Wigan Junction Colliery

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Ainscow, Thomas, 28 Mar 1894, aged 49, Collier, Inspection made and inquest attended. When leaving his work was racing with other man down a jig and struck his head against a step of rock in the roof and fell to the ground having his tea can in the same hand as his lamp he could not probably have seen the roof lower at that point. He succumbed to the injuries received on the following day

Ashurst, Thomas, 05 Nov 1882, aged 35, Carpenter, Inspection made. Deceased was lying on the pit bank, calling down the shaft to the men working there when the engineman lowered the cage, at a signal from the bankaman, and his hand was crushed against the bearer. Neither the banksman, who was at a lower level, nor the engineman knew that the deceased was there

Baron, Harold, 10 Oct 1935, aged 25, Metalman, he had apparently received the full force of a shot in his face, terribly injured about the face, chest and stomach, he died at Wigan Infirmary

Bishop, Edwin, 10 Dec 1924, 12.20 a.m., 2nd hour of shift, aged 37, Belt Chargeman in Night Turn, Jacket caught in belt whilst in motion [More information ...]

Boardman, John, 12 Apr 1925, (accident: 04 Apr 1925), aged 33, Drawer, Skull fractured by fall of roof. Died 12th Apr, Buried: St. Aiden, Billinge

Bretherton, Peter, 12 Sep 1928, aged 39, Pusher on, Struck by tunaway tubs

Cox, James, 11 Nov 1884, aged 36, Gang rider, Inspection made and inquest attended. Deceased was bringing the "journey" up the incline, when the tubs caught against a door in the brow, and deceased was run over by the tubs in attempting to jump off. The door tenter stated that the front tub jumped off the rails was the journey approached the door, and thinking it would catch his fingers he let loose, and the door swung to. It has been decided to discontinue gang-riding at this place

Dearden, Joseph, 03 Mar 1928, (accident: 24 Feb 1928), aged 30, Shotfirer, Fall of stone — broken ankle and other injuries. Died 3rd Mar

Ellison, James, 28 Jan 1908, aged 48, Dataller, Fall of side. When engaged building a chock on side of roadway by an upthrow fault, a piece of listing off the fault side fell upon him

Fairclough, John, 23 Nov 1888, aged 14, Knocker off, Inspection made and inquest attended. Deceased was riding up the incline on the loaded journey when the couplings between the second and third tubs broke and the others running amain with deceased he was thrown off and crushed. The rule forbidding persons to ride on the tubs did not appear from the evidence to have a been enforced

Feeley, John, 22 Apr 1891, (accident: 10 Apr 1891, 9.30 a.m.), aged 28, Prop drawer, Inspection made and inquest attended. Deceased was drawing props with another man and had drawn five or six but whilst drawing another the roof fell upon him. He received injuries to which he succumbed on 22nd April

Holland, W., 08 Nov 1906, (accident: 30 Oct 1906), aged 45, Fireman, Inspection made and inquest attended. He was coming up the endless-rope haulage downbrow in front of two full tubs, when he appeared to have slipped on an iron landing, and got crushed by the full tubs, opposite an old roadway. He expired November 8th, 1906

Hyte, George, 30 Feb 1927, (accident: 17 Feb 1927), aged 30, Drawer, Slipped and sprained his back. Died 30th

Jones, James, 13 Mar 1905, aged 40, Collier, Inspection made and inquest attended. When working at the face of roadway he appeared to have liberated a slip running with the face, and a stone from between two slips fell from the roof upon him before he could timber it safely

Kinsby, James, 14 Oct 1900, aged 43, Daywageman, Inspection made and inquest attended. The deceased, with others, was engaged repairing the walling near bottom of upcast shaft, when a stone fell down the shaft, striking him on the head. There was a scaffold in the shaft, about one hundred and sixty yards above, where some repairs had been done previously, but not completed, and it was probably from that scaffold the stone fell

Lancelot, Walter, 28 May 1889, aged 19, Drawer, Inspection made. They were working alongside a "step" and failed to secure it properly, and some stone fell out on him. The fireman had been in the place 10 minutes before, but did not notice anything wrong

Lavin, Owen, 03 Mar 1908, aged 42, Metalman, He was leaning over the top of a water tank to uncouple the main haulage rope, when deceased got fatally crushed under some low part of the roof, owing to the engineman starting the engine. No signal was said to have been given, and it was thought probably something had fallen on the electric wires. The signal to start to be more than one ring in future

Molyneaux, Thomas, Jul 1919, (accident: 11 Dec 1918), aged 53, Dataller, Fall of stone — fractured arm and leg. Died July 1919

Power, Michael, 20 Jun 1891, 3.50 a.m., aged 50, Sinker, Inspection made and inquest attended. He would not allow the banksman to put down both safety doors before he got out of the hoppet. After getting out he appeared to have stepped over edge of open door and fell down the shaft

Prescot, Mary, 05 Jan 1903, (accident: 07 Nov 1902), aged 18, Screen-hand, Inspection made and inquest attended. Deceased attempted to cross over some bevelled pulleys, where a fence rail had been taken off near the screens, when her dress got caught in the wheels, and she got her leg severely injured. She expired at the Wigan Infirmary, January 5th, 1903, after undergoing an operation. Manager prosecuted, and convicted for non-fencing

Seddon, William, 17 Jul 1935, Miner, killed by a fall of stone

Shaw, James, 31 Jul 1929, aged 45, Contractor, Killed by a fall of dirt while knocking out a bar

Wilcock, Aquilla, 04 Dec 1900, aged 17, Dataller, Inspection made and inquest attended. Deceased was taking a saw back to a collier, working a ribbing in the Ince 7 feet mine, when a large fall of roof occurred from between two slips, capping a bar and burying the deceased

Winson, S., 10 Oct 1935, Miner, he was examining the pit shaft near the bottom when some hard object fell down the shaft and struck him on the head, fracturing the skull, he died shortly after admission to the Wigan Infirmary