BROWN William - 1904 - 24/12/1904 – Age 29 - Tudhoe Hewer. Weardale Steel and Coal Co. Ltd., Co.Durham. Fall of stone. Some blue stone which was rotty fell from a feather edge over the coal. The timber distance was 4 feet it has now been reduced to 3 feet where this rotty stone is found. Plenty of timber set and to spare.

BROWN William - 1907 - 03/04/1907 – Age 70 - Cowdenbeath Wood cutter. Fife Coal Co. Ltd., Fife. Deceased was crossing the lines of rails of the sidings, when unobserved, a train of waggons came upon him and he was run down.

BROWN William - 1907 - 19/04/1907 – Age 42 - Eston Ironstone Miner. Bolckow Vaughan and Co. Ltd., North Yorkshire. He had fired a bottom hole to a face back, and was considering about putting in another one, to bring the top part of the seam away, when some stone fell off the face and crushed him severely about the head and shoulders.

BROWN William - 1909 - 13/09/1909 – Age 27 - Brucefield Miner. Alloa Coal Co. Ltd., Clackmannan. Deceased was engaged taking off coal, holed by a coal cutter, when a stone fell, striking his head and fracturing his skull causing death next day.

BROWN William - 1909 - 22/06/1909 – Age 33 - Tynawr Collier. Great Western Colliery Co. Ltd., Glamorgan. Fall at face shale, 4 feet by 20 inches by 15 inches thick, it fell as he was breaking up a large piece of coal. There was a prop at each end of the stone. Lower Four feet seam.

BROWN William - 1909 - 29/10/1909 – Age 44 - Darran Collier. Rhymney Coal Co. Ltd., Glamorgan. This accident has been the subject of a Special Report. 27 men lost their lives and 4 were injured.

BROWN William H. - 1902 - 03/09/1902 – Age 32 - McLaren Collier. Tredegar Iron and Coal Co. Ltd., Monmouth. Explosion of firedamp in the Yard Vein seam. Caused by working near to or in a large accumulation of gas. 16 killed.

BROWN William Henry - 1908 - 29/06/1908 – Age 20 - Braichycymmer Collier. Ffaldu Colliery Co. Ltd., Glamorgan. Fall of roof at face; fall of roof (clod) from between two smooth slips, one of which was directly over the coal face. The fall measured 5 feet 6 inches, by 5 feet 5 inches, by 2 feet 6 inches in thickness. Two props were said to have been fixed under the portion which came down; but from their stated positions they were probably overbalanced at the face. Nine Feet Seam. Safety lamps.

BROWN William Lumsden - 1901 - 22/02/2901 – Age 41 - Loftus Ironstone Deputy. Pease and Partners Ltd., North Yorkshire. Preparing to put a baulk up when a piece of shale fell from the roof and crushed him to death.

BROWN William Michael - 1902 - 21/02/1902 – Age 57 - Ludworth Master shifter. Weardale Steel Coal and Coke Co. Ltd., Co.Durham. Deceased signalled to the winding engineman to take the cage from the 5/4 to main coal seam and then attempted to get into the cage but the engineman, not knowing there was no onsetter there, dropped the cage at once and Brown was caught and killed.

BROWNE John - 1909 - 12/05/1909 – Age 60 - Ormonde Slate Quarry Slatemaker. Co. Kilkenny, Ireland. Whilst in charge of a circular saw cutting slabs, a sack cloth apron he wore caught around a revolving shaft, 12 inches above ground floor, revolving 40 to 45 times per minute. In endeavouring to free himself he fractured his arm, requiring amputation. Died 22nd.

BROWNESS John - 1905 - 27/06/1905 – Age 53 - Banks, Elterwater Miner. J and E Bowness, Westmoreland. Fall of stone, arm broken, died July 4th.

BROWNING DJ - 1901 - 22/02/1901 – Age 42 - Brynllywarch Collier. Browning Johns and Co., Glamorgan. Struck by a slip of ground from the side of an open cut at the mouth of slant as he was passing. He was one of the proprietors of the colliery.

BROWNLEE Robert - 1901 - 22/01/1901 – Age 59 - Carmuir Labourer. Carmuir Coal Co. Ltd., Stirling. Deceased and another were shifting forward some loaded trucks to clear the taillye at a screen, deceased being at the left rear buffers. The truck, under the screen, being fully load the screenman removed the trig and permitted it to gravitate forward meantime giving his attention to trigging up the succeeding empty trucks in the proper position. The loaded truck moved further than he anticipated overtook the others, and crushed the deceased against the buffers. He died almost instantly.

BROWNLEE Robert - 1904 - 09/06/1904 – Age 19 - Boghead Miner. Gavin Paul and Sons Ltd., Linlithgow. Deceased had gone into a neighbours place, to assist him to turn over a large piece of midstone into the goaf. While doing so a wedge shaped piece of sandstone, 14 feet by 4 feet by 2 feet 9 inches at extremes, suddenly fell from the roof. The apex struck deceased, fracturing his skull.

BROWNLEY James - 1904 - 26/10/1904 – Age 17 - Orgreave Plane boy. Rothervale Collieries Ltd., Yorkshire. He gave the usual signal for a empty set of tubs to be taken up a self-acting incline but forgot to attach the rope to the tubs. The man at the end took the set off the full tubs and was unable to control them, they rushed to the bottom and collided with and displaced some chocks, which allowed some girders and roof to fall and he was caught and killed by the fall.

BRUCE John - 1908 - 03/07/1908 – Age 51 - Barbauchlaw Oversman. R Muir and Co. Ltd., Linlithgow. Deceased was proceeding down a mine from the surface, behind an empty rake, when a runaway tub from the surface overtook him.

BRUCE Philip - 1905 - 11/09/1905 – Age 16 - Cramlington Lighter up. Cramlington Coal Co., Ltd., Northumberland. The night shift locomotive foreman brought out of the shed three locomotives coupled together, all tender first and all with steam up. He rode on the first engine. The locomotives were to be placed on different lines of rails to be ready for the drivers. Deceased and another lad rode on the last engine. After going past the points, leading to the different lines, the foreman reversed his engine and shoved the other two back; deceased, who had jumped off and shifted the points, then proceeded to uncouple the engine he had ridden on from the middle one and was crushed between the buffers. There were coupling poles on the engines, one of which he should have used.

BRUCE William - 1902 - 02/09/1902 – Age 15 - Hill of Beath Pony driver. Fife Coal Co. Ltd., Fife. Deceased was riding inbye in one of a set of four empty tubs. When passing round a sharp curve, the horse shied, and pulled the leading tub off the rails. It caught and pulled out some props, letting down the roof. He was killed instantaneously.

BRUCE William - 1902 - 15/08/1902 – Age 21 - Skellyton No 3 Miner. United Collieries Ltd., Lanarkshire. Gas, which was known to be given off, accumulated at the brushing face and was ignited by a naked light. Apparently one of the deceased had taken down a screen, and this prevented the air current from playing upon the feeder. From Main body of the report: The first fatal explosion happened in Skellyton Colliery and by it two men lost their lives. Fire-damp was known to be given off from a feeder at their road-head, and by blocking the airway, along the coal face by a screen and erecting a hurdle screen, etc., at the road head, the air current was made to play upon the brushing face and keep the gas from accumulating. The two men were alone when the explosion happened, but it is evident that they had taken down the screen placed across the face. This diverted the air current, and the fire-damp which in consequence accumulated was ignited by their naked lights. The system of trying to use naked lights in workings where fire-damp is freely given off, and at the same time prevent explosions by an elaborate use of screens, is one which is certain sooner or later to fail. Safety lamps, along with other precautions, in such circumstances, ought always to be used, and in this case naked lights ought not to have been allowed. Since the explosion safety lamps have been introduced. It appears that the fireman was not in the habit of recording in his report book the presence of fire-damp unless he found a considerable accumulation. This practice of not recording gas when found in small quantity or at feeders where there is no accumulation is too common, and it cannot be too clearly understood that a fireman is bound to record the finding of gas, however small in quantity, wherever he finds it when making his inspection previous to the commencement of the shift.

