Monk Bretton Colliery

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Allport, George, 11 Apr 1911, aged 34, Collier, Whilst in the act of breaking a stone which had fallen from the roof, he was caught by a fall of roof, 10 feet square and 16 inches thick. Two props were displaced by the fall

Armstrong, J., 05 May 1881, (accident: 28 Apr 1881), aged 30, Filler, Fall of coal ; died 5th May

Armstrong, J., 26 Jul 1895, aged 20, Filler, Crushed by corf which was being lowered down incline by a chain

Ashurst, Richard, 02 Dec 1909, (accident: 26 Nov 1909), aged 56, Miner, He was setting a prop when a "bump" knocked it against him, breaking his ribs. He died on 2nd December

Bailey, Charles William, 09 Oct 1908, aged 15, Wagon Trimmer, Three empty wagons and one full one were standing on siding which is level at that point. Another full wagon was lowered gently from under the screens and bumped the standing wagons forward a few yards. A few minutes afterwards Bailey was found on the ground very seriously injured. It was thought at first that he had been on the top of the standing full wagons and that the bump had thrown him off, but the injuries disclosed by a post-mortem examination, viz.:— serious laceration of the liver and one lung, pointed to the conclusion that he was crushed between the buffers of the standing wagons. The usual signal that wagons were about to be lowered was given before the full wagon was lowered from under the screens

Bingham, J., 14 Aug 1900, aged 34, Filler, Chain broke on engine plane and he was knocked down by tubs

Birkinshaw, M., 16 Sep 1881, aged 38, Collier, Fall of coal

Blackman, S., 15 Jul 1887, aged 45, Collier, Fall of roof

Boardman, J., 14 Feb 1898, aged 15, Driver, Run over by corves on engine plane

Brittain, J., 29 Apr 1901, (accident: 14 Apr 1901), aged 36, Packer, Died 29th April. Fall of roof in a roadway. Cause — a slip

Broadhurst, E., 22 Nov 1873, aged 26, Collier, Fall of coal

Bullock, John, 30 Sep 1914, aged 29, Haulage hand, He was detaching a rope from the front end of a train of tubs travelling at the rate of 7 or 8 miles an hour when nearing the shaft bottom. The first tub lost its back pair of wheels and the tubs got off the way, deceased being thrown into the tubs. When the tubs came to rest some yards further on he was found dead between the second and third. No person ought to be allowed to detach the rope from a train travelling at such a speed

Burke, Frederick, 05 May 1908, aged 36, Trammer, A collier drew a sprag under some holed coal, and tried to wedge the coal down. Having failed to do this, he again began to hole without re-setting the sprag ; and when doing so it suddenly fell from the face and buried him and the deceased, who was 4 ft. away removing loose coal. Burke died within an hour, and the collier was seriously injured

Burns, P., 27 Feb 1868, aged 60, Sinker, Hit by a piece of wood which fell down the shaft [More information ...]

Butterwood, Charles, 06 Nov 1905, aged 58, Night-banksman, One of the cages came to the pit bank level with a tram in the top deck, a tub in the middle and another tram in the bottom deck ; he took the tub out of the middle deck and then signalled for the cage to be raised so that the low deck was level with the flat sheets ; he got into it, contrary to the special rules, and the cage was then lowered to the low landing or ground level 24 feet below in order that the trams might be taken out of the cage there. He had not got sufficiently far into the cage and was caught between the cage and the baulk carrying the fallers and fatally injured. He should have gone down some steps to the lower level

Carty, James, 02 Jan 1908, (accident: 04 Dec 1907), aged 53, Miner, On December 4th, 1907, he was drawing back timber and had capped a prop ; he was knocking it out with a hammer when a fall of roof occurred and pinned him against a prop, fracturing his spine. If the "dog and chain" had been used the accident in all probability would have been prevented

Chaplin, J., 22 Jun 1891, aged 40, Collier, Fall of stone

Cooper, J., 19 Apr 1893, aged 46, Byeworker, Injured by tubs

Cooper, William, 15 Feb 1907, aged 68, Bye-workman, He was engaged enlarging refuge holes on an engine plane, and in one there was a slab of stone in the roof which he had attempted to get down, by wedging and his pick, several times without success. He then told the driver to bring him a bar from a landing about 700 yards away. Before the driver returned he was found under the stone which had fallen, quite dead. His hammer was also lying under the stone in such a position as suggested that he had been hitting the stone at the back of the hole in order to break it. There was a slip at one side which he would see before the stone fell. He was evidently tempted while waiting for the bar to use the hammer and was deceived by the stone falling sooner than he expected

Copley, William Henry, 23 Feb 1914, aged 15, Pony Driver, He was found lying unconscious between his pony and a tub. He was in no way injured by the tub and there had been no fall of ground. He was probably hanging the pony on to the tub, the chain having become unloosed, and was kicked by the pony

Crabtree, James, 15 Jul 1901, aged 46, Miner, killed by a fall of roof, address: 39, Waltham Street, Barnsley

