- First 9 Have No Names -

1900 - 20/06/1900 - Newfield - Not employed. Bolckow Vaughan and Co Ltd., Co.Durham. A man fell down a staple by which men employed at the colliery travel to work. He had no right to be where he was and the staple is well fenced.

1906 – 17/07/1906 – Age 10 – Boy – Calstock. He climbed a 6 foot wall and fell down a disused mine shaft on the 17th July, receiving fatal injuries.

1904 – 24/07/1904 – Quarry foreman. Presthope Limestone Quarry, Shropshire. Killed by falling into the quarry from the top while engaged in snaring rabbits at night inside the fence at the top of the quarry.

1904 - 10/09/1904 - Engineman. Titterstone Basalt Quarry – Shropshire. Died from lead poisoning. The medical evidence was clear that lead poisoning was the cause of death and the only source from which it appeared, that lead could have been absorbed, was in the making of joints of his engine and boiler. This is the first case of lead poisoning by such means that has come under my observation.

1904 - 11/10/1904 - Winding engineman. Priorslee - Shropshire. He fell down dead while standing by the handles of his engine. Verdict, heart failure.

1904 - 15/11/1904 - Leycette – Labourer – Stafford. Received a slight injury to his leg whilst at work on the pit bank. He died from erysipelas on 2nd December. A verdict of death from natural causes was returned.

1906 – 18/12/1906 – Drawer. Whinney Hill, Altham Collieries Ltd., Lancashire. Knocked his knee slightly against a tub; merest scratch to outer skin only. Died from blood poisoning on December 12th.

1907 – 24/01/1907 – A man. Lower Glyn, Monmouth. Run over on line near colliery.

1908 – 28/01/1908. Roachburn, Thompson and Sons, Cumberland. The inspector put these deaths under the heading of ‘sundries’. 3 lives lost.

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ABBOTT Christopher - 1905 - 11/07/1905 – Age 22 – Shunter. Cramlington, Cramlington Coal and Iron Co., Northumberland. Died July 12. About nine miles from the colliery, on a private railway to the Tyne, a train of 35 loaded wagons standing in a siding. Deceased who had been a shunter on the North Eastern Railway was riding about 11 pm. on the buffers of the leading wagon, to be ready to couple it up, and when nearly in position for doing so and while the train was moving slowly he appears to have got down and got his foot caught between the outer rail and the inside cheek of the rail, at the crossing, and six wagons passed over his leg.

ABBOTT Henry - 1906 - 12/02/1906 – Age 25 – Clay filler. Darfield Clay Quarry, Mitchell Main Colliery Co. Ltd., Yorkshire. He was employed filling clay which had been got by a clay getter, when about 10 cwts, of clay fell over from the face at a slip and fatally injured Abbott. He died on the 16th.

ABBOTT J. 1900 – 11/09/1900 – Age 72 – Engineman. Sandstone Quarry Appleton, W Hampson and Co., Yorkshire. He was standing near the edge of Quarry and was struck by the corner of the steam crane and knocked into the quarry.

ABBOTT James 1905 – 31/01/1905 – Age 52 – Planeman. Annesley, Annesley Colliery Co., Nottinghamshire. He died from injuries received by a slip and hauling rope on an endless rope roadway.

ABBOTT John – 1906 – 21/02/1906 – Age 55 – Shifter. Hebburn, Wallsend and Hebburn Coal Co. Ltd., Co.Durham. He died April 25. This accident was not considered serious at the time of its occurrence and it was not then reported to me. The deceased, and another shifter, were working together in the North flat, Monkton way of the Bensham seam, taking out a prop which the tubs were catching at the turn, 9 yards from the face of a lift in the broken workings. Some coal and band fell when the prop was removed, which the deceased was clearing away, when a piece of blue metal stone, measuring 18 inches by 14 inches and 4 or 5 inches thick, fell from the roof and cut his head. He was able to walk home and was attended the same day by the doctor, who found a scalp wound 1.5 inches long; he progressed favourably until March 5th, when erysipelas set in and death was due, to exhaustion following it. The chargeman had visited them before the accident in the course of the shift. Local Inspectors made no report.

ABDY Henry – 1907 – 04/05/1907 – Age 16 – Crane Driver. Sandstone Quarry Blue Stone, George Buxton, Yorkshire. He had raised various stones out of the Quarry, with the steam crane, and placed them on a bogey; he then placed a wedge under some of the stones to steady them and while doing so a flag, 5 inches thick, which was overhanging the front of the bogey about 3 feet, broke off at a concealed flaw, and another flag, about 6 inches in thickness and 3 feet square resting on the over-hanging portion, slipped off and dropped across his neck and killed him instantly.

ABEL William Henry – 1908 – 11/06/1908 – Age 14 – Driver. Seaton Delaval, Seaton Delaval Coal Co. Ltd., Northumberland. Kicked by a pony.

ABELL Joe – 1900 – 30/03/1900 – Age 14 – Horse driver. Bolsover, Bolsover Colliery Co., Derbyshire. While attempting to get on the shaft iron, connecting the horse to a train of full tubs, he fell and was run over. The buffer of the tub, which he intended to use as a step to get on the shaft iron, had been broken off and this defect was probably the cause of the accident.

ABRAHAM Henry – 1903 – 15/04/1903 – Age 27 – Repairer. Deep Navigation, South Ocean Coal Co. Ltd., Glamorgan. Fall on road cliff, 2 foot 6 inches by 1 foot 6 inches by 1 foot thick, fell on the deceased as he was clearing a fall on a double parting. The overman, who was present when the fall occurred, had tried the roof immediately before. Six feet seam.

ABRAHAM William – 1901 – 09/09/1901 – Age 30 – Collier. Llancaiach No.1, Llancaiach Collieries Co., Glamorgan. Fall of roof at face cliff, 9.25 foot by 8.5 foot by 18 inches thick at centre, tapering to nothing all round. One prop was under it, Mynyddislwyn seam.

ABSOLOM Charles – 1903 – 17/12/1903 – Age 48 – Night repairer. Coegnant, Norths Navigation Collieries (1889) Ltd., Glamorgan. Fall on road while ripping top coal to make height, a fall following the removal of a prop occurred and he was fatally injured. Six-feet seam.

