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Almond, Joseph, 16 Jun 1899, aged 33, Drawer, Inspection made and inquest attended. There had been a weight across the longwall face, with part of roof coal fallen. They were taking a ribbing on the top side, and were getting loose coal off the face without sufficient timbering, when a fall of roof coal six feet in length fell upon deceased. At the inquiry systematic timbering was recommended. The jurors believed the deceased met his death through improper timbering

Ambler, Robert, 29 Nov 1897, (accident: 20 Jul 1897), aged 56, Collier, Inquest attended. While assisting his drawer to turn a tub of coal in his gateway he slipped and fell injuring his back. He succumbed to the injuries received on November 29, 1897

Anglesea, George, 13 Oct 1915, (accident: 12 Oct 1915), aged 16, Haulage hand, Clothes caught on pulley rope. Died 13th. Oct

Ashton, James, 05 May 1884, aged 47, Fireman, Inquest attended. Deceased fell down the shaft from the Pemberton 4-feet mouthing. The safety chain was off, in contravention of the Rules; but the evidence did not show whether that was the cause of his falling, or whether he fell in trying to remove the scaffold. There was a light at the mouthing, and deceased was familiar with the place

Ashurst, Josiah, 18 Aug 1882, aged 39, Collier, Inspection made and inquest attended. Fall of roof from a slip. The place appeared to have been insufficiently timbered although there was a supply in the place

Ashurst, William, 27 Jan 1892, 3 p.m., 9th hour of shift, aged 18, Taker off, Inquest attended. The deceased was engaged at the bottom of a jig, when an empty tub got loose from the coupling and ran back, crushing him to death. He was crushed at the entrance to a refuge place, which he had probably tried to escape to

Aspinall, Thomas, 14 May 1924, (accident: 09 Feb 1924, 7.0 a.m., 1st hour of shift), aged 23, Drawer, The deceased was said to have been slightly crushed about the body and ankle by a tub. The accident was not considered serious or reportable at the time, but he was subsequently removed to Wigan Infirmary, where he died on 14th May from Encephalitis Lethargica (sleepy sickness). Deceased was admitted to the infirmary suffering from terminal pneumonia and uremia, which was considered to be due to or accelerated by the injury of 9th February

Aspinall, William, 24 Apr 1904, (accident: 19 Apr 1904), aged 30, Drawer, Fall of roof. Inquiry made and inquest attended. He was working at the longwall face in the six feet mine, when a fall of top coal occurred at the face, capping a prop and fatally injuring deceased. He died on the 24th instant

Atherton, Edward, 12 Sep 1883, aged 35, Collier, Inspection made. The deceased was holing when a stone suddenly fell from over the face and from between three "slips." The place was well timbered and had just been examined by the fireman, who was in the place at the time

Atherton, Joseph, 16 Feb 1882, aged 20, Drawer, Inquest attended. Fall of roof from a pot-hole which was not previously discernible

Bailey, John, 17 Nov 1899, aged 30, Brakesman, Inspection made and inquest attended. The deceased was engaged with shunting operations, and somehow fell under the wagons attached to the locomotive. There was a dense fog at the time, and nobody appears to have witnessed how this accident occurred

Baldwin, James, 01 Mar 1892, (accident: 09 Feb 1892, 12.10 p.m., 7th hour of shift), aged 14, Rolley hooker, Inquiry made, and inquest attended. The deceased slipped on the running rope, top of a jig, and was crushed under the drum. He died March 1st

Banks, Thomas, 22 Jul 1876, aged 23, Collier, Fall of roof

Barnes, John, 16 Mar 1927, (accident: 04 Mar 1927), aged 48, Collier, Fall of roof — injuries to back and head. Died 16th

Bates, James, 12 Mar 1917, aged 15, Haulage hand, Apparently caught by set of tubs

Bell, William, 28 Jul 1875, aged 41, Stoker, Bursting of boiler [More information ...]

Bentham, Thomas, 17 Oct 1879, aged 17, Gang rider, He was riding on tubs up an incline contrary to the rules and was crushed against a low part of the road

Berry, John, 22 Oct 1895, aged 38, Drawer, Inspection made and inquest attended. While in the act of lowering two full tubs to top of jig on a brow dipping 1 in 9 five others which he had not properly secured came behind crushing the deceased between the tubs which got blocked at the jack-gates

Berry, John, 24 Jul 1896, aged 48, Collier, Inspection made and inquest attended. A large stone 16 feet long and 3 feet wide fell out from between two slips in the roof across the wide work face capping some props. The pack was within 4 feet of the face and the stone fell between pack and the face where the deceased were working [More information ...]