BRUCE William - 1903 - 03/04/1903 – Age 40 - Herrington Shifter. Lambton Collieries Ltd., Co.Durham. When cutting level for air pipes under mined the timber and a fall of side stone killed him.

BRUMFITT James - 1901 - 13/12/1901 – Age 30 - Swalwell Mechanic. Swalwell Garesfield Coal Co., Co.Durham. Inspection made and inquest attended. The deceased was in the act of getting into the cage when it was lifted and he was crushed between the cage and buntons. The accident apparently arose through a mistake in the signals on the part of the engineman and banksman.

BRUNDRETT Joseph - 1907 - 21/01/1907 – Age 25 - Norton Collier. Robert Heath and Sons Ltd., Staffordshire. Deceased was pulling coal off a longwall face in a seam, 7 feet 6 inches thick, when about 2 cwt. of coal came away, struck the lever with which he was working and drove the handle of it against the pit of his stomach, his injuries were not at first considered to be serious, but he died two days afterwards apparently from internal inflammation.

BRUNS Joseph - 1900 - 26/03/1900 – Age 48 - North Seaton Sandstone Quarry, Quarry foreman. J and G Douglass, Northumberland. Inspection made and inquest attended. He was attempting, during a snow storm, to pass between a crane and the edge of the Quarry when he fell over.

BRUNT Frederick - 1906 - 26/08/1906 – Age 24 - Letty Shenkin Rider. Powell Duffryn Steam Coal Co. Ltd., Glamorgan. Deceased was riding on a journey of rubbish, up to the tip, when he fell off and was run over. He was injured so badly that he died on October 30th.

BRUNTON James - 1903 - 10/03/1903 – Age 35 - Pumpherston oil shale Miner. Pumpherston Oil Co. Ltd., Edinburgh. Deceased and another were driving upset in a seam 8 feet 9 inches in thickness and having an inclination of 24 deg. Two shots each containing 1.5 lbs. of gunpowder and about 4 feet apart were being lighted. The gutta-percha covered fuse of deceased's shot did appear to ignite readily and as that the other shot was burning freely the men retired. On hearing one shot explode the deceased at once returned to light the other, under the impression that he had formerly failed to do so. He appeared to have been close to it when it exploded causing injuries to which he succumbed two hours afterwards.

BRUNTSILL John - 1901 - 27/11/1901 – Age 69 - Nelson Collier. William Ramsden and Sons Ltd., Lancashire. Fall of side from face of working place whilst building a pack. Face had been standing four days overhanging. Ought to have been spragged.

BRYAN Francis - 1902 - 15/08/1902 – Age 14 - Hornthorpe Rope boy. J and G Wells Ltd., Derbyshire. Deceased was assisting to put a full tub on the rails and was standing near the fencing of a revolving vertical wheel. In pushing over at the tub.

BRYAN Thomas - 1905 - 11/12/1905 – Age 39 - North Walbottle Hewer. North Walbottle Coal Co. Ltd., Northumberland. Explosion of firedamp. Died Dec. 21.

BRYANT Albert - 1909 - 15/11/1909 – Age 49 - Easton Ripper. Bedminster Easton Kingswood and Parkfield Collieries Ltd., Gloucester. He was employed in repairing an airway in which a fall had occurred, and apparently had crept over the fall after he had done some work at the place, and in doing so probably disturbed some props, with the result that a further fall occurred and smothered him. The roof in the "Red Ash" seam in this place is exceptionally bad and it took about eight hours to get him out.

BRYANT John - 1905 - 14/07/1905 – Age 58 - Lower Duffryn Labourer. Powell Duffryn Steam Coal Co. Ltd., Glamorgan. At face cliff, 27 feet by 5 feet wide at one end and 18 inches the other by 18 inches thick, fell as deceased was stowing rubbish. The stall was well propped but a heavy squeeze occurred and broke or discharged the timber. Seven Feet seam.

BRYANT Oliver - 1907 - 18/06/1907 – Age 20 - Hanham Hitcher up. Bedminster Eston, Kingswood and Parkfield Collieries Ltd., Gloucester. Crushed between an empty tub and a collar under the roof in this top East Siding down the South incline. This road was nearly finished and was in none too good repair. The siding is rather cramped and they had got too many tubs there for convenience. This full journey was longer than usual and empties blocked the journey going out. Deceased and others were trying to move some of the empties off the rails to clear the journey, he was between tubs and remained there after being told that the journey was going to be slackened back but unfortunately owing to a misunderstanding in signalling the journey was drawn up and he was leaning over at the end of the tub and was crushed against the collar.

BRYANY George - 1908 - 02/12/1908 – Age 59 - Kingswood Labourer. Bedminster Easton. Kingswood and Parkfield Collieries Ltd., Gloucester. While assisting a timberman in enlarging a horse road, and in a stooping position clearing the rails to allow an approaching journey of trams to pass, the arm for a pair of double timber sets temporarily fell over and struck him on the temple and knocked him down. It was not thought serious at the moment, but he became unconscious in less than three hours, and died from cerebral haemorrhage 12 hours later. A post-mortem showed that there was a fracture of the skull four inches in length, although no scratch, abrasion or discoloration was noticeable externally.

BRYCE Alexander - 1908 - 16/10/1908 – Age 30 - Common No.16 Drawer. William Baird and Co. Ltd., Ayrshire. When letting away a race of hutches, from the top of a self-acting incline, the rope was drawn out of the hose and struck him on the head.

BRYDEN William - 1909 - 13/12/1909 – Age 61 - Brora Manager. John Melville Sutherland. Died on January 10th from injuries received by an explosion of gas when making the statutory examination, under General Rule 4 of the Coal Mines Act 1887, with a naked light, on the date named. His vest, which had a calico back, was greasy from contact with the oily parts of a pump, it caught fire and he was burned about the small of his back. Gas had been seen in the same place about a fortnight before and in using a naked light the deceased contravened General Rule 4 (1). The explosion occurred in a heading which was ventilated by means of a brattice this brattice was not properly hung and there were, in consequence, places where it did not touch the roof and thus allowed the ventilating current to escape before reaching the face. It is probable that if the ventilation had been carried up to the face the gas would not have accumulated.

BRYNAT George - 1904 - 04/08/1904 – Age 27 - South Wales, Cwmtillery Brakesman. Lancasters Steam Coal Collieries Ltd., Monmouth. A spur wheel, which had shortly before been unloaded from a tram, was scotched up against a wall and suddenly fell over on him. It had been set up too perpendicularly and probably the traces of a horse, which just about then passed with a tram caught in it and caused it to fall.

BRYNE James - 1908 - 18/08/1908 – Age 36 - Maypole Contractor. Moss Hall Co., Wigan, Lancashire. Explosion of firedamp and coal dust. 75 killed.

BRYSON John - 1908 - 22/01/1908 – Age 51 - Hyndshaw Fireman. Chapel Coal Co. Ltd., Lanarkshire. Deceased was making some repairs on the dook haulage road. When rake was ascending he stood to the side to allow it to pass but the space was too narrow and he was crushed by the tubs. He had ample time to go to a manhole, 6 feet below, from the time the rake began to move up.

BUCHAN John - 1900 - 13/02/1900 – Age 34 - Hamilton Place No.1 Miner. Bent Colliery Co. Ltd., Lanarkshire. Fall of roof in working place.

BUCHANAN James - 1905 - 08/11/1905 – Age 39 - Closeburn Sandstone Quarry, Quarryman. Scottish Freestone Quarries Ltd., Dumfries. He was dressing a stone on the bank and failed to stand clear while a large stone was being shifted by a crane. The jib rope broke and the jib fell on him.

BUCHANAN John - 1902 - 04/11/1902 – Age 43 - Drum (Fireclay & Ganister) Miner. Bonnybridge Silica and Fireclay Co., Stirling. The seam is worked in three divisions, top, mid and bottom. Deceased had bored and charged a hole in the mid division, the quantity of gunpowder being about 2 lbs. He used a paper squib, made up by himself in the mine, and to lite it he attached a wick in the usual way. When everything was ready he put his light to the match, the shot then exploded just as he turned to go. He died from his injuries six days afterwards. Deceased had apparently ignited the squib instead of the match.