ABSOLOM Joseph 1909 – 14/05/1909 – Age 36 – Collier. Celynen Newport, Abercarn Black Vein Steam Coal Co. Ltd., Monmouth. A heavy fall of several hundred tons, at the working face, fastened and imprisoned them both. The boy lived about 16 hours and the man 20 hours; they were able to talk with the men trying to release them for 12 hours or so but succumbed before they were reached. Apparently a sudden squeeze, acting on a weak roof between a "grime" and a "fault" caused the fall. There does not seem to be blame attached to anyone and I have pleasure in bearing testimony to the efficiency and courage displayed by all concerned, from the manager downwards, in the efforts made to rescue these poor fellows. They were worthy of the noble traditions of English colliers and miners with regard to such circumstances. 2 killed.

ABSOLOM William – 1907 – 24/01/1907 – Age 21 – Collier. Elliot Powell, Duffryn Steam Coal Co. Ltd., Monmouth. Fall of roof in the face of the East District of the Ras Las Seam, while he was engaged building the road side pack wall. The stone fell from a break close to a prop and a smooth top on parting. It was about 7 feet long 2.5 feet wide and 16 inches thick.

ACKERS William – 1900 – 03/10/1900 – Age 14 – Waggoner. Bradford Parker, Bradford Colliery Co. Ltd., Lancashire. Crushed by a tub running down the engine brow, from not being coupled, whilst passing down to work.

ACKRIGG Samuel - 1901 - 22/06/1901 – Age 25 – Quarryman. Plumpton Limestone Quarry, North Lonsdale Iron and Steel Co. Ltd., Lancashire. Inspection made and inquest attended. About half a charge of 950 lbs of powder had been put into a deep hole when the explosion occurred. 2 killed.

ACKROYD Fred - 1908 - 30/11/1908 – Age 57 – Byeworkman. Stanley, Stanley Coal Co. Ltd., Yorkshire. A large fall had occurred during the week end on a haulage road, and these, with about 16 other men, were engaged in clearing it away when a second fall occurred and killed these four men. The first fall was 82 foot long by 9 foot 6 inches wide by 19 inches thick the second was 10 foot long by 6 foot wide by 12 inches thick. No precautions were taken to protect the men working at the first fall beyond sounding the roof above them from time to time. 4 killed.

ACKROYD Thomas - 1902 - 18/09/1902 – Age 46 - Sandstone Quarry Labourer. Soothill, H Parry and Sons Ltd., Yorkshire. Ackroyd died 20th Sept. others were killed on the spot by the collapse of a crane. 4 killed.

ACKROYD William - 1909 - 08/12/1909 – Age 35 – Ripper. Waterloo Main, Brooks and Brooks, Yorkshire. He pulled a slab of coal off the face and a fall of roof immediately followed. The fall came from a slip which was previously hidden by the coal.

ADAIR Hector - 1907 - 21/07/1907 – Age 18 - Pony driver. Twechar No. 1, William Baird and Co. Ltd., Dumbarton. He seems to have fallen off a race of hutches, which ran over him.

ADAM Robert - 1901 - 01/03/1901 – Age 62 - Quarry Labourer. Kemnay Granite, John Fyfe, Aberdeen. Deceased and another were loading and trimming road metal in one of a long train of trucks at a loading bank. Owing to intervening buildings and a curve in the road they could not be seen from the locomotive. When the train started the two men tried to get out upon the loading bank. The deceased fell and was crushed against an overhanging scaffold. He died three hours afterwards.

ADAMS Archibald E. - 1903 - 09/11/1903 – Age 18 - Collier boy. Llwynypia No. 3, Glamorgan Coal Co. Ltd., Glamorgan. Deceased and another lad went into an abandoned stall, and with their candles ignited some gas which burned them both, deceased so badly that he died in three days. Deceased had worked in the stall before it was abandoned and it was thought that he took the other lad up to show him the thickness of the seam. The fireman said that he examined the place a little over three hours before the accident, and found it clear of gas. Naked lights were used. No. 1 Rhondda seam.

ADAMS Benjamin - 1905 - 01/07/1905 – Age 58 – Timberman. Arrail Griffin, J Lancaster and Co. Ltd., Monmouth. When in the cage ready to ascend, a journey of trams was being lowered in the shaft siding. The men waiting to ascend thought the journey was running wild and began to hustle about. The cage began to ascend simultaneously, and Adams was pushed out and received injuries from which he died two days afterwards.

ADAMS David - 1908 - 16/10/1908 – Age 28 – Repairer. Wilsontown, William Dixon Ltd., Lanarkshire. Recesses were being made in the roof, for beams, in connecting with the haulage wheels and while deceased was engaged at the work a large stone fell and killed him.

ADAMS Fred - 1907 - 21/1905/1907 – Age 35 - Tin Carpenter. South Crofty, South Crofty Ltd., Cornwall. Fell from the gantry leading to the stamps. He was engaged in laying rails and fencing the new tramway.

ADAMS George 1907 - 31/10/1907 – Age 44 – Stallman. Pinxton No. 6, Pinxton Collieries Ltd., Derbyshire. Fall of roof. Deceased was getting coal near to a fall of roof and was told, by the official of the mine, to work the coal "on the end." He neglected these instructions and failed to set sufficient timber after taking away the coal, and a fall of roof killed him.

ADAMS George Wiliam - 1904 - 10/10/1904 – Age 14 – Driver. Wearmouth, Wearmouth Coal Co. Ltd., Co.Durham. Deceased, who had acted as a driver for about six weeks, was taking 5 full tubs outbye on a slightly rising gradient the road being of ample width and height and the way good. He was sitting on the limbers when last seen alive. The deputy found his set standing, the pony still hung on, but the first tub was off the rails with all its wheels and had run for some feet and was considerably to one side of the road, deceased was fastened by the feet between the derailed tub and a prop and his head was badly crushed. The wheels and axles of the derailed tub were in good order and there was nothing to be seen that would account for the accident. He may have been driving too fast. The Local Inspectors reported that they found it a pure accident.