Berry, Joseph, 24 Mar 1899, aged 30, Drawer, Inspection made and inquest attended. They were enlarging a roadway for a jig to be extended, the roof being considered strong, had not been barred. A stone fell from a slip in the roof upon the deceased, when he was sitting down on the side of the roadway. That part has been barred since the accident. Cause — want of proper timbering

Berry, Thomas, 10 Feb 1885, aged 35, Collier, Inspection made and inquest attended. Hauling rope broke and the gang ran back on to deceased

Birchall, John, 02 Nov 1899, aged 30, Fireman, Inspection made and inquest attended. A tub got off the road with the endless rope haulage, and was fast behind a prop supporting a bar ; the deceased and the underlooker were using a rail against the prop attempting to get the tub back, when suddenly the prop came out and let down the bar and roof upon the deceased

Bohan, Francis, 01 Apr 1876, aged 22, Drawer, Explosion of gas [More information ...]

Booth, Richard, 09 Nov 1897, aged 22, Dataller, Inspection made. He was getting packing dirt from edge of waste when a heavy fall of roof took place reaching to the face of wideworks carrying a chock and props before it and crushing the deceased. The place had been inspected by officials two hours before the accident

Breeze, John, 10 May 1905, aged 50, Pusher-on, Inspection made and inquest attended. He was working at the top of a jig, and had been lowering full tubs down to the jig, and the three full tubs he had left standing, with two scotches in (instead of three), ran away and crushed him between tubs. He died from the effects of the injuries received

Brown, Joseph, 31 Jan 1899, aged 46, Hooker on, Inspection and inquest attended. Two men were repairing the signal wire about twenty yards from top of shaft, and after they finished they were ascending to pit top, when the descending cage crushed the deceased, who was said to have gone under the cage, without signalling, to clear some dirt away, at the commencement of the shift

Calland, James, 09 Feb 1901, aged 33, Collier, Inspection made and inquest attended. A fall of roof occurred at the face, capping a prop, and fatally injuring the deceased. The props were set about three feet apart, but the fall capped the prop next to the face

Carney, Michael, 28 May 1896, aged 45, Pusher on, Inspection made and inquest attend. The deceased was hooking an empty tub at the bottom of a brow when a drawer accidentally let a tub run down the incline owing he stated to the rope to which it was attached coming loose crushing the deceased at bottom of the brow

Carter, John Robert, 31 Aug 1912, aged 31, Labourer, Deceased was engaged on the surface emptying a wagon of dirt on to ground which contained water some 11 feet deep. He was missed by others working near and his body ultimately recovered from the water. It is surmised that in rolling out a large stone from the wagon he overbalanced and followed it

Casey, John, 21 Jul 1887, aged 40, Hooker on, Inspection made and inquest attended. A piece flew off a bricking ring at an upper mouthing where the shaft was crushing and fell on the deceased at the pit bottom. There was no shield over the hooker-on, although a piece of metal ring had fallen down a few weeks previously

Cassidy, James, 13 May 1902, aged 30, Prop-drawer, Inspection made and inquest attended. He was attempting to take out a chock from the waste, and appears to have loosened the top of the chock and taken the top piece out, when the roof gave way, killing him instantly

Charnock, Edward, 12 Apr 1879, aged 62, Furnaceman, Tried to get out of the cage before it reached the surface and was crushed against the pit frame

Clark, John, 15 Mar 1910, aged 38, Collier, Two repairers went to repair a roadway where there had been a fall, and thought they had made it safe, but immediately the collier went in the roof fell upon him

Collier, Richard, 20 Sep 1867, aged 13, Drawer, Crushed by full tub

Connor, Patrick, 30 May 1911, aged 53, Dataller, Fall of roof. He had been drawing timber in longwall waste and after working at another job elsewhere, he returned to look for his hammer, and got killed by a fall of roof where he had previously drawn the timber, eight feet from the working face

Coventry, Edward, 26 Jul 1899, aged 42, Collier, Inspection made and inquest attended. The deceased took his sprags down get off some loose coal, when more coal fell upon him off the face, before he had reset the sprags, when he was cleaning the holing dirt from the face in the Wigan Four-feet Mine

