Rufford Colliery

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Barker, James William, 22 Sep 1921, aged 18, Surface accident: run over by wagons

Barnes, William Cecil, 13 May 1969, aged 62, Caught in machinery

Bates, George Edwin, 28 Oct 1950, aged 48, Shot firing accident

Beaver, Frank, 26 Apr 1920, (accident: 23 Apr 1920), aged 35, Killed by a fall of coal

Bettney, Joseph, 07 Feb 1913, aged 41, Chargeman Sinker, A water barrel which had been overwound by the engineman fell down the shaft through the breakage of the clivvy or hook by which the barrel was suspended. The detaching hook acted, but the weight of he barrel broke the clivvy by falling back upon it [More information ...]

Birch, Baden Wilfred, 12 Oct 1938, aged 38, Killed by a fall of coal

Brittain, Henry, 27 Jun 1925, aged 15, Crushed by tubs

Brittain, Norman, 04 May 1955, aged 40, Killed by a fall of roof

Burton, Benjamin, 02 Dec 1920, aged 44, Killed by a fall of roof

Clough, John William, 24 Nov 1944, (accident: 30 Sep 1944), aged 35, Killed by a fall of coal

Coles, Lewis Norman, 01 May 1953, aged 62, Surface accident: crushed by wagons

Cornell, George James, 10 Nov 1915, aged 16, Pony driver, Driving two full tubs from face when there was a fall of roof burying deceased

Crosby, Leonard, 22 Sep 1943, aged 42, Killed by a fall of roof

Cullumbine, Harry, 20 Jul 1928, aged 29, Killed by a fall of roof

Dagnall, Andrew, 07 Feb 1913, aged 37, Sinker, A water barrel which had been overwound by the engineman fell down the shaft through the breakage of the clivvy or hook by which the barrel was suspended. The detaching hook acted, but the weight of he barrel broke the clivvy by falling back upon it [More information ...]

Dagnall, Frank, 07 Feb 1913, aged 27, Sinker, A water barrel which had been overwound by the engineman fell down the shaft through the breakage of the clivvy or hook by which the barrel was suspended. The detaching hook acted, but the weight of he barrel broke the clivvy by falling back upon it [More information ...]

Dean, Reuben Smith, 27 Mar 1934, aged 23, Killed by a fall of roof

Dearman, John Frank, 12 Jan 1944, aged 29, Surface accident: crushed by wagons

Eden, Percival Bingham, 17 May 1935, (accident: 02 May 1935), aged 43, Killed by a fall of coal

Farmer, William Arthur, 16 Feb 1935, aged 40, Killed by a fall of roof

Forknall, Arthur William, 07 Jul 1915, aged 25, Dayman, He and the stallman were standing on tubs getting down a lip when the stallman pulled a piece of bind which struck the ground and rolled against tub — he fell with abdomen over end of tub and ruptured his stomach. Died next day

Gent, Gordon, 03 Jan 1916, (accident: 15 Dec 1915), aged 53, Killed by a fall of roof

Gilbert, Arthur, 29 Oct 1924, 7.0 p.m., 5th hour of shift, aged 40, Dayman-dataller, Deceased was killed instantly by a fall of side, 12 ft. long by 1 ft. thick by 4 ft. 9 in. high and weighing about 5 tons, which occurred along a cross-gate which was being widened and timbered : the total height of the road being 10 ft. 6 in. There was no apparent reason to cause the side to fall away as it was of a strong shaly nature, but it must have slackened, unnoticed by the chargeman who had examined it two hours before, and fallen away from a roof bedding plane, and a slip entering the outbye edge of a fall at about 45 degrees

Gilbert, Joseph Albert, 06 Dec 1917, aged 14, Run over by tubs

Godfrey, Harold, 19 Oct 1943, aged 33, Killed by a fall of roof

Gordon, Thomas, 07 Feb 1913, aged 32, Sinker, A water barrel which had been overwound by the engineman fell down the shaft through the breakage of the clivvy or hook by which the barrel was suspended. The detaching hook acted, but the weight of he barrel broke the clivvy by falling back upon it [More information ...]

Gough, Richard Edward, 07 Dec 1953, aged 33, Killed by a fall of roof

Green, Henry, 03 Jul 1923, aged 56, Surface accident: caught in machinery

Guy, Donald, 25 Oct 1965, aged 34, Killed by a fall of roof

Hart, Jesse, 07 Feb 1913, aged 26, Sinker, A water barrel which had been overwound by the engineman fell down the shaft through the breakage of the clivvy or hook by which the barrel was suspended. The detaching hook acted, but the weight of he barrel broke the clivvy by falling back upon it [More information ...]

