North Gawber Colliery

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Ackroyd, Claude, 12 Sep 1935, aged 20, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by shot firing [More information ...]

Ashton, W., 1939

Atkins, W., 16 May 1879, aged 14, Driver, Crushed by corves

Atkinson, F., 1968, aged 62

Atkinson, J., 1968

Backhouse, Thomas, 11 Dec 1856, Fall of coal in the mine

Barnes, William, 22 Oct 1906, (accident: 12 Oct 1906), aged 66, Collier, A small piece of stone fell from roof and cut his head. He bled freely, but no serious results were anticipated. He was off work till the 22nd October, when he returned to work, and after working a hard shift he walked to the shaft, and while waiting to ascend the shaft he died. The doctor, who made a post-mortem examination of the body, was of the opinion that death was due solely to natural causes, but another doctor who was present, and who attended the deceased man for the accident, was of the opinion that death was accelerated by loss of blood due to the injury, and the jury at the inquest took this view and returned a verdict accordingly

Beevers, A., 1936

Blake, Albert Sheard, 1963

Bottom, E., 23 Mar 1887, aged 21, Hurrier

Brant, Robert Harold, 12 Sep 1935, aged 53, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by shot firing [More information ...]

Brooks, Frank, 26 Jan 1910, aged 21, Trammer, He was working at the coal face, when suddenly a large piece of coal burst from the face, struck him on the forehead and killed him on the spot. The coal in this place was subject to sudden bursts, but this one was exceptionally severe, being described by a witness as 'like a cannon shot

Bunting, Leo, 12 Sep 1935, aged 33, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by shot firing [More information ...]

Chadwick, H., 1964

Cook, N., 1952

Dixon, William, 17 Nov 1913, aged 29, Crushed by tubs

Exley, J., 1936, aged 45

Fallis, Jacob, 12 Sep 1935, aged 43, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by shot firing [More information ...]

Firth, J. Silvester, 08 Apr 1892, 6.30 a.m., 1st hour of shift, aged 42, Dayman, Run over by tubs

Fryer, Anthony, 24 Sep 1861, Fall of coal in the mine

Gilgannon, T., 1923, aged 16

Goldthorpe, T., 28 Sep 1903, (accident: 26 Sep 1903), aged 21, Trammer, Died 28th September. Fall of roof in a travelling road. Cause — converging slips

Goodall, A., 15 Apr 1875, aged 24, Labourer, Fall of coal

Green, H., 23 Nov 1902, (accident: 20 Nov 1902), aged 18, Trammer, Died 23rd November. Strained himself whilst lifting a tub, and was also afterwards slightly bruised by a fall. He was very delicate, and pneumonia supervened, and he died

Green, John, 19 Feb 1913, aged 64, Fall of roof

Haigh, J., 1920

Hall, R. J., 09 Mar 1949, aged 33, Shotfiring accident

Hames, William, 15 Feb 1908, aged 37, Trammer, He was walking along a crossgate and when about 28 yards from the face a fall of roof stone killed him. The cause of the fall was sudden settling of the superincumbent strata

Hayes, Clarence, 02 Nov 1910, aged 16, Engine lad, He stood on a spoke of a fly-wheel (inside the fencing) to get a duplicate screen engine off centre, when the wheel revolved taking him with it. The duplicate engine was not coupled to the screens and should not have been touched by deceased

Helliwell, A., 1955

Hepworth, H., 1938

Higgins, C., 10 Apr 1889, aged 43, Collier, Fall of side

Hobson, H., 07 Dec 1883, aged 55, Collier, Fell out of cage

Hurrell, Richard, 12 Sep 1935, aged 27, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by shot firing [More information ...]

Ibberson, Albert Edward, 12 Sep 1935, aged 53, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by shot firing [More information ...]

Jackson, W., 26 Jul 1900, aged 38, Collier, Fall of side

Johnson, M., 1951

Kelly, Hubert, 12 Sep 1935, aged 19, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by shot firing [More information ...]

Kerrigan, James, 04 Feb 1861, Explosion of firedamp [More information ...]

Lake, W., 06 Jan 1894, (accident: 03 Jan 1894), aged 51, Collier, Fall of roof. Died 6th

Lax, Ernest, 22 Jul 1887, aged 17, Hurrier, Accidentally fell against a corf which he was pushing

Leach, S., 17 Jun 1889, aged 36, Deputy, Suffocated by gas [More information ...]