Crook, Seth, 23 Jun 1900, (accident: 02 Jun 1900), aged 60, Platelayer, Inquiry made. The deceased was walking across the lines, apparently not noticing that a loco. was slowly moving towards him, when he was caught by the buffer of the loco., knocked down, and his foot crushed. He succumbed to the injuries received on the 23rd instant

Cross, William, 26 Nov 1897, aged 42, Contractor, Inspection made and inquest attended. A shot had been fired for roofing down, and they did not appear to have examined sufficiently after the shot as a portion of the roof afterwards fell upon the deceased. The road was packed on both sides

Cumberbirch, William, 12 Jan 1916, aged 46, Collier, Killed by a fall of brickwork in shaft

Daley, George, 17 Mar 1901, (accident: 11 Mar 1901), aged 47, Packer, Inspection made and inquest attended. Deceased struck at a prop before starting to set a timber chock, when a small piece of coal from the roof, which had evidently been hanging loose, fell, striking deceased on his neck, causing injury to back and spine. He died March 17, 1901

Darbyshire, William, 24 Mar 1899, aged 46, Collier, Inspection made and inquest attended. The deceased had capped two sprags from against the coal, and when attempting to get the coal down a stone fell upon him from between two slips in the roof running parallel with the coal face. The roof was propped to within four feet of the face

Davies, Elias, 16 Sep 1887, aged 28, Drawer, Inquest attended. He was holing in a place 10 feet wide and had one sprag set when some of the coal came over the sprag on to him. He ought to have had a leaning sprag set also

Devine, James, 15 Jan 1912, (accident: 10 Oct 1911), aged 22, Haulage lad, Deceased and another man were lifting a full tub on to the rails when deceased complained of a strain. He ultimately died on 15th January, 1912, from heart strain

Devous, James, 28 Feb 1900, aged 32, Gang-rider, Inspection made and inquest attended. He apparently was pulling at the bottom tub on a slight incline, to get the gang of tubs to run down, which were attached to a single rope. It is supposed the tub he was pulling at became unhooked from the one in front, and it overcame him, and forced him down hill until he was crushed against a low bar

Donaldson, Hercules, 17 Jun 1901, aged 20, Drawer, Inspection made and inquest attended. When the journey of nineteen full tubs had started about twenty yards from bottom of downbrow, the last two tubs got off the rails, and the haulage rope broke away from the capping, and the tubs ran back, crushed the deceased, who was in the act of signalling for the gang to stop. The drag had not been attached at the starting place but was to be attached at the gateway end, where accident occurred. It was recommended that the drag should be attached previous to the journey starting from bottom of downbrow

Draper, George, 28 Jul 1875, aged 14, Labourer, Bursting of boiler [More information ...]

Draper, John, 03 May 1900, aged 15, Pit-bank-greaser, Inspection made. He appears to have given up his work on the pit bank, and went down to the steam boilers, and was waiting about for the surface manager, and when crossing the railway from the boilers he was knocked down by an empty railway wagon, which was being lowered towards the screens just at the time

Dunn, James, 30 Nov 1906, aged 16, Lasher-on, Inspection made and inquest attended. When attempting to unlash a tub from the endless-rope haulage he got fatally crushed against the iron upright shaft supporting a curve pulley. It was advised that the roadway should be made larger

Eastham, Ralph, 20 Feb 1908, aged 58, Under-manager, He attempted to pull some stones down from the roof with a pick, when a fall of roof occurred upon him

Fairhurst, Henry, 25 Aug 1873, aged 44, Sinker, By explosion of gunpowder while drilling out a missed shot [More information ...]

Fay, John, 05 Feb 1906, (accident: 19 Jan 1906), aged 17, Drawer, Inquiry made. Deceased got his knee injured with his tub, and slipped on the crossing of the shunt. Blood poisoning afterwards set in, and he died February 5, 1906

Fisher, Joseph, 29 Apr 1887, aged 30, Collier, Inspection made and inquest attended. Caused by a fall of roof in drawing road knocking down the bars which appeared to be of insufficient strength, the road being a very wide one

