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Aldred, John William, 10 May 1919, aged 47, Deputy, Supervising datallers setting a catch prop under a broken bar when there was a fall — buried and released dead eight and a half hours later

Ashton, Wilfred, 22 Jun 1915, aged 23, Stallman, Found dead under edge of fall of bind in goaf. It was evident he had been drawing timber

Barker, Matthew, 03 Jul 1907, aged 25, Pumpman, A train of twenty full tubs was being pulled up an inclined roadway, and deceased appears to have been riding on the back end of the train. The coupling link between the third and fourth tubs broke, the back-stay or drag failed to act and allowed the tubs to run away until they left the roadway and deceased was killed (Top hard coal)

Betts, J. W., 21 Feb 1957, aged 55, Ripper [More information ...]

Binkley, David, 27 Feb 1906, aged 45, Stallman, Fall of roof. Deceased was examining the roof after a shot had been fired, when the roof fell and killed him. The deputy was present at the time, and had examined the roof himself previous to deceased doing so. The deputy was injured by the fall (Tupton coal)

Brooks, Thomas, 08 Jul 1919, aged 14, Driver, Coming out from work with two boys and decided to ride down haulage jig 1 in 9 when tubs ran away 150 yards turned over and killed him

Challoner, Frank, 12 Jun 1901, aged 21, Roadman, Fall of roof. A number of steel girders fell out on the main road, and liberated the roof which fell on deceased. Another man was injured (Top hard coal)

Clarke, Albert, 24 Dec 1924, (accident: 16 Dec 1924, 10.30 a.m., 4th hour of shift), aged 45, Stallman, Deceased was in the act of holing when a weight bump caused a piece of coal weighing about ½ cwt. to break off the face which, sliding down the sprag nearest to him struck him. He complained that his hips had been bruised but refused to be carried out on a stretcher and walked to the pit bottom. Pneumonia developed and he died on the 24th December, the pneumonia being due to crushing of the ribs, an injury that was not suspected at the time of the accident

Dudley, John Charles, 08 Oct 1909, aged 18, Horse-driver, Deceased was taking three full tubs from a stall when a bar broke in the gate road and a fall of roof killed him. The fall broke a newly set bar set between two girders, and an attempt had been made to get this stone down the previous night but failed (Tupton Coal seam)

Froggart, Arthur, 07 Aug 1924, (accident: 06 Aug 1924, 7.15 a.m., 1st hour of shift), aged 19, Puller-off, Deceased was preparing to pull off some empty trams at the pit bottom when a bolt which fell down the pit struck the cage, and, rebounding, hit him on the head. His skull was fractured and he died the following day without regaining consciousness. A careful search failed to determine the point from where the bolt fell, but it must have come from the surface

Godber, J., 21 Feb 1957, aged 16, Supplies Hand [More information ...]

Greasley, Walter, 10 Apr 1919, aged 42, Stallman, Shovelling coal when piece burst off face killing him

Howell, William, 04 May 1919, (accident: 07 Apr 1919), aged 40, Stallman, Started holing a buttock which had been standing over weekend when coal fell — pelvis fractured. Died 4th May

Lawrence, Joseph, 14 Feb 1914, aged 34, Stallman, He was killed 14 feet back from the face in a waste by a large fall of roof bind. His pick was found under him and it is supposed that he was attempting to cut out a fourth row prop with his pick, and had neglected to set temporary supports or to use his ringer and chain — two violations of Section 52

Lemm, J., 21 Feb 1957, aged 35, Shearer Assistant [More information ...]

Miller, Samuel, 19 Apr 1912, aged 22, Plane Rider, He was riding on a set of 20 full tubs at the end of his shift and got off to pick up his coat, bottle, &c. He got on the train again and before it had gone far he slipped off and was run over

Moore, George Edward, 09 Jan 1914, aged 17, Puller-off, He had been sending an empty train off on the running-on side and was on his way back to knock off the catch on the other side of the shaft. He passed the onsetter who was taking a locker out of a tub and had his back turned. Before the onsetter had taken the locker out he heard a thud and found that deceased had fallen down the shaft, a distance of 155 feet. There was not time for deceased to go round the proper way, and it is conjectured that he was crossing the shaft on the cage landing beams and slipped through. This was a violation of General Regulation 22. Owing to the fences protecting the shaft it was considered impossible for anyone to slip down the shaft accidentally

Pegg, Samuel, 15 Aug 1906, (accident: 31 Jul 1906), aged 11, Schoolboy, Deceased was riding on a full set of tubs passing along a surface tramway on 31st July, when he fell off and was run over [fatality reported during the year but not classified as a reportable accident]

Porter, George Frederick, 19 Aug 1907, aged 17, Horse-Driver, Fall of roof. It is supposed that the horse became restive and knocked a prop out, or that the first tub of a train of empty tubs got off the road and struck a prop supporting the roof (Tupton coal)

Reeves, L., 21 Feb 1957, aged 45, Coal Getter [More information ...]

Sargent, George, 02 Aug 1915, aged 37, Loader, Removing coal when piece of rock fell on his back. Died 2nd Aug

Savage, W., 21 Feb 1957, aged 29, Coal Getter [More information ...]

Silkstone, Willis Parker, 02 Feb 1910, aged 24, Assistant electrican, An electrically driven pump was to be removed, but the current was cut off from the motor circuit at the main switch board, but the current was left on a lighting circuit. There was a fault on the lighting circuit which caused the frame of the starter to be alive, and as soon as the contact between the switch board frame was slightly broken, the electrician and his assistant, the deceased, received a shock. The electrician was rendered unconscious, but recovered. The shock was fatal to Silkstone

Spencer, James, 01 Apr 1909, aged 31, Dayman, Deceased was preparing to do the ripping at the gate end, and was killed by a fall of roof from a place where he had made an examination and pronounced it to be quite safe (Tupton Coal seam)

Tagg, John, 05 Sep 1905, (accident: 07 Aug 1905), aged 45, Stallman, Fall of coal. Deceased was assisting to move some tubs at the gate-end when the coal-face rolled over and fatally injured him. He died 5th September (Deep hard coal seam)

Taylor, George, 07 Sep 1915, aged 40, Caretaker, Two bars in a passbye had begun to crack and he had just set two bars. He was making ready to depart when there was a large fall of bind and he was pinned under fall

Weightman, John George, 16 May 1905, aged 43, Stallman, Fall of roof while at work in an airway near to the working face (Deep hard coal seam)