Wood Park Colliery

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Andrew, Simeon, 05 Jun 1894, aged 41, Collier, Fall of roof in working place, reckless neglect to set timber

Atherton, Peter, 02 Apr 1931, aged 34, Filler, Killed by a fall of roof from side of road

Barton, Arnold, 17 Nov 1927, aged 43, Fireman, Air pipe slipped — head injuries

Brooks, Charles Henry, 23 Mar 1915, aged 31, Collier, Stone fell on him while setting props

Clarke, James Alfred, 23 Sep 1913, aged 28, Pusher-on, Fall of roof in roadway whilst waiting for a trip of full wagons. A huge fall, 20 feet long, 12 feet wide, 8 feet thick. Displaced seven bars and a steel girder. Fall came from a slip on one side of the road ; pushed out the props on that side and let down the bars. Two boys narrowly escaped [More information ...]

Crooks, alias Withnell, William, 30 Jul 1912, aged 53, Collier, In roadway of working place, whilst repairing. Pot holes and want of sufficient support

Greenwood, Henry, 14 Jun 1906, 8.30 a.m., 2nd hour of shift, aged 23, Drawer, In working place, from between a fault and a pronounced slip, both of which had been seen, roof fell displacing two bars and a broken one. The broken bar had been lined on the outbye side, leaving the roof to thrust out the broken one. Had the lining bar been placed on the inbye side it would have had hold of the broken roof and secured the covering timber on the broken bar. (Bad roof) (Old Main Mine seam)

Holland, Thomas, 23 Sep 1913, aged 19, Jigger, Fall of roof in roadway whilst waiting for a trip of full wagons. A huge fall, 20 feet long, 12 feet wide, 8 feet thick. Displaced seven bars and a steel girder. Fall came from a slip on one side of the road ; pushed out the props on that side and let down the bars. Two boys narrowly escaped [More information ...]

Ivel, John, 18 Feb 1898, aged 40, Collier, Whilst removing fallen stone in working place a large piece broke off as he was passing under

Jones, Thomas, 07 Dec 1901, aged 50, Collier, December 7th, Thomas Jones, 50, collier, whilst at work in Woodpark Colliery, Chamber Colliery Co., Ltd., had an apoplectic seizure ; died at home the same day. Doctor certified death due to natural causes

Jones, William, 19 Jan 1910, (accident: 08 Dec 1909), aged 54, Collier, Coal and dirt fell from face whilst he was undermining the coal in middle of seam, under dirt band, from a pronounced slip which ought to have been seen, rearing sprag set up to the dirt would have prevented the accident. Injured 8th December, 1909. Died 19th January (Old seam)

Kelly, Patrick, 04 Oct 1912, aged 26, Collier, While striking a prop out at the end of a bar under lip edge of ripping near face of working place, a large quantity of roof fell on to him. The men in the preceding shift had made holes and prepared to set a bar before disturbing the prop, deceased thought this unnecessary and paid the penalty

Lees, Abel, 17 Apr 1912, (accident: 15 Feb 1912), aged 37, Drawer, Travelling to his work down the engine brow, neglected to get into a manhole as the train approached, he stepped aside, in a bad place, his feet slipped whilst the train was passing and he was caught by the tubs. Died 17, April

Lomas, John Joseph, 02 Aug 1916, (accident: 25 Jul 1916), aged 58, Collier, Injured scalp and shoulder by a fall. Died 2nd. Aug

Lomax, James, 21 Mar 1899, 11 p.m., 7th hour of shift, aged 31, Sinker, Fell from part way down shaft ; want of fencing

Rigby, Josiah, 11 Feb 1927, aged 40, Collier, Killed by a fall of roof

Rimmington, Richard, 10 Aug 1906, 2.30 a.m., 5th hour of shift, aged 44, Dataller, Crushed by cage in sump of shaft when trying to get out of cage. Engineman lowered the cage containing the under-manager and seven others beyond the usual getting-out place, into the sump. Owing to a breakdown, the engineman had been on duty 34 hours. No bell to indicator to warn the engineman

Sedgworth, Joseph, 29 Nov 1920, Dataller, Killed by a fall of roof

Sykes, Frank, 07 Oct 1918, aged 17, Haulage, Killed by a fall of stone

Taylor, Edmund, 03 Oct 1915, (accident: 06 Aug 1915), aged 55, Collier, Serious injury to spine by fall of top coal. Died 3rd Oct

Taylor, Edwin, 02 Mar 1903, 12.40 p.m., 6th hour of shift, aged 31, Collier, Fall of roof in working place, at the face, from between three pronounced slips, a companion had sounded the roof and remarked that the roof was giving. This place was 50 yards from the place where a similar fatality occurred three days before. (Bad roof.) (Old Man seam)

Taylor, James, 21 Feb 1929, (accident: 09 Nov 1928), aged 40, Collier, Bruised by tub 9th Nov. 1928. Died this day of pneumonia

Taylor, William, 20 Oct 1886, aged 34, Miner, Fatal fall of stone from roof from between working face and last row of props. Accidental

Waddicor, Robert, 27 Feb 1903, aged 52, Collier, Fall of roof in working place at the face, was working coal off a pronounced slip, two others joined, all should have been seen, and props or bars set. (Bad roof.) (Old Man seam)

Webster, Charles, 13 Dec 1895, aged 22, Waggoner, In drawing road 15 yards from face large stone rolled over pack from side came from two slips

Wilson, John, 18 Mar 1925, aged 38, Fireman, Fall of dirt. Died from injuries

Worthington, Luke, 05 Dec 1889, aged 35, Miner, Fatally injured by a tub waggon which escaped from another miner, an iron scotch having come out at a crossing. Died at the Oldham Infirmary. Inspection and inquest attended [Lower Bent Seam]