Fishwick, James, 05 Mar 1924, 9.0 a.m., 2nd hour of shift, aged 23, Dataller, The deceased was killed at the junction of the haulage roads, while superintending the removal of a Siskoi machine which was being lowered down a brow (gradient 1 in 14). The machine was on a tub, and six other tubs were attached. When the set was pushed on to the brow it was found that the rope had not been put round a snatch pulley on the higher side of the level. There was about 4 yards of slack rope, and when the set tightened it up the rope came against a prop and dislodged it and a carrying bar. This caused several other bars to come out and a fall of roof occurred which killed deceased. In an ordinary way, when three tubs only formed a set, they had to be pushed down brow. The accident was apparently largely due to the fact that no one was supervising the operations, otherwise steps would have been taken to make sure that the rope was properly placed round the pulley

Foley, Frank, 23 Mar 1905, aged 29, Metal-man, Inspection made and inquest attended. He was engaged in repairing a roadway for a jig, when a stone off the side fell upon him, causing fatal injuries

Forshaw, James, 29 May 1899, aged 26, Dataller, Inspection made and inquest attended. A part of the mine had been worked out and these two men (one being the fireman of the district) were getting out the rails and other things. They found firedamp had accumulated, but they nevertheless, having put their safety lamps back, ventured into it to get an iron flat sheet which they had forgotten. They were both suffocated before they were got out [More information ...]

Forshaw, Robert James, Nov 1934, aged 48, Pumpman

Freeman, Joseph, 20 Jun 1894, aged 50, Contractor, Inspection made and inquest attended. The timber on a tram knocked a temporary prop out where deceased and others were fixing new bars to get more height. The men had control of the tram and timber themselves but somehow the timber got on one side and knocked the prop out causing a fall of roof on deceased

Gaskell, Henry, 01 May 1896, aged 43, Collier, Inspection made and inquest attend. The locomotive was shunting waggons in the railway siding when the deceased attempted to cross between two full waggons further ahead which got blocked up. He was crushed against the buffer and killed. Footbridge will now be made for the these sidings to the pits

Gaskell, William, 21 Feb 1908, aged 27, Chargeman, They were engaged taking out low bars, and widening a main roadway. They had been at this work for some days, and had got ten new bars up ; when a large fall of roof occurred, capping three bars, and killing both men [More information ...]

Gavin, Patrick, 25 Aug 1890, aged 40, Dataler, Inquest attended. He was getting out of the cage at bank before the catches had been put in and on the cage being lowered he was caught by the cage on the back as he sprang out

Ginnis, Thomas, 26 Nov 1897, aged 18, Taker off, Inspection made and inquest attended. The full set was coming down the jig when by some means the front tub became uncoupled and running into deceased at the bottom crushing him before he could get out of the way

Green, Robert, 10 Sep 1908, aged 40, Collier, When engaged at the longwall face, a fall of ley roof occurred upon him, from some slips, capping two props

Green, Thomas, 14 Feb 1878, aged 18, Drawer, Decased sprained his arm when lifting a tub on to the rails. An abscess formed. from which he died

Gregson, James, 12 Dec 1897, aged 41, Dataller, Inspection made and inquest attended. The deceased was sent to clear a large fall, which had stopped at a bar leaving a stone projecting, and this stone eventually fell upon the deceased, apparently they ought to have placed some timber under it. The fireman saw the place half an the accident, but did not detect the danger

Griffiths, James, 04 Mar 1896, (accident: 02 Mar 1896), aged 24, Drawer, Inspection made and inquest attended. The full journey on top of jig with scotches in went against the stop block which gave way and the journey running down brow jerked jig rope which caused a tub to strike the deceased who was at the top of the jig. He succumbed to injuries received on the 4th instant

Halsall, Wilmer, 08 Jan 1906, (accident: 05 Jan 1906), aged 60, Labourer, Inspection made and inquest attended. While deceased was going up the steps, to the pit brow landing, another person was coming down, carrying an empty wooden box on his shoulder, when he accidentally slipped, and the box in falling struck the deceased, who fell back, against the engine house. He succumbed to the injuries received January 8th, 1906

Hammond, Robert, 10 Aug 1887, aged 49, Metalman, Inquest attended. Deceased and another man were building a pack from the stones which had fallen in the waste and unnecessarily went under a bad part of the roof when a small quantity of the roof fell on him and knocked him down on to his lamp which he was wearing on his belt the lamp being driven into his stomach

Hanmer, Thomas, 29 Nov 1869, aged 36, Furnaceman, Falling down the pit [More information ...]