Crookes, George, 01 Dec 1902, aged 52, Collier, Fall of coal from working face ; only one short sprag had been set instead of two long ones

Dewsnap, George Henry, Apr 1914, (accident: 16 Mar 1914), aged 17, Trammer, He was filling dirt into a tub which was standing on a road dipping 1 in 6. The tub was half full and had two lockers in. Deceased wanted to lower the tub a little and, not being able to push it, when in front of it took out the front wheel locker. The tub ran away and deceased was crushed against a prop. He died from his injuries a month later

Dougherty, Arthur, 20 Nov 1913, aged 29, Trammer, He was lowering three empty tubs down a gradient of 1 in 8, he being in front. There were two lockers in the wheels but he was overcome and his skull was fractured between the tubs he was lowering and a set in front. The accident was the outcome of a direct contravention of General Regulation 26

Dyson, T., 11 Aug 1896, aged 20, Filler, Fall of roof

Edson, C., 13 Mar 1883, aged 30, Collier, Fall of roof

Fearn, William, 07 Mar 1879, (accident: 01 Nov 1878), aged 25, Fall of roof. Accident 1st Nov

Finn, M., 30 Nov 1888, aged 30, Collier, Crushed by corves

Fletcher, H., 19 Feb 1897, aged 30, Filler, Fall of side

Fowler, T., 30 Dec 1882, aged 25, Collier, Fall of roof

Glover, Thomas, 17 Apr 1870, aged 34, Sinker, Fell out of trunk while descending shaft

Granger, James, 03 Oct 1943, (accident: 28 Sep 1943), aged 19, Haulage hand, the chair plummeted to bottom of shaft; another 7 miners were injured in that incident with broken legs but he was the only one to die

Guest, Charles, 10 May 1919, aged 34, Miner, Getting down soft tops when there was a large fall which buried him

Harrison, A., 06 Apr 1877, aged 35, Collier, Fall of coal

Heath, William, 10 Jun 1909, (accident: 08 Jun 1909), aged 56, Collier, When helping to twist a tub on a flat sheet near the coal face he was crushed between the tub and the corner of a chock. He died on the 10th instant

Hey, W., 05 Feb 1884, aged 30, Collier, Fall of coal

Hodge, William, 08 Jul 1880, aged 36, Collier, Fall of roof

Hunt, Edwin, 01 Mar 1904, aged 14, Driver, He left the landing with his pony and a set of five full tubs to go about 100 yards to the engine plane. After going about 25 yards the tubs were heard to stop suddenly, and on two other boys going to see what was wrong, they found him between the side and the second tub quite dead. The pony was attached to the tubs, which were on the rails. There was no obstruction on the rails and the road was a good one

Hutchinson, R., 07 Mar 1877, aged 16, Driver, Crushed by corves

Jenkinson, John, 25 Mar 1909, aged 18, Pony driver, Found dead between a pony and a tub. It is probable he went in front of the tub to remove an obstruction, and became entangled in the trace chains. The pony being startled kicked Jenkinson with fatal results

Jewitt, William, 29 Jul 1904, aged 55, Collier, He was travelling out-bye on the engine plane where the empty tubs pull the rope in-bye. He knew the tubs were coming, but did not get into a refuge hole in time, and was caught and so severely injured that he died within a few hours

Kirk, Edwin, 24 Jul 1915, aged 37, Byeworker contractor, Withdrawing bar on haulage road and was struck by resulting fall

Kirk, W., 18 Jul 1872, aged 35, Collier, Fall of coal

Lawson, B., 26 Jan 1888, aged 30, Collier, Fall of roof

Leonard, Price, 21 Dec 1910, aged 45, Dataller, He went into the goaf for some purpose and was killed by a heavy fall of roof coal

Linacre, Garnet, 10 Oct 1904, aged 14, Scale Picker, No one saw the accident occur, but it appears probable that he was getting into a waggon when it was in motion, and that he fell and his head came in contact with the top of the backend of the waggon, causing fatal injuries

Lockwood, Herbert, 01 Dec 1905, aged 34, Collier, He was hewing in the Barnsley Seam and had the dirt spragged up for a length of 6 ft. by 2 ft. wide, and in working the coal away underneath this dirt exposed a slip which could be seen before, and the dirt and some coal fell and displaced the timber. He was caught by the fall and fatally crushed between it and a tub which was being filled at the time

Logan, W., 23 Feb 1888, (accident: 21 Feb 1888), aged 15, Driver, Kicked by horse ; died 23rd February

Lunn, James, 07 Nov 1883, aged 18, Driver, Run over by corves

Mitchell, A., 20 Aug 1894, (accident: 13 Aug 1894), aged 38, Collier, Fall of coal. Died 20th

Molyneux, J., 06 Apr 1892, (accident: 19 Feb 1892, 1 p.m., 7th hour of shift), aged 45, Collier, Fall of coal ; died 6th April

