Tinsley Park Colliery

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Abbott, Luke, 14 Dec 1863, Fall of coal in the mine

Ainsworth, Albert, 27 Aug 1915, aged 40, Ropeman, Struck by three runaway tubs which had been uncoupled from a set of 20 — nothing to show how the coupling failed

Allan, Thomas, 03 Mar 1853, Crushed by the cage at the bottom of the shaft

Allen, George, 15 Sep 1869, aged 28, Collier, Coal took fire from some unknown cause, and they were suffocated ; shafts obliged to be sealed [More information ...]

Allsopp, J., 06 Jun 1894, aged 36, Collier, Fall of stone

Antram, Albert, 18 Jan 1928, aged 17, he went under the ripping edge to fetch out a full tub of coal when about three tons of roof fell and he was buried ; he had only been working at the colliery for about six weeks

Armitage, J. H., 26 Jul 1895, aged 30, Filler, Fall of roof

Armitage, John Thomas, 15 Oct 1924, 1 a.m., 2nd hour of shift, aged 18, Rope Runner, He was accompanying a set of 12 tubs which was being drawn by single rope haulage up a road having an inclination of 1 in 8. He was walking between the last tub and the side of the road when the rope broke, and although the set only ran back until the drag came into action, a distance of from one to two yards, he was crushed between the last tub but one and the side of the road and killed instantly. There was no need whatever for him to have walked so close to the set

Askham, Herbert, 07 Mar 1911, aged 39, Collier, Whilst holing coal at the loose end of his working place he was caught by a fall of roof, 5½ feet long, 3 feet wide and 3 feet thick. The fall disclosed three slips

Beardsley, Charles, 24 Oct 1912, aged 31, Ripper, He was engaged redding an airway through a closed stall when he was buried by a heavy fall of roof. Another man was also injured

Bennett, Richard, 08 Oct 1924, 9.30 p.m., 7th hour of shift, aged 22, Rope Runner, A set of 11 empty tubs, attached to a direct rope, was standing 40 yards outbye of a door preparatory to being lowered on a gradient of 1 in 8. A rope runner walked ahead to open the door. Meantime the blocks were removed, and, to give the set a start, the tubs were pushed back. This apparently caused them to uncouple, and eight tubs ran down the incline and crushed deceased against a prop. The accident should not have happened if the tubs had been drawn back by the rope before the removal of the blocks

Bookerage, A., 12 Sep 1874, aged 36, Byeworker, Fall of roof

Booth, J., 24 May 1894, aged 47, Collier, Fall of roof

Booth, Joseph, 21 Dec 1885, (accident: 18 Dec 1885), aged 64, Collier, Fall of coal. Died 21st Dec

Brown, J., 01 Sep 1894, aged 40, Banksman, Injured by waggons

Bunting, James, 02 Sep 1874, aged 14, Driver, Fall of roof

Chisam, Wiliam, 02 Apr 1908, aged 25, Ripper, Two shots had been fired in the rock ripping of a road by the shot-firer about half an hour before the accident occurred, and the deceased returned to the place with the shot-firer to examine it. They then had a meal. On returning they began to pull down loose pieces, when a piece 3 ft. by 4 ft. 6 ins. by 10 ins. suddenly fell and killed Chisam. The rock was shot shaken but the two stonemen and the shot-firer, who were all experienced men, did not detect it

Clamp, William Henry, 29 Jul 1914, aged 25, Corporal, Deceased was either standing or passing under the junction of a horse road with a disused gate, when he was fatally injured by a fall of roof weighing 10 tons. The place was secured by three cross girders which were supported at one side of the road by props and at the other side by a carrying girder. One of the legs of this girder seems to have come out, probably by slow accumulation of weight either from the side or roof or both, and so allowed all the other supports to collapse

Cluley, Jacob, 20 Sep 1908, (accident: 16 Sep 1908), aged 37, Collier, On going into his working place he noticed a piece of rock projecting over the coal, and went in front of it to sound it with hammer. Directly he touched it it fell from a slip over the coal, and so seriously injured him that he died on September 20th

Coe, William, 20 Dec 1912, aged 36, Filler, They were travelling out of a main haulage plane at the termination of the shift and were killed by a fall of roof. They were reported to have been travelling there without authority, a separate travelling road having been provided [More information ...]

