Mosley Common Colliery

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Aldred, Enoch, 09 Jan 1891, aged 59, Dayman, Killed by tubs on a gig brow close to a manhole his lighted lamp and pick being in the manbole. Inspection and inquest attended

Aldred, John, 09 Apr 1908, (accident: 30 Mar 1908), aged 42, Dataller, Fall of coal from side of main level whilst repairing. Crushed foot. Died on April 9th from blood poisoning (7 feet Seam)

Aldred, John, 17 Sep 1929, aged 39, Collier, Killed by a fall of roof [More information ...]

Aspinall, Norman, 21 Jan 1924, 8.0 a.m., 1st hour of shift, aged 20, Drawer, The deceased was killed at the junction of cross roads a few yards back from the face. He had brought his full tub out from the face and was waiting on the level for another drawer to pass, when a huge fall suddenly enveloped him. About 15 tons of stone fell, and two bars and three or four props were displaced by the collapse. The fireman and the deceased man's brother considered the place quite safe. After the accident two slips were visible which it was not possible to detect previously

Aylett, Alfred, 08 Sep 1925, aged 32, Haulage, Lashing chain broke — crushed by tubs

Baker, John, 24 Jan 1935, (accident: 18 Jan 1935), aged 44, Collier, Removing loose dirt from ripping when piece fell from side — injured back. Died 24th

Blackmore, Robert, 08 Jan 1908, aged 21, Drawer, Fall of coal from face of working place. Three sprags had been taken from undermined coal, the whole mass of coal was held by the fourth sprag, this the collier was dislodging by standing 9 ft. away and throwing a prop. Deceased stood watching the operation, he had three bars with props under each end between himself and the front of the coal. When the coal fell it knocked out the bar nearest (6 ins. from the coal) and one of the props, 7 ft. long, struck deceased on the head fracturing his skull (7 feet Seam)

Bowker, Daniel, 10 May 1887, aged 39, Striker, Fatal by a charge of powder which had missed fire going off as they were wrongfully unstemming it [More information ...]

Bowsher, Henry, 25 Apr 1917, aged 30, Drawer, Killed by a fall of roof

Briscoe, Herbert, 24 Feb 1914, aged 18, Stoneman, The deceased men were engaged in enlarging the pit bottom. Three shots had been fired in the roof, and the roof carefully examined afterwards. While removing the debris from the shots a large slab of rock, estimated to weigh 4 tons, fell away from a slip and caught deceased [More information ...]

Bromiley, William, 01 Dec 1917, aged 54, Dataller, Killed by a fall of roof

Brown, Robert, 05 Dec 1928, (accident: 04 Dec 1928), aged 15, Haulage hand, Legs fractured by tubs on haulage road . Died 5th

Carter, Thomas, 25 Feb 1899, 7.30 a.m., 2nd hour of shift, aged 40, Collier, Fall of roof in working place from between two slips, one known ; propping delayed until coal removed. Systematic propping directed 4 ft. apart

Chapman, William, 23 Dec 1879, aged 24, Miner, A large wedge apparently loosened by ice falling upon part of the iron cover of the cage against which he had his head in ascending the shaft. The cover was only indented about half an inch

Cook, Arthur, 16 Jun 1901, (accident: 08 May 1901), aged 34, Dataller, Crushed by tub ; probably riding unauthorised. Died 19th June (Trencherbone)

Cooper, Leonard, 11 Nov 1929, aged 40, Haulage hand, Killed by runaway tubs

Corbett, Harold, 08 Nov 1928, (accident: 24 Oct 1928), aged 25, Drawer, Fall of roof — fractured hand and abdominal injuries. Died 8th Nov

Culshaw, Herbert, 25 Mar 1959, aged 39, [details unknown], Buried: Tyldesley Cemetery

Daly, George Edward, 15 Oct 1924, 8.40 a.m., 2nd hour of shift, aged 29, Borer, While collecting his drilling gear the deceased was killed by a fall of inferior coal or callis, which had originally formed a portion of the roof of the road along which he was passing. The callis was 20 ins. thick and the mass which gave way measured 10 ft. in length by 4 ft. in width. In falling it displaced two props set parallel with the roadway and 3 ft. 6 ins. apart. Three hours previously the fireman had passed the place and considered it quite safe, and it is thought that the fall was due to imperceptible weighting of the strata

Delaney, Frank, 03 Feb 1916, aged 24, Dataller, Killed by a fall at face

Edwards, Lloyd, 29 Sep 1927, aged 26, Collier, Head injuries by fall of coal

Evans, James, 26 Sep 1869, aged 28, Engineer, The winding drum came out of gear as they were descending the pumping pit. It would appear that the engineer omitted to put in the stopblock [More information ...]