Moody, J., 07 Jul 1884, aged 25, Collier, Fall of roof

Moran, T., 24 Jul 1889, aged 37, Collier, Fall of side

Morgan, Edward, 23 Feb 1909, aged 38, Filler, Fall of roof. When filling coal, a small piece fell from the roof upon his head, and knocked him down. His forehead struck a sharp piece of coal lying on the floor, and he was fatally injured

Morgan, James, 29 Nov 1871, Collier, Fall of coal

Musson, Harry, 19 Nov 1909, aged 20, Filler, Fall of roof. The deceased was sitting in a main haulage road when a bar broke, and a heavy fall of roof followed and he was buried

Needham, H., 11 Jul 1887, (accident: 08 Jun 1887), aged 41, Collier, Corf fell on his leg. Died 11th July

Norburn, Robert William, 03 Dec 1908, aged 15, Pony Driver, He had been to the face to see whether the colliers had any tubs filled, and was returning along the gate road to bring his pony, when a heavy weight bump occurred, and caused a fall of roof which killed him instantly

Oliver, J., 27 Jun 1877, aged 33, Banksman, Crushed by cage in hoist between surface and pithill

O'Neil, J., 11 Dec 1899, (accident: 29 Aug 1899), aged 28, Filler, Fall of side. Died 11th December

Osborne, E., 16 Apr 1898, aged 63, Shunter, When moving waggons under the screens he was crushed between an axle bar and an upright

Philips, W., 09 Jun 1892, (accident: 31 May 1892, 2 p.m., 8th hour of shift), aged 33, Collier, Piece of coal burst off the side ; died 9th June

Poole, Oliver, 06 Sep 1904, aged 41, Collier, He was lowering some full tubs down a gateway and directly he removed the sprag the tubs got the better of him, and crushed him against two empty tubs standing 4 or 5 feet below them, inflicting fatal iniuries

Popple, Joseph, 04 Jul 1879, aged 25, Filler, Fall of roof coal

Quinn, G., 27 May 1895, aged 50, Collier, Fall of roof

Reilly, John, 04 Jan 1911, aged 31, Dataller, He was taking out full tubs and went on ahead to see that the switches were right. He was in front of the tub, and probably slipped, and was run over and killed

Robinson, S., 26 Nov 1885, (accident: 21 Oct 1885), Filler, Fall of coal. Died 26th Nov

Ryan, R., 21 May 1890, aged 40, Filler, Caught by tubs

Shaw, A., 30 Nov 1899, aged 29, Deputy, Fall of roof

Sheldon, J., 21 Sep 1883, aged 14, Driver, Run over by corves

Shepherd, G., 09 Feb 1893, (accident: 08 Feb 1893), aged 20, Trammer, Injured by tubs. Died 9th

Silcock, Charles, 13 Feb 1878, aged 28, Filler, Fall of coal

Singleton, W., 22 Jun 1901, aged 25, Incline man, Made a mistake in the manipulation of the tubs on an incline and was fatally crushed

Smith, H., 18 Jun 1885, aged 14, Coupler on, Knocked into sump by full corves

Smith, J., 22 Nov 1894, aged 22, Driver, Crushed by tubs

Smith, T., 25 Jul 1888, aged 40, Collier, Fall of coal

Steward, T., 16 Feb 1877, aged 40, Collier, Fall of roof [More information ...]

Venables, W., 11 Jan 1895, (accident: 08 Jan 1895), aged 59, Collier, Run over by train on sidings. Died 11th Jan

Vine, F., 14 Dec 1887, aged 20, Driver, Crushed by corf

Wadmoor, J., 09 Jun 1898, aged 50, Byeworkman, Fall of roof

Wallace, H., 19 Mar 1895, aged 15, Driver, Crushed between corves on engine plane

West, W., 10 Jun 1897, aged 39, Collier, Fall of roof

Whiteley, R., 21 Sep 1889, aged 60, Pulley greaser, Crushed by corves

Wilson, G., 16 Feb 1877, aged 24, Collier, Fall of roof [More information ...]

Wornes, Robert, 25 Jul 1906, (accident: 20 Jul 1906), aged 51, Collier, On going into his working place he found about 2 tubs of stone had fallen in the gate way, and he was clearing this away when a stone fell from two slips on to his shoulders. Died July 25th

Wright, -, Apr 1897, (accident: Jun 1896), Collier, A collier, named Wright, died in April from injuries which it was stated he had received in June the previous year at Monk Bretton Colliery [fatality reported during the year but not classified as a reportable accident]

Wright, Henry Smith, 25 Jan 1908, aged 15, Driver, He was bringing two full tubs inbye and either the tubs or horse disturbed a bar and dislodged the covering wood above and about half a ton of shale fell from the roof. The stone fell on the tubs, a piece of the covering wood hit him on the head, and, though he did not appear to be seriously injured at first, he died the same evening. He was riding on the shafts instead of being either behind the tubs or leading the horse as was ordered by the manager

Wyatt, M., 29 Jun 1893, (accident: 27 Mar 1893), aged 34, Filler, Coal burst from loose end. Died 29th June