Creswell, Marshall, 01 Jun 1882, aged 42, Collier, Fall of roof

Crowther, Joseph, 15 Jul 1907, (accident: 12 Jul 1907), aged 20, Fitter, One of the boilers at the coke ovens had been emptied of water and owing to a drain, through which it should have flowed, being blocked up, the man-holes of the drain were filled with water and the loose boards on the top of them were floated off and the water ran over the railway. Deceased was walking by the side of the railway and stepped into one of the manholes and the water being hot he was scalded so severely that he died at Sheffield Infirmary on the 15th inst

Dallamore, Joseph, 05 Feb 1892, 12 noon, 6th hour of shift, aged 14, Trapper, Injured by tub

Davis, W., 18 Sep 1877, aged 41, Collier, Fall of roof

Edson, Edward, 07 Apr 1857, Fall of roof in the mine

Elliott, William H., 18 Dec 1867, aged 13, Trapper, Knocked over at trap door

Ensor, George, 02 Feb 1906, aged 44, Collier, A pot hole in the roof fell out without warning and caught and killed him. The place was well timbered, and until the accident occurred the pot hole was not visible

Farrar, Alfred, 07 May 1909, aged 24, Ripper, Fall of roof. He was taking a tub of dirt along a gateroad when the tub caught a prop. He twisted the tub off the prop and assisted his trammer to push the tub along, when a fall of roof occurred and killed Farrar

Foster, Henry Victor, 13 Feb 1919, (accident: 05 Feb 1919), aged 18, Assistant coalcutter fitter, Assisting others to get an armature out of tub when tub was rolled sideways to get it out. He stepped back and bumped against a prop and knocked it out. The fall crushed his chest. Died 13th Feb

Gelsthorpe, William, 30 Nov 1908, (accident: 25 Nov 1908), aged 22, Filler, He was pulling some coal off the face when it fell suddenly, and knocked him against a prop, and displaced it. He fell with his back against the end of the prop, and his spine was injured. Died on November 30th

Grayson, J., 03 Mar 1897, aged 59, Banksman, Was jinneying a full tub from the pit hill level to the flat sheets below and forgot to put the chain round the pulley wheel. He was caught and fell with his head on the flat sheets

Handley, William, 20 Feb 1880, aged 19, Filler, Fall of roof [More information ...]

Harris, George, 01 Jul 1903, aged 39, Collier, Whilst he was holing, the coal suddenly burst over the sprags and killed him. Cause — a weight

Hart, John, 18 Dec 1860, aged Boy, Fall of roof in the mine

Hawes, Robert William, 26 May 1876, (accident: 15 May 1876), aged 23, Bricklayer, Fell from scaffold on surface ; died 26th May

Hinchclffe, John Joseph, 20 Nov 1919, aged 33, Collier, He and his two brothers were preparing a journey of three full tubs down gate. One was at the brake one taking lockers out and he was attaching clip. When lockers were taken out front two ran away and struck empty tubs at bottom whch caused tub at top

Hobson, John, 25 Sep 1933, aged 49, Collier, Drawing prop from under ripping prior to a shot being fired — he was withdrawing 2nd. peg when a large piece of stone fell from ripping killing him instantly

Holland, Richard, 03 Jul 1919, aged 20, Haulage hnad, Driving electrical haulage gear and by some means got drawn into gearing and was killed instantly

Hollingsworth, S., 15 Sep 1869, aged 36, Labourer, Coal took fire from some unknown cause, and they were suffocated ; shafts obliged to be sealed [More information ...]

