Wharncliffe Silkstone Colliery

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Allen, W., 05 May 1900, (accident: 02 May 1900), aged 69, Waggon repairer, Was underneath waggon repairing it, when locomotive moved it forward and it ran over him. Died 5th May

Allen, William, 15 Jan 1906, (accident: 22 Nov 1905), aged 58, Collier, Died from injuries received, by a fall of stone from the roof of his working place, on November 22nd, 1905

Bailey, George, 30 May 1914, 1.50 p.m., aged 52, Machineman, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by faulty electrical equipment on coal cutting machine, Killed by an explosion of gas [More information ...]

Bailey, Walter, 30 May 1914, 1.50 p.m., aged 19, Machineman's Assistant, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by faulty electrical equipment on coal cutting machine, Killed by an explosion of gas [More information ...]

Bainbridge, R., 05 Mar 1895, Contractor, Full corves ran into empty corves. The shock broke the tail rope opposite where he was standing and the rope struck him on he head

Baldwin, Isaac William, 26 Jul 1905, aged 62, Engineman, This accident happened at 4.30 a.m. A stoker went into the fan engine-house and heard deceased, whose duty it was to attend to the fan engine, calling for help. He was lying in the crank race with his head towards the outside of the bed-plate and his legs beneath the moving connecting rod, and said he had slipped off the bedplate and thus been caught. His oil can was lying near him, and he had apparently been either going to or coming from the fly-wheel shaft bearing. He died in the engine-house. There are two engines for this fan, but they are worked alternately and they are well fenced. The way to the shaft bearing is beneath whichever connecting rod which happens to be hung up, but he must have been getting over the moving connecting rod when he slipped and was caught. It was neither convenient nor would he save time by doing so

Barnsley, W., 06 Sep 1900, aged 33, Labourer, Was run over in a sub-way by tub which ran back owing to clip slipping on haulage rope

Barraclough, D., 08 Apr 1888, (accident: 15 Feb 1888), aged 41, Byeworker, Crushed between horse and roof ; died 8th April

Bidwell, Cecil, 14 Apr 1904, aged 14, Driver, Died from meningitis caused by a blow but when received is not quite known. He told his father that he caught his head against some timber in the mine, but made no report to any one at the colliery

Bilbrough, Arnold, 17 Jun 1915, aged 29, Collier, Drawing back timber when he was caught by fall of roof. He was using his dog and chain

Bramly, R., 28 Nov 1901, aged 32, Repairer, Had taken refuge in a manhole on the engine plane and being alarmed by a slight fall of roof stepped out in front of the "journey"

Burgin, Charles, 08 Apr 1913, aged 23, Filler, He was drawing timber from the waste by means of a hammer and while drawing the second prop some roof stone broke off and killed him. The use of a dog and chain would probably have prevented the accident

Cardwell, W., 12 Feb 1886, aged 17, Run rider, Run over by corves

Chambers, John, 04 Mar 1915, aged 65, Collier, Working at face when there was fall which carried out timber and buried him

Christie, T., 03 May 1887, aged 42, Collier, Fall of coal

Copley, Abraham, 03 Mar 1864, Fall of roof in the mine

Copley, Isaac, 29 Nov 1859, aged Boy, Crushed by an incline wheel

Copley, W., 10 Jun 1870, aged 35, Wood shifter, Fall of roof

Cornish, W. M., 26 Sep 1903, aged 47, Fitter, Was trying to jump on a train of full tubs to ride out-bye when he slipped and was crushed between the side and the train

Coward, Charles, 28 Aug 1860, Falling down the shaft

Crapper, Hugh, 27 Oct 1911, aged 51, Collier, Whilst knocking out a wood chock in the goaf, he was caught by a large fall of roof. The fall came over the pack and also displaced a number of props. He was using a hammer

Crossland, Charles, 16 May 1876, aged 18, Engineman, Explosion of gas [More information ...]

Crossland, J., 12 May 1874, aged 42, Wagoner, Struck by waggon buffer on surface

Denny, Wilson, 10 Aug 1906, aged 21, Trammer, He was taking an empty corf along a road to his working place when a large fall of side took place and buried him, when extricated he was dead

Dickenson, David, 25 Apr 1910, aged 20, Trammer, A train of full tubs was being drawn out of a siding by a rope when the last tub became derailed. The deceased was in a refuge place above but crossed the road to the other side, where the signal wires were fixed, to signal for the engineman to be stopped. Whilst he was signalling the derailed tub turned on its side and fatally crushed him

Dickinson, T., 28 Jun 1899, aged 50, Fitter, Whilst repairing elevators the buckets fell, and knocked him to the bottom of slack hopper, a distance of 60 feet

