Wombwell Main Colliery

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Archer, R., 03 Feb 1877, aged 46, Collier, Fall of coal

Banks, William, 29 Sep 1865, Fall of coal in mine

Batty, William, 06 Sep 1860, Boiler bursting [More information ...]

Bean, William, 10 Aug 1870, aged 34, Collier, Fall of coal [More information ...]

Beckett, Samuel Thomas, 18 Nov 1913, aged 50, Carpenter, He was helping to raise a load of half a ton by means of policy blocks attached to a 40-foot scaffolding pole, used as a derrick pole. The pulley blocks were attached at a point 10 feet from the top where the section was 4 inches diameter. The pole broke and fell, killing Beckett almost instantly

Black, J., 22 Jul 1893, aged 40, Labourer, Fell off loading stage on branch railway

Blank, Samuel, 04 Oct 1872, aged 13, Driver, Run over by corves

Bowley, John, 07 Jul 1881, (accident: 05 Jul 1881), aged 55, Collier, Fall of roof ; died 7th

Broomhall, James, 16 Nov 1904, aged 26, Assistant Shunter, When some waggons were being moved he went between two to cross the line and was crushed between them and killed. There was no reason for him to do such a foolish thing

Brown, James, 10 Jun 1869, aged 21, Sinker, Fall of coal in a drift turned out of shaft

Burke, John, 27 Jan 1860, Run over by corves in the mine

Cardwell, W., 14 Apr 1870, aged 17, Hurrier, Fall of roof

Clay, James, 15 Oct 1865, Fall of coal in mine

Collinwood, T. R., 13 Aug 1926, Under Manager, carbon monoxide poisoning

Cooke, Alan, 27 Oct 1924, 3.15 a.m., 5th hour of shift, aged 47, Repairer, He was helping to remove a fall of side when a further fall of roof and side occurred which buried him and killed him instantly. The second fall came from a large slip running in the side of the road. This slip was clearly visible on the outbye side of the fall but the deputy who visited the place about two hours before the accident, did not anticipate it going further forward as the first fall had not exposed it. A prop in the middle of the road was tilted out

Crump, J., 17 Jun 1892, (accident: 16 Jun 1892, 11 a.m., 5th hour of shift), aged 23, Collier, Fall of roof ; died 17th

Day, W., 29 Apr 1889, aged 26, Collier, Fall of roof [More information ...]

Dodson, John, 05 Dec 1880, aged 13, Assistant jenny boy, Drawn into drum at top of jenny

Dorling, George, 11 Nov 1947

Drudy, Michael, 28 Oct 1915, (accident: 11 Oct 1915), aged 68, Ripper, Struck by fall from a break. Pneumonia set in. Died 28th Oct

Dunffield, J., 23 Sep 1876, aged 26, Hurrier, Fall of coal

Durham, A., 24 Jan 1883, (accident: 23 Jan 1883), aged 38, Driver, Crushed by corves ; died 24th

Farrell, Charles Henry, 22 Sep 1911, aged 29, Byeworker, He was fatally injured by a fall of roof following the withdrawal of a prop from the waste. He used a hammer instead of a "ringer and chain"

Fretwell, J., 22 Jan 1886, aged 44, Labourer, Crushed between rope and drum of engine

Gledhill, Richard, 14 Jul 1859, Fall of coal in the mine

Hall, S., 29 Apr 1889, aged 34, Hurrier, Fall of roof [More information ...]

Hall, T., 19 Nov 1886, aged 40, Collier, Fall of coal

Hames, Emil, 24 Nov 1924, (accident: 18 Nov 1924, 3.45 p.m., 3rd hour of shift), aged 16, Haulage Boy, He was found crushed between tubs. He was apparently attempting to couple a train of full tubs to other tubs that were standing on an endless rope haulage road, when another train was pulled in behind and crushed him. He was unconscious when released and remained so until his death, six days later. It was not a recognised coupling place and he had been told not to couple trains at that point. In any case the tubs could have been coupled without getting between them

Harrison, George, 18 Jan 1869, aged 45, Collier, Fall of coal

Hetherglen, Henry, 21 Dec 1867, aged 14, Crushed by corves

Hinchcliffe, Frank, 29 Dec 1913, aged 22, Hanger-on, When shunting an empty timber train through the cage at the pit bottom, the hook became fast on the cage door. Deceased was attempting to release the hook when the cage went away unexpectedly, and he was crushed between the cage and the top landing at the pit bottom. The engineman received a signal on the pit bottom bell in the engine house. The signal was also heard at the pit bank, and was probably accidentally given from the pit bottom

Hirons, W., 09 Mar 1868, aged 37, Hurrier, Fall of roof

Hirst, James, 15 Apr 1865, Crushed by corves in mine

Holmes, J. T., 20 Jan 1897, aged 23, Collier, Fall of roof

Ibberson, Henry, 08 Nov 1859, Fall of roof in the mine

Jagger, Matthew, 12 May 1858, Clerk, Explosion of firedamp [More information ...]

Knowles, John, 10 Aug 1870, aged 41, Collier, Fall of coal [More information ...]

