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Adams, Albert William, 24 Mar 1958, aged 29, Face worker, Buried in roof fall

Adams, James, 28 Nov 1904, 4 p.m., aged 30, Engine cleaner, Crushed by crank of winding engine

Allan, S., 29 Apr 1873, aged 19, Jigger, Fall of roof

Allen, George, 10 Apr 1963, aged 43, u/g worker, Killed by runaway tubs

Baker, John, 09 Apr 1868, aged 50, Banksman, Fell down the pit [More information ...]

Barlow, William, 24 May 1906, 11.30 p.m., aged 26, Loader, Deceased was loading at the face in the Hardmine Seam when a fall of roof occurred, from between two bars and directly over the end of a long lid to a post set between the bars. The fall came from a slip in the roof running between and parallel to the two bars

Barnet, W., 09 Dec 1887, aged 43, Collier, Fall of coal

Beardmore, W., 04 Dec 1860, aged 48, Miner, Fall of roof

Biddulph, James, 25 Jun 1964, aged 45, Fitter, Cause unknown

Billing, T., 01 Jun 1870, aged 44, Collier, Burnt whilst firing a shot

Bloor, James, 06 Nov 1952, aged 19, Face worker, Buried in roof fall

Bradshaw, Charles, 20 Sep 1882, aged 30, Collier, Fell down the dip

Brundrett, Joseph, 23 Jan 1907, (accident: 21 Jan 1907, 10.30 p.m.), aged 25, Collier, Deceased was pulling coal off a longwall face in a seam 7 feet 6 inches thick, when about 2 cwts. of coal came away, struck the lever with which he was working, and drove the handle of it against the pit of his stomach. His injuries were not at first considered to be serious, but he died two days afterwards, apparently from internal inflammation

Chadwick, A., 19 Apr 1888, Engineer, Putting in wire guidelines. One slipped and knocked him into sump

Clewlow, J., 05 Oct 1868, aged 62, Collier, Fall of coal

Critchlow, W., 23 Oct 1873, Collier, Fall of coal in level

Dale, G. E., 17 Apr 1877, aged 14, Waggoner, Fell down shaft from mouthing

Dawson, S., 20 Aug 1870, aged 13, Loader, Fall of roof

Deakin, Henry, 19 Nov 1914, aged 16, Horse-driver, The accident happened on a level road in the Cockshead seam. Deceased had proceeded outbye with a set of five loads attached to his horse. He was riding on the front end of the first tub as usual. A few minutes later, deceased was found beneath the set, between the first and second loads which were standing on end. The horse's tail chain was around his body and still attached to the set, and the horse was standing at the front of the set. The first tub had evidently passed over deceased. There was no witness of the accident, but it is probable that deceased was travelling at considerable speed and that, while in the act of uncoupling the tail chain near the end of the journey, he overbalanced and fell in front of the tubs

Dimelow, James, 07 May 1903, Midnight, aged 41, Haulage gearman, Run over by tubs in engine dip through the breakage of a coupling chain, allowing nine tubs to run back. He had been repairing a rope in the dip, and the journey was started before he was out of the dip. The coupler which broke was of a type which had been discarded for use in the engine dip, but continued for use on the levels. By some mistake or carelessness it was used in the dip on this occasion. It was recommended that all the old, weak couplers be brought out of the pit

Dykins, Henry, 03 May 1900, 1.30 p.m., aged 50, Collier, Fall of coal at working face while holing in Hard Mine. A large piece of coal liberated by slip settled down in the holing leaving the front of the coal intact. The coal was well spragged and underpropped, with the exception of one holing prop which should have been under the coal which fell.

Eardley, John, 19 Aug 1960, aged 62, u/g worker, Crushed by tub

Elliott, E., 01 Apr 1869, Explosion of powder

Evans, Edwin, 29 Jan 1910, (accident: 14 Jan 1910), aged 24, Roadsman, Evans was riding outbye on the second load of a journey drawn by a pony. The load left the rails and tipped up, and Evans was thrown off and crushed against a portion of the headside. He was severely injured about the abdomen and died on January 29th

Frost, John, 03 Jul 1912, aged 56, Banksman, Deceased was attending to empty tubs at the back of the pit, close to an incline of 1 in 7 down which tubs ran by gravity from a raised gangway to the bank level. A stop block was provided at the top of the incline to check tubs there, but was put out of action by deceased himself. The rails on the incline had outside guards of 9-inch baulks which ordinarily appear to have been sufficient to prevent tubs falling over, but in this instance the tub travelled faster than usual ; the height of the guard was insufficient, and the empty tub left the rails and fell upon him from a height of 4 feet, killing him almost instantaneously

Gerrard, William, 06 May 1893, (accident: 04 May 1893), aged 16, Driver, Fell off tubs drawn by a horse and was crushed under tub. Died 6th May

Glover, W., 13 Dec 1867, aged 16, Waggoner, Dip chain broke

Griffiths, William, 26 Aug 1871, aged 19, Boy, Crushed on the jig

Hall, William, 30 Jun 1871, Loader, Fall of roof

Harper, Frank, 02 Feb 1924, 4.50 p.m., 7th hour of shift, aged 43, Shaft Inspector, Shaft accident [More information ...]