Evans, James, 27 Jan 1897, aged 23, Collier, Fall of roof in working place. Insecurely propped

Evans, Richard, 09 Feb 1884, aged 28, Miner, Entering the cage after the signal had been given

Evans, Thomas, 09 Dec 1904, 6.50 a.m., 1st hour of shift, aged 28, Pit carpenter, Crushed by shaft of coal screening and conveying machinery whilst erecting roof covering. Stood within fencing

Farnworth, James, 01 Jun 1924, (accident: 04 Sep 1923, 4.0 p.m., 6th hour of shift), aged 33, Collier, The deceased was severely injured by a fall of roof while getting coal at the face, his spine being fractured. He died from the result of such injuries on 1st June, 1924. The stone was triangular in shape and fell away from a slip running into the face and a break which also passed into the coal. Neither were visible before the fall and a prop set under the edge of the stone was displaced

Garbett, William, 05 Oct 1917, aged 24, Collier, Killed by a fall of clod [More information ...]

Gaskell, William, 12 Apr 1915, aged 53, Collier, Killed by a fall of roof while examining a prop

Gee, Thomas, 02 Apr 1881, aged 24, Miner, Roof coal, which he was taking down

Gillibrand, Henry, 30 Aug 1901, aged 18, Drawer, Fall of roof in engine brow whilst assisting to repair. Fall 30 yards long. Probably caused by gas bursting down. Intend to drain gas by bore holes. (Average roof) (7 Feet)

Glover, Thomas, 28 Jan 1886, aged 18, Tunneller, Fatal fall of stone from the roof while drilling a shot hole in the tunnel. The stone fell from a slip and had been previously sounded with a pick and considered solid

Grogan, Alec, 18 Apr 1918, aged 44, Collier, Killed by a fall of roof [More information ...]

Guckian, Barnard, 16 Aug 1884, aged 24, Sinker, Stone from side, below the bricking [More information ...]

Hall, Levi, 22 Nov 1912, aged 35, Collier, Fall of coal from face of working place, had drawn three sprags from before the coal, tried to get it to fall, it would not, was using a pick to further undermine, when the coal fell on to him, and on to the pick, proving what he was doing. He ought to have re-set the sprags

Halliday, Edward, 20 Sep 1881, aged 24, Miner, They apparently jumped on and overbalanced tubs when in motion in a gig-brow [More information ...]

Halligan, Thomas, 16 Nov 1921, aged 19, Drawer, Killed by a fall of clod while filling tub

Hallstead, John, 09 Jan 1896, aged 38, Collier, Fall of coal from face undermined to a back said to have tried for 15 minutes to get it down. When standing in front the coal fell upon him was about to fix a sprag

Hampson, Peter, 10 May 1887, aged 48, Tunneller, Fatal by a charge of powder which had missed fire going off as they were wrongfully unstemming it [More information ...]

Hargreaves, William, 24 Feb 1914, aged 27, Stoneman, The deceased men were engaged in enlarging the pit bottom. Three shots had been fired in the roof, and the roof carefully examined afterwards. While removing the debris from the shots a large slab of rock, estimated to weigh 4 tons, fell away from a slip and caught deceased [More information ...]

Hayes, Richard, 23 Dec 1904, aged 64, Collier, Alleged that when walking out of the mine his foot slipped on the rail, and he "ricked" his back. Post-mortem revealed heart disease and serious disease of the lungs, all of long standing

Hayes, William, 02 Jun 1906, 5 a.m., 8th hour of shift, aged 40, Dataller, In main level, whilst driving horse drawing 26 full tubs, ran into four full tubs, the horse attached to which had stopped, would not draw ; two men were flogging the horse instead of taking out a scotch. The horse deceased was driving, in its frantic effort to escape, knocked out props which let down several bars and a large quanty of roof resting thereon ; the driver and horse were killed. (Average roof) (Seven feet seam)

Hayon, Joseph, 14 Apr 1917, aged 34, Collier, Killed by a fall of clod

Heap, James, 13 Jan 1879, aged 15, Pony driver, Found dead under his train of tubs having apparently got accidentally caught

