Sharlston Colliery

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Atkinson, John, 22 Feb 1906, aged 16, Pony-driver, No one saw this accident happen, but from the fact that the deceased was found in a standing position between the side of a road and the first full tub of a set of four full tubs, it appears probable that his pony had stopped in a part of the road where there is very little space by the side of the tubs, and as he was going past the tubs the pony had started

Bailey, J., 13 Apr 1901, aged 17, Hurrier, Killed by full tub, was riding on the shaft

Barker, C., 22 Aug 1895, aged 14, Scale picker, Crushed between waggons

Barker, G., 20 Jan 1896, aged 16, Hurrier, Fall of side

Batty, John, 29 May 1882, (accident: 01 Oct 1881), aged 44, Collier, Fall of roof. This accident happened 1st Oct

Beattie, T., 06 Feb 1893, (accident: 09 Jul 1892, 8.30 a.m., 3rd hour of shift), aged 27, Collier, Fall of roof ; died 6th Feb 1893

Beaumont, C., 10 Feb 1868, aged 47, Labourer, Fell down the shaft [More information ...]

Bees, F., 14 Feb 1887, aged 13, Coupler, Crushed by corves

Betney, Charles, 16 Apr 1880, (accident: 30 Mar 1880), aged 48, Collier, Fall of roof. Died 16th Apr

Blakiston, J., 07 Mar 1895, aged 40, Contractor, Premature explosion of shot while he was in the act of ramming the stemming

Brazier, W., 30 Nov 1883, (accident: 18 Nov 1883), aged 63, Labourer, Whilst removing steam pipes they fell upon him ; died 30th

Briggs, William, 11 May 1911, aged 42, Byeworker, Whilst engaged in ripping in a cross gate he was caught by a fall of roof 6 feet long, 3½ feet broad, and 1¼ foot thick. He had sounded the roof and thought that it was quite safe

Briscoe, Charles, 29 Aug 1933, aged 27, Collier, Working on machine cut face at a place where a small fault crossed — he had set a temporary prop before cutting a middle hole for a bar when piece fell from fault and reeled out the temporary prop and stuck him. Died 9th July 1933

Broadhead, Robert, 20 Apr 1859, Explosion of firedamp

Butcher, S., 29 Mar 1900, aged 59, Collier, Fall of side

Butler, W., 25 Apr 1885, aged 15, Driver, Fall of roof

Chadwick, S., 26 Sep 1881, aged 32, Deputy, Fall of coal

Clamp, Samuel, 18 Jun 1864, Bursting of a steam engine boiler, above ground [More information ...]

Copley, Joseph, 06 Nov 1911, aged 46, Coal-cutting Machineman, He was tightening a prop which had been loosened by the coal-cutting machine when a large stone fell from the roof and killed him instantly. The fall displaced two bars and four props and disclosed a "pot hole" which could not be seen before the accident

Crossland, Edward, 04 Aug 1879, aged 40, Shunter, Crushed by waggons

Crossland, John, 13 Apr 1908, aged 44, Shot Firer, The accident occurred in the main haulage road, which is also one of the main return airways. He had charged a shot hole with roburite, and intended to fire it by attaching short lengths of cable from the shot to the electric haulage signal wires ; and also from these signal wires to his high tension magneto battery as the cable he had with him was about 3 yards too short to reach to a cabin from which he intended to fire the shot. The electric current was supposed to be switched off the signal wires, but the deceased did not ascertain whether this was so or not. He attached the short lengths of cable at the shot end, and then instructed a man to attach the other ends to the signal wires. Immediately he did so the shot was fired. The deceased was standing close to the shot, and was so seriously injured that he died the following day. It transpired that the current was not switched off the electric signal wires. The man in charge of the haulage said he had switched it off 6½ hours before the accident occurred, and since that time there had been no necessity to use it ; the switch was not under lock and key, and some one may have switched it on. The manager promised that in future the switch would be placed in a locked box, and an official made responsible for switching the current off each day when the haulage machinery ceases work

Davis, Thomas E., 30 Nov 1904, aged 26, Feller, When ripping in a gateway, a fall of roof took place and displaced a prop and killed him. The stone was a "roll," and it burst out of the roof without warning, owing to pressure of the strata above

Day, T., 05 Dec 1899, aged 34, Collier, Fall of roof

Dewis, George, 08 Feb 1872, aged 45, Collier, Fall of roof

Dickenson, William, 18 Jun 1864, aged Boy, Bursting of a steam engine boiler, above ground [More information ...]

