Rawdon Colliery

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Betteridge, John, 04 Mar 1924, 1.0 a.m., 2nd hour of shift, aged 33, Ripper, Deceased had holed out an area 4 ft. by 1 ft. 6 in. of compressed packing material under a projecting piece of stone which he was about to take down for the purpose of widening a level. In the holing a short piece of timber was revealed and deceased was of opinion that the timber might easily be dislodged and that its removal would dislodge the stone above. He acted accordingly, and his estimate of the conditions proved to be correct, for as soon as the short piece of timber was released by swinging pick blows delivered by deceased whilst in a stooping position in front of the stone, the stone fell and killed him. The accident might have been avoided by spragging the stone

Dennis, Amos, 19 Nov 1907, aged 57, Roadman, Shaft accident, overwind, caused by inadequate brakes, The engineman overwound a cage containing 16 men who were descending the mine shaft. Deceased died the same day. Fifteen men were injured [More information ...]

Hunt, John, 13 Jun 1885, aged 14, Driver, Run over by a full tub

Nichols, Thomas Radford, 30 Nov 1889, aged 14, Incline boy, Run over by a train of full tubs on a self-acting incline supposed to have been examining the points while the train was running

Shaw, Walter, 29 Mar 1906, (accident: 28 Dec 1905), aged 64, Stallman, He fell down in the mine on 28th December, 1905, and died 29th March, 1906. An inquest was held, and the jury returned a verdict that "there was no sufficient evidence to say how such inflammation of the spinal cord was caused" [fatality reported during the year but not classified as a reportable accident]

Swift, Thomas, 23 Sep 1907, aged 47, Stoneman, Fall of roof. Deceased had put a shot in the back ripping lip and it failed to bring all the thickness of the rock. He was wedging down the lower portion of the lip when the whole thickness of the ripping fell and killed him (Eureka coal)

White, Charles, 02 Jul 1900, aged 52, Stallman, Deceased expired suddenly while proceeding to his work in the mine. The doctor certified that his death was due to "heart disease," and the jury returned a verdict of "death from natural causes" [fatality reported during the year but not classified as a reportable accident]

Wileman, Alfred, 28 Feb 1908, aged 21, Roadman, Deceased was walking along the roadway at the front of twelve full tubs which had been liberated from the haulage rope, and when he put a skotch across the rails to stop them he got his head crushed between the moving tubs and some standing tubs. He died the same day (Main Coal seam)

Wileman, William, 23 Jan 1894, aged 61, Stallman, Fall of roof. Withdrawing back timber when a sudden weight came on and caused other timber to give way with a large fall of roof