Higson, Eli, 05 May 1905, 10.30 a.m., 5th hour of shift, aged 26, Dataller, Fall of roof at bottom of spinney brow whilst repairing, bar pushed out, ought to have had a sprag against it to meet thrust or a running bar put up (Average roof) (Seven feet seam)

Hilton, Ernest, 15 Dec 1914, aged 41, Collier, Deceased had drawn a sprag and got down some clod which was considered dangerous. While clearing up the debris a further fall of clod took place and struck him, and he was so severely injured that he died in half-an-hour. The seam is very thick, and has an inclination of 1 in 4½, and sprags should be used whether holing is done or not

Holt, William, 07 Mar 1927, (accident: 03 Mar 1927), aged 46, Collier, Stone fell and crushed him against tub. Died 7th

Hope, John, 25 Apr 1882, aged 28, Dayman, A shaft rope which was being lowered slipped through the clamps

Horrock, Thomas, 12 Aug 1929, (accident: 09 Aug 1929), aged 25, Colliers drawer, Severe head injuries — trapped between tubs. Died 12th Aug

Hough, B., 28 Jan 1938, aged 31, Miner, killed by a fall of coal

Houghton, William, 30 Sep 1901, aged 56, Collier, Fall of roof in roadway of working place, from between two pronounced slips on each side, known to be there, and from a third slip which had not been seen. Additional support was clearly required. (Average roof) (7 Feet)

Howcroft, James, 11 Mar 1920, aged 19, Drawer, Killed by a fall of coal

Hudson, Archibald, 02 Apr 1896, (accident: 20 Mar 1896), aged 52, Collier, Alleged to have sprained himself lifting a piece of clod. Died 2nd April

Johnson, Andrew, 07 Apr 1916, aged 29, Collier, Broken back by fall at face

Jones, Frank, 16 Aug 1884, Sinker, Stone from side, below the bricking [More information ...]

Jones, James, 31 Mar 1913, aged 14, Haulage Hand, A number of empty tubs being drawn inbye by haulage rope ; probably riding standing on the rope, slipped, fell in front of tubs

Kavanagh, Thomas, 11 Apr 1894, aged 36, Collier, Knocked out six props in great haste without listening or pausing between. A sudden weight came on roof fell many yards in length, 6 feet wide 4 feet thick. in the waste of the working place

Kirk, Thomas, 15 Feb 1918, aged 22, Drawer, Foiund dead under tub

Leatherbarrow, E., 04 May 1883, aged 32, Miner, Fall of coal while holing

Leatherbarrow, Frederick, 28 Nov 1917, (accident: 05 Oct 1917), aged 24, Collier, Injured leg by fall of clod. Died 28th Nov [More information ...]

Ledward, Henry, 24 Feb 1916, (accident: 18 Feb 1916), aged 30, Collier, Injury to head by fall of side. Died 24th Feb

Lee, James, 02 Jan 1902, (accident: 27 Dec 1901, 8.15 a.m., 2nd hour of shift), aged 42, Screener, Leg crushed by waggon wheel. Whilst lowering two full waggons from under screens, in pinning brake down whilst waggons moving, he slipped on the frosty ground, and his leg got before the first wheel of the second waggon. Died 2nd January, 1902

Long, George William, 09 Feb 1901, (accident: 24 Jan 1901), aged 23, Drawer, Fall of roof in working place. A small pillar of coal expected to support a large area of roof. Pillar, 4 feet long, 2 feet wide, suddenly gave way. Fall, 16 feet long, 6 feet wide, 3 feet thick. Died 9th February. (Average roof) (Seven Feet)

Lowe, Levi, 16 Oct 1891, aged 22, Miner, Killed by roof clod falling as he was about to put another prop under. Inspection and inquiry

Lowther, John Thomas, 14 Dec 1904, 1.30 p.m., 7th hour of shift, aged 20, Shunter, Crushed between waggon and pillar while at break

Lunn, Edward, 02 Mar 1918, aged 39, Collier, Killed by a fall of roof

Mann, John, 16 Oct 1886, aged 43, Miner, Fatal fall of roof coal as he was drawing a prop. Accidental

Martin, John, 16 Feb 1917, aged 18, Drawer, Killed by a fall of roof

Martin, Michael, 23 Dec 1904, 12.30 a.m., 3rd hour of shift, aged 47, Dataller, Fall of roof. In main level, repairing. Collapse of two bars, one had two "jack" props placed under it by deceased, the other bar had a jack prop under the middle. Both bars were canted so much that the upright jack props did not hold them when one of the end props was underfooted, the whole place came in, another man narrowly escaped (Average roof) (Seven Feet seam)

Miller, J. M., 18 Nov 1884, aged 30, Miner, Scale from rock roof

Morris, John, 16 Dec 1907, 12 Noon, 6th hour of shift, aged 36, Collier, Deceased had taken full tub along his level to endless rope jig brow, having to wait, to get out of the air current he crossed the jig to sit in a manhole, when the rope started he was attempting to re-cross in front of moving empty tubs when the first of these caught his head crushing against the roof at the corner of the level

Ormrod, H., 02 Oct 1952, aged 38, man riding accident [More information ...]