Knowles, W., 22 Jan 1881, aged 21, Trammer, Fall of coal

Lee, Percy, 21 Dec 1905, (accident: 09 Dec 1905), aged 24, Ripper, A fall of roof occurred in Crossgate and caught and so severely injured him that he died on the 21st inst. He was holding a light until his mate took some stone, which appeared dangerous, down, but before it was touched it fell and brought more with it. The stone was shot shaken and timber ought to have been set under before the accident occurred

Maw, Luke, 05 Apr 1868, aged 13, Nipper, Run over by tubs in a Jenny bank

Millington, W. J., 27 Oct 1887, aged 30, Collier

Mitchell, John, 08 Jul 1902, (accident: 02 Jul 1902), aged 54, Labourer, Died 8th July. A piece of stone fell from an old engine house which was being pulled down, and fatally injured him

Perryman, D., 06 May 1893, aged 18, Trammer, Drowned in sump

Prior, W., 08 Apr 1874, aged 39, Collier, Fall of coal

Ratcliffe, Harry, 16 Apr 1915, aged 52, Surface lad, Crossing through road to get to debris heap and was run over by GCR Co. loco which was taking out empties to top of sidings. Whistle was open and he could have seen loco

Reeves, R. R. W., 17 May 1880, (accident: 28 Aug 1879), aged 14, Driver, Crushed by corves. Accident 28th Aug 1879

Riley, William, 27 Jan 1871, aged 15, Driver, Run over by corves

Saw, Frederick, 20 Aug 1909, aged 18, Hurrier, Thirteen full tubs were at the top of an incline, supposed to all be coupled, when a block was knocked out and eleven went away down jinney, leaving two full ones attached to the rope. These ran into the empties at the bottom of jinney, causing the rope to jerk and spring the two full ones attached to it back, a distance of about 15 feet. Deceased, who was sitting waiting for empties, was struck by the full ones, and so seriously injured that he died half an hour afterwards. It is probable that the tubs had not been coupled, and that the second or catch blocks were not in position

Schofield, Sam, 15 Sep 1924, 1.10 p.m., 1st hour of shift, aged 36, Collier, Killed by a fall of roof, Buried: Wombwell Cemetery, Wombwell, Barnsley [More information ...]

Schofield, W., 04 Jan 1901, aged 33, Collier, Fall of roof in working face. Cause — a slip

Scurrah, John Lister, 09 Jul 1918, aged 17, Fractured skull and haemorrhage caused by accidentally falling off a plank at the Beryol Plant, died at Beckett Hospital, Barnsley [Inquest 10 Jul 1918]

Stenton, A., 01 Feb 1889, aged 14, Driver, Run over by corves

Stott, S., 23 Apr 1903, aged 22, Coal-washer, Evidently feeling faint and in need of fresh air he left his work and went through a door provided for the convenience of the workmen when repairing the spouts of the washer. He fell from the staging to the ground, a distance of 24 feet

Sullavan, Michael, 02 May 1871, aged 33, Hurrier, Crushed by corves

Sutton, S., 20 Mar 1896, aged 50, Collier, Fall of roof

Sylvester, George, 06 Dec 1913, (accident: 17 Feb 1913), aged 48, Labourer, He was helping to take down a gangway which rested on brickwork pillars 12 feet high and about 30 feet apart. One of the baulks, 18 inches by 8 inches, consisting of pitch pine, had fallen to the ground at one end, the other end resting on the top of one of the brickwork pillars. It is supposed that he was pinching the lower end of the baulk with a 6 foot pinch-bar when he slipped and was unable to get clear of the baulk as it fell completely to the ground. He was badly injured and died on December 6th

Thompson, J., 17 May 1895, aged 35, Collier, Fall of side

Thompson, John, 18 Oct 1871, aged 20, Hurrier, Crushed by corves

Whyatt, George, 01 Dec 1906, aged 59, Dataller, He and his mate had filled four tubs with stone on the engine plane in the Dip District of the Barnsley Seam, and when the accident occurred he was lowering them by hand, in order that the stone might be used for packing in the workings. For a distance of about 30 yards the gradient is 1 in 18, and then for 10 yards, where the floor has been "dinted," 1 in 9; on the former, in each tub one locker, and in the second portion of the road two lockers were required. He had lowered three of the tubs safely and taken the fourth one down to the place where the gradient increases by going in front of it, when he gave a locker to a driver who happened to be in a refuge hole close to, and told him to put it in, but before the lad could do so the locker which was already in broke, and the tub overpowered and knocked the deceased down and killed him. He should not have gone in front of the tub and the locker he had put in was not an efficient one. In future any tubs on the engine plane will be lowered with the haulage rope

Wilson, Frederick, 01 Aug 1907, aged 27, Hurrier, He was pushing an empty tub, his 20th and last in-bye when some roof and side fell upon and killed him instantly. The fall came away to a smooth parting at the roof and broke off at a weight break at the side

Wilson, Harry, 10 Sep 1895, aged 37, Collier, Fall of side