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Allcock, Robert, 27 Jan 1910, aged 45, Stallman, He was getting stone from the roof of a road where the ripping had been completed, when some roof fell on to him and he was fatally injured

Ashley, William, 04 Apr 1914, (accident: 17 Mar 1914), aged 58, Dayman, There was a slip in the roof of the left bank and timber was closely set. Deceased tried some newly exposed roof at the side of the slip and found it heavy. He was setting an extra prop when 12 cwt. of bind fell from the slip. He was unable to get away owing to two props at his back. A clot of blood in the system caused by the injuries resulted in his death on 4th April

Berry, George, 08 Sep 1883, aged 23, Holer, Fall of roof whilst building a pack

Blood, Edward, 28 Feb 1893, aged 31, Deputy, A horse appears to have run away near the bottom and deceased in following it crossed the pit bottom under the cage which crushed him. Died same day

Bonser, Samuel, 12 Dec 1911, aged 18, Pony Driver, He was assisting to start a train of tubs down a double drum jig. He was "swaying" on the incoming rope, and the jerk of starting threw him against the drum, killing him on the spot. He was acting contrary to a notice prohibiting the practice

Bowler, Gershom, 29 Mar 1913, aged 20, Loader, As deceased was passing a tram in the old tub road, a stone, weighing 4 tons fell and buried him. It dropped out inside the rows of timber. The accident would have been prevented by the systematic use of bars or by setting middle props in the old tub level

Brassington, William, 07 Oct 1890, aged 35, Stallman, Fall of roof; whilst getting down coals

Burrows, William Hedley, 22 Feb 1915, (accident: 04 Feb 1915), aged 39, Stallman, He was scraping loose dirt out of holing when clod fell an dfractured wrist, Blood poisoning set in and he died 22nd. Feb

Derrick, Henry, 25 Aug 1910, (accident: 11 Aug 1910), aged 65, Dataller, While he was bending down to remove some dirt obstructing the wheels of a timber trolley that he was taking towards the stalls a small quantity of dirt fell from the roof 8 feet above and from between the steel girders. One of his ribs was fractured and bronchitis supervening the injury proved fatal on August 25th

Evans, Charles, 04 Oct 1907, aged 17, Horse-driver, Fall of side on a roadway. Deceased was lifting an empty tub on to the rails when the side rolled over and fatally injured him. He died the same day (Tupton coal)

Fowkes, John, 25 May 1905, (accident: 17 Mar 1904), aged 64, Dataller, He received a slight injury in the mine on 17th March, 1904, one year, two months and eight days prior to death. An inquest was held by the request of the relatives of deceased. A number of doctors had seen deceased and a post-mortem examination was made. The jury returned a verdict that his death was due to "pancreatitis" [fatality reported during the year but not classified as a reportable accident]

Francis, Thomas Henry Dring, 09 Dec 1902, aged 16, Horse-driver, Deceased and the corporal were bringing a damaged empty tub down an inclined roadway when they lost control of it. Deceased was behind the tub when it left the rails, and he was thrown into the side of the roadway and killed (Deep hard coal)

Gasson, Charles Richard, 27 Oct 1913, aged 26, Dayman, He was standing in the tub road in the bank throwing loose dirt into a pack, when a sudden bump caused a slab of roof weighing half a ton to fall upon him. No props were disturbed. The stone bind roof was considered to be very good but a small slip was disclosed. Systematic barring would have prevented this accident

Gelsthorpe, Arthur, 29 Feb 1924, 12.15 p.m., 6th hour of shift, aged 44, Stallman, Deceased had been at work cutting in a fast comer near the face and was in the act of turning himself about and getting on his feet, when a fall of roof occurred and a stone, weighing about 15 cwts., trapped him, breaking his neck. The stone came away from a cross slip not apparent before the fall, meeting a "dry" slip at the corner of the cutting, the stone feathering out to nothing at this point. The stone reeled out a prop and also knocked out a sprag to the face

Haines, Joseph, 31 Dec 1885, aged 45, Dayman, Fall of roof repairing the airway

Harrison, James, 01 Apr 1909, aged 34, Screenman, Empty railway wagons were being put under the screens, and deceased was knocked down and killed. Deceased had no coupling pole, and it appears probable that he got between the wagons for the purpose of uncoupling them

Hartwell, William, 21 Mar 1882, aged 33, Stallman, Fall of roof

Hayes, Isaac, 20 Feb 1886, aged 44, Dataler, Repairing the roadway. Undercutting the side when it fell on them [More information ...]

