HUGHES John – 1905 – 19/06/1905 – Age 28 – Court Herbert Collier, Main Colliery Co. Ltd., Glamorgan. A coupling-chain pin broke, on the main haulage road, and deceased, who was walking up the road on a steep incline failed to reach a manhole, he was caught by the runaway tram and crushed against the side.

HUGHES John – 1905 – 28/03/1905 – Age 32 – Vauxhall Collier, Vauxhall Colliery Co., Denbigh. Inspection made and inquest attended. He was getting dirt down from the roof at the face, when a large piece of clod fell from a steep slip which was crossing his roadway, capping two props and fatally injuring him.

HUGHES John – 1905 – 31/05/1905 – Age 31 – Emlyn Collier, Emlyn Anthracite Colliery Ltd., Glamorgan. Fall of roof at face; while working away a piece of coal at face of level, a portion of the clod roof, 3.5 feet x 2.5 feet and 14 inches thick, fell, smothering him in the coal on the floor. There were no timbers stood near enough the face. Stanllyd vein.

HUGHES John – 1906 – 24/02/1906 – Age 48 – Porthgain Quarry Foreman, Porthgain Quarries Ltd., Pembroke. After having fired a springing shot in a hole, 16 feet deep, deceased and his son recharged the hole with 5lbs. of gelignite, poured water and small rubbish down, and lit the fuse. Before the deceased got clear, the charge exploded and killed him on the spot. It is very probable that some of the gelignite was frozen, as it was admitted that 10 cartridges had been discarded as unfit for use. There was no warming on the ground.

HUGHES John – 1907 – 06/06/1907 – Age 45 – International Hardgroundman, International Coal Co. Ltd., Glamorgan. Fall of roof on road of Hard heading. While giving instructions where to set one of the arms of a pair of timbers a piece of overhanging side fell, killing him and breaking one leg of another man. Shale strata. Safety lamps.

HUGHES John - 1907 - 16/09/1907 – Age 30 - Cymmer New Repairer, Insoles Ltd., Glamorgan. Deceased was clearing a fall of roof at face when a piece a cliff, 8 feet by 18 inches by 36 inches thick fell from an unseen slip. One prop was said to have been discharged. Five-feet seam.

HUGHES John - 1907 - 28/06/1907 – Age 36 - Talk o’th Hill Dataler, Talk o’th Hill Colliery Ltd., Staffordshire. While setting a prop or foreset under the end of one of the stretchers, preparatory to getting the rock down at the end of it, a large fall occurred, partly from the side and partly from the roof reeling the stretcher and prop and two other stretchers. It is probable that the jar caused by knocking the prop into position disturbed the strata and caused it to fall.

HUGHES John - 1908 - 17/01/1908 – Age 37 - Tirdonkin Collier, Tirdonkin Colliery Co. Ltd., Glamorgan. Fall of roof at face while making a hole in the floor in order to set a prop, a bell-stone measuring 2 feet 11 inches by 1 feet 6 inches and 6 inches in thickness, fell from the roof upon him and so severely injured him that he died in a few days. Five Feet Seam. Safety lamps.

HUGHES John - 1909 - 06/04/1909 – Age 49 - Maindy Collier Ocean Coal Co. Ltd., Glamorgan. Deceased and ten other men were descending the shaft when, owing to oscillation, the corner of the cage struck a garland curb, canted the cage and precipitated deceased into the shaft. The clearance from cage corner to walling varied from 5 to 10 inches. The reason for the extra oscillation was not sufficiently ascertained. 2 killed.

HUGHES John - 1909 - 22/03/1909 – Age 38 - Treeton Contractor, Rother Vale Collieries Ltd., Yorkshire. He was enlarging a level, and was removing some dirt preparatory to firing a shot, when the stone, he intended to blast, fell and killed him. The accident was due to a concealed weight break.

HUGHES John - 1909 - 30/09/1909 – Age 29 - Dinorben, Limestone Quarry Quarryman, Mersey Docks and Harbour Board, Anglesey. A stone he was prizing turned towards him while he was working on a ledge. He fell over to a depth of 140 feet.

HUGHES John E. - 1908 - 24/05/1908 – Age 44 - Windsor Sinker, Windsor Steam Coal Co. (1901) Ltd., Glamorgan. Deceased and five other sinkers were engaged in putting iron rings inside the shaft walling to strengthen it, as there had been a recent heavy crush. They worked on a half moon stage attached to the top of the cage. About 2.30 pm. they descended after having been up to dinner, and were getting out of the cage at the 4 feet landing to get on to the cage top, when deceased did not step far enough, and fell down the pit. The distance he had to step across was too great, being 27 inches.

HUGHES John Henry - 1905 - 23/05/1905 – Age 27 - Denby Stallman, W Drury-Lowe, Derbyshire. Deceased was holing and taking the coal down near a fault slip under which a prop had been set, when a piece of bind fell from the slip and fatally injured him. He died 28th June.

HUGHES Joseph - 1902 - 24/10/1902 – Age 16 - Park Pony driver, Ocean Coal Co. Ltd., Glamorgan. Crushed against a low bride of roof, as he was riding on the gun while taking rubbish into an old stall. He had taken several trams of rubbish in that shift and knew of the low place.

HUGHES Joseph - 1908 - 29/02/1908 – Age 48 - Hamstead Undermanager, Hamstead Colliery Co. Ltd., Staffordshire. Deceased, the manager and a deputy were spraying water upon a fire in the main return air courses, presumably caused by a small furnace which had been in use for about two years for the purpose of drying the return air the moisture in which had been found to affect the strata forming the roof and sides and to cause frequent falls. Deceased inadvertently turned the spray upon the heated side, when the rock immediately cracked, and a heavy fall took place completely burying him and slightly injuring others. Deceased was covered by about a ton of heated rock. He was extricated in an hour and half but was found to be dead.

