Sutton Manor Colliery

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Adamson, Henry, 28 Oct 1915, aged 42, Dataller, Caught in machinery of haulage rope

Almond, John Abbott, 13 Feb 1935, aged 37, Haulage, Found downbrow under a stone which had fallen from roof

Andrews, Alfred, 11 May 1920, aged 45, Bricksetter, Fell down shaft [More information ...]

Atherton, Thomas, 25 Apr 1924, 4.0 a.m., 5th hour of shift, aged 49, Collier, Deceased was killed by a mass of coal falling off the face. He was working in the bottom portion of the seam when the overhanging top coal suddenly fell away and caught him. In its fall it displaced two sprags, set 5 ft. apart. These sprags were let well into the floor, but unfortunately in removing the bottom portion of the seam he had worked up to a break which continued upwards into the top coal. The support of the top coal having been removed in working the bottom coal up to the break, the sprags were simply levered out

Berkett, Stanley, 05 May 1928, aged 21, Assistant coalcutter, Caught by coal cutter

Bridge, James, 11 May 1920, aged 35, Fireman, Fell down shaft [More information ...]

Brown, James, 17 Mar 1925, aged 35, Collier, Killed by a fall of coal

Callagan, Peter, 03 Aug 1910, aged 22, Hooker-on, When properly securing a tub in the cage at the pit bottom, the engineman, according to the evidence of three witnesses started without receiving the signal to do so, with the result that the tubs fell out of cage and fatally injured Callagan

Cook, Samuel, 22 Jan 1926, aged 32, Collier, Buried by fall of roof at windling plane [More information ...]

Cunliffe, William Hector, 09 Oct 1929, aged 19, Waggon lowerer, Killed by being crushed by waggons

Finnigan, Michael, 24 Sep 1908, aged 21, Day wageman, A large rock stone fell upon the deceased, in a roadway, where they had trusted to the roof standing without bars

Gaskell, Richard, 21 Aug 1919, aged 23, Collier, Killed by a fall of top coal

Gibbons, Dennis, 12 Jul 1928, aged 38, Contractors man, Killed by a fall of side

Hughes, John, 09 Apr 1914, aged 41, Coal-cutter machineman, The deceased had stopped the coal-cutter to allow a shot-lighter to pass, and also to examine some coal which was bulged out, and to which his mate had drawn his attention. As he was coming round the machine a large fall of roof occurred without any warning and buried him. He was evidently suffocated, as when found he was doubled up in a kneeling position. His mate was slightly injured. Bars let into the coal one end were every 4 feet, and the fall was probably caused by the coal giving way under a bar [More information ...]

Hurst, Thomas, 16 Apr 1913, (accident: 08 Mar 1913), aged 50, Collier, Hurst was working at the Longwall face, near to where a fall of roof had previously occurred, when a sudden weighting of the rock roof took place, and he apparently rushed towards the roadway, and was caught by the edge of a fall which displaced four bars and two props. He died from the effects of the injuries received 16th April, 1913

Jackson, Henry, 25 Mar 1909, aged 33, Hooker-on, Deceased was acting as hooker-on to two mouthings in the new shaft, and appears to have got on top of the cage to descend to the bottom mouthing, when he appeared to have slipped off the top of the cage and fell to the bottom of the shaft, a distance of 28 yards, and was killed

Kelly, William, 07 Jan 1919, aged 31, Contractors man, Killed by a fall of stone

King, Michael, 27 Nov 1913, aged 33, Tunnelman, Killed by being struck by stones projected by a shot

Lee, John, 17 Nov 1920, Assistant Onsetter, Fractured thigh — caught by descending cage

Lloyd, Samuel, 03 May 1909, aged 37, Collier, When setting brattice cloth in a roadway, a stone fell upon him from some slips at a fault

Lowton, John, 18 Mar 1914, aged 15, Haulage hand, Deceased and another haulage hand were in a refuge hole close to the return wheel of the endless rope haulage, when some tubs were heard running back down a 1 in 9½ gradient. Without any apparent reason, Lowton came out of the refuge hole, ran across the road and was caught by the full tubs. His mate had previously lashed the tubs to the endless rope, but by some means the chain became unhooked on restarting

Maloney, Michael, 17 Jul 1929, aged 15, Haulage hand, Caught by haulage rope — internal injuries

Maloney, Thomas, 08 Sep 1925, aged 41, Haulage, Killed by a fall of roof while travelling [More information ...]

Mason, Frank, 31 Mar 1918, (accident: 10 Mar 1918), aged 26, Drawer, Spine fractured by fall of roof. Died 31st Mar

Murphy, Richard, 27 Jan 1915, aged 19, Daywageman, Crushed by descending cage at shaft bottom

Owen, Peter, 22 Sep 1913, aged 36, Contractor's man, Deceased and another man were engaged in filling dirt just beyond some arching, when a portion of the side suddenly fell away and caught him. The stone was supported by a sprag let into the floor, and it is possible that in removing the fallen debris the sprag was disturbed

Randles, Samuel, 06 Apr 1915, aged 52, Killed by a fall of roof ; address: Chester Lane, Marshall's Cross, St. Helens

Rimmer, James, 09 Jan 1919, aged 62, Machine attdt., Caught in machine while in motion

Roberts, Charles, 10 Feb 1921, aged 32, Brakeman, Caught by brake of moving waggon

Rowles, Charles, 13 Jan 1928, aged 28, Waggon lowerer, Crushed between railway waggons while passing between them

Saunders, James, 05 Mar 1912, aged 28, Carpenter, When working on a temporary scaffold fixing a girder in the shaft, a fitter working in a mouthing 123 yards above, accidentally knocked his lamp over, with the result that it rolled into the shaft and through falling on deceased killed him

Taylor, Frederick, Apr 1916, (accident: 15 Mar 1916), aged 27, Contractors man, Crushed internally — caught by runaway tubs. Died Apr

Walsh, Thomas, 29 Jun 1927, aged 62, Contractors man, Crushed by fall of roof while setting a prop

Woodcock, Joseph, 24 Sep 1915, aged 55, Dataller, Killed by a fall of roof

Woodward, Samuel, 14 Mar 1921, aged 42, Daywageman, Crushed by fall of side