Newtown Colliery

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Andrews, John, 25 Jan 1929, aged 38, Haulage hand, Caught in haulage pulley while tightening it

Arnold, James, 12 Nov 1900, aged 16, Engine boy, Inspection made and inquest attended. The deceased got caught in the machinery of the shaker screen engine, his body being found underneath. Nobody saw how the accident took place, but it is supposed he went to examine some part of the engine when in motion, and got caught and crushed. The flywheels were fenced on each side

Barlow, John, 17 Nov 1917, aged 48, Fireman, Killed by a fall of side

Basson, James, 01 Aug 1899, (accident: 17 Mar 1898), aged 58, Collier, On August 1st, James Basson, 58, collier, died; doctor having attended, stated at inquest from "lymphadenorma," the primary cause of which was a scalp wound. This wound apparently was caused on the 17th of March 1898, whilst at work getting coal at No. 2 Newtown Colliery. A small piece of coal burst from the face, inflicting a slight cut on the head, he was from work 16 weeks, then worked 6 months, took ill again in November 1898, walked about until 23rd July 1899, when he took to bed up to death [fatality reported during the year but not classified as a reportable accident]

Bent, William, 21 Mar 1918, aged 50, Daywageman, Buried by a fall of roof

Berry, William, 28 Feb 1921, aged 21, Coal getter, Revolving bar caught his clothing

Bradshaw, William, 18 Aug 1920, aged 37, Haulage hand, Caught against girder — fractured skull

Bramon, Thomas, 30 Jul 1912, aged 40, Contractor's man, Deceased, with others, was engaged in enlarging a level roadway, and had set two new bars to roof. While occupied filling a tub of dirt a large fall of roof occurred, knocked out the two bars they had set, and killed Bramon, causing injuries to another workman

Brown, Thomas, 15 Oct 1903, aged 50, Dataller, Inspection made and inquest attended. Whilst levelling and repairing the main haulage road, a fall of roof occurred breaking down one of the bars and the covering timber, and burying deceased.

Bunting, Alfred, 06 Jul 1920, aged 16, Haulage hand, Crushed internally by tubs

Chorley, John, 18 Jan 1906, (accident: 08 Jan 1906), aged 38, Brakesman, Inspection made and inquest attended. He had got down off the locomotive, and was passing in front of a train of waggons, in order to put brakes down, when he appears to have caught his foot against the rail, and fell, and his arm was run over. He expired on January 18th, 1906, after having his arm amputated

Clough, Thomas, 04 Jan 1916, aged 65, Packer, Fall of roof — crushed body

Cook, Thomas, Dec 1878, Sinker, Died suddenly on the pit bank after coming up one of the sinking pits, it appearing that the death arose from natural causes, and not from gas or accident

Davies, Thomas, 25 Sep 1901, aged 19, Drawer, Inspection made. He placed his hand on the haulage rope and got drawn into a pulley-clutch wheel. He succumbed to the injuries received the same day

Dunbabin, Robert, 22 Jul 1906, (accident: 20 Jun 1906, 11 a.m., 5th hour of shift), aged 49, Collier, Lifting piece of fireclay to put on pack, it broke ; piece scarred slightly right leg. Died on July 22nd from blood poisoning

Fitzpatrick, John, 14 Mar 1920, (accident: 11 Mar 1920), aged 39, Contractor, Leg broken by fall of stone. Died 14th

Fletcher, Thomas, 03 Dec 1907, 2.40 p.m., 8th hour of shift, aged 46, Collier, An hour after drawing sprags and pulling some coal from face, whilst at work the remainder of the overhanging coal fell on to him. The place was found to want several props setting, the timbering distance not observed (Trencherbone seam)

Griffin, Pat, 06 Mar 1901, aged 30, Collier, On March 6th, Pat Griffin, 30, collier, whilst proceeding to his working place in the Newtown No. 2 Pit, died from natural causes [fatality reported during the year but not classified as a reportable accident]

Hardy, Herbert, 10 Oct 1913, aged 44, Under-manager, Fall of shale over the coal ; insufficiently supported. He had sent for a stretcher and waited by the side that he wanted to support

