Stafford Colliery

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Cartwright, George, 05 Jul 1902, 3 p.m., aged 38, Engine-man, A wood bearer, 5 ins. by 4½ ins., supporting a scaffold in pumping shaft on which two men were working, broke, causing Cartwright to fall to bottom of shaft, a distance of 59 yards

Chetwood, James, 21 Jul 1910, aged 37, Collier, The accident occurred at the working face, and was caused by a conical piece of roof 10 ft. by 7 ft. by 4 ft. 3 ins. High, falling from a line of fault, two unseen converging slips and a pressure break. One prop was discharged. Deceased was killed instantly

Fox, George, 13 Oct 1903, 5.45 p.m., aged 21, Blacksmith, Crushed by fall of tension weights connected with haulage ropes. For alterations the weights had been lifted by drawing up the ropes and securing them by clips and chains to posts at side of road. One of those posts was drawn out by the strain, causing the weights (about 3 tons) to drop while Fox was in the tension pit

Freeman, John, 20 Jul 1900, (accident: 04 Jul 1900, 5 p.m.), aged 53, Sinker, Injured while liberating water lying on a scaffold in shaft. Died 20th July

Jones, Samuel, 29 Mar 1900, (accident: 28 Mar 1900, 1 p.m.), aged 49, Holer, Blow on knee by fall of holing dirt in working face in Flint coal. He had previously strained the same knee while shoving a tub. Died next day from blood poisoning

Philips, Richard, 27 Apr 1898, 9 a.m., aged 48, Getter, Fall of coal from longwall working face in clod coal. The face had been holed for seven yards to a fault, and only one sprag had been set to support it, 4 feet 6 inches from the fault. Although warned of the danger Philips knocked this sprag out to let the coal fall, and before he could escape it fell and killed him

Samuels, John, 02 Dec 1902, (accident: 25 Nov 1902, 7 a.m.), aged 59, Filler, Burnt by an explosion of fire-damp at working face in Little Flint seam. Died 2nd December. Gas ignited by the naked light of an illegally opened safety lamp

Small, Benjamin, 21 Jan 1891, aged 17, Horse driver, Crushed between tub and side of road while taking locker out of tub

Unknown, -, 11 Oct 1904, On the 11th October, at the Stafford pits, Priorslee Colliery, Salop, a winding engineman fell down dead while standing by the handles of his engine. Verdict, heart failure. [fatality reported during the year but not classified as a reportable accident]

Whitehead, H., 27 Feb 1900, aged 56, Fitter, On the 27th February, H. Whitehead, a fitter, aged 56, died in the pit of heart disease at Stafford pits, Priors Lee Colliery [fatality reported during the year but not classified as a reportable accident]

Willis, John, 28 Jun 1910, aged 54, Getter, This accident was due to neglecting to reset sprags to the coal while making a nicking, after an attempt to bar the coal down had failed. The bottom portion of the Double Coal had been worked under a distance of 4 ft. and face props and sprags had been set to the top coal. Deceased drew a sprag and tried to get a portion of tops down, without success. He then proceeded to cut into the tops to make a loose end. He cut through to a slip, and the coal fell and knocked out a prop near him, and a piece of roof from over the prop fell, striking him on the head and killing him instantly