HUGHES Joseph - 1909 - 21/10/1909 – Age 55 - Pont of Ayrshire Roadman, Pont of Ayrshire Collieries Co., Flint. He was engaged enlarging the downbrow when a portion of side coal fell over the sprag upon him from a break.

HUGHES Noah - 1901 - 25/02/1901 – Age 67 - Conduit Fireman, Conduit Colliery Co., Staffordshire. The deceased was coming to the pit bottom, and instead of going by the travelling road he went up an incline down which the empty tubs run by their own gravity to the endless rope. It chanced that a set of eight full tubs ran back through the grip slipping, and they ran over Hughes and killed him.

HUGHES R.T. - 1902 - 04/06/1902 – Age 19 - Fochriw No.2 Labourer, Guest Keen and Nettlefolds Ltd., Glamorgan. Explosion of firedamp. 8 killed.

HUGHES Reginald - 1906 - 20/08/1906 – Age 13 - Llanhilleth Oiling boy, Partridge Jones and Co. Ltd., Monmouth. This boy was killed while improperly oiling a rope sheave in motion. The sheave was not properly fenced and the bay was in any case not suitable for the work. The mechanic who was immediately responsible for this got his notice, on account of it and other things being unsatisfactory.

HUGHES Richard - 1900 - 06/11/1900 – Age 51 - Alexandra Slate Labourer, Alexandra Slate Co. Ltd., Carnarvon. While he was pulling down the overburden, consisting of loose sand, several tons fell on to him and suffocated him.

HUGHES Richard - 1903 - 30/06/1903 – Age 50 - Llwynynpia No.1 Repairer, Glamorgan Coal Co. Ltd., Glamorgan. Fall of roof on road cliff, 3.5 feet by 3.5 feet by 2 inches thick. Deceased and another man had been clearing a fall on a double parting and while having a rest a piece of the cliff roof burst away and fell on deceased. The place had been squeezing that day.

HUGHES Richard - 1906 - 10/11/1906 – Age 39 - Albion Repairer, Albion Steam Coal Co. Ltd., Glamorgan. Explosion of firedamp. 6 killed.

HUGHES Richard - 1908 - 14/08/1908 – Age 16 - Seaham Rapper lad, Londonderry Collieries Ltd., Co.Durham. He was caught between a hauling rope and a sheave, which he had been oiling. He had under taken the work of another boy, and was trying to finish the oiling of two sheaves whilst the hauling rope was running. He had no right to do either of these things, nor had he any business to be standing on the skeating as he was at the time of the accident.

HUGHES Robert - 1900 - 15/06/1900 – Age 39 - Shelton, Deep Collier, Shelton Iron Steel and Coal Co. Ltd., Staffordshire. Fall of roof at working face in Hard mine. Stone fell from between slips reeling out a fore set while preparation was being made to put in two posts and a bar.

HUGHES Robert - 1905 - 04/02/1905 – Age 47 - Darbishires, Diorite Quarry Sett maker, Darbishires Ltd., Carnarvon. While he was prizing some stone blocks he disturbed a large piece, immediately above, which fell on him.

HUGHES Robert - 1908 - 10/02/1908 – Age 32 - Eden Hewer, Consett Iron Co. Ltd., Co.Durham. He was taking down top coal when it fell and knocked out a prop. As he was jumping clear the prop hit him on the head. He died the following day.

HUGHES Rowland - 1908 - 24/08/1908 – Age 26 - Cymmer Old Repairer, Insoles Limited, Glamorgan. Deceased and his mate were enlarging a heading when a piece of coal, 4 feet by 51 inches by 30 inches thick, fell from the side, and injured him so severely that he died in 5 hours. He had tried to get the coal down, some little time previously, but had failed. He then went and holed under the coal some feet away for a short time, and, when returning to where his mate was at work, the coal fell on him. He should have kept on working at the coal until he got it down. The fireman was in the place 15 minutes before the accident. Two feet nine seam.

HUGHES Samuel - 1905 - 11/07/1905 – Age 21 - National No.2 Haulier, United National Collieries Ltd., Glamorgan. This explosion was specially reported on by E Milner-Jones, FA Gray and JT Robson. 119 killed.

HUGHES Samuel - 1909 - 27/01/1909 – Age 25 - Clifton Hall Collier, A Knowles and Sons Ltd., Lancashire. Along with two other men, rolling a stone about 1.5cwt. across the waste to put in the pack, the stone slipped from the men, rolled downbrow, knocking out a prop which allowed two or three cwt. of roof to fall on deceased. Died 28th January. (Roof good)

HUGHES Thomas - 1902 - 01/09/1902 – Age 60 - Gelli Steam Repairer, Cory Bros. and Co. Ltd., Glamorgan. Fall of roof on road cliff, 20 feet by 10 inches thick, fell while the deceased were clearing a previous fall. The ground was disturbed and a heavy pounce was heard which shook the place. Two pairs of timbers were crushed out. Six feet seam. 2 killed.

HUGHES Thomas - 1902 - 16/07/1902 – Age 43 - Shelton No.2 Rowhurst Collier, Shelton Iron Steel and Coal Co. Ltd., Staffordshire. Fall of roof on breasting level, about 20 yards from the face of breasting in Rowhurst seam. The two men were shoving a loaded tub out from the face, when a large stone fell from the roof. Hughes was killed on the spot and Parker died next day. It was a new district just opening out and appeared to be weighting. Some ripping had been done at the place without getting down the stone which fell. 2 killed.

HUGHES Thomas - 1904 - 02/06/1903 – Age 36 - Garnoch No.2 Collier, Glasbrook Bros. Ltd., Glamorgan. Fall of roof at face, while deceased and his partner were pulling down a piece of top coal, the coal in falling knocked out a pair of timbers next to the face, some roof fell causing fatal injuries. Five feet seam.

HUGHES Thomas - 1904 - 24/06/1904 – Age 30 - Deep Collier, Garswood Coal and Iron Co. Ltd., Lancashire. Inspection made and inquest attended. He was getting some coal off a step, after having knocked a sprag out, when more coal came than appears to have been expected, crushed him. He died June 26, 1904.

