New Langley Colliery

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Beswick, William, 18 Apr 1878, aged 45, Stallman, Fall of bind between the timber

Hardy, John, 04 Sep 1885, aged 54, Horsekeeper, Hand crushed by the unfenced cog wheels of a chaff cutting machine worked by a steam engine in the mine

Noon, John Henry, 19 Aug 1901, (accident: 19 Jun 1901), aged 29, Stallman, Fall of roof. Deceased was getting the roof coal down at the gate-end, and when the coal fell, the stone followed and inflicted fatal injuries, from which he died on the 19th August (Deep hard coal)

Phillips, S., 09 Nov 1910, aged 45, Stallman, Deceased was holing some overhanging coal 4 feet 10 inches thick, up to which sprags 2 feet 10 inches long were set. Some danger appears to have been noticed, for he got up and examined the roof and coal. He was preparing to restart holing when the overhanging portion of the seam fell and fractured his skull. The sprag remained standing. He died the next day. The use of cockers or long sprags might have prevented the fall, as the portion that fell was entirely unsupported

Riley, Walter, 19 Aug 1912, aged 53, Engine Driver, Deceased was called to a strange engine. He had been there less than six hours when he went under the drum to attend to the rope and slipped into a hot well and was scalded to death

Watson, Thomas, 26 Jul 1919, aged 62, Holer, Cleaning shot at face under holing when coal fell on his head