GRATION John - 1900 - 12/05/1900 – Age 67 - Railway Ripley Furnaceman, Butterley Co., Derbyshire. Deceased was alone in the cage, ascending the shaft, when he fell out and was killed.

GRATTON George - 1908 - 11/04/1908 – Age 29 - Coppice Sinker, Shipley Colliery Co. Ltd., Derbyshire. The winding shaft was being deepened and after the shots had been fired deceased returned, and in crossing the shaft he fell down it. He partly stepped on to a plank loosened by the shots and fell a distance of 17 yards.

GRAVEN Thomas - 1907 - 21/11/1907 – Age 18 - Craghead, George Driver, Thomas Hedley and Bros., Co.Durham. He was driving a set of four tubs inbye, when a huge pieces of stone came down, discharging three baulks. He was pinned inside the first tub. It is probable that the first tub got off the way and knocked out a prop.

GRAVENOR Richard - 1901 - 07/10/1901 – Age 31 - Abergorci No.1 Asst. hitcher, Burnyeat Brown and Co. Ltd., Glamorgan. Struck by a lump of coal from ascending cage while attempting to remove another lump from the shaft bottom.

GRAVES Joseph - 1904 - 05/07/1904 – Age 43 - Allhallows Shiftman, Allerdale Coal Co. Ltd., Cumberland. Died December 8th. While deceased and another shiftman, the overman, also being present were making a place for a small haulage and pumping plant the side of the main haulage road, in the Yard Band, a stone about 2 feet square and 6 inches thick fell from the roof and rebounding from a chock struck his knee. He never worked afterwards. The doctors who attended him found no external wound but the knee joint was seriously injured, and on Nov. 25th he was operated on and some pieces of broken bone removed. He did not do well after the operation and eventually died from septic pneumonia the result of the operation rendered necessary by the accident.

GRAVES or GREAVES Richard - 1901 - 08/06/1901 – Age 49 – Wearmouth B Waggon rider, Monkwearmouth Coal Co. Ltd., Co.Durham. Deceased was riding on the front waggons of a set which got off the rails and he fell under the wheels.

GRAY Andrew - 1908 - 25/06/1908 – Age 28 - Gartshore No.2 Miner, William Baird and Co. Ltd., Dumbarton. He opened his safety lamp, with a split nail, and was relighting it with a match when he ignited gas.

GRAY Burdis - 1903 - 10/09/1903 – Age 43 - Hamsterley Hewer, Hamsterley Colliery Ltd., Co.Durham. A piece of roof stone weighing about half a ton fell out between two backs and killed him.

GRAY Edward - 1908 - 09/07/1908 – Age 35 - Lowfield, Iron Ore Steeplejack, Harrison Ainsle and Co. Ltd., Lancashire. While suspended on a cradle, 60 feet above the ground, the rope broke.

GRAY Fred - 1907 - 06/09/1907 – Age 16 - Newmarket Pony driver, J and J Charlesworth, Yorkshire. He, by some means was caught and killed by the first of a set of nine full tubs. No one saw the accident happen. The road was a good one and quite clean and the pony was standing quietly.

GRAY George - 1906 - 21/05/1906 – Age 19 – Murton, Staple brake lad, South Hetton Coal Co. Ltd., Co.Durham. He was struck by the brake-lever due to a loosening of a segment of the brake cleading and killed instantly.

GRAY Henry – 1905 – 06/12/1905 – Age 27 – Shelton No.1 Timberer, Shelton Iron Steel and Coal Co. Ltd., Staffordshire. Fall of roof (bass) where road was being ripped in Cockshead seam.

GRAY Hugh – 1907 – 12/02/1907 – Age 55 – Gilfach Collier, Glamorgan Coal Co. Ltd., Glamorgan. Deceased and his butty were walking out along the level to go home, and when about 900 yards from the mouth the journey started to follow them. Deceased’s butty got into a manhole, but deceased would not and continued to walk out. After the journey had passed out his dead body was found lying in the gutter, he having been knocked down.

GRAY James – 1901 – 24/05/1901 – Age 48 – Kelty Brusher, Fife Coal Co. Ltd., Fife. Deceased and fifteen workmen being raised to the surface, after the day's work was done and by some unexplained cause he fell off the cage. The space between the end of the shaft and the cage was insufficient to allow him to fall into the shaft and he was dragged up to a ring and forced into its space and when the cage passed he dropped to the bottom a distance of 134 fathoms.

GRAY James – 1903 – 06/01/1903 – Age 58 – Norton Hill Shotfirer, Norton Hill Colliery Co., Somerset. Deceased was firing two shots in a heading and after applying a light to the fuse, stated that one would misfire as it had not been lighted properly, on hearing one go off he immediately returned and had just arrived at the place when the second exploded.

GRAY James – 1905 – 03/08/1905 – Age 51 – Waterloo Main Collier, Brooks and Pickup, Yorkshire. When working at the face on 28th Oct. 1904. A piece of stone fell and slightly injured his head. He was a delicate man and died from inflammation of the kidneys, death according to the medical evidence was accelerated by the injury.