ADAMS Herbert - 1904 - 03/06/1904 – Age 20 - Hooker on. Florence, Florence Coal and Iron Co. Ltd., Stafford. Crushed by the cage through cage slipping off snaps while he was taking the tub out.

ADAMS Isiah - 1906 - 02/11/1906 – Age 33 – Stallman. Holly Bank No. 15, Holly Bank Colliery Co. Ltd., Stafford. Deceased was pulling down a piece of roofstone with a pick. It came away unexpectedly, and in stepping back he slipped and fell, the stone knocking him back against the corner of a partially built pack, fracturing his spine. He died nine days later, pneumonia supervening upon the spinal injuries.

ADAMS James - 1900 - 15/01/1900 – Age 14 - Pony driver. Hattonrigg No. 3, Summerlee & Mossend Iron & Steel Co. Ltd., Lanarkshire. Run over by the first of two loaded hutches which he was taking out a level.

ADAMS James - 1904 - 28/11/1904 – Age 30 - Engine cleaner. Norton, Robert Heath and Sons Ltd., Staffordshire. Crushed by crank of winding engine.

ADAMS James - 1909 - 05/03/1909 – Age 34 – Quarryman. Bridgend Quarry, South Wales Portland Cement and Lime Co. Ltd., Glamorgan. A large stone fell from the top of the Quarry, and before he could get out of the way it struck him on the forehead causing a large cut over the left eye and fracturing his skull. He died next day.

ADAMS John - 1902 - 22/12/1902 – Age 53 – Stallman. Bond’s Main, Staveley Coal and Iron Co. Ltd., Derbyshire. Deceased died in the mine and death was certified to be due to 'heart disease' No inquest was held.

ADAMS John - 1905 - 28/07/1905 – Age 30 – Dataller. Low Laithes, Low Laithes Colliery Co. Ltd., Yorkshire. He and another man were ripping and timbering a road when a large fall of roof killed him.

ADAMS John - 1909 - 27/06/1909 – Age 26 – Machineman. Ferniegare No. 1, Archibald Russell Ltd., Lanarkshire. Explosion occurred when electric trailing cable was being lengthened by means of a plug connection. 3 killed.

ADAMS Joseph - 1906 - 02/04/1906 – Age 35 - Ironstone Miner. Woodfield, Islip Iron Co., Northampton. He was approaching a shot of 1.5 ounces of gelignite to be fired by No. 6 detonator and gunpowder tape fuse. The fuse had been ignited and was hanging fire. When he reached the place the shot exploded and fatally injured him. He died the same day.

ADAMS Joseph - 1908 - 16/06/1908 – Age 39 - Collier. Racecourse Shelton, Shelton Iron Steel and Coal Co. Ltd., Staffordshire. A shot had been fired at the deep side of a breasting, in the Pennystone Ironstone. Sprags were drawn over a length of 6 yards of face. The stone came down in the immediate neighbourhood of the shot only. The remainder was slightly drawn from the roof and was apparently supported on a few lumps which lodged under the holing when the shot exploded. Deceased and a fireman together examined the roof and sides and considered them safe. After two tubs had been loaded at the top end of the dressing, the deceased went down the breasting to try to move some of the stone that lay in the holding. As soon as he did so the whole dressing came down and reeled out two props and then a thin shell of bass 9 inches thick fell over an area of 6 yards by 2 yards killing the deceased, who had no chance of escape as, before the dressing fell, there was only a space of 4 foot between the pack and the face.

ADAMS Samuel - 1908 - 23/03/1908 – Age 33 – Stallman. Upper Hartsay, Butterley Co., Derbyshire. Fall of coal. Deceased was getting down coals when they suddenly fell and knocked a prop out, which struck the deceased and inflicted fatal injuries. He died 29th March.

ADAMS Shadrach - 1901 - 06/12/1901 – Age 42 – Collier. Pandy, Naval Colliery Co (1897) Ltd., Glamorgan. Fall of roof at face cliff, 11 foot by 5 foot by 5 foot thick, crushed four pairs of timber out the arms of which had been stood on the bottom coal. The deceased was cutting a road in the bottom coal and must have loosened the arms. Four feet seam.

ADAMS Thomas - 1904 - 18/02/1904 – Age 37 – Hewer. Blaydon Burn, Priestman Collieries Ltd., Co.Durham. While the deceased was hewing between the pack wall and the coal face, immediately to the left side of the road head in a longwall place in the Barlowfield seam, a gravelly post stone, about 4 feet square and 10 inches thick, fell from the roof upon him. The stone projected slightly over the pack and had no doubt been relieved by deceased hewing the coal from under the other side or end of it. No props were set under the stone but loose timber was close at hand. The deputy, during his inspection before the men started, had sounded the roof at the point and considered it safe and was close at hand when the fall occurred and assisted in releasing the deceased. The Local Inspectors reported ‘in our opinion it was a pure accident and we attach no blame to anyone.'

ADAMS William - 1904 - 01/1905/1904 – Age 30 - Asst. repairer. Ferndale No. 7, D Davis and Sons Ltd., Glamorgan. On road cliff, 8 foot by 4 foot by 3 foot thick, fell and crushed out two pairs of timbers. Deceased and the repairer had been getting down the rubbish, resting on the collars so as to put in higher timbers. They had removed eight or nine trams when a fall occurred, which injured deceased so severely that he died very soon after. Four feet seam.

