Tonge Colliery

Baxter, John, 04 Sep 1905, 9.30 p.m., 1st hour of shift, aged 33, Collier, Fall of roof in working face of main engine brow, bottom coal not got up for 12 feet from face, alleged this hindered props being set, if they preferred not to get coal up, props should have been set on the coal (Average roof) (Trencherbone seam)

Crompton, Joseph, 29 Oct 1917, aged 18, Drawer, Lost control of jig — got crushed by waggon

Hogg, Edward, 21 Jan 1863, aged 16, Waggoner, Run over by an empty waggon. He slipped down, and it ran over him

Horrocks, J., 15 Oct 1863, aged 30, Miner, Roof falling, in the 5 quarters mine

Lomax, J., 18 Oct 1861, aged 25, Fireman, Fall of roof

Ramsden, Samuel, 23 Aug 1858, aged 60, Collier, Fall of top coal in the Five Quarters Mine

Shipperbottom, James, 01 Dec 1869, aged 17, Waggoner, Burned by an explosion of firedamp. A little gas accumulated in a side place where none had been seen before, and into which the boy went to eat his supper

Spencer, Albert, 20 Oct 1925, aged 18, Haulage, Found dead under hauling drum with rope round his arms

Wood, William, 05 Nov 1902, 10 a.m., 4th hour of shift, aged 49, Collier, Fall of roof in waste 8 yards back from face of working place. He was taking out a prop, using a short hafted hammer, ought to have used a gablock and chain, which was close by, and ought to have set a prop (Good roof) (Five Quarters)

Yates, Wilbraham, 20 May 1893, aged 28, Collier, Fall of roof clod from breaks clearly to be seen before fall