GRAY James Robert - 1904 - 19/04/1904 – Age 16 Bedlington Incline attendant. Bedlington Coal Co. Ltd., Northumberland. At a landing between two self-acting inclines there were two sets of rails on the incline below the landing there were three rails to meetings. A chock at the outbye end of the landing between the pairs of rails could be placed in position across either the full or empty way, and was only used on the full way when sets of tubs drawn by horses came into the landing from a side road but was used on the empty side after each empty set arrived. A few yards down the incline was a runaway switch, which crossed the centre rail and this switch was placed in position after each set was run, and had to be set clear before the next was run, the lad waiting until the empty set came up to do this and adjust the chock. A set from the incline above was ready to run and was standing dragged. Deceased told another boy to take the drags out and attend to the brake lever while he went to free the switch. Deceased called to set away, and when the full tubs had run a few yards past the switch they stopped, and deceased was found under the leading tubs badly crushed. It was supposed he had forgotten to move the switch until the tubs began to run. One of the Local Inspectors gave evidence at the inquest and attributed no blame to anyone.

GRAY John William – 1905 – 13/07/1905 – Age 26 – Deaf Hill Waggonwayman, Trimdon Coal Co. Ltd., Co.Durham. Caught by empty set when taking wood way on 25th January, died 15th July, 1905.

GRAY Robert – 1906 – 18/07/1906 – Age 47 – Sherburn Hill Deputy, Lambton Collieries, Ltd., Co.Durham. He broke a rib whilst at work and died on September 22nd. He was consumptive, but the accident accelerated his death.

GRAY Thomas – 1907 – 24/07/1907 – Age 55 – Broomhill Hewer, Broomhill Collieries Ltd., Northumberland. Died 11 Aug. While drilling a shot hole in a coal seam, deceased knocked this skin off the knuckle of the forefinger of his left hand. He finished his shift and worked this next day, July 25, after which he worked no more. This wound became inflamed and he saw a doctor on July 26 and was under his care until he died of blood-poisoning or septic pneumonia on August 11. An inquest was held and this Jury returned a verdict of accidental death from blood-poisoning, this result of injury to finger while at work.

GRAY William * – 1909 – Throckley, Throckley Coal Co. Ltd., Northumberland.

GRAY William – 1902 – 29/07/1902 – Age 21 – Darran Timberman, Darran Colliery Co. Ltd., Glamorgan. Explosion of firedamp.

GRAY William – 1904 – 28/08/1904 – Age 29 – Melgund Repairer, Lochgelly Iron and Coal Co. Ltd., Fife. Underground fire.

GRAY William – 1905 – 04/01/1905 – Age 31 – Cwm Haulier, Crawshay Bros. Cyfartha Ltd., Glamorgan. On road, cliff, 6 feet by 18 inches by 12 inches thick fell on deceased while he was sitting down waiting for a tram to be filled. It was part of the ‘rippings,’ and half its width had rested on a cog and a prop. A shot had been fired in the rippings near the spot on the previous night, and had probably loosened the stone. He died on the 24th as the result of a fractured spine. Gellideg seam.

GREABES W – 1900 – 10/04/1900 – Age 19 – Bansley Main Hurrier, Bansley Main Coal Co., Yorkshire. Fall of roof.

GREARSON Frank – 1908 – 04/01/1908 – Age 38 – Ely Hitcher, Naval Colliery Co. (1897) Ltd., Glamorgan. Deceased and other hitchers were cleaning the pit sump, through an arched cross measure drift, served by a small crab engine. One hitcher drove the crab, two others filled the trams and deceased acted as rider. When riding up on the rope in front of a full train, he was squeezed between the top of the tram and either a low collar 4 feet 6 inches above the rail or a low piece of arch where the height was 3 feet 6 inches over one rail, and 4 feet 0.5 inches over the other. Riding on such a road was most improper, and should have been definitely prohibited. He died in four days.

GREAVES Arthur – 1902 – 09/09/1902 – Age 41 – Swadlincote Loader, Halls Collieries Co., Derbyshire. Fall of roof. He was proceeding to his work along the main roadway when a fall of roof occurred and killed him.

GREAVES George – 1901 – 16/05/1901 – Age 60 – Sandscale, Iron Ore Miner, Kennedy Bros. Ltd., Lancashire. Inspection made and inquest attended. Deceased and two other men were timbering an old drift making it about 6 feet high by 8 feet wide. They were putting in a fork under one end of a headtree when the side gave way and Greaves was buried. The place was apparently being carefully worked but the roof and sides consisted of dry gravely ore which once let loose soon filled the place. An official inspection had been made during the shift.

GREAVES or GRAVES Richard – 1901 – 08/06/1901 – Age 49 – Wearmouth B Waggon rider, Monkwearmouth Coal Co. Ltd., Co.Durham. Deceased was riding on the front waggons of a set which got off the rails and he fell under the wheels.

GREAVES Paul – 1908 – 19/05/1908 – Age 47 – Norwood Shotfirer, Sheepbridge Coal and Iron Co. Ltd., Derbyshire. Fall of coal. Deceased was about to fire a shot and before doing so he attempted to take out some of the holing sprags when the coal came away and fell upon him.

GREDE Arthur – 1902 – 10/01/1902 – Age 23 – Woolley Driver, Fountain and Burnley Ltd., Yorkshire. Killed by fall of roof in a road. Cause a slip.

GREEHOW Thomas – 1904 – 16/08/1904 – Age 23 – Lords (metalliferous) Labourer, Elterwater Green Slate Co. Ltd., Co.Durham. A mass of rock fell from a back or slip on to these men, who were working below. Greenhow was killed on the spot. Hewitson sustained a serious cut on the leg and died on the 19th. A third man got a broken rib and flesh wound. 2 killed.

GREEN Arthur – 1909 – 26/02/1909 – Age 19 – Craig yr Sg, Sandstone Quarry Labourer, Mackay and Davies, Glamorgan. It was supposed the deceased was struck on the head by a small stone, which had probably been loosened by the thaw. No one saw the accident or heard the stone fall. His skull was fractured. He died on 13th March.

