Tibshelf Colliery

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Barlow, Alfred, 31 Dec 1919, aged 16, Ganger, Taking out empty wagons when pony caught a bar which had been set too low. He was crushed between bar and front of tub. Riding was not permitted

Boulter, Frederick, 14 Dec 1911, aged 39, Banksman, Deceased had a meal in the cabin used by the boiler stokers, and in returning to his work he had to cross the railway sidings. At the time a truck of slack was being put into position at the boilers and was drawn by two horses. Deceased failed to notice this, until too late, and he was crushed between the track and the wall of the boiler house

Brailsford, William, 15 Apr 1872, Collier, Fall of roof

Brazenall, Joseph, 20 Nov 1902, aged 25, Corporal, Deceased was struck by the last tub of a runaway train which had become uncoupled from the rope while descending an inclined engine plane. No over or under chain was in use at the time the train was descending the roadway. He died the same day (Tupton coal)

Brough, William, 23 Sep 1901, aged 31, Stallman, Fall of coal. Deceased was taking out the holing sprags to get the coal down, and when stepping back from taking out the last sprag, he was caught between a prop supporting the roof and the falling coal (Tupton coal)

Bunting, John James, 06 Feb 1919, aged 22, Loader, He had just finished filling a tub when there was a fall of stone which killed him

Butler, Francis Howitt, 28 Feb 1919, aged 31, Coalcutter, Working cutter when Killed by a fall of stone

Clarke, George, 04 Aug 1900, (accident: 02 Aug 1900), aged 49, Holer, Fall of roof. Deceased had been holing, and was clearing up the dirt and throwing it into the goaf, when the roof above gave way and fatally crushed him. He died on the 4th instant (Deep hard coal)

Cope, William, 25 Oct 1892, aged 60, Shunter, Crushed between the buffers of two waggon, which appear to have been moved whilst deceased was crossing between them

Cotterill, John, 23 Dec 1880, aged 45, Deputy, Deceased went to examine work being done by roadmen when the side of the roadway fell upon him

Coupe, John George, 12 Sep 1878, aged 19, Banksman, Knocked down by a railway truck and run over

Coupe, Robert, 07 Feb 1912, (accident: 16 Jan 1912), aged 57, Under manager, He scratched a finger of his right hand slightly on the 16th January, and died on 7th February of diabetes. The injury hastened his death

Crampton, William, 20 Dec 1924, (accident: 17 Dec 1924, 1.15 p.m., 7th hour of shift), aged 59, Foreman labourer, Deceased was engaged in unloading long poles from a railway wagon of the type generally used for this work. About 20 poles had been taken off, thus clearing a space in front of the remainder. Deceased stood on this cleared space to liberate the poles, when they slipped and rolled. One of the poles knocked him off the truck and following him fell across him when he reached the ground. He was badly crushed and died in hospital three days later

Cresswell, Ernest, 09 Jul 1906, aged 29, Assistant Onsetter, Deceased was taking empty tubs from the lower deck of a two-deck cage when the onsetter on the upper deck thought he heard a signal from deceased, and rang the cage away. The cage ascended and crushed deceased between the lower part of the cage and the beam of the floor of the upper deck

Cutts, Frederick, 08 Oct 1903, aged 15, Horse-driver, Deceased was found dead under the first full tub of a train of eight. He appeared to have fallen down while pushing the tubs to clear the points (Deep hard coal seam)

Davies, Enock, 14 Jan 1897, aged 37, Stallman, Fall of roof. A shot had been fired at the gate end and the two deceased and another man went to clear the rock away when a further and heavier fall of roof of roof occurred and killed both persons [More information ...]