Doughty, Albert, Jan 1915, (accident: 22 Jun 1914), aged 44, Collier, He was setting a prop to the roof at the coal face when part of the roof which he was going to support suddenly fell injuring him so severely that he died six months later. One prop was displaced by the fall and deceased was setting a prop to comply with the timbering rule. The place had been inspected by a deputy four hours before and found to be in order

Dransfield, Frank, 25 Nov 1912, aged 32, Collier, Deceased was holing when a fall of roof occurred, killing him instantly. The stone which fell weighed about a ton and a half and came from three slips which the getting of the coal had uncovered. There was not sufficient timber set

Elliott, James, 16 Sep 1905, aged 39, Deputy, He, and other men, had been splicing a haulage rope, and he went to the hauling engine to wind up the slack rope. The engine was heard to be running, but on another deputy getting to it he could not find deceased ; the engine was stopped, and he was then found with head between the flywheel and another wheel, where there is a space of only six inches, quite dead

Fallows, Thomas, 04 Nov 1859, aged Boy, Run over by a corf in the mine

Fearnley, John, 30 May 1914, 1.50 p.m., aged 23, Ripper Stoneman, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by faulty electrical equipment on coal cutting machine, Killed by an explosion of gas [More information ...]

Fisher, John Thomas, 10 Jun 1914, (accident: 30 May 1914, 1.50 p.m.), aged 40, Collier, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by faulty electrical equipment on coal cutting machine, Killed by an explosion of gas [More information ...]

Fisher, William, 30 May 1914, 1.50 p.m., aged 32, Collier, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by faulty electrical equipment on coal cutting machine, Killed by an explosion of gas [More information ...]

Frost, Thomas, 23 Dec 1862, Fall of roof in the mine [More information ...]

Gardiner, Harold James, 30 May 1914, 1.50 p.m., aged 40, Labourer at Back of Cutter, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by faulty electrical equipment on coal cutting machine, Killed by an explosion of gas [More information ...]

Gillies, Henry, 11 Jun 1912, aged 17, Labourer, Deceased was employed to clean out behind an electrically driven coal cutter. He was in front of the machine and in contact with the haulage rope. The latter became charged due to a short circuit in the plug box on the machine. The boy was instantly killed. The pressure of supply was 400 volts DC. Artificial respiration was tried unsuccessfully for 2 hours

Goddard, Tom, 29 Apr 1907, aged 45, Collier, The deceased was working out some pillars of coal and in the ordinary course of his work left his place to go towards his clothes in the pass-bye. He had only gone a few yards along the full road when some roof coal and dirt fell and killed him. The roof and side had been ripped three days previously, stretchers being taken out for the purpose, and they were not replaced by bars as they should have been ; there was a space of 17 feet between the last bar and the nearest stretcher. Everyone concerned considered the roof was quite safe but, as coal was being removed within a short distance, it should have been supported

Goulding, Horace, 07 Jan 1908, aged 18, Assistant On-setter, While coal was being drawn one of the wire rope guides broke at the top and fell down the shaft. This caused a quantity of dust to fall and made a loud noise in the shaft The hanger-on, hearing the noise, signalled to the engineman to stop, and he did so. On the dust clearing away it found the deceased had been knocked, either by the falling guide or something in the shaft displaced by it, into the sump and killed

Green, F., 10 Nov 1888, aged 27, Run rider, Jumped out of train of corves

Hague, James, 17 Feb 1909, (accident: 01 Oct 1908), aged 65, Packer, Fall of roof. When finishing a pack he accidentally struck a prop and shook down a piece of stone from the roof. It was thought that his injuries were trifling, but abscess of the brain developed and he died on 17th February, 1909

Hague, T., 17 Jan 1901, aged 60, Screener, Four empty wagons were being lowered to others standing under the screens. Hague when crossing the rails was crushed between the buffers

Hague, T., 15 Apr 1904, aged 45, Haulage Engineman, It is not quite certain how the accident occurred, but it is probable that he went to the front of the main rope drum of his engine to guide the rope, and while doing so, slipped and fell between the spur and pinion wheels

Harmfield, William, 28 Mar 1863, Fall of roof in the mine

Hartley, S., 10 Sep 1900, aged 43, Collier, Fall of roof

Hawley, T., 24 Jan 1896, aged 16, Driver, Crushed between corf which he was moving without other corves

Haynes, G., 21 May 1900, aged 51, Labourer, Whilst probing smudge in a hopper he fell in and was suffocated

Heeley, W., 02 Aug 1887, aged 51, Deputy, Fall of roof

Hirst, Samuel, 25 Oct 1869, aged 39, Packer, Fall of roof

Hobson, George, 23 Dec 1862, Boy, Fall of roof in the mine [More information ...]

