Pewfall Colliery

Abrams, Thomas, 13 Dec 1862, aged 26, Jigger, By a jig drum underground

Ashall, John, 20 Jun 1876, aged 24, Collier, Fall of coal

Ashall, Thomas, 15 Jan 1877, (accident: 10 Jul 1876), aged 35, Dataler, Back injured whilst loading tram (injured 10th July 1876)

Birchall, John, 25 Jan 1886, aged 38, Collier, Inspection made and inquest attended. This man was getting a pillar of coal and three of his props got capped and he appears to have gone on working without resetting them although told by the fireman to do so when the roof fell on him

Blinstone, Richard, 04 Nov 1867, aged 13, Drawer, Run over by train of full tubs

Burroughs, Thomas, 26 Nov 1886, aged 40, Collier, Inspection made and inquest attended. A piece of stone fell from slips and between the props as the face of his wideworks. The place was well timbered

Burrows, Henry, 07 Jul 1888, aged 40, Fireman, Inspection made and inquest attended. They were retimbering in an old road which was much crushed and after setting up a bar were taking out an old one when the side came over carrying two or three bars with it and burying the two deceased [More information ...]

Byrom, Thomas, 06 Apr 1865, aged 28, Collier, Fall of roof in Main Delf mine

Carearon, Dominic, 22 Apr 1867, Labourer, A tub of slack fell on him from the top of coal screen above ground

Carty, Luke, 25 Feb 1894, aged 55, Furnaceman, Inspection made and inquest attended. The day fireman and furnaceman and another person were descending the shaft and cage stooped at the Rushy Park mouthing for the day furnaceman to get out when the deceased who was at the mouthing gave a signal to lower the cage and attempted it is supposed to enter the cage but failed to do so and fell 80 yards down the shaft

Clark, Joseph, 11 Mar 1867, (accident: 09 Mar 1867), aged 18, Drawer, Explosion of firedamp on 9th [More information ...]

Costello, Thomas, 07 Dec 1881, aged 20, Dataller, Inspection made and inquest attended. Deceased was taking off the tubs at the bottom of a balance brow, when the chain broke and the tub ran against him

Cunliffe, Frank, 26 Nov 1883, aged 50, Collier, Inspection made. A heavy fall of roof from "slips" carrying the timber before it and burying the deceased

Cunliffe, Thomas, 09 Jun 1881, aged 19, Drawer, Inspection made and inquest attended. Fall of roof between props and face, which was holing through to an old driving. The place was fairly well timbered, but extra precautions should have been taken under the circumstances

Davies, Richard, 18 Mar 1874, aged 30, Weighman, Crushed between waggons

Dearden, James, 07 Jul 1888, aged 36, Dataler, Inspection made and inquest attended. They were retimbering in an old road which was much crushed and after setting up a bar were taking out an old one when the side came over carrying two or three bars with it and burying the two deceased [More information ...]

Dearden, W., 02 Jul 1906, aged 41, Daywageman, Inspection made. He was engaged drawing a prop from under the roof, after having set a chock, when a stone fell and caught him. If he had used the gablock and chain, his life would most probably have been saved

Dowd, Roger, 06 Jan 1863, aged 31, Jigger, Drawn by the jig chain against the drum

Dunn, James, 16 Jul 1863, aged 34, Collier, Fall of roof

Fairhurst, Richard, 04 May 1872, aged 32, Collier, Fall of roof in Rushy Park Mine

Flaherty, Patrick, 01 Mar 1895, aged 46, Collier, Inspection made. The deceased went into his working place and commenced to draw a prop which was in the way of his tub getting to the face. He must have misjudged the security of the roof which fell upon him

Hallam, Robert, 01 Mar 1872, aged 60, Collier, Fall of roof in No. 2 pit, 9 feet mine

Hanson, Thomas, 19 Nov 1897, aged 42, Contractor, Inspection made and inquest attended. He was going to rip the roof down and there were two props in his way he set two fresh props and then proceeded to draw the other two. He got the first out safely but when drawing the second with a hammer a large stone fell upon the deceased. If he had used the gablock and chain the accident might have been avoided

Hardman, John, 29 Jul 1871, aged 29, Collier, Fall of roof

Hazeldine, Charles, 08 Jul 1881, aged 40, Collier, Inspection made. Fall of roof, owing to the weight coming over his place from the goaf alongside. The place was well timbered

Heaton, Henry, 27 Mar 1867, aged 55, Collier, Fall of roof in Main Delf Mine

Hewitt, Robert, 28 Jun 1907, aged 18, Drawer, A full tub being drawn up by an engine struck a tub left by a drawer too near the haulage road, which knocked it against the timber, causing a fall of roof upon the deceased