Dudley, John, 22 May 1903, aged 62, Banksman, Deceased was attempting to go between the buffers of two empty railway waggons which were being moved down the sidings, when he was crushed between the two wagons and killed

Esling, William, 03 Jan 1884, aged 33, Banksman, Run over by empty waggons

Farnsworth, Robert, 21 Apr 1924, (accident: 06 Feb 1924, 10.15 a.m., 4th hour of shift), aged 67, Pumpman, Deceased was in the act of cleaning the inside wall of a surface building, when the ladder on which he was standing slipped at the foot, causing him to fall to the ground, 3 to 4 ft. below. His thigh was fractured and he died on 21st April. Had he used a shorter ladder, available at the time, instead of one unnecessarily long for the purpose, and so had it fixed at a more suitable angle with the floor, the accident would not have occurred

Fletcher, John, 05 Sep 1893, aged 47, Sinker, He was descending the shaft in a tub when the tub caught a scaffold in the shaft and he was thrown out and fell to the bottom

Flowers, Samuel, 23 Dec 1904, (accident: 25 Feb 1904), aged 20, Dataller, Reported to have met with an accident in the mine on 25th February, ten months previous to death. No inquest was held, the doctor having given a certificate of death [fatality reported during the year but not classified as a reportable accident]

Hendy, Thomas, 12 Sep 1876, aged 60, Datler, Killed by a fall of bind from the side of a road

Herons, George, 03 Dec 1894, aged 38, Banksman, Crushed between the side of railway waggon and a beam belonging to the screens. The waggon being set in motion by other waggons which ran into it owing to deceased's neglect to put in the stop blocks after taking an empty waggon through them

Hewitt, George, 09 Dec 1896, aged 13, Screen boy, Whilst stepping over a revolving shaft and near a coupling box, the bolts of the coupling caught his trousers and before he could be got free from the shaft he was taken round and crushed against the floor of the screens

Holloway, Thomas, 03 Jun 1870, aged 20, Collier

Jobson, Thomas, 13 Mar 1894, aged 29, Header, Died of heart disease going to his work in the mine

Kelly, Lawrence, 09 Dec 1870, aged 27, Collier, Explosion of powder

Kenshaw, Thomas Newton, 07 Oct 1909, aged 30, Dayman, Deceased was killed by a fall of roof while he was getting coal with props set within a yard of the coal-face. One prop set close up to the face was run out by the fall (Silkstone Coal seam)

Key, Charles Birkin, 04 Sep 1894, aged 16, Assistant banksman, Deceased slipped and fell into balanced drop cage at the moment he had released the break lever for it to descend and was killed by the top crosszbar crushing him against the platform

Kiddy, Thomas, 05 Jul 1913, aged 54, Holer, He was struck on the head by a piece of coal weighing 4 cwts. which fell from the holing. The sprags were set within a specified distance but did not support the coal which fell

Knifton, William, 18 Dec 1872, aged 25, Holer, Fall of roof

Lawson, John William, 01 Apr 1896, aged 26, Deputy, Fall of roof. Deceased was knocking a prop out in a waste, when the roof fell and killed him. He neglected to use a ringer and chain as provided by the rules

Lea, Levi, 20 Mar 1868, aged 36, Labourer, Railway truck ran over him, not a colliery accident

Limb, Andrew, 22 Mar 1895, aged 24, Holer, Fall of roof. Deceased was holing the coals near a fault side when the roof fell and killed him

Machin, John, 10 Jan 1855, aged Boy, Falling down the shaft

Machin, Walter, 14 Jan 1897, aged 18, Loader, Fall of roof. A shot had been fired at the gate end and the two deceased and another man went to clear the rock away when a further and heavier fall of roof of roof occurred and killed both persons [More information ...]

Marsh, Thomas, 12 Mar 1873, aged 34, Banksman, Struck by guard falling, owing to a cage slanting, through a piece of coal falling from tub between the props and cage. He was pulling off loaded tubs at the time

Massey, William, 10 Sep 1869, aged 36, Sinker, Stone from side of shaft

Meakin, Stewart, 01 Jan 1924, 8.0 a.m., 1st hour of shift, aged 26, Stallman, Deceased was slotting out in front of machine-holed coal. The coal had been standing holed through the holidays and had settled in front on to the holings. When deceased had partly cleaned out in front, the coal dropped at the back, pushed out the sprag he had set and rolled forward on to him

Parker, George, 04 Sep 1883, aged 13, Driver, Supposed to have been riding on loaded tubs (Low Main seam)

