Rainford Colliery

Appleton, Alice, 15 Mar 1866, aged 16, Coal cleaner, Attempting to cross the line when the trucks were moving

Birchall, Henry, 08 Jan 1869, aged 49, The mine having become ignited by the heat of the furnace the men were trying to extinguish it with water when the flame backed upon them and burned them so severely that they died from the effects thereof [More information ...]

Blackburie, John, 03 Jan 1892, (accident: 30 Dec 1891, 9.30 a.m., 4th hour of shift), aged 48, Drawer, Inspection made and inquest attended. Deceased was filling a tub of coal, when the collier cut through to a break, causing some top coal to fall, which struck the deceased. Accident occurred 30th December 1891

Bowen, John, 14 Feb 1881, aged 21, Dataller, Inspection made and inquest attended The deceased, with the fireman and another, were getting coal to keep the engines going during a strike, and when pulling out a prop the top coal fell him

Brown, Michael, 08 Jan 1869, aged 36, The mine having become ignited by the heat of the furnace the men were trying to extinguish it with water when the flame backed upon them and burned them so severely that they died from the effects thereof [More information ...]

Bullen, Thomas, 08 Jan 1869, aged 34, The mine having become ignited by the heat of the furnace the men were trying to extinguish it with water when the flame backed upon them and burned them so severely that they died from the effects thereof [More information ...]

Burrow, Thomas, 09 Jan 1869, aged 26, Engineman, Falling into pit from surface [More information ...]

Burrows, Thomas, 26 Jan 1867, aged 38, Collier

Cottam, Henry, 22 Apr 1864, Collier, Fall of roof or top coal [More information ...]

Cottam, Peter, 22 Apr 1864, Drawer, Fall of roof or top coal [More information ...]

Cross, George, 07 May 1888, aged 29, Collier, Inspection made and inquest attended. Deceased fell from the cage as he was descending the pit. It appeared that he was subject to fits which was unknown to the officials although it was apparently well known to the men

Fishwick, William, 28 Sep 1885, aged 59, Dataler, Inspection made. Caused by a fall in one of the main roads. The roof was generally very good but it appears to have been shaken at this point by getting coal alongside. The roof was not secured by timber it being considered strong and safe

Forword, Edward, 11 Feb 1887, aged 30, Collier, Inspection made and inquest attended. He was starting a coal place after crossing an old road and appeared not to have timbered the lipstone sufficiently and it fell upon him after he had got some coal off

Foster, John, 20 Mar 1906, (accident: 19 Mar 1906), aged 45, Dataller, Inspection made and inquest attended. They were making an underground engine-house ; and, while fixing up heavy bars, and attempting to move one a little further, they slackened the jack prop, when the bar overbalanced, and fell, fatally injuring deceased. He expired the following day

Glover, William, 08 Jan 1869, aged 40, The mine having become ignited by the heat of the furnace the men were trying to extinguish it with water when the flame backed upon them and burned them so severely that they died from the effects thereof [More information ...]

Hogarth, Peter, 12 Dec 1911, aged 39, Dataller, Fall of roof. Hogarth, assisted by another worker, was engaged roofing down in a down-brow. After two shots had been fired, Hogarth, acting on the instructions of a fireman, proceeded to secure a bad stone, and when in the act of setting up a prop the roof collapsed, displaced a bar already set, and fatally injured him

Huyton, John, 23 May 1913, (accident: 22 May 1913), aged 15, Haulage hand, Deceased was employed to open and close a ventilation door on a jig-brow. He was about to open the door to allow a set to be jigged, when a runaway full tub struck the door and threw it against him, inflicting injuries from which he died on the following day. The full tub ran away owing to the failure of the man in charge at the top of the jig to use the "Warwick prop," provided to prevent such an occurrence

Jones, Edward, 19 Feb 1872, Fall of roof

Jones, John, 06 Sep 1901, aged 29, Drawer, Inspection made and inquest attended. The jigger attached the jig rope to the full tub, but omitted looking to see if the brake was tight. The full tub ran wild down the jig, crushing the deceased at the bottom of jig. At the inquiry it was recommended that a stop-block should be placed on top of the jig, and the signalling arrangement improved

Jones, Joseph, 17 Jul 1869, aged 35, Collier, Fall of coal

Leatherbarrow, James, 11 Dec 1873, aged 22, Collier, Fall of coal in No. 10 pit

Lee, William, 21 May 1869, aged 17, Waggon greaser, Crushed between railway trucks above ground

Lee, William, 15 Jan 1912, aged 14, Coal Tipper, When operating a tippler on the pit bank he, while standing in front of the tippler contrary to instructions, got knocked into the revolving tippler by another tub from behind, and was almost instantly killed

Loverance, John, 21 Apr 1898, aged 31, Collier, Inspection made and inquest attended. He was going down the haulage down brow to his work when three full tubs broke away from the top of the brow breaking the chain attached to the next three and running over the deceased before he was able to reach the manhole. At the inquiry it was agreed that the motion should not be started until the men reached the bottom and that a travelling road be provided through the return airway

Manchester, Edward, 13 Oct 1911, aged 20, Drawer, Deceased was crossing a shunt in front of a journey which had been signalled away, when he got crushed against a low crown through the set being started. The shunt-winder said he had previously warned Manchester that he had signalled the journey up

Marginson, Henry, 21 Mar 1905, aged 34, Dataller, Inspection made and inquest attended. He had been trying to get some roof down and had knocked out some props and when he was about re-setting some props to get a hole bored, the roof gave way and he was killed

