Woodhouse Colliery

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Biddulph, J., 07 Sep 1861, aged 55, Miner, Premature explosion of a shot

Cliff, James, 23 Jun 1906, (accident: 19 Jun 1906, 6.30 a.m.), aged 48, Getter, The deceased was a "getter" in a longwall face where there is a seam of coal 2 feet thick at a distance of 3½ feet above the working seam. An air road running into the face had been ripped up to this coal, and a little of the latter had fallen in the air road. Deceased went, without instructions, to rid out the fallen coal, and probably attempted to pull a little more. While so doing a fall of coal and shale 2 feet thick above it fell on deceased, and caused injuries from which he died on June 23rd

Grice, Thomas, 16 Dec 1901, aged 35, Getter, Fall of coal in working face in clod coal while he was wedging coal down after removal of sprags

Guy, James E., 12 Apr 1901, aged 28, Stallman, Fall of roof at working face in Top Coal. The roof was broken through the working of the Double Coal below, and the fall was due to breaks so caused and natural slips. The fireman, Guy's father, was at the place about a quarter of an hour before the accident, and examined the roof, and told deceased to set another tree as soon as he could, but he had not set it when the fall occurred

Hayward, Enoch, 05 Dec 1857, Collier, Explosion of firedamp (2 killed) [More information ...]

Haywood, Thomas, 12 Oct 1894, aged 18, Driver, Log broken by tub running amain in jig owing to him not having hooked empty tub

Johnson, William, 17 Dec 1901, (accident: 25 Nov 1901), aged 40, Filler, Fall of roof at working face in double coal injured his hand. Blood-poisoning supervened, and he died on the 17th December

Parton, Thomas, 12 Mar 1896, 10.45 a.m., aged 64, Holer, Fall of roof (coal and stone) near face of heading being driven alongside a fault in the double coal seam. There was also a fault immediately in front of which had not been observed before the fall

Pearce, Samuel, 05 Feb 1897, (accident: 23 Jan 1897, 11.15 a.m.), aged 34, Runner on, While putting full tub into cage another tub followed and crushed him against cage. He had neglected to put a locker in the wheel of second tub. Died 5th February 1897

Pitchford, Thomas, 04 Feb 1904, (accident: 02 Feb 1904, 2.45 p.m.), aged 32, Filler, A brick fell from the shaft lining and fell on cage cover over his head. Died 4th February

Rigby, J., 27 Jan 1862, Collier, Explosion of firedamp

Roden, John, 06 Sep 1904, (accident: 01 Sep 1904, 11.40 a.m.), aged 40, Stallman, Fall of roof (sandstone) at longwall face in Top coal. Two men were injured by the fall, and Roden died on 6th September

Tipton, John, 24 Dec 1900, 12.45 p.m., aged 52, Stallman, Fall of roof at working face in top coal. The roof fell from between two slips, owing to a "bump" as he was going to set a post under it

Tranter, William, 01 Aug 1903, 9 a.m., aged 50, Getter, Fall of side (coal) at longwall face in Clod and Randles seam, a length of face had been holed, and the sprags withdrawn to get the coal down. All that was required to fall did not come down and after trying to pull it down Tranter set one sprag and commenced to hole the coal further, when there was a heavy "goth" and the coal fell on him. One sprag was not sufficient to have set

Vickers, Richard, 24 Nov 1903, aged 18, Driver, On the 24th November, at the Woodhouse Pit, Priors Lee Colliery (Salop), Richard Vickers, a driver, aged 18, was found dead in the pit. Verdict — Death from natural causes (heart disease) [fatality reported during the year but not classified as a reportable accident]

Williams, Thomas, 27 May 1896, 1.0 p.m., aged 21, Driver, Crushed by tubs running loose down brow in inclined horse road