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Ashforth, Joseph, 21 Sep 1870, aged 35, Banksman, Crushed by tub on surface

Ashton, William, 28 Apr 1907, (accident: 18 Apr 1907), aged 30, Collier, He and his mate were lowering a full tub down aboard and locked all the wheels after lowering it about 10 yards they reached a place where a chain passes around a prop to act as a brake and is usually attached to the tubs as the gradient below it is 1 in 5. On this occasion his mate was about to attach the chain to the tub when Ashton, who was in front of the tub, called out that it was getting away his mate tried to hold it back but failed and the tub overpowered Ashton and crushed him against a standing tub, and fractured his jaw and collar bone. An abscess was afterwards formed on the jaw and an operation was successfully performed on it at the Sheffield Infirmary on the 28th inst., but he never regained consciousness and died half an hour after the operation from suffocation due to vomited material

Atkin, S., 06 Dec 1872, aged 26, Collier, Fall of roof

Barnes, William F., 02 May 1910, aged 17, Clammer, He was killed by being crushed against the roof when illegally riding in a tub on an endless haulage road

Batty, D., 12 Jul 1900, aged 36, Dataller, Fall of roof

Bingham, R., 03 Oct 1873, aged 33, Collier, Fall of roof

Binks, T., 15 Apr 1889, aged 38, Collier, Run over by corves

Birch, William Thomas, 03 Dec 1923, aged 53, Collier, Underground haulage accident caused by breakage of haulage rope [More information ...]

Bishop, A., 04 Nov 1891, (accident: 03 Nov 1891), Collier, Crushed between tub and roof. Died 4th

Blout, A., 21 Jul 1890, aged 16, Screen boy, Run over by railway trucks

Bornford, James, 17 Feb 1873, aged 23, Collier, Fall of coal

Bowden, Charles, 03 Dec 1923, aged 62, Collier, Underground haulage accident caused by breakage of haulage rope [More information ...]

Bradder, Joseph, 28 Jan 1909, aged 51, Ripper, Fall of roof. He and another man were preparing to rip the roof of a level, when some roof stone, which should have been supported with timber, fell and fatally injured Bradder

Broadhurst, James, 30 Oct 1869, aged 48, Hanger on, Got on to cage top to repair signal wire, when the cage ascended and crushed him

Brown, Samuel, 10 Dec 1867, aged 20, Crushed by catching pin of pumping beam

Burdekin, S., 22 Dec 1924, 10.15 a.m., 4th hour of shift, aged 45, Collier, He was pulling down some rock from a break at the lip when more rock came than he expected and fell on him, causing injuries to his head, ribs and legs, from which he died five hours later. The fall exposed a second break which the deputy declared was not visible when he examined the place ten minutes prior to the accident

Burns, R., 26 Sep 1868, aged 28, Labourer, While working at the crab with others lowering pulley legs, the arms of the crab revolved rapidly, striking him [More information ...]

Burrows, G., 14 Sep 1892, 1 p.m., 7th hour of shift, aged 41, Collier, Fall of stone

Carr, John, 20 Oct 1902, aged 16, Pony-driver, Found dead under the tubs on a horse road. Had probably stumbled

Chamberlaine, W., 25 Feb 1892, 9.45 p.m., 8th hour of shift, aged 12, Coal cleaner, Fell into "creeper"

Chirlow, W., 08 Jul 1897, aged 42, Collier, Fall of roof

College, E., 15 Oct 1884, aged 37, Engine driver, Run over by locomotive

Cooper, R., 18 Nov 1895, aged 38, Locomotive driver, Collision with full waggons

Cosgrove, J., 21 May 1873, aged 33, Filler, Fall of coal

Cotton, George, 27 Feb 1868, aged 31, Sinker, Hit by a stone which fell from shaft side [More information ...]

Coulson, Thomas, 18 Oct 1879, aged 62, Contractor, Fall of roof [More information ...]