Partlow, Jacob, 02 May 1895, aged 13, Horse driver, He was found dead under the front of a loaded tram and appears to have been riding on the shaft iron when it became disconnected and threw him on the floor after which the tram crushed him

Patrick, E. B., 22 Mar 1875, aged 13, Driver, Knocked down by pony and run over with loaded tubs

Peat, William, 31 Jul 1913, aged 51, Miner, Deceased was getting coal and was killed by fall of 5½ tons of clod, which reeled out two props. The fall came from an airway corner which was much cut up by slips and weight breaks. Extra supports ought to have been set

Picken, George, 09 Mar 1903, aged 55, Dayman, Fall of roof. Deceased was knocking out the props under the ripping lip of a heading preparatory to firing a shot, when a fall of roof occurred and fatally injured him. He died the same day (Silkstone coal seam)

Pickering, William Henry, 22 Feb 1909, aged 24, Loader, Deceased was marking the full tubs standing at the gate end, when a fall of roof occurred, fatally injuring him. He died the same day (Deep Hard Coal seam)

Plummer, John William, 20 Jul 1897, aged 19, Assistant onsetter, Deceased was attempting to pass from one side to the shaft to the other side by walking across the shaft bottom and at the time the cage was running. The deceased cage crushed him and he died an hour later

Quick, William, 03 Jan 1911, aged 24, Dayman, Deceased was getting coal from beyond the last bar set, and as there was not sufficient width to set another bar, two centre props 3 feet apart were supporting the roof. He was getting coal from the face to make room for another bar when the roof fell from a slip at the face side, pushed out the two centre props, and killed deceased

Ray, Levi, 12 Feb 1877, aged 21, Stallman, Had been wedging coals down, and was sitting, resting, when a quantity of bind fell

Riley, Bernard, 08 Oct 1887, aged 13, Driver, Run over by empty tubs

Riley, Charles, 22 Apr 1915, (accident: 10 Apr 1915), aged 69, Banksman, Pushing a train of timber when some props rolled down and burst his little finger. Wound became sceptic. Died 22nd. April

Scott, John William, 12 Jan 1898, aged 21, Dataller, Fall of roof. Deceased was engaged in repairing a main roadway of the mine and they were taking down the roof to increase the height. Deceased was filling a tram when a portion of the roof fell and struck him before he had time to escape after being warned that the roof was way

Searston, Stephen, 16 Dec 1878, aged 19, Loader, Stallman fired a shot within four yards of the deceased whilst he was loading coals

Slack, R., 10 Oct 1910, aged 64, Loader, The stallman very improperly allowed the deceased to work close to overhanging strata at the coal face. A fall occurred and Slack was killed

Stapleton, Thomas, 26 Jul 1873, aged 23, Onsetter, Walked under the shaft, when the cage descended on him

Stocks, William, 19 Jan 1877, aged 20, Stallman, Clearing up a large fall of roof. Deceased was examing the roof when it fell

Tomlinson, John, 08 Feb 1899, aged 64, Holer, Fall of roof. Deceased was withdrawing a prop out of a waste, when the roof fell and killed him (Deep hard coal)

Tomlinson, Thomas, 25 Sep 1912, aged 16, Ganger, He was found under a piece of bind, weighing about 3 cwts., which had fallen from the side in the passbye

Tomlinson, William, 27 Apr 1867, aged 30, Sinker, Fell off scaffold in shaft

Unknown, -, 01 Aug 1896, Boy, A boy was drowned in the colliery reservoir [fatality reported during the year but not classified as a reportable accident]

Watson, E., 19 Mar 1856, aged 32, Fall of roof [More information ...]

William, George, 26 Jul 1882, aged 27, Spur loader, Fall of roof whilst holing coals

Wilson, William, 05 Mar 1912, aged 57, Deputy, He was acting as a pony driver during the strike and was taking dirt from road repairers to a stall. He was found on the top of a tub of dirt wedged in up to the roof at a low place where the clearance was only 8 inches. Riding was not allowed

Wood, William, 27 Nov 1889, aged 13, Driver, Fall of roof. The position in which the boy was found indicated that at the time of the accident he was riding in front of a full tub contrary to the rules of the mine