Sutton Heath Colliery

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Appleton, David, 14 Oct 1875, aged 44, Collier, Fall of roof

Ashcroft, Richard, 30 Aug 1909, aged 18, Labourer, The deceased, who was acting as a banksman, when putting an empty tub into the cage ; the engine winder started the cage off, apparently without the proper signal, and deceased and the tub fell down the shaft

Barton, James, 05 Feb 1897, aged 43, Collier, Inspection made and inquest attended. He was sitting down talking to another collier near his working place when a stone from an invisible pot hole fell upon him. There were props under the edge of the stone but not sufficiently under it

Bridge, Henry, 29 Aug 1878, aged 21, Collier, Fall of top coal. Neglected to set sprags

Brownhill, Daniel, 13 Nov 1891, aged 38, Drawer, Inspection made and inquest attended. The deceased was waggoning with three others down a dip road when the first man's tub got off the road and the second man ran into him the deceased was coming third with two tubs

Brownhill, Peter, 12 Sep 1892, 12.45 p.m., 7th hour of shift, aged 63, Door minder, Inspection made and inquest attended. Deceased did not allow himself sufficient time to open the door as the journey was going down the engine brow, and was crushed against the door. He had been at that work for the last six years

Burrows, William, 25 Feb 1884, aged 55, Dataler, Inspection made. Killed by a sudden and unexpected fall of rock, caused by the weighting of the roof behind the long wall face

Burrows, William, 09 Aug 1905, aged 50, Inspection made and inquest attended. Deceased had been setting two bars in a brow, and when taking an old bar out a large fall of roof occurred, capping the two new bars, and burying the deceased

Dauber, Ambrose, 28 Sep 1910, aged 24, Drawer, When winding a full tub up a roadway twelve yards in length with a "jack roll," he missed his hold of the handle which in revolving struck him on the head. The drag or iron trailer had not been attached to the tub

Devlin, Herbert, 13 Apr 1926, aged 27, Haualge, Jammed between bars while illegally riding

Dickinson, John, 10 Dec 1874, aged 20, Drawer, Fall of top coal

Dunn, James, 30 Mar 1870, Sinker, Fall of dirt from ascending tub

Dunn, James, 30 Mar 1871, Sinker, Fall of dirt from the ascending tub

Edwards, Robert, 31 Aug 1909, aged 48, Contractor, He had been drawing out props in order to blow the roof down when the roof fell upon him

Farrelley, Thomas, 20 Aug 1885, aged 21, Labourer, Inspection made. Deceased was lowering a waggon under the screens and after lifting the break, was endeavouring to pass in front of it when he was crushed against another waggon standing there

Flitcroft, Mark, 16 Mar 1882, aged 37, Metalman, Inspection made and inquest attended. Fall of roof whilst deceased was building a pack. The place was well timbered, three props being knocked out by the fall

Gee, William, 29 Oct 1891, 5 p.m., aged 19, Drawer, Inspection made and inquest attended. Deceased stayed over time along with seven other men to clean a main hauling brow when he appears to have disturbed the foot to a prop supporting a large stone which fell from between two slips and killed him

Hodgetts, Thomas, 29 May 1912, aged 26, Collier, Deceased was found buried under a fall of top coal and dirt 16 feet 6 inches long, 6 feet wide, and 3 feet 4 inches thick, which occurred in a narrow place 6 feet wide leading to pillar working. Fall displaced eight props

Houghton, Edward, 28 Jun 1900, aged 37, Daywageman, Inspection made. He was taking portion of side off a shunt, and taking some of the packing out at the side of the road, when some rock fell upon him from the roof above him. from old breaks and cracks. He ought to have put up some props when taking away the support of the packing

Hughes, William, 20 Jun 1928, aged 62, Contractors man, Killed by a fall of roof when about to drill a hole

Jackson, William, 08 Dec 1898, aged 35, Collier, Inspection made and inquest attended. A fall of roof carried over the landing plate of the drawing road capping three bars and burying the deceased as he was turning his full tub of coal

Jacques, Thomas, 13 Dec 1919, aged 20, Dataller, Killed by a fall of roof

Johnason, Carl, 18 Mar 1916, aged 44, Contractor, Killed by a fall of stone

Johnson, Peter, 05 Apr 1905, aged 26, Balancer, Inspection made. An old bar appears to have rolled from the side of road, and seems to have been caught by the moving balance box and got behind the leg of a bar, which it forced out, causing a fall of roof upon the deceased

Jones, Hugh G., 22 Jun 1909, aged 30, Sinker, The scaffold, supported by two capstan ropes in the shaft, which they were engaged widening, had also three plugs let in the side of shaft, tilted on one side, and the two deceased persons fell to the pit bottom, a distance of 60 yards, and were killed. At the inquiry it was recommended that they should in future attach the capstan ropes to the scaffold at four points instead of only two [More information ...]

