Park Hill Colliery

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Birkenshaw, A., 11 Nov 1886, aged 14, Fall of roof

Bolt, J., 11 Feb 1892, 11.30 a.m., 6th hour of shift, aged 39, Labourer, Crushed by waggons

Boyle, W., 08 Dec 1898, (accident: 05 Dec 1898), aged 32, Collier, Fall of roof. Died 8th December

Burns, Robert, 01 Jun 1910, aged 58, Byeworkman, A boy neglected to fix a drag behind a set of full tubs to be drawn up an incline, and to securely fasten them to the rope. The tubs ran down the incline and the coal was thrown violently out when they reached the bottom. Burns was struck and fatally injured

Cheetham, J., 30 Aug 1884, (accident: 27 Aug 1884), aged 33, Labourer, Crushed by waggons ; died 30th Aug

Churchill, J., 21 Jul 1885, (accident: 14 Jul 1885), aged 15, Driver, Run over by corf. Died 21st July

Davis, A., 11 May 1885, aged 25, Collier, Fall of roof

Eccles, William, 07 Jan 1914, aged 25, Screenman, Whilst leaning over a fence to grease the teeth of some cog wheels, he overbalanced and fell amongst them. It was no part of his duty to grease the wheels and he had been forbidden to do so. The fence was 3 feet 7½ inches high but he stood upon an irregularly shaped log of wood 12 inches thick

Farrar, W., 04 Mar 1903, aged 42, Coal Miner, Fall of roof in a working place. Cause — three converging slips. More timber might have been set

Farrer, W., 12 Jun 1894, aged 24, Collier, Fall of stone

Fox, P., 31 Aug 1886, aged 26, Collier, Fall of roof

Gollick, J., 02 Sep 1898, (accident: 19 Mar 1898), aged 35, Collier, Fall of roof. Died 2nd September

Hartley, A., 05 Feb 1900, aged 46, Bye-workman, Fall of roof

Healey, S., 20 Feb 1900, aged 46, Dataller, Fell, when leading horse, and was run over by tubs

Hemingway, C. H., 02 Oct 1934, aged 42, Byeworker, About to start electric air compressor which supplied hammer drills drilling shotholes in excavation of tub creeper at shaft bottom — found conscious near switch and fuse box of control plant. Died shortly after

Hoyland, Samuel, 09 Sep 1905, aged 21, Collier, He had got into the cage at the top of the shaft to descend to his work, and the cage before it reached the ground level, in descending, caught one of the blocks which caused it to tilt and he slipped out and fell to the bottom of the shaft

Hutchinson, A., 03 Nov 1885, aged 14, Screen boy, Fell from waggon

Jefferson, T., 03 Apr 1891, aged 18, Byeworker, Fall of stone and coal

Limb, J., 01 Mar 1888, aged 17, Byeworkman, Crushed between corf and roof

Longden, E., 10 Apr 1887, (accident: 09 Apr 1887), aged 32, Timekeeper, Brick fell on him from fan chimney in course of errection. Died 10th Apr

Mack, T., 14 Feb 1898, aged 36, Collier, Went into fenced off place containing explosive gas

Mitchell, Charles, 27 Feb 1934, aged 25, Collier, Knocking a prop out of goaf with a hammer when piece of band fell from concealed slips in roof

Mould, S., 18 Mar 1887, aged 25, Collier, Fall of roof

Neil, R., 15 Apr 1890, aged 50, Collier, Fall of coal and stone

Overend, George, 12 Sep 1904, aged 22, Collier, A fall of roof occurred in his working place at a slip running parallel with the right side pack and killed him

Palmer, C., 09 Feb 1890, (accident: 08 Feb 1890), aged 18, Shunter, Run over by waggons. Died 9th

Palmer, S., 05 Aug 1892, 8.15 a.m., 3rd hour of shift, aged 34, Collier, Fall of stone

Pickard, Frederick, 31 Jan 1910, aged 32, Collier, When illegally riding outbye on a full tub on an engine plane he was fatally crushed against the roof

Rollinson, Albert, 21 May 1915, aged 37, Collier, Attempting to escape fall of coal from face when he slipped and was caught against tub

Simpson, J., 01 Dec 1887, aged 45, Collier, Fall of roof

Smith, T. W., 27 Oct 1903, aged 33, Collier, Fall of roof in a working place where sprags had recently been drawn and coal dropped. Cause — a fault and want of skill in timbering

Smith, Walter, 23 Jul 1912, aged 34, Collier, He was killed by the explosion of a shot which had previously missed fire. Two other men were badly injured

Stanley, J., 23 Mar 1897, (accident: 22 Mar 1897), aged 59, Collier, Run over by corves on inclined plane. Died 23rd March

Stead, T., 17 Nov 1902, (accident: 14 Nov 1902), aged 38, Deputy, Died 17th November. Unexpected explosion of saxonite shot

Swain, J., 26 Jan 1884, aged 23, Collier, Fell from Stanley Main to Haigh Moor, in shaft

Tudor, H., 21 Nov 1887, aged 39, Collier, Fall of coal

Walker, David, 18 Dec 1901, aged 14, Haulage-Boy, For some unknown reason went beyond the fence of a junction wheel and became entangled in the pulley and was killed

Whiteley, Bromley, 27 Mar 1902, (accident: 14 Feb 1902), aged 25, Collier, Died 27th March. Forgot to put the lockers in a full tub when about to bring it down a road with a sharp gradient. It overpowered him, and he was fatally crushed. He was in front of the tub

Whiteman, James, 14 Oct 1905, aged 29, Collier, While in the act of working the loose stone off from a ripping shot, a piece of stone unexpectedly dropped out between two slippery faces. As the slip was clearly defined, timber should have been set to support the stone that fell

Whitworth, William, 07 Mar 1913, aged 68, Collier, Whilst getting coal he was caught by a fall of coal and dirt — the result of a "weight bump." There were two slips, one of which was exposed by the fall

Wright, J., 26 Jan 1890, (accident: 19 Jan 1890), aged 59, Labourer, Injured by rope at top of shaft. Died 26th