GREEN C. – 1903 – 12/03/1903 – Age 17 – Woolley Driver, Fountain and Burnley, Yorkshire. Fall of roof in a roadway along which he was driving. Cause smooth parting.

GREEN Edward or Edwin – 1903 – 29/10/1903 – Age 60 – Varteg Hill Mason, John Vipond and Co. Ltd., Monmouth. A heavy fall of roof occurred from slants in the roof of a roadway where it was 17 feet high and where arching was being put in. The place was apparently well timbered with double timbers and stringers against the sides. The fall occurred without warning and carried the timber away. It was a mercy there were not half a dozen men killed as would have been the case had it occurred five or ten minutes sooner.

GREEN F. – 1901 – 12/04/1901 – Age 36 – Hoyland Silkstone Collier, Hoyland Silkstone Colliery Co., Yorkshire. Run over by tubs on engine plane.

GREEN Francis – 1905 – 26/12/1905 – Age 60 – Calderbank No.1 Miner, United Collieries Ltd., Lanarkshire. While stepping into the cage, to ascend, he was struck on the head by a piece of coal which fell from a hutch being taken off the cage at the surface.

GREEN Fred – 1909 – 10/11/1909 – Age 14 – Grassmoor No.4 Horse driver, Grassmoor Co. Ltd., Derbyshire. He was taking four full tubs up a gradient of 1 in 27 when the proper load was two tubs. The horse stopped when he had gone 20 yards and deceased uncoupled the last tub to take it back to the starting point. He tried to control it, by getting in front, when it overpowered and killed him. Breach of Special Rule No. 79.

GREEN Frederick – 1906 – 15/10/1906 – Age 20 – Trimdon Grange Shifter, Walter Scott Ltd., Co.Durham. He hurt his neck when pushing a tub up an inclined road. He died October 24th from haemorrhage of the brain which was due to the strain to his neck.

GREEN G.J. – 1903 – 19/02/1903 – Age 20 – Allerton Bywater Shunter, New Silkstone and Haigh Moor Coal Co. Ltd., Yorkshire. Killed by wagons during shunting operations. No one saw the accident but it is surmised he had been riding on his coupling pole.

GREEN George – 1905 – 10/11/1905 – Age 15 – Barnsley Main Pony driver, Barnsley Main Colliery Co. Ltd., Yorkshire. When taking a full tub along a road and walking between the tub and pumps a piece of stone burst from the road owing to sudden weight, and killed him.

GREEN George – 1907 – 05/10/1907 – Age 58 – Hazard Stoneman, North Hetton Coal Co. Ltd., Co.Durham. Thrown down and killed by a rush of debris from an old pit.

GREEN H. – 1902 – 20/11/1902 – Age 18 – North Gawber Trammer, Fountain and Burnley Ltd., Yorkshire. Died 23rd November. Strained himself whilst lifting a tub and afterwards slightly bruised by a fall. He was very delicate and pneumonia supervened and he died.

GREEN Henry – 1909 – 05/08/1909 – Age 61 – Princess Collier, Richard Evans and Co., Haydock, Lancashire. When engaged working at the face a fall of roof occurred from some slips, fatally injuring deceased.

GREEN James – 1900 – 05/11/1900 – Age 54 – Harraton Hewer, Lambton Collieries Ltd., Co.Durham. He was very slightly injured on the third finger of his right hand by a small piece of stone falling and cutting it. He worked for nine days afterwards but blood poisoning set in and caused his death on the 24th.

GREEN James – 1904 – 10/09/1904 – Age 42 – Rosedale Deputy, Carlton Iron Co. Ltd., Co.Durham. Alleged to have died from a strain when lifting a tub on the way but the jury at the inquest returned a verdict of death from natural causes.

GREEN James – 1904 – 12/04/1904 – Age 38 – Snydale Miner, Henry Brigg Sons and Co. Ltd., Yorkshire. Filling coal at the face when a piece of rock suddenly fell from the roof which killed him on the spot. The cause of the accident was a break, but no danger was seen before the stone fell.

GREEN John – 1900 – 14/09/1900 – Age 50 – Silverdale No.6 Collier., Butterley Co. Ltd., Staffordshire. Fall of roof at longwall face in 7 feet Banbury Seam. He was pulling down bass, over coal and the bass, in falling, caused his pick shaft to strike his abdomen rupturing his bowels. Died 16th September.

GREEN John – 1902 – 01/12/1902 – Age 41 – Towneley Collier, Brooks and Pickup, Lancashire. Fall of roof in working place, near face. Stone, 9 feet long and 4 feet wide. The props were 6 feet 6 inches from the face and 10 feet the other way. Had the timbering rule been observed, to set props 5 feet 6 inches from the face, the roof which fell would have been supported. The fireman failed to properly examine the place and to enforce the timbering rule. (Good roof.)

GREEN John – 1902 – 22/05/1902 – Age 27 – East Parkhead Miner, Wilsons and Clyde Coal Co. Ltd., Lanarkshire. Fall of coal beneath which he was working without having sprags set.

GREEN John – 1906 – 30/04/1906 – Age 62 – Acton Hall Collier, Acton Hall Colliery Co., Yorkshire. The deceased was drawing back timber from the goaf and when striking a blow with a hammer against a prop a large stone fell from between some breakers and killed him instantly. The dog and chain was not used and it is probable if it had been this accident would not have occurred, it was 30 yards away from the place at the time.