BUCHANNAN Thomas - 1904 - 02/02/1904 – Age 24 - Greenhill Miner. Greenhill Colliery Co. Ltd., Lanarkshire. While lifting a piece of coal at his working place it broke and a part injured the forefinger of his right hand severely. He and his brother ceased work and proceeded to the shaft bottom for home and on arriving there he complained of being faint, after getting a drink he revived and he, accompanied by his brother and another workman, stepped on to the cage to be raised and when 12 feet from the surface he again took ill and fell on the cage and before either of the men could grip him he had slipped past the side and fell to the bottom, a distance of 56 fathoms.

BUCK Thomas - 1907 - 15/08/1907 – Age 20 - Annesley Dataller. Annesley Colliery Co., Nottinghamshire. The deceased and several other men were proceeding to their work underground, when a runaway train of full tubs, which had been detached from an endless rope, ran into them. Both men died the next day. 2 killed.

BUCK William - 1906 - 21/04/1906 – Age 33 - Arrail Griffin Haulier. J Lancaster and Co. Ltd., Monmouth. He died on the 8th July from the effects of an accident which occurred on the 21st April, 1902, at Airil Griffin Colliery. Death having taken place more than a year and a day after the accident, it is not comprised.

BUCKHAM Robert Robson - 1908 - 11/11/1908 – Age 14 - Usworth Flatter. Johnasson Gordon and Co. Ltd., Co.Durham. While acting as driver he fell before his set.

BUCKINGHAM William - 1900 - 21/07/1900 – Age 60 - Great Wheal Prosper (China Stone Quarry) Labourer. Marshall and Rowe, Cornwall. Fell from a ledge in consequence of a stone, which he was lifting, giving way suddenly. He overbalanced and fell to the bottom of the Quarry.

BUCKLAND Sydney - 1909 - 11/03/1909 – Age 23 - Braichycymmer Collier. Ffaldau Collieries Co., Glamorgan. Fall of roof on road; while passing along a roadway, and when under a short length of roof, called a "bridge," which had not been ripped up to a higher bed, the lower stratum fell and killed him. Such a piece of roof should not have been left untimbered. Nine Feet Seam. Safety lamps.

BUCKLE William - 1908 - 20/05/1908 – Age 62 - Aston Dataller. Aston Coal Co. Ltd., Yorkshire. He was pulling props and then taking all loose stone down to make a road safe, and when doing so a stone 9 feet long by 3 feet wide by 17 inches thick, fell and killed him.

BUCKLEY George - 1904 - 22/12/1904 – Age 36 - Silver Hill Stoker. Stanton Iron Works Co., Staffordshire. "Died from valvular disease of the heart and dropsy" was the verdict of the coroner's jury. He received a slight injury at the mine on 26th August.

BUCKLEY J. - 1903 - 03/07/1903 – Age 18 - South Duffryn No.1, Labourer. Hills Plymouth Co. Ltd., Glamorgan. Fall of roof. Deceased was resting after discharging rubbish when a small piece of cliff fell from between two collars, three feet apart, on to his back. He died on December 11th from blood poisoning set up by a fragment of fractured bone the result of the accident.

BUCKLEY Joseph - 1903 - 16/12/1903 – Age 41 - Ashtons Green Waggon lowerer. Bromilow Foster and Co., St Helens, Lancashire. Inspection made. He appears to have asked his mate to let two waggons down, so as to bump two other ones out from under the screens. After this had been done he stepped between, to push the front ones, when the others followed on and crushed him between the buffers. Deceased had put a scotch on the line to stop the latter ones but one came over it.

BUCKLEY Oliver - 1908 - 14/12/1908 – Age 14 - South Moor, Charley Driver. South Moor Colliery Co. Ltd., Co.Durham. After holing he opened a door for his pony and set to pass through, he ran along to get on to the limbers. He, unfortunately, tried to get past the tubs on the narrow side and was caught between them and the side of the road and killed.

BUCKLEY Robert - 1901 - 17/10/1901 – Age 34 - Naden Dene Dataller. J Lomax and Co., Lancashire. Fall of roof in roadway of tunnel. Timber not strong enough and too far apart. (Bad roof). 2 killed.

BUCKNELL Richard - 1905 - 07/11/1905 – Age 42 - Denaby Main Dataller. Denaby and Cadeby Main Collieries Co. Ltd., Yorkshire. Deceased was engaged repairing an airway and filled the stone into coal tubs. The gradient where he was working at the time of the accident was about 44 inches per yard, in favour of the full tub, necessitating the use of lockers for a distance of 9 yards. He had evidently been attempting to take a full tub down this gradient, without a locker, and been in front of it and was overpowered and crushed between it and a prop.

BUDDLE Edward - 1906 - 17/11/1906 – Age 72 - Grassmore No.4 Dataller. Grassmore Co., Derbyshire. While repairing a brattice cloth, a horse drawing two empty tubs came through and knocked him down. He received injuries, but died of heart disease. The coroner's jury returned their verdict that ‘deceased’s death was caused by the accident, and that the accident was the primary cause of death.’ He died on 13th July, 1907.

BUDGE William Henry - 1905 - 21/11/1905 – Age 33 - Cramlington Hewer. Cramlington Coal Co. Ltd., Northumberland. Died November 22. Deceased worked alone in a bord, 6 yards wide in the Main Coal seam, made up of top coal 3 feet 6 inches band 8 inches and bottom coal 1 foot 7 inches. He had, in accordance with the usual practice, worked forward on the bottom coal and band nearly across the place but the right nook was back. He had two or three short props under the top coal while working under it, these he had withdrawn after drilling a shot hole in the top coal on the left side and nicking out the right side. The shot failed to bring down all the top coal leaving some hanging coal next the nicking. A fast shot had been fired in the bottom coal under this but when it was fired could not be ascertained. Deceased appears to have been working near this shot as his pick was there and he was found pinned against the bottom coal by a mass of the top coal 4 and 2.5 feet 10 inches thick which had fallen away from ordinary cleats and a parting above leaving 8 inches of coal sticking to the roof. It was suggested that fast shots are forbidden, deceased might have been engaged hewing away any evidence of it. In any case great want of caution was displayed in working near overhanging top coal shaken by a shot. The Inspectors reported, accidental, no blame attached anyone.

BUFFEN James - 1903 - 08/12/1903 – Age 30 - Saltwell No.37 Night overman. Earl of Dudley Staffordshire. While firing three shots of gunpowder together by safety fuse he returned after only two of the shots had exploded. The third shot exploded while he was standing under it and the coal fell on him and killed him. He and two other men with him thought they had heard three explosions.

BUILTH George - 1907 - 17/12/1907 – Age 25 - Crigglestone Labourer. Crigglestone Collieries Ltd., Yorkshire. A coal hopper for the coke ovens being erected for the Otto Hilgenslock Coke Oven Co., was in course of construction. The deceased had assisted to pull a long plank to a height of 20 feet and was standing under it while two men above were handling it. They foolishly dragged it across another two planks which formed a temporary scaffold and caused one, 10 feet in length, to fall and it struck the deceased on his chest and fatally injured him. This plank ought to have been properly secured in order to prevent an accident of this kind.

BULL Daniel - 1909 - 04/05/1909 – Age 56 - Broadfields Stallman. John Sheard, Derbyshire. Deceased was timbering the gate-end when a bar rolled off the prop supporting it and liberated the roof which fell on the deceased and an official of the mine who was there. Deceased died of suffocation before he could be liberated.

BULL Henry Thomas - 1901 - 30/11/1901 – Age 25 - Ferndale No.2 Haulier. D Davis and Sons Ltd., Glamorgan. While rushing forward, to stop his horse, he fell and the tram passed over his leg. Died 7th December.