Herrod, John Thomas, 10 Jan 1901, aged 13, Horse driver, Deceased was found dead between a train of four full tubs and the side of the roadway. He appears to have lost his light, and to have stood in the side of the roadway to allow the train to pass him, but as the clearance between the tubs and the side of the roadway was very small, he was fatally crushed (Tupton coal)

Hill, John Henry, 19 Feb 1906, aged 42, Stallman, Fall of roof. Deceased was at work in a stall getting a road past a fall of roof, when a further fall partially buried him. An attempt was made to get him out, but before being rescued another fall of roof occurred and killed him (Tupton coal)

Hoskinson, Harold Arthur, 12 Feb 1904, (accident: 10 Feb 1904), aged 15, Bank-boy, While pushing a loaded tub over the iron plates on the bank deceased slipped down and caught his jaw and neck on the edge of the tub. This gave rise to "laryngitis," which caused his death two days later

Hudson, Walter, 28 Jan 1924, 1.0 p.m., 7th hour of shift, aged 42, Stalldayman, Deceased was at work on the coal face, when a fall of roof, weighing about 5 cwts., took place, and a stone weighing about 1½ cwts. caught him a blow on his left hip and abdomen. The cavity in the roof revealed a "dry" slip running parallel with the face and just inside a benk-bar. This slip met a fault slip running across the benk, and the fall also uncapped two watch-props

Hutchinson, Luther, 05 May 1888, aged 16, Incline boy, In charge of jig drum. Drawn on the drum by the rope while lowering a train of full tubs

Keeton, Arthur, 14 Jul 1884, aged 16, Driver, Knocked down and run over by loaded tubs

Kelsall, Henry, 08 Dec 1915, aged 52, Died of natural causes. Not comprised

Kitchener, John, 21 Nov 1902, aged 58, Stallman, Fall of roof. Deceased was proceeding to his work, and when approaching the stall a fall of roof occurred and kiiled him (Tupton coal)

Mansell, George, 03 Dec 1890, aged 56, Dataler, Fall of roof. Repairing a roadway and whilst taking out old timbers other timbers gave way, causing a large fall of roof

Marshall, Alfred, 03 Oct 1913, aged 31, Dataller, At the commencement of his shift he was informed by a boy that a prop, which he had set two days before near a gate junction, had been knocked out the previous day. Without examining the roof he commenced to re-set the prop, when a single piece of bind weighing 3 tons fell and killed him. The stone was noticed to be insecure two days before. The boy violated Regulation 7 in not informing an official that the prop had been knocked out by his tubs. Two props were displaced by the fall

Marshall, Thomas, 31 May 1895, (accident: 30 May 1895), aged 50, Holer, Fall of roof. Whilst holing the coal a piece of overhanging roof fell on his head. He died the next day

McQuin, Joseph, 01 Mar 1883, aged 25, Loader, Fall of roof

Pegg, John Charles, 26 Aug 1915, aged 45, Stallman, Building pack wall when all but two props had been removed when there was a large fall of roof which killed him instantly

Price, William, 19 Feb 1885, aged 18, Banksman, Fell from a railway truck and was run over

Pureglove, Richard, 08 Feb 1901, aged 35, Stallman, Deceased was found dead in his working place in the mine. He died from "syncope." He had not received any injury in the mine. The coroner's jury gave a verdict of "died from fatty degeneration of the heart" [fatality reported during the year but not classified as a reportable accident]

Rhodes, Valentine William, 19 Feb 1902, aged 42, Dataller, Fall of roof. Deceased was preparing to take down some roof known to be dangerous, when a portion of the same fell and killed him (Deep hard coal)

Riley, Henry, 02 Feb 1893, aged 47, Stallman, Fall of coal. Appears to have been taking out holing sprags to get the coal down

Rudd, Richard, 20 Feb 1886, aged 38, Dataler, Repairing the roadway. Undercutting the side when it fell on them [More information ...]

Sanders, Jeremiah, 21 Dec 1898, aged 22, Stallman, Fall of roof. Deceased was withdrawing timber from the goaf, when the roof fell and killed him (Low main coal)

Sharpe, John, 08 May 1911, aged 27, Dayman, A fall of roof came from two unseen slips between the two rows of timber props while deceased was loading a tub at the coal face. The systematic use of bars with a forward centre prop would in all probability have prevented the accident

Shooter, George, 14 Jun 1882, aged 55, Screeman, Run over by railway waggons

Starr, James, 25 Jun 1908, aged 14, Office boy, Deceased was riding on the verandah of a Midland Railway Company's brake van going in front of 22 full wagons being pushed by two locomotives along the sidings. The van top struck the top of the screening bank, causing a piece of timber to fall and kill deceased

Truswell, Cyril, 16 Jul 1924, (accident: 05 May 1924, 2.0 p.m., 7th hour of shift), aged 15, Ganger, Deceased was leading out his pony from work, following another pony which was also being led. The boy leading the first pony warned him not to follow too closely, but he did so and the pony lashing out kicked him on the head. The injury was not thought to be dangerous, but it set up a cerebral abscess which caused death on 16th July. The pony had the reputation of being quiet, and no reason is known as to why it kicked out on this occasion

Turner, Alfred, 19 Mar 1906, aged 15, Screen-boy, Deceased was standing on a moving picking belt with his arm round a revolving shaft. His coat became fast to the shaft and his body was drawn round when he received fatal injuries

Turner, Thomas, 23 Mar 1886, aged 44, Fireman, Run over by a railway wagon at the boiler firehole

Twigg, Maurice George, 09 Dec 1900, (accident: 20 Nov 1900), aged 35, Dataller, Fall of roof. Deceased was getting out the ground for setting a prop near a girder which required to be taken out. The removal of the ground caused the girder to give way, and with it a fall of roof, which fatally injured deceased. He died 9th December (Top hard coal)

Wilson, William, 25 Apr 1887, aged 19, Inclineman, A coupling of a train of full tubs broke, the tubs ran back and injured Wilson at the bottom of the incline which was used for conveying coal from the pit bank to the land sale wharf