Waterloo Main Colliery

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Ackroyd, William, 08 Dec 1909, aged 60, Miner, Fall of roof. He pulled a slab of coal off the face and a fall of roof immediately followed. The fall came from a slip which was previously hidden by the coal

Addison, John, 12 Oct 1883, aged 48, Collier, Fall of roof

Aston, James Wilfred, 27 Mar 1924, 3.30 a.m., 5th hour of shift, aged 29, Ripper, He was taking down the top brushing in a main haulage road. At the beginning of the shift two shots had been fired in the ripping by the deputy and after filling three tubs of stone so as to make room for some timber, deceased and his mate had their snap. On returning to the place deceased began to sound the roof with his pick, preparatory to restarting work, when a large stone, 6 ft. by 3 ft. by 1 ft. 6 ins. fell and buried him. He was dead when released. The stone had fallen from between two slips

Balmforth, Henry, 02 May 1910, aged 16, Nibbler, He fell from a cage in which he was ascending. He had received a painful injury to his thumb before entering the cage, and it is probable that he fainted

Barker, Joseph, 20 Apr 1911, aged 63, Miner, He was killed by a fall of shale from the roof whilst taking side off an ending pillar. Deceased ought not to have been working where he was

Barraclough, Henry, 27 Jan 1903, (accident: 23 Jan 1903), aged 49, Deputy, Died 27th January. Explosion of a store of bobbinite underground

Beckwith, W., 24 Oct 1884, (accident: 17 Oct 1884), aged 29, Labourer, Crushed by corves ; died 24th October

Blunderhead, T., 28 Apr 1888, aged 60, Collier, Fall of roof

Bowers, J., 13 Apr 1928, aged 41, Ignition of methane [More information ...]

Bulmer, J., 26 Mar 1895, aged 49, Collier, Run over by corves on engine plane

Burrows, Samuel, 11 Dec 1912, (accident: 21 Nov 1912), aged 33, Collier, Whilst deceased was working at the coal face a piece of roof 7 feet long, 3 feet 6 inches wide at one end and tapering to nothing at the other fell upon him and broke his back. The fall displaced a prop and disclosed a smooth parting. He died on the 11th December

Butler, J., 19 Aug 1898, aged 51, Collier, Fall of roof

Butterfield, A., 21 Jul 1886, aged 42, Collier, Fall of roof

Callaghan, M., 08 Apr 1903, aged 24, Collier, Fall of roof in a gateway displacing a prop. Cause — two converging slips and a smooth parting

Clarke, E., 13 Apr 1928, aged 25, Ignition of methane [More information ...]

Clarke, Robert William, 18 Jul 1924, 9 p.m., 7th hour of shift, aged 46, Onsetter, A tub containing miners' picks was being sent down the shaft, and deceased, after signalling the other cage away, apparently crossed the shaft to get to the empty side ready to take off this tub, and the descending cage caught him and fatally crushed him. There was a travelling way by the side of the shaft 8 ft. away which he ought to have used

Clarkson, John, 27 Dec 1860, Fall of roof in the mine [More information ...]

Cooling, E., 13 Aug 1888, aged 25, Collier, Fall of roof

Crawshaw, William, 14 Feb 1859, aged Boy, Explosion of gunpowder in the mine [More information ...]

Dixon, Arthur, 16 Feb 1910, aged 18, Wagoner, When wagons were being lowered by gravity he foolishly went between the buffers to use a crow bar. He had also neglected to scotch the wagons behind him. They moved forward, and he was fatally crushed

Dobson, John, 04 Jun 1868, aged 21, Collier, Fall of roof

Dobson, William, 14 Feb 1859, aged Boy, Explosion of gunpowder in the mine [More information ...]

