Silver Hill Colliery

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Aldred, Frederick, 20 Oct 1911, aged 21, Dataller, Another dataller undertook the duty of lowering a tub full of dirt down a gradient of 1 in 6. He took off the drag and liberated one of the two lockers which held all four wheels, when the tub ran away and fatally injured deceased who was found 90 yards away

Allwood, Henry, 21 Jun 1912, aged 52, Stallman, Deceased was stripping a fault slip and removed the coal from under a large stone which subsequently fell upon him, fracturing his skull. Slips were exposed all round the stone

Bacon, William, 02 Sep 1904, aged 45, Stallman, A full tub was being lowered in the stall to the gate-end, down a dip of 1 in 7, by a hand winch, when the brake failed to act, and deceased was pushed along in front of the tub and killed at the gate-end (Silkstone coal)

Buckley, George, 22 Dec 1904, (accident: 26 Aug 1904), aged 36, Stoker, Died from valvular disease of the heart and dropsy was the verdict of the coroner's jury. He received a slight injury at the mine on 26th August [fatality reported during the year but not classified as a reportable accident]

Chadwick, George, 04 Aug 1885, aged 23, Loader, Fall of roof

Cooper, W. L., 18 Jan 1938, aged 49, Miner, run over by tubs [date of inquest]

Cowlishaw, Edmund, 08 Aug 1910, (accident: 29 Jul 1910), aged 39, Stallman, Deceased and his mate were holing the coal face across a buttock 9 feet three inches long, and had only one sprag set to the overhanging face. They holed into a break, and as the deputy was approaching they suddenly got up, leaving their picks behind. The coal rolled over, striking deceased, and breaking his back against a prop. He died on August 8th

Denby, Walter, 09 Apr 1906, aged 34, Train-runner, A train of eight full tubs was going up an incline when the last tub got derailed. This tub was put right, and when the rope started again a link in the coupling chain broke, and the drag failing to act, the train ran over the deceased (Tupton coal)

Dixon, Joseph, 03 Aug 1905, aged 47, Stallman, Fall of roof at the gate-end. After a shot had been fired, the deputy called the men's attention to the bad state of the roof, and an hour later a fall occurred, killing the deceased and injuring another man (Tupton Coal seam)

Dring, Joseph, 08 Dec 1903, aged 27, Banksman, Deceased had given a signal to the engineman which was not at once obeyed, and he started taking tubs out of the cage again, when the cage was moved and deceased fell to the bottom of the shaft

Fowler, John Jennings, 17 Nov 1905, aged 18, Banksman, Crushed between railway wagons under the screens by a runaway wagon bumping into two standing wagons

Garrad, William, 08 Mar 1924, 8.0 a.m., 2nd hour of shift, aged 59, Timberer, Deceased was engaged in scouring and timbering a new main jig near the coal face, when a sudden weighting appears to have taken place, and without sufficient warning, a fall weighing 35-40 tons occurred over a length of 7 yards, breaking and reeling out 5 stretcher bars. He was at work at the rise end of the fall when his loader heard a breaking of timber and called out to him, and as he was found under the second bar from the lower edge of the fall, he had evidently made an attempt to get clear. It took two hours to get his body away, but death was probably instantaneous

Geeson, George, 11 Feb 1895, aged 54, Stallman, He died from natural causes whilst waiting on pit bank to descend the mine

Hewitt, Thomas, 24 Jun 1871, aged 26, Collier, Fall of roof (top hard coal)

Jackson, Samuel, 09 Jan 1897, aged 34, Dataller, Fall of side. Deceased and other men were repairing the roadway when a large piece of the side fell and struck deceased

King, Joseph, 23 Jun 1896, aged 51, Dayman, Fall of side. Deceased was building a gate-end pack and had taken the lip of the roadway too far beyond the edge of the pack leaving the side unsupported. A piece of rock fell on him before he had completed building the pack wall. He died the same day

Kirk, Daniel, 04 Jan 1884, aged 34, Stallman, Fall of roof whilst building a pack

Kirkham, Benjamin, 11 Dec 1902, (accident: Nov 1902), aged 30, Stallman, Deceased was said to have received injuries in the mine during November, but at the inquest the cause of death was found to be due to abscess on the brain, and not due to any injury in the mine [fatality reported during the year but not classified as a reportable accident]

Lindley, William, 19 Feb 1909, (accident: 18 Feb 1909), aged 27, Stallman, Deceased knocked a prop out in a waste, and was completely buried by a fall of roof which took place. Died 19th February. Ringer-and-chain were not used, contrary to the rule of the mine (Tupton Coal seam)

Lunn, Samuel, 19 Aug 1899, aged 26, Plane runner, He jumped down the shaft during the night, and was found dead next morning. The jury found that he committed suicide [fatality reported during the year but not classified as a reportable accident]

Marriott, Robey, 12 Apr 1894, aged 18, Horse driver, Whilst conveying eight full tubs of coal along a roadway he appears to have fallen down and the horse and tub passed over him

Mayfield, Samuel, 20 Jan 1886, aged 40, Loader, Crushed between a loaded tub and a pit prop

Millward, James, 28 Feb 1888, aged 14, Driver, Run over by loaded tub

Moore, John, 21 May 1885, aged 63, Hanger on, Crushed by loaded railway wagons

Moore, William, 12 Jan 1886, aged 33, Collier, Engineman over wound the ascending cage, and deceased with seven others in the descending cage were sent into the pit bottom with great force

Scott, James, 20 Mar 1906, (accident: 06 Mar 1906), aged 38, Stallman, Fall of roof while getting down coal in the working face. His left leg was fractured, and he died 20th March (Tupton coal)

Taylor, Alfred, 24 Oct 1900, aged 39, Stallman, He died from blood poisoning from an injury to the hand, but the coroner's jury stated that "how, when, and where the injury was reoeived, there was not sufficient evidence to show" [fatality reported during the year but not classified as a reportable accident]

Tomlinson, William, 15 Sep 1898, aged 42, Stallman, Fall of roof. Deceased was ripping a new gate, and knocked out the props instead of using a ringer-and-chain. as provided by the rules of the mine. When he had knocked 12 props out, the roof fell and killed him (Silkstone coal seam)

Wood, Richard, 18 Oct 1887, aged 37, Collier, Fall of roof while drawing back timber

Wright, John, 20 Apr 1883, aged 24, Stallman, Fall of roof