HUGHES Thomas - 1905 - 11/03/1905 – Age 47 - Blaina Henwain Shunter, J Lancaster and Co. Ltd., Monmouth. He was caught between the buffers of tracks on the sidings at the screens and fatally injured. He had started a full waggon from the screens and as it approached a stationary waggon he was about to get between them for the purpose of coupling them together.

HUGHES Thomas - 1905 - 20/03/1905 – Age 27 - Blaenycwm, Slate mine Miner, Blaenycwm Slate Quarry Co., Carnarvon. He was struck by a stone projected from a shot. He died on the morrow. His mate was also injured.

HUGHES Thomas - 1906 - 17/05/1906 – Age 60 - Eldon Hewer, Pease and Partners Ltd., Co.Durham. A prop had been knocked out from beneath a stone to allow a turn being laid. He was working immediately under the stone. It fell and killed him. The stone had ‘jowled’ good.

HUGHES Thomas - 1907 - 23/01/1907 – Age 54 - Elm No.1 Collier, G Watkinson and Sons, Flint. A fall of top coal fell upon the deceased, off the face capping two sprags which appeared to have been set but with not sufficient slope to withstand the pressure.

HUGHES Thomas - 1909 - 29/06/1909 – Age 45 - Dumbreck No.2 Miner, William Baird and Co. Ltd., Stirling. Fall of roof in working place when either holing or taking down coal.

HUGHES Walter - 1906 - 10/08/1906 – Age 29 - Elm No.1 Collier, G Watkinson and Sons, Flint. Inspection made and inquest attended. He was engaged at the face getting coal, when a fall of roof occurred from between two slips, capping three props, and fatally injuring deceased.

HUGHES William - 1900 - 16/09/1900 – Age 31 - Naval No.3 Repairer, Naval Colliery Co. (1891) Ltd., Glamorgan. Fall on road stone, 2 feet x 1.5 feet x 6 inches thick, it fell while he was making room for an arm at a spot where a large fall had occurred.

HUGHES William - 1901 - 19/02/1901 – Age 30 - Arral Griffin Labourer, J Lancaster and Co. Ltd., Monmouth. He received a slight scratch on the leg, not sufficient to draw blood, from the buffer of a pit tram which was thrown off the rails by his horse in passing. At first it appeared trivial but according to medical evidence death was the result of the accident. The man's constitution was not robust.

HUGHES William - 1901 - 24/09/1901 – Age 52 - Whitburn Shifter, Harton Coal Co. Ltd., Co.Durham. Died 17th February 1903. Deceased and two other men were timbering on the engine plane, and while deceased was holding up one end of a baulk with one of his mates, at the other end a man was putting in a middle-prop as a temporary support, a small quantity of stone fell and William appeared to have attempted to jump clear but caught his foot against the rail and the balk fell on his back and injured his spine. He lingered close to death, unable to work, and as death took place, more than a year after the accident it is not included.

HUGHES William - 1904 - 17/03/1904 – Age 54 - Tursdale Hewer, Bell Bros. Ltd., Co.Durham. He died in the pit when travelling outbye from heart failure. He had not been injured in any way and the ventilation of the place was all right.

HUGHES William - 1905 - 19/12/1905 – Age 25 - Great Fenton Sutherland Dataller, Stafford Coal and Iron Co. Ltd., Staffordshire. Fall of roof. (shale and coal) while ripping the gate road near the longwall face in the Ash seam.

HUGHES William - 1906 - 30/01/1906 – Age 51 - Ebbw Vale Waun Llwyd Ripper and timberman, Ebbw Vale Steel Iron and Coal Co. Ltd., Monmouth. He strained himself in assisting to lift a full tram on to the rails. He worked up to March 1st, and died 19th, from an abscess which formed in the liver in consequence of the strain.

HUGHES William - 1908 - 18/03/1908 – Age 40 - Ferndale No.7 Assistant repairer, D Davis and Sons Ltd., Glamorgan. The deceased were filling rubbish into trams when a journey of eight trams of rubbish ran back down the dip and killed them. The rider had left them, two empty trams, and was taking the full journey up towards the pit, when it ran against a piece of timber lying on the road. The sudden check caused a link of the chain, attaching the rope to the journey, to open at a bad weld, and liberate the journey. The rider had neglected to attach a barhook. 2 killed.

HUGHES William - 1909 - 20/09/1909 – Age 28 - New Cross Hands Collier, New Cross Collieries Ltd., Carmarthen. Fall of roof at face; a large piece of overhanging shale, 12 feet long by 3 feet wide in the centre, and 1 foot 6 inches in thickness, fell upon him. The seam, lying at a considerable inclination, rendered the place particularly dangerous and the spragging was found to be unsatisfactory. Lower Pumpquart Seam. Safety lamps.

HUGHES William David - 1909 - 06/09/1909 – Age 29 - Abercrave Roadman, Abercrave Collieries Co., Brecon. Fall of roof on road; while assisting to clear away three very large stones, which had fallen from the roof on a main roadway, a further fall occurred which killed him instantaneously. Nine Feet Seam. Safety lamps.

HUGHES William L. - 1906 - 28/02/1906 – Age 23 - Pochin No.2 Collier, Tredegar Iron and Coal Co. Ltd., Monmouth. Crushed by trams on the endless rope haulage road, about 250 yards from No.2 pit bottom in the "hard seam where he, a collier, was engaged for the day as clipper in the absence of another man. Some confusion occurred with the signals, which apparently brought about the accident, but the responsibility could not be brought home to any individual.

HUISH John - 1909 - 08/07/1909 – Age 28 - Tytherington, Limestone Quarry Quarryman, Tytherington Stone Co. (HL Hardwicke) Gloucestershire. A stone which had been loosened by a shot in the upper part of the Quarry and which was being thrown down the sloped face, appears to have taken an unexpected course and struck him on the head as he was stooping to pick up a plank. I had been at the Quarry a few weeks before and cautioned the manager on this point.