Hopkinson, W., 07 Apr 1887, (accident: 24 Mar 1887), aged 53, Collier, Injured by rope on engine plane. Died 7th Apr

Hutchinson, C., 13 Jun 1868, aged 60, Coal washer, Struck by a wheel

Jackson, T., 22 May 1883, aged 13, Hurrier, Fall of roof

James, W., 02 Sep 1876, (accident: 09 Feb 1876), aged 29, Stoneman, Explosion of gas ; died 2nd September 1876 [More information ...]

Jubb, J., 04 Jun 1897, aged 65, Clay getter, Fall of side

Kitchen, Henry, 05 Apr 1860, aged Boy, Fall of roof in the mine

Littlewood, Henry, 30 May 1914, 1.50 p.m., aged 27, Ripper Stoneman, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by faulty electrical equipment on coal cutting machine, Killed by an explosion of gas [More information ...]

Lofthouse, J., 05 Mar 1885, (accident: 28 Feb 1885), aged 40, Collier, Fall of roof. Died 5th Mar

Marsh, George, 21 May 1914, aged 23, Incline man, He had detached the rope from the front end of a load of full tubs on its arrival at the pit bottom when the second tub turned over and pinned him against the side fatally injuring him. The load had apparently come in at its usual speed and there was 4 feet clear space from the rails to the side. The rope should be detached automatically or when the tubs are at rest

Matthewman, J., 03 Nov 1895, (accident: 17 Oct 1895), aged 27, Collier, Struck head against bar when walking out of pit. Died 3rd Nov

Nelson, C., 18 Jun 1872, aged 22, Horse Keeper, Struck by descending cage in shaft

Noble, F., 11 Sep 1894, aged 40, Labourer, Fall of side

Norman, Arthur, 30 May 1914, 1.50 p.m., aged 27, Conveyor Belt Remover, Killed by an explosion of gas [More information ...]

Peart, Bernard, 12 Nov 1909, aged 25, Collier, Fall of roof. He was repairing and enlarging a road when he was killed by the fall of a stone which was known to be unsafe, and which he had been warned to get down

Platts, Thomas, 12 Sep 1863, Falling down the shaft

Pownell, C., 22 Jan 1888, (accident: 08 Nov 1887), aged 15, Hurrier, Fall of coal. Died 22nd Jan 1888

Priest, John, 11 Jun 1857, Fall of roof in the mine

Pye, S., 21 Jun 1899, (accident: 20 Jun 1899), aged 49, Foreman coker, Was lowering two waggons of coke, when he slipped and fell underneath them. Died 21st June

Rowbottom, S., 12 May 1888, aged 14, Hurrier, Crushed by descending cage

Sanderson, John, 07 Apr 1857, Fall of roof in the mine

Sanderson, John William, 11 Feb 1909, aged 39, Labourer, Fall of roof. He was enlarging a road, and after trying to get a large stone down, he was setting a prop to secure it when it fell and killed him

Siddall, Joseph, 30 May 1914, 1.50 p.m., aged 18, Conveyor Belt Remover, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by faulty electrical equipment on coal cutting machine, Killed by an explosion of gas [More information ...]

Smith, George, 28 Oct 1879, aged 34, Collier, Fall of roof

Smith, J., 16 May 1884, aged 38, Collier, Fall of roof

Snowden, G., 23 Feb 1885, (accident: 27 Jan 1885), aged 25, Planeman, Struck his head against roof when riding on full corves. Died 23rd Feb

Southam, Vincent, 14 Sep 1908, aged 27, Ripper, He and his father were doing some ripping about 15 yards from the face of a heading. They had drilled a shot hole and were preparing to get some empty tubs into which to fill the stone displaced by the shot. There were four full tubs standing on the single road between the ripping canch and the pass-bye and these had to be removed before the empty tubs could be brought in. The deceased took the first full tub, and after he had gone about 20 yards the iron hoop round the top of the tub, which had by some means become partly detached, came in contact with an electric cable and cut through the insulation. He had his hands on the iron hoop at the back end of the tub and, as the road was very wet, the current passed through his body. The current — 500 volt direct current — was at once switched off and the deceased taken to a dry place and efforts made to restore animation by artificial respiration for over an hour without success. The place where the accident occurred is in a pass-bye in which there is a curve or bend, and it is low and wet. The cable was suspended by tarred string from the props and plugs in the roof on the outer side of the curve. There had been a small fall of stone near the face which tightened the cable and caused the string suspending the cable at the bend to break with the result that it sprung across towards the road and was hanging close to the rail and in a direct line with the iron hoop where it was detached from the side of the tub, and the cable became wedged in this space. The deceased could not see the cable was down as, on account of the place being so low, his head was below the top of the tub when he was pushing