BULL Thomas - 1902 - 26/08/1902 – Age 16 - Rhymney Merthyr No.2 Asst. repairer. Rhymney Iron Co. Ltd., Glamorgan. Knocked down by a runaway tram laden with timbers. It was coupled to the rest of the journey by lacing three shackles together which somehow got unlaced. The manager had given instructions that this was not to be done but that a long chain was to be used.

BULLARD Charles Henry - 1904 - 04/07/1904 – Age 14 - Bole Hill, Gritstone Quarry Stoker. Derwent Valley Water Board Derbyshire The balance weight of a steam crane fell upon him.

BULLEN Ben - 1906 - 29/04/1906 – Age 50 - Burnmoor Stoneman. Lambton Collieries Ltd., Co.Durham. He was engaged drilling a shot-hole by the side of a waggonway when a stone from the side, eight feet above where he was working, fell upon him and killed him. The stone fell from a slip, and was said to have been carefully examined before work begun.

BULLET Henry - 1903 - 05/11/1903 – Age 38 - Tynybedw Collier. Cory Bros., and Co. Ltd., Glamorgan. Fall of roof at face cliff 30 feet by 4 feet 10 inches by 10 inches thick fell while deceased was pulling down some coal. With the exception of one prop which the stone crushed out it was unsupported. Upper seven feet seam.

BULLICK Stanley R. - 1909 - 22/10/1909 – Age 18 - Littletown Apprentice fitter. Lambton Collieries Ltd., Co.Durham. He was reaching over a planning machine to get some water when one of the reversing dogs, in its ordinary travel, caught his thigh and broke it against the tool carrying frame. He died in hospital from shock following upon amputation of the leg.

BULLOCH William - 1900 - 24/01/1900 – Age 56 - Stanrigg Sinker. William Black and Sons Ltd., Lanarkshire. Deceased had taken a contract to reopen an old shaft filled with debris. It had been cleared out a few fathoms by a previous contractor. Deceased had not made a start with the work but descended by means of a windlass and bucket to examine the pit when he was overcome by blackdamp and fell from the bucket.

BULLOCK James - 1905 - 30/09/1905 – Age 45 - Marsham Building Stone Quarry, Quarryman. Walter Gall, Berkshire. Three men were undercutting a face of stone and sand, which was 12 feet high, when the face rolled over killing two men and injuring the other. The place did not come within the Quarries Act. 2 killed.

BULLOCK John - 1903 - 19/03/1903 – Age 26 - Pemberton Collier. Pemberton, Wigan, Lancashire. Inspection made and inquest attended. He was engaged holing under the Wigan nine feet coal when the coal came away from a slip upon him, over the short sprags, he had sett under the coal. At the inquiry it was advised that longer sprags should he used in future.

BULLOCK Jonathan - 1909 - 23/11/1909 – Age 24 - Backworth Hewer. Owners of Backworth Colliery, Northumberland. Fall of roof stone at working face.

BULLOCK Thomas - 1907 - 07/03/1907 – Age 34 - Mulberry Tin Works Quarry, Carpenter. Mulberry Tin Works Ltd., Cornwall. Working on a new roof of a building, which he was erecting, he slipped or overbalanced, and in falling to the ground was fatally injured.

BULLOUGH Edward - 1901 - 09/05/1901 – Age 52 - Amberswood Dataller. Henry Atherton, Wigan, Lancashire. Inspection made and inquest attended. Deceased was capping props with his hammer, in order to get down a layer of dirt, when he was caught by the roof falling and fatally injured. If the gablock and chain had been used this accident may have been prevented.

BULLOUGH James - 1908 - 01/04/1908 – Age 56 - Eatock Dataller. Wigan Coal and Iron Coal Co. Ltd., Lancashire. He was on the drawing road whilst repairing; removing a fall when a further fall occurred. (Average roof).

BULLOUGH Thomas - 1909 - 24/12/1909 – Age 31 – Victoria, Fireman. Thomas Brocklehurst, Lancashire. Whilst drawing props, in waste using a pick, the shaft 27 inches long, had drawn two props without any roof falling. Immediately the third prop was freed the roof crashed down, knocked him flat on his back, ruptured his liver. It would have been wiser to use the gablock and chain; he had not this with him, it was at the shunt 200 yards away. (Roof average).

BULLOUGH William - 1909 - 19/02/1909 – Age 35 - Abram Collier. Abram Coal Co., Wigan, Lancashire. He was working at the face when a fall of roof occurred upon him, from between three slips, capping some props set about four feet apart.

BUMPSTEAD Richard - 1904 - 19/01/1904 – Age 25 - Barking, Chalk Quarry, Quarryman. C & A Theobald, Suffolk. A large slip of chalk from an old face 60 feet high.

BUNSTON Humphrey - 1902 - 08/09/1902 – Age 22 - North Walbottle Shifter. North Walbottle Coal Co. Ltd., Northumberland. Shots had been fired at the junction of an ordinary gateway and a cross heading in the Engine or Beaumont seam and deceased was near the place to rid the stones blown down when a large stone fell upon him.

BUNTINE Hugh - 1902 - 29/01/1902 – Age 36 - Kenmuirhill Brusher. Glasgow Coal Co., Lanarkshire. Explosion of gunpowder gelignite and detonator, apparently whilst handling the explosives with his lamp on his cap.

BUNTING Samuel - 1901 - 13/07/1901 – Age 28 - Arscott Waggoner. Representatives of James Smallshaw, Shropshire. Fall of roof at edge of crushing on main dip road, close to working face. There were three posts under the stone which fell but it was liberated by a weight break and two slips.

BUNTING Thomas - 1909 - 20/11/1909 – Age 38 - McLaren Collier. Tredegar Iron and Coal Co. Ltd., Monmouth. Fall of top coal which he was pulling down at the face, and which had been undercut for the purpose. The place was not properly spragged.

BUNYAN James - 1901 - 02/06/1901 – Age 26 - Bothwell Park No.1 Shanksman. William Baird and Co. Ltd., Lanarkshire. He went into the cage seat, to clean it, when the cage came down on him.

BURCHALL John - 1907 - 14/11/1907 – Age 60 - Ashtons Green Collier. Bromilow Foster and Co., St Helens, Lancashire. Deceased was fatally crushed at the mouth of an endway by some full tubs of the haulage journey getting off the rails, when he was on his way out to the pit shaft. At the inquiry it was suggested that the haulage should be stopped a longer period to enable the men to reach the shaft.

BURCHER Thomas - 1901 - 03/12/1901 – Age 38 - Dean Lane Carpenter. Bedminster Eston, Kingswood and Parkfield Collieries Ltd., Gloucester. Stepped on a rusty nail which penetrated his foot. Tetanus resulted causing death on 12th December.

BURDEN George - 1909 - 08/02/1909 – Age 27 - Norden, Clay Miner. B Fayle and Co., Dorset. These men were engaged at a depth of about 44 feet from the surface taking out the lining boards or sheetings of an old abandoned shaft, 4.5 feet square. The ground behind the boards was a very fine and dry sand. They appear to have stripped about 3.5 to 4 feet of the shaft when apparently a rush of sand occurred which knocked out some of the boards higher up and covered them and smothered them immediately. They called to be pulled up just as the rush commenced, but the evidence at the inquest was that they only called once when it was too late. They do not appear to have had previous experience in this immediate work and a mistake was made in that at least one man experienced at it did not go down, as one or more of the gang of five men had bad experience, but they decided among themselves who should go down and the authorities anticipated no danger. 2 killed.

BURGE Charles - 1908 - 09/04/1908 – Age 32 - Norton Hill Shotsman. Norton Hill Colliery Co., Somerset. Explosion of firedamp or coaldust. 10 killed.

BURGE Edward - 1904 - 25/06/1904 – Age 28 - St. John’s Collier. Locke and Co. (Newland) Ltd., Yorkshire. A shot charged with 2.66 oz. of bobbinite (2nd definition) ignited a small quantity of gas injuring deceased so severely that he died July 11th and also two other men but they recovered. The deputy had examined the place before firing the shot but failed to detect the gas.