Harmer, William, Jun 1884, (accident: Jan 1884), Dataler, Deceased stated that he had strained himself when lifting a tub, but he continued at his work. He afterwards suffered from bronchitis and heart disease, and, dropsy supervening, he died in June

Harrison, Thomas, 06 Oct 1904, aged 14, Pulley-minder, Inspection made and inquest attended. He was engaged on an endless rope haulage road, and was found under the second full tub in a sett. No person witnessed the accident. He probably fell under the tubs, when attending to the lashing chain passing the over pulleys

Harrison, William, 26 Jan 1912, aged 40, Collier, When travelling upbrow on an endless haulage road, a lashing chain 3/8 in. broke and Harrison got killed by six full tubs running away. The accident occurred between manholes 46 feet apart

Hart, John H., 25 Feb 1898, aged 35, Collier, Inspection made and inquest attended. The deceased with others were engaged working a pillar out in the Pemberton four feet mine, when a large fall of rock roof occurred at a slip at the face capping number of props and burying the deceased. At the inquiry it was recommended that more chocks should be used

Hart, William, 17 Oct 1911, aged 18, Haulage hand, Hart was employed to slacken the lashing chains in front of empty sets of (three) tubs, before they reached a five feet curve pulley, using an iron slipper two feet six inches in length for the purpose. Apparently he had been taking food, and in the hurry to slacken a chain, he got crushed against the pulley. The pulley was fenced and a fork fence hung over the rope itself

Haselden, Joseph, 08 Sep 1920, aged 45, Fireman, Killed by a fall of stone

Henry, Samuel, 23 Oct 1882, (accident: 12 Jan 1882), aged 62, Collier, Deceased was injured by a tub knocking him down. He continued at his work for a month, when he again met with a slight accident from a fall of coal, and after two days was unable to follow his employment, ultimately dying on the 23rd October from disease of the hip joint

Hesketh, William, 13 Jun 1864, Sinker, Falling out of the tub while descending the pit

Hilton, John, 31 Dec 1889, (accident: 18 Dec 1889), aged 47, Dataler, He fell off a heap of stones and fell on a prop, breaking his ribs. Died 31st December

Hirst, John, 07 Mar 1884, aged 45, Collier, Inspection made. This accident was caused through bad "slips" in the roof, allowing a stone to fall out between the props. Workmanlike precautions appeared to have been taken

Hornby, William, 10 Jul 1896, (accident: 03 Jul 1896), aged 50, Collier, Inspection made and inquest attended. He was working a ribbing and had not sufficiently spragged the coal when it fell together with some ley injuring the deceased who succumbed to the injuries received on the 10th

Hughes, George, 02 Aug 1917, aged 44, Metalman, Killed by prop falling causing dirt to fall out

Hynes, Patrick, 10 Dec 1895, aged 52, Labourer, Inspection made, and inquest attended. The deceased was engaged to work on the surface, and was told to see the foreman that morning but nobody appears to have seen him afterwards until the hooker-on saw him falling to pit bottom. He appears to have fallen from the surface, although it was fenced by stiff rails, each of which was found in the place immediately after the accident

Jackson, William, 03 May 1895, aged 23, Drawer, Inspection made and inquest attended. This accident was caused through trusting to scotches to hold the full tubs near top of a jig. The standing tubs were jammed by a drawer getting his tub run against them which caused them to rush down brow crushing the deceased

Jones, Thomas J., 22 May 1908, aged 36, Collier, He was working up a small step, getting some top coal down, when a slip liberated the top coal and a large stone, which fell upon the deceased

Kindley, William, 13 Jan 1882, aged 45, Collier, Inspection made. Deceased was taking a tub along the main road and met the train of empties going in, which ran over him before he could get out of the way

Lawrence, Charles, 11 Mar 1865, aged 14, Engine tenter, Falling upon the machinery below ground when it was in motion

Lawson, Robert, 19 May 1917, aged 27, Collier, Crushed by fall of stone

Leigh, Robert, 20 Nov 1877, aged 46, Drawer, Fall of roof

Leonard, John, 20 Nov 1875, (accident: 18 Oct 1875), aged 22, Collier, Fall of roof (Injured 13th Oct)

Leyland, James, 09 Apr 1908, aged 14, Lasher-on, A 4-inch steel shaft on which the far end haulage pulley worked broke at a flaw, which had not been previously detected ; which liberated the haulage rope, and which fatally injured deceased

Leyland, John, 19 Dec 1895, aged 61, Collier, Inspection made and inquest attended. The deceased was crossing the siding near screens when the loco was shunting up the full wagons which struck the deceased and caused such injuries that he died a few hours after. The driver stated he had whistled but there was a great noise from the belts working at the screens at the time

