Trafford Colliery

Alker, William, 28 May 1912, aged 37, Fireman, These men, along with others, were engaged enlarging a roadway to form an underground fan-engine room. A large area of roof had been exposed and while levelling out the dirt preparatory to setting timber to this roof, a fall of stone about 12 feet by 10 feet by 6 to 10 inches thick occurred, and buried all three men and injured a fourth man. In exposing such a large area of roof the fireman in charge (who was killed) is said to have acted contrary to instructions received from the management [More information ...]

Clark, Edmund, 02 Sep 1908, aged 25, Drawer, He was fatally crushed by runaway tubs which ran back downbrow, owing to the clutch of the hauling engine getting out of gear

Griffiths, William, 27 Sep 1900, aged 36, Collier, Inspection made and inquest attended. Whilst going to his work through a double-road shunt off the engine brow, three full tubs were set in motion by a collier further in, interfering with a scotch which fell out accidentally. The deceased thought he could stop the three tubs, but they were coming too fast, and crushed him

Howell, John, 19 Aug 1907, aged 50, Collier, When taking an empty tub along his drawing road, a fall of roof occurred between two breaks, capping two bars, and fatally injuring deceased

Howley, Edward, 16 Dec 1901, (accident: 06 Dec 1901), aged 58, Collier, Inquiry made and inquest attended. It appears deceased slipped on an iron plate underground in the five feet mine, causing a slight injury to his knee. He died from the effects of blood-poisoning at the Wigan Infirmary on the 16th instant

Joynson, Jesse, 14 Jan 1905, aged 29, Collier, Inspection made and inquest attended. He was timbering the face after getting the coal down, following a coal cutting machine, when a stone fell from between two slips in the roof upon him

Nuttall, Robert, 02 Dec 1870, aged 11, Drawer, Fall of roof

Smith, Robert, 28 May 1912, aged 43, Dataller, These men, along with others, were engaged enlarging a roadway to form an underground fan-engine room. A large area of roof had been exposed and while levelling out the dirt preparatory to setting timber to this roof, a fall of stone about 12 feet by 10 feet by 6 to 10 inches thick occurred, and buried all three men and injured a fourth man. In exposing such a large area of roof the fireman in charge (who was killed) is said to have acted contrary to instructions received from the management [More information ...]

Summers, Martin, 25 Jun 1902, aged 24, Sinker, Inspection made and inquest attended. When they were descending in a hoppit attached to a lock-coiled rope, the hoppit appeared to have struck a ventilating tube bearer, where there was about twenty-eight inches clearance, which caused the two deceased persons to fall to the bottom of the shaft, a distance of 80 yards, and they were killed. The engineman stated he let them down steady. Guides were adopted afterwards for the further deepening of the shaft [More information ...]

Thomson, John, 28 May 1912, aged 40, Fireman, These men, along with others, were engaged enlarging a roadway to form an underground fan-engine room. A large area of roof had been exposed and while levelling out the dirt preparatory to setting timber to this roof, a fall of stone about 12 feet by 10 feet by 6 to 10 inches thick occurred, and buried all three men and injured a fourth man. In exposing such a large area of roof the fireman in charge (who was killed) is said to have acted contrary to instructions received from the management [More information ...]

Walker, Thomas, 25 Jun 1902, aged 40, Sinker, Inspection made and inquest attended. When they were descending in a hoppit attached to a lock-coiled rope, the hoppit appeared to have struck a ventilating tube bearer, where there was about twenty-eight inches clearance, which caused the two deceased persons to fall to the bottom of the shaft, a distance of 80 yards, and they were killed. The engineman stated he let them down steady. Guides were adopted afterwards for the further deepening of the shaft [More information ...]

Winrow, J., 02 Apr 1870, aged 15, Drawer, Drawn between the tub and the drum on top of the jig brow