GREEN John – 1908 – 22/01/1908 – Age 40 – Allerton Bywater Collier, New Silkstone and Haigh Moor Coal Co. Ltd., Yorkshire. They were bannocking the dirt off the top of the seam, in a longwall face, when a fall of roof took place killing Green on the spot and so seriously injuring Taylor that he died in about half an hour after being treated. The fall was caused by a slip which could not be seen before the accident. 2 killed.

GREEN John Henry – 1906 – 30/08/1906 – Age 48 – Roundwood Collier, Dalton Collieries Ltd., Yorkshire. While preparing to set a prop a ‘pot hole’ fell out of the roof and killed him. He should have set the prop sooner as he had worked the coal away too far from the timber which was already set.

GREEN Joseph – 1909 – 01/10/1909 – Age 28 – Crawford No.2 Collier, Wigan Coal and Iron Co. Ltd., Wigan, Lancashire. When engaged holing the coal, a large stone fell upon the deceased from between two slips in the roof, capping two props.

GREEN Philip – 1909 – 31/03/1909 – Age 41 – Cwmcynon Haulier, Nixons Navigation Co. Ltd., Glamorgan. Deceased was watching a journey of 16 trams of coal being lowered down a road, of varying gradients, towards the pit by a tail rope, when a small D link, connecting the rope cap with the bull chain, broke and the latter, swinging round, struck him in the groin. The breakage was due to the sudden strain caused by the rope dropping over the cheek of the drum on to the shaft. The driver was undoubtedly giving slack with his engine and gave too much. His pelvis was fractured and he died on April 28th.

GREEN Ralph – 1906 – 10/01/1906 – Age 32 – Smithy Wood Collier, Newton Chambers and Co. Ltd., Yorkshire. He was engaged clearing falls of roof and side and making a level safe for the purpose of winning the coal pillars by which the level had been supported when a large stone fell from the roof and side and seriously crushed him in about his hips. Died on the 25th.

GREEN Robert * 1901 – Backworth – Owners of Backworth Collieries, Northumberland.

GREEN Robert – 1908 – 10/09/1908 – Age 40 – Moss No.4 Collier, Pearson and Knowles Coal and Iron Co., Wigan, Lancashire. When engaged at the longwall face, a fall of ley roof occurred upon him, from some slips, capping two props.

GREEN Robert – 1908 – 11/09/1908 – Age 57 – Kiveton Park Stallman, Kiveton Park Coal Co. Ltd., Yorkshire. Found under a fall of roof in the goaf. It is probable he was drawing back timber when he was caught.

GREEN Thomas – 1900 – 20/03/1900 – Age 49 – Pilsley No.3 Stallman, Pilsley Coal Co., Derbyshire. Fall of coal. Deceased was killed by a piece of overhanging coal which had been left by a shot and which deceased was trying to get down by undercutting it when it fell.

GREEN Thomas – 1902 – 31/10/1902 – Age 33 – Tyldesley Waggon lowerer, Astley and Tyldesley Collieries Ltd., Lancashire. Lowering four empty waggons, he had put the brake down on first waggon as they were going too fast, he wanted to get another brake down and was running round before the first waggon because the brake of the second waggon was on the other side, he stumbled and the first waggon wheel caught him.

GREEN Tom – 1909 – 29/07/1909 – Age 16 – Grassmoor No.4 Horse driver, Grassmoor Co. Ltd., Derbyshire. He was bringing two full tubs out to the pass-bye, when by some means he got under the first tub and was killed. He was allowed to ride.

GREEN Walter – 1907 – 29/07/1907 – Age 25 – Cradley Park Loader, Joseph King and Co., Worcester. Deceased was a wagoner and cager at a mid-inset at the Brooch Seam, 33 yards above the pit bottom. He had gone through the fence gate, and for some purpose had removed a length of rail close to the shaft and while doing this he must have allowed the end to project into the shaft when it was struck by the descending cage and he and the rail were knocked into the shaft, falling to the bottom.

GREEN William - 1900 - 15/05/1900 – Age 36 - Denby Stallman, W Drury Lowe, Derbyshire. Fall of roof. Deceased appears to have been preparing to set a prop, for supporting the roof, when the roof fell and killed him.

GREEN William - 1900 - 22/06/1900 – Age 66 - Houghton Wasteman, Lambton Collieries Ltd., Co.Durham. Fell down a staple from the Five-Quarter to the Main Coal Seam, a distance of 70 feet, and was killed.

GREEN William - 1901 - 11/04/1901 – Age 51 - International Hitcher, International Coal Co. Ltd., Glamorgan. Struck on the head by a brick falling from the two feet nine seam landing.

GREEN William - 1903 - 17/03/1903 – Age 47 - Park Hall, Weston Coyney Timberer, Park Hall Collieries Ltd., Staffordshire. Fall of roof (bass) while repairing in the Holly Lane seam. A very small piece bass fell on his hand and knocked some skin off. He did not report the accident and worked for few days after. An ulcer formed on his hand which was not attended to and on the 9th July he applied to the manager for a recommendation to the hospital. This was the first intimation the colliery officials received that he had been injured. He died in the hospital of acute meningitis on the 19th July.

GREEN William - 1905 - 23/09/1905 – Age 38 - Leyland Green Dataller, Winstanley Collieries Co., Ashton-in-Makerfield, Lancashire. Inspection made and inquest attended. He was engaged drawing out props in the waste and was using a hammer although he had a gablock with him and the roof fell upon him when judging which to draw next.