Hughes, Joseph, 25 Jul 1870, aged 26, Sinker, Fell down shaft while ascending

Hulley, T., 29 Jun 1888, aged 29, Filler, Crushed by corves

Lambert, -, 24 Sep 1897, Carter, A carter, named Lambert, was killed on the 24th September in the coal sale yard at Sheffield, connected with Tinsley Colliery. He fell and the wheel crushed him. He was not employed by the colliery company [fatality reported during the year but not classified as a reportable accident]

Law, Moses, 06 Nov 1911, aged 30, Coal-cutting Machineman, Two men were preparing to move a coal-cutter up to the coal face to re-start the cut when a fall occurred and buried both men. Deceased was killed instantaneously and his assistant was severely injured. The machine had not been moved, and the men were oiling it when the fall took place

Liversedge, Ernest, 14 Oct 1900, aged 25, Pump man, A motor which drives a pump by a belt, started, owing to a switch fusing, whilst he was repairing, and he was thrown against a spur wheel by the belt catching him

Liversedge, John, 20 Dec 1912, aged 27, Filler, They were travelling out of a main haulage plane at the termination of the shift and were killed by a fall of roof. They were reported to have been travelling there without authority, a separate travelling road having been provided [More information ...]

Liversedge, William Hoyland, 02 Sep 1914, aged 53, Stallman, He was setting some props under the middle of some bars at the face of a gateway when the roof collapsed and buried him

Machin, John, 08 Sep 1903, aged 38, Joiner, A shaft was being fitted with guides, and one of them was clamped to the winding rope and was being lowered in the shaft when it slipped from the clamp and fell upon Machin, who was on the bottom scaffold, and killed him

Madin, George Henry, 02 Jan 1924, 6.30 p.m., 5th hour of shift, aged 32, Filler, He was in the gate holding a light for the stallman who was working with his pick at the ripping, when a piece of side came off back to a concealed slip and ran out two props which were set under the side and buried deceased

Mills, Alfred, 29 Aug 1908, (accident: 28 Aug 1908), aged 15, Rope Runner, The deceased's duty was to prepare the sets at the bottom of a plane up which tubs were hauled in sets of four by an electric motor, and then walk in front of the set to the top of the road, take off the full tubs, attach four empty tubs to the rope and take them down. This plane dipped at the rate of 1 in 15 and was about 300 yards in length, and the speed at which the sets travelled was 1½ miles per hour. The height varied from 4 ft. to 6 ft., and the height of the tubs was 3 ft. 2 ins., so that at the low places there was only a space of 10 ins. between the roof and the top of the tub, and the roof being hard sandstone there were projecting inequalities in it where the height of the road decreased. He appears to have been illegally riding on the first tub of a full set when his head was caught against one of these low places, and he was so seriously injured that he died the following day

Morley, William Henry, 03 Jul 1907, aged 24, Coal Cutting Machine Man, Deceased and two other men were working a Hurd Electric Bar coal cutting machine and when doing so found the roof at the face under which they had to pass very bad and, therefore, decided to get the machine away to the gate road as quickly as possible. As a rule before the machine is moved along the face the cutters are taken out which takes from 15 to twenty minutes to do ; the men decided, however, as there had already been a fall and the roof was weighting to get the machine away without doing this. The deceased was near the sleeve end of the bar cutter between the machine and the face racking the bar away from the face as the machine was being hauled along when he stumbled and was caught by the bar and so badly cut that he was dead when got out

Morton, George, 15 Sep 1869, aged 59, Collier, Coal took fire from some unknown cause, and they were suffocated ; shafts obliged to be sealed [More information ...]

Nixon, Charles, 28 Mar 1911, aged 19, Pony Driver, He was found dead in front of a train of tubs consisting of four empties and one full of dirt. He had evidently been riding on the full tub and had been thrown against a prop

Nixon, George, 19 Aug 1871, aged 21, Hanger on, Pedestal of corf fell on him down shaft

Nixon, Joseph, 24 Nov 1877, aged 47, Furnaceman, Fell from cage in shaft

Odom, J. L., 25 Jan 1910, aged 14, Belt lad, He fell through a hole in the screens platform on to a full wagon, and was crushed between the plates of the picking belt and the coal in the wagon

Pass, Thomas, 08 Mar 1914, aged 46, Labourer, He was helping to lower seven full wagons when he stumbled and was caught between the spring buffers of the sixth and seventh. The wagons were coupled

Purcival, J., 22 Mar 1891, (accident: 17 Mar 1891), Collier, Injured by tub. Died 22nd

Rhodes, David, 20 Dec 1911, aged 32, Collier, Whilst boring a shot-hole in the ripping lip of a new gate road a large stone of sandstone rock fell and killed him

Roberts, G., 18 Feb 1899, (accident: 26 Dec 1898), Pumpman, Fell into sump. Died 18th February 1899

Robson, W., 21 Sep 1875, aged 33, Collier, Fall of side

Rogers, Henry, 04 Dec 1860, aged Boy, Crushed by corves in the mine

Savage, Henry, 01 Feb 1934, aged 34, Collier, Pulled down some clod overhanging face and was throwing it into waste when rock fell from roof without warning killing him instantly

Saxon, Thomas, 20 Feb 1880, aged 21, Filler, Fall of roof [More information ...]

