Radford Colliery

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Bonser, William, 16 Nov 1852, Breaking of a pit rope [More information ...]

Brown, John Frank, 14 Nov 1919, aged 35, Stallman, About 20mins after ripping shot had been fired he was picking up a shovel when he was killed by a fall of rock

Brown, John Rawdin, 14 Jan 1924, (accident: 07 Jan 1924, 9.30 a.m., 2nd hour of shift), aged 37, Stallman, A shot had been fired in the coal and after the deputy had examined the place the deceased prepared to get down some coal which the shot had left hanging. Before starting work he placed his hand against the roof and then sounded with his pick, when instantly a large stone fell on to him. The stone fell from between a hidden slip which ran over the edge of shaken coal and which was invisible, before the fall. It is probable that the blow of the pick was the determining factor which caused the stone to fall. He died from his injuries on 14th January

Cartwright, William, 09 Jun 1899, aged 53, Carpenter, Deceased was assisting to erect a headgear, and while raising one of the iron caps for the top of the woodwork, the hemp rope used for the purpose broke, and caused deceased to fall from the top of the headgear to the ground

Castledine, James Henry, 23 Jul 1906, aged 49, Stallman, Fall of coal. Deceased was taking sprags out for the purpose of falling some coal, when the coal rolled over and crushed his head against a prop (Deep soft coal)

Dalgress, Frederick Walter, 20 Feb 1908, aged 20, Loader, Fall of roof. Deceased was assisting the stallman to withdraw a prop from a waste by using a ringer-and-chain, when a fall of roof killed him (Deep Soft Coal seam)

Foster, George, 09 Sep 1919, (accident: 07 Aug 1919), aged 36, Winding engineman, He had suffered from ostiomylitis for 18 years and caught his foot against plate in engine room. Died 9th Sept. from the injury

Henson, John, 21 Oct 1904, aged 38, Stallman, Fall of roof. Deceased was loading coal under a rock roof from which a shot in the coal had been recently fired, when a large piece of roof fell and killed him (Deep soft coal)

Jennison, Richard Samuel, 08 Feb 1902, aged 16, Horse-driver, Deceased was ascending the shaft with nine other workmen when he fell off the cage to the bottom of the shaft, a distance of about 250 yards

Lawton, W., 28 Sep 1915, aged 17, Pony driver, Found dead in a gateway under first of a set of three he was drivng into apassbye. Pony was yards in front and there were no witnesses to the accident

Litchfield, George, 11 Dec 1912, aged 22, Corporal, He was waiting for tubs in the main haulage road when he was killed by a fall of 35 tons of bind which swept out five bars and the covering wood, leaving all the props standing upright

Merriman, Robert, 16 Jun 1902, aged 41, Header, Fall of roof. Deceased was working in a heading only seven feet wide, when a long length of roof fell and killed him (Deep hard coal)

Ross, Topham William, 14 Jul 1914, aged 23, Loader, Deceased was throwing loose holing dirt into the pack when the holed coal fell and crushed him against the pack, fatally injuring him. The fall was 6 feet long and displaced two short sprags. Examination showed that the front of the coal was top heavy and longer sprags should have been used in addition