GREEN William - 1906 - 12/11/1906 – Age 62 - Knutton Manor Miner, Knutton Manor Mining Co., Staffordshire. Deceased was wedging some bottom stone down in the Red Mine when a portion of tope supported on a sprag came away, reeling the sprag and falling on deceased’s knees before he could move back out of the way. He died six day afterwards.

GREEN William - 1909 - 16/02/1909 – Age 34 - West Stanley, Owners of West Stanley Colliery, Co.Durham. Explosion of gas. 168 killed. 16 Ramsey Street, Stanley.

GREEN William Amos - 1903 - 30/04/1903 – Age 32 - Blindell’s Black Vein Collier, Blindell and Wakeford, Monmouth. When pumping the gob up, in his working place, some coal fell and crushed him. It was a case of carelessness and inefficient supervision. Sprags which ought to have been used were not set.

GREENALL Levi - 1909 - 06/12/1909 – Age 30 - Eccleston Hall Dataller, Lathom Bros., St. Helens, Lancashire. They had been unloading long bars in a mouthing and had signalled the cage away, and the next time the cage descended, it struck the bars, which tilted up, fatally injuring the two deceased persons, owing to the bars having been left too near the pit shaft. 2 killed.

GREENER John - 1904 - 18/02/1904 – Age 60 - Seaton Delaval Deputy, Seaton Delaval Coal Co. Ltd., Northumberland. Died March 4th. There was some evidence that deceased's left eye had been struck by a chip of wood in the pit on February 18 also that the eye had been injured some years ago at an adjacent colliery by a shot exploding on him. He did not work after February 18 owing to pain in his eye and after consulting an eye specialist in Newcastle it was decided to remove it. Chloroform was administered on March 4 and he died under it from heart failure. An inquest was held but no notice was given to me and so far as I could gather evidence was practically limited to what took place at the operation. Compensation was refused but on a trial in the County Court it was awarded.

GREENHALGH Fred - 1904 - 30/11/1904 – Age 21 - School Drawer, Hulton Colliery Co. Ltd., Lancashire. Crushed by tub which got out of control from another drawer; he was taking out a full tub when the runaway tub caught him behind.

GREENHALGH John Thomas - 1905 - 21/11/1905 – Age 56 - Ryhope Hewer, Ryhope Coal Co. Ltd., Co.Durham. Caught by empty set and crushed against the roadside when going out-bye. The set was at rest but started just as he was passing a brick pillar.

GREENHALGH Mathias - 1902 - 11/01/1902 – Age 19 - Parr No.2 Drawer, Richard Evans and Co., St. Helens, Lancashire. Inspection made. He was taking empty tub off the motion landing when a chain broke attached to endless rope just above where he was, and two full tubs ran back crushing deceased. He succumbed to the injuries received on the 13th.

GREENHALGH William - 1907 - 19/03/1907 – Age 56 - Wet Earth Dataller, Clifton and Kersley Coal Co. Ltd., Lancashire. Fall in working place whilst drawing props by Sylvester, he had drawn five props whilst the Sylvester was attached to the same prop, in drawing the next prop the attached prop gave way allowing roof coal above to fall. Died 21st March. (Roof bad.)

GREENHALL George - 1901 - 31/01/1901 – Age 57 - Sherdley Daywageman, Whitecross Co., St. Helens, Lancashire. Inspection made and inquest attended. He was bringing a tub of dirt to send down the brow and when trying to turn it on the level turning plate he apparently, being on the low side of the tub, got him and forced him downbrow, in front and eventually crushed him at the bottom. He succumbed to the injuries Feb. 3rd.

GREENHAUGH John * 1905 - 22/11/1905 – Ryhope, Ryhope Coal Co. Ltd., Co.Durham.

GREENHORN James - 1905 - 03/03/1905 – Age 49 - Rosehall No7 Reddsman, R Addie and Sons Collieries Ltd., Lanarkshire. Explosion of Saxonite in some unknown way. He was firing a shot contrary to the Explosives in Coal Mines Order.

GREENHOUGH Thomas - 1902 - 09/05/1902 – Age 35 - Farnley Undermanager, Farnley Iron Co. Ltd., Yorkshire. He had just inspected a working place and was sitting talking to the collier when a fall displaced two props and killed him. Cause, a fault and slips.

GREENLEE John - 1905 - 07/03/1905 – Age 40 - Holytown No.12 Road repairer, James Nimmo and Co. Ltd., Lanarkshire. While working at the pit bottom he and the overman stepped into the cage seat after the latter told another man to signal down the cage. The cage in response to the signal was lowered and both of them were crushed by it.

GREENOUGH Elizabeth - 1906 - 27/03/1906 – Age 19 - Old Boston Screenhand, Richard Evans and Co., Haydock, Lancashire. Inspection made and inquest attended. While engaged at the screens, her skirt came in contact with the end of a revolving shaft, the clutch of which was under repair and part of the fence down. She succumbed to the injuries received, 30th March 1906. Female.

GREENSMITH Thomas - 1904 - 22/08/1904 – Age 43 - Smithy Wood Collier, Newton and Chambers Ltd., Yorkshire. On the 5th inst., when handling coal he cut his hand. Blood-poisoning supervened, from which he died.

GREENWELL Edward - 1906 - 17/12/1906 – Age 38 - Urpeth Deputy, Charles Perkins and Partners, Co.Durham. Explosion of firedamp. 4 killed.

