New London Colliery

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Daws, Charles, 11 May 1914, (accident: 06 May 1914), aged 17, Driver, He was steadying some empties down an incline when he stumbled and bruised his knee. He did hot report the accident at the time, but blood poisoning set in and he died on 11th May

Draper, Albert, 15 May 1901, aged 25, Stallman, Fall of roof. Deceased was loading coal when a fall of roof occurred owing to a slip in the roof. Deceased died a few hours after being injured (Deep hard coal)

Draper, Joseph, 30 Jan 1914, aged 66, Holer, A length of 12 yards of holed coal well supported by sprags and by two cockers, fell upon deceased as he was holing and killed him. The stallman was working at the buttock end, 10 yards away, and it is supposed that the fall commenced there. The deputy had examined the place 15 minutes before the accident happened and considered it safe

Ellis, James, 02 Jan 1919, aged 44, Stallman, Pulling down coal when stone fell from pot hole and killed him

Farmer, Henry, 18 Dec 1896, aged 13, Horse driver, He was run over and killed by two loaded trams which broke away down an inclined roadway met the deceased coming up with his horse and trams. The driver had forgotten to put the drag on behind the trams when going up the roadway

Goacher, Bertram Arthur, 07 Aug 1913, aged 29, Coal-cutter Driver, When cutting into the face a prop slipped and caused the machine to jump and knock out another prop. This prop jammed in the cutter disc and caused the machine to swing across the stall. Deceased was cut to pieces by the wheel

Guy, John, 17 Jul 1905, aged 24, Dataller, Deceased was standing near the pit bottom waiting to ascend after the day's work when he suddenly fell and died. A post-mortem examination was made, and the coroner's jury found that he died of "heart disease" [fatality reported during the year but not classified as a reportable accident]

Guyler, William Henry, 31 Oct 1906, aged 57, Under-manager, Deceased was descending a staple pit 14 yards deep by means of a chain ladder, and when near the bottom he fell and fractured his skull. Deceased had suffered from heart disease for some time

Holland, George Lewis, 17 Nov 1914, aged 39, Stallman, Deceased was pulling coal from the face with his pick when about a ton of bind fell from the roof and buried him. The fall disclosed two pot-holes. Two stallmen and the deputy had examined the place within the hour and had failed to detect the pot-holes

Horton, Henry, 25 Jan 1901, (accident: 01 Jan 1901), aged 29, Banksman, Deceased attempted to pass between two full railway waggons which were 15 inches apart, when the shunter knocked a scotch out of one waggon, and allowed it to move forward and fatally injure the deceased. He died on 25th January

Houfton, Joseph, 29 Jan 1878, aged 30, Stallman, Fall of roof, the stall well timbered. Roof fell between the timbering and the face

Jones, James, 15 Jan 1902, (accident: 14 Jan 1902), aged 33, Dataller, Deceased was standing behind an overturned tub on the side of the roadway. A full tub came towards him and struck the overturned tub, crushing deceased into the side. The road was dipping, and one of the lockers in the wheels of the full tub, broke a few yards away. The wheels of the empty tub were fouling the line. He died the next day (Deep hard coal)

Kirkham, Arthur Rayner, 04 Jun 1914, aged 43, Engineman, He went through a fence to the driving gear of the screens whilst the machinery was in motion, and was caught by the cog wheels of the gearing and killed instantly

Leebetter, John Henry, 15 Oct 1912, aged 60, Ripper, The Thomson Conveyor is used. The rope of this passed round a snatch block pulley attached to an anchor prop. Owing to the conveyor becoming nipped by roof weight an extra stress on the rope broke the prop. When knocking out the old anchor prop the rope flew, knocked out 7 props and pinned deceased against the pack corner, causing fearful injuries

Lowe, Albert, 18 Feb 1895, aged 21, Stallman, The verdict of the jury in this case was that he died from "blood poisoning." No accident or injury to cause death

Naylor, Alfred, 07 Apr 1913, aged 25, Dataller, Whilst going to switch off he slipped and fell between the coal cutter switch box and the conveyor controller. He broke the earth wire and pulled the live cable out of its socket, thus making the coal cutter switch box alive. He was instantly electrocuted

Oates, James, 19 Oct 1896, aged 22, Loader, Deceased was in the act of picking up a small piece of coal when he fell over and died. The verdict of the coroner's jury was to the effect that he died of "heart disease" [fatality reported during the year but not classified as a reportable accident]

Oliver, Charles, 25 Nov 1921, aged 23, Coal cutter, Explosion of gas

Price, Richard, 12 Sep 1899, aged 29, Stallman, Fall of roof. Deceased was pulling coal from the face, and this liberated a large quantity of roof which fell upon him. The roof was supposed to be a very good one, and no bars had been set (Deep hard coal)

Simpson, George, 27 Nov 1893, aged 26, Loader, Fall of roof. Whilst looking for some rail nails in the roadway a piece of roof fell on the deceased

Skinner, Richard, 24 Jan 1924, 5.15 a.m., 7th hour of shift, aged 28, Coalcutter Machineman, Electrocuted [More information ...]

Smitham, Henry, 16 Sep 1907, (accident: 13 Sep 1907), aged 15, Horse-driver, Deceased was following his horse and tubs into a pass-bye, when a piece of roof fell and fatally injured him. He died 16th September (Deep hard coal)

Spencer, John, 10 Apr 1906, aged 27, Stallman, Fall of roof while deceased was putting a shot-hole in the gate-end lip (Deep soft coal)

White, Walter, 06 Jul 1909, aged 33, Labourer, He was killed by an empty railway wagon whilst crossing the sidings. He had taken water to throw on hot cinders, and the cloud of steam made him unable to see the wagon approaching. The Coroner's Jury thought that there had not been sufficient warning given by the shunter of the wagon