Linnyshaw Colliery

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Allen, J. W., 13 Dec 1870, aged 14, Pony driver, Crushed between one of his waggons and an air door

Archer, Isaac, 09 Feb 1870, aged 22, Miner, Roof coal falling in 7-ft mine

Atkinson, Simeon, 14 Nov 1866, aged 12, Taker-off, Run over by two waggons on a self-acting plane. The waggons being the front ones of the train had got off the rails and he and another boy without waiting for a man to arrive from the top of the plane put them on again without noticing they were uncoupled

Barlow, Mark, 15 Nov 1878, aged 40, Miner, Dirt falling from between two slips in a bay

Barlow, Thomas, 09 Aug 1920, aged 42, Collier, Killed by a fall of coal [More information ...]

Barnes, Hiram, 03 Aug 1886, aged 19, Gigger, In loosening his tubs which were off the rails in the gigbrow, some of the tubs became uncoupled and crushed him against the side. Accidental

Berry, Thomas, 28 Oct 1915, aged 20, Drawer, Killed by a fall of stone

Blower, William, 01 Sep 1910, aged 54, Collier, In roadway whilst repairing from a pronounced slip. Extra temporary support urgently needed (7 feet seam)

Brooks, Mark, 06 Mar 1885, aged 37, Fireman, Fatal fall of roof as he had just completed drawing the props in a finished bay in the Crumbouke Mine.

Buckley, James Thomas, 10 Feb 1921, aged 60, Coal miner, Killed by a fall of roof

Christy, John, 15 Sep 1874, aged 47, Coal miner, Roof falling at unseen slip in a wide space

Clynes, Patrick, 19 Apr 1886, aged 43, Miner, Fatal fall of roof after taking down clod in their working place and before they had been able to reset props. They had just before examined and considered it safe [More information ...]

Cooke, James, 27 Feb 1861, aged 20, Explosion of fire-damp in the Rams mIne [More information ...]

Cooke, William, 27 Feb 1861, aged 17, Explosion of fire-damp in the Rams mIne [More information ...]

Crompton, J., 26 Dec 1883, aged 22, Miner, Fall of roof from a slip

Crompton, William, 27 Feb 1861, aged 16, Explosion of fire-damp in the Rams mIne [More information ...]

Evans, Hiram, 09 Dec 1886, (accident: 06 Dec 1886), aged 23, Miner, Fatal fall of roof from between two slips where he was beginning a new bay. Died 9th.

Fairclough, Benjamin, 17 Jul 1917, aged 45, Collier, Killed by a fall of clod

Farnworth, J., 24 Feb 1860, (accident: 11 Feb 1860), Collier, Explosion of firedamp, died 24th [More information ...]

Greenhalgh, Luke, 31 Jan 1873, aged 29, Coal Miner, Botton coal in Seven Feet mine falling off side at a slip in his place. Died in the Manchester Infirmary

Harrison, Christopher, 02 Apr 1880, aged 29, Miner, Roof falling as he was setting a sprag at his face of work

Hayes, William, 23 Sep 1864, aged 15, Waggoner, Coal and earth falling from the side of the Bin mine

Higson, Walter, 19 Feb 1903, 11.30 a.m., 5th hour of shift, aged 52, Engineer, Whilst cleaning oil-hole in pedestal of driving shaft of screening machinery, standing on a ladder 12 feet from the ground, his neck scarf caught around the shaft, he was whirled round and choked

Hope, Peter, 27 Feb 1861, Fireman, Explosion of fire-damp in the Rams mIne [More information ...]

Houghton, Thomas, 11 Mar 1918, aged 51, Miner, Killed by a fall of stone

Knight, William, 27 Feb 1861, aged 19, Explosion of fire-damp in the Rams mIne [More information ...]

Latchford, John, 27 Feb 1861, aged 34, Fireman, Explosion of fire-damp in the Rams mIne [More information ...]

Marginson, George, 10 Mar 1899, 4 p.m., 10th hour of shift, aged 17, Taker off, Crushed by haulage rope and lashing chain, the latter having caught in a rail and pulled it up ; the lashing chains allowed to go round the power wheels contrary to orders given

Marsh, James, 16 Nov 1881, Lampman, Died on the pit bank from natural causes

Martinscroft, John, 20 May 1892, (accident: 13 May 1892, 1 p.m., 7th hour of shift), aged 22, Collier, Walking out along the endless rope haulage road, trying to pass between full and empty tub, stumbled, and was crushed between the tubs. Died 20th May

Mather, James, 20 Aug 1919, (accident: 25 Jul 1919), aged 72, Coal picker, Foot caught in belt of machinery. Died 20th Aug

Norton, Joseph, 03 Jun 1911, aged 45, Bricksetter, Whilst repairing brick lining or wall of shaft, about 60 yards from surface, some brickwork above collapsed, Norton was knocked off the scaffold into the shaft. Old shaft, single brick wall, decayed wood rings

Owen, Joseph, 18 Oct 1889, (accident: 08 Feb 1889), aged 61, Miner, Died today from what was considered a slight injury to the hand and arm by a small piece of coal falling the face where he was working on the 8th Feb. last. He came out of the pit and walked about after the occurrence. Inquest attended. Verdict accidental

Owen, Thomas, 11 Feb 1870, Explosion in Brassey mine [More information ...]