GREENWELL Thomas - 1906 - 13/01/1906 – Age 14 - Peareth, Sandstone Quarry Horse driver, Northern Stone Firms Ltd., Co.Durham. A tramway from the Quarry extends about 300 yards to a refuse tip. Deceased’s father had contracted with the Quarry Company to provide a horse and driver on this tramway and had sent his son. There is first a slight decline from the Quarry then a slight ascent, and then a decline to the tip. At the crown a man from the tip met the wagon, which was an end tip contractor’s wagon, inserted a sprag and took it to the tip. A large stone, weighing from 2 to 3 tons, with greasy surfaces, had been loaded on to the wagon, and deceased took it away with the horse, and the man from the tip met it at the crown and inserted a sprag in one of the hind wheels and deceased was uncoupling the horse’s chain from the wagon when the stone appears to have moved forward, tipped up the body of the wagon, broken off the door and fallen on to the tramway, pinning deceased below it. He was released in a few minutes, but died an hour afterwards.

GREENWELL William jur. - 1908 - 25/02/1908 – Age 15 - Springwell Driver, John Bowes and Partners Ltd., Co.Durham. Probably fell before his set of tubs while attempting to get on the limbers.

GREENWilliam - 1909 - 16/02/1909 – Age 34 - West Stanley, Owners of West Stanley Colliery, Co.Durham. Explosion of gas. 168 killed. 16 Ramsey Street, Stanley.

GREENWOOD D. - 1908 - 06/11/1908 – Age 27 - Green Lane, Sandstone Quarry Labourer, Green Lane Quarry Co., Yorkshire. A stone dresser, who was working at the top of the Quarry, carelessly threw a piece of waste stone from him. It fell into the Quarry, struck Greenwood on the head and killed him.

GREENWOOD Henry - 1906 - 14/06/1906 – Age 23 - Woodpark Drawer, Chamber Colliery Co. Ltd., Lancashire. In his working place, from between a fault and a pronounced slip, both of which had been seen, fall of roof displacing two bars and a broken one. The broken bar had been lined on the outbye side, leaving the roof to thrust out the broken one. Had the lining bar been placed on the inbye side it would have had hold of the broken roof and secured the covering timber on the broken bar. (Bad roof.)

GREENWOOD John - 1903 - 19/01/1903 – Age 43 - Wingate Grange Hewer, Owners of Wingate Grange Colliery, Co.Durham. Killed by fall of stone from the roof at the loose end of the broken jud.

GREENWOOD Joseph - 1909 - 05/04/1909 – Age 63 - Strafford Silkstone Dataller, Strafford Silkstone Collieries Ltd., Yorkshire. Greenwood was repairing an incline when four empty tubs became detached from a train and ran down the incline. They caught Greenwood before he could get into a refuge hole and he was fatally injured.

GREER Walter - 1902 - 06/06/1902 – Age 35 - Swinhill No.6 Miner, Darngavil Coal Co. Ltd., Lanarkshire. Fall of roof at working face where a coal cutting machine was used.

GREGG William - 1909 - 11/05/1909 – Age 33 - Pendleton Taker off, A Knowles and Sons Ltd., Lancashire. Head crushed between tub and roof; riding where prohibited.

GREGORY Findley - 1905 - 21/01/1905 – Age 40 - Swanwick Corporal CRP, Morewood, Derbyshire. Deceased was struck by the chain attached to a train of loaded tubs which had run away down a self-acting incline. Died 12th Feb.

GREGORY George - 1902 - 07/06/1902 – Age 42 - Thrybergh Hall Dataller, J and J Charlesworth Ltd., Yorkshire. Died 19th June. Fall of a small piece of stone from the side of a road he was repairing.

GREGORY J.H. - 1903 - 26/11/1903 – Age 45 - Fitzwilliam, Hemsworth Collier, New Hemsworth Collieries Ltd., Yorkshire. He was drawing timber from the goaf and was killed by a fall of roof. No one saw the accident, evidently he had used a hammer instead of the proper timber drawing appliances and had neglected to set a safety prop.

GREGORY Thomas – 1902 – 24/07/1902 – Age 34 – Park Hall, Weston Coney Collier, Park Hall Collieries Ltd., Staffordshire. Fall of roof from between two joints while he was building a pack wall at working face in hard mines.

GREGORY Thomas B. – 1908 – 18/05/1908 – Age 55 – Point of Ayrshire Undermanager, Point of Ayrshire Collieries Co., Flintshire. When walking down a brow he got fatally crushed by a set of empty tubs, some of which were found to have left the rails.

GREGORY W. O. – 1906 – 11/06/1906 – Wynnstay, Wynnstay Collieries Co., Denbigh. Inspection made and inquest attended. While his partner was using his pick and striking at the face, a small piece of coal fell when his pick accidentally slipped out of his hands and struck the deceased just above his breast bone, he expired about ten minutes afterwards.

GREGORY William – 1901 – 11/10/1901 – Age 54 – Priestners Dataller, Wigan Coal and Iron Co Ltd., Lancashire. Fall of roof in engine brow while repairing. Reckless disregard of instructions given by fireman and suggestions given by his companions. (Bad roof).

GREGORY William – 1905 – 07/07/1905 – Age 41 – Groesfaen Sinker, Rhymney Iron Co. Ltd., Glamorgan. Deceased was attending to other sinkers, who were walling the shaft, when a bowk filled with bricks was lowered rapidly and crashed through the stage upon which they were standing. Deceased fell through the hole, so made, into 12 feet of water, which had accumulated in the bottom. He was in all probability struck on the head and stunned by the bowk, or he would have escaped, as he was a good swimmer. The engineman said that he had failed to pull over the reversing lever and was therefore unable to stop his engine.

