Park Colliery

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Adamson, John, 23 Jan 1934, (accident: 13 Dec 1933), aged 64, Collier, Scratched hand with cannel — died of osteomylitis 23rd Jan. 1934

Alker, John T., 24 Jun 1898, aged 21, Mining student, Inspection made and inquest attended. In catching hold of one of the insulated handles of the switchboard for the electrical work in the underlooker's cabin at the pit bottom the deceased placed his fingers beyond and received a fatal electrical shock. The installation, which was only partially completed by an electrical engineer worked at 110 H.P., or a tension of 500 volts. At the inquiry it was recommended that the handles should be made longer and that the switchboard and connections should be cased off and that only an authorised person should use it

Banks, John William, 27 Nov 1920, aged 21, Drawer, Scratch on knee caused blood poisoning

Bennett, John, 26 Sep 1917, aged 55, Daywageman, Buried by fall [More information ...]

Brien, Michael, 02 Jul 1927, aged 21, Contractors man, Killed by a fall when drilling

Brown, Edward Grimshaw, 04 Jul 1928, aged 63, Daywageman, Injured back and internal injuries

Cheetham, Thomas, 14 May 1918, aged 29, Collier, Injury to spine by fall of roof

Close, Henry, 30 Oct 1889, aged 40, Carpenter, Inspection made. The wire rope conductors were being put in by winding them up from the pit bottom. Deceased had clammed the end of one conductor about six yards up the winding rope, and as the men were fastening the end of the winding rope to the conductor, the top end of the latter slipped from the clams, and springing back caught the deceased on the head

Collier, James Edward, 02 Feb 1911, aged 60, Daywageman, Fall of roof. When engaged freeing the head of a prop, which he was about to draw, a fall of roof from the edge of the waste occurred and killed him

Cunliffe, Frederick, 25 Mar 1909, aged 26, Carpenter, When deceased was engaged painting the cable boxes in the shaft, he appeared to have accidentally fallen off the staging, fixed on top of the cage, and fell to the bottom of the shaft and was killed

Cunliffe, James, 21 Oct 1919, aged 63, Daywageman, Fall of stone — injured chest

Cunliffe, Thomas, 25 Mar 1897, aged 40, Engineman, Inspection made and inquest attended. They were trying a steam travelling crane and it is supposed through the rails being wet it got up an unusual speed and the man in charge failed to reverse it and it ran through the stop block at end of rails and upset falling on the deceased, who was assisting the driver

Gibson, Thomas, 19 Feb 1926, aged 50, Collier, Killed by a fall of coal at face

Griffin, Martin, 05 Mar 1906, (accident: 22 Feb 1906), aged 28, Daywageman, Inspection made and inquest attended. A ripping shot had been fired, and deceased was clearing it, and filling it into a tub, when a stone fell from the roof upon him. The Contractor stated he had previously plucked, and examined the particular part, and thought he had made it safe. Cause, roof not been closely timbered. He expired March 5th, 1906

Higgins, Martin, 14 Apr 1893, aged 20, Labourer, Inspection made and inquest attended. Deceased was knocked down by the locomotive whilst carrying a rail over the branches on his shoulder. The locomotive was pushing two waggons backwards up the line the driver and brakesman both being on the engine at the time but appear to have failed to see that the line was clear for them

Hill, George, 19 Mar 1913, aged 28, Assistant hooker-on, A double deck cage containing four full tubs was lifted away from the bottom and stopped as soon as the descending cage was at the ground level in order that some coal might be raised from the surface level to the heapstead level. When the other cage was again lowered to the bottom, it was found that deceased had by some means been crushed against the bearers underneath it, and had fallen into the sump

Hill, John, 05 Apr 1891, 11.25 p.m., aged 37, Contractor, Inspection and inquest attended. Deceased was casting stones from a caunch into a pack and to do it more readily he drew a chock and a prop although warned by the fireman not to do so and the roof fell on him five minutes later

Hill, William, 18 Oct 1909, aged 28, Collier, He was engaged clearing coal and barring the face, after the coal-cutting machine, when a fall of roof occurred upon him

Hilton, George, 07 May 1913, aged 33, Dataller, Deceased was engaged, along with another workman, in replacing a prop underneath the end of a roof bar in a main shunt. A jack prop had been set under centre of the bar, and the end prop withdrawn. Before another prop could be set a stone measuring 4 feet by 3 feet 9 inches by 12 inches fell from the roof, displacing the bar and jack prop. It fell on Hilton's head and neck and killed him instantly

Holloway, George, 30 Dec 1907, aged 34, Machine-hand, When clearing the holing after the coal cutting machine, a fall of roof occurred upon the deceased near the face ; the props set were nearly five feet off the face, and no bars or stretchers on to the coal had been set