ADAMS William - 1907 - 15/11/1907– Age 28 – Brakeman. Barrow Hematite Steel Co. Ltd., Yorkshire. Along with others the deceased men got on to the cage in the No. 3 shaft at the Parkgate seam for the purpose of ascending to the surface at the end of their shifts. A horsekeeper was also in the cage, to go to the Thorncliffe seam 38 yards below. The cage was therefore, lowered to that seam where he got of. At the Thorncliffe landing there is a staging or platform so that the men can get on or off the two decks of the cage without its being move. The signalling is done from the top part of this staging and the hanger on there is the chargeman; the one at the low part is an assistant and beyond opening and closing the gates protecting the entrance to the shaft, taking off and putting on the chains at the ends of the decks and putting over a flag or flat sheet to cover the space between the floor of the deck of the cage and that of the landing he has nothing to do. The flag or flat sheet is fitted with two spikes each 3.5 inches long which fit into holes in the floor of the cage decks and act as anchors to the cage. They are hinged to the floors of the landings and lifted and lowered by means of chains by the hangers-on. On the day in question the hanger-on, on the top part or landing of the staging, when the cage came let the horsekeeper get off without dropping the flag or flat sheet, and at the same time shouted to the hanger-on at the bottom landing ‘Don't put the flag down’, and at the same moment signalled for the cage to be taken to the surface. Unfortunately the hanger-on at the bottom landing had lowered the flag and before he could get it up again the cage started and the result was that the cage was held and tilted for a moment or so and the flag flew back. Violent oscillation was thus set up and in ascending the top of the cage collided against the girder under the floor of the Parkgate landing with such force as to damage the cage with another girder. It became liberated and was taken further up the shaft where it collided with another girder. The engineman noticed that something was wrong and stopped the cage. Seven of the men at one or another of these places were thrown out of the cage and fell to the bottom of the shaft being killed instantly and six others were more or less seriously injured. 7 killed.

ADAMS William - 1908 - 13/01/1908 – Age 46 - Waggon trimmer. Cauldhame No. 1, Archibald Finnine and Son, Ayrshire. He pushed a hutch of ashes into the open shaft, at the low scaffold and fell after it. He evidently thought that the cage was there.

ADAMS William - 1908 - 14/09/1908 – Age 55 – Labourer. Cambrian No. 1, Cambrian Collieries Ltd., Glamorgan. Deceased was overtaken and run over by an out-going journey of full trams on a haulage road of large dimensions, having manholes less than 20 yards apart, and having in addition room for a person to stand between a journey and one side or the other throughout its length. Before getting on to the haulage road, at a junction, he was warned that the journey was starting, and advised to let it pass. He however disregarded the warning and pushed on.

ADAMSON John - 1900 - 30/10/900 – Age 50 – Miner. Lochgelly, Lochgelly Iron and Coal Co. Ltd., Fife. The seam lies at an angle of 45 degrees and to prevent the coal, when worked off the face falling into the waste, batteries consisting of props built against upright supports to roof are erected. Deceased was engaged at his work when a piece of coal suddenly broke off the face, over a sprag, and crushed him against the battery. He subsequently died from the effects of his injuries.

ADAMSON Joseph - 1905 18/12/1905 – Age 60 – Labourer. Boltsburn, Weardale Lead Mining Co. Ltd., Co.Durham. Died from heart failure.

ADAMSON Peter - 1902 - 03/04/1902 – Age 26 – Drawer. Glencraig, Wilsons and Clyde Coal Co. Ltd., Fife. Explosion of firedamp 4 killed.

ADAMSON Robert – 1907 – 14/11/1907 – Age 26 – Brusher. Dalbeath, Fife Coal Co. Ltd., Fife. A pump room was being made, and deceased was engaged removing debris in tubs from inside a brick arch, when the arch collapsed and fell on the deceased, he was killed instantly.

ADDEY F. – 1901 – 23/02/1901 – Age 24 – Collier. Featherstone Main, Featherstone Main Colliery Co., Yorkshire. Fall of coal and roof in working place. Cause converging slips.

ADDEY J. – 1901 – 13/06/1901 – Age 35 – Collier. Wharncliffe Wood Moor, Wharncliffe Wood Moor Colliery Co., Yorkshire. Died 22nd June. Scratched his arm and blood poisoning supervened.

ADDIE Robert – 1907 – 17/1905/1907 – Age 55 – Miner. Auchingeich, James Nimmo and Co. Ltd., Lanarkshire. Fall of roof at working face owing to want of propping. No notice as to the specified distance for propping was posted up.

ADDISON Ernest – 1901 – 01/10/1901 – Age 14 – Pony driver. Barrow, Barrow Haematite Co., Yorkshire. Slipped when bringing a full tub of coal outbye and the tubs ran upon him.

ADDLETON Hugh Walter Dunn – 1908 – 10/02/1908 – Age 38 – Stallman. Langwith, Sheepbridge Coal and Iron Co. Ltd., Notts. Fall of roof. Deceased was in the act of withdrawing a prop, from a waste, when a large stone fell and killed him. He used a hammer to knock the prop out.

ADDY W. – 1900 – 26/03/1900 – Age 38 – Fitter. Fryston, Wheldale Coal Co., Yorkshire. Fall of roof. 2 killed.

ADEY Cecil James – 1909 – 29/09/1909 – Age 19 – Pony driver. Manvers Main, Manvers Main Colliery Co. Ltd., Yorkshire. A fall of roof coal occurred in a main road and Adey was helping to remove it when a sudden weight broke a bar and threw down more coal. Adey was killed on the spot. Temporary timber should have been set whilst the first fall was being removed.

ADKIN Richard – 1909 – 16/08/1909 – Age 45 – Manager. Orgreave, Rother Vale Collieries Ltd., Yorkshire. He was fatally injured by being crushed against the roof when riding on the front of a train of full tubs. He died on 1st September.

ADLER John – 1902 – 01/02/1902 – Age 36 – Stallman. Baddesley, Baddesley Colliery Trustees, Warwick. Fall of roof. Deceased was setting a prop to support the roof and while knocking it up the roof fell and fatally injured him. He died the next day.

AGAR Joseph – 1909 – 16/02/1909 – Age 16 – Owner. West Stanley, West Stanley Colliery, Co.Durham. Explosion of gas. 168 killed. 17 Henry Street, Stanley.

AGAR Joseph jnr. – 1903 – 27/03/1903 – Age 21 – Rapperman. Rosedale East Ironstone, Carlton Iron Co. Ltd., North Yorkshire. He was sent to temporary attendant at the rapper on the engine plane and before being relieved by some means he was caught by the set.

