Lonsdale (Iron Ore)

1908 - Abandoned

Birkett, George Thomas, 18 Jun 1916, aged 40

Clegg, John, 07 Feb 1913, aged 28, Labourer, this place had recently been retimbered with the strongest larch obtainable ; a pack of old wood 3 feet thick, being built above the new larch; between this pack and the roof there was a cavity of 12 feet, and a mass of ore fell down from the side near the roof and crashed through the timber; Clegg was a trailer, working at this point ; Lightfoot, was passing at the time; if a wooden pillar had been built from the packing to the roof the accident would in all probability have been prevented, but both officials and workmen thought the place had been made secure [More information ...]

Crellin, Edward, 25 Jun 1905, (accident: 30 Oct 1903), aged 54, Miner, An old ladder about 16 feet long had been placed temporarily in a travelling way through a holing, which had just been completed, into an adjoining working, and while deceased was descending it for the first time he slipped and fell, probably from a point where a rung was missing, and was injured. He never resumed work and received full compensation up to the time of his death, although a medical certificate had been obtained that he was fit for light work. He was able to attend to a public house he kept and was twice in the Isle of Man on business after the accident. No inquest was held, the doctor having certified that death was due to natural causes

Dixon, George, 26 Sep 1916, Miners Labourer, crushed by a piece of ore (five or six cwts.)

Hocking, John, 28 Sep 1907, aged 35, Miner [More information ...]

Hopkins, Michael, 02 Nov 1906, aged 19, Miner's Labourer [More information ...]

Irving, John, 28 Sep 1907, aged 36, Miner [More information ...]

Lightfoot, James, 07 Feb 1913, aged 28, Labourer, this place had recently been retimbered with the strongest larch obtainable ; a pack of old wood 3 feet thick, being built above the new larch; between this pack and the roof there was a cavity of 12 feet, and a mass of ore fell down from the side near the roof and crashed through the timber; Clegg was a trailer, working at this point ; Lightfoot, was passing at the time; if a wooden pillar had been built from the packing to the roof the accident would in all probability have been prevented, but both officials and workmen thought the place had been made secure [More information ...]

Lithgow, Joseph, 16 Jan 1884, aged 46, Engineman, found deceased lying dead on the top of the pump, with part of his head under the bell crank

McQuire, Matthew, 28 Dec 1908, aged 62

Rudd, David, 31 Dec 1917, (accident: 28 Dec 1917), aged 33, Miner, he was at work on a ladder boring a hole with the object of letting down a large lump of metal; he came off the ladder to change his drill, and after returning up the ladder when the lump came away; it smashed the ladder and crushed his left arm and shoulder; the inquest jury returned the verdict the deceased died from internal haemorrhage caused by the accident, address: 11, Frizington Road. Frizington

Trevaskis, Matthew Henry, 05 Oct 1917, (accident: 31 Aug 1917), aged 51, Miner, caught by an explosion of a missed fire shot