Swanwick Colliery

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Argyle, George, 16 Aug 1913, aged 45, Collier, Deceased was sitting on the end of a pit tub on a flat sheet close to the boiler siding during shunting operations. The tub was struck by a moving truck, and he was crushed between the tub and the wall of the mortar mill shed

Bird, Francis George, 22 Jun 1890, aged 16, Loader, Supposed to have been injured in the mine but a post-mortem examination having been made it was found that death was due to inflammation of the lining of the membrane of the heart and a verdict to this effect was returned

Bramley, Charles, 30 Oct 1863, aged 32, Miner, Inundation of water [More information ...]

Broadhurst, George, 30 Oct 1903, aged 46, Deputy, Fall of roof. Deceased was in charge of two sets of men clearing a fall of roof which had occurred on the main road of the mine, when a further fall occurred killing deceased and injuring a workman (Waterloo coal seam)

Burdett, Enoch John, 10 Jan 1912, aged 23, Shunter, Deceased was assembling a train of empty trucks and was caught by the buffer of a moving wagon as he crossed in front of it. His broken breast bone pierced his heart. The weather was very foggy

Buxton, Charles William, 05 Mar 1951, aged 49, Buried: Alfreton Cemetery

Calladine, Hanry, 04 Sep 1889, aged 14, Incline boy, Took hold of the incline rope whilst running was drawn into the wheel and killed

Calladine, S., 30 Oct 1863, aged 34, Miner, Inundation of water [More information ...]

Collier, George, 09 Dec 1896, aged 42, Shunter, Deceased was riding on the buffers of the first waggon of a train of three being drawn up an incline. The waggon ran off the rails and deceased falling from the buffer fell under the wheels. He died the same day

Comery, Victor, 22 Jul 1924, 1.15 p.m., 7th hour of shift, aged 25, Plane-runner, Deceased was found trapped between the top of the first tub of an ascending set of four full tubs on an inclined haulage plane and a low bar in the roof, there being only 6 ins. clearance at the place of accident. He was lying over the tub face downwards, with his legs dangling in front of the tub. From the position in which he was found and from the nature of his injuries it is clear that he had been riding on the clivvy of the rope. In this respect he was guilty of a breach of the regulations which cost him his life

Cope, John Arthur, 29 Mar 1904, aged 46, Roadman, Six men were descending the shaft when the cage got fast in the wooden conductors. Three men fell out and were killed by falling to the bottom of the shaft [More information ...]

Dawes, John, 16 Jan 1864, aged 22, Collier, Explosion of gunpowder

Daykin, Kendal, 30 Mar 1874, aged 62, Stallman, Fall of coal

Elliot, Peter, 23 Nov 1864, aged 31, Collier, Fall of roof

Elliott, J., 21 Jul 1860, aged 28, Labourer, Struck by the capstan arm [More information ...]

Elliott, John, 05 Aug 1910, aged 42, Header, A shot had been fired at the cutting side of a heading. Deceased was holding a light for the deputy who was in the face when a fall of roof killed him. Both the deceased and the deputy examined and pronounced the roof to be good. Three props were displaced by the fall. The inclination of the seam is 1 in 3½, and it is probable that the timber was not skilfully set

England, Albert, 19 Apr 1895, aged 22, Dayman, Fall of coal. Deceased sat under some coal which was holed and knocked a sprag out with a hammer when the coal fell and killed him

England, James, 20 Oct 1851, Blow from an iron crow bar in the mine

Fowkes, George, 31 May 1870, aged 16, Collier, Fall of roof

Geeson, Thomas, 18 Nov 1875, aged 21, Collier, Fall of bind ; insufficiently timbered

Greasley, William, 10 Jan 1915, (accident: 05 Jan 1915), aged 39, Bricklayer, During excavation for new enginehouse he was wheeling dirt in a barrow from excavation for engine bed. Joiners were fixing a ventilator on roof 46ft up and disturned a piece of wood which fell and fractured his skull. Died 10th Jan

Gregory, Findley, 12 Feb 1905, (accident: 21 Jan 1905), aged 40, Corporal, Deceased was struck by the chain attached to a train of loaded tubs which had run away down a self, acting incline. Died 12th February (Deep soft coal seam)

Grice, W., 15 Nov 1863, aged 40, Miner, Fall of roof

Hardwick, William, 17 Apr 1901, aged 74, Dataller, Fall of roof. Deceased was fatally injured by a fall of roof while engaged in repairing a roadway. The fall broke some timber placed for its support. He died three hours after being injured (Waterloo coal)

Hatherley, Samuel William, 23 Jan 1902, aged 18, Dataller, Suffocated by carbon-monoxide. The two men were working in an airway which passed by and communicated with some old workings. The two deceased were found dead. A few days after the fatality a gob-fire was found to have broken out (Deep Soft coal) [More information ...]