AGAR Matthew – 1909 – 16/02/1909 – Age 20 – Owner. West Stanley, West Stanley Colliery, Co.Durham. Explosion of gas. 168 killed. 17 Henry Street, Stanley.

AGNEW Andrew – 1907 – 15/11/1907 – Age 46 – Miner. Hopetoun, William Baird and Co. Ltd., Linlithgow. Deceased was shovelling coal, which he had just taken down from the face, when the roof suddenly fell upon him. He died from his injuries nine months after the accident.

AGNEW John – 1908 – 30/03/1908 – Age 34 – Miner. Bartonholm, William Baird and Co. Ltd., Ayrshire. Fall of roof in coal-cutting machine wall, while setting props.

AHEARN Dennis – 1901 – 07/10/1901 – Age 58 – Fireman. Boystone Limestone Quarry, Mrs Kate Carroll Co., Cork, Ireland. Fell from ledge 15 feet. When using a bar he slipped and fell down the slope inclination, 50 deg. Died on 9th.

AHERN Patrick – 1907 – 09/04/1907 – Age 26 – Labourer. Deep Duffryn, Nixons Navigation Co. Ltd., Glamorgan. Deceased was in the face of a stall unloading and stowing rubbish when a fall of cliff, 12 foot by 7 foot by 2 foot thick, from between four slants discharged two posts and fell on him. Shortly before the accident, the collier in charge of the stall, by pulling down a slip of coal had knocked out another post from under the stone. He did not immediately replace the post, as he should have done, but went on filling coal. Four-feet seam.

AIMES Joseph – 1900 – 24/07/1900 – Age 23 – Quarryman. Macetter Basaltic Rock Quarry, Ireland and Knight, Warwick. While engaged in drilling a hole in the quarry face a piece of stone fell from above and killed him.

AINCOUGH R. – 1900 – 10/04/1900 – Age 39 – Collier. Aldwarke Main, John Brown and Co., Yorkshire. Fall of roof.

AINSCOUGH E. – 1903 – 12/12/1903 – Age 14 – Asst. weighman. Monckton Main, New Monckton Collieries, Yorkshire. Died 13th December. He was allowed to ride on the locomotive and when attempting to jump off he slipped and was run over and fatally injured.

AINSCOUGH William – 1903 – 24/09/1903 – Age 58 – Collier. Crawford No. 1, Wigan Coal and Iron Co. Ltd., Wigan, Lancashire. Inspection made and inquest attended. He was engaged at the face when a sudden weighting of the roof took place which gave way from some slips capping four props and fatally injuring the deceased.

AINSLEY James – 1906 – 14/10/1906 – Age 21 – Owner. Wingate Mason, Wingate Grange Colliery Ltd., Co.Durham. Explosion of coal dust as a result of shot firing. 25 killed.

AINSWORTH J. – 1907 – 07/01/1907 – Age 44 – Collier. Dinnington Main, Dinnington Main Coal Co. Ltd., Yorkshire. Two men were holing at the coal face which was properly spragged, and deceased was filling the coal into a tub, at a gate, when without any warning, some stone fell from the roof between the face and the timber. Ainsworth was instantly killed and one of the others received severe injuries to his back. The fall disclosed a slip about 3 feet from the face which could not have been detected previously.

AITCHISON George Robert – 1908 – 31/01/1908 – Age 15 – Driver. Bedlington, Bedlington Coal Co. Ltd., Northumberland. Deceased's set of tubs left the rails and drew out a prop causing a fall of stone.

AITKEN James – 1906 – 02/04/1906 – Age 25 – Drawer. Newcraighall, Niddrie and Benhar Coal Co. Ltd., Edinburgh. Deceased’s duties were to put on and take off tubs at the foot of a self-acting incline, 270 feet long. A full tub was standing on the blocks at the top, and the blocks, which had not been properly set, slipped and the tub ran away, and on reaching the bottom struck the deceased causing injuries to which he succumbed an hour later.

AITKEN James – 1906 – 29/11/1906 – Age 37 – Miner. Arniston, Arniston Coal Co Ltd., Edinburgh. The workings are to the dip and very steep, the men are taken to and from their work in carriages at stated hours. A number of the men had congregated at the 400 fathoms level, at the end of the fore-shift waiting for the carriages by which to ascend to the shaft bottom. Just as the last rake of loaded tubs left many of them went to the dook road, against orders, and lined up on each side to be ready to take their places in the carriages on arrival. The brake had gone only 30 yards up when the drawbar of the second tub broke and eight tubs came back and crushed into the nearside of the level and deceased, who was close by, was fatally injured. The drawbar was 2 foot 7 inches long and 3.5 inches by 0.75 inches and made of mild steel. The break was at the bend of the hook and had no sign of previous fracture.

AITKEN Matthew – 1908 – 25/12/1908 – Age 20 – Bottomer. Kenmuir No. 4, Dunn and Stephen Ltd., Lanarkshire. He appears to have gone in front of a derailed full hutch, on a dook, to put it on the rails, and when he got it on the rails it ran over him.

AITKEN Peter jnr. – 1904 – 13/04/1904 – Age 14 – Trimmer. Riddochhill, Paul Gavin and Sons Ltd., Linlithgow. Deceased's duties were to trim the dross waggons. The waggons are partly filled at one screen and are moved forward to another screen to be loaded out; in moving from one screen to the other they pass under a beam used to support part of the coal clear plant. A waggon had been partly loaded and was moved forward by the waggon shifter, the boy had been inside the waggon spreading the dross and remained there while it was moved and apparently he had leant over the end while it passed under beam and was crushed. The space between the top of the waggon and beam was 4 inches.

AITKEN Sinclair – 1907 – 30/1905/1907 – Age 45 – Miner. Newbattle, Lothian Coal Co. Ltd., Edinburgh. Deceased was backing coal from the rise side of his place when the roof suddenly fell out between lypes and he was crushed beneath it.

AITKEN William – 1903 – 16/10/1903 – Age 64 – Labourer. Castlehill, Shotts Iron Co. Ltd., Fife. Deceased was bringing forward two empty waggons, for dross, at the cart screen when he was fatally crushed between an upright post and the second waggon. The space between the post and side waggon was 4.5 inches.