Drugan, Bernard, 07 Dec 1905, aged 23, Bye-worker, He and another man was engaged widening one of the main roads when a large stone broke over and reeled a prop out and fell on to the deceased. A slip was the cause of the stone falling ; it could not be seen before the fall took place. The work of widening this road has been in progress a long time, and both men had been employed at it and were looked upon as very careful and capable workmen

Dutton, Alfred, 31 Oct 1904, (accident: 21 Oct 1904), aged 19, Pony Driver, Died from injuries received on the 21st inst. When guiding his empty set into a cross gateway a runaway full tub hit one of the tubs of the set and turned it over, and he was hit by it and fatally injured. The cause of the full tub coming amain down the cross gateway was carelessness on the part of a bye workman who left it standing on a gradient with only a little dirt on the rail to hold it

Dwyer, A., 22 Jul 1903, aged 16, Driver, Found dead under a full tub which he was bringing out-bye with a pony

Edis, J., 11 Mar 1886, aged 22, Locomotive driver, Run over by locomotive

Ellis, Alfred, 21 Jun 1869, aged 28, Bye-workman, Fall of roof

Ellis, John, 22 Nov 1907, aged 16, Pony driver, He was taking two full tubs along a road to the main haulage when a large fall from the side killed him

Evans, Evan, 25 Apr 1884, aged 51, Byeworkman, Fall of roof

Fisher, J., 28 Apr 1893, aged 49, Collier, Fall of stone

Fisher, J., 13 Mar 1897, aged 19, Hurrier, In bringing out a full corf out of the face it struck against an empty one and crushed his head against the pack wall

Griffiths, H., 17 Nov 1886, aged 29, Collier, Fall of roof

Hardwicke, J., 26 Mar 1887, aged 17, Hurrier, Fall of roof

Hardy, Philip, 19 Mar 1864, Explosion of gunpowder in the mine [More information ...]

Harrison, T., 04 Jan 1886, aged 40, Collier, Fall of coal

Harrison, Thomas, 25 Sep 1873, (accident: 18 Oct 1872), aged 25, Collier, Run over by tubs (Accident occurred 18th October 1872)

Headon, C., 18 Dec 1898, (accident: 08 Dec 1898), aged 34, Collier, Explosion of powder while firing a shot. Died 18th Dec [More information ...]

Holdsworth, S., 24 Aug 1883, aged 35, Collier, Fall of roof

Holt, E., 12 Aug 1899, aged 38, Collier, Fall of roof

Hood, John, 20 Sep 1905, aged 33, Collier, He was holing coal which had a loose or buttock end with a sprag under that end. He took the sprag out expecting the coal to fall, but as it did not do so, he, without replacing the sprag, went under again and commenced holing when the coal fell and killed him

Hulme, J., 23 Dec 1881, aged 14, Fitter's Apprentice, Drawn in by strap used for driving blacksmith's fan

Jones, John Henry, 04 May 1915, aged 16, Door trapper, Crushed against his door by runaway trams

Kelley, Thomas, 07 Jul 1909, aged 32, Coal-getter, Fall of roof. Whilst in the act of drawing timber a large stone fell upon him. He was using a hammer instead of the proper timber drawing appliances

Kelly, J., 03 May 1894, (accident: 17 Apr 1894), Collier, Fall of coal. Died 3rd May

Kerney, E., 27 Jul 1898, (accident: 25 Jul 1898), aged 16, Labourer, One of a range of 11 egg ended boilers exploding killing Lodge. Kerney died 2 days later [More information ...]

Knowles, George, 27 Jun 1924, 8 a.m., 2nd hour of shift, aged 41, Miner, He was withdrawing timber from the goaf and was attaching the safety contrivance to a prop when a stone, 5 ft. 3 ins. by 3 ft. 3 ins. by 1 ft. 4 ins., fell from between a slip and a break in the roof. He was severely injured internally and died the same day

Lewty, Charles, 01 Dec 1911, aged 34, Collier, Whilst deceased was "casting" coal along the face some overhanging coal and stone fell from a "back" in the coal, striking him on the head. He died almost immediately

Lilley, M., 28 Jun 1880, (accident: 25 Jun 1880), aged 46, Collier, Fall of roof. Died 28th

Lodge, F., 25 Jul 1898, aged 31, Fireman, One of a range of 11 egg ended boilers exploding killing Lodge. Kerney died 2 days later [More information ...]

Maude, Daniel, 12 Nov 1859, Fall of roof in the mine

Molyneaux, John, 20 Aug 1902, aged 29, Collier, Fall of roof in a roadway. Cause — a weight break

Morrow, -, 22 Apr 1889, (accident: 20 Apr 1889), aged 10, He was sent by his father for two buckets of steam water. The boy stood upon the covering over the pan, and when lifting his bucket, which he had lowered into the water, slipped, and his right leg went in. He was so severely scalded that he died two days afterwards. The pan, into which steam exhausts, is nearly always full of boiling water, which is for the use of the occupants of the colliery houses [fatality reported during the year but not classified as a reportable accident]

Mumford, William, 06 Nov 1912, aged 17, Pony Driver, He was taking out a run of 14 tubs when a set of full tubs met him, and he was knocked down and killed

Noble, John, 18 Jun 1864, Bursting of a steam engine boiler, above ground [More information ...]

