Thoresby Colliery

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Banham, Clement, 04 Oct 1928, aged 33, Fell from a hoppit, down the shaft

Barlow, Charles Henry, 08 Aug 1940, aged 30, Killed by a fall of roof

Brearley, Frederick, 04 Oct 1928, aged 40, Fell from a hoppit, down the shaft

Brown, Henry, 17 Jun 1961, aged 32, Killed by a fall of roof

Brown, William, 14 Oct 1947, (accident: 10 Jan 1941), aged 69, Killed by a fall of roof

Clark, Maurice Lowe, 02 Dec 1975, aged 34, Crushed by a minecar

Clark, Raymond, 14 Oct 1955, aged 23, Killed by a fall of roof

Cowan, Ronald, 04 Mar 1996, aged 42, Hit by a falling water pipe

Cox, Robert Peter, 17 Dec 1980, aged 30, Run over by a minecar

Dixon, Douglas, 03 Feb 1926, aged 24, Crushed by falling equipment on the surface

Drury, Henry, 13 Nov 1958, (accident: 27 Oct 1958), aged 46, Killed by a fall of coal

Farnsworth, Ernest, 13 Jul 1935, (accident: 01 Apr 1935), aged 49, Killed by a fall of coal

Fearn, Eric, 23 Dec 1970, aged 52, Run over by a locomotive

Fielding, Andrew, 12 Oct 1995, aged 39, Inrush of gas and water

Furness, Walter, 25 Jan 1951, aged 48, Miner, Killed by a fall of roof [More information ...]

Golden, James Owen, 18 Mar 1949, aged 20, Crushed by a brick wall, on the surface

Gozzard, Bernard, 06 Jan 1945, aged 45, Fall in a roadway

Groom, Frederick Raymond, 07 Mar 1960, aged 29, Crushed, by a powered support

Grout, Philip, 1986, aged 24

Harbron, John, 24 Jul 2009, aged 47, Crushed by falling pipes

Hardy, Alfred, 06 Jun 1930, (accident: 28 May 1930), aged 42, Killed by a fall of roof

Hardy, Alfred, 12 Jul 1950, (accident: 10 Jul 1950), aged 39, Hit by a bar

Hilton, James, 28 Oct 1970, aged 50, Run over by a minecar

Hooton, Joseph, 24 Nov 1940, (accident: 07 Nov 1940), aged 56, Fall of roof, leg injury, death from tetanus

Hopkinson, William, 16 Apr 1936, (accident: 06 Apr 1936), aged 31, Killed by a fall of coal

Hopwood, Albert, 28 Mar 1941, (accident: 07 Mar 1941), aged 50, Killed by a fall of roof

Horsburgh, Henry Brown, 1970, aged 44, Crushed by tubs

Kelly, Gordon, 25 Feb 1949, aged 20, Caught in machinery

Kirkland, Richard, 24 Aug 1938, aged 16, Caught in a haulage rope

Mason, John, 24 Sep 1939, aged 37, Killed by a fall of roof

Mathews, Frank, 29 Apr 1941, aged 34, Killed by a fall of roof

Matuszewski, Julian, 28 Sep 1970, (accident: 13 Jul 1970), aged 44, Hit by a dislodged haulage prop

Metheringham, William T., 20 Dec 1936, (accident: 02 Nov 1936), aged 44, Crushed by tubs

Morris, Frederick, 16 Sep 1961, (accident: 23 Nov 1955), aged 51, Killed by a fall of roof

Musson, Ronald, 29 Mar 1954, aged 40, Crushed by tubs

Pembleton, Christopher, 25 Jan 1978, aged 20, Crushed by a minecar

Revill, Arthur, 02 Jul 1948, aged 28, Crushed by tubs

Spencer, Charles, 31 Jul 1942, aged 35, Killed by a fall of roof

Steed, Thomas, 16 Jan 1944, (accident: 13 Apr 1940), aged 42, Killed by a fall of roof

Toon, John, 08 Apr 1933, aged 40, Killed by a fall of roof

Underwood, James Arthur, 28 Mar 1956, aged 39, Killed by a fall of roof

Wagstaff, Frank, 04 Jan 1947, aged 36, Crushed by wagons, on the surface

Walker, Colin, 01 Feb 1957, aged 22, Fell from a building, on the surface

Watson, James, 29 Jun 1968, aged 46, Crushed by a gear head

Whitworth, William, 01 Jul 1930, aged 26, Crushed by the cage, on the surface

Wood, Timothy Nigel, 28 Sep 1982, aged 18, Caught in machinery

Wright, George, 24 Sep 1946, aged 43, Caught in a coal cutter

Wylde, Walter, 27 Jan 1943, aged 51, Killed by a fall of roof