AITKEN William – 1905 – 04/04/1905 – Age 3 – Child. Sand Pit, Stenhousemuir, Stirling. William was playing with some other children in an old sand hole when the face fell in and he was buried.

AITKEN William – 1907 – 21/02/1907 – Age 26 – Loco. Guard. Whitehall, Lothian Coal Co. Ltd., Edinburgh. Deceased stood with the coupling-pole in his hand, to couple some loaded waggons to a train which the locomotive was pushing in front, and just as the train approached he appeared to suddenly change his mind and stepped between them and was crushed by the buffers.

AITLIN Joseph – 1909 – 31/03/1909 – Age 28 – Miner. Newbattle, Lothian Coal Co. Ltd., Edinburgh. Deceased was working in a thin seam, and after being out to his road for a prop, he was on his hands and knees under his brushing again, when a piece of blaes, 4.5 inches thick, gave way between the props and struck him behind the head and bore him to the ground. His forehead struck a piece of coal which caused a fracture of his skull. Serious symptoms set in, and he died four days later.

AJAX Thomas – 1903 – 19/05/1903 – Age 16 – Collier’s boy. Glyn, Glyn Colliery Co. Ltd., Glamorgan. Fall at face rock, 7 foot by 22 inches by 12 inches thick, it fell crushing two props out. Deceased worked with two colliers taking a skip off one side of a main road. No. 3 Rhondda seam.

ALBERT Bainbridge – 1905 – 09/01/1905 – Age 9 –  Not employed. Whitehaven, Whitehaven Colliery Co., Cumberland. Several boys were playing in a waggon with side doors, owned by the Furness Railway Company, which was standing in a siding at a pit called Kells pit, not far from the Croft pit. The side doors were left securely fastened but some of the boys withdrew the pins holding one of them up and it fell and caught the deceased on the head.

ALCOCK Edward – 1906 – 25/04/1906 – Age 17 – Airway boy. Northwood, T Beech, Barton, Stafford. This accident was caused by a tub on the endless rope, in a dip inclined at an angle of about 35 degrees, becoming unclipped from the rope and running back. It was the custom at ‘loose it’ for the rope to be emptied of tubs and loads in order that the men might travel. The rope was run at low speed and the men were assisted by attaching short pieces of cord to the rope and holding on to the same. On this date someone had attached an empty tub without authority and in direct contravention of the posted regulations. After going about 120 yards the tub became detached and ran back. Men were riding either in or on the tub but whether either of the deceased or both were was not certain. The tub ran down the dip, a distance of 60 yards, passing on its way a number of men walking up, fortunately without doing injury. No evidence as to who was responsible for attaching the tub could be obtained in spit of a reward offered for information. 2 killed.

ALDERSON Charles – 1909 – 19/03/1909 – Age 17 – Putter. South Pontop, UA Ritson and Sons Ltd., Co.Durham. The cause of this accident is problematical. He was found lying in a cross-heading between the rails in front of his tub, unconscious. His head was bleeding. It is probable that, when sitting on the limbers, his foot had slipped off the tub buffer and the had thus been caused to lurch forward, his head had then been caught between the corner of the tub and a prop at the side of the road. His skull was fractured.

ALDERSON Edward – 1903 – 03/08/1903 – Age 63 – Hetton. Labourer, Hetton Coal Co. Ltd., Co.Durham. Killed by being crushed between the buffer of a coke truck and the end of a coal waggon.

ALDERSON Henry – 1902 – 04/11/1902 – Age 19 – Driver. South Moor Hedley, South Moor Colliery Co. Ltd., Co. Durham. He had been driving too hard down a slight gradient, with a set of seven full tubs, and when he got to a curve the pony went right across it. He was crushed between the tub and coal side. He had one more tub on his set than he should have had.

ALDIRS Henry – 1905 – 01/04/1905 – Age 41 – Hewer. Beamish, James Joicey and Co. Ltd., Co.Durham. Died April 5th. On April 1st deceased lifted a tub on to the way, at the plate ends, and his foot slipped and he said he felt a pain in his right breast. He finished his shift but told the deputy he had strained himself slightly. After he went home he became ill and pneumonia caused his death. An inquest was held at which medical evidence, given after a post-mortem examination, showed that death was due to pneumonia and not from any injury and so the Jury found.

ALDRED James – 1905 – 13/02/1905 – Age 50 – Collier. St. George’s, Astley and Tyldesley Collieries Ltd., Lancashire. Fall of roof in working place while drawing a prop with a short hammer, roof broken and drawn, sent for gablock, two gablocks in shunt 120 yards away, gablocks not used, disclosed weakness of Special Rule permitting Colliers to deal with props without gablocks. Died 16th February. (Average roof.)

ALDRED John – 1908 – 30/03/1908 – Age 42 – Dataller. Mosley Common, Earl of Elmesmere, Lancashire. Fall of coal from side of main level whilst repairing. Crushed foot. Died on April 9th from blood poisoning.

ALDRED Percy – 1907 – 21/03/1907 – Age 27 – Collier. Outwood, Thomas Fletcher and Sons Ltd., Lancashire. Riding was strictly prohibited on gang of full tubs, at a low place, where only 4 to 6 inches clearance, he was crushed to death. He had finished work.

ALDRIDGE George – 1909 – 07/01/1909 – Age 36 – Loader. Hamstead, Hamstead Colliery Co. Ltd., Stafford. Deceased was taking off coal from the side of a Thick Coal stall, when a bump caused a piece of coal weighing about 4 cwts. to fall, exposing a slip at the back of it. The piece of coal knocked deceased down and fractured one of his legs. He was taken to the hospital where he died on March 1st from pneumonia following upon the injuries received.

ALDRIDGE William – 1906 – 02/01/1906 – Age 65 – Holer. Whateley, Kingsbury Colliery Co., Warwick. Fall of roof. Deceased had apparently commenced to hole the coal on the top of the seam, and had neglected to set either a sprag or a face prop. when a fall of roof occurred. He died the same day.

