Peel Hall Colliery

Baron, James Robert, 11 Mar 1920, aged 42, Collier, Killed by a fall of roof [More information ...]

Bate, James, 17 Nov 1898, aged 16, Drawer, Crushed by tub in drawing road. Owing to scotch dropping out tub got away from drawer. He omitted to place stop prop, tub ran away and killed another drawer

Bates, Roger, 11 Mar 1920, aged 49, Collier, Killed by a fall of roof [More information ...]

Berry, William, 07 May 1904, (accident: 10 Mar 1904, 9.30 p.m., 1st hour of shift), aged 42, Collier, Fall of roof. Whilst travelling up main jig brow to his working place, a piece of rock broke from the roof falling on his back, 3 feet x 2 feet and 6 inches thick. Probable cause a settlement of the roof. Died 7th May (Good roof) (Yard seam)

Bradburn, John Henry, 16 Mar 1900, 8.20 a.m., 2nd hour of shift, aged 24, Collier, Fall of roof in working place from between two slips ; two props ordered by fireman had not been put up. (Good roof.) (Cannel Mine)

Chorlton, Joseph, 12 Nov 1908, (accident: 28 Oct 1908), aged 42, Collier, Fall of roof. At working face from a slip which ought to have been seen. He had pulled coal to it. Narrow escape of two men. (Died 12th November.) (Average roof) (Arley seam)

Cowcill, James, 24 Oct 1912, aged 13, Coal picker, Standing astride a revolving shaft 9 inches above floor, pouring water on a heated bearing, coat caught shaft, he was carried round many times before machinery could be stopped

Eckersley, Joseph, 13 Jun 1903, 7 a.m., 1st hour of shift, aged 20, Shunter, Whilst riding on the front buffer of waggon he slipped and fell on the rails before the wheel which passed over him

Glass, Robert, 25 Jun 1913, (accident: 24 Jun 1913), aged 54, Collier, Fall of roof at working face between the props and a slip at the face, shown in the coal. Was preparing to set a prop. At least three props were required. Died on 25th, fractured spine (Arley seam)

Haslam, John, 05 May 1896, aged 37, Hooker on, Crushed by cage. Knowing the cages were running whilst at an intermediary mouthing stood on the fencing and looked up shaft to a pulley. Ascending cage struck him on the head. Had never been seen to do this before; he could have stopped cages running; could have got into cage and been raised to pulley

Hodgkiss, James, 25 Aug 1910, aged 44, Collier, At face of working place from a 15-feet fault, place full of slips with only the ordinary timbering (Plodder seam)

Hudson, Henry, 14 Jul 1917, aged 31, Collier, Fall of coal — fractured arm

Jones, John Winter, 10 Sep 1919, aged 47, Collier, Cut thigh causing sceptic poisoning. Died

Lane, Richard, 10 May 1894, aged 39, Sinker, Crushed by cage when getting in at intermediate mouthing. Engine crept away owing to break not being secure

McCullough, Alfred, 16 Jun 1899, 11 a.m., 5th hour of shift, aged 13, Drawer, Crushed by tubs at bottom of engine plane whilst waiting for gang ; supposed to have fallen asleep

Schofield, Robert, 20 Mar 1893, aged 17, Dataller, Crushed by tub being lowered down engine plane loaded with rails and sleepers. Not being sufficiently scotched it overpowered and ran away. Deceased held on to the tub until it collided with other tubs at the bottom of plane

Smith, Joseph, 21 Jun 1904, 1.30 p.m., 7th hour of shift, aged 17, Crushed by a tub which was in the engine brow not properly secured ; a gang of tubs was lowered against this tub so that it ran down the brow and caught deceased as he was turning a tub (Cannel seam)

Sykes, Joseph, 21 Oct 1894, (accident: 12 Oct 1894), aged 29, Collier, Fall of roof in gateway whilst drawing prop. Died 21st

Tonge, H., 21 Mar 1860, aged 35, Banksman, Falling down a shaft, on emptying a water barrel

Wild, Thomas, 05 Dec 1876, aged 41, Coal miner, Run over by a loaded tub which a coal miner let go in attempting to take it down the engine brow without the rope

Wilson, Ernest, 05 Jan 1918, aged 18, Haulage hand, Crushed by tubs — fractured ribs and internal injuries