Dunbar, J., 18 Oct 1853, aged Boy, Falling down the shaft

Dunwell, J. T., 26 Dec 1902, (accident: 24 Dec 1902), aged 18, Labourer, Died 26th December. Run over by wagons when lowering them by gravitation on the sidings

Eggleton, Benjamin, 10 Dec 1914, (accident: 04 Dec 1914), aged 38, Collier, He was taking coal off the left-hand side of a heading in order to widen the road when a piece of shale 5½ feet by 10 inches by 10 inches fell and broke his thigh. Erysipelas supervened and he died on 10th December. He had neglected to set two props

Fletcher, William, 01 Sep 1904, aged 31, Collier, He was sitting down at the face, waiting for an empty tub, when a fall of roof occurred from two slips, one of which could not be detected before the fall occurred

Gray, James, 03 Aug 1905, (accident: 28 Oct 1904), aged 61, Collier, When working at face on 28th October, 1904, a piece of stone fell from face and slightly injured his head and side. He was a delicate man and died from inflammation of kidneys, death being, according to the medical evidence, accelerated by the injury

Hardcastle, R., 14 Aug 1903, aged 18, Labourer, Was in the stoke hole of the boilers leaning over the near rail of the wagon road to clear slack from beneath a wagon when some other wagons unexpectedly bumped into the standing one and the wheels passed over Hardcastle's body

Harford, Jack, 19 Feb 1934, aged 20, Haulage hand, At a junction a journey of 18 tubs were being drawn into district when rope was stopped with 5 tubs standing over junction — drawer was asked to draw tubs clear — one tipped over trapping him against wall — suffocated before being released

Haywood, W., 14 Nov 1902, aged 13, Screen-boy, Run over by wagons when looking for his breakfast which he thought he had dropped on the siding

Heys, James, 01 Jun 1855, Explosion of firedamp

Hill, J., 20 Oct 1899, aged 18, Driver, Fall of roof

Hill, Joseph, 08 May 1880, aged 33, Collier, Fall of roof

Hirst, Samuel, 19 Jan 1854, Fall of roof in the mine

Hobson, Alfred, 01 Dec 1889, aged boy, It was alleged his death had been caused by an injury, none could be ascertained to have taken place [fatality reported during the year but not classified as a reportable accident]

Holmes, Thomas, 08 Jan 1913, aged 36, Labourer, Deceased was pulling a tarpaulin sheet off the top of a wagon of hay. The wind blow the sheet on to a revolving shaft some 2 feet away, the sheet and deceased were drawn round the shaft, and he was thrown violently to the ground and killed

Jowett, Dennis, 25 Sep 1902, aged 28, Collier, Killed by a fall of coal when holing in a longwall face. Cause — coal not spragged

Kilburn, Thomas, 09 Oct 1856, aged Boy, Explosion of firedamp

Liversedge, B., 01 Jan 1869, aged 13, Assistant hanger-on, Kicked by a pony

Lunn, Joseph, 05 Apr 1861, Fall of coal in the mine [More information ...]

Mason, S., 03 Feb 1894, (accident: 02 Feb 1894), aged 21, Inclineman, Crushed by tubs. Died 3rd

Mee, Austin, 26 May 1902, (accident: 12 May 1902), aged 25, Labourer, Died 26th May. Was crossing the lines between the wagons instead of using the gangway, when he was fatally crushed between the buffers of two wagons

Mitchell, A., 11 Mar 1885, aged 29, Collier, Fall of roof

Morley, Arthur, 03 Mar 1908, aged 24, Hanger-on, The cages at the shaft at which this accident occurred hare two decks and there are two stages ; the top decks had no cover but the floors of these decks acted as covers overhead when men were being raised or lowered. By some oversight, a clamp and chain weighing 11 lbs. were sent up the shaft with the full tubs. The banksman saw them knocked down the shaft by striking the flat sheet staging just as the cage reached the surface. The deceased was at the time pushing the empty tubs out of the top deck of the descending cage when the clamp fell upon him and fractured his skull

Nalley, W., 05 Dec 1895, aged 28, Collier, Fall of roof

Nicholson, Thomas, 03 Mar 1933, aged 27, Collier, Ripping had been take to the face leaving a lip at entrance to bank. He was kneeling on flats waiting for a tub to be brought up when shale fell along bank as stone hit a tub slipped off and struck his head