ALDRIDGE William – 1908 – 05/02/1908 – Age 29 – Haulier. Maindy, Ocean Coal Co. Ltd., Glamorgan. Deceased was attempting to replace, on the rails, a tram of rubbish which had left the road on a gradient of 10 inches per yard. Owing to the gradient the tram was controlled by a chain attached to the back end of the drawbar and passed twice round a post. In the operation of getting the tram on the rails, the man who was attending to the chain at the post got his fingers pinched by it and let go, with the result that the tram ran down the road for a few yards with deceased in front, and crushed him to death against a post.

ALEXANDER Andrew - 1909 - 06/09/1909 – Age 38 - Night overman. Bardykes, Summerlee Iron Co Ltd., Lanarkshire. Fall of roof on self-acting incline while making a manhole. The fall swung the crowns while they were setting a cross crown at the mouth of the manhole. 2 killed (Other two men were injured).

ALEXANDER John - 1902 - 07/11/1902 – Age 33 – Repairer. Newliston Oil Shale, Youngs Paraffin Light & Mineral Oil Co Ltd., Linlithgow. Deceased and another workman put up a cuddie wheel to run the shale to the level below. In running the first tub some difficulty was experienced and they were assisted by the near by miner who worked in the place, they began to pull the chain when the whole erection collapsed and he was struck by a falling prop and killed instantaneously. The instructions to the deceased and his neighbour, who erected all the cuddie wheels in the mine, were to stamp the legs into the roof and pavement but on the suggestion of the miner who was in a hurry they put a crown to the roof and drove the legs hard on it instead of stamping the roof as instructed.

ALEXANDER Thomas - 1900 - 02/11/1900 – Age 18 - Taker off. Biddulph Valley, Havelock, R Heath and Sons Ltd., Stafford. Crushed by a tub at the bottom of the jig dip, 10 yards long. He called to the top for a tub, to be jigged, but before he had hooked the empty tub, and he was standing in front of the dip, when the full tub came down.

ALEXANDER Thomas - 1908 - 09/03/1908 – Age 58 – Screenman. Broomhouse, Haughead Coal Co Ltd., Lanarkshire. He was crushed between the buffers of waggons while standing taking his breakfast.

CHIME Alfred George - 1904 - 07/06/1904 – Age 15 - Boy, Unoccupied. Atlas Clay Co., Warwick. He was playing with other boys in a disused Quarry when he fell into the water and was drowned.

ALFRED Roberts - 1905 - 19/06/1905 – Age 22 - Tin Trammer. Wheal Grenville, Wheal Grenville Mining Co., Cornwall. While travelling up Fortcscue’s Shaft, from the 262 fathom level to the 220 fathom level, he apparently had a seizure of the heart and fell, resulting in his head being injured by the pump rod.

ALLAN Alexander - 1903 - 20/10/1903 – Age 17 – Miner. Rosie, Bowman and Co., Fife. Deceased apparently had attempted to get on the rope, in front of the first tub, to ride up a dook and was thrown in front of the rake and dragged some distance.

ALLAN Henry - 1906 - 14/09/1906 – Age 38 – Labourer. Dysart, Earl of Rosslyn’s Collieries Ltd., Fife. The cleek had been standing for a short time and a signal to raise men was given from the bottom. As the cage at the surface was loaded it was necessary, in order to comply with the Special Rules, that the descending cage should be empty and accordingly deceased after giving a signal to the engineman stepped on to the cage to take off the empty tub when the cage descended and he fell into the shaft. The evidence at the inquiry was very conflicting, but it appeared the engineman was at fault.

ALLAN John * – 1902 – Jun 1902 – Age 19. New Herrington, Lambton Collieries Ltd., Co.Durham.

ALLAN John * 1907. Ashington, Ashington Coal Co., Northumberland.

ALLAN John – 1906 – 28/1905/1906 – Age 40 – Pitheadman. Mossbank, John Horn and Co. Ltd., Lanarkshire. While waiting on the pithead, to descend the shaft, he suddenly expired; he had been ailing for some time and was under medical treatment.

ALLAN John Thomas – 1903 – 29/07/1903 – Age 21 – Shifter. Cowpen, Cowpen Colliery Co. Ltd., Northumberland. Deceased, and another shifter, took refuge under a top caunch in the Low Main seam while a shot was being fired. When returning to their work a large stone fell from the caunch pinning the deceased to the ground and knocking the other shifter down. There had been a shot fired at the point almost three hours before the accident. The fall swung out a prop. The place had been properly inspected.

ALLAN Robert – 1907 – 11/09/1907 – Age 30 – Repairer. Glencraig, Wilsons and Clyde Coal Co. Ltd., Fife. Deceased was employed to take off and put on tubs in endless rope haulage incline, by means of Smallman clips. This haulage rope worked intermittently and stood for long intervals. Deceased was found quite dead at the foot of the incline with a tub on top of him, which had upset. It is thought that the deceased may have fallen asleep, during the interval that the rope stood, and was in the way of the tubs when the rope started.

ALLAN Robert – 1909 – 16/02/1909 – Age 20 – Owner of West Stanley Colliery. West Stanley, Owner of West Stanley Colliery, Co.Durham. Explosion of gas. 168 killed. 19 Gladstone Terrace.

ALLAN Thomas – 1907 – 23/10/1907 – Age 48 – Mason. North Seaton, Cowpen Coal Co. Ltd., Northumberland. Died Oct. 24. At this entrance, to a side road in this Low Main seam, close to the shaft, and where the road was 11 feet high by 11 feet wide, a side wall had been built too near the roof on the side of the road nearest the shaft and on the opposite side a wall 7 yards long was in course of erection and girders were to be placed across this road, supported by the two walls. Commencing at the pillar corner, 14 inches of brickwork had been built a week before the accident, to a height of 6 feet, and packed behind with duff coal and rubbish. The masons returned on this evening to complete their work and first erected a scaffold consisting of three planks 7 inches by 2.5 inches called ‘pudlicks’ placed 4 or 5 feet apart, with one end resting on this part of the wall, already built, and the other on props 6 inches diameter placed in the middle of the road and to which the pudlicks were nailed above these bearers three planks, 7 inches long and 11 inches wide by 3 inches thick, were laid, access being gained to this platform by a ladder at one end. Three feet had been added to this wall and a tub and a half of packing filled in behind it and three persons, including the deceased, were on the platform when the whole length of the wall nearly to its base and the platform itself fell over into the road. Deceased was flung against the opposite side of the road and some of the bricks fell on him, he was taken home and died 3 hours later. The foreman mason and master-shifter were both within a few feet of the place, at the moment of the accident, and neither apprehended any danger. The work was being done by days wages. The place was quite dry. After the accident the foundation of the wall was examined and with the exception of a length of about 15 inches was level and good. The Local Inspectors reported ‘We attribute the cause of the accident to some unforeseen cause, we recommend that in future when walls have to be built to such a height that stays be used to ensure the safety of the workmen.’