Heywood, John, 13 Apr 1905, aged 32, Daywageman, Inspection made and inquest attended. He was engaged clearing a fall of roof in the haulage downbrow, and when they had partly cleared the fall, and had set some temporary props, another stone fell upon the deceased

Hill, Edward, 05 Feb 1909, aged 17, Waggoner, Crushed by tubs in jig brow, tubs collided ; deceased went up and put right, jigger started before deceased was out of the way ; two manholes close by

Hunsworth, Robert, 07 Dec 1926, (accident: 17 Nov 1926), aged 65, Daywageman, Fall of roof - serious injury to back. Died 7th Dec

Hurst, A., 27 Jul 1936, Miner, he had suffered from advanced epithelioma of the scrotum, as well as advanced silicosis of the lungs

Irving, Samuel, 17 Aug 1860, aged 14, Drawer, A fall of roof

Jolly, Thomas, 23 Jun 1920, (accident: 18 Jun 1920), aged 61, Dataller, Fall of roof — injury to back. Died 23rd

Jones, Herbert, 10 Jun 1915, aged 15, Haulage hand, Fractured skull. Caught by haulage rope

Jones, John, 07 Feb 1901, aged 46, Collier, Fall of roof in working place from between two breaks, one of which was known to be there, in an area of 9 feet long by 4 feet wide, one prop placed ; this prop was brought down by the fall. There was evidence of weighting preceding the fall (Good roof) (Cannel)

Jones, William, 30 May 1903, aged 47, Collier, Inquiry made and inquest attended. A drawer, who had two scotches in a full tub when letting it down a brow dipping one in six, with a hemp rope fastened to a prop, and twisted a couple of times around the hook of tub somehow got the rope off the hook of the tubb, and the tub ran downbrow striking the deceased, near top of a jig. It was advised at the inquiry that a safer system should be adopted for letting the full tubs down that road in future

Kilshaw, Oliver, 15 Jan 1865, Collier, Fall of roof in Pemberton 4 feet mine

Lacey, John, 29 Dec 1900, aged 39, Collier, Inspection made and inquest attended. There were catches at the pit bottom, and as the cage was double-decked, eight men got in the top deck, and the deceased and others were waiting to get in the bottom deck. When the engineman lifted and lowered, to put the cage on the catches, the hooker-on missed the cage with the catches, and it went lower than expected ; meantime deceased tried to get in, and was crushed. Cause — too much hurry and crowding at pit bottom

Lawley, Alfred George, 25 Sep 1916, aged 52, Daywageman, Caught between tubs

Lawton, Samuel, 04 Mar 1910, (accident: 23 Feb 1910), aged 62, Dataller, Leg fractured by tub, he had put on rails in downbrow. Failed to get into manhole before shouting "Go on." Died from pneumonia March 4th (Cannel seam)

Manion, Patrick, 23 Jul 1915, aged 21, Metalman, Died from injuries received while shifting dirt

Marsh, James, 12 Nov 1912, aged 58, Dataller, Whilst travelling on the haulage level to return a hammer he had borrowed, the train started, he got into a manhole, the train stopped for some reason opposite the manhole, the hammer was found in this manhole, deceased was found outside the next manhole lying dead. The only reasonable explanation of the accident is, when the train of tubs stopped opposite to No. 50 manhole, deceased leaned over the tubs, that the rope started suddenly and crushed him against the side before he realised that he was in danger. Ropes travel not more than 2 miles an hour

McClarence, Joseph, 24 May 1865, aged 43, Collier, Fall of roof in Pemberton 5 feet mine

McGrail, Patrick, 31 Jan 1920, (accident: 16 Jan 1920), aged 26, Haulage, Serious injury to head by fall of stone. Died 31st

Middlehurst, John, 24 Jan 1929, (accident: 08 Jan 1929), aged 15, Haulage hand, Foot severley injured by fall of stone. Died 24th

Morris, Edward, 21 Apr 1903, aged 26, Contractor's-man, Inspection made and inquest attended. He was a contractor's-man, and had knocked out a bar in a roadway, and when engaged in removing the stones that fell some adjoining stones fell off some poling timber, fatally injuring deceased