Heys, E., 25 Jul 1867, aged 17, Drawer, Fall of roof

Houghton, James, 17 Feb 1886, aged 52, Fireman, Inspection made and inquest attended. He was sent with some men to make some roof coal safe on main engine brow and had just examined a place which he said he considered all right when it suddenly fell on him

Hughes, William, 05 Jul 1892, 7.30 a.m., 2nd hour of shift, aged 38, Collier, Inspection made and inquest attended. Deceased was walking up an endless rope hauling road, rising 5 inches per yard, behind two full tubs chained to the rope, and to the last of these a tail rope was attached, which was pulling two more tubs out of a dip working ; the latter got off the road, causing a great strain on the chain, which eventually gave way, and the tubs ran back over him

Liptrot, William, 07 Oct 1896, aged 35, Collier, Inspection made and inquest attended. He was working in the long-wall face and had his props set to within 3 feet and 6 inches of the coal face when stone fell upon him from the roof between the coal face and the timber. The place seemed to be fairly timbered

Lyne, Henry, 15 Feb 1893, aged 15, Pony driver, Inspection made and inquest attended. The deceased was driving a pony and was apparently getting on the journey to ride and fell over the front tub passing over him

Maguire, Richard, 04 Mar 1862, aged 39, Fireman, Run over underground at bottom of incline

Marsh, Thomas, 05 May 1862, Collier, Fall of roof

McDonald, Thomas, 24 Sep 1868, Labourer, Run over by a tub below ground

Meadows, Peter, 17 Mar 1865, aged 30, Fireman, Fall of roof iwhile fixing rimber

Morne, Henry, 08 Apr 1884, aged 21, Dataler, Inspection made and inquest attended. Deceased was working for a contractor, who allowed him to take a tub down an incline of 7 inches to the yard with only a drill in for a scotch, and the tub overpowering him he was flung against a prop, breaking his skull. The contractor was vert negligent of his duty, as the man had only recently come into the pit, and knew little or nothing of its dangers

Naylor, John, 02 Jul 1885, aged 57, Dataler, Inspection made. Deceased was taking timber and immediately after drawing a certain prop a heavy fall occurred carrying with it the props where he was standing and fell upon him

Pilling, William, 01 May 1862, Collier, Fall of roof

Prior, William, 15 Jun 1868, Collier, Fall of roof

Ralphson, William, 16 Jun 1890, aged 56, Dataler, Inspection made. He was assisting a fireman and another man to set a bar at a fault when a stone slipped down and sprang the end of the bar against his head

Ratcliffe, James, 22 Jun 1889, (accident: 17 Jun 1889), aged 45, Collier, Inspection made. He was caught by a stone falling out from a "slip" when in the act of setting a prop. Inflammation of the lungs set in, and he died on the 22nd June

Sanders, William, 23 Nov 1865, Collier, Crushed by trains and tubs below ground

Saunders, Samuel, 11 Mar 1867, (accident: 09 Mar 1867), aged 25, Drawer, Explosion of firedamp [More information ...]

Sharrock, Benjamin, 18 Oct 1891, (accident: 02 May 1891, 11.0 a.m.), aged 56, Fireman, Inquiry made. The deceased is said to have injured his breast whilst attempting to lift a loaded tub of coals on to the metals. He died on the 18th October 1891

Smith, Robert, 04 Jul 1908, (accident: 15 Jun 1908), aged 57, Fireman, When walking over a big fall of roof in the haulage road he appears to have slipped and fallen down the end of the fall, causing internal injuries. Pneumonia afterwards set in, and he expired ou July 4, 1908

Sudworth, Thomas, 24 Jul 1883, aged 19, Drawer, Inquest attended. The deceased was clearing away dirt from the face when a large stone fell from between three "slips." The place required more timber setting, and the fireman stated that he had instructed the collier to do so, but it had been neglected

Swift, John, 14 Nov 1899, aged 53, Browman, Inspection made. He went under the staging of the brow to clean dust off the weighing beam, and fell over the unprotected edge of some planking a distance of 18 feet to below. He expired on the way to the hospital

Thornley, John, 14 Sep 1885, aged 32, Drawer, Inquiries made. Deceased and the collier were lowering a tub a yard or two to have more room to fill when their place being steep it overpowered them and deceased who was in front was forced down brow and crushed against a prop

Travis, Joseph, 20 Aug 1868, aged 35, Collier, Fall of roof

Twiss, Thomas, 29 Jan 1873, aged 32, Collier, Fall of roof in Little Delph, No.3 pit

Twist, James, 29 Jul 1871, aged 28, Collier, Fall of roof [More information ...]

Twist, Thomas, 29 Jul 1871, aged 25, Collier, Fall of roof [More information ...]

Winstanley, Timothy, 22 Feb 1866, Collier, Fall of a prop