Spencely, H., 05 Jun 1883, aged 30, Collier, Fall of roof

Tasker, John, 01 Apr 1902, (accident: 31 Mar 1902), aged 55, Engine-man, Died 1st April. Fell 33 feet from a platform when helping to fix a flywheel at the top of a high engine house

Tasker, Rowland, 10 May 1910, aged 17, Rope Attendant, He by some means became entangled in a crab rope used to pull the empty tubs into the pit bottom, and was dragged under the main haulage rope and fatally injured

Taylerson, N., 27 Aug 1895, aged 20, Driver, Caught by empty corves and pushed into the sump as the cage was descending

Taylor, John Wiliam, 13 Aug 1913, aged 20, Trammer, Deceased was taking an empty tub through a passbye when a fall of roof and side occurred, killing him almost instantly. Prior to the accident the side was overhanging, and the place was not systematically and adequately supported

Thawley, S., 22 Feb 1889, (accident: 21 Feb 1889), aged 39, Collier, Fall of side. Died 22nd Feb

Towns, John, 16 Oct 1856, aged Boy, Falling down the shaft

Turner, John, 13 Feb 1856, Explosion of gunpowder in the mine [More information ...]

Turton, Ralph, 12 Dec 1906, aged 26, Collier, He and his mate had just set three props for safety because they noticed a weight break along the goaf edge parallel to the coal face, when a stone 4½ ft. long by 3 ft. broad and varying in thickness, from one to 18 inches in thickness, fell and displaced two of these props and caught and killed the deceased man. The cause of the fall was sudden weight

Ulyott, George Henry, 25 Dec 1913, aged 25, Coke Oven Leveller, Deceased was standing on a platform 14 inches wide — formed of two loose battens — and about 6 feet high, and was engaged in levelling coal, charged into a bye product coke oven, by means of a rake 21 feet long. He fell from the platform on to a concrete floor and fractured his skull. There was no evidence to indicate how or why he had fallen. The platform ought to have been wider

Utley, William, 10 Jan 1919, aged 57, Screeman, Crossing siding when three full trucks were being moved under screens and was was knocked down and run over

Wade, John, 05 Dec 1904, aged 27, Collier, He was engaged clearing a place out for the purpose of making a new main level when a fall of roof occurred at a slip which could not be seen before and killed him

Walker, Frederick, 30 May 1914, 1.50 p.m., aged 20, Conveyor Belt Remover, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by faulty electrical equipment on coal cutting machine, Killed by an explosion of gas [More information ...]

Walker, J., 04 Jun 1873, aged 22, Bye-workman, Fall of roof

Ward, J., 11 Nov 1886, aged 17

Wood, Oscar, 30 May 1914, 1.50 p.m., aged 24, Conveyor Belt Remover, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by faulty electrical equipment on coal cutting machine, Killed by an explosion of gas [More information ...]

Woodhead, A., 19 Nov 1886, (accident: 08 Nov 1886), aged 15, Crushed by waggons. Died 19th Nov

Wootton, James, 20 Sep 1864, aged Boy, Crushed by the cage at the bottom of the shaft

Wordsworth, John William, 30 May 1914, 1.50 p.m., aged 24, Trammer, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by faulty electrical equipment on coal cutting machine, Killed by an explosion of gas [More information ...]

Wroe, Alfred, 24 Jan 1910, (accident: 10 Jan 1910), aged 31, Attendant at Coal Cutting machine, He was helping to remove the coal cutting machine along the face. The cutters in the car had not been removed, and Wroe, who was standing at the back end of the machine, was it caught by them. He died on the 24th January

Wroe, Charles, 02 Nov 1911, aged 48, Ripper, Whilst engaged ripping he was caught by a fall of roof stone, 6½ feet long, 3½ feet broad, and an average thickness of 12 inches. He stood underneath it whilst trying to get it down

Wroe, J., 27 Apr 1887, aged 44, Roadsman, Hand injured by rope on engine plane

Yeardley, Maurice, 11 Sep 1907, aged 23, Trammer, When he and his father were widening and ripping the tramming road the sides fell and buried him. He was got out quickly as possible but was quite dead. The sides should have been pulled off

Yowel, John, 06 Mar 1862, Crushed at the bottom of the shaft