Morrison Colliery

Bell, Michael, 29 Apr 1905, aged 17, Pony Putter, Fall of coal. Skull fractured and neck broken; also left leg fractured. He was filling some lying coal in a place where a headways lift had been taken out in main coal, the timber drawn, and the overlying Five Quarter Seam pierced or broken up. He had reached in under the lip to lift some coals when a quantity of Five Quarter coal burst in upon him without warning, Buried: St. Andrew's Churchyard, Stanley

Bulmer, Frederick, 04 Dec 1918, aged 15, Driver, he was killed through being crushed between his tub and the roof

Cassidy, M., 13 Dec 1917, aged 28, Buried: St. Joseph's (Roman Catholic) Churchyard, Stanley

Close, James, 06 Apr 1905, aged 49, Hewer, died of heart failure; no inquest held [fatality reported during the year but not classified as a reportable accident]

Coxon, William, 13 Dec 1913, (accident: 09 May 1913), aged 37, Hewer, it was alleged that death had been accelerated by injuries received by Coxon on May 9th, 1913, when his eye was struck by a piece of coal

Dawson, George Thomas, 05 Oct 1951, aged 35, he was killed outright by a large slab of rock which had fallen from the roof, he was working alone in the seam [Inquest 08 Oct 1951]

Garbutt, W., 01 Apr 1920, aged 56, Hewer, killed by a fall of stone

Gladders, J. J., 1917, [details unknown]

Hodgson, Robert, 27 Dec 1905, aged 56, Stoneman, died from heart failure when walking out-bye; no inquest held [fatality reported during the year but not classified as a reportable accident]

Johnson, Thomas, 04 Apr 1898, aged 57, Hewer, This case was only brought to my notice today. He is alleged to have received a strain down the pit in August of last year, and to have died from the effects of same on December 2nd. but the doctor gave a certificate that he died from natural causes, and no inquest was held.

Longstaffe, Matthew, 19 Oct 1919, (accident: 15 Jan 1919), aged 17, Driver, died through injuries received to his head by falling in front of some tubs

Lowery, John George, 11 Sep 1908, aged 37, Hewer, He was hewing in a split wall in the main coal seam which is worked under the goaf of the five quarter seam and separated from it by a band of only 9 inches thick. Apparently, as he was working the place began to weight and he, in trying to save his gear, stayed in it too long; the roof fell in and he was smothered beneath. The timber was set quite close

Maddison, Arthur Hewitt, 22 Jan 1904, aged 22, Stoneman, a fall of stone from roof of main rolleyway at a place where he was dressing side stone back occurred and killed him; the stone was 9 ft. by 6 ft. and began at a feather edge and thickened to a foot where it came off at a slip, and the top was very slippery, Buried: Harelaw Cemetery (old)

Newton, William, 11 Aug 1871, aged 11, Pick Carrier, fell from heapstead

Norton, William, 21 Oct 1914, aged 18, Driver, deceased was engaged in driving sets of six tubs between the flat and the landing; the road had a varying gradient requiring the use of drags in the wheels of loaded sets; on this account riding on the limbers was prohibited; deceased, however, did ride, and when the pony crossed out at a headways end it was thrown down on its side; the limbers were tilted into a vertical position, and the upper side of the bow caught deceased in the neck and pressed so hard against the tub end that his neck was dislocated

Pattinson, John William Toward, 27 Nov 1896, aged 32, Locomotive Fireman, Crushed between two trucks; he was attempting to pass between a truck standing in a siding and those of his set, which were in motion, but there was not room and he was crushed to death, Buried: St. Thomas Churchyard, Stanley Crook

Pearson, John, 09 Dec 1874, aged 58, Hewer, fall of coal, Chester Ward Coroner's Inquest, place: South Moor, cause: fall of coal in Morrison Pit (DRO Ref: COR/C/2/167)

Redfearn, Stanley, 27 Oct 1958, aged 52, Deputy, he collapsed and died in the North Pit, death was due to heart failure, chronic bronchitis and influenza and extensive lung fibrosis

Scanlon, Peter, 12 Apr 1906, (accident: 02 Apr 1906), aged 45, Hewer, He was engaged firing a shot when it exploded more quickly than he had expected. His face, arms and legs were burned, and he died ten days afterwards. [More information ...]

Speed, George, 10 Jun 1913, aged 50, Shifter, deceased was engaged in enlarging a return airway, so that brick side walls could be built; he was dressing down the coal when a piece of stone, some 50 lbs. in weight, fell from a height of 2 feet above his head; it came off at a slip

Tarr, Frederick, 23 Apr 1914, aged 58, Hewer, Deceased was hewing alone in a seam 11 feet thick, and was taking off a lift leaving a rail of coal 4 feet wide next the goaf. The putter left him apparently quite safe, but on returning in five minutes found the whole place had closed, burying deceased. It was evident that he had warning, as he had collected all his gear. Had he not spent time in doing so he would probably have got clear.

Wanless, James, 02 Jul 1914, aged 20, Pony Putter, Deceased was found dead, with his legs under the fore end of a full tub. His skull was fractured, and it is supposed that he slipped and fell, his head striking a prop at the side of the road.