Owen, Luke, 10 May 1895, (accident: 17 Apr 1895), aged 54, Fireman, In spinney brow repairing rail when large fall of roof occurred top end caught deceased only slightly injured. Not reported at time. Pneumonia set in. Died 10th May

Parkinson, Richard, 26 Jul 1929, aged 37, Collier, Injury to spine by fall of stone

Parkinson, Thomas, 29 Apr 1876, aged 55, Underlooker, Roof falling as he was taking out props

Postle, Thomas, 07 Sep 1913, (accident: 05 Sep 1913), aged 62, Dataller, Oiling pulleys in haulage road, stepped in front of six slowly-running tubs, knocked down. The haulage hand stopped the tubs by holding them, but fatal injuries had been caused. Died 7th September

Ramsden, Robert, 01 Feb 1916, (accident: 12 Nov 1915), aged 60, Collier, Leg fractured by fall while filling coal. Died 1st. Feb 1916

Ratcliffe, William, 05 Nov 1920, aged 46, Collier, Killed by a fall of roof [More information ...]

Rawson, John, 25 Mar 1888, (accident: 13 Feb 1888), aged 38, Dayman, He burst a blood vessel in his head whilst carrying props on the pit bank. Died Mar 25th. Not comprised by the Act.

Rigby, James, 04 Jun 1881, aged 21, Miner, Roof, between two slips in his bay

Rogers, Howell, 20 Nov 1921, aged 25, Collier, Small wound became sceptic caused by fall

Rogers, James, 27 Sep 1917, aged 25, Reddman, Killed by a fall of roof while putting up signal wire [More information ...]

Ruffley, Robert, 14 Oct 1878, aged 60, Miner, Stone falling from roof in a pass-bye on the level

Ruscoe, James, 11 Apr 1891, aged 55, Dayman, Fatally hurt by roof falling when re-timbering a main road east side. Inspection and inquest attended

Shaw, Thomas, 22 Feb 1929, aged 29, Haulage hand, Fell down shaft [More information ...]

Sixsmith, Moses, 29 Jul 1887, aged 68, Miner, Fatal fall of roof which knocked out two props where he was sitting at his breakfast

Smith, Enoch, 19 Nov 1900, 12.30 noon, 6th hour of shift, aged 58, Collier, Fall of roof in working place from pronounced fault and slips — delayed setting a prop until coal filled. Was filling second waggon after knowing prop was required. (Bad roof). (Trencherbone Mine)

Smith, James, 27 Apr 1875, aged 57, Labourer, Run down the shaft. His jumping into a bucket apparently jerked the arms of a hand capstan over the struts

Smith, William, 07 Nov 1913, aged 24, Drawer, Struck by return haulage wheel owing to empty tubs getting fast hold of frame ; wheel broke

Swanton, George, 20 Sep 1881, aged 24, Miner, They apparently jumped on and overbalanced tubs when in motion in a gig-brow [More information ...]

Tatlock, Thomas, 29 Apr 1908, aged 35, Collier, Fall of roof. At face of working place, from between two slips, both known, one prop would probably have saved the life. He had asked for the hammer to set one, but it should have been set sooner. (Average roof) (Trencherbone seam)

Taylor, E., 02 Oct 1952, aged 27, man riding accident [More information ...]

Taylor, George, 28 Jun 1893, (accident: 06 Jun 1893), aged 27, Collier, While setting a prop a quantity of roof fell on to him from between two slips. Prop ought to have been set sooner. Died 28th June

Taylor, Henry, 03 Apr 1888, aged 28, Dayman, Fatal fall of roof from a slip

Tennant, William Edward, 03 Jun 1918, 8 a.m., aged 26, Fireman, Crushed to death by a heavy fall of roof ; address: 54, Manchester Road East, Little Hulton, Buried: St. Paul, Walkden on 06 Jun 1918 [More information ...]

