Middleton Colliery

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Ambler, John, 12 Jan 1825, aged 7, Thruster [More information ...]

Aston, T., 07 Feb 1901, aged 42, Hanger on, Pushed a tub into the shaft from mid inset, and fell with it to the bottom. He thought the cage was at the inset

Battye, Stephen, 31 Dec 1852, Falling down the shaft

Broadhead, Benjamin, 12 Jan 1825, aged 40, Collier, left a wife & 1 child [More information ...]

Burrows, J., 12 Jan 1897, (accident: 11 Jan 1897), aged 49, Labourer, Fell off a waggon coal washing sidings. Died 12th Jan

Butterfield, A., 17 Aug 1899, aged 46, Deputy, Whilst helping to repair underground haulage rope he was by some means caught by main driving pulley, and the rope wound over him

Butterfield, S., 01 Jun 1871, aged 40, Hurrier, Crushed by a corf

Butterfield, Thomas, 24 Jan 1854, Falling down the shfat

Butterfield, W., 27 Jan 1887, aged 60, Byeworker, Fall of roof

Caley, Thomas, 29 Jul 1861, Fall of roof in the mine

Cayling, Joseph, 05 Apr 1880, aged 25, Collier, Explosion of firedamp [More information ...]

Clark, Walter, 19 Dec 1907, aged 20, Collier, The seam in which this accident occurred is about 3 feet 1 inch in thickness and is made up of top coal, a thick middle dirt, and bottom coal. It is worked by first taking the top coal off for a distance of about 18 inches, then taking up the dirt, which is put in the goaf, and finally getting up the bottom coal. At the time of the accident the two deceased men were taking up and rolling the dirt into the goaf and it is probable in doing so they displaced a prop set under the middle of a steel rail bar and thus allowed the roof to fall at two slips, one of which was visible before the fall occurred. The dirt when being taken up comes off in long pieces and in order to get them rolled into the goaf the prop at the end of the bar next to the goaf had been taken out without one being set at the face end of bar in addition to middle prop. This was an error of judgment. The deputy was in the place a quarter of an hour before the accident occurred and the bar with only the prop in the middle of it and also the slip which was visible but said nothing about setting props at the ends of it. It is unfortunate he did not give instructions for additional props to be set, for, if he had done so, the probability is that the accident would not have occurred. He has since been removed from deputy's work [More information ...]

Clay, John, 03 May 1897, aged 46, Collier, Fall of roof

Coope, William, 15 Sep 1865, Falling down the shaft

Cowell, Leonard Osborn, 29 Oct 1919, aged 48, Collier, Engaged getting down top coal when the place collapsed and he was buried by fall of roof and killed instantly

Cromack, Samuel, 12 Jan 1825, aged 12, Thruster [More information ...]

Davis, James, 16 Jun 1914, aged 22, Packer, He was engaged with a ripper in removing dirt from a ripping shot. As he was walking across the gate end a piece of roof 13 feet 6 inches by 4 feet 6 inches by 10 inches fell and killed him. Although the timber at the gate-end was not set in accordance with the rules a deputy, who visited the place three times, did not order further timber to be set. Bars would probably have prevented the accident

Dawson, E., 04 Nov 1884, aged 20, Dayman, Fall of roof

Dixon, Joseph, 12 Jan 1825, aged 8, Thruster [More information ...]

Drury, James, 12 Jan 1825, aged 18, Hurrier, unmarried [More information ...]

Drury, Plenty, 05 Apr 1880, aged 47, Deputy, Explosion of firedamp [More information ...]

Foster, James, 12 Jan 1825, aged 10, Thruster, son of Richard [More information ...]

Foster, Richard, 12 Jan 1825, Collier, got out alive; since died, left a wife & 3 children, father of James [More information ...]

Garside, Emanuel, 02 Jul 1908, aged 58, Collier, When walking in-bye to his work a train of full dirt tubs drawn by a pony ran into him and fatally crushed him between them and the side of the road

Gould, W. W., 07 Aug 1867, aged 24, Banksman, Fell down pit

Green, George, 09 Jan 1862, Fall of roof in the mine

Grey, Richard, 06 Jan 1915, aged 38, Assistant hanger on, Pulling off empty tubs while full ones were being decked from opposite side of cage and when attempting to release cage started when second tub was projecting out of cage and caught covering wood bear pit bottom which caused cage to oscillate and collide

Haigh, Joseph, 12 Jan 1825, aged 40, Collier, left a wife & 1 child [More information ...]