Pawson, Arthur, 25 Oct 1908, (accident: 06 Feb 1908), aged 23, Miner, A fall of clod occurred at a slip which could not be seen before the stone fell and fractured his spine. Died October 25th

Potts, William, 17 Jan 1934, (accident: 09 Jan 1934), aged 30, Shotfirer, Waiting for collier to bore shotholes in lower ripping caunch gate and sat down at edge of ripping caunch which was supported by a bar — roof fell and shot cable wrapped round his neck and he was dragged under falling stone. Died 8 days later

Robinson, W., 27 May 1898, aged 40, Collier, Fall of roof

Schofield, G., 08 Oct 1889, (accident: 07 Oct 1889), aged 28, Incline man, Crushed between rope and pulley. Died 8th Oct [More information ...]

Scofield, Alfred, 01 Feb 1870, aged 17, Driver, Run over by tubs

Sharpe, J., 09 Mar 1888, aged 41, Collier, Fall of roof

Siddell, Richard, 11 Apr 1902, aged 56, Coal hewer, Fall of roof in working place. Cause — a slip

Sidebottom, William, 02 Dec 1867, aged 30, Engineman, Foot crushed by rope on drum

Simpson, Robert, 27 Apr 1909, aged 19, Guard or Shunter, He and another man were uncoupling two wagons under the screens. The couplings were tight and deceased was trying to "ease" them by using a crow-bar under the wheels. Whilst he was doing this another wagon was pushed up with the locomotive and he was crushed between the buffers. The engineman was blowing the whistle and the deceased knew more wagons were to be brought up

Stocks, J., 29 May 1894, aged 69, Collier, Fall of roof

Sunley, James, 13 Dec 1856, Fall of roof in the mine

Swaine, Jonathan, 29 Dec 1853, Breaking of a pit rope [More information ...]

Sweeney, Edward, 17 Dec 1868, aged 12, Hurrier, Explosion of firedamp [More information ...]

Thompson, George Arthur, 26 Jun 1913, aged 45, Pony Driver, Whilst deceased was taking a train of full tubs out of a passbye, a slab of stone, 6 feet square by about 2 inches thick, and weighing 2 cwts., fell from the roof and broke his neck against the corner of a tub. The fall disclosed two unforeseen slips

Thorpe, G., 10 Jan 1900, aged 38, Collier, Fall of side

Townsend, A., 02 Oct 1874, aged 16, Labourer, Fell with scaffold on surface

Townsend, W., 13 Apr 1928, aged 32, Ignition of methane [More information ...]

Turner, Thomas, 28 Jun 1909, aged 36, Ash Wheeller, He was shovelling coal from wagons standing on the rails near the fire holes. Four other wagons were unexpectedly pushed on to the standing wagons, running by their own gravity. Turner was run over and killed. There was negligence on the part of the Colliery Company for the stop blocks were out of order, and the brakes of the wagons were not adequate

Unknown, -, 25 Jan 1877, Collier, Fall of roof

Waite, J., 27 Mar 1894, (accident: 26 Mar 1894), aged 50, Engineman, Crushed by waggons. Died 27th

Wixer, George, 08 Apr 1873, aged 47, Labourer, Run over by locomotive

Wood, Peter, 01 Dec 1905, aged 39, Collier, When hewing bottom coal near to an old goaf the top coal fell and displaced three sprags set under it and fatally injured him and severely injured the man working along with him. The coal for a length of 26 feet was supported on four sprags, but as there were two loose ends to the top coal more should have been set

Woodhead, Joseph, 29 Oct 1859, aged Boy, Breaking of a flat wire pit rope [More information ...]

Wormald, David, 06 Aug 1856, Fall of coal in the mine [More information ...]

Worthington, George, 28 Dec 1905, aged 46, Collier, The face had fallen in more than a week before the accident occurred, and since that time he and his mate had been reducing the width of a gateroad and building a narrow pack with fallen stone. On the day in question a large stone fell without any warning from the cavity from which the first fall had come, and caught and killed him on the spot. There was no weight on the place, and the men appear to have used every care