Meadow Colliery

Aspinall, George, 11 Jan 1866, aged 40, Collier, A shot exploded before he could get away

Beardsworth, Robert, 14 Apr 1922, aged 55, Slipped off a waggon

Bolton, Henry, 03 Dec 1924, 11.55 p.m., 2nd hour of shift, aged 63, Contractor's Man, He was engaged with another man in renewing timber, and with a view to protecting themselves, set some centre props under the bars. Whilst tightening up the third prop a movement of the roof and sides took place, displacing the props and resulting in a fall. Unfortunately the deceased ran right under the fall, while his mate, who ran in the opposite direction, escaped without injury

Clarke, Joseph, 11 May 1867, Labourer, Crushed between waggon and pier of bridge above ground

Green, Thomas, 25 Apr 1891, aged 32, Fireman, Inspection made. Deceased was sent in charge of set of men to take out some bars on a main level. They had got out three or four when the remainder for some seven or eight yards in length fell bodily, burying him and others

Hague, John, 25 Sep 1872, Miner, Died in a fit [fatality reported during the year but not classified as a reportable accident]

Hampson, Charles, 23 Jun 1883, aged 47, Dataler, Inquest attended. Deceased was engaged with other men in replacing some bars at the junction of two roads. He had put up two or three bars and set temporary legs under them, and was preparing to knock out the props from under a running bar which required renewing, when the timber gave way, and he was buried under a heavy fall. It appeared to have been purely accidental

Higsow, Paul, 29 Dec 1908, aged 55, Dataller, The night fireman had been plucking the side in a roadway, and when deceased was clearing the dirt, a fall of roof occurred from between two slips, fatally injuring deceased

Hulme, Thomas, 09 May 1927, aged 25, Collier, Buried by fall of coal

Owen, Thomas, 26 Sep 1900, aged 43, Collier, Inspection made. They were taking a ribbing, and working the pillar on the lower side of an old level in the Arley Mine, when a sudden "weight" came over the place, probably, as the deceased was found in the old level, where a piece of rock roof had fallen upon him. His working place was well propped, and no fall having taken place at the time there

Pendlebury, Amos, 18 Mar 1920, (accident: 12 Feb 1920), aged 38, Collier, Spine fractured by a fall of coal. Died 18th. Mar

Pickett, Michael, 11 Jul 1894, aged 18, Drawer, Inspection made and inquest attended. The deceased was working in a tunnel rising 1 in 5. Four holes had been bored into the rock and one shot had been fired with the battery and preparations were made for firing the second but there was s a misunderstanding occurred owing to there being two shotlighters present and a canvas door also a curve in the tunnel between the two when the shot went off killing the deceased and causing severe injuries to the shotlighter who was at the cafe. No shots will be allowed to be fired in future except by a shotlighter who must couple up the cable to the charge as well as couple the cable to the battery

Rutter, Levi, 09 Sep 1920, aged 45, Collier, Killed by a fall of roof