Morton Colliery

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Bough, Edward, 26 Apr 1904, aged 72, No occupation, Deceased committed suicide by falling down the shaft. He was not in the employ of the colliery company, and had been unemployed some years [fatality reported during the year but not classified as a reportable accident]

Cooper, Thomas, 27 Aug 1868, aged 30, Labourer, Crushed by tub

Grey, William, 18 Mar 1868, aged 25, Collier, Fall of bind

Hadley, John, 06 Nov 1905, aged 14, Horse-driver, He fell while riding on the first tub of a train of five full tubs, and was killed. Riding was allowed (Deep hard coal seam)

Littlewood, Robert, 27 Apr 1901, aged 14, Horse driver, Deceased was moving a train of three empty and two full tubs, when he pushed them on to an inclined part of the roadway, where they overpowered him and ran away down the roadway, carrying deceased with them. One tub left the rails and fell on deceased (Silkstone coal)

Neale, John, 18 Mar 1869, aged 24, Collier, Fall of bind

Potts, George Adams, 08 Jan 1904, aged 22, Dataller, Fall of roof. Preparations were being made for firing a shot in the roof near a fault, when a portion of the roof fell and killed the deceased. The fall pushed several props out which had been set to support the roof (Silkstone coal)

Shore, George William, 29 Jan 1912, aged 52, Stallman, He was cleaning dirt from the floor of a gate road near to the edge of the ripping lip, when the roof fell and fatally injured him. Three minutes before the accident happened deceased had examined the roof and found it safe

Taylor, James, 31 Oct 1899, aged 45, Stallman, Fall of roof. Deceased was getting down coal from the face, when a fall of roof occurred and fatally injured him. He died the same day (Deep hard coal)

Thorpe, Samuel, 15 Oct 1867, aged 14, Boy, Fall of bind

Tracy, William, 23 Jan 1868, aged 15, Collier, Fall of coal from side of heading

Webb, William, 23 Feb 1872, aged 30, Collier, Was in the sump when a bucket fell from the top and killed him

Whitmore, Frederick Ernest, 23 Mar 1899, (accident: 14 Dec 1898), aged 14, Horse driver, Deceased had a slight accident in the mine on 14th December 1898, and he died of acute consumption. He was a delicate boy, and the accident did not appear to have been the cause of his death [fatality reported during the year but not classified as a reportable accident]