Liptrot, James, 29 Jan 1918, aged 21, Boiler stoker, Crushed by flywheel

Lister, Hezekiah, 10 Nov 1915, (accident: 05 Nov 1915), aged 34, Collier, Severe injury due to a fall of roof. Died 10th

Littlehale, John, 31 Mar 1890, aged 46, Dataler, Inspection made. He had set a chock and was filling up some loose dirt when a stone fell from over the face of the chock on to his head

Manley, Thomas, 11 Jun 1880, aged 17, Jigger, Deceased was riding on a loaded tub contrary to rules, and was thrown off and crushed owing to the tub getting off the road

Mann, James W., 12 Nov 1916, aged 36, Metalman, Accident 12th Nov. 1916 and died this day of blood poisoning

Marsden, John, 29 Sep 1896, (accident: 17 Jan 1896), aged 62, Collier, Inquiry made. He was engaged moving dirt which he had drawn down when some dirt and coal fell from a slip fracturing his leg and causing other injuries, to which he succumbed on September 29, 1896

Marsh, Hugh, 10 Feb 1904, (accident: 29 Jun 1903), aged 4l, Collier, Fall of roof. Inquiry made. A stone fell from the roof injuring his head, near the face of coal in the Arley Mine. He died February 10, 1904, from acute inflamation of the heart accelerated by the accident

McAllister, John, 15 Mar 1912, (accident: 30 Jan 1912), aged 46, Collier, While driving a wedge in coal a large piece parted from a break parallel with the face. The falling coal displaced two props set to a bar close to the face and allowed a fall of roof to take place. McAllister died from his injuries on the 15th March

McAlliston, J., 03 Aug 1906, aged 32, Drawer, Inspection made and inquest attended. He was about to fill a tub of coal at the face, when a stone fell from a pot hole in the roof crushing deceased against the tub. The road was propped on each side, and at the inquiry it was recommended that it should be barred

McCormick, Owen, 13 Apr 1901, aged 30, Prop-drawer, Inspection made and inquest attended. Deceased was engaged drawing props from the waste, when the roof gave way, partly burying the deceased. He appeared to have been using the hammer, as his gablock was lying near the coal face at the time of the accident

McDonald, Frank, 22 Jan 1883, (accident: 28 Apr 1882), aged 50, Dataler, Inquiries made. Deceased was repairing a roadway, when he was struck by a tub which had been left on the road insecurely scotched, and which was started off by another tub coming into contact, with it. Died 22nd January 1883

McGrath, Martin, 10 Oct 1898, (accident: 07 Oct 1898), aged 24, Dataller, Inspection made and inquest attended. The deceased with another contractors man went to raise a low bar on a drawing road and whilst wedging a loose stone off the top of the bar a heavy fall of roof upon him. He succumbed to his injuries received at the infirmary on the 10th instant

McGuire, John, 08 Mar 1896, aged 35, Dataller, Inspection made and inquest attended. The deceased knocked a prop out from under the roof near to the longwall face where he intended extending the pack-wall when a stone fell upon him. At the inquest it was recommended that specific instructions should be given to timber drawers and that the gablock and chain should be used more frequently

McHenna, William, 15 Nov 1916, (accident: 09 Nov 1916), aged 14, Taker off, Crushed by runaway tubs — fractured spine. Died 15th

McHugh, Michael, 14 Dec 1875, aged 20, Collier, Fall of roof

McIntyre, Michael, 15 Jan 1888, (accident: 12 Jan 1888), aged 33, Collier, Whilst loading his coal he knocked his hand against a prop, which caused it to swell. It was lanced by the doctor, but blood poisoning ensued, and he died on the 15th instant

McKenzie, Patrick, 07 Apr 1876, aged 20, Labourer, Caught between buffers of waggon

Meadows, Thomas, 28 Jul 1875, aged 52, Engineman, Bursting of boiler [More information ...]