Dawson, Edward, 01 Feb 1872, aged 26, Bye-workman, Struck by a prop on an incline

Dawson, John Dempsey, 02 Jan 1914, aged 20, Filler, Deceased was filling coal at the face where two shots had been fired in the coal, which was shaken loose but not brought down. A collier was nicking at one end of the coal to bring it down when it rolled over and crushed deceased

Dickenson, Frank, 01 Oct 1906, (accident: 29 Sep 1906), aged 28, Corporal, An empty set had gone into a landing — the haulage was by main rope — and he took the rope off it and attached it to first tub of a full set, and then shouted to a boy who was close to to signal to the engineman to take the set away. This was done ; there had been two yards of slack rope and when it tightened he was tripped up and fell with his thigh on to a rail, and it was fractured. Died October 1st

Ellis, E., 27 Aug 1884, aged 20, Hanger on, Guide rod of gate fell on him at bottom of staple pit

Eyre, George Henry, 08 Feb 1913, aged 39, Collier, Deceased, with another man, was withdrawing a prop from the waste without using a safety appliance. Before the prop was taken out the roof collapsed over an area or 580 square feet and buried Eyre. The second man escaped practically unhurt

Fielding, G., 18 Dec 1900, aged 23, Shunter, Moving waggons over points with a prop when he was caught by locomotive

Fletcher, J. W., 21 Aug 1909, aged 14, Driver, Fall of roof. Hobson had drawn timber from a level with the object of getting down roof stone. He had pulled down some of the stone and foolishly went under unsupported roof to work, when he was killed by a heavy fall. Fletcher was holding a light for him [More information ...]

Fletcher, Joseph, 03 Dec 1882, aged 28, Engineman, Fencing at top of shaft fell on him

Fogg, G., 13 Dec 1893, (accident: 12 Dec 1893), aged 42, Labourer, By machinery. Died 13th

Fullard, Arthur, 04 May 1906, aged 25, Collier, He was drawing a back prop when a fall of stone occurred, caught and killed him. He was using a hammer to knock the prop out and his "dog and chain" was 60 yards away

Garratty, M., 05 Mar 1873, aged 23, Labourer, Stuck by descending cage in shaft

Gillham, G., 12 Jan 1874, aged 21, Collier, Run over by tub

Gilsop, James, Jun 1896

Greenwood, J., 02 Aug 1890, (accident: 26 Jul 1890), aged 26, Collier, Crushed by tubs. Died 2nd Aug

Hadfield, Frank, 11 Aug 1933, aged 26, Filler, In single stall workings he was withdrawing a chock from goaf by striking it with a hammer when chock collapsed and there was a fall of roof — a piece pinned him to the floor and killed him instantly

Hague, Joseph, 03 May 1871, aged 49, Banksman, Rope broke on incline hoist on surafce, tub ran down and crushed him against weigh cabin [More information ...]

Haigh, M., 18 Dec 1899, (accident: 30 Nov 1899), aged 14, Driver, The horse he was driving turned round too quickly at stopping place, causing the boy to fall over tail chain, and he was pushed some yards by the tubs. Died 18th December

Hallas, J., 10 Sep 1892, (accident: 06 Sep 1892, 7.15 p.m., 6th hour of shift), aged 21, Collier, Fall of stone ; died 10th

Hammond, W., 21 Sep 1886, (accident: 19 Sep 1886), aged 22, Run rider, Crushed by corves. Died 21st Sept