BURGE Sidney - 1904 - 18/10/1904 – Age 39 - Bryn Navigation Collier. Baldwins Ltd., Glamorgan. While illegally riding on the coupling, between the trams on a full journey on the main slant, his head struck the roof and he was killed.

BURGESS George - 1902 - 23/04/1902 – Age 40 - Blaendare Slope Collier. Blaendare Co. Ltd., Monmouth. He was following a journey of twelve trams up the slope or engine plane when the rope broke and the drag, at the end of the journey not stopping the trams, they ran back off the rails and caught him against the side of the road, he having failed to get into a refuge hole.

BURGESS R. - 1902 - 03/03/1902 – Age 34 - Pemberton Shotlighter. Pemberton Colliery Co., Wigan, Lancashire. Inspection made and inquest attend. Explosion of firedamp which was ignited by a shot. 2 killed.

BURGESS William - 1908 - 13/05/1908 – Age 45 - Eden (Downshire) Engineman. Carrickfergus Salt Works Co., Antrim, Co. Down, Ireland. Crushed by the drum of the winding engine. He had started the engine the wrong way instead of lowering the skip, he took it into the tower. In his anxiety to stop the engine, in applying the brake, he in some way lost his balance and was carried over the fence on to the drum.

BURGESS William H. - 1907 - 07/11/1907 – Age 17 - Celynen Haulier. Newport, Abercarne Black Vein Steam Coal Co. Ltd., Monmouth. Fall of roof on the road down which he was taking a tram of rubbish. The road was in good order and properly timbered with 6 inches to 9 inches space between the trams and the timbers. Apparently the tram must, from some unknown cause, have jumped the rails and struck an arm causing two collars to fall and let down 30 to 35 trams full of rubbish.

BURGIN Ferdinand - 1907 - 13/11/1907 – Age 41 - Tunnel Stallman. James Oakes and Co., Nottinghamshire. Deceased got behind the full tubs to give the horse a start from the gate-end. When the horse started deceased lost his light and fell between the tubs, breaking his neck.

BURGIN Fred - 1907 - 29/10/1907 – Age 69 - Barrow Packer. Barrow Hematite Steel Co. Ltd., Yorkshire. When building a pack with stones from the goaf, a piece of roof stone fell and caught his head. The timber had been withdrawn from the goaf and this formed a lip in the roof from which the stone fell.

BURKE Andrew - 1906 - 25/06/1906 – Age 23 - Dumbreck No.2 Drawer. William Baird and Co. Ltd., Stirling. A fall of roof on a road while putting a hutch on the rails.

BURKE Charles - 1908 - 23/06/1908 – Age 42 - Hambleton Limestone Quarry, Quarryman. John Greer and Sons, Yorkshire. A small piece of rock fell from a height of 30 feet and striking him on the head killed him. The place had previously been examined by the foreman who detected no danger.

BURKE Frederick - 1908 - 05/05/1908 – Age 36 - Monk Bretton Trammer. Monk Bretton Colliery Co. Ltd., Yorkshire. A collier drew a sprag under some holed coal, and tried to wedge the coal down. Having failed to do this he again began to hole without re-setting the sprag; and when doing so it suddenly fell from the face and buried him and the deceased, who was 4 feet away removing loose coal. Burke died within an hour, and the collier was seriously injured.

BURKE Michael - 1900 - 04/04/1900 – Age 62 - Houghton Wasteman. Lambton Collieries Ltd., Houghton, Co.Durham. Died today from alleged injuries received in the pit on March 20th last. Post mortem examination, however, showed death was due to natural causes. (Not comprised)

BURKE Oliver - 1909 - 07/07/1909 – Age 19 - Wyndham Asst. collier. Cory Bros., and Co. Ltd., Glamorgan. Fall of roof on road; while clearing a fall from the roof in order to set timber, a small stone fell upon his head, causing death from compression of the brain. Six Feet Seam. Safety lamps.

BURKE Thomas - 1907 - 08/07/1907 – Age 22 - Stargate Hewer. Stella Coal Co. Ltd., Co.Durham. Deceased was working during the back shift in the East Bank district of the Stone Coal seam, 2 feet 3 inches thick, where some old pillars were being taken out on the longwall system. He was engaged on the right side of a gateway when a stone fell upon him from the roof close to the face, canting out two props in its fall. It measured 1 foot by 4 feet, and was 18 inches to 22 inches thick. It was relieved by a parting above a slip next the face, and two jacks at right angles to each other. Deceased's father was deputy in the district during the fore shift, and he had examined the place before work started, and at 8 am. when the fore shift hewers were in, but as they had not worked at the point where the stone fell, deceased began to work just as his father had left it. They ‘Found that it has been the result of a pure accident.’

BURMAN Walter - 1900 - 18/09/1900 – Age 19 - Carey Hill Granite Quarry Shunter. Mountsorrel Granite Co., Leicester. While crossing over the rails in front of an approaching train he slipped on the rails and was fatally injured by the truck passing over him. He died the same day.

BURN Enock - 1903 - 22/09/1903 – Age 36 - Shirebrook Dataller. Shirebrook Colliery Co., Derbyshire. He died on 12th June, 1904, and the coroner's jury said that he died of consumption either set up or hastened by the breaking of a blood-vessel while lifting a tub, on 22nd September, 1903.

BURN John - 1908 - 06/11/1908 – Age 26 - Griff No.4 Loader. Griff Colliery Co., Warwickshire. Fall of roof. Deceased and others were returning from work and after walking a few yards along the roadway two steel girders fell out, and a quantity of the roof fell upon deceased and killed him.

BURN Joseph - 1902 - 15/05/1902 – Age 27 - North Bitchburn Bricklayer. North Bitchburn Coal Co. Ltd., Co.Durham. He was employed on buildings for new coal crusher when he fell into the disintegrator hole, a distance of about 20 feet, and severely injured his head. Died same day.

BURN Robert - 1900 - 08/11/1900 - Age 63 - Seaham Pumpman. Londonderry Collieries Ltd., Seaham, Co.Durham. He took a fit while at work in the mine and died the following day. (Not comprised)

BURN Thomas - 1908 - 14/05/1908 – Age 15 - Backworth Pony driver. Owners of Backworth Collieries, Northumberland. Pony stumbled and deceased was crushed by the tub.

BURNELL James - 1906 - 30/11/1906 – Age 60 - Red Hill Hanger on. J and D Mosley, Yorkshire. Caught by cage when passing across the shaft while the cages were running in the shaft. He should have waited until the cages were at rest. A road round the side has since been made.

BURNELL Oliver - 1903 - 24/03/1903 – Age 14 - Rothwell Haigh Driver. J and J Charlesworth Ltd., Yorkshire. Found dead with his head wedged between the roof and a train of full tubs on which he was riding.

BURNELL Robert - 1906 - 10/09/1906 – Age 21 - Bryncethin Quarry Labourer. Bryncethin Brickworks Ltd., Glamorgan. While working in a clay pit, and undercutting the brick earth, a part of the overhanging clay fell upon him and injured him so severely that he died in an hour.

BURNETT John - 1902 - 23/11/1902 – Age 41 - Littletown Foreman fitter. Lambton Collieries Ltd., Co.Durham. A blank flange was being taken off a range of steam pipes. After closing the main valve and waiting an hour and a half a fitter unscrewed all the bolts and then eased the blank flange. Some condensed steam escaped and scalded his legs. Died December 11th.

BURNETT Joseph * - 1908. Burradon, Burradon and Coxlodge Coal Co. Ltd., Northumberland.

BURNETT William - 1900 - 19/12/1900 – Age 65 - Delgaty (sandstone Quarry) Blacksmith. Delgaty Quarry Co. Ltd., Aberdeen. The hook or a sling chain attached to the rope of a hand crane struck him on the head. The jib of the crane had been swung round and this caused the rope to swing.

BURNIP Stephen - 1903 - 08/01/1903 – Age 33 - Derwent Hunter Hewer. Consett Iron Co. Ltd., Co.Durham. Fatally crushed by a fall of stone when taking down some for the purpose of making height.