HULBERT Frederick - 1909 - 08/07/1909 – Age 31 - Bedminster Horse driver, Bedminster Easton Kingswood and Parkfield Collieries Ltd., Gloucestershire. He stumbled in front of a journey of six full trams when apparently stopping his horse, which had started off before the trams had all been coupled up. The road was roomy and in capital order.

HULL E. - 1903 - 30/03/1903 – Age 28 - Grimethorpe Collier, Carlton Main Colliery Co. Ltd., Yorkshire. Fall of roof when timber was being drawn in the goaf, behind a working place. He was working in apparent safety but the fall threw out several props.

HULL Hunter - 1909 - 25/11/1909 – Age 16 - Esh Helper up, Pease and Partners Ltd., Co.Durham. The putter and he went into a place to bring out a full tub. He was in front of the tub pulling it and the putter was at the inbye end pushing. A few yards from the face there was a hitch and the roof dropped about eighteen inches. Against the caunch his head was squeezed by the fore end of the tub.

HULLER William - 1908 - 16/04/1908 – Age 29 - Nunnery Collier, Nunnery Colliery Co. Ltd., Yorkshire. They were bringing a full tub from the working face into a gate-way, and from some cause, in handling the tub, it displaced two bars which liberated a large quantity of small stone and they were buried and suffocated. The place was well timbered. 2 killed.

HULME Henry - 1909 - 14/10/1909 – Age 24 - Brundon, Sand Quarry Labourer, Cecil Whttomei, Suffolk. Deceased and another, neither of whom appeared to have had much experience, were getting sand and gravel in a Quarry at a point where the face was 19 feet in depth and nearly vertical. A fall took place without giving any warning, completely burying deceased, who was dead when extricated. The discoloration of the face indicated that water had been percolating down in sand cracks, but the survivor stated to me at the inquest that it had never occurred to him to look for such cracks.

HULSE Thomas - 1900 - 29/10/1900 – Age 34 - Moston Colonel Loader, Platt Bros. and Co. Ltd., Lancashire. Fall of roof in gateroad 5 yards from face whilst ripping roof from slips which ought to have been guarded against. Died Nov. 14th. (Average roof).

HULSKRAMAR or HALSKRAMMER Bernard - 1905 - 20/02/1905 – Age 27 - Glencraig Miner, Wilsons and Clyde Coal Co. Ltd., Fife. Deceased was taking down coal loosened by a shot, when it fell upon him.

HUMBLETON Henry - 1909 - 24/06/1909 – Age 56 - Wingfield Manor Stallman, Wingfield Manor Colliery Co. Ltd., Derbyshire. Deceased was in the act of putting a chain round a prop, up a waste, with the object of or pulling it out with a ringer, when the waste broke across the whole width of 15 feet and killed deceased. The coal seam is 3 feet 3 inches thick only, and he would have to creep to get to the prop.

HUME Charles - 1901 - 27/02/1901 – Age 33 - South Moor, Louisa Hewer, South Moor Colliery Co. Ltd., Co.Durham. When hewing in a longwall face he was getting the coal out, under a slip, and a stone fell without warning and killed him. When sounded previously it appeared to be quite safe.

HUMPHREY Harold - 1900 - 18/09/1900 – Age 69 - Upleatham Ironstone Miner, Pease and Partners Ltd., Yorkshire. He was filling a waggon when a piece of stone fell from the roof and killed him.

HUMPHREY John - 1903 - 07/05/1903 – Age 36 - Bourn Moor Coal filler, Lambton Collieries Ltd., Co.Durham. He was drawing timber in a coal cutting face when a large fall took place at the goaf side and caught and killed him.

HUMPHREY Joseph R. - 1905 - 13/10/1905 – Age 15 - Murton Rope guider, South Hetton Coal Co. Ltd., Co.Durham. Whilst sitting at the pit bottom, waiting to ride, a stone from the roof fell and killed him instantly. The place had been examined previously and was considered quite safe.

HUMPHREY William Charles - 1900 - 10/12/1900 – Age 41 - South Moor, Louisa Guard, South Moor Colliery Co., Co.Durham. He fell while assisting to lower some trucks and got his head between the buffer and buffer-box and was killed. (Not comprised)

HUMPHREYS D.J. - 1908 - 14/02/1908 – Age 14 - Fochriw No.2 Collier boy, Guest Keen and Nettlefolds Ltd., Glamorgan. Fall of side at face, coal and shale, 19 inches by 20 inches by 27 inches thick, fell off a slip as deceased was passing It ought to have been taken down. Red coal seam.

HUMPHREYS Ebenezer - 1901 - 05/09/1901 – Age 45 - Maenofferen Slate Miner, Maenofferen Slate Quarry Co. Ltd., Merioneth. While crossing the working face in a chamber he somehow let go the suspending chain and fell a distance of about 14 yards. He died the same day.

HUMPHREYS Edward - 1905 - 14/03/1905 - Age 38 - Bickershaw Collier, Ackers Whitley and Co., Leigh, Lancashire. Inspection made and inquest attended. In getting a piece of coal off the face he appears to have liberated a slip running with the face and a piece of roof rock fell upon him capping a prop.