Handley, Ernest, 12 Oct 1908, aged 20, Fitter, He was to be raised from the Parkgate Seam to the surface, a distance of 315 yards. The inset at this seam is 90 yards above the Silkstone Seam or bottom of the shaft, and the cages were standing at the surface and the lower inset respectively. The hanger-on gave the usual signal for a cage to be sent to the Parkgate Seam and the engineman brought the one at the bottom of the shaft up but, in doing so, got it a few inches above the landing place and, therefore, reversed his engine and lowered the cage to the proper level. The usual signals were then given and received by the hanger-on and banksman, the man got into the cage and a signal was given for the cage to be taken to the surface. The engineman had, however, forgotten, after he put the reversing lever handle over to lower the cage at the Parkgate Seam, to bring it back again, with the result that when he admitted steam into the cylinders of the winding engine, the cage instead of ascending went down the shaft at a rapid rate and dashed on the bottom with such violence that the deceased was very seriously injured and died within a few hours. The rope of the ascending cage was detached and the cage suspended by the action of the detaching hook, but the impetus of the overwind was so great that considerable damage was done to the headgear, rope, and other plant. A careful investigation showed that the machinery and everything in connection with the shaft were in order, and that the accident was due to a mistake on the part of the winding engineman which he freely and fully admitted

Hannen, James W., 21 Jun 1909, aged 18, Pointsman, He was acting as shunter, and whilst four wagons were being pushed in front of a locomotive he put his coupling pole over the buffer of the front wagon and under the coupling hook, intending to ride on the pole. He fell whilst he was climbing up and was run over and fatally injured. He had no need to accompany the wagons, but as he was a particularly energetic smart boy, it is probable that he had seen regular shunters ride on the pole, and was imitating the dangerous practice

Hickling, J., 13 May 1882, aged 38, Collier, Fall of coal

Hill, C., 25 Sep 1884, aged 28, Collier, Stepped into endless rope wheel, covering which had been removed by irruption of water shortly before

Hill, Henry, 16 Mar 1880, aged 34, Collier, Fall of roof

Hillyer, William, 16 Apr 1908, aged 29, Collier, They were bringing a full tub from the working face into a gateway, and from some cause in handling the tub displaced two bars which liberated a large quantity of small and they were buried and suffocated. The place was well timbered [More information ...]

Hind, J., 13 Jan 1893, aged 30, Water filler, Burnt by paraffin from his oil lamp

Hobson, William, 21 Aug 1909, aged 53, Dataller, Fall of roof. Hobson had drawn timber from a level with the object of getting down roof stone. He had pulled down some of the stone and foolishly went under unsupported roof to work, when he was killed by a heavy fall. Fletcher was holding a light for him [More information ...]

Holland, Henry, 11 Jan 1904, aged 43, Deputy, When he was descending the shaft to commence his duties, along with two other men, he by some means fell out of the cage and was killed. Nothing occurred in any way to cause him to do so

Holmes, R., 14 Dec 1870, aged 35, Banksman, Fall of roof

Hopkinson, G., 10 Feb 1890, (accident: 07 Feb 1890), aged 50, Labourer, By machinery. Died 10th

Jackson, T., 27 Nov 1902, (accident: 07 Oct 1902), aged 40, Collier, Died 27th November. Fall in a working place. Cause — a fault slip

Jacobs, J., 11 Nov 1872, aged 23, Bye-workman, Fall of roof

Jakis, William, 23 Oct 1867, Sinker, Fell down pit

James, Charles W., 16 Apr 1908, aged 27, Collier, They were bringing a full tub from the working face into a gateway, and from some cause in handling the tub displaced two bars which liberated a large quantity of small and they were buried and suffocated. The place was well timbered [More information ...]

Jepson, Thomas, 25 Mar 1867, aged 19, Sinker, Overwinding [More information ...]

Jones, G., 09 Jul 1897, aged 28, Collier, Fall of side

Jones, T., 23 Sep 1889, aged 17, Filler, Fall of roof

Keeling, S., 10 May 1881, aged 33, Deputy, Fell down inclined drift

Kent, S., 28 Aug 1877, aged 30, Collier, Fall of coal

Kilburn, Albert, 02 Jan 1902, aged 17, Incline Brakesman, Found dead on an engine plane. There was evidence that he had been riding on the full tubs

Lister, George, 13 Jan 1911, aged 14, Assistant to Haulage Engineman, He was caught by the crank of a haulage engine and fatally crushed. The engine was well fenced, but deceased had, unknown to the engineman and without instructions, gone through the fence, probably for the purpose of wiping part of the engine while it was at rest

