Ubberley Colliery

Ball, Richard, 04 Sep 1895, aged 19, Trammer, Fall of roof in waggoning level in 10 feet seam

Bradbury, John, 25 Jan 1894, 1.30 p.m., 7th hour of shift, aged 28, Loader, Fall of roof at working face in Banbury Seam. Foot crushed

Chadwick, Samuel, 06 Feb 1892, (accident: 05 Jan 1892, 2 a.m., 4½th hour of shift), aged 26, Horse driver, Crushed against roof while riding on water tub on main horse road. Died 6th February

Colclough, John, 06 Dec 1854, Hung on to an ascending skep

Cooper, M., 21 Oct 1857, Fall of roof

Cope, Arthur, 13 Oct 1892, aged 46, Engineman, Fell off rolley while being drawn up engine dip and was run over and crushed

Edge, J., 16 Dec 1882, aged 24, Collier, Fell out of cage

Edwards, T., 29 Apr 1863, aged 56, Collier, Fall of coal

Fitzpatrick, T., 02 Jan 1857, Fall of roof

Forister, Edward, 18 Aug 1851, Turnsman, explosion of fire damp [More information ...]

Garside, J., 25 Oct 1857, Thrown out of skip

Goodfellow, John, 18 Aug 1851, Miner, explosion of fire damp [More information ...]

Guy, William, 09 Dec 1857, Fell out of skip

Hammonds, Thomas, 25 Mar 1892, 1.45 p.m., 7¾th hour of shift, aged 55, Collier, Fall of top coal at working face after removal of posts to get top coal down in Cockshead Seam

Hancock, Ralph, 18 Aug 1851, Butty, explosion of fire damp [More information ...]

Hopkins, William, 18 Aug 1851, Miner, explosion of fire damp [More information ...]

James, M., 04 Jul 1861, aged 57, Butty, Explosion of firedamp

Jones, John, 13 Jul 1854, Fall of roof

Jones, Thomas, 18 Aug 1851, Miner, explosion of fire damp [More information ...]

Kelly, Thomas, 05 Jan 1894, 5.15 p.m., 3rd hour of shift, aged 29, Dataler, Fall of roof in engine dip during repairs

Leadbeater, Peter, 09 Apr 1900, 6.30 p.m., aged 56, Fireman, Suffocated by firedamp. While trying to clear an accumulation of gas out of rise working, he went into the gas without a lamp. A man and a boy who were assisting him, but had not gone so far into the gas, were recovered in an unconscious state

Mountford, George, 18 Aug 1851, Miner, explosion of fire damp [More information ...]

Nixon, George, 02 Jul 1858, aged 54, Collier, Fall of coal

Oliver, J., 10 Nov 1869, Collier, Explosion of firedamp [More information ...]

Phelps, Edward, 17 Apr 1905, (accident: 19 Apr 1904), aged 47, Undermanager, Between the 19th and 26th April, 1904, he received an injury to his right side by being knocked down by a loaded tub in a dip. He had been injured in the same place while lifting a tub on the rails two or three years previously. He followed his employment till the end of June, and subsequently went into the Infirmary. He died on the 17th April, 1905. A postmortem examination disclosed a large tumour chiefly composed of bone, which was the cause of death, and was attributed to external injury

Prince, Arthur, 07 Jun 1901, aged 22, Haulage Clipper, A fall of roof had occurred in an endless rope haulage dip. A fireman sent Prince to the top of the dip to make things safe for men to work at the fall, without instructing him what to do. Prince protected the empty road by a rail, but did nothing on the tall side. Whilst he and others were working at the fall two full tubs were accidentally pushed into the dip, and they ran down wild and caught Prince. The fireman should himself have seen that both lines of rails were protected

Ridge, Thomas, 20 May 1858, aged 48, Loader, Run of tubs on incline

Rushton, Charles, 21 Sep 1892, aged 51, Butty collier, Fall of roof at working face while holing over top in Cockshead Seam. Not properly timbered

Rushton, Thomas, 15 Nov 1889, aged 32, Butty, Crushed by tub while repairing rails in a jig road

Sharp, George, 16 Aug 1852, Explosion of firedamp

Smart, N., 22 Mar 1863, aged 45, Collier, Explosion of firedamp

Smith, Joseph, 27 Feb 1903, Loader, On the 27th February, a loader named Joseph Smith died suddenly in Ubberley Colliery (North Staffordshire). A post-mortem examination was made, and the coroner's jury returned a veridct of death from heart disease [fatality reported during the year but not classified as a reportable accident]

Sumner, George, 18 Aug 1851, Turnsman, explosion of fire damp [More information ...]

Urwin, Samuel, 03 Feb 1892, 7.15 a.m., 1¼st hour of shift, aged 33, Crutter, Fall of roof near face of crut while setting timber