Park Mill Colliery

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Ashall, William, 25 Jan 1918, aged 50, Shiftman, Injury to back while drawing timber. Died

Atkins, Harry, 11 Mar 1910, aged 19, Byeworkman, He was helping to repair a roadway, when suddenly a large stone rolled from the side and killed him. The fall disclosed a previously unsuspected weight break

Beardmore, Wiliam, 13 Aug 1921, aged 33, Fireman, Piece of shale fell down shaft — fractured skull

Beardsmore, William, 26 Aug 1921, Fireman, Killed through some object falling down the pit shaft (Colliery Guardian)

Bradshaw, William, 27 Jul 1908, aged 26, Pusher-on, A tub got fast against a low bar in the jig, and deceased, after he got it free, signalled for the jig to start, when he got runover by the empty set before he reached the manhole. At the inquiry it was advised to have the jig brow enlarged

Bratinsky, John, 19 Feb 1917, aged 36, Shiftman, Killed by a fall of roof

Brook, Henry, 09 Aug 1914, aged 60, Byeworkman, Whilst helping to clear a fall in the main haulage road a slab of stone, 2½ feet by 15 inches by 2 inches fell from the roof across his shoulders and fractured his spine. The roof was hard grey sandstone and the fall was due, in all probability, to the setting of the roof on the temporary timber which had been set

Edwards, John, 10 Apr 1913, aged 15, Engine cleaner, Deceased was employed in a winding engine house to assist in cleaning. Unobserved by the engineman he got through the fence guarding the machinery, probably with the object of watching the motion of the "Visor" automatic contrivance for preventing overwinding, and his clothing was caught by the arms on the tumbler shaft and he was drawn up to the apparatus until the tension upon his clothing fractured his neck. He was an active, intelligent lad and very anxious to understand things

Exley, J. R., 24 Nov 1911, aged 28, Dataller, Whilst cleaning out behind a coal-cutting machine he was killed by a fall of stone from the roof. The stone was in the form of a "horse back" and would weigh about 1½ tons. The roof was insufficiently timbered

Fisher, H., 23 Aug 1902, aged 28, Dataller, Explosion of fire-damp when building a dam. Cause — naked lights

Goulding, J. Henry, 28 Aug 1920, aged 30, Labourer, Found at foot of tip under water

Goulding, James, 09 Oct 1903, (accident: 08 Oct 1903), aged 25, Brakesman, Inspection made and inquest attended. He appears to have gone between two railway waggons to couple them, instead of using his coupling pole, when he got fatally crushed between the waggons. He succumbed to the injuries received the following day

Green, Albert, 27 Apr 1927, aged 21, Haulage hand, Struck by runaway tubs

Haigh, Henry, 31 Mar 1911, aged 44, Onsetter, Whilst in the act of securing two full tubs he was taken up by the cage and jammed against the bottom end of a wooden guide. He appears to have accidentally and unknowingly caught the signal lever and thus signalled for the cage to be raised

Haydock, John, 15 Mar 1900, aged 45, Collier, Inquiry made and inquest attended. He was working out a piece of coal alongside an old level, and there being a break at th« back of the coal (which they were aware of) ; and when he was engaged spragging the coal, it gave way, falling upon him

Heaton, Thomas, 22 May 1924, 9.5 a.m., 6th hour of shift, aged 48, Roofman, The deceased was killed by being struck by a 12 ft. bar and some dirt. He was engaged in setting large timber at the coal face where a fall of roof had previously occurred, leaving a cavity of 4 ft. Several bars had been set and the deceased man's mate was setting an extra prop under one of the carrying bars, when a further fall took place, and knocked out a prop causing one of the 12 ft. bars to swing out. It struck the deceased and fractured his neck. Probably the accident would have been prevented if the ends of the carrying bars had been let into the solid coal instead of depending entirely on props for their support

Lydiate, John, 08 Mar 1905, aged 52, Collier, Inspection made and inquest attended. When taking a ribbing in the nine-feet seam he was in the act of pulling a stone down from the face, which knocked a prop out, and which struck him fatally on the head. The place was well timbered

Mannifield, Leo, 1976, Deputy, Hit by runaways on 3s drift

Pyatt, Eli, 27 Aug 1919, aged 21, Collier, Killed by a fall of coal

Rimmer, -, 29 Jan 1919, killed by a fall of stone

Scofield, C., 06 Feb 1895, aged 18, Hanger on, Fall of roof

Smallshaw, George, 10 Jun 1925, aged 37, Drawer, Head injury by fall of top coal