Liversedge, F., 18 Aug 1886, (accident: 05 Aug 1886), aged 16, Driver, Injured by a horse. Died 18th Aug

Logan, M., 08 Nov 1901, aged 40, Collier, Coal broke over the sprags whilst he was holing

Lucas, J., 16 Jan 1877, aged 32, Collier, Fall of roof

MacDonald, George, 08 Jun 1896

Mallinson, A., 20 Jun 1936, aged 17, Miner, buried when a bunker collapsed

Malloy, P., 19 Oct 1886, aged 35, Screener, Crushed by waggons

Marshall, Herbert, 09 Oct 1913, aged 56, Shaftsman, Deceased was getting on the cage at an inset and gave a signal of 4 to the engineman, who interpreted it as the signal 2 repeated, which meant "lower." He accordingly lowered thinking someone was acting as onsetter for the man in the cage, and deceased who was just getting up and expected some seconds grace, was precipitated down the shaft

Mason, William, 04 Feb 1933, aged 38, Collier, In a district where pillars were being extracted he was getting coal off face when 2 tons of rock fell from roof causing injuries from which he died 5 hours later

Masper, W., 18 May 1892, 9 p.m., 8th hour of shift, aged 19, Filler, Fall of coal

Maw, Osborn, 18 Nov 1872, aged 45, Collier, Killed on incline

Maycock, William, 26 Jun 1923, aged 38, Assistant Colliery Surface Foreman, Caught by machinery ; residence: 88 Cottingham Street ; left a wife and three daughters

Moat, J., 15 May 1886, (accident: 10 May 1886), aged 55, Collier, Fall of roof. Died 15th May

Moore, George Henry, 08 Nov 1907, aged 14, Pony Driver, He was found under the front end of the first of a set of three full tubs quite dead. He was wearing a pair of boots many sizes too large for him and the probability is that he tripped and fell under the tubs. The road is a good one and the gradient was against the load

Morte, E., 07 Jun 1873, aged 18, Filler, Fall of coal

Needham, Charles, 03 Dec 1923, aged 60, Collier, Underground haulage accident caused by breakage of haulage rope [More information ...]

Neven, H., 18 Nov 1890, aged 39, Dataler, Fall of stone

Newton, Bernard, 03 Dec 1923, aged 18, Haulage Hand, Underground haulage accident caused by breakage of haulage rope [More information ...]

Nuttall, Harry, 23 Dec 1919, aged 14, Haulage boy, Riding to pit bottom at end of shift in a paddy train. Nearing top of incline he was seen to stand up and his head struck bottom of an overcast. He fell and tubs passed over him

O'Brian, J., 20 Dec 1893, aged 46, Dataller, Fall of stone

Phantom, F., 22 Mar 1877, (accident: 06 Mar 1877), Collier, Fall of coal ; died 22nd March

Pickard, J., 16 Dec 1892, 10 p.m., 4th hour of shift, aged 19, Inclineman, Crushed by tubs

Pidcock, Joseph, 11 Jul 1871, aged 13, Boy, Fell down shaft from Park Gate seam [More information ...]

Piggott, Herbert, 17 Jul 1914, aged 36, Screenman, He was employed on the day of accident as a wagon lowerer and was accustomed to the work. A set of four wagons was being pushed under the screens by the locomotive and he was waiting to receive them. When they approached him he was pushing some slack off the rails and his foot was caught by the wheels of the front wagon and he fell down and was run over

Pinder, Albert, 10 Aug 1934, (accident: 07 Aug 1934), aged 31, died from burns following explosion [More information ...]