BURNS Alfred - 1907 - 26/11/1907 – Age 26 - Whitehaven, William Shotfirer. Whitehaven Colliery Co., Cumberland. Explosion of firedamp. 5 killed.

BURNS John - 1904 - 05/09/1904 – Age 15 - Hebburn Driver. Wallsend & Hebburn Coal Co Ltd., Co.Durham. The engineman, of an underground haulage engine, working on the main tail rope system took the set of 80 empty tubs which had been detained by a signal outside the landing, or as termed, rapped back until the landing was sufficiently cleared of empty tubs, too far, and caused it to collide with four empty tubs left from the previous set, driving them forward upon the deceased, who was coming into the landing sitting on the limbers of a pony which was drawing two full tubs. The tail rope passes under the rail the inbye, the end of the landing to the turn sheave and one of these rails was torn up and a prop displaced before the set came to a standstill. While the set was coming into the landing there depressed the lever of a rapper released it when the set had come far enough and this caused a hammer to fall at a point nearer the shaft from where another lad signalled by another wire to the engineman. The engineman had in addition marked on his rope to guide him but there was no indicator on the engine to show the position of the set. The signals were given in the usual way but the engineman, although he elected not to give evidence at the inquest, stated to me he received a signal to stop. The Jury advised that a reliable indicator be attached to engines and effect had been given to this recommendation. The Local Inspectors in their report simply recited some of the facts as they observed them.

BURNS John - 1908 - 15/06/1908 – Age 48 - Wheatley Hill Hewer. Weardale Steel Coal and Coke Co. Ltd., Co.Durham. He received a slight injury on the shoulders from a fall of stone. He refused any assistance to his home but walked a short distance by himself and then sat down and rested for about two hours. He contracted a chill, pneumonia set in, and he died.

BURNS John - 1909 - 09/11/1909 – Age 42 - Crop & Deep Collier. St Helens Collieries Co., St Helens, Lancashire. When getting coal at the face a fall of roof occurred upon the deceased, from between two slips, fatally injuring him.

BURNS Joseph - 1901 - 10/07/1901 - Framwellgate Small runner. Framwellgate Coal and Coke Co. Ltd., Co.Durham. Died from alleged injuries on June 21st. 1900 by falling into the coke ovens.

BURNS Joseph - 1909 - 16/02/1909 – Age 48. West Stanley, Owners of West Stanley Colliery, Co.Durham. Explosion of gas, 168 killed. 4 Agnes Street, Stanley.

BURNS Michael - 1903 - 11/12/1903 – Age 28 - Braidhurst Miner. Summerlee & Mossend Iron & Steel Co. Ltd., Lanarkshire. Explosion of firedamp. 2 killed.

BURNS Patrick - 1908 - 01/02/1908 – Age 46 - Calder, Sinking Bricklayer. George Hargreaves and Co., Lancashire. In descending the shaft, in a small tub attached to a rope by two chains only. The engineman in lowering went farther than he ought to have done before retarding, he applied the break so as to set up oscillation, the tub being attached by only two hooks tilted. The tub collided with a beam with such force as to leave the deep cut impression on a wood beam, and all the men were thrown out. 4 killed.

BURNS Peter - 1908 - 20/07/1908 – Age 37 - Charlaw Hewer. Charlaw and Sacriston Collieries Co. Ltd., Co.Durham. He, with others, came to the shaft at the Busty Seam Level to ride. The onsetter, at this level, signalled that he wanted the cage by giving - the three-and a-half raps. The winding engineman, getting this signal, put the cage to the Busty Seam, and the onsetter, having the cage there, then, according to his own statement, rapped three raps, which was the signal that men were going to get into the cage. Having given that signal, the onsetter then told the men to get into the cage. One man got in but as Burns was getting in, the cage was drawn away and his leg was broken, a compound fracture. Blood-poisoning set in, and he died ten days afterwards. Instead of the cage being drawn away it should, supposing the signals to have been properly made, have remained at rest until the onsetter rapped one, then the engineman would wind it to the surface. The onsetter's statement is supported by the evidence of three other persons. The winding engineman acknowledged that he received the first signal - the three-and a-half raps - but he stated that the next signal he received was one of four raps, which meant that he had to take the cage to the Hutton Seam. He acted on this signal in ignorance of the fact that men were getting into the cage at the Busty Seam Level and Burns was caught. The statement of the winding engineman is supported by the evidence of one other person, and that of two others suggests there was some confusion of the raps. I think signals in reply should always be given when men are going to get into a cage to descend or ascend as the case may be.

BURNS Peter - 1909 - 29/11/1909 – Age 56 - Shieldmains No.7 Miner. AG Moore and Co., Ayrshire. Fall of roof while getting coal outside his working place.

BURNS Richard - 1909 - 16/02/1909 – Age 22. West Stanley, Owners of West Stanley Colliery, Co.Durham. Explosion of gas 168 killed. 4 Agnes Street, Stanley.

BURNS Thomas * - 1908 – Backworth. Owners of Backworth Collieries, Northumberland.

BURNS Thomas - 1906 - 28/09/1906 – Age 46 - Coppy Hall Ripper. Executers of Edward Barnett, Staffordshire. A road 4 feet 9 inches in length was being ripped to 8 feet. Deceased and another were setting two liners under the brow to strengthen some broken bars. They had almost finished when the broken bar reeled out and the roof came down, reeling out the liners. Deceased’s neck was broken.

BURNS William - 1909 - 19/02/1909 – Age 22 - Worsley Menses Drawer. Worsley Menses Colliery Co. Ltd., Wigan, Lancashire. When engaged in pulling a thin layer of dirt down from the roof, at the face, some of the other roof above fell upon him.

BURRELL Jonathan - 1901 - 19/09/1901 – Age 28 - Butterknowle Hewer. Butterknowle Colliery Co. Ltd., Co.Durham. Spine dislocated by fall of stone from some slips at face. Died 31st Oct.

BURRELL Richard - 1908 - 08/09/1908 – Age 70 - Willington Shifter. Strakers and Love, Co.Durham. He, unauthorised, was riding outbye on the top of a full tub which he, of his own accord, had hung on to the endless rope, to take his gear from one part of the mine to another. At a way-end his head was caught against a baulk. He died from pneumonia set up by the accident.

BURRELL T. - 1901 - 07/10/1901 – Age 17 - Robin Hood Train boy. J and J Charlesworth, Yorkshire. Fall of roof in roadway.

BURROWS Amos - 1901 - 08/01/1901 – Age 23 - Ryhope Chargeman with coal cutter. Ryhope Coal Co. Ltd., Co.Durham. He was clearing away a fall of stone that had occurred the day before and was about finished when without warning some more came down and killed him.

BURROWS Howard - 1903 - 08/04/1903 – Age 44 - Low Hall No.7 Manager. Moss Hall Coal Co., Lancashire. Inspection made and inquest attended. The two deceased persons were descending the shaft, in the cage which collided with the ascending cage, owing to the fact that three bars of pitwood had been sent down in that cage to the bottom of shaft and had not been taken out at the mouthing of the Five Feet Seam, which was a landing about sixty yards from pit bottom and was the only mouthing where coal was being raised from. The timber in the ascending cage caught the descending cage and the deceased persons fell to the pit bottom and were killed. At the inquiry it was stated that the undermanager was aware that timber was in the other cage when they descended contrary to rule's. 2 killed.

BURROWS Thomas - 1902 - 19/02/1902 – Age 62 - Clifton Stallman. Clifton Colliery Co., Nottinghamshire. Fall of roof. Deceased was passing the gate end of his stall when a small quantity of roof fell and lacerated the heel of one foot. He was conveyed to the Infirmary but died from pleurisy on the 28th February.

BURROWS William - 1904 - 01/03/1904 – Age 30 - Markham Staller. Staveley Coal and Iron Co. Ltd., Derbyshire. Taking off a piece of the side of a roadway by undercutting the same. Deceased had taken out the sprags and while standing in front of the place the side fell off and killed him.