Neary, John, 30 Aug 1907, aged 17, Taker-off, He was reaching over the endless-rope to signal, owing to some of the tubs being off the rails, when the lashing chain broke, and deceased got fatally injured by the haulage rope striking him

Nolan, John, 14 Feb 1891, aged 33, Dataler, Inspection made and inquest attended. Deceased and another man were taking a tub of dirt down a jig and were being followed by some other men with a second tub when three other tubs which had been spragged up by some means became loose and running amain

Nutall, Thomas, 08 Jun 1886, aged 24, Fireman, Inspection made and inquest attended. He had drawn two chocks and reset them nearer the face and was then knocking out a prop which it is supposed he had set temporarily when a fall of roof occurred and he was unable to get away in time

O'Brien, James, 09 May 1898, aged 33, Dataller, Inspection made and inquest attended. He was engaged building pack walls on side of roadway, when a portion of top coal and dirt fell upon him from between a slip and a break running parallel with the roadway

O'Roarke, Patrick, 22 Nov 1887, aged 42, Collier, Inspection made and inquest attended. He was preparing to set a prop when a large stone fell from between two bud slips of whose presence he was aware. He appears to have delayed setting the prop too long

Pennington, Joseph, 17 Feb 1892, aged 24, Waggon lowerer, Inspection made and inquest attended. The deceased was caught in the cog-wheels of the slack elevator whilst proceeding to oil the main shaft when the machinery was in motion, which was against the rules

Phillips, James Alma, 20 Apr 1926, aged 19, Haulage, Found fast under a curb pulley

Pilkington, Richard, 31 Aug 1911, (accident: 16 Aug 1911), aged 61, Collier, Fall of roof. When throwing coal from the upper side of his working place, a fall of roof six feet by six feet by one foot, occurred between a slip and a joint and inflicted injuries from which he died on the 31st instant. The props appear to have been set under three feet apart, and three were displaced by the fall. A sudden "weighting" of the roof is said to have caused the displacement

Quinn, Joseph, 20 Feb 1902, aged 18, Drawer, Inspection made and inquest attended. He was bringing a full tub of coal along a roadway which got off the rails, and was found fatally crushed against a bar leg side of road. The drawer following stated deceased had lost his light, and it appeared to have occurred when deceased was attempting to get his tub on the rails, he being in front of his tub

Rigby, Henry, 10 Jan 1915, (accident: 06 Jan 1915), aged 61, Metalman, Head injured by fall of stone on haulage road while surveying. Died 10th

Roberts, David, 16 Aug 1921, aged 54, Fireman, Killed while firing a shot

Rogers, Simon, 08 May 1895, (accident: 26 Apr 1895), aged 52, Collier, Inquiry made. A fall of roof from between two slips fell upon the deceased as he was working at the face. There was a row of chocks about 4 feet from face and the stone fell from slips between the chocks and the face. He succumbed to injuries received May 8th

Rowe, Richard, 17 Jan 1876, aged 24, Drawer, Fall of coal

Shaw, Joseph, 06 Mar 1914, aged 47, Pusher-on, Deceased was walking up a brow rising 1 in 12, when he was caught by a runaway set of full tubs and crushed between one of them and a roof bar which was 2 feet 7 inches from the rails. At the place where the accident occurred there were brattice screens hung across the road, and deceased would be unable to see the tubs coming. They had become unlashed owing to a jerk on the rope when starting

Sinclair, Walter, 31 Dec 1903, aged 21, Drawer, Inquiry made and inquest attended. Deceased was engaged in the Wigan Six Feet Mine, and was in the act of filling his tub when a stone fell upon him from the roof, fatally injuring him

Smalley, Henry, 29 Mar 1900, (accident: 28 Mar 1900), aged 31, Collier, Inspection made and inquest attended. He was engaged filling a tub of coal near face of roadway, when a piece of roof-coal fell upon him from between two slips, running parallel with roadway. The road was propped on each side but not barred. He succumbed to the injuries received, at the infirmary the following day

Smith, Edward, 15 Jan 1900, aged 36, Dataller, Inspection made and inquest attended. Deceased was engaged roofing down, and appears to have cut one side a little distance, and there being a slip on the other side ; notwithstanding this, he appears to have gone under the stone before getting it down, when it fell upon him

Smith, John, 26 Dec 1911, aged 58, Fan engineman, Deceased was found dead in the crank race of the fan engine. It is supposed that when sitting on the engine bed applying oil to the crank by means of a brush having a handle two feet in length, he accidentally fell into the crank race and got killed by the machinery

Smith, Patrick, 30 Aug 1918, aged 43, Stoker, Killed by electric current

Starkey, James, 24 Jul 1896, aged 46, Collier, Inspection made and inquest attended. A large stone 16 feet long and 3 feet wide fell out from between two slips in the roof across the wide work face capping some props. The pack was within 4 feet of the face and the stone fell between pack and the face where the deceased were working [More information ...]