Pollard, G., 30 Nov 1887, aged 34, Collier, Fall of coal

Pollard, G., 18 Aug 1894, (accident: 15 Aug 1894), aged 50, Collier, Fall of roof. Died 18th

Potterill, R., 18 Apr 1902, (accident: 17 Apr 1902), aged 43, Shaftman, Died 18th April. Probably struck himself with a hammer when working on a cage in a staple pit

Pressley, J., 14 Oct 1891, aged 26, Collier, Fall of coal

Price, John William, 20 Jan 1913, aged 18, Driver, He had driven a set of six fill tubs into a siding and detached his pony. He was checking the speed of the set with his back against the front tub when his foot either slipped or caught the buffer of the tub and he fell in front and was run over

Ratcliffe, J., 22 Dec 1888, aged 36, Collier, Fall of roof

Renshaw, James, 02 Aug 1907, aged 51, Collier, The roof at the place where this accident occurred was full of slips. He was dressing the coal off to enable to set another bar when he exposed one of these slips, and a piece of stone 4 feet 10 inches long by 1 foot 10 inches wide by 8 inches thick fell and hit his pick, causing it to be forced into his forehead. He died the same day

Revill, J., 26 Jan 1893, aged 22, Collier, Fall of stone

Richardson, W., 11 Feb 1901, aged 16, Driver, Fell out of cage whilst descending

Rixham, -, May 1892, (accident: 11 Apr 1892), aged 11, A little boy, 11 years of age, named Rixham, was trespassing on a refuse heap belonging to the Nunnery Coal Company, on the 11th April, gathering coal, when he was struck by a stone rolling down, and died a month afterwards [fatality reported during the year but not classified as a reportable accident]

Roberts, B., 02 Aug 1902, aged 40, Collier, Fall of roof in a working place. Cause — neglect to set timber

Roberts, J. W., 09 Jul 1902, aged 22, Screen-man, Foolishly, to make a short cut, went past the elevator bunker. He stumbled as he was passing and fell into the bunker and was killed by the elevator buckets

Roe, J., 18 Jan 1898, (accident: 19 Nov 1897), aged 43, Collier, Crushed between corves while hanging a chain on them. Died 18th January 1898

Rogers, Harvey, 16 Mar 1915, aged 46, Collier, Preparing to draw prop from waste and was loosening it with a hammer before drawing it with ringer and chain when stone fell and crushed him

Rollin, E., 25 Nov 1903, aged 14, Driver, Found dead under a set of full tubs which he was taking along a level. The horse was very quiet and the road in good order, and it is probable that he stumbled and fell under the tubs

Rowarth, R., 06 Jun 1882, aged 37, Filler, Crushed by corves

Roystone, F., 14 Jan 1886, aged 18, Coupler, Crushed by corves

Shaw, Frederick Herbert, 17 Aug 1909, aged 31, Onsetter, His duty was to put on the tubs at a mid-inset in a shaft where the work was intermittent. He was alone, but was heard to fall down the shaft. The fence gate was open and it is probable that he had forgotten to close it after landing a tub, and afterwards inadvertently walked into the shaft

Shaw, John, 04 Oct 1872, aged 28, Collier, Fall of roof

Shaw, W., 17 Oct 1874, aged 17, Driver, Fall of roof

Slack, Samuel, 25 Mar 1867, aged 24, Sinker, Overwinding [More information ...]

Smith, Joseph, 15 Mar 1907, aged 49, Collier, The deceased and his mate were drawing bars from the goaf and while he was knocking a prop out the roof suddenly moved and displaced a number of bars and props and a fall of stone occurred and killed him

Smith, Lewin, 08 Oct 1919, aged 56, Stallman, He and filler were engaged in scouring a road to a pillar which had been left some years ago. A few tubs had been filled and he was dinting a prop when there was a fall of roof and he was killed instantly

Spilbury, W., 18 Sep 1890, (accident: 16 Jul 1890), aged 27, Collier, Fall of coal. Died 18th Sept

Summers, B., 18 Nov 1886, aged 31, Collier, Fall of coal

Taylor, George, 09 Jul 1873, aged 14, Driver, Run over by tubs on inclined plane

Tomlinson, W., 13 Aug 1873, aged 28, Collier, Fall of coal

Tone, Thomas Francis, 23 Sep 1913, aged 30, Collier, Deceased was assisting with a run which had stopped on a jig. After it had been re-started he stepped across the empty road to get his lamp which he had hung on the signal wire. He was run into and fatally injured by the empty set

Trewertha, William, 18 Oct 1879, aged 34, Trammer, Fall of roof [More information ...]