ALLAN William – 1904 – 18/08/1904 – Age 35 – Miner. Monkland, James Dunlop and Co. (1900) Ltd., Lanarkshire. Deceased was either holing or taking off coal when the roof suddenly fell from between lypes and a hitch.

ALLAN William – 1909 – 03/08/1909 – Age 34 – Miner. Lassodie, Thomas Stewart and Co. Ltd., Fife. Deceased knew his roof required more props and had just taken measurement to get one to set up when a large stone fell and killed him instantly.

ALLANDER Henry – 1902 – 05/08/1902 – Age 29 – Miner. Viewpark No. 1, R Addie and Sons Collieries Ltd., Lanarkshire. Whilst he was taking an empty hutch up a road he lost control of his full hutch, which ran down and caused his death.

ALLATT Frank – 1904 – 27/1905/1904 – Age 19 – Waggonman. Mitchell Main Nut, Mitchell Main Colliery Co. Ltd., Yorkshire. When stepping from a ladder, on to a waggon, he slipped and fell upon the hook of the waggon draw bars and received fatal injuries.

ALLEN Albert – 1909 – 24/08/1909 – Age 14 – Greaser. South Moor, South Moor Colliery Co Ltd., Co.Durham. When travelling inbye he met the set coming outbye and was caught and fatally injured by it. The road was in good condition and properly supplied with refuge holes. The boy made a statement before he died to the effect that he thought he could get to the next refuge hole before the set would reach him.

ALLEN George – 1901 – 04/12/1901 – Age 23 – Dayman. Warsop Main, Staveley Coal and Iron Co., Nottingham. Fall of coal and clod. Deceased had got a sprag under the clod and proceeded to take the coal from under it when the coal knocked the sprag out and allowed both the coal and the clod to fall on deceased.

ALLEN George – 1908 – 18/08/1908 – Age 28 – Pusher-on. Maypole, Moss Hall Co., Wigan, Lancashire. Explosion of firedamp and coal dust. 75 killed.

ALLEN Henry – 1908 – 11/01/1908 – Age 20 – Sinker. Penygarrag, Rhymney Iron Co. Ltd., Glamorgan. Deceased and another sinker were raising the centre planks of the walling-stage, so as to allow water-raising, when by some means he overbalanced and with the plank, which he had loosened, he fell into the water, 36 feet deep and was drowned. He was, just before, seen by the chargeman holding on by the bridle chain, and lifting one end of the plank.

ALLEN Henry – 1908 – 26/10/1908 – Age 41 – Screenman. Mansfield, Bolsover Colliery Co., Nottinghamshire. Deceased appears to have been oiling machinery, while it was in motion, and was caught by the revolving spur-gearing and killed. It was against the rule of the mine to oil such machinery when in motion.

ALLEN James – 1906 – 28/04/1906 – Age 58 – Ripper. Orgreave, Rother Vale Collieries Ltd., Yorkshire. A stone in some ripping which left a stone hanging. Deceased tried to pull it down but could not do so. He then set a prop under it at one side and cleared some stone away, examined the roof and thought it was safe, but afterwards parts of this drawn stone fell and seriously injured him. Died May 20th.

ALLEN John – 1901 – 28/08/1901 – Age 55 – Repairer. Clydach Merthyr, Graigola Merthyr Co. Ltd., Glamorgan. Fall of roof on road (disused stall) while drawing timbers, with a hammer, a stone fell and killed him. A dog and chain was available for use. Graigola seam.

ALLEN John – 1902 – 21/1905/1902 – Age 57 – Hewer. Herrington, Lambton Collieries Ltd., Co.Durham. When hewing he disclosed a slip at which a stone fell and killed him.

ALLEN John - 1907 - 13/08/1907 – Age 45 – Chargeman. Ashington, Ashington Coal Co. Ltd., Northumberland. Three phase alternating current of 500 volts and 5 amperes is carried to a 4 H.P. centrifugal pump placed 3,000 yards from the shafts. The cable of the pump is made up of three cores of 7/20 copper wires insulated with rubber insulation and wrapped with varnished tape with an outer protecting cover of jute. This cable is suspended from this roof timbers in this manner prescribed by the Electrical Special Rules namely leather straps and wire hooked on a nail. The floor is wet at this point where this accident happened, about 5 yards from the pump. Deceased, who had been instructed how to deal with electric cables and held a written authorisation to do so, noticed the cable was hanging down about 2 feet at a point where a hanger had given way and he took hold of it with both hands, probably intending to place it on the nail when he received a shock and was killed. He had his lamp in one hand and fire was seen flying at his neck. He was unable to leave hold of the cable. A man near dragged the cable off him and he fell to the ground. Artificial respiration was tried without any result. It was found that short circuiting had been taking place at the hanger that had given way and it had been burnt and allowed the cable to sag. The insulation of this cable was damaged for a length of 1.25 inches and the live wires of one of the cores exposed for 3/16 inch in length. One of the deceased’s hands was scorched and showed 4 or 5 dots where the current had passed into him. The electrician had examined this cable earlier in the day of the accident, when it appeared all right and had tested it for insulation 3 months before the accident when it showed no leakage. Rubber gloves were kept in this pump room and The deceased should have used them and also cut off this current. The Local Inspectors in their report described this damage to this cable.