Peasley Cross Colliery

Banks, William, 22 Aug 1873, aged 64, Horse tenter, Suffocated by stables taking fire in No. 2 pit

Bates, Peter, 11 May 1863, aged 30, Collier, Fall of roof

Brookfield, John, 20 Jan 1869, aged 15, Drawer, Falling out of cage while ascending the pit [More information ...]

Burrows, James, 17 Oct 1871, aged 45, Collier, Suffocation by gas from town sewers

Cartwright, Edward, 17 Nov 1875, aged 59, Collier, Crushed between loaded tubs at pit bottom

Chadwick, John, 17 Apr 1872, Collier, From burns by a blown out shot

Club, William, 25 Mar 1881, aged 20, Collier, Inspection made and inquest attended. Deceased had a fit and fell in front of engine sett, which could not be stopped in time

Cook, Joseph, 03 Jul 1869, Day labourer, Fall of roof

Cottam, Richard, 12 Aug 1868, aged 36, Collier, Struck by a tub on an inclined plane

Cundliffe, Henry, 11 Mar 1873, aged 67, Roadman, Killed on engine plane by rope breaking, tubs ran back

Davenport, William, 29 Mar 1859, Collier, Fall of coal

Evans, James, 07 Apr 1870, aged 26, Collier, Fall of roof

Foster, Richard, 27 Jul 1861, aged 25, Collier, Fall of roof

Gardiner, Thomas, 13 Jan 1865, aged 38, Labourer, By railway trucks above ground

Harrison, James, 14 Dec 1894, aged 53, Repairer, Inspection made. While in the act of repairing bars on a main roadway he had jack propped several bars to get one out but loosening it a heavy fall occurred carrying all the timber before it and falling on him

Heaton, William, 19 Feb 1872, Collier, From an explosion of gas

Hilton, Thomas, 31 Dec 1867, aged 55, Pitman, Falling part way down the shaft

Hodson, John, 24 Aug 1869, aged 30, Brakesman, Crushed between railway trucks on surface

Houghton, Ralph, 28 Sep 1892, 10.20 p.m., 6th hour of shift, aged 66, Engineman, Inspection made. A tub got unhooked from a journey going down a slant, and ran past the deceased, who was sitting in a refuge hole ; he then went to the signal to rap stop, when the journey itself, which he must have forgotten, ran over him

Kelley, Patrick, 09 Sep 1869, aged 34, Collier, Fall of coal in place 4 yards wide

Knowles, R., 16 Mar 1870, aged 57, Collier, Fall of roof

Leigh, Joseph, 29 Aug 1887, aged 72, Underlooker, Inquiries made. He was going up the engine plane to the shaft when he was struck by the rope which had caught under a sleeper and then sprang up

McKann, Thomas, 10 Oct 1864, aged 16, Drawer, Crushed by trams below ground

McKenny, Charles, 18 Oct 1860, aged 17, Drawer, Fall of roof

Molyneaux, John, 18 Mar 1865, aged 25, Collier, Explosion of gas

Roughley, Thomas, 02 Dec 1875, aged 60, Dataler, Run over by tubs on engine plane

Ruan, Martin, 09 Jan 1867, Labourer, Run over by coal truck

Stark, Henry, 05 Aug 1870, (accident: Jul 1869), aged 55, Labourer, Falling off pit brow July 1869

Taylor, Robert, 17 Apr 1872, Collier, Killed on railway

Thompson, Thomas, 13 Dec 1872, aged 30, Collier, Fall of coal

Waring, Joseph, 25 May 1874, (accident: 18 May 1874), aged 30, Collier, Burnt by explosion of gas in Burton Head Seam through the deceased removing his lamp top. Died 25th May

Whitfield, John, 07 Feb 1895, (accident: 01 Feb 1895), aged 30, Surface foreman, Inquiry made. The deceased went between two railway wagons to uncouple them and was run over as he came from between them the wheel passing over his ankle he was acting temporary instead of the brakesman. He did not use the coupling pole which was on the loco which was said to have been generally used. Blood poisoning set in and he died on the 7th instant

Woods, Aaron, 10 Aug 1871, aged 15, Pony driver, Crushed between trams and tubs