Turner, John Henry, 03 Dec 1923, aged 49, Collier, Underground haulage accident caused by breakage of haulage rope ; father of Thomas Walter [More information ...]

Turner, Thomas Walter, 03 Dec 1923, aged 21, Fitter, Underground haulage accident caused by breakage of haulage rope ; son of John Henry [More information ...]

Walker, Isaac, 15 Sep 1909, aged 32, Collier, Fall of roof. He was working near the face of a heading cutting top coal, when it fell and fatally injured him. Temporary timber should have been set

Wass, F., 05 Sep 1888, aged 58, Collier, Fall of roof

Watson, John, 16 Aug 1934, (accident: 07 Aug 1934), aged 32, died from burns following explosion [More information ...]

West, T., 15 Nov 1889, aged 50, Carter, Run over by cart

White, Charles, 03 Dec 1923, aged 37, Collier, Underground haulage accident caused by breakage of haulage rope [More information ...]

White, W., 21 Oct 1884, aged 28, Dataler, Run over by corves

Wilcox, Archie Leonard, 07 Jan 1924, 1.30 a.m., 3rd hour of shift, aged 19, Pony Driver, He was passing along the main haulage road when a slab of roof the whole width of the road fell upon him and fractured his skull. The roof was a strong bind in which irregular bands of sandstone run in and out to a feather edge. It was one of these bands which burst through and fell across deceased

Williams, Thomas, 24 Dec 1924, (accident: 14 Dec 1924, 8 p.m., 6th hour of shift), aged 47, Boiler Fireman, He was engaged taking ashes from the boiler fires and tipping them into trucks. The tram road for the ash tubs is laid on a concrete floor over the top of the big trucks and openings are made in the concrete between the tub rails to allow the ashes to be emptied from the tubs into the trucks. When the tub reached an opening his mate went to the front of the tub to take out the pin securing the door. He then heard deceased groan and on going back to the end of the tub found him lying across the rails. He had probably stepped into the opening, which caused him to fall. His ribs were fractured and he died from pneumonia on 24th December. The accident occurred at 8 p.m. on a Sunday night, and the place was not so well lighted as usual, the screens and the winding engine house being in darkness. There was one electric lamp (400 candle power) on a standard 24 ft. high, 23 yards from the opening and in such a position that it would cause the shadow of the tub to be cast behind, thus making it more difficult to see the opening. Since the accident another lamp has been put in, lighting the back of the tubs as well as the front

Wilson, B., 15 Jan 1884, aged 18, Filler, Fall of coal

Wilson, Harry, 24 Jun 1933, (accident: 22 Jun 1933), aged 39, Collier, In a seam where only 50% of the coal was extracted he was at board buttock when about 2 tons of coal burst off face and pinned him to floor — died 2 days later

Wingad, H., 10 Feb 1904, (accident: 07 Feb 1904), aged 56, Chargeman, He and two other men were being lowered to the bottom of the shaft where there is a sump which was full of water, and the cage, instead of being stopped at the proper level, was dropped into the water and the men were wet through, Two got out at once, but he, owing to his foot getting fast, was sometime in the water. He walked home. Pneumonia set in, from which he died three days afterwards

Woodward, Walter, 16 Apr 1919, aged 24, Rope runner, Bringing out a full set and started up gate walking behind set. Stopped and for some reason restarted it again. The set travelled about 40 yards and the enginman felt a jerk and he was found dead under first tub

Worrill, John, 21 Jun 1878, aged 46, Collier, Fall of roof [More information ...]

Yates, John, 05 May 1902, aged 33, Collier, The roof of his working place suddenly collapsed, displacing nearly forty props. Cause — a wide place and sudden and heavy weight