Hayes, Arthur, 26 Feb 1951, aged 58, Surface accident: fell down the shaft steps

Hayes, John William, 28 Aug 1919, aged 44, Stallman, Assisting to bring out set and was riding in front tub one foot on buffer and one on rope when rope left third pulley and there was a jerk and he fell between tubs and was crushed between tub side and prop. Dead when released

Hayes, John William, 09 Sep 1919, aged 44, Crushed by tubs

Heeley, John, 08 Jul 1933, aged 40, Killed by a fall of roof

Hendron, Robert, 14 May 1955, (accident: 13 May 1955), aged 23, Surface accident: burnt by shale, on the surface tip

Hollings, William, 07 Feb 1913, aged 22, Sinker, A water barrel which had been overwound by the engineman fell down the shaft through the breakage of the clivvy or hook by which the barrel was suspended. The detaching hook acted, but the weight of he barrel broke the clivvy by falling back upon it [More information ...]

Holmes, Arthur, 18 Mar 1940, aged 24, Killed by a fall of roof

Hopwell, Jabez, 09 Aug 1935, aged 59, Tub Repairer, he had apparently been run over by a set of four tubs of dirt, but how he came to be in the path of the tubs remained a mystery

Hunt, James William, 20 Jan 1925, (accident: 07 Jan 1925), aged 57, Injured lifting a tub

Hyatt, William, 28 Apr 1931, aged 56, Run over by tubs

Instone, George, 03 May 1945, aged 33, Killed by a fall of roof

Jackson, John Thomas, 20 Jun 1925, (accident: 12 Aug 1924), aged 43, Killed by a fall of roof

Knowles, John, 07 Feb 1913, aged 33, Sinker, A water barrel which had been overwound by the engineman fell down the shaft through the breakage of the clivvy or hook by which the barrel was suspended. The detaching hook acted, but the weight of he barrel broke the clivvy by falling back upon it [More information ...]

Lewin, Walter George, 02 Apr 1942, aged 44, Killed by a fall of roof

Lock, George Edward, 09 Apr 1935, aged 29, Killed by a fall of roof

Maddison, William, 25 Oct 1949, aged 46, Killed by a fall of roof

Marriott, Samuel Ashley, 11 Dec 1939, aged 41, Killed by a fall of roof

McCarthy, Dennis, 22 Jan 1955, (accident: 21 Jan 1955), aged 27, Crushed by tubs

McMurdoe, Robert Ian, 17 Oct 1961, aged 22, Caught in machinery

Melbourne, Thomas Charles, 08 Dec 1920, aged 17, Crushed by a pony

Mellows, Paul, 11 Jul 1916, (accident: 08 Jul 1916), aged 59, Surface accident: fell from a scaffold

Milnes, Frederick Herbert, 05 May 1939, (accident: 24 Apr 1939), aged 31, Crushed by tubs, died from pneumonia

Moxon, Benjamin, 19 Mar 1925, aged 53, Killed by a fall of coal

Mulligan, Patrick, 07 Feb 1913, aged 33, Sinker, A water barrel which had been overwound by the engineman fell down the shaft through the breakage of the clivvy or hook by which the barrel was suspended. The detaching hook acted, but the weight of he barrel broke the clivvy by falling back upon it [More information ...]

O'Brian, John, 19 Nov 1963, aged 30, Surface accident: crushed by a bulldozer

O'Brian, John Joseph, 12 Aug 1958, aged 32, Killed by a fall of roof

Paddon, Frederick, 07 Feb 1913, aged 36, Sinker, A water barrel which had been overwound by the engineman fell down the shaft through the breakage of the clivvy or hook by which the barrel was suspended. The detaching hook acted, but the weight of he barrel broke the clivvy by falling back upon it [More information ...]

