Stanton Colliery

Broadhurst, Thomas, 18 Oct 1867, aged 53, Horse tenter, Fall of roof

Budd, Henry, 11 Feb 1871, aged 43, Collier, Fall of roof

Cantrill, Thomas, 01 Mar 1904, aged 58, Weigh-clerk, He was run over by a railway wagon while attempting to turn the points. The wagon was running away as the brakes failed to act, and deceased was attempting to turn the runaway wagon into the stop-blocks

Cheshire, Daniel, 04 Nov 1872, aged 13, Collier, Fall of stone

Cheshire, Robert, 22 May 1869, aged 13, Collier, Jammed between tubs (Eureska pit)

Dennis, John, 22 Nov 1892, aged 62, Dataler, Fall of roof. The two deceased men were engaged repairing a roadway and making it when a large fall of roof occurred and killed the two men instantly [More information ...]

Dent, Joseph, 26 Apr 1889, aged 56, Holer, Fall of coals whilst holing. Had holed too far under without setting sufficient sprags

Dent, Paul, 22 Nov 1854, Explosion of firedamp [More information ...]

Eames, Anthony, 21 Jun 1875, aged 28, Collier, Ascending the shaft with 6 others. Supposed to have had a fit and fell from the cage

Edwards, Thomas, 01 Dec 1878, aged 36, Stallman, Fall of coal whilst setting sprags

Fletcher, Samuel, 22 Jan 1895, aged 56, Dataller, Fall of roof. Deceased was engaged repairing a roadway and should by the rules of the mine set a prop to protect himself while setting bars to support the roof. He neglected to set the prop although cautioned of the danger

Foreman, George, 05 May 1876, aged 30, Stallman, Explosion of powder, caused by careless handling of the same

Galer, William Hollingworth, 20 Feb 1924, (accident: 16 Feb 1924, 8.30 a.m., 2nd hour of shift), aged 24, Pony Driver, Deceased was taking a full tub along a level road when a piece of coal falling from the tub got wedged between the axle and the floor, stopping the pony. In removing the coal, deceased failed to undog the pony from the tub and the pony started pulling the tub on to him, causing injuries from which he died 4 days later. Had deceased unfastened the pony before attempting to remove the obstruction the accident would have been avoided

Gowen, Edward James, 02 Dec 1901, aged 39, Stallman, Fall of roof. Deceased was throwing coal behind him from a part of the stall near a fault side, when a weight came over the place pushing two props out, which allowed the roof to fall and kill deceased (Eureka coal)

Hardwick, Alexander, 08 Aug 1877, aged 20, Loader, Fall of roof

Hardwick, Elijah, 16 Jan 1890, aged 47, Collier, Whilst engaged holing he was seen to reel and fall over. He was suffering from chronic heart disease and had shortly before been advised by a doctor to get some lighter employment. Verdict, "Died from heart disease"

Harvey, Joseph Thomas, 17 May 1913, aged 53, Stallman, A small dip fault had been bared in front of the gate road more than a week previous to the accident. Some floor had been taken up and the roof stone ripped to the fault. A middle-set prop had been set on the previous day 3 feet from the fault, and on the morning of the accident a bar. Deceased and his mate were preparing the ground for another bar when a large stone fell from the fault slip, pushing out the middle set and forcing deceased's head on to the bar which was lying on the ground, and killed him instantly

Harvey, Levi, 17 Jul 1897, (accident: 24 Oct 1896), aged 44, Labourer, Whilst shunting two empty trucks he attempted to put his brake stick in the wheel. The stick flew out and struck him on the leg. This caused by abscess and upon a weakened constitution phythsis developed from which he died 17th July

Hill, George Henry Thomas, 12 Feb 1898, (accident: 08 Feb 1898), aged 19, Screenman, The shunters allowed the empty trucks to run into the trucks which were being loaded at the screens and this knocked deceased off the platform upon which he was standing and between the trucks. He died on the 12th

John, Mansfield, 08 Dec 1883, aged 50, Engineman, Fell down the steps to the firehole of boilers

