Lindsay Colliery [LAN]

Ainscough, John, 23 Nov 1872, aged 13, Drawer, Fall of roof in 7 feet mine

Bennet, John, 07 May 1886, aged 46, Dataler, Inspection made. Deceased and another main were repairing an air road and replacing timber where required. He had put a middle prop under a broken bar but finding it too loose knocked it out with his hand when the bar and some loose stones fell on him. Before he was quite released another fall occurred and he was suffocated

Bowrey, Patrick, 28 May 1875, aged 49, Dataler, Crushed by tubs

Brown, Henry, 21 Nov 1882, aged 60, Labourer, Inquiries made. Deceased was going down some steps from the pit bank when he slipped and fell a distance of 12 feet on to his head

Causey, William, 28 May 1877, aged 27, Dataler, Fall of roof

Chadwick, James, 15 Sep 1899, aged 51, Dataller, Inspection made and inquest attended. They were engaged taking down roof in a main road for enlarging it, and after capping the timber the bottom ley fell, and as they were clearing away the fall at the lower side the roof above gave way to a slip, and fell upon them. The roadway was being made fourteen feet wide and six feet in height [More information ...]

Darbyshire, John, 24 Mar 1865, aged 17, Collier, Fall of roof in the Cannel mine

Davis, Abraham, 29 Feb 1872, Collier, Fall of roof

Derbyshire, James, 15 Sep 1899, aged 51, Dataller, Inspection made and inquest attended. They were engaged taking down roof in a main road for enlarging it, and after capping the timber the bottom ley fell, and as they were clearing away the fall at the lower side the roof above gave way to a slip, and fell upon them. The roadway was being made fourteen feet wide and six feet in height [More information ...]

Dickinson, John, 12 Jul 1928, aged 28, Fractured skull by fall of roof

Dixon, Joseph, 19 Mar 1902, aged 62, Dataller, Inspection made and inquest attended. He was engaged throwing dirt from the face to the pack wall, when a stone fell upon him from a slip in the roof, capping two props; and fatally injuring him

Forshaw, Thomas, 10 Oct 1868, aged 13, Door tenter, Crushed by boxes in the Arley mine

Grime, William, 17 Jul 1875, aged 28, Braksman, Run over by waggons

Hamson, W., 09 Jun 1885, aged 50, Dataler, Died suddenly in the pit

Harmer, Joseph, 07 Mar 1878, aged 60, Dataler, Deceased, with 50 other men, was riding up an incline to his work, when the rope broke, and the tubs running back, he was crushed between two of them. The cause of the breakage was not discovered, the rope being in good order

Hathaway, James, 07 Jun 1916, aged 15, Haulage hand, Found unconscious with crushed head

Heaton, Matthew, 01 Apr 1925, aged 35, Killed by a fall of coal

Henry, Matthew, 11 May 1865, aged 21, Metalman, Fall of stone from the side of a tunnel which he was driving

Hilton, John, 23 Nov 1872, aged 13, Drawer, Fall of roof in 7 feet mine

Kennedy, P., 24 Nov 1866, aged 55, Drawer, Caught by a tub at the foot of gig brow in the Arley mine

Leyland, David, 09 Sep 1878, aged 47, Collier, Fall of roof when preparing to set props

Lilley, Robert, 24 Dec 1907, aged 35, Pumpman, He appeared to have knocked his head in getting into the cage in the shaft ; erisipelas afterwards set in, causing his death

Marsh, Charles, 28 Apr 1875, aged 49, Collier, Fall of roof

Mason, Samuel, 10 Sep 1877, aged 35, Dataler, Fall of roof

Matthews, Thomas, 07 Oct 1914, aged 21, Drawer, Deceased was working in a level along with a collier who was breaking away a fresh cut along the waste side of a pillar. About a foot of coal had been worked off, and a prop set under the new roof, when a sudden weighting caused the timber in the level to collapse, and deceased was completely buried under the resulting fall The fall displaced four or five bars and the supporting props, none of which were broken

Molyneaux, Jonathan, 29 Jun 1869, aged 14, Collier, Crushed between coal tubs below ground

Naylor, George, 09 Jun 1915, aged 60, Dataller, Killed instantly by fall of roof

Ramsdale, Solomon, 09 Apr 1907, aged 29, Fireman, Deceased was examining the shaft near where they had made a new mouthing, when a portion of the walling of the shaft gave way and fell, fatally injuring deceased

Regan, Patrick, 21 Dec 1868, aged 22, Collier, Fall of roof

Rogers, Roger Thomas, 11 Jan 1871, aged 33, Collier, Fall of roof

Rowe, James, 06 Jan 1871, aged 45, Collier, Fall of roof

Seddon, John, 09 Aug 1928, aged 51, Dataller, Killed by a fall of roof [More information ...]

Topping, Thomas, 30 Jun 1865, Hooker-on, The cage had to be stopped at a mouthing a few yards from the bottom when he got out by mistake

Westwood, Samuel, 26 Sep 1860, aged 35, Sinker, The breaking of a chain while ascending a sinking pit [More information ...]