Pearson, Donald, 19 Jun 1942, aged 37, Crushed by tubs

Postlewaite, William, 25 Mar 1955, aged 39, Crushed by an armoured conveyor

Pugh, John, 24 Sep 1923, aged 40, Killed by a fall of roof

Raven, Arthur, 31 Mar 1956, aged 42, Crushed by tubs

Raven, Robert, 07 Jan 1935, (accident: 02 Jan 1935), aged 23, Crushed by tubs died from meningitis

Robinson, Noel Vernon, 01 Jul 1924, 5.25 a.m., 7th hour of shift, aged 18, Screen-hand, During a lull in the coal picking operations deceased was seen to be standing on a gantry over the dirt conveyor belt. He placed his hand in his coat pocket and reaching up rubbed it on a revolving shaft which drove part of the screening plant. The shaft was 2 3/8 ins. in diameter, had no key way, and was running at 95 revolutions per minute. The shaft instantly gripped the clothes and deceased was whirled round the shafting, being so severely injured that he died shortly afterwards

Rogers, Joseph, 08 Aug 1941, aged 35, Hit by a broken haulage anchor slipper

Sadler, Ernest, 03 Oct 1941, aged 17, Killed by a fall of roof

Sansome, Harry, 06 Jan 1926, aged 18, Crushed by a pony

Scott, Henry, 07 Feb 1913, aged 47, Sinker, A water barrel which had been overwound by the engineman fell down the shaft through the breakage of the clivvy or hook by which the barrel was suspended. The detaching hook acted, but the weight of he barrel broke the clivvy by falling back upon it [More information ...]

Severn, Joseph, 18 Nov 1948, aged 53, Killed by a fall of roof

Shaw, Ernest, 10 Sep 1935, (accident: 14 Aug 1935), aged 33, Killed by a fall of coal

Shaw, George Henry, 13 Aug 1935, aged 59, Run over by tubs

Sidall, Peter, 21 Dec 1957, aged 23, Surface accident: fell from the roof of a winding house

Sims, Joseph, 12 Apr 1928, aged 68, Surface accident: run over by wagons

Smith, Andrew Gilmore, 22 Oct 1959, aged 51, Killed by a fall of roof

Smith, Samuel, 14 Feb 1918, aged 43, Killed by a fall of roof

Squire, George Horace, 27 Mar 1960, (accident: Mar 1962), Hit by an iron gate

Stanton, Stanley Wilfred, 10 Jun 1943, aged 28, Killed by a fall of roof

Stirland, John, 03 Jul 1943, aged 46, Killed by a fall of roof

Stocks, William Ernest, 08 Apr 1941, (accident: 07 Apr 1941), aged 34, Hit by a dislodged prop

Storey, Wallter, 07 Feb 1913, aged 38, Sinker, A water barrel which had been overwound by the engineman fell down the shaft through the breakage of the clivvy or hook by which the barrel was suspended. The detaching hook acted, but the weight of he barrel broke the clivvy by falling back upon it [More information ...]

Tomlinson, John, 07 Feb 1913, aged 40, Sinker, A water barrel which had been overwound by the engineman fell down the shaft through the breakage of the clivvy or hook by which the barrel was suspended. The detaching hook acted, but the weight of he barrel broke the clivvy by falling back upon it [More information ...]

Ward, Frederick, 28 Feb 1936, aged 20, Killed by a fall of roof

Ward, Jack, 18 Mar 1942, aged 45, Killed by a fall of roof

Warriner, Hubert, 26 Mar 1934, aged 36, Surface accident: caught in machinery

Whitehouse, Daniel, 07 Mar 1943, (accident: 26 Feb 1943), aged 62, Hit by an haulage engine handle

Wigman, James, 07 Feb 1913, aged 43, Sinker, A water barrel which had been overwound by the engineman fell down the shaft through the breakage of the clivvy or hook by which the barrel was suspended. The detaching hook acted, but the weight of he barrel broke the clivvy by falling back upon it [More information ...]

Wilson, Neville Arthur, 20 Sep 1928, aged 15, Crushed by the cage

Wilson, William, 23 Dec 1913, aged 39, Sinker, A length of 33 feet of airpipes, weighing 650 lbs. broke away from the air range and fell a distance of 24 feet, killing deceased. The pipes failed ay one of the maker's joints by the shearing of 14 rivets, each 3/16" diameter. The pipes were purchased in November, 1913, and first used on the 16th December. There was no evidence of rough usage and the failure can only be put down to faulty material in the rivets

Wood, Bernard Charles, 21 May 1958, aged 29, Crushed by a coal cutter

Woodward, Herbert, 07 Feb 1913, aged 25, Sinker, A water barrel which had been overwound by the engineman fell down the shaft through the breakage of the clivvy or hook by which the barrel was suspended. The detaching hook acted, but the weight of he barrel broke the clivvy by falling back upon it [More information ...]

Worrell, William Richard, 23 Apr 1934, aged 57, Killed by a fall of roof

Yates, Peter, 21 Apr 1953, (accident: 17 Apr 1953), aged 59, Crushed by tubs