BURROWS William - 1905 - 09/08/1905 – Age 50. Sutton Heath, Sutton Heath and Lea Green Collieries Co., St. Helens, Lancashire. Inspection made and inquest attended. Deceased had been setting two bars on a brow, and when taking out an old bar a large fall of roof occurred capping the two new bars and burying the deceased.

BURT Anthony - 1902 - 28/01/1902 – Age 24 - Tannochside No.3 Waggon shifter. Archibald Russell, Lanarkshire. Whilst moving a waggon he was apparently crushed between it and a scaffold post.

BURT George - 1909 - 03/05/1909 – Age 43 - Wilsontown Repairer. William Dixon Ltd., Lanarkshire. Deceased was on a bogie hauling a loaded rake to the shaft on an endless rope haulage roadway, and apparently it left the rails and threw him off, the rope continued still to move, and he was dragged for some distance and was found dead.

BURT George - 1909 - 23/06/1909 – Age 39 - Lochside Miner. Lochside Coal and Fireclay Co. Ltd., Fife. Deceased was engaged taking off blaes from an old working for brick making purposes, when the roof suddenly fell killing him instantly.

BURT Joseph - 1904 - 05/03/1904 – Age 27 - Dean Lane Collier. Bedminster Easton, Kingswood & Parkfield Collieries Co. Ltd., Somerset. A fall of roof where it was soft and ‘neash’ for a yard or more over the coal and in a place which seemed well secured. It is almost a wonder that more accidents have not occurred in the place which once more exemplifies the statement that if the same care were exercised by the men in places where the roof appears good as they do where they see it is really bad there would be many less accidents than do occur.

BURTON Arthur - 1907 - 26/03/1907 – Age 36 - Shirebrook Loader. Shirebrook Colliery Co., Derbyshire. The descending cage got fast in one of the conductor rods, causing the cage to tilt up and the three men fell down, the shaft. Two others were seriously injured. 3 killed.

BURTON Charles - 1901 - 02/09/1901 – Age 45 - Doldowlod Quarry Labourer. Thomas Lant Radnor. Struck on the head by a stone projected by a powder shot. Deceased had retired 104 yards.

BURTON Elijah - 1902 - 20/01/1902 – Age 18 - Chatterley Whitefield Dishmaker. Staffordshire. Run over while trespassing on Private Branch railway.

BURTON Enoch - 1908 - 04/03/1908 – Age 39 - Hamstead Loader. Hamstead Colliery Co. Ltd., Staffordshire. Underground fire. 25 killed.

BURTON Fred - 1909 - 08/02/1909 – Age 22 - Victoria Screener. T and RW Bower Ltd., Yorkshire. He had been with others shovelling coal into the wagon standing under a hopper. His mates had left, and another man thinking no one was there, lowered another wagon by gravity. As soon as this closed on the standing one, a scream was heard and deceased was found fatally crushed between the buffers. He must have stepped between the wagons as they were closing.

BURTON George - 1908 - 16/12/1908 – Age 47 - Brandon Hewer. Strakers and Love, Co.Durham. This man and his marrow were hewing in a headways lift, the last of the pillar, five yards wide, when a large frame of post stone fell away from the roof, just as they were in the act of setting a prop. The stone fell away from a slip in the roof which had evidently just been exposed by the advancing face. The timbering distance was 6 feet, and the place was not well timbered. The men were, however, just about to put up timber when the accident occurred, and the deputy said that when he examined the place, about two hours prior to the accident, the place was then properly timbered.

BURTON J. - 1900 - 16/10/1900 – Age 55 - Garforth Byeworker. Garforth Coal Co., Yorkshire. Fall of roof.

BURTON John Thomas - 1907 - 17/05/1907 – Age 20 - Blackwell A Loader. Blackwell Colliery Co., Derbyshire. Deceased was pushing a tub along the stall when it struck a prop, and the roof fell and killed him.

BURTON Joseph - 1904 - 18/02/1904 – Age 68 - Langwith Dataller. Sheepbridge Coal and Iron Co., Derbyshire. Run over by a railway wagon. Deceased was passing under wagons, in the colliery sidings, when the wagons were started and ran over his foot. He died 15th May.

BURTON Joseph - 1907 - 05/10/1907 – Age 68 - Llanhilleth Timber drawer. Partridge Jones and Co. Ltd., Monmouth. Two colliers filled two trams of rubbish at a fall on an incline, and left them scotched instead of spragged with the result that they, for some unknown reason, ran wild and killed Burton 60 to 70 yards lower down, when on his way in to work. The two men were seriously to blame which was also bound to be this case by this Coroner’s jury.

BURTON Joseph - 1908 - 28/10/1908 – Age 33 - Cadeby Main Clipper. Denaby and Cadeby Main Collieries Ltd., Yorkshire. The deceased was attaching full tubs to an endless rope on a road rising at the rate of 1 in 7, and either, on account of his not having screwed the clip tight enough, or because he had got the clip on to a splice in the rope, two tubs filled with dirt, after going 30 yards and ran back. He appeared to have been attempting to get into a refuge hole when he was caught by the tubs which dragged him about nine yards until they ran into a "jack catch" and tipped. He was so seriously injured that he died before being taken out of the pit. The clip was in working order and was, after the accident occurred, used on the same road and rope with three full tubs, and they were safely taken to the top of the plane, although the gradient on the way increased to 1 in 5. There was only one splice in the rope, where the two ends were joined together, and at that place the diameter of the rope was increased from 7/8 inches to 1 inch. Between the jack catch the tubs were caught by and the next one up the haulage road there was a distance of 90 yards. On a gradient of 1 in 7 they should have been one at least every 20 yards.

BURTON Ralph - 1906 - 07/11/1906 – Age 27 - Creswell Stallman. Bolsover Colliery Co., Derbyshire. Fall of roof. Deceased and a loader were about to set some timber in a stall, when the roof fell, fatally injuring the deceased and severely injuring the loader.

BURTON Solomon - 1908 - 11/02/1908 – Age 38 - Grassmoor No.5 Stallman. Grassmoor Co. Ltd., Derbyshire. Fall of coal. Deceased was taking out some holing sprags for the purpose of falling the coals when they suddenly came over and deceased failed to get clear. His head was crushed between the coal and a prop.

BURTON Thomas - 1900 - 21/08/1900 – Age 31 - Alma No.2 Holer. Mrs E Turner, Derbyshire. Fall of roof. Deceased was commencing to hole when a piece of roof, partly supported by the coal he was about to hole, fell upon him. It was not clear whether he was preparing to set a holing sprag or whether he was actually holing at the time of the accident. He died the next day.

BURTON Thomas - 1903 - 01/07/1903 – Age 32 – Hambledon Sandstone Quarry Quarrier. Henry Heys and Co. Ltd., Lancashire. Fall of stone from the face of the Quarry, undermining stone fell from two converging backs or slips 11 feet in height and 4 feet at the base.

BURTON William - 1905 - 10/01/1905 – Age 51 - West Auckland Mason. Bolckow Vaughan and Co. Ltd., Co.Durham. A piece of timber 20 feet by 8 inches was resting against a truck and when the deceased got out of the truck he accidentally stepped on the brake and took it off; the truck moved and the timber slipped and pinned him against the next waggon.

BUSFIELD John - 1907 - 23/03/1907 – Age 23 - Swinden Limestone Quarry Quarryman. PW Spencer, Yorkshire. A shot hole, 3 feet 6 inches in depth and dipping at an angle of 40 degrees into the face, at the bottom of the Quarry, had been fired three times and a fourth charge of 20 ounces of blasting powder put into it, through a copper pipe, and the deceased man was in the act of stemming the charge, with burnt lime, when the charge exploded and fatally injured him. He was a very careful man and as far as is known did not infringe any of the special rules.