Theobald, Robert, 14 Jan 1896, aged 41, Collier, Fall of roof in working place from between pronounced slips

Thornley, Samuel, 20 Dec 1878, aged 18, Waggoner, Roof falling from a slip on an incline as he was seeing whether the tubs which were running would clear a small quantity which had previously fallen

Tinker, James, 24 Apr 1909, (accident: 30 Mar 1909), aged 37, Collier, Striking at a prop, hammer glanced off, back of hand grazed, worked the following day, but in a few minutes again hurt the hand, causing it to bleed. Never again worked. Died from blood-poisoning on 24th April

Trench, Robert, 13 Mar 1911, aged 26, Collier, Whilst filling coal into tub at face, large piece of coal fell from a slip, knocked out a prop behind which was a horizontal prop scotching the tub, this released the tub which pushed Trench before it down hill four yards, fracturing skull (Trencherbone seam)

Tyldesley, Richard, 12 May 1917, aged 37, Collier, Crushed between tub and side of road

Tyldesley, Samuel, 01 Nov 1877, aged 20, Coal miner, Roof stone falling

Vernon, James, 03 Nov 1893, aged 52, Sinker, Crushed by hoppet of bricks lowered on to walling scaffold by engineman

Walker, James, 30 May 1908, aged 39, Pumpman, Engineman overwound full speed. The cage, in which deceased was alone, being taken up so fast that the disengaging bell was broken by the cage, the impact killing deceased. Engine in perfect order ; engineman alone to blame

Wallwork, Eli, 01 Oct 1909, (accident: 30 Sep 1909), aged 62, Collier, Coal from face caught a prop which was knocked out; the prop struck deceased on the side of head, coal overhung and ripe to fall, should have been pulled down. Died 1st October (7 feet seam)

Waring, John, 10 Jul 1917, aged 24, Collier, Killed by a fall of roof

Welsby, John Robert, 19 Jun 1890, aged 13, Pony driver, Killed by the front tub as he was unhooking the pony with the train in motion

Whitehead, John, 02 Nov 1916, aged 15, Haulage hand, Fractured skull — crushed between tubs

Whiteley, Edward, 17 Jul 1914, aged 43, Dataller, Deceased, with others, was engaged in taking out low bars and replacing them with others. They had nearly finished for the shift and deceased was probably removing a jack leg, when a large fall occurred. A steel girder recently put in as a crossing or carrying bar gave way ; five other bars which rested upon it, and five others near the crossing bar all collapsed. The fall measured 16 feet by 17 feet and extended to a height of 16 feet. Deceased was completely buried, and it took four hours to recover his body

Wilcock, Peter, 23 Sep 1887, aged 38, Miner, Fatal fall of roof which broke an iron coupling where he and others were repairing

Wolstenholme, Joseph, 26 Sep 1869, aged 55, Fireman, The winding drum came out of gear as they were descending the pumping pit. It would appear that the engineer omitted to put in the stopblock [More information ...]

Wolstenholme, Walter, 16 Oct 1894, aged 13, Door tenter, Crushed by tub, ran away on incline

Wood, Inkerman, 21 Aug 1911, (accident: 24 Jul 1911), Drawer, Whilst taking an empty tub along a level, just before passing through a hanging leather screen, he stopped to listen if a drawer were bringing out a full tub, did not hear one so he did not blow the whistle he carried, it happened that whilst he was stopped to listen another drawer with a full tub had stopped to listen, this drawer alleged that he whistled, the two drawers moved forward, the two tubs met, deceased being driven back against an empty tub following him. Died 21st August

Wood, W. N., 02 Oct 1952, aged 55, man riding accident [More information ...]

Woods, William, 18 Jan 1927, aged 34, Collier, Killed by a fall of roof

Yates, Alfred, 27 Feb 1908, aged 27, Collier, Fall of roof. Whilst walking out on haulage road between two brothers because he had no light, they disregarded the shouts to keep back from a dataller who had detected the roof to be weighting and seen the lights of two of the brothers approaching. One of these admitted hearing the shouts but could not tell what was said, though they did not stop to ask, rushed on, the roof crashed down, one brother escaped, one killed, and the third driven back. About 40 tubs of roof fell. The place was barred and propped. (Average roof) (7 feet seam)

Yates, John, 13 Apr 1880, (accident: 27 Mar 1880), aged 34, Dayman, Spine injured. Roof falling where he was taking out a prop. Died April 13th

Yates, John, 04 Jul 1927, aged 41, Contractor, Fall of roof on road — fractured skull