Haycock, Samuel, 29 Mar 1904, aged 48, Stallman, Six men were descending the shaft when the cage got fast in the wooden conductors. Three men fell out and were killed by falling to the bottom of the shaft [More information ...]

Hill, John, 17 Jul 1882, aged 14, Driver, Run over by a full tub

Jones, Gordon, 22 Mar 1914, aged 22, Corporal, Deceased, with two other workers, was engaged relaying the rails in a main haulage road, when a fall of rock occurred and fatally injured him. The road was a stone drift having a rock roof. Two deputies had examined the place within a period of four hours and both they and the men working there thought the place quite safe. The road had been in existence four years and timbering was thought to be unnecessary

Legge, George, 03 Mar 1868, aged 26, Collier, Explosion of blasting powder in hard ground [More information ...]

Moore, James, 16 Oct 1924, 7.30 a.m., 1st hour of shift, aged 44, Deputy, Deceased was in the act of travelling down a 1 in 3 endless haulage plane whilst the rope was in motion when a screw-type clip, through some unknown cause, became detached from the rope and allowed two full tubs to run back and overtake him, knocking him down and so badly injuring him that he died on his way to hospital. In future no one will be permitted to travel this plane when the rope is in motion

Parkin, Henry Augustus, 08 Jan 1919, aged 40, Stallman, Fall of bottom coal while holing — killed instantly

Paskins, Abraham, 22 Nov 1864, aged 13, Boy, Fall of roof

Priest, Richard Thomas, 14 Jun 1899, (accident: 12 Jun 1899), aged 16, Trammer, Deceased was said to have received a slight injury in the mine on the 12th instant. but he died from natural causes, unconnected with the injury. An inquest was held, when the jury returned a verdict of "death from natural causes" [fatality reported during the year but not classified as a reportable accident]

Radford, John, 06 Jun 1872, aged 63, Collier, Fell into the cage hole

Richards, Walter, 08 Apr 1905, (accident: 06 Apr 1904), aged 70, Dataller, He was injured on 6th April, 1904, and died a year and two days later. No inquest was held [fatality reported during the year but not classified as a reportable accident]

Sanders, P., 16 Oct 1860, aged 24, Miner, Fall of coal

Severn, John Thomas, 23 Jan 1902, aged 35, Stallman, Suffocated by carbon-monoxide. The two men were working in an airway which passed by and communicated with some old workings. The two deceased were found dead. A few days after the fatality a gob-fire was found to have broken out (Deep Soft coal) [More information ...]

Smedley, George, 19 Jan 1909, aged 63, Engine-driver, Deceased was crossing the sidings when he was run over by some empty railway wagons. A bridge goes over the rails, and deceased should have used it

Staples, Albert, 02 Oct 1868, Collier, Explosion of blasting powder

Stephenson, George, 03 Mar 1868, aged 22, Collier, Explosion of blasting powder in hard ground [More information ...]

Stones, William, 31 Aug 1865, Collier, Fall of coal

Sutton, Samuel, 02 Aug 1867, aged 26, Collier, Lump of coal fell from top of shaft

Taylor, George, 13 Feb 1879, aged 46, Datler, Fall of roof while repairing roadway

Topham, William, 29 Mar 1904, aged 46, Stallman, Six men were descending the shaft when the cage got fast in the wooden conductors. Three men fell out and were killed by falling to the bottom of the shaft [More information ...]

Walters, Henry, 28 Sep 1896, aged 22, Incline man, Deceased was lifting some trams upon the rails in a self-acting incline and before doing so he removed the safety over-chain. When three trams had been put on the rails and when deceased was attached to a tram by a belt and chain the trams ran away down the incline through a coupling being unfastened dragging the deceased with them

Walters, Robert, 03 Feb 1899, aged 51, Stallman, A full tub ran away down the stall face and fatally crushed deceased (Deep soft coal)

Whysall, James, 26 Oct 1911, aged 36, Stallman, Whilst deceased and his loader were getting down some coal with a ringer to make room for a bar, a piece of bat, 9 feet long, 2 feet wide, and 9 inches thick, fell from the roof upon his head and killed him, The fall knocked put a "watch" prop set underneath it

Wright, G., 05 May 1862, aged 34, Miner, Bind falling down the shaft from a loaded bucket