BUSH Edward - 1904 - 01/10/1904 – Age 28 - Greyfield Hitcher. Greyfield Colliery Co. Ltd., Somerset. The chain on a short selfacting incline broke and the full tram, getting off the rails near the bottom, crushed him against the side. The dead working load or actual weight on this chain was only about 2 cwt. and the safe working lead for one of this size is 1 ton so that apparently there must have been a defect in the link which however could not afterwards he found.

BUSH James - 1901 - 04/09/1901 – Age 36 - Markham Stallman. Staveley Coal and Iron Co. Ltd., Derbyshire. Fall of roof. While getting a web coal down it fell and knocked out a prop supporting a bar holding up the roof. The giving way of the bar allowed the roof to fall killing him.

BUSHELL Henry - 1908 - 01/02/1908 – Age 58 - Calder, Sinking Bricklayer. George Hargreaves and Co., Lancashire. In descending the shaft, in a small tub attached to rope by two chains only. The engineman in lowering went farther than he ought to have done before retarding, he applied the break, so as to set up oscillation, the tub being attached by only two hooks tilted. The tub collided with a beam with such force as to leave the deep cut impression on a wood beam, and all the men were thrown out. 4 killed.

BUSSEY Thomas - 1900 - 12/03/1900 – Age 18 - Urpeth C Putter. Charles Perkins and Partners, Co.Durham. Inspection made and inquest attended. While deceased and another putter were hewing, in a broken working, a fall of stone took place breaking off at a jack and canting several props out. The place had been a short time previously examined by the deputy and there was plenty of spare timber close at hand.

BUSTON Humphry * - 1903. North Walbottle, North Walbottle Coal Co Ltd., Northumberland.

BUTCHER S. - 1900 - 20/03/1900 – Age 59 - Sharlston Collier. New Sharlston Coal Co., Yorkshire. Fall of side.

BUTLER David - 1904 - 17/03/1904 – Age 24 - Nuneaton Holer. Stanley Bros., Warwickshire. Fall of roof. Deceased was withdrawing steel bars from an old roadway when other roof supports gave way and a fall of roof occurred which killed the deceased.

BUTLER David - 1904 - 25/07/1904 – Age 45 - Drumbrow Fireman. Darngavil Coal Co. Ltd., Lanarkshire. Explosion of firedamp.

BUTLER Edgar - 1906 - 07/12/1906 - Age 13 - Tibshelf No.2 Door boy. Babbington Coal Co., Derbyshire. Fall of side. Deceased was passing through a door after propping it open for the horse and neglected to close it. The corporal called him back and as deceased returned along the roadway the side of the road fell off and killed him.

BUTLER James - 1909 - 24/05/1909 – Age 33 - Silverwood Trammer. Dalton Main Collieries Ltd., Yorkshire. The deceased was removing coal, which the colliers had pulled from the face, when a heavy fall of roof occurred and killed him. The fall displaced six props and was caused by a slip and a smooth parting between shale and sandstone strata.

BUTLER Jesse - 1905 - 22/02/1905 – Age 67 - Queen Dataller. Pemberton Colliery Co., Wigan, Lancashire. Inspection made and inquest attended. Deceased was cutting a hole in the side of the road for a ten foot bar, which was one end on a running bar, the other end being held by another man close to the deceased when a little dirt failing off the adjoining bar startled them, and the bar fell upon the deceased, fatally injuring him.

BUTLER Reuben - 1908 - 05/08/1908 – Age 25 - Hucknall No.2 Loader. Hucknall Colliery Co., Nottinghamshire. Deceased was sitting in the stall waiting for the coal to be got down by the stallman, and when the coal fell it rolled into the goaf where deceased was and fatally injured him. He died 31st Oct.

BUTLER Thomas - 1904 - 12/07/1904 – Age 49 - Adelaide Coal cutter. Wallsend Coal Co. Ltd., Co.Durham. A fall of stone from the roof occurred after the coal cutter had passed, owing to a slip in the roof running to feather edge and displaced the timber set under it. It caught and killed these two men. 2 killed.

BUTLER William - 1909 - 02/03/1909 – Age 24 - Black Park Collier. Black Park Colliery Co., Denbigh. When engaged boring a hole in the coal, a piece of roof fell upon him, causing fatal injuries.

BUTTERFIELD Charles - 1903 - 27/04/1903 – Age 29 - Hickleton Main Collier. Hickleton Main Colliery Co. Ltd., Yorkshire. Died 5th June. Ruptured himself while lifting a tub on to the rails.

BUTTERFIELD John - 1907 - 13/05/1907 – Age 69 - Stanley Drift Back overman. Pease and Partners, Co.Durham. He was riding outbye on a jack tram when the in-going set ran into and killed him.

BUTTERWOOD Charles - 1905 - 06/11/1905 – Age 58 - Monk Bretton Night banksman. Monk Bretton Colliery Co. Ltd., Yorkshire. One of the cages came to the pity head level, with a tram in the top deck a tub in the middle and another tram in the bottom deck; he took the tub out of the middle deck and then signalled for the cage to be raised so that the low deck was level with the flat sheets, he got into it, contrary to the special rules and the cage was then lowered to the low landing or 24 feet below in order that the trams might be taken out of the cage there. He had not got sufficiently far into the cage and was caught between the cage and the baulk carrying the fallers and fatally injured. He should have gone down some steps to the lower level.

BUXTON Abel - 1909 - 26/11/1909 – Age 16 - Linby Horse driver. Linby Colliery Co. Ltd., Derbyshire. Deceased was riding, contrary to rule, on the top of a partially filled tub of dirt when a fall of roof killed him. Probably the tub struck one of the legs supporting a bar.

BUXTON Isaac - 1905 - 18/01/1905 – Age 64 - Endcliffe Gritstone Quarry Labourer. John Hall and Son, Derbyshire. He fell from a pathway up the mine heap while taking an empty wheel barrow. Deceased and the barrow fell over the embankment a distance of 12 feet, he died the next day.

BUXTON Richard Rhodes - 1900 - 15/08/1900 – Age 47 - Walton Deputy. James Pearson, Derbyshire. Fall of roof. Deceased was in charge of this small mine and was working with his two sons in cleaning out an old road, to liberate some water. Several bars had been set but a fall of roof occurred pushing the timber out and killing the deceased.

BUXTON T. - 1903 - 29/04/1903 – Age 29 - Thrybergh Hall Collier. J and J Charlesworth, Yorkshire. Fall of roof in pillar workings. Twenty props were displaced. Cause heavy bump.

BUXTON Thomas - 1907 - 19/09/1907 – Age 28 - Silverwood Ripper. Dalton Main Collieries Ltd., Yorkshire. A shot-firer fired a back ripping shot, charged with ammonite, on a level and the deceased was afterwards found under the stone displaced by it. He had been warned that the shot was about to be fired and not to go along the level.

BWAN John - 1900 - 14/06/1900 – Age 33 - Gueret’s Graigola Haulier. L Gueret, Glamorgan. While attempting to sprag a journey of three trams he fell under the front tram.

BYRNE John - 1908 - 15/07/1908 – Age 14 - Mainsforth Helper up. Carlton Iron Co. Ltd., Co.Durham. It is not quite evident what occurred in this case. He was either walking outbye, in front of the pony, and fell (down and was run over, or he was crouching by the side of the road to allow the pony and tub pass him, and was there caught and carried along by the tub.

BYRNE Joseph - 1906 - 04/01/1906 – Age 26 - Cwmbran Haulier. Guest Keen and Nettlefolds Ltd., Monmouth. He was riding on the first of two empty trams in consequence of the tram leaving the rails, he was thrown off and fatally injured.

BYTHEWAY Edward - 1900 - 09/12/1900 – Age 25 - Hamstead Loader. Hamstead Colliery Co. Ltd., Staffordshire. Explosion of firedamp. Died 16th Dec.

BYWATER J.H. - 1902 - 20/09/1902 – Age 14 - St. John’s Main Screen boy. Locke and Co. (Newland) Ltd., Yorkshire. Out of curiosity it is supposed he mounted a ladder to a stage used for standing upon for oiling purposes. He was caught by the gearing of the screen bars and killed.