HUMPHREYS Isaac - 1907 - 08/07/1907 – Age 37 - Seaton Delaval Stoneman, Seaton Delaval Coal Co. Ltd., Northumberland. Deceased and another stoneman were shooting down top stone, at the face of longwall gateways in the North flat of the 2nd South East Narrow Bords district of the Low Main seam of the Hastings pit. The seam is 3 feet thick and is overlaid by 6 inches of ramble, 1 foot 5 inches of black stone and 1 foot of blue metal. They had fired a shot in a gateway, left it to do other work, and then returned to plot the shot and while deceased was using a pinch to bring down loose stones a piece of blue metal, 8.5 feet long, 2 feet broad and 1 foot deep, fell from the upper part of the brow and killed him it was relieved by a back. He was got clear in a quarter of an hour but was then dead. Before commencing to plot the shot they had examined the place and thought it safe and the chargeman was present about 20 minutes before the accident. There was loose timber near at hand but it is not usual to put in timber until the loose stone is all taken down, but owing to the frequency of this class of accident the manager has given instructions that temporary timber must be set on the top of the stones shot down while plotting a shot and until permanent timber can be put in. The Local Inspectors reported ‘Found it was a pure accident without negligence on the part of anyone.'

HUMPHREYS Morgan - 1909 - 21/05/1909 – Age 47 - Bedlinog No.1 Fireman, Guest Keen and Nettlefolds Ltd., Glamorgan. Fall on road, fireclay, 4 feet by 3 feet 9 inches by 11 inches thick, fell on deceased as he was on a round of inspection. It was unsupported. Ras Las seam.

HUMPHREYS Owen - 1902 - 28/04/1902 – Age 68 - Penrhyn, Slate Quarry Roadsman, Lord Penrhyn, Carnarvon. He fell into a sup, 10 feet deep at the bottom of a shaft and fractured his skull. He died on the following month.

HUMPHREYS Thomas - 1907 - 23/02/1907 – Age 40 - Twechar Brusher, William Baird and Co., Dumbarton. Fall of roof in working place after knocking out a prop to put in a building.

HUMPHREYS William - 1903 - 24/02/1903 – Age 45 - Blaennant Collier, Marquess of Bute, Glamorgan. Fall on road cliff, 2 feet 10 inches by 2 feet by ? inches thick. fell as deceased was passing on his way to the shaft. It was unsupported. Died March 5th. Seven feet seam.

HUMPHRIES Alfred - 1907 - 30/04/1907 – Age 68 - Quarryhouse, Stone Quarry Labourer, Mrs Sheppard, Gloucestershire. Fall of ground at the face where not above 9 or 10 feet high. Other parts of the Quarry are much deeper, and over 20 feet. He had undercut some distance, and was working alone for the Stroud Rural District Council, and was not missed or sought for until the next morning, when he was found dead. His wife was not alarmed at his not returning home in the evening owing to his habits.

HUMPHRIES Arthur - 1909 - 17/08/1909 – Age 29 - Tillery, Vivian Collier, Powells Tillery Steam Coal Co. Ltd., Monmouth. He stated at the time, to the man who released him, that he was drawing out some bottom coal and that it rolled over and knocked out a sprag, which allowed top coal to fall upon him. It fractured his spine and death resulted a few hours later. It occurred in the Old Coal seam.

HUMPHRIES Henry - 1905 - 25/03/1905 – Age 30 - Monckton Fitter, New Monckton Collieries Ltd., Yorkshire. He was working for Messrs. Graham Morton & Co. Ltd., engineers of Leeds, who had erected two drop cages on the surface; the frames of these cages had become buckled and deceased and others were stripping them for the purpose of straightening and strengthening them. The rivets were cut and bolts were put into the holes to keep the structure together. He was removing the bolts in order to lower one of the channel irons and when he did so the channel iron sprung and hit him on the chest, and he fell from the scaffolding to the ground a distance of 15 feet, and his spine was dislocated. He was removed to the Hospital at Barnsley, where he died 2 days afterwards.

HUMPHRIES Thomas - 1909 - 28/07/1909 – Age 41 - Raven Collier, Consolidated Anthracite Collieries Ltd., Camarthen. Fall of side at face; while stooping to pick up a lump of coal, a piece of clod, 4 feet by 3 feet, by a varied thickness of 10 inches to 5.5 inches, fell upon him and killed him. He appears to have struck out a sprag which supported the overhanging clod, so as to allow space to work the coal away. Middle Vein. Safety lamps.

HUMPHRIES Walter - 1905 - 28/08/1905 – Age 38 - Hamstead Examiner, Hamstead Colliery Co. Ltd., Staffordshire. Poisoned by gob stink.

HUMPHRIES William - 1908 - 24/06/1908 – Age 56 - Merthyr Vale No.2 Collier, Nixons Navigation Co. Ltd., Glamorgan. The accident happened in deceased’s working place and was caused by a fall of roof, which discharged two posts and a flat, under which deceased was apparently fixing an additional post. There was an unseen slant running upwards in the direction of the coal face. The roof bedded irregularly, and was composed of coal and rashes, the fall was 10 feet by 8 feet by 21 feet thick. Nine feet seam.

HUNCKERLEY W. - 1901 - 30/01/1901 – Age 53 - Brancliffe, Sandstone Quarry Quarryman, JW Scaife, Yorkshire. He was tamping a shot of gelignite with a wooden rammer when it exploded.

HUNSLOW Thomas - 1903 - 08/01/1903 – Age 36 - Aldridge No.1 Truck loader, Aldridge Colliery Co. Ltd., Staffordshire. While loading a railway truck with coal at a wharf he slipped on a lump of coal and fell off the truck to the ground and injured his spine. This resulted in paralysis from which he died on 25th January. The truck was stationary.

HUNT Edward - 1902 - 07/07/1902 – Age 26 - Cramlington, Dudley Rolleywayman, Cramlington Coal Co. Ltd., Northumberland. The landing lad forgot to change the points and in consequence the empty set drawn inbye by engine power collided with some empty tubs and deceased was crushed between them and a wall.

HUNT Edwin - 1904 - 01/03/1904 – Age 14 - Monk Bretton Driver, Monk Bretton Colliery Co. Ltd., Yorkshire. He left the landing with his pony and a set of five full tubs to go along the engine plane. When going about 25 yards the tub was heard to stop suddenly and the other boys going to see what was wrong, they found him between the side and the second tub quite dead. The pony was attached to the tubs, they were on the rails. There was no obstruction on the road which was a good one.