Hall, James, 26 Apr 1909, aged 15, Pony driver, Fall of roof. He was pushing an empty set of tubs into the pass-by, when a stone fell on his head and killed him. The men who were ripping the road, told Hall that he could pass in safety. They made a mistake, for some of the stone at the edge of the ripping was loose

Hamilton, G. W., 18 May 1911, (accident: 10 Mar 1911), aged 27, Miner, He was taking an empty tub from the pass-bye to the coal face when he caught his back against the edge of the ripping. Blood poisoning set in, and he died on the 18th May. He was infringing the Special Rules by walking backwards in front of the tub

Hammill, Peter, 12 Jan 1825, aged 33, Collier, left a wife [More information ...]

Handforth, Sanderson, 12 Jan 1825, aged 18, Hurrier, unmarried [More information ...]

Heald, James, 12 Jan 1825, aged 10, Thruster [More information ...]

Heald, William, 12 Jan 1825, aged 18, Hurrier, unmarried [More information ...]

Hewitt, George, 12 Jan 1825, aged 8, Collier, got out alive but later died from his injuries [More information ...]

Hewitt, Samuel, 12 Jan 1825, aged 14, Collier, got out alive but later died from his injuries [More information ...]

Hinchcliffe, Arthur, 24 Jan 1907, aged 43, Labourer, He was employed gathering scattered coal under the screens, filling it into barrows and wheeling it across a railroad to a conveyor. The washer is about 50 yards above the place where he crossed the road and the gradient from it about 1 in 24. About 12 yards above where the deceased crossed three full wagons were standing with the brakes firmly pinned down ; one of them had been filled the night before and the other two that morning, and nineteen full wagons were standing below where he crossed. When he was in the act of crossing the three wagons ran down and he was crushed between the buffer of the first one and that of the last one of the nineteen wagons and fatally injured. It is probable that the cause of the wagons moving in the way they did was due to frosty weather. It had been a keen frost all the previous day and during the night, and the two wagons which were filled on the morning of the accident would be frozen and stiff ; the warm water contained in the coal from the washer had thawed and caused them to move away on the wet rails. In future wagons standing at this place under similar conditions will be secured by means of a chain

Keightley, A., 30 Oct 1896, aged 66, Byeworker, Fell through a hole in pit bank when repairs where in progress

Keightley, Tom, 10 May 1907, aged 16, Haulage Lad, It was his duty to watch the tubs, rope and pulleys at a slight curve in a haulage road in order that a signal might be given if anything was out of order. A bye-workman, who was laying rails in a cross gate out of the haulage road saw the deceased and spoke to him ; he noticed him walk in-bye looking at the pulleys in the ordinary way and about two minutes afterwards heard him shout. The rope was stopped as quickly as possible and the man went to the lad. He found him upon his side under the first of two full tubs and the tub had run into the road side. His lamp was lying upon its side three yards in front. The only explanation of the accident is that the lad caught his clog against a sleeper when walking by the side of the full tubs and stumbled in front. The haulage road was a good one being 11 feet wide and 6 feet 6 inches wide and the endless rope haulage speed was about two miles per hour

Kilburn, J., 04 Jan 1894, (accident: 03 Jan 1894), aged 37, Deputy, Fall of roof. Died 4th

Lang, Thomas, 13 Nov 1913, aged 40, Labourer, He was emptying a truck at the coal staith, through the bottom door, and he was crawling from underneath, when several trucks ran away and collided with the one next to his. This knocked his truck off the road and deceased was fatally crushed

Liversedge, Joshua, 12 Jan 1825, aged 45, Collier, left a wife & 10 children [More information ...]

Longbottom, E., 24 Feb 1874, aged 13, Run over by waggon at surface

Lumb, M., 01 Aug 1905, aged 68, Deputy, He was going his round of inspection and had nearly reached the top of a gate when a large piece of stone fell from the roof between two canches of ripping and killed him. The fall disclosed some fine weight breaks running across the gate in addition to a main break which could be seen running up the gate. The roof was a damp one and the lower seams were forked

Marsden, W., 23 Dec 1884, aged 54, Sinker, Fell from a scaffold in shaft

Moon, John, 07 Jan 1854, Crushed by a steam engine

Murray, John, 30 Dec 1901, aged 41, Labourer, When lowering wagons was crushed between a truck and a brick kiln bench

Nadin, H., 15 May 1874, aged 34, Sinker, Stone fell on him from side of shaft

Naylor, James, 18 Jun 1881, aged 17, Hurrier, Crushed by corves

Neal, J., 31 Jan 1900, aged 26, Collier, Fall of side

Normington, Luke, 12 Jan 1825, aged 27, Hurrier, left a wife lying in and 2 children [More information ...]

