Lingard Lane Colliery

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Arrowsmith, Joseph, 30 Jul 1914, aged 18, Hooker-on, Deceased and two other persons were engaged on the night shift cleaning up and filling dirt into tubs in a haulage downbrow, where the gradient was 1 in 2. After a journey of full tubs had been hauled up the brow, the man in charge at the top proceeded to make arrangements for sending down seven empty tubs attached to the rope. As soon as he had pushed the journey on the top of the brow, the first five empty tubs ran amain down the brow and fatally injured deceased before he could reach a refuge hole. The tubs had evidently not been properly coupled together

Gosling, Robert, 13 Aug 1919, (accident: 25 Jul 1919), aged 54, Collier, Injured spine by fall of roof. Died 13th Aug

Hadfield, John, 28 Oct 1906, (accident: 18 Oct 1906), aged 29, Collier, Inquiry made and inquest attended. He was engaged barring a shunt with the fireman ; when a portion of the side fell striking him just above the left ankle. It was not considered serious at the time, but he succumbed to the effects of blood poisoning, October 28th, 1906

Hanratty, Frank, 01 May 1925, aged 25, Waggoner, Severe abdominal injuries — runaway tubs

Hanratty, Frederick, 01 May 1924, 7.0 p.m., 5th hour of shift, aged 25, Haulage Hand, The deceased was killed by two empty tubs running amain on a gradient of 1 in 5. He apparently went to the points to guide the empty set of nine tubs into the empty road, when the two first tubs became uncoupled and ran a distance of six yards and caught him. Arrangements will be made whereby the points can be actuated from a refuge hole

Harrison, John, 01 Sep 1911, aged 30, Taker-off, Two tubs caught at the meeting or passbye in jig and when Harrison was liberating them the jig-wheel prop gave way, allowing the tubs to run back. Harrison was killed on the spot by one of the tubs. The bottom of the jig-wheel prop had been sunk ten inches into a bench of fireclay, but this proved insufficient

Howe, James, 09 Feb 1901, (accident: 13 Jan 1901), aged 45, Hanger on, Inspection made and inquest attended. Deceased was riding on a water tub up the haulage brow, when he got fatally injured by being crushed under a girder which had got too low for a man to ride safely on a tub. He succumbed to the injuries received, 9th February, 1901

Marshland, Josiah, 01 Jul 1927, (accident: 26 Nov 1926), aged 49, Collier, Fractured leg by fall of stone 26th November 1926. Died from septicemia

Massland, Jesse, 01 Jul 1927, (accident: 26 Nov 1926), aged 49, Collier, Fall of stone - fractured leg. Died 1st July 1927

Potts, Daniel, 13 Jan 1904, aged 42, Collier, Fall of roof. Inspection made and inquest attended. He was engaged filling a tub of coal in the roadway, when a stone fell upon him, from a slip in the roof between the props, which were set each side of the roadway. The fireman had considered the place quite safe, having found (he thought) the roof strong previous to the accident

Ramsden, Mathew, 07 Dec 1905, aged 61, Daywageman, Inspection made and inquest attended. He appears to have gone down the jig against orders before they had finished jigging, where the dip was 1 in 2½, when he appears to have been thrown by the rope against the packwall, causing severe injuries to his head. He expired on the way to the Infirmary

Renshaw, William, 02 Mar 1895, (accident: 01 Mar 1895), aged 54, Contractor, Fall of roof at fault line while timbering in a tunnel. Died 2nd Mar

Snape, Roger, 13 May 1927, aged 40, Brakesman, Apparently fell from platform on to the railway siding

Whalley, Ambrose, 31 May 1913, aged 50, Dataller, Deceased was engaged building a waste pack, and was supposed to have been liberating the head of a prop, before withdrawing it, when a fall of roof occurred, inflicting injuries from which he died on the same day. The stone which fell measured 8 feet by 3 feet by 3 feet and came away from between two slips roughly parallel with the coal face