HUNT Fred - 1909 - 29/06/1909 – Age 39 - Cambrian No.1 Assistant repairer, Glamorgan Collieries Ltd., Glamorgan. Deceased was struck and killed by a temporary repairing stage which was knocked out by the caps on a moving trail rope. He and the repairer had just erected the stage without making adequate allowance for the varying heights at which the rope worked.

HUNT Henry - 1908 - 17/08/1908 – Age 32 - Ellistown No.2 Stallman, Ellistown Colliery Co., Leicestershire. Fall of roof. The deceased was holing at the top of the coal seam when the roof fell and fatally injured him. He died the same day.

HUNT Isaac - 1900 - 30/03/1900 – Age 47 - Creswell Stallman, Bolsover Colliery Co., Derbyshire. Fall of roof. Deceased was knocking a prop out from a goaf or waste when the roof fell and fatally injured him. He did not use the ringer and chain as required by the rules of the mine. Died the next day.

HUNT James - 1909 - 12/01/1909 – Age 27 - Denaby Main Collier, Denaby and Cabeby Main Collieries Ltd., Yorkshire. A sharp bump burst coal from the face whilst the deceased was dropping holed coal.

HUNT John - 1900 - 16/02/1900 – Age 44 - Merry Hill Pikeman, Mobberley and Perry, Staffordshire. Fall of roof coal in a thick coal stall whilst attempting to dislodge timber.

HUNT Joseph - 1905 - 21/06/1905 – Age 25 - Rounds Hill Loader, Princess End Colliery Co. Ltd., Staffordshire. Fall of roof (shale) at the face of gate road. Two settings of timber were displaced by the fall.

HUNT Robert William - 1900 - 06/03/1900 – Age 19 - Warsop Main Loader, Staveley Coal and Iron Co. Ltd., Nottinghamshire. Fall of side. Deceased was pulling the coals from the face when the clod holding dirt above the coal fell upon him.

HUNT William - 1903 - 21/01/1903 – Age 49 - South Liberty Repairer, Ashton Vale Iron Co. Ltd., Somerset. When preparing to set a post under a stone it fell and crushed him. He put off the securing of the roof too long and it must be looked upon as an error of judgement approaching very nearly to neglect.

HUNT William - 1905 - 26/07/1905 – Age 48 - North Staveley Horse keeper, Aston Coal Co. Ltd., Yorkshire. On December 15th, 1904, the deceased was dressing a sore on a pony in underground stables when the pony slipped and fell on his leg. He was medically attended at the Sheffield Royal Infirmary, but died as a result of the injury. There had been outbreak of glanders at this mine, whether his death was in any way to this disease or from blood poisoning the jury at the inquest were unable determine.

HUNT William - 1907 - 12/04/1907 – Age 40 - Pochin Collier, Tredegar Iron and Coal Co. Ltd., Monmouth. Fall of roof, when working at the face of the rippings in his working place, about 6 yards back from the face of the Yard Coal in the West District. The getting down of the 18 inches of stone or clod between the Yard Coal and Big Vein not proving sufficient height on the roads, the bottom coal of the Big Vein is ripped for the purpose. Having cut this coal on one side and failed to get it down by wedging he put a prop under it to allow the haulier taking out a full train from the face and afterwards, when he was returning under it to resume work the clod fell and killed him. Undoubtedly the wedging had loosened it.

HUNT William - 1908 - 08/04/1908 – Age 27 - Atherton No.1 Dataller, Hulton Colliery Co. Ltd., Lancashire. On an abandoned haulage road, whilst drawing an iron girder, the woodbar to which the chain of gablock attached gave way, two girders and another bar collapsed, the men were buried under a huge fall. Middle props ought to have been set, the roof was broken. (Average roof.) 2 killed.

HUNTER A. - 1900 - 02/03/1900 – Age 33 - Micklefield Collier, Micklefield Coal and Lime Co., Micklefield, Yorkshire. Fall of side.

HUNTER Adam - 1902 - 22/05/1902 – Age 45 - Devon Miner, Alloa Coal Co. Ltd., Clackmannan. Deceased and his brother were taking out the last few props from a finished lift in the stooping when the roof suddenly fell and the end of the stone striking him caused fatal injuries. The stone broke over the breakers set up to protect the roadway.

HUNTER David - 1903 - 09/10/1903 – Age 16 - Hill of Beath Hanger on, Fife Coal Co. Ltd., Fife. A rake of full tubs was pushed over at the top of an incline before the empty rake was attached to the rope and on hearing the tubs coming the man, who was assisted, shouted to the deceased to get into a manhole close by while he ran outbye. Deceased evidently thought he would be safer to run outbye also but was overtaken by the runaway tubs and was caught just as he was passing through a trap door. The wheeler at the top mistook the signalling. The method of signalling was defective.

HUNTER David - 1906 - 24/12/1906 – Age 40 - Hawkhill Miner, Kincardine Coal Co. Ltd., Fife. Electrocuted.

HUNTER David - 1907 - 12/06/1907 – Age 14 - Hawkhill Pithead boy, Kincardine Coal Co. Ltd., Fife. Deceased was employed to put empty tubs on the cages and after loading a cage he climbed on top of the fence to watch it descend and overbalancing fell down the shaft and landed on the cover, and was firmly fixed between the bridle chains.

HUNTER George - 1909 - 27/06/1909 – Age 22 - Ferniegare No.1 Machineman, Archibald Russell Ltd., Lanarkshire. Explosion occurred when an electric trailing cable was being lengthened by means of a plug connection. 3 killed.

HUNTER George jnr. - 1904 - 29/06/1904 – Age 19 - Tannochside No.2 Miner, Archibald Russell, Lanarkshire. While illegally drawing in front of a full hutch he was crushed against an empty hutch at the foot of the road.