Morris, John, 11 Dec 1877, aged 32, Collier, Fell from cage owing to its coming in contact with hauling rope in pit

Murphy, Jeremiah John, 04 Sep 1929, aged 48, Contractor, Killed by a fall of stone while walking

Porter, David, 06 Feb 1895, (accident: 05 Feb 1895), aged 17, Waggoner, Walking along downbrow to his work stumbled over a pulley, pick blade he carried punctured his side. Inflammation of bowel caused death on 6th

Quigley, Barratt, Mar 1936, aged 39, Fall of roof while working on the coal face

Redhead, James, 27 Apr 1906, aged 38, Daywageman, Inspection made and inquest attended. When setting a jack prop under a running bar, he appeared to have disturbed the other supports ; as the running bar, and three other bars fell, with some dirt upon the deceased

Reid, John, 08 Dec 1885, aged 20, Collier, Inspection made. The deceased was getting out a pillar when the roof came in carrying his props before it, and buried him

Roberts, James, 23 Sep 1895, aged 31, Tunneller, A gunpowder shot had been prepared for firing by Bickford's igniter it was thought deceased trod on igniter and thus ignited the fuse without knowing. Believe that he had delayed after squeezing igniter forgetting the hole was only 2 feet deep the original intention being to make it 3 feet deep. Had only got two or three yards from the shot when it exploded

Roberts, Thomas, 07 Oct 1898, aged 52, Collier, Fall of coal from face which dropped to him whilst holing. Bearing support set but no uprights

Robinson, George, 17 Apr 1917, aged 38, Dayman, Buried by fall of roof

Rothwell, Frank, 05 Dec 1929, aged 39, Contractor, Died as a result of a small cut on arm by being trapped by rope

Sephton, Thomas Kelsall, 11 Aug 1928, Fireman, lost his life attempting to rescue a man overcome by gas [date of report]

Sharples, Richard, 25 Mar 1905, (accident: 17 Feb 1905, 11 a.m., 5th hour of shift), aged 54, Fireman, On 17th February, whilst travelling in the mine, he bumped his head, knocked him down, made a lump on head. On 4th March again bumped his head. Died 25th March. At inquest doctor said due to rupture of blood vessel in brain ; the blood vessels were in such a naturally diseased condition, a slight blow would cause rupture

Shepton, Thomas Kelrall, 23 Jul 1928, aged 50, Fireman, Suffocated by firedamp

Smethells, Richard, 17 Sep 1897, aged 22, Collier, Suffocated in firedamp. Travelling to working place by route not before travelled got into old place full of firedamp unfenced clear at 5 am. when fireman examined

Smith, Edward, 23 Dec 1898, aged 21, Drawer, Fall of side in jig brow. Ought either to have been got down or secured

Syddall, Samuel, 11 Feb 1910, aged 41, Dataller, In waste 12 yards from fall. After taking out a chock they remained under the unprotected root fiddling to get out a capped prop. The prop which was footfast could have been safely removed before commencing to take out the chock, or they could have used the Sylvester to draw out the prop. A Sylvester was 12 yards from them (Plodder seam) [More information ...]

Thompson, Richard, 19 Jun 1912, aged 16, Haulage hand, When attempting to attach an empty tub, which was off the rails, to a set of empty tubs on a brow dipping 1 in 12, he appeared to have been overcome by the tub before it was coupled, and fatally crushed against a "bar"

Wallwork, Douglas, 20 May 1926, aged 35, Manager, Fell to the bottom of the shaft

Wolstenholme, Henry, 05 Jul 1907, 7 a.m., 1st hour of shift, aged 18, Waggoner, In drawing road whilst repairing, shortly after removing the two jig props to more nearer to the face, whilst laying rails, a large stone suddenly fell on deceased and another person, fortunately one side rested on the pack and the latter escaped, although injured. The good rock roof had changed to a bastard conglomerate, one side fallen revealed this but neither fireman nor colliers had detected it. Two bars ought to have been up. (Roof good) (White Mine seam)

Wright, Charles, 19 Mar 1898, aged 37, Dataller, Fall of roof whilst repairing timber on drawing road

Zilkanai, Anthony Green, 04 Sep 1930, aged 52, Collier, Fall of side — crushed head