Whiston Colliery

Allerton, John, 27 Jan 1868, Bricksetter, Fell into shaft from the surface

Anders, Isaac, 17 Feb 1878, aged 40, Dataller, Explosion of gas [More information ...]

Baldwin, James, 18 May 1875, aged 35, Collier, Fall of roof

Briscoe, James, 17 Feb 1878, aged 40, Dataller, Explosion of gas [More information ...]

Cairns, Thomas, 23 Jan 1878, aged 42, Dataler, Fall of roof. Omited to set a prop before commencing to remove a pack

Cruise, Joseph, 08 Aug 1886, aged 34, Stoneman, Inspection made and inquest attended. Some men were engaged in getting roof down and packing it alongside the road when a heavy stone fell from over the pack capping three props and struck deceased. The man appeared to have disturbed the props when shovelling up the dirt

Evans, John, 20 Sep 1877, aged 32, Collier, Fall of roof

Hastings, Charles Edward, 11 Sep 1886, aged 6, Hastings, The child was left by its nurse on the railway 500 yards from the colliery when it was run over by a train of waggons

Hayes, Henry, 17 Feb 1878, aged 33, Dataller, Explosion of gas [More information ...]

Hayes, John, 27 Nov 1894, aged 51, Collier, Inspection made and inquest attended. He was working in wide work face, and bared a slip running parallel with the face over the head of the coal and had not sufficient props under it when the roof fell upon him

Hickey, John, 03 Oct 1892, 5.45 a.m., 1st hour of shift, aged 35, Collier, Inquest attended. A stone from the roof fell upon the deceased as he was building a pack wall under same

Hughes, John, 09 Apr 1896, aged 50, Collier, Inspection made. The deceased was coming from his work along the endless motion road and appears to have been knocked down and crushed by the tubs. The haulage was only moving at the rate of 3 miles per hour. The roadway being at that point 10 feet wide and 3 feet 8 inches high

Hughes, Thomas, 28 Aug 1882, aged 41, Collier, Inspection made and inquest attended. Deceased was killed by a fall of top coal under which he was working, without having first set sprags

Johnson, William, 24 Oct 1894, aged 51, Dataler, Inspection made and inquest attended. The deceased with others was ascending the shaft when he appears to have fallen out. The cage was a satisfactory one but the shaft is very hot which may have caused fainting though there has been no complaints of it for many years

Jones, Albert, 12 Jun 1890, aged 14, Door boy, Inspection made and inquest attended. Deceased had to mind two doors 70 yards apart and had to pass in front of the gang to get to the second door. While so doing he was knocked down and run over

Lawrenson, J., 21 Oct 1853, aged 24, Fall of roof

MacDonald, John, 17 Feb 1878, aged 20, Dataller, Explosion of gas [More information ...]

Mancross, W., 20 Jun 1854, aged 16, Fall of stone from side of pit

Mullaney, James, 17 Feb 1878, aged 30, Dataller, Explosion of gas [More information ...]

Scott, Joseph, 11 Sep 1877, aged 15, Labourer, Caught by the drum of a small engine, used for drawing trams on the pit bank

Sheridan, Patrick, 15 May 1871, aged 26, Labourer, Fell out of the cage while descending

Smith, Benjamin, 02 Feb 1875, aged 33, Collier, Fall of coal

Wall, Abel, 17 Feb 1878, aged 44, Fireman, Explosion of gas [More information ...]

Williams, James, 17 Feb 1878, aged 25, Dataller, Explosion of gas [More information ...]

Yates, William, 21 Feb 1888, aged 24, Collier, Inspection made and inquest attended. Deceased was ordered by the fireman to set a bar over his drawing road as soon as he had finished his breakfast but he neglected to do so and went on working till the roof fell upon him. He was warned of his danger by another collier half an hour before the accident