Jones, John L., 22 Jun 1909, aged 45, Sinker, The scaffold, supported by two capstan ropes in the shaft, which they were engaged widening, had also three plugs let in the side of shaft, tilted on one side, and the two deceased persons fell to the pit bottom, a distance of 60 yards, and were killed. At the inquiry it was recommended that they should in future attach the capstan ropes to the scaffold at four points instead of only two [More information ...]

Kinsey, John, 13 Jul 1924, aged 36, Fireman, Exploded shot

Lawrenson, Henry, 10 Dec 1880, aged 50, Collier, Deceased was working out a pillar, when a heavy fall came capping all the timber. The roof had begun to weight some time previously, and deceased had sent his drawer out of the place, intending to follow him but the fall came before he could get out

Lea, John, 26 Jul 1867, aged 30, Collier, Fall of roof in brow

Lea, John, Mar 1920, (accident: 31 Jan 1920), aged 31, Collier, Slipped while waiting to ascend — sprained ankle. Died Mar'

Lunn, Henry, 22 Jan 1872, Waggoner, Crushed by balance box

Lunn, Henry, 23 Jan 1873, aged 18, Waggoner, Balance chain breaking

McGanty, John, 06 Jan 1908, aged 37, Collier, The roof at four road ends came down falling through to old workings of seam above knocking out several bars, and crushing deceased

McLean, John, 22 Mar 1888, aged 34, Collier, Inspection made. He was working in a wide place. There were 6 inches of following stone on the coal and part of this with a foot of coal face fell on him. No holing had been done but the roof had weighted during he night and he appears to have neglected to sound it before commencing to fill

Molyneux, William, 24 Feb 1881, aged 24, Collier, Inspection made and inquest attended. A piece of stone fell from between two "slips." knocking out the supporting prop

Naylor, Mark, 15 Jun 1899, aged 39, Collier, Inspection made and inquest attended. A fall of rock roof occurred on his drawing road, from between two steps. There were six sprags set between the steps in the roof, but they did not appear to have been let in at the ends, only being wedged, a crunch or weight in the roof capped them, and burying the deceased. The roof falling between the two steps

Pinnington, Joshua, 13 Jun 1887, aged 34, Collier, Inspection made and inquest attended. He was cutting a step and timbering as he went on when some roof fell in front of the bars he had set and caught him

Platt, Hugh, 28 Dec 1881, aged 30, Collier, Inspection made and inquest attended. Explosion of gas

Pritchard, Samuel, 27 Feb 1911, (accident: 24 Feb 1911), aged 41, Collier, Fall of side. While shovelling dirt which he had taken down at the face, a further fall of overhanging dirt occurred and fatally injured him. He died on the 27th instant

Sibbering, James, 17 Sep 1883, aged 59, Collier, Inspection made and inquest attended. A heavy fall of rock roof over 100 tons in weight, carrying a chock and several props before it, was caused through a metal parting above the rock and a "slip" crossing in front. This fall could not have been foreseen

Smith, Thomas, 08 May 1890, aged 40, Fireman, Inspection made and inquest attended. Deceased told the underlooker that he was going to pull some loose stones from the side and immediately after there was a fall and on going to the spot the underlooker found deceased under a large stone which had come from between three slips one of which had evidently been bared by the man himself

Tilley, Daniel, 02 Apr 1885, aged 31, Collier, Inspection made and inquest attended. Explosion of gas

Timlin, John, 08 Jan 1915, aged 62, Contractor, Dislocated shoulder and fractured thigh by fall of roof on roadway

Towey, Thomas, 15 Jul 1924, 7.45 p.m., 7th hour of shift, aged 27, Contractor's Man, By explosives [More information ...]

Williams, George, 03 Jun 1892, 2.40 p.m., 9th hour of shift, aged 45, Collier, Inspection made and inquest attended. Deceased had been working in a lift, with a pack one side and coal the other, when the roof fell, capping four props, and crushing the deceased

Wilson, William, 23 Jan 1880, aged 25, Drawer, Fall of roof through neglect to set timber

Winstanley, Gerald, 28 Jun 1924, (accident: 26 Jun 1924, 1.10 p.m., 7th hour of shift), aged 27, Contractor's Man, He was fatally injured by a fall of side stone on a road which was being driven through an old goaf for use as a return airway. The deceased had just plucked down the loose stone and was preparing to set a prop before proceeding to drill a shot hole, when a stone suddenly fell from the side and crushed him, causing injuries from which he died the next day. The stone fell away from a slip in the old waste which had become consolidated. In future, backing deals will be used to prevent a similar occurrence