HUNTER Harry - 1905 - 30/10/1905 – Age 21 - Delves Horsekeeper, Consett Iron Co. Ltd., Co.Durham. Put his head over the gates bar at a mid-landing and was struck by the descending cage. Nose and upper jaw fractured and scalp wound on back of head.

HUNTER James - 1906 - 18/07/1906 – Age 32 - Cwmneol Fitters labourer, Powell Duffryn Steam Coal Co. Ltd., Glamorgan. Electrocuted. 2 killed.

HUNTER John - 1904 - 23/07/1904 – Age 34 - Cockfield Quarry Quarryman, P Summerson and Co. Ltd., Co.Durham. Fatally injured by a stone from a powder shot 200 yards away.

HUNTER John - 1906 - 17/05/1906 – Age 37 - Ingliston oil shale Miner, Youngs Paraffin Light and Mineral Oil Co. Ltd., Edinburgh. Two shot holes were bored in the shale, charged with 1.5 lb. of gunpowder, and white tape fuse was used, one shot was in the centre and one in the bottom. Both shots missed and after waiting 40 minutes deceased returned and withdrew the stemming of the former, recharged the hole and fired it. Later on he was unramming the latter when the charge exploded.

HUNTER John - 1906 - 18/05/1906 – Age 19 - Chisnall Waggon lowerer, Pearson and Knowles Coal and Iron Co. Ltd., Lancashire. Crushed by a waggon which had been left unsecured and crept away.

HUNTER John - 1907 - 07/11/1907 – Age 27 - Earnock No.1 Bencher, John Watson Ltd., Lanarkshire. He was at the bottom of a self-acting incline when the rope broke and he was caught by the runaway full hutches. The rope which had been newly put on was so worn and corroded that it was unfit for use.

HUNTER John - 1907 - 13/11/1907 – Age 40 - Aitken Fireman, Fife Coal Co. Ltd., Fife. Deceased was the shot firer, and went to a coal face to fire two shots. The explosive used was Saxonite, fired by Bickford’s safety igniters. One igniter missed, and it is supposed he attempted to light this fuse by means of a red-hot wire heated at the light of this Davy safety lamp, after he had cut the igniter off this end of the fuse, it caused a delay, and this other shot, which had previously been lighted, exploded on him.

HUNTER John - 1909 - 22/07/1909 – Age 24 - Windlestone Loco. Fireman, Pease and Partners Ltd., Co.Durham. He was getting on to the buffer of a waggon in motion when he fell, and the first wheel passed over his thigh breaking it. He died the same day.

HUNTER Joseph - 1902 - 11/09/1902 – Age 59 - Trimdon Grange Hewer, Walter Scott Ltd., Co.Durham. When kirving in the middle band of the Main coal seam he cut into a slip and a large stone fell from the roof and so severely injured him that he died within two hours.

HUNTER Joseph - 1903 - 17/07/1903 – Age 32 - Bogleshole No.4 Miner, James Dunlop and Co. Ltd., Lanarkshire. Upon entering their working place to commence work, after it was reported all clear by the fireman, their naked lights ignited firedamp and they were fatally injured by the explosion. 2 killed another man injured.

HUNTER Theodore - 1904 - 12/07/1904 – Age 22 - Adelaide Coal cutter, West Durham 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.

HUNTER Thomas - 1902 - 09/04/1902 – Age 29 - Knockterra Roadsman, William Baird and Co. Ltd., Ayrshire. Fall of roof while drawing props.

HUNTER Thomas - 1905 - 12/01/1905 – Age 45 - Brandon Putter, Strakers and Love, Co.Durham. Fall of stone when drawing timber. He was a very experienced man and had only drawn four or five props when the roof fell from two slips which were quite invisible before the accident. The hewer who had driven the place was helping him and had jowled the stone and thought it fast. He had seen no slips.

HUNTER Thomas William - 1908 - 08/05/1908 – Age 16 - Croxdale Pony putter, Weardale Steel Coal and Coke Co. Ltd., Co.Durham. He was coming out of a broken jud when his tub got off the way. With the help of the hewers he put the tub on to the rails again, and was putting the pin into the shackle of the limbers when his pony suddenly started away before he had time to take his seat on the limbers. His head was crushed between the end of the tub and a prop standing 7 inches from the tub side.

HUNTER William - 1902 - 22/04/1902 – Age 48 - Littletown Deputy, Lambton Collieries Ltd., Co.Durham. He was drawing a prop in a longwall face when a large stone fell upon and killed him.

HUNTER William - 1903 - 02/10/1903 – Age 62 - Whitburn Railway Shifter, Harton Coal Co. Ltd., Co.Durham. Died 3rd October. This accident occurred on a colliery railway, which is also used as a passenger line and is worked under Board of Trade rules. The accident happened on a pay Friday night after deceased had received his pay and had had some liquor. He was run over by a train and both legs severed. He was removed to the South Shields Infirmary where he died.

HUNTER William - 1908 - 29/08/1908 – Age 38 - Dumbreck No.1 Bottomer, William Baird and Co. Ltd., Stirling. When being raised in the cage, along with another six men from a mid-working, in some unexplained manner he fell off the cage midway down the shaft, just as the engine was started.

HUNTER William - 1909 - 25/01/1909 – Age 64 - Bank No.1 Bottomer, New Bank Coal Co., Ltd., Ayrshire. When adjusting an empty hutch on the low deck of the cage, the cage was lowered and it caught.

HUNTER William E. - 1909 - 11/05/1909 – Age 21 - Hetton Staithes Coal trammer, Hetton Coal Co. Ltd., Co.Durham. When riding on the cradle of the drop with a full truck one of the ropes supporting the jib broke and he was thrown on to a girder in the ship below. The contents of the truck fell on him, but the truck fell clear. He died when being conveyed to the hospital.

HUNTLEY James Henry - 1902 - 04/07/1902 – Age 17 - Woodhorn Stone putter, Ashington Coal Co. Ltd., Northumberland. Explosion of firedamp or coal dust. 3 killed.