Ince, Peter, 17 Aug 1897, aged 30, Brakesman, Inspection made and inquest attended. The locomotive was shunting 28 empty wagons into the siding and the deceased is supposed to have fallen under the wagons when attempting to put one of the brakes down

Johnson, Henry, 06 Jan 1897, aged 53, Collier, Inspection made and inquest attended. Deceased had got the lower section of the seam cut and had propped the upper coal and dirt. These props drawn under the direction of the fireman, and whilst placing fresh props under the exposed roof it came down upon the deceased

Kelly, Edward, 28 Sep 1891, aged 45, Dataler, Inspection made and inquest attended. Deceased and another man were ordered to chip the roof for two bars where it was too low, and were told to set props before proceeding to cut the roof but did not do so and the roof fell upon the deceased

Liptrott, Robert, 17 May 1895, aged 15, Wagoner, Inspection made and inquest attended. The pit bottom was fenced with iron railings within 9 ins of the cage. The hooker-on stated he gave the signal for the full cage to ascend, the deceased being at that time outside the fence when he appeared to have caught hold of some part of the cage or got entangled, and after the cage ascended about 80 yards he fell to pit bottom and died almost immediately. They were sending timber up in the cage at the time to a landing above in the shaft

Maguire, Richard, 23 Mar 1911, aged 30, Drawer, Fall of roof. When attempting to get some tools out of the waste of a working place, stopped through the roof being on weight, he got completely buried by a fall of roof

Marsh, James, 06 Sep 1894, (accident: 05 Sep 1894), aged 14, Lasher on, Inspection made and inquest attended. The deceased had unhooked the lashing chain from the tubs on the motion brow when the hook got fast in a sleeper which caused the rails to spring across the road and struck the deceased causing internal injuries that he died the following day. Lashing on stations will be boarded between the sleepers in future

Marsh, Matthew, 18 Nov 1892, (accident: 17 Nov 1892), aged 52, Locomotive driver, Inquiry made. The deceased fainted and in falling his head came in contact with some steel girders which were supporting an old locomotive in the engine shed causing injuries to his head that he died the following day

Mitchell, John, 06 Mar 1917, (accident: 05 Aug 1916), aged 66, Labourer, Fell into bunker whle dozing 5th Aug 1916. Died Mar. 1917

Naylor, John, 24 Oct 1910, aged 34, Collier, When engaged holing a block of coal having three open sides, it fell when the holing reached a natural joint, capped a sprag and fatally injured Naylor

Nevin, James, 30 Nov 1888, aged 45, Sinker, Inspection made and inquest attended. A piece of stone fell from the side of the sinking pit eight yards up on to him. Frequent inspections had been made and all was apparently safe

Nolan, John, 03 Nov 1900, aged 42, Contractor, Inspection made. They were timbering the return air-road, and had just completed putting up three bars, when some side came over, knocking out the bars and falling upon the deceased. He succumbed to the injuries received on the 27th inst.

Picton, Edward, 15 Oct 1892, (accident: 12 Oct 1892, 3 a.m., 7th hour of shift), aged 15, Pony driver, Inspection made and inquest attended. Deceased was overpowered in taking a tub down a brow to a collier, without sufficient scotches, and somehow fell under. He succumbed to the injuries received on October 15th. He was exceeding his duty in taking the tub down

Picton, Francis, 14 Oct 1929, aged 56, Pusher on, Killed by being struck on head and body by chains

Platt, Joseph, 27 Sep 1888, aged 22, Bricklayers labourer, Inspection made and inquest attended. A chimney about 100 feet high was being built and they were raising one of the coping stones by means of a derrick erected at the top of the chimney when the derrick which was not of sufficient strength gave way and deceased was knocked off the platform to the ground

Preston, James, 17 May 1928, aged 30, Drawer, Killed by runaway tubs

Rowe, Frederick, 25 Jan 1910, aged 38, Daywageman, When attempting to unhook a tub he got fatally crushed by the tub against a haulage wheel

Silcock, Robert, 02 Apr 1903, (accident: 27 Mar 1903), aged 60, Daywageman, Inquiry made and inquest attended. Deceased was engaged changing props under a bar, and had set a jack-prop under the centre of a bar, and had set the lower side prop, but when driving the higher side prop under, the bar slipped and a loose stone fell upon him. He succumbed to the injuries received, April 2nd, 1903

Topping, Richard, 10 Aug 1892, 11.30 a.m., 6th hour of shift, aged 50, Collier, Inspection made and inquest attended. Deceased was working the coal on upper side of road to a fault, when a stone fell from the roof upon him, from between two slips and fault. He had his props too far from slip of fault