coal was being cut to make room for props to be set under a bar

Pickersgill, John, 02 Jan 1902, aged 57, Miner, Fall of roof in a working place ; eight props thrown out. Cause — a sudden weight and a smooth parting

Priestley, S., 12 Aug 1898, aged 44, Collier, Fall of roof

Rhodes, Harry, 11 Mar 1904, aged 20, Bye-worker, When drawing timber a fall of stone occurred and killed him. He was not authorised to draw timber and should not have been doing such work

Scargill, James, 29 Feb 1908, (accident: 30 Jan 1908), aged 22, Pony Driver, He was putting a locker into the wheel of a tub when it was moving and his finger was accidentally trapped between the locker and the tub. The injury did not appear to be serious at the time though the finger was badly crushed and the skin broken. Blood poisoning of a malignant type supervened, and he died on February 29th

Shaw, Frank, 28 Sep 1911, aged 25, Sinker, He and five other men were working at the bottom of a sinking pit which had just reached the coal seam, when the wrought iron ventilation pipes, 76 yards in length, became detached, and fell to the bottom killing Shaw and seriously injuring one of his companions

Shuttleworth, W., 14 Jan 1887, (accident: 21 Sep 1886), aged 36, Stoneman, Fall of roof. Died 14th Jan 1887

Sidwell, Frederick, 12 Mar 1880, aged 14, Driver, Fall of roof

Simpson, G., 27 Aug 1900, aged 28, Carter, When crossing the sidings he went between standing waggons

Siswick, W., 25 Nov 1881, aged 54, Collier, Fall of roof

Smailes, J., 17 Nov 1903, aged 42, Collier, Fall of roof in a working place. Cause — a heavy bump and a slip

Speight, A., 27 Jul 1886, (accident: 20 Jul 1886), aged 28, Collier, Crushed by corves. Died 27th

Storey, C., 20 Mar 1890, (accident: 24 Feb 1890), aged 42, Enginedriver, Injured by locomotive. Died 20th Mar

Sugden, F., 10 May 1901, aged 14, Rope boy, Crushed between jig wheel and frame

Wales, John, 22 Apr 1907, aged 33, Collier, He was engaged filling a corf when a fall of roof from three slips, one of which could not be seen, took place and killed him

Wild, Albert, 18 Apr 1904, aged 17, Rope Haulage-boy, His work was to take sets of eight full tubs up an incline attached to an endless rope, and when about 120 yards from the top he heard some tubs running down and attempted to get into a refuge hole, but was caught by two empty tubs which had come down the incline owing to the stop block not being put in position, and killed

Wild, Herbert, 16 Dec 1914, aged 29, Collier, Whilst he was walking to his work a stone, 6 feet by 4 feet by 2 feet, weighing about a ton, fell and killed him. No timber was displaced. The work of supporting the roof and sides was in progress

Wilson, Benjamin, 07 Aug 1909, aged 62, Miner, The deceased was crushed whilst getting on to the bottom deck of a cage, of which the two decks are loaded simultaneously, when by mistake a signal to raise the cage was given from the top deck