Nothers, J., 12 Sep 1876, (accident: 09 Sep 1876), aged 46, Labourer, Fell off new pitbank on surface ; died 12th Sept

Patrick, J., 04 Oct 1897, Bronchitis and affection of the heart caused the death of J. Patrick, who fell down and died suddenly in the pit bottom of Sharlston Colliery, on the 4th October [fatality reported during the year but not classified as a reportable accident]

Phelps, J., 01 May 1893, aged 51, Collier, Gas [More information ...]

Phelps, S., 01 May 1893, aged 19, Collier, Gas [More information ...]

Priest, William, 19 Jan 1871, aged 17, Loco. fireman, Run over by waggons on surface

Ray, Albert, 30 Dec 1914, aged 17, Haulage hand, Whilst attempting to lift the sixteenth tub of a set of 40 full ones on the road he was overpowered owing to its catching his right ankle. He ought to have put lockers in the wheels of two or three of the tubs and then have called to the corporal for help

Ridge, Thomas, 28 Jan 1903, aged 18, Pumper, Fall of roof in a roadway along which he was travelling

Riley, -, 21 Nov 1892, A man named Riley was run over and killed on the Sharlston Colliery Railway, a mile from the pit, on the 21st November. He was not in the employ of the Colliery Company [fatality reported during the year but not classified as a reportable accident]

Robinson, J., 30 Oct 1897, aged 50, Collier, Fall of roof

Robinson, Robert, 25 Jan 1867, Fell down pit

Roden, R., 23 Jul 1894, aged 53, Collier, Fall of coal

Rudge, G., 10 Dec 1898, (accident: 08 Dec 1898), aged 25, Collier, Explosion of powder while firing a shot. Died 10th Dec [More information ...]

Sheard, Thomas, 24 Jun 1873, aged 58, Labourer, Crushed by tubs

Smith, George Royce, 14 Aug 1924, 8.15 a.m., 3rd hour of shift, aged 32, Hewer, He was going from one side of the working to another in order to help his mate with a full tub, when a fall of roof occurred, no doubt due to weighting, and he was completely buried. The place was well timbered and the stone in falling broke down a bar

Smith, W., 21 Feb 1900, aged 21, Driver, Whilst putting lockers in the tubs, pony ran away. In attempting to stop him fatal injury was received

Stammers, C., 02 Sep 1876, aged 34, Collier, Fall of coal

Stead, William, 15 Jul 1871, aged 27, Screener, Run over by waggons on surface

Stevenson, James, 04 Dec 1878, aged 53, Collier, Fall of coal

Stevenson, M., 21 Nov 1877, aged 19, Hurrier, Crushed by corves

Sykes, S., 25 Jan 1883, aged 28, Collier, Found dead with head crushed when cage reached the surface

Sykes, Thomas, 31 May 1905, (accident: 17 May 1905), aged 22, Coal-filler, Deceased was taking off his clothes to start work when a piece of stone fell from the edge of the ripping and fractured his spine. Died on the 31st

Teasdale, James Albert, 02 Oct 1913, (accident: 23 Sep 1913), aged 26, Deputy, Whilst assisting a driver to lift a full tub on the rails he put his right hand on a prop and ran a splinter of wood into his finger. He finished his day's work and worked again on the 24th and 25th instants. Blood poisoning set in and he died on the 2nd October

Thomas, G., 28 Feb 1890, aged 40, Collier, Fall of stone

Townend, Luke, 21 Sep 1911, aged 27, Byeworker, He was filling a tub with stone when a large stone from the sandstone roof fell upon him and fractured his spine, which caused his death a month later. The stone came away from a concealed parting and had probably been shaken by blasting operations

Ward, Alfred, 27 Aug 1906, aged 36, Collier, He was taking an empty tub into the face when a heavy weight bump took place and caused a fall of roof which caught and killed him

Wardle, James, 29 Aug 1879, (accident: 28 Aug 1879), aged 14, Trapper, Crushed by corves. Died 29th

Watson, J., 18 Jan 1892, 6.30 p.m., 6th hour of shift, aged 46, Collier, Fall of roof

Whitiker, H., 09 Dec 1891, aged 60, Chargeman, Injured when descending shaft

Whittingham, G., 06 Dec 1888, aged 31, Collier, Fall of coal

Williscroft, Mark, 10 Nov 1905, aged 57, Collier, He was getting coal at the face when a heavy "bump" occurred and burst a piece of "lime" coal and "jumper dirt" out of the solid which caught and killed him

Wood, Alfred, 28 Aug 1909, aged 36, Collier, Fall of roof. A fellow workman was repairing a road and was pulling down a slab of shale from the roof when Wood walked under the stone and was killed by the fall. It was very strange that neither man noticed the other before the accident

Wood, Henry, 06 May 1911, aged 32, Labourer, Whilst assisting in emptying the sump he put his head in the way of the descending cage, and was crushed against the fencing

Wood, J., 01 May 1893, aged 32, Collier, Gas [More information ...]