Heath, Arthur, 12 Mar 1947, aged 48, Face worker, Buried in fall

Higginson, Walter, 22 Mar 1909, aged 15, Greaser, Deceased was leading a horse by the head along a wide in a level in the Cockshead seam when he fell and was trampled upon by the horse and run over by the journey of loads which it was drawing

Hodgkinson, W., 28 Oct 1876, aged 33, Fireman, Fall of roof

Holinshead, W., 31 Oct 1874, aged 33, Collier, Shot blew out rib between two stalls

Hughes, Charles, 08 Mar 1870, aged 53, Loader, Crushed on incline

Hull, James, 16 Feb 1854, Fall of coal

Knight, George, 01 Jun 1878, aged 19, Loader, Fall of roof

Knight, W., 01 Nov 1868, aged 38, Labourer, Fell into race whilst lifting the wheel

Knight, W., 13 Aug 1888, (accident: 23 Jun 1888), aged 17, Taker off, Was driving in place of driver and found under full tub. Died 13th Aug

Lawton, M., 17 Feb 1870, aged 32, Collier, Fall of coal

Lightwood, C., 30 Jan 1878, aged 42, Collier, Fall of coal

Lockett, William, 24 Feb 1912, 3.30 p.m., aged 36, Pit fettler, Explosion of firedamp or coal dust

Lovell, William, 02 Nov 1897, 9.30 p.m., aged 22, Taker off, Crushed by tubs while attempting to unhook rope from journey at top of engine dip

Mallin, Albert, 05 Jun 1912, aged 18, Coupler, Deceased was killed by having his head crushed between two loads on a level endless rope haulage road. He had apparently attempted to push a journey of 9 loads into the pit bottom, by uncoupling the last one and attaching a clip to it, so that the rope would pull it into the others and so set them in motion. He must have failed to push the single load far enough back, and when the clip took hold on the rope he was jammed as stated

Massey, M., 05 May 1868, Hooker on, Crushed under the cage

Mayer, Elijah, 01 Apr 1876, aged 38, Collier, Hooker-on omitted to hook tub on top of dip, and it ran upon deceased

Mountford, -, 15 Oct 1874, aged 28, Collier, Fall of coal

Mountford, T., 29 Mar 1862, aged 24, Collier, Fall of roof

Mountford, W., 09 Jan 1853, Fall of roof

Mycock, George, 11 Apr 1913, aged 43, Shaftman, Deceased was engaged in taking out a pump-spear. Scaffolds had been made at the top and bottom of it 49 feet apart. In drawing out the spear a plank was dislodged from the upper scaffold and dropped upon the lower one. Deceased and his mate went down later and found the plank on the scaffold, but the latter did not appear to have been disarranged by the blow in any way. They tried the scaffold by stamping on it and considered it safe. They had been at work a few minutes when the scaffold collapsed and deceased was precipitated into the shaft and was killed. It was found afterwards that the collapse was due to the giving way of one of the bearers on which the scaffold rested. The bearer was of larch, 6 inches square and 7 feet 9 inches long, let into the brickwork about 1 foot at either end. The ends of the bearer had decayed considerably although it had only been in position 12 months

Sheldon, William, 09 Oct 1963, aged 39, Deputy, Killed by roof fall

Sherratt, S., 11 Sep 1868, aged 22, Driver, Fell off waggon and crushed

Simcock, Albert, 11 Feb 1912, (accident: 15 Jan 1912), aged 15, Attendant at Screen Machinery, Deceased climbed inside the fencing round the flywheel and connecting rod of a belt-driven shaking screen for the purpose of oiling the bearings. He was apparently caught by the flywheel and fell on the floor, and one leg was drawn under the shaft of the flywheel between the wheel and a pedestal. The leg was severely injured, and death ensued on February 11th. It was neither necessary to oil the machinery while in motion, nor to climb inside the fence to do so. The accident was directly due to a breach of Special Rule 156

Slater, W., 27 Aug 1868, aged 48, Collier, Fall of roof

Squires, Edwin Harrison, 11 Aug 1914, (accident: 07 Aug 1914), aged 44, Fireman, Deceased was illegally riding on a clip attached to two full tubs on the endless haulage rope in a dip, when his shoulder came in contact with a low ledge of roof and he was rolled over the top of the first tub and dropped on the coupling between them, sustaining severe injuries. Pneumonia supervened, and he died on 11th August

Stanier, T., 13 Nov 1879, Collier, Fall of bass

Stoklosa, Wladyslaw, 12 Mar 1957, aged 43, Face worker, Buried in roof fall

Stubbs, William, 22 Jan 1911, (accident: 18 Jan 1911), aged 39, Collier, Deceased was doing some repairs on a horse level in the Hardmine seam. A post 8 ft. long was brought from the far end lying longitudinally across the first two loads of a journey of four. On arriving near to where Stubbs was working, the driver, without stopping the journey, rolled the post off on to the side of the road. By some means one end was caught between the third and fourth loads, and it was carried along in this manner, about 5 ft. of it projecting out in the roadway. It struck Stubbs in the back, and caused injuries from which he died four days later

Swindley, John, 29 May 1901, aged 26, Loader, Fall of roof at longwall face in Hard Mine. The fall came from between two slips, and reeled out or broke two-bars with legs under them. The place appeared to have been well timbered

Unknown, -, 01 Jul 1870, aged 14, Driver, Fell under the waggons on the main road

Willot, Richard, 23 Jan 1877, aged 41, Collier, One shot unexpecedly exploded another through a crack in the coal and struck deceased, who thought he was safe

Woolley, James Henry, 01 Jun 1935, aged 36, Collier, Coal fell from face and crushed him

Yates, S., 17 Feb 1855, Fall of roof

Youd, Herbert, 15 Aug 1938, aged 22, Collier, While packing roof fell — fractured skull and pelvis proved fatal