Marsh, Peter, 20 Mar 1858, aged 37, Collier, Fall of stone from the roof

Mather, Henry, 14 May 1909, aged 19, Haulage hand, He was in charge of the haulage gang going upbrow, and it appeared when he attempted to pass the full tubs, he got fatally crushed in a narrow portion of the roadway

McDonald, Mathew, 09 Jul 1898, (accident: 08 Jul 1898), aged 42, Fireman, Inspection made and inquest attended. He was riding in the engine sett when it got off the rails and as he was about to get out it is supposed his iron clogs touched the two electric wires and signalled one. The sett started at once and he was crushed against a low bar. He succumbed to his injuries received the following day

McGraw, Joseph, 23 Nov 1895, (accident: 22 Nov 1895), aged 25, Dataler, Inspection and inquiry made. The deceased was riding out up a brow in tram specially made to bring the men out with the haulage when his head caught a bar. The clearance was 16 ins. between top of tram and the bar. He succumbed to the injuries received the following day

McLoughlin, Edward, 15 Jun 1897, aged 40, Timberman, Inspection made. He was engaged with another man in drawing timber when a stone fell from a slip in the roof and buried him. The deceased had no gablock and chain with him. Jury recommended that a gablock and chain should be always with the prop takers when drawing timber out

Murray, Daniel, 14 Mar 1900, aged 39, Dataller, Inspection made. The deceased was travelling down the motion brow, when a full tub got off the rails and got against a prop, causing the lashing to break, and the tub running back down brow, struck deceased before he could get into a refuge place

Ormishaw, Henry, 08 Mar 1862, aged 14, Drawer, Fall of roof

Penketh, John, 27 Sep 1910, aged 41, Dataller, Was engaged repairing downbrow. When some tubs of dirt were being drawn by endless rope, one of them left the rails. The haulage was stopped and when Penketh was lifting on the tub, the haulage re-started unawares, and he got jammed and fatally injured between tub and roof. It was thought a fall of roof might have caused the signal to ring

Pye, John, 04 May 1883, aged 14, Drawer, Inspection made and inquest attended. A collier propped up a piece of dirt band which was usually taken down with the coal. It was done to prevent it getting mixed with his loose coal. He only put up one prop instead of two or three, and within 10 minutes the dirt fell upon his brother, the deceased

Rice, Samuel, 08 Jan 1869, aged 28, The mine having become ignited by the heat of the furnace the men were trying to extinguish it with water when the flame backed upon them and burned them so severely that they died from the effects thereof [More information ...]

Rigby, Henry, 28 Mar 1918, aged 50, Fireman, Injury to leg by a fall of stone

Rotherham, James, 14 Dec 1915, aged 19, Drawer, Crushed while illegally riding on a tub

Rylance, Charles, 21 Jun 1917, aged 24, Drawer, Struck on head by lashing rope

Seddon, William, 22 Aug 1890, aged 29, Collier, Inspection made and inquest attended. This happened in an old road which had recently been retimbered the bars being from 2 to 3 feet apart. He was about to reset one of the legs which had become displaced, when there was a heavy fall carrying five or six bars with it

Sharrock, James, 19 Mar 1914, aged 49, Dataller, Deceased and his mate had nearly finished clearing away the debris from a canch shot, when a fall of roof occurred, and he was caught by the edge of the fall. Eight or nine props were canted out and the stone came away from two slips, one of which was not visible before the accident. They had been visited by the fireman, and acting on his instructions they had set additional props and two sprags to prevent the stone at the canch side over-riding the props. Owing to the stone being much heavier at one end than at the other, this was apparently what actually happened

Short, Thomas, 19 Jul 1868, aged 41, Collier, Fall of coal

Smith, John, 08 Jan 1869, aged 57, The mine having become ignited by the heat of the furnace the men were trying to extinguish it with water when the flame backed upon them and burned them so severely that they died from the effects thereof [More information ...]

Smith, Thomas, 15 May 1900, (accident: 07 May 1900), aged 24, Pusher-on, Inquiry made and inquest attended. He was walking up the main haulage brow in front of a journey of full tubs. The journey had not proceeded far when the coupling link of the first tub gave way, causing the tub attached to the rope to rush quicker up brow, crushing the deceased before he could get in the manhole. He succumbed to the injuries received on the 15th instant

Turner, Edward, 08 Jan 1869, aged 26, The mine having become ignited by the heat of the furnace the men were trying to extinguish it with water when the flame backed upon them and burned them so severely that they died from the effects thereof [More information ...]

Unknown, -, 12 Jan 1853, Drawer, Fall of roof. In this case a verdict of manslaughter was returned against the collier

Unknown, -, 06 Jan 1854, Fall of roof

Unknown, -, 03 Nov 1854, Collier, Fall of coal whilst holing

Unknown, -, 24 Jan 1855, Precipated out of corf in ascending the pit, a hook not being properly inserted

Webster, Joseph, 22 Nov 1897, aged 18, Clay getter, Inspection made and inquest attended. Three young men were working a bench of clay eleven feet in height and were foolishly holing under it without putting up any supports when it fell over upon the deceased. At the inquiry it was suggested that they were far too young to be entrusted with such work

Whalley, Thomas, 09 Jan 1869, aged 20, Engineman, Falling into pit from surface [More information ...]

Winstanley, John, 06 Oct 1898, aged 30, Drawer, Inspection made and inquest attended. They were starting a road off the airway and had not secured the roof sufficiently when a stone fell from a break upon the deceased capping two props

Yates, Samuel, 13 Jun 1907, aged 17, Coal-cutter man, A haulage engine attendant failed to stop the journey in time after receiving a signal, and it ran against two full tubs, knocking out a wooden sprag set against them. The tubs running down fatally crashed deceased. It was advised to have a more experienced engineman than a lad of thirteen years of age