Stockley, Thomas, 07 Dec 1883, aged 53, Collier, Inspection made and inquest attended. Deceased was holing without using sprags and the coal came down on him. He brought about his own death by a direct breach of the Special Rules of the Colliery. Such an accident reflects to some extent on the management of the colliery, as it points to want of discipline in not compelling attention to the rules

Taylor, John, 29 May 1899, aged 37, Fireman, Inspection made and inquest attended. A part of the mine had been worked out and these two men (one being the fireman of the district) were getting out the rails and other things. They found firedamp had accumulated, but they nevertheless, having put their safety lamps back, ventured into it to get an iron flat sheet which they had forgotten. They were both suffocated before they were got out [More information ...]

Taylor, Richard, 17 Feb 1892, (accident: 05 Feb 1892, 12.30 p.m., 7th hour of shift), aged 72, Collier, Inspection made and inquest attended. Deceased had commenced holing the coal, alongside of an old level, before propping the roof, when a thin layer of stone fell upon him, causing injuries to which he succumbed on the 17th instant

Taylor, Thomas, 23 Apr 1891, (accident: 26 Feb 1891, 8.0 a.m.), aged 46, Collier, Inquest attended. He was bringing a full tub down an incline when he slipped over a sleeper falling on his back and injuring his spine. He died on 23rd April

Thornton, J. Henry, 25 Nov 1901, (accident: 03 Nov 1901), aged 37, Dataller, Inquiry made and inquest attended. When in the act of plucking loose stones down from the roof a stone struck his foot; it was not considered serious at the time, but blood poisoning afterwards set in, and he expired at the Wigan Infirmary, November 25th, 1901

Todd, George, 21 Feb 1908, aged 21, Daywageman, They were engaged taking out low bars, and widening a main roadway. They had been at this work for some days, and had got ten new bars up ; when a large fall of roof occurred, capping three bars, and killing both men [More information ...]

Toole, James, 28 Dec 1887, aged 22, Drawer, Inspection made and inquest attended. He was finishing the holing in a two yard ribbing when a piece of coal fell over on to him from a facing. The collier said there were two sprags set but it is doubtful whether they had not been removed

Valentine, James, 06 Oct 1889, aged 47, Dataler, Inspection made and inquest attended. Deceased and another man were jigging some tubs down an incline, when they got off the road. They both went down to put them on, but neglected to properly secure the brake of the jig wheel, and when the tubs were put on the rails they ran away and deceased was somehow caught

Wade, Henry, 24 Mar 1909, aged 29, Waggon-lowerer, When fastening the end door of a railway waggon he got fatally crushed owing to some other waggons being lowered at the time

Walker, Edgar, 20 Dec 1920, aged 20, Haulage hand, Caught between empty tubs

Walmerley, Hugh, 22 Jul 1913, aged 54, Collier, Deceased was employed in taking a 6-yard cut up along the side of a fault in the Wigan 6 feet seam. When he was about to fill a tub with coal a sudden weighting took place, and brought down a large fall of roof coal. He ran towards a timber stack about 3 yards from the face, but was caught by the fall. Almost immediately a second weighting brought down a further fall of roof over an area of about 19 feet by 12 feet, and completely buried him. When released half an hour later he was dead. The fall displaced four bars and a number of props, and broke over the timber stack

Watkin, Benjamin, 24 Jul 1896, aged 52, Collier, Inspection made and inquest attended. The deceased was engaged at the face when a fall of roof occurred from between two slips capping the timber which were set about 2 feet apart

Westhead, Robert, 15 Jul 1888, aged 65, Collier, Inspection made and inquest attended. He had loaded up his coals after a shot and was pulling a piece from the higher side of his place which came off to a slip and with it a piece of rock roof. The place was well timbered

Wood, Edward, 12 Jan 1894, aged 50, Waggon lowerer, Inspection made and inquest attended. While deceased was lowering a waggon under the screens another waggon ran against two standing wagons by accident and they were driven suddenly on crushing him who was pushing the waggons in front

Woosey, Peter, 28 Oct 1898, aged 18, Lasher on, Inspection made and inquest attended. A chain came unhooked from the empty sett attached to the rope and the deceased appears to have passed under two pulleys to the sett when his clothes got caught by a sett of full tubs and he and was crushed between the pulleys. At the inquiry it was recommended that a guard rail should be placed in front of the pulleys