Ledger, John, 29 May 1869, aged 42, Collier, Fall of roof

Lindley, Robert, 01 Sep 1862, Fall of coal in mine

Lindley, W., 27 May 1887, aged 21, Collier, Fall of coal

Lindley, William, 17 Mar 1865, Crushed by cage at bottom of shaft

Lister, Grimshaw, 19 Feb 1929, aged 31, Fall of roof

Lockwood, Walter, 25 Nov 1861, aged Boy, Fall of coal in the mine

Mackfall, H., 1933

McCall, R., 1955

Micklethwaite, J., 27 Mar 1857, Fall of coal in the mine

Milner, W. H., 1919

Mitchell, Job, 30 May 1911, aged 59, Labourer, Found dead in the colliery reservoir ; inquest decided it was suicide ; left a wife and six children ; residence: Spark Lane, Mapplewell

Oddy, W., 1941

Parkin, J., 1921

Perkin, Charles W., 1963, aged 43

Potts, Samuel, 04 Mar 1915, (accident: 22 Feb 1915), aged 55, Collier, Went near face to get a prop when caught by coal which flew off face. Died of pneumonia 10 days later

Poyser, Thomas, 12 Sep 1935, aged 27, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by shot firing [More information ...]

Rickson, F., 1956

Riley, Walter, 12 Sep 1935, aged 54, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by shot firing [More information ...]

Roberts, John Thomas, 12 Sep 1935, aged 40, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by shot firing [More information ...]

Robson, T., 06 Jun 1891, aged 55, Collier

Rooke, James, Apr 1892, (accident: 1888), Trammer, A trammer, named James Rooke, died in April, and it was alleged that the cause of his death was from having stumbled and fallen against a rail in North Gawber Colliery more than four years ago [fatality reported during the year but not classified as a reportable accident]

Scott, T., 1949

Sefton, C., 1951

Senior, James, 12 Sep 1935, aged 46, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by shot firing [More information ...]

Senior, P., 1948

Smith, Albert, 12 Sep 1935, aged 39, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by shot firing [More information ...]

Smith, Charles, 04 Feb 1861, Explosion of firedamp [More information ...]

Smith, Thomas Marr, 12 Sep 1935, aged 24, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by shot firing [More information ...]

Stanley, William, 19 May 1905, aged 65, Collier, Deceased and his son were ripping through a road to get through a fault when a fall occurred and killed him. The place was full of slips with grassy partings, and temporary timber ought to have been set. He was a good and careful man, and evidently thought the stone would not fall

Storrs, Wilfred, 01 Oct 1938, aged 36, Fall of roof

Townsend, George, 19 Oct 1910, aged 14, Pony driver, He was found dead under a full tub which he was lowering by gravity and controlling with lockers. It is probable that he went in front of the tub to turn the points and was overtaken and killed. The lockers provided were not suitable

Travis, W., 1943

Turner, Simeon, 17 Oct 1900, aged 53, Joiner, Was repairing pump spear "collars," and got on to the "horse" to descend when it slipped off the hook, and he fell to bottom of shaft

Unknown, -, 15 Mar 1878, Shot Firer, Explosion of fire-damp [More information ...]

Varley, W., 25 Apr 1898, aged 30, Collier, Fall of roof

Walker, Clifford Cawthorne, 12 Sep 1935, aged 27, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by shot firing [More information ...]

Wallas, A., 1953

Walley, George Arthur, 12 Sep 1935, aged 44, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by shot firing [More information ...]

Waring, Francis H., 22 Sep 1919, aged 54, Head banksman, Standing looking through hole into enginehouse through which rope was running and may be rope struck his head or he had a fit of dizziness and fell through to basement of enginehouse 17 feet below

Waring, Jasper, 31 Jul 1880, aged 13, Screen boy, Crushed by waggons

Washington, Joseph Stansfield, 12 Sep 1935, aged 36, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by shot firing [More information ...]

Westwood, T., 17 Jun 1889, aged 44, Deputy, Suffocated by gas [More information ...]

Whewall, George Betton, 12 Sep 1935, aged 41, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by shot firing [More information ...]

Williams, John, 12 Sep 1935, aged 28, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by shot firing [More information ...]

Wilnott, J., 22 Feb 1901, aged 52, Collier, Found dead under a fall of rock and coal in a waste. Had probably been using his pick to draw timber

Winstanley, T., 08 Jan 1895, aged 15, Driver, Fell down in front of full corves and run over

Wolfinden, F., 1958

Wright, J., 17 May 1884, aged 37, Collier, Fall of roof

Wroe, George, 12 Sep 1935, aged 35, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by shot firing [More information ...]

Wroe, T. H., 25 Nov 1947, aged 23, Fall of roof