Shaw, D., 20 Dec 1893, aged 29, Pumpman, Fell down pumping shaft

Shaw, W., 27 May 1892, 3 p.m., 8th hour of shift, aged 57, Pumpman, Fell into sump

Shepherd, A., 04 Dec 1887, (accident: 22 Nov 1887), aged 15, Incline boy, Run over by corves. Died 4th Dec

Stamp, Robert, 18 Jul 1908, aged 20, Coke Oven Loader, The deceased and another man were taking coal from a hopper in the pans used on the top of the coke ovens to a brick hopper in connection with two Lancashire boilers set parallel to the coke ovens. The brick hopper is built at right-angles to the coke ovens. The pans run on rails with 2 ft. 2 in. gauge and the rails are carried on sleepers set on brick pillars about 9 in. high, and project about 3 ft. beyond the hopper at the end. They had some wire rope wrapped round them to act as a stop block. One tub had been emptied and run forward to this wire rope and another was put over the hole on the top of the brick hopper when an end of one of the sleepers broke and caused the rail on that side to bulge out. The result was that the pan fell off the rails and caught the deceased carrying him to the ground, a distance of 11 ft. 6 in. He was taken to the infirmary at Sheffield, where he died, about three and a half hours afterwards. The pan weighed 8 cwts. and carried 10 cwts. of coal

Strutt, George, 09 Oct 1878, (accident: 16 Sep 1878), aged 64, Dayman, Crushed by corves ; died Oct

Waterhouse, F., 15 Feb 1910, aged 39, Collier, He was ripping a road, and after trying to pull down a large shot-shaken stone, he ventured under it. The stone fell and fatally injured him. He should not have gone under the stone without setting timber

Watson, Samuel, 21 Aug 1882, (accident: 04 Aug 1882), aged 50, Labourer, Crushed by waggons. Died 21st Aug

Wildgoose, C. W., 17 Mar 1911, aged 18, Labourer, He was shovelling smudge away from the delivery spout in the hopper, which was full, and was standing in the hopper to do so. The wagon lowerer withdrew the emptying shutter, and Wildgoose was carried with the smudge into the bottom of the hopper and was suffocated

Wilkinson, Sidney, 15 Jan 1908, aged 13, Clip Boy, His duty was to take empty and full trains along a level, 250 yards in length, by attaching a clip to an endless rope, running under the tubs, and then walking alongside the first tub, between the two roads, and at a point, where there is a slight alteration in the gradient, to take the clip off, allow the tubs to run by gravity about 15 yards, and attach the clip again and take it off at the end of the journey. When doing this he caught his toes against the edge of a sleeper and falling between the first and second tubs was killed

Williams, Joseph, 16 Jan 1889, aged 59, Collier, Fall of roof

Williams, Matthew, 12 Oct 1907, (accident: 26 Sep 1907), aged 24, Filler, He had finished his shift and was travelling up the engine plane to the shaft when a pony led by a corporal passed him and as it was doing so, the corporal says, the deceased attempted to get hold of the pony's tail and it kicked him on the forehead. Died October 12th

Witham, William, 08 May 1914, aged 14, Haulage hand, He was run over by six full tubs of a train of 10. He probably tripped and fell in front of the train

Woodhill, John, 09 Mar 1903, aged 25, Sinker, The ascending hoppit in a sinking pit struck the side of the draft, and some safety lamps which were in it were thrown out. One of them fell upon Woodhill and injured him so severely that he died the same night

Young, James, 11 Jan 1875, aged 46, Sinker, Fell into sump from a scaffold