	Old Roundwood Colliery	Index	Old Roundwood Colliery

Old Roundwood Colliery

Location:	2 miles [3 km] W of Wakefield
Map Ref:	(Sheet 104 Leeds and Bradford) SE295202, 53° 40' 40" N, 1° 33' 10" W
Opened:
Closed:
Owners:	Terry, Greaves and Co., Ltd.
	1947 - National Coal Board (N.C.B.)
Output:	1947 - Coal: Gas, Manufacturing, Steam. (215,000 tons)
	1954 - Coal: Gas, Household, Steam.
Employment:	1923 - 920 (750 below, 170 surface)
	1933 - 926 (747 below, 179 surface)
	1940 - 718 (590 below, 128 surface)
	1947 - 633 (508 below, 125 surface)
	1954 - 809 (648 below, 161 surface)
Seams Worked:	1954 - Beeston, Eleven Yards, Silkstone
Notes:	Current Status - Page under construction! and is far, far from complete!

Description

Disasters (5 or more killed)

None found.

Names of those killed at this colliery

Please note that this collection of names is by no means complete!

						Colley, A., 19 Nov 1902, (accident: 05 Nov 1902), aged 16, Hurrier, Died 19th November. Fatally crushed between the side of the road and a set of full tubs which he was helping to bring out-bye
						Gath, William, 28 Sep 1934, aged 31, Miner, Working at loose end of 4 yard board when piece of stone fell on him from bedding plane in roof — edge of stone fractured his spine. Died 6 days later
						Harrison, Benjamin, 26 Jun 1902, (accident: 06 Jun 1902), aged 35, Dataller, Died 26th June. Was setting a prop in a working place, when the roof fell and fatally injured him. Cause — a bump
						Jackson, Joseph, 11 May 1910, aged 44, Miner, A clip attaching the tubs to an endless rope broke, and three full tubs ran amain down the haulage road. Jackson who was travelling outbye was run over and killed
						Jagger, A., 26 Jul 1900, aged 36, Collier, Fall of roof
						Lee, Arthur, 14 Jul 1919, aged 41, Miner, Engaged in removing a fall of roof in his gateway when he was caught by another fall
						Noble, Wilfred, 03 Mar 1915, (accident: 26 Feb 1915), aged 18, Pony driver, Hurt himself lifting full tub. Died 3rd. Mar
						Oldroyd, George, 05 Feb 1913, aged 60, Screener, He was crushed against a brick pillar by a railway wagon which he was lowering to the screens
						Piggersgill, T., 20 Nov 1902, aged 64, On-setter, Foolishly went into the cage-hole when the cages were running, and was killed
						Rollinson, R., 08 Jan 1904, aged 16, Pony Driver, He was bringing a set of eight full tubs out-bye and was sitting on the front one. The inclination of the road was 1 in 30, and he had six lockers or sprags in the tubs so the horse had to pull, and in starting, the first tub was jerked off the road and he was thrown under it and fatally injured. The road was in very good condition
						Thewlis, G. W., 08 Jun 1903, aged 19, Hurrier, Two full tubs overpowered a hurrier and ran amain and collided with an empty tub which Thewlis was taking to the coal face. His own tub was driven over him and he was found dead under the second full one
						Thresh, Thomas, 03 May 1902, (accident: 02 May 1902), aged 23, Hurrier, Died 3rd May. He lost his light when bringing a full tub from the workings, and had stopped. Another hurrier, who was following, pushed a full tub on to him and broke his back

						12 names found

If you know of any fatalities missing from the above list then please contact us with the details and we will add them to our database.

Those names marked with , have a web page providing individual details of the accident, the page may also include a photograph of the deceased. Click on the symbol next to the name to see the web page.

Some of the names of mining fatalities on this page have been kindly provided by Ian Winstanley of the Coal Mining History Resource Centre (CMHRC) and are marked with . The CMHRC is available here.

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Credits

Sources:

1900 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 536), York and Lincoln District (No. 5) by Frank N. Wardell, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
1902 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 1590), York and Lincoln District (No. 5) by W. H. Pickering, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
1903 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 2119), York and Lincoln District (No. 5) by W. H. Pickering, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
1904 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 2506), York and Lincoln District (No. 5) by W. Walker, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
1910 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 5676), Yorkshire and North Midland District (No. 4) by W. H. Pickering, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
1913 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 7439), Yorkshire and North Midland Division (No. 3) by Thomas H. Mottram, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
1923 Colliery Year Book and Coal Trades Directory. Published by The Louis Cassier Co. Ltd., from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian
1933 Colliery Year Book and Coal Trades Directory. Published by The Louis Cassier Co. Ltd., from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian
1940 Colliery Year Book and Coal Trades Directory. Published by The Louis Cassier Co. Ltd., from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian
1947 Colliery Year Book and Coal Trades Directory. Published by The Louis Cassier Co. Ltd., from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian
1954 Guide to the Coalfields published by the Colliery Guardian