GREGORY William - 1909 - 12/01/1909 – Age 23 - Bank Hall Jenny tenter, John Hargreaves Ltd., Lancashire. Caught behind by full tubs thrust through beneath jenny wheel, tubs accumulated to another jenny.

GREGSON Peter - 1906 - 09/07/1906 – Age 52 - South Kirkby Collier, South Kirkby Coal Co. Ltd., Yorkshire. He was attempting to get a piece of coal which was holed 1 foot 6 inches under, and had been standing on a sprag for about a week, down with a bar, and when it fell some which had not been holed also fell and fatally injured him. When pulling at the bar he had his back to the coal; if he had had his face and been watching the coal, he could have, in all probability, got out of the way before it fell.

GREGSON W. - 1900 - 09/05/1900 – Age 50 - Gath Lane Sandstone Quarry Quarryman, ES Vint and Co., Yorkshire. When lifting a small piece of stone he slipped and fell from a ledge. Died 10 May.

GREIFFENBERGH Franz - 1903 - 26/10/1903 – Age 36 - Islip Miner, Islip Iron Co., Northampton. Fall of roof. Deceased was preparing to set a bar, close up to the end of a heading, when a portion of the roof fell and killed him. No centre prop had been set to keep the roof good until the bar had been set, and the heading was 7 feet wide. Deceased was an Austrian subject.

GRENVILLE Thomas * - 1903 - 01/05/1903 – Castletown, Co.Durham.

GRENVILLE Thomas * - 1903 - 28/04/03 – Age 14 - Wearmouth Coal Co. Ltd., Co.Durham.

GREY John - 1900 - 02/06/1900 – Age 17 - Cameron Drawer, Bowman and Co., Fife. While passing along the coal face a mass of coal, which was holed and ranced, broke over the rances and killed him.

GREY John - 1904 - 04/01/1904 – Age 68 - Garnoch No.1 Gatekeeper, Glasbrook Bros. Ltd., Glamorgan. After opening the gate, for a locomotive and train to pass, he attempted to cross in front to hand some stores to the driver and was knocked down and run over. Died 1st February.

GREY Joseph * - 1907 – Walker, Walker Coal Co. Ltd., Northumberland.

GREY Samuel – 1906 – 09/04/1906 – Age 47 – Ty Trist No.1 Collier, Tredgar Iron and Coal Co. Ltd., Monmouth. After knocking out a sprag from underneath the top coal, he failed to get clear, and was caught between the coal and a post. The use of a gablock and chain would have saved his life.

GREY Thomas * – 1907 – Broomhill, Broomhill Collieries Ltd., Northumberland.

GREY William – 1900 – 08/06/1900 – Age 50 – Glenesk Joiner, Melville Coal Co. Ltd., Edinburgh. While deceased and others were working in a sinking shaft, a plank on which they stood broke and they fell on to a scaffold below.

GRIBB or GRUBB Richard – 1904 – 13/12/1904 – Age 33 – Dysart Shaftsman, Earl of Rosslyns Collieries Ltd., Fife. Deceased and another workman were ascending the shaft on the cage cover, after doing some necessary work about a pump, when a stone fell from the side of the shaft about 20 fathoms above and striking him he was knocked off the cage and fell into the shaft at the bottom of which were 20 fathoms of water. The part of the shaft from whence stone fell was not lined.

GRIBBIN John – 1905 – 12/12/1905 – Age 55 – Whitehaven Hewer, Whitehaven Colliery Co., Cumberland. Deceased was travelling outbye, at the end of his shift on an endless rope haulage road, dipping inbye from 1 in 6 to 1 in 15, where sets usually consisting of 12 to 14 loaded tubs, with a clutch bogie in front gripping the rope underneath the tubs, and double the number of empty tubs with a bogie both before and behind, run at a speed of three miles per hour. No set rider accompanies the set. The road is not quite straight and at bends what are known as top-hat pulleys, working on a vertical axis, are placed to guide the rope. When about 1.5 miles from the shaft a set consisting of eight full tubs, a water barrel and the bogie became detached from the rope when it had travelled 500 yards and was 300 or 400 yards in advance of deceased and other men a little in front of him. These men heard it coming and at first thought it was an empty set and got on to full road but discovered their mistake in time and got into a refuge hole but deceased was caught and several tubs ran over him. The clutch bogie was found to be in good order after the accident and took the set outbye. It is probable that the rope had been running on the wrong side of one of the guiding pulleys and caused it to be drawn out of the clutch. There were refuge holes on the road as required by law.

GRIBBON Michael – 1900 – 13/09/1900 – Age 29 – Castlecary fireclay Miner, Castlecary Fireclay Co. Ltd., Dumbarton. He lit the patent squib of a gunpowder shot which appears to have gone off before he had time to escape.

GRICE John – 1908 – 03/07/1908 – Age 26 – Blackwell A Dayman, Blackwell Colliery Co., Derbyshire. Fall of roof. Deceased was wedging down the upper part of the coal seam when the roof fell and fatally injured him. A prop should have been set under the piece that fell, for a fault-slip in the roof was known to exist.

GRICE Thomas – 1901 – 16/12/1901 – Age 35 – Priors Lee, Woodhouse No.2 Getter, Lilleshall Co. Ltd., Staffordshire. Fall of coal in working face in clod coal while he was wedging coal down after removal of sprags.

GRICE William – 1906 – 19/09/1906 – Age 18 – Conduit No.3, No.9 Horse driver, Conduit Colliery Co., Staffordshire. Deceased stated that he was walking outbye, behind a loaded tub, when his horse stopped. He passed the tub to ascertain what was stopping it, when the horse suddenly moved away. Grice’s head caught on a bar and he fell in front of the tub which jammed him, fracturing his spine. He died on the following day. The managers have had considerable difficulty in preventing lads from riding on the tubs or tail chains in contravention of the Special Rules, and have repeatedly fined and prosecuted them.

