North Staveley Colliery

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Bower, Edward, 16 Dec 1904, aged 42, Shaftman, They were changing the clack in a pumping set when the scaffold on which they were standing gave way and they fell down the shaft and were fatally injured [More information ...]

Carless, T., 06 Dec 1891, (accident: 04 Dec 1891), aged 13, Waggon boy, Crushed by tippler. Died 6th

Coe, J., 26 Mar 1900, aged 45, Collier, Fall of roof

Davidson, H., 15 Jul 1890, (accident: 24 Apr 1890), aged 46, Collier, Fall of roof. Died 15th July

Dove, G., 10 Aug 1891, aged 19, Loader, Fall of roof

Elliott, F., 04 Dec 1886, aged 41, Collier, Fall of roof

Gagen, William, 22 May 1906, aged 29, Ripper, He and his brother had been ripping a gate road and were clearing away the fallen material when a large piece of stone fell from the roofs where it had not been ripped and fatally injured the deceased. The stone fell out from between two slips which were not visible before the fall took place

Gamble, R., 20 May 1886, aged 31, Collier, Fall of roof

Guest, Frederick, 16 Feb 1905, aged 14, Assistant on endless rope tramway on surface, He was reaching to get his breakfast, which he had placed, at the bottom of an upright, and in doing so, his head was caught between an empty tub and the upright and fatally crushed. The place has been in the same position for many years, but the upright since this accident occurred has been removed

Hill, George, 06 Nov 1868, Explosion of his shot

Hunt, William, 26 Jul 1905, (accident: 13 Dec 1904), aged 48, Horse-keeper, On December 13th, 1904, the deceased was dressing a sore on a pony in the underground stables when the pony slipped and fell on his leg. He was medically attended at the Sheffield Royal Infirmary, but died as a result of the injury. There had been an outbreak of glanders as this mine, and whether his death was in any way due to this disease or from blood poisoning the jury at the inquest were unable to determine

Jepson, S., 18 Mar 1892, (accident: 11 Mar 1892, 11 a.m., 5th hour of shift), aged 36, Collier, Fall of roof ; died 18th

Jepson, S., 26 Dec 1900, (accident: 21 Dec 1900), aged 40, Collier, Fall of roof. Died 26th December

Key, W., 04 Jan 1875, aged 37, Collier, Fall of roof

Longdon, G., 30 Sep 1898, aged 65, Screener, Went between two waggons he was moving under the screens and was crushed by buffers

Morris, Henry, 14 Aug 1879, Taker-off, Crushed by corves

Truman, Charles, 25 Sep 1904, (accident: 19 Sep 1904), aged 33, Collier, He was pulling some coal down when the stone above followed and knocked him down, and so severely injured him that he died on the 25th inst.

Wrighton, W., 30 Jan 1873, aged 23, Loader, Fall of roof

Wyer, J., 08 Oct 1896, aged 56, Ripper, Premature explosion of a shot he was firing by means of touch paper and straw

Young, Thomas, 28 Oct 1872, aged 46, Underviewer, Fall of roof

Young, William Henry, 16 Dec 1904, aged 48, Shaftman, They were changing the clack in a pumping set when the scaffold on which they were standing gave way and they fell down the shaft and were fatally injured [More information ...]