Kendrick, Walter, 06 Sep 1914, (accident: 11 Aug 1914), aged 20, Loader, Deceased was engaged filling a tub of coal on the flat sheets at the gate end, when a large block of sandstone rock fell from the roof across his back. The deputy had passed under it only a minute before. The stone fell from between two slips previously unseen, and a prop was pushed out at their end. Deceased died in hospital on 6th September, from exhaustion due to a broken back

Lunn, George, 26 Aug 1889, aged 41, Deputy, Fall of roof, passing under the gate end directly after the stallman had knocked out a prop unknown to the deceased

Lunn, Henry, 08 Feb 1888, aged 17, Driver, Run over by full tubs

Mansfield, George, 21 Oct 1871, aged 29, Mason, Fell off boiler brickwork

Moore, Thomas, 22 Nov 1892, aged 44, Dataler, Fall of roof. The two deceased men were engaged repairing a roadway and making it when a large fall of roof occurred and killed the two men instantly [More information ...]

Oakley, John George, 13 Oct 1909, aged 23, Dayman, As there was no work for him in the stall he was sent to assist some datallers in a return airway, and he was driving a horse with one full tub, when a fall of roof killed him. Two bars were displaced by the fall, which came from a slip in the roof (Stockings Coal seam)

Oliver, Samuel, 01 Jan 1868, aged 15, Labourer, Crushed between railway trucks and screen

Orgill, John, 31 Oct 1888, aged 39, Stallman, Fall of roof while building a gate end pack

Parker, Arthur, 03 Jul 1905, (accident: 06 Jun 1905), aged 44, Stallman, Premature firing of a shot, He was using a "german" or squib, made of touchpaper and gunpowder, and probably lighted the squib itself instead of lighting the primer portion of the squib. He died 3rd July (Stockings coal seam)

Parker, J., 11 Sep 1858, aged 12, Pony driver, Fall of roof

Parker, John, 18 May 1863, aged 30, Miner, Explosion of gas

Parker, Willoughby, 17 Dec 1889, aged 15, Driver, Run over by a loaded tub

Perkins, Joseph, 14 Nov 1867, aged 19, Collier, Fall of roof

Pickering, John, 27 Dec 1852, aged Boy, Crushed in the mine

Pocock, John, 26 Nov 1883, aged 26, Loader, Fall of roof ; sudden weight came on

Redfern, James, 18 Aug 1900, (accident: 13 Aug 1900), aged 62, Stallman, Fall of coal. Deceased was holing the coal face between sprags, which were 5 feet 2 inches apart, when the coal fell from between the sprags and fatally injured him. He died on the 18th instant (Stanhope coal)

Rice, Nathaniel, 27 Jun 1884, aged 59, Banksman, Crushed by coal tubs

Sharpe, John, 07 Aug 1888, aged 51, Collier, Injured his foot when turning a tub over. Died from mortifaction of the foot

Sheldon, J., 19 Apr 1858, aged 28, Banksman, By overwinding [More information ...]

Smith, Alfred, 21 Apr 1913, aged 45, Ripper, Two shots had been fired in the ripping lip of the gate road, and the place was afterwards examined by the deputy. The deceased was pulling down some loose stone at the gate side underneath where the stone had been blasted from when a large piece from above fell on his head and killed him instantly

Staley, Daniel, 13 Sep 1892, aged 53, Dataler, Fall of roof. Whilst at work pulling down stone from the roof to repair an airway, a large stone fell and killed deceased

Staley, William, 31 Dec 1852, Fall of coal in the mine [More information ...]

Staley, William, 30 Mar 1894, aged 60, Stallman, Died in the mine. Jury returned a verdict that the death was due to natural causes

Tyers, John, 22 Nov 1854, Explosion of firedamp [More information ...]

Unknown, -, 18 Dec 1866, Collier, Explosion of gas

Walton, Richard, 30 Jan 1901, aged 24, Dayman, Fall of coal. Deceased was cleaning up the coal face about 10 yards behind an electric coal cutter, when a portion of the face rolled over and fatally injured him. He died in the mine (Stockings coal)

Warren, Samuel, 07 Feb 1889, aged 58, Stallman, Fall of roof

Warren, Thomas, 30 Jan 1884, aged 72, Labourer, Caught by the arm of a capstan

Whetton, Henry, 12 Dec 1894, aged 55, Banksman

Wright, Charles, 12 Dec 1894, aged 59, Miner