GRIEVES Andrew - 1907 - 26/08/1907 – Age 53 - Woodhorn Labourer, Ashington Coal Co. Ltd., Northumberland. Deceased, whose hearing was a little defective in one ear, was employed in the timber yard at this pit and he stepped out from behind a stack of timber on to a line of rails, with a gradient of 1 in 28, up which a locomotive engine was pushing 5 waggons, 3 of which were loaded with duff, at a speed of 10 miles per hour. This driver saw him come from behind this timber, and whistled, but could not prevent the accident and deceased was knocked down and both legs were cut off. This Local Inspectors reported, ‘We are unable to give an opinion how the accident occurred.’

GRIEVESON Nicholas - 1900 - 24/08/1900 – Age 71 - Murton Wasteman, South Hetton Coal Co., Murton, Co.Durham. Alleged to have strained himself when pulling a tram with timber on it. Post mortem examination showed he died from double broncho-pneumonia and that he had not received any injury. (Not comprised)

GRIEVSON Thomas - 1904 - 30/04/1904 – Age 23 - Boldon Hewer, Harton Coal Co. Ltd., Co.Durham. Deceased was working alone in a bord in the Hutton seam 5 yards wide. When he started a pair of gears was within 3 feet of the face. When he had worked off 2 feet of coal, without setting any more timber, a ramble stone 3 or 4 inches thick and 9 feet by 5 feet broke off at the plank and relieved by a jack at the face, which passed through the seam into the roof and slips at the sides, fell upon him breaking his neck and causing, according to medical evidence given at the inquest, instantaneous death. He was found by a hewer from an adjoining place who in going outbye at the end of the shift called to deceased to join him and getting no answer went to the face. The deputy had been twice in the place and there was an ample supply of loose timber. The Local Inspectors reported ‘in our opinion it has been a pure accident.’

GRIFFIN Alexander - 1905 - 19/01/1905 – Age 19 - Dechmont No.2 Miner, Archibald Russell Ltd., Lanarkshire. Fall of roof at brushing face while holing. Apparently the propping regulations were not complied with.

GRIFFIN John - 1904 - 15/01/1904 – Age 63 - Vron, Slat, Diorite Slate maker, Vron Welsh Slate Co. A waggon, which he was unloading, turned on to him and crushed his leg.

GRIFFIN Martin - 1906 - 22/02/1906 – Age 28 - The Park No.2 Daywageman, J and R Stone, Ashton-in-Makerfield, Lancashire. Inspection made and inquest attended. A ripping shot had been fired, and deceased was clearing it, and filling it into a tub, when a stone fell from the roof upon him. The Contractor stated he had previously plucked, and examined the particular part, and thought he had made it safe. Cause, the roof had not been closely timbered. He expired March 5th, 1906.

GRIFFIN Michael - 1900 - 31/05/1900 – Age 28 - Garswood Hall No.5 Contractor, Garswood Hall Collieries Co. Ltd., Ashton-in-Makerfield, Lancashire. Inquiry made and inquest attended. They had removed the road near the face and when engaged in shifting and packing dirt, a fall of roof occurred from between two slips, running parallel with the coal face. The props were set about four feet apart. He succumbed to the injuries on the 26th instant.

GRIFFIN Thomas - 1908 - 29/10/1908 – Age 45 - Frickley Dataller, Carlton Main Colliery Co. Ltd., Yorkshire. He was engaged in building a gate side pack but went to the next place to borrow a saw and when standing at a ]unction a large stone fell from the roof and killed him. The stone was 15 feet long by 3 feet 6 inches wide by 2 feet thick and it fell from under an seen slip.

GRIFFIN William - 1902 - 08/01/1902 – Age 22 - Merthyr Vale No.1 Asst. ripper, Nixons Navigation Co. Ltd., Glamorgan. Fall of roof at face cliff, 7.25 feet by 4.25 feet by 2 feet thick, which the deceased was barring down fell suddenly and they failed to get out of the way. Four feet seam. 2 killed.

GRIFFITH David - 1902 - 22/09/1902 – Age 41 - South Cambria Hitcher, South Cambria Colliery and Quarry (1900) Co., Glamorgan. A journey of five laden trams were being drawn up the slant when a link of the first shackle broke. Four trams ran back into the parting from which they had just been taken passing over deceased and killing him. The slant dipped 19 inches per yard. The bar-hook failed to hold them but threw them off the rails. It was thought that the shackle had a twist in it.

GRIFFITH Edwin - 1900 - 24/11/1900 – Age 54 - Cwmcynon Repairer, Nixons Navigation Co. Ltd., Glamorgan. Fall of roof on road clod, 6 feet x 1 foot x 1 foot 9 inches thick, while reopening an airway. Died December 29th. Four feet seam.

GRIFFITH John - 1900 - 12/12/1900 – Age 30 - Cefn Slip Hitcher, Bryndu and Port Talbot Collieries Ltd., Glamorgan. Riding full journey without authority. Died next day.

GRIFFITH John - 1901 - 09/12/1901 – Age 65 - Wrysgan Slate Tipman, Wrysgan Slate Quarry Co. Ltd., Merioneth. He had gone down a rubbish heap, presumably to remove a big block which would interfere with the tipping. Another workman, not knowing he was there, tipped a load of rubbish on to him. Killed instantaneously.