Parkfield Colliery

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Baker, Thomas, 03 Oct 1861, aged 32, Collier, Sudden fall of stone overhead

Ball, Nathaniel, 08 Dec 1857, aged 25, Collier, Fell on rail ; whilst lowering tram on incline, the chain broke

Benjamin, C., 10 Dec 1883, aged 18, Horse driver, As soon as the horse was unhitched at a parting it started off, and and the hook which the boy wore round his waist caught in the traces, and he was dragged some 300 yards before the horse could be stopped

Bennett, Job, 06 Mar 1901, aged 18, Labourer, Fall of stone in a roadway, where he was working with, and assisting an experienced repairer

Bryant, William, 12 Jan 1893, aged 60, Collier, Fall of clod. It fell over on them owing to an unseen slip at the back and discharged two sprags which they had set before commencing to hole the coal [More information ...]

Church, Edward, 28 Dec 1857, aged 38, Collier, Fall of stone from roof whilst securing it

Clark, George, 17 Jan 1862, aged 14, Machine boy, A boy older than himself

Crew, Aaron, 16 Feb 1904, (accident: 05 Feb 1904), aged 53, Collier, Fall of roof. A small stone, weighing about 12 lbs., fell from between two slants in the roof and cut his foot. Lockjaw supervened, and he died on the 16th

Flook, Robert, 14 Dec 1894, aged 73, Packer, A scale of roof 1½ft. x 2ft.4 in. thick on one side thinning to a feather edge the other fell on the back of his neck while engaged packing rubbish near the face. He died in the Bristol Infirmary two days later from exhaustion resulting from bronchitis and delirium following the injuries which alone would not have been sufficient to cause death had he been a healthy man

Hobbs, Abraham, 10 Apr 1867, aged 40, Collier, Ascending with 9 others he fell out of the cage when within 10 fathoms of the bottom and was taken up quite dead. The cage was not suffiiently ample for 10 men

Hollister, George, 13 Jul 1865, (accident: 05 Apr 1865), aged 27, Collier, A fall of roof 5th Apr very severely injured. Died this day

Norton, George, 12 Feb 1864, Lost his life on the road near Parkfield Colliery, this too was a railway fatality [fatality reported during the year but not classified as a reportable accident]

Powell, William, 28 Mar 1855, aged 60, Collier, Fall of roof in heading

Rolph, Job, 14 May 1856, Collier, Went into black damp in search of a hammer [More information ...]

Taylor, James, 06 Dec 1869, aged 62, Collier, Premature explosion of shot [More information ...]

Thompson, Edmond, 15 Oct 1867, Of Pucklechurch Killed at the colliery

Thompson, Thomas, 12 Jan 1893, aged 56, Collier, Fall of clod. It fell over on them owing to an unseen slip at the back and discharged two sprags which they had set before commencing to hole the coal [More information ...]

Trinder, John, 13 Mar 1889, aged 17, Filler, Suffocated by blackdamp in an air road not in use and into which he should not have gone

Webster, Henry, 05 Mar 1905, (accident: 27 Oct 1904), aged 25, Haulier, Fall of roof and side in a double parting along which he was passing with empty trolleys. Died 5th March, 1905

Werret, Charles, 01 Jul 1892, aged 70, Labourer, He was engaged on a ladder trimming a hedge along the railway sidings. A truck which was allowed by the shunter to gravitate down the siding struck the ladder and knocked him to the ground causing shock from which the old man died in a short time. The shunter had not noticed him at the place at the time could not see him owing to there being a curve in the line and as it was an idle day he did not anticipate anyone being there

Wheeler, John, 15 May 1857, aged 13, Carter, Fall of roof on level ; prop knocked out by a tram

Wheeler, Richard, 14 May 1856, Collier, Suffocated in trying to rescie Rolph [More information ...]

White, J., 06 Mar 1883, aged 73, Miner, Fall of stone. Deceased and another man were shooting top in the Hard Vein. A shot had been fired and about an hour afterwards, while they were stowing rubbish, a large stone fell. Timber was plentiful and the top sounded good ; probably the shot had loosened the stone