Partington, John, 18 Feb 1875, (accident: 10 Feb 1875), aged 50, Coal Miner, Roof falling. Died 18th

Roberts, Samuel, 11 Feb 1870, Explosion in Brassey mine [More information ...]

Rogers, Joseph, 31 May 1900, 4 p.m., 10th hour of shift, aged 48, Collier, A charge of amvis, 8 ounces, in a hole in the roof for a ripping shot, after several attempts to fire by electricity, was abandoned by the fireman as a missed shot. He saw deceased on his way to work in the place, and directed that a new hole be drilled 8 or 9 inches from the old one. The new one was started under 6 inches from the old one, and so directed that it entered the old one and passed along the old hole a foot, 2 or 3 inches into the explosive, when the drill struck the detonator, firing the charge. Rogers, who was under the roof and the hole, was so injured that he died the next morning (Brassey Mine)

Rushton, Edmund, 27 Feb 1861, aged 43, Explosion of fire-damp in the Rams mIne [More information ...]

Seddon, Parr, 11 Feb 1870, Explosion in Brassey mine [More information ...]

Smith, Isaac, 14 Mar 1903, (accident: 10 Mar 1903, 11.45 a.m., 5th hour of shift), aged 48, Collier, Fall of roof from pot-hole in working place, 7 feet 6 inches beyond last prop, rule requires props to be every 6 feet, it ought to be 4 feet. Died 14th March. (Bad roof.) (Brassey seam)

Sutcliffe, Benjamin, 09 Aug 1897, aged 19, Collier, Fall of roof in working place between slips known to be there. Insufficiently propped

Taylor, William, 01 Mar 1887, aged 55, Dayman, Fatal fall of roof from between two slips where he was repairing the waggon road

Thorp, Samuel, 04 Jan 1888, aged 24, Dayman, Fatal when heightening the road and replacing props

Tonge, Henry, 25 Oct 1878, aged 32, Miner, Coal, which he was taking down, falling from an unseen slip

Unknown, -, 13 Nov 1883, Vagrant, Found dead on the burning shale heap at Linnyshaw Colliery [fatality reported during the year but not classified as a reportable accident]

Walsh, Thomas, 24 Oct 1889, aged 32, Miner, Ankle broken by coal falling from the face as he was holing

Warne, Robert, 16 Nov 1894, aged 44, Collier, Fall from side in haulage road whilst setting bars. The side overhung and ought to have been pulled down

Whittaker, James, 16 Dec 1880, (accident: 13 Dec 1880), aged 70, Miner, Leg broken. Coal falling as he was about to wedge it down. Died 16th. It fell from a slip and a break where he was beginning at the high side of a level

Wilcock, Joseph, 27 Feb 1861, aged 15, Explosion of fire-damp in the Rams mIne [More information ...]

Wolstencroft, Thomas, 03 Oct 1873, Coal Miner, Coal and dirt falling from side for a pillar in the old works

Yates, Charles Henry, 25 Jun 1897, aged 36, Collier, Crushed by six tubs which ran away in self acting incline through coupling link breaking open at weld, started to run immediately, jigger removed catch at top of jig six ran away from ten others

Yates, Willoughby, 11 Aug 1894, (accident: 15 Apr 1894), aged 36, Collier, On August 11th, Willoughby Yates, 36, collier, died at the Royal Infirmary, Manchester. At the inquest held at Coroner's Court, Manchester, the following evidence was given :— Annie Yates said the deceased was her husband, a collier, worked down the pit, died on the 11th instant at the Royal Infirmary. He worked for the Bridgewater Trustees at Linnyshaw Pit. He was injured on or about the 15th of April, down the pit. He walked home by himself. He complained that he had been lifting a tub and hurt himself across the stomach. He did not blame anyone. He said James Owen was working with him at the time. It was a day or two before they got a doctor. If he worked after it was only a day or two. He began to be very bad in a few days, and a doctor was called in who attended him until the day he was taken to the infirmary, on Wednesday last week, August 8th. Dr. Martin recommended him to go to the infirmary. James Owen, stated : "Am a collier. I was working with deceased when he strained himself on the 18th of April. He was lifting a waggon of dirt over to empty it. It would be 9 cwt. He had often done it before. He called 'Oh ! Jim, come here I have hurt me.' I went to him, he said it had catched him across the bottom of his belly and his back. He tried to continue on at work and stopped about two hours. He played a few days, then worked three days and then no more." At this point the coroner observed that it seemed a clear case of accidental death. Fortunately a medical man from the infirmary now came and stated that he made an examination of Yates when admitted, found he was very ill, suffering from abdominal distension. He died on the morning of the 11th. A postmortem was made ; the intestines were found matted together from peritonitis — "signomflexure." A large cancerous growth causing stricture of the gut. The glands behind were all affected. All other organs were healthy. Cause of death was exhaustion. It would take at least several months for the cancerous growth. It would not be caused by a strain last April, though it probably might not have given pain until that moment when turning the tub, but in his opinion that did not affect it. The jury at once returned a verdict of death from natural causes [fatality reported during the year but not classified as a reportable accident]