Soothill Wood Colliery

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Auty, A., 09 Feb 1901, aged 29, Locomotive Driver, The locomotive failed to hold a train of wagons down a gradient, and they collided with an empty wagon and Auty was killed

Barker, Joseph, 28 Jul 1910, aged 40, Hopper man, He went beyond a fence and was killed by a driving belt

Bedford, J., 05 Nov 1881, (accident: 27 Oct 1881), aged 17, Driver, Crushed by ccorves ; died 5th Nov

Bennett, Frederick, 01 Nov 1919, aged 57, Deputy, Assisting collier to clear away some coal on face to make room for cutter. He was in the act of setting a bar when there was a fall which killed him instantly

Broadhead, W., 22 Dec 1892, 8 a.m., 2nd hour of shift, aged 14, Driver, Fall of roof

Cartwright, Alfred, 14 Feb 1910, aged 59, Miner, He was fatally injured by a small stone falling from a fault

Crowther, Ben, 13 Apr 1907, (accident: 27 Mar 1907), aged 38, Collier, He was working at the coal face when a large stone fell from a "pot hole" and broke off at a block of coal at the face corner. The coal rested on this block at one end and prevented the man being crushed to death. He, however, sustained a fracture of the pelvis bone and was bruised about the shoulders and died on April 13th

Douglas, James, 17 Jun 1904, aged 62, Coal Miner, He was sitting holing at the coal face when a fall of roof occurred and fatally injured him. The stone fell at a fault and a slip over the pack

Frain, James, 05 Feb 1914, aged 24, Trammer, He was descending the shaft with seven others when the cage gates came open and he fell backwards down the shaft, alighting on the top of the ascending cage. He was instantly killed

Gordon, J., 09 Sep 1896, aged 62, Labourer, Got entangled with machinery connected with slack machine

Griffin, J., 16 Jan 1899, aged 13, Scale picker, When playing, he jumped over a fence and got his foot fast in the "creeper" chain

Heywood, Walter, 25 Nov 1915, (accident: 04 Nov 1915), aged 43, Coal miner, Removing a small fall at face when a large piece of bind fell from between last row of props — spine fractured. Died 25th Nov

Hopkins, Patrick, 08 Jul 1908, aged 54, Trimmer, He was working in a coal hopper cleaning out the drains with a hose pipe when the grab bucket, by which the coal is lifted out of the hoppers, caught and killed him. The grab is lifted by a crane and the brake on it allowed the drum to slip back and thus to cause the accident

Kitson, N., 01 Aug 1899, aged 21, Collier, Fall of roof

Mellody, John Joseph, 14 Feb 1908, (accident: 11 Feb 1908), aged 18, Trammer, He was going along a gob road to bring an empty tub when between three and four cwts. of stone fell from the roof upon him knocking him down and fracturing the top of his nose and probably the base of his skull. The road was 5 ft. 6 ins. wide at the bottom and 4 ft. high. He died on February 14th

Newsome, J., 23 Aug 1902, aged 39, Sinker, Collapse of a bricking scaffold which was insecurely fixed and hardly of sufficient strength

Oldroyd, Albert, 17 Jul 1906, aged 33, Assistant Engine-wright, While improperly oiling machinery in motion he was caught by two cog-wheels and killed

Preston, H., 23 Oct 1889, aged 16, Driver, Injured by corfe

Rhodes, John, 12 Feb 1908, aged 49, Surface Labourer, With two other men he was pushing a partly filled wagon under the screens. Two empty wagons were standing about 3 feet from them and they were pushing the wagon away from them. The deceased was, foolishly, pushing at the buffer when the two empty wagons followed after them and he was fatally crushed between the buffers. The empty wagons were started by a wagon, which had been foul of a crossing above the screens, being pushed by the locomotive into the road in which they were standing. The road was practically level and the shunter thought the wagon would stand, and therefore did not put on the brake as he should have done

Roberts, John, 20 Nov 1904, (accident: 08 Oct 1904), aged 50, Boiler Fireman, Died from injuries received on October 8th. Deceased wanted an empty tub in the boiler fireholes to fill ashes into, and shouted to the banksman for one. The banksman took off a fence and pushed the tub on to a heap, and it rolled down and hit the deceased on the spine, and seriously injured it. The tub should have been brought down by the proper way

Rowan, T., 28 Apr 1903, aged 25, Collier, Fall of roof displacing timber in working place. Cause — a fault, a slip, and shake from blasting

Senior, S., 12 Apr 1889, (accident: 05 Apr 1889), aged 38, Collier, Fall of roof. Died 12th Apr

Smith, George, 27 Sep 1909, aged 38, Miner, Fall of roof. He was working in the face close to a fault when a large stone fell from between the timber and killed him. The fall disclosed converging slips

Stead, Walter, 04 Nov 1919, (accident: 30 Sep 1919), aged 50, Coal miner, Getting coal with his pick when a piece of clod fell on his knee. Thrombosis resulted. Died 4th Nov

Thorpe, H., 16 Jan 1895, aged 30, Byeworker, Crushed by corves on engine plane

Tillotson, H., 28 Oct 1881, (accident: 19 Oct 1881), aged 13, Incline boy, Crushed by corves ; died 28th

Topple, J., 09 Apr 1877, aged 30, Banksman, Fell down shaft

Walker, A., 26 Mar 1897, aged 14, Trapper, Run over by corves on engine plane

Walls, George Edward, 26 Nov 1907, aged 21, Labourer, He had evidently, although he had strict orders not to do so, gone into a hopper to relieve some washed coal which had stuck, when it slipped and suffocated him

Wood, George, 01 Sep 1892, On the 1st of September, a man named George Wood, fell down dead whilst at his work in Soothill Wood Colliery; death in this case arose from natural causes [fatality reported during the year but not classified as a reportable accident]