Norris, James, 07 May 1881, aged 14, Hurrier, Crushed by corves

Oddy, Herbert, 10 Feb 1909, aged 24, Miner, Fall of roof in a working place whilst Oddy was drawing sprags. The fall displaced other timber and was caused by an unexpected smooth parting and weaker strata than usual

Pennington, J., 30 Oct 1895, aged 18, Driver, While attaching corves to endless rope one of the corves ran over him

Proctor, John, 12 Jan 1825, aged 48, Collier, left a wife & 3 children [More information ...]

Ramsden, John, 12 Jan 1825, aged 21, Hurrier, unmarried [More information ...]

Ramsden, John, 21 Jan 1865, Falling down the shaft

Ramsden, Kalita, 12 Jan 1825, aged 11, Thruster [More information ...]

Ramsden, Samuel, 12 Jan 1825, aged 10, Hurrier [More information ...]

Rider, James, 17 Nov 1874, aged 13, Driver, Fall of roof

Roundhill, J., 24 Jul 1895, aged 34, Foreman

Rushforth, John, 19 Dec 1907, aged 37, Collier, The seam in which this accident occurred is about 3 feet 1 inch in thickness and is made up of top coal, a thick middle dirt, and bottom coal. It is worked by first taking the top coal off for a distance of about 18 inches, then taking up the dirt, which is put in the goaf, and finally getting up the bottom coal. At the time of the accident the two deceased men were taking up and rolling the dirt into the goaf and it is probable in doing so they displaced a prop set under the middle of a steel rail bar and thus allowed the roof to fall at two slips, one of which was visible before the fall occurred. The dirt when being taken up comes off in long pieces and in order to get them rolled into the goaf the prop at the end of the bar next to the goaf had been taken out without one being set at the face end of bar in addition to middle prop. This was an error of judgment. The deputy was in the place a quarter of an hour before the accident occurred and the bar with only the prop in the middle of it and also the slip which was visible but said nothing about setting props at the ends of it. It is unfortunate he did not give instructions for additional props to be set, for, if he had done so, the probability is that the accident would not have occurred. He has since been removed from deputy's work [More information ...]

Sharp, Robert, 05 Apr 1880, aged 25, Collier, Explosion of firedamp [More information ...]

Swithenbank, Joseph, 20 Sep 1913, aged 17, Byeworkman, Whilst engaged in widening the pit porch deceased heard a runaway on an incline and when making his way to the pit bottom, he was caught and fatally injured by a full tub. The runaway was caused by the four persons who had charge of it loosing control

Tissington, Charles, 09 Mar 1880, aged 15, Driver, Crushed by corves

Townsend, William, 14 Dec 1867, aged 28, Banksman, Struck by cage

Unknown, -, 01 Nov 1892, On the 1st November, a woman was run over by waggons and killed on the railway, between the Middleton Colliery and Leeds [fatality reported during the year but not classified as a reportable accident]

Wood, Benjamin, jun., 12 Jan 1825, aged 12, Thruster [More information ...]

Wood, Benjamin, Sen., 12 Jan 1825, aged 42, Collier, left a wife & 3 children [More information ...]

Wood, Firth, 22 Feb 1906, aged 37, Collier, When driving a narrow road, skirting the edge of an old goaf, a fall of roof occurred, from two unforeseen slips, at right angles to each other, and killed him

Wood, James, 12 Jan 1825, aged 22, Hurrier, left a wife lying in [More information ...]

Wood, William, 12 Jan 1825, aged 34, Collier, left a wife pregnant & 1 child [More information ...]

Woodhead, Samuel, 05 Dec 1906, aged 43, Collier, He was casting some coal for his mate to fill into a tub when a piece of stone from the roof, measuring 10 feet 6 inches long by 3 feet 6 inches wide by 13 inches thick, suddenly fell upon and killed him. There were slips at both ends of the stone which could not be seen before it fell, a break over the coal face, and another parallel to it within the distance at which the timber was set, as well as smooth parting above the stone, and, therefore, as soon as the coal was taken from under the stone, fell without the slightest warning

Wormald, Joseph, 05 Apr 1880, aged 36, Hanger-on, Explosion of firedamp [More information ...]

Worth, William, 07 Feb 1912, (accident: 29 Dec 1911), aged 36, Byeworkman, Deceased was withdrawing timber from underneath a back ripping prior to getting down the stone. He had withdrawn the first prop under the ripping edge and was proceeding to draw a second prop 4 feet away. Whilst knocking out this prop, the ripping, for a length of 15 feet, width 8 feet, and thickness of 1 foot, came down and partially buried him. The stone drew out a third prop in falling. He died on 7th February, 1912, from his injuries

Wright, George, 12 Jan 1825, aged 27, Collier, left a wife & 3 children [More information ...]