Manton Colliery

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Finch, Heneage, 07 Jul 1914, aged 53, Pump Attendant, He was engaged with two others in cleaning out a drain pipe for a column of exhaust pipe in the pumping shaft when he was fatally scalded by a rush of steam. The pumps were standing at the time, but it was probable that one of the valves was a little open and allowed sufficient steam to get slowly into the cylinder to cause the pump to make a stroke

Gladwin, Albert, 20 Feb 1924, 3.15 a.m., 6th hour of shift, aged 42, Contractor-ripper, Deceased had left his ripping lip and had gone about 200 yards along the main haulage road to look for suitable short lengths of timber for his own use when a girder canted off a prop and released 7 tubs of dirt. The deputy heard the fall and coming along to investigate, found deceased under the fall quite dead

Hawksworth, John William, 30 May 1901, aged 34, Engineer, Deceased was bathing alone in a tank near the colliery and fell against some iron rails in the tank rendering him unconscious, and causing him to get drowned [fatality reported during the year but not classified as a reportable accident]

Janfrey, David, 26 Nov 1899, aged 35, Pit sinker, Deceased was taken ill in the mine, and died shortly after being conveyed to the surface. The Coroner's jury found that his death was due to natural causes [fatality reported during the year but not classified as a reportable accident]

Millington, James Henry, 24 Oct 1903, (accident: 23 Oct 1903), aged 38, Sinker, Deceased struck his pick into the detonator of a missed shot, which exploded and fatally injured him. He died the next day (Sinking shaft)

Savage, George Henry, 25 Jun 1915, aged 40, Stoneman contractor, Attempted to stop a runaway pony and he was run down and run over by a tub

Smith, William Henry, 27 Aug 1910, aged 38, Carpenter, Repairs were being made at the bottom of a working shaft, and it was necessary to partly uncover the sump for that purpose. The deceased, who was a skilled and careful workman, stepped across a hole 3 ft. 3 in. long and 1 ft. 7 in. wide to get a hammer and chisel. He was coming back when he was seen to disappear down the hole. He fell a distance of 47 feet and was drowned in the water at the bottom of the sump. The place was well lighted with electric light, and it is extraordinary that the deceased should have fallen through so small a hole

Taylor, William, 09 Feb 1915, aged 31, Stoneman, Widening No.2 pit bottom (upcast) and was cutting off side to make room for a brick wall when stone slab 6ft above him fell from side and killed him