HUNTLEY Trevor - 1904 - 12/03/1904 – Age 15 - Prince of Wales Collier’s boy, Ebbw Vale Steel Iron and Coal Co. Ltd., Monmouth. A stone, of about 2 cwt. discharged a post owing to an invisible face slip. The place was well timbered.

HUPTON J. - 1902 - 10/11/1902 – Age 61 - Whitwood Collier, H Briggs Sons and Co. Ltd., Yorkshire. Died 11th November. Fall in a working place. Cause a sudden weight and a smooth parting.

HURCOMBE James - 1907 - 15/02/1907 – Age 51 - Holland Surface manager, White Moss Colliery Co., St. Helens, Lancashire. When unloading a Lancashire boiler from a waggon, one of the wooden balks along which they were sliding the boiler down broke, and deceased got fatally crushed by the boiler.

HURFORD Elijah - 1902 - 30/08/1902 – Age 62 - Hill Top, Sandstone Quarry Quarryman, CN Willcox, Worcestershire. Fell off bench to the bottom of the Quarry, 36 feet.

HURLEY David G. - 1907 - 08/02/1907 – Age 15 - Deep Navigation Pulley oiler, Ocean Coal Co. Ltd., Glamorgan. Deceased had finished his work and was making his way toward the shaft, he somehow got under a journey of coal which was being drawn out by a rope. It only had a short distance to go when the accident occurred and whether he attempted to get on the rope or not was not known, but it seemed likely that he did.

HURLEY John - 1900 - 15/10/1900 – Age 36 - Conegre Cager, Earl of Dudley, Staffordshire. Fatally crushed between a full tub and the side of an archway.

HURLEY Lewis C. - 1901 - 24/05/1901 - Universal Waller, Universal Steam Coal Co. Ltd., Glamorgan. This explosion was specially reported upon by W Galloway, Cd 947. 81 killed.

HURLEY Michael - 1902 - 07/04/1902 – Age 24 - Merthyr Vale Collier, Nixons Navigation Co. Ltd., Glamorgan. Fall of side at face coal and clod, 4.5 feet by 18 inches by 21 inches thick, fell suddenly and injured deceased so severely that he died on May 1st. Four feet seam.

HURLFORD Thomas - 1906 - 06/01/1906 – Age 32 - Navigation Collier, Nixons Navigation Co. Ltd., Glamorgan. Fall of roof at face cliff, 6 feet by 2 feet by 15 inches thick, fell from between two slants which were invisible before the accident. Two-feet-nine seam.

HURN Frederick - 1906 - 07/09/1906 – Age 55 - Albion Labourer, Albion Steam Coal Co. Ltd., Glamorgan. Fall of roof on road, while deceased was discharging rubbish from a tram, a piece of the rippings (top coal) fell on him. Nine feet seam.

HURST Charles - 1907 - 26/11/1907 – Age 14 - Heyfield Dirt picker, West Leigh Colliery Co. Ltd., Lancashire. Crushed by cog wheels of engine driving picking and screening belts engine had been stopped quarter of an hour during breakfast, deceased took upon himself to start the engine, being single cylinder and on the centre it did not start when he opened the steam valve, leaving steam on he got over the fence rail and pulling on the fly wheel, standing in the space of 23 inches between fly wheel and cog wheels, a piece of brattice round his shoulders to keep rain off he was caught in the cog wheels when the engine started and he was pulled into the cog wheels and killed. The engine was stopped by the regular attendant who was close at the heels of deceased and who stopped the engine after the accident.

HURST George - 1903 - 29/04/1903 – Age 26 - Warsop Dayman, Staveley Coal and Iron Co. Ltd., Derbyshire. Fall of clod. Deceased was undercutting the coal seam when the clod between the coal and the roof fell upon him.

HURST George William - 1900 - 01/06/1900 – Age 25 - Ashton Moss Great Filler, New Moss Colliery Co., Lancashire. Fall of side in road, near face coal from higher side. Deceased heard noise whilst filling the tub in the face, he ran 13 feet to get out of the way but was caught by the coal. Fall came from a back.

HURST James - 1901 - 15/07/1901 – Age 35 - Bispham Hall Bricksetter, Bispham Hall Colliery Co., Lancashire. Inspection made and inquest attended. They had been blowing the roof down, to a height of fifteen feet to make room for haulage clutch wheels, and when deceased was making the side walls, a large stone fell out from between two joints in the roof which had not been timbered, fatally injuring deceased.

HURST or NOLAN Henry - 1905 - 13/11/1905 - North Biddick, Lambton Collieries Co. Ltd., Co.Durham. Death took place on 13th Nov. 1905 due to heart failure brought on by pneumonia.

HURST Thomas - 1900 - 05/01/1900 – Age 52 - Whitwick No.5 Banksman, Whitwick Colliery Co., Leicestershire. He died suddenly while at work. No inquest was held and a certificate of death was given that he died from natural causes. probably heart disease.

HURST William - 1902 - 02/04/1902 – Age 21 - Garswood Hall Bricksetter, Garswood Hall Collieries Co., Ashton-in-Makerfield, Lancashire. Inspection made and inquest attended. Explosion of firedamp in the sinking shaft at the Ravine seam which probably was ignited by a short circuit of the electric light cable. 9 killed.

HURST William - 1906 - 19/03/1906 – Age 58 - Reedley Dataller, Executors of Col. Hargreaves, Lancashire. In a disused midway he was striking, with a short hammer, a prop under a bar; when the prop was loosened a large stone freed by a pronounced slip crushed down the bar and came over one he stood under. He was alone and had no prop drawing appliance with him. It is said that he was ordered not to draw the timbers but to prepare for so doing by taking out the rails, loose prop etc. I am afraid he had frequently done this to get forward with the work. (Good roof.)

HURST William Charles - 1903 - 07/01/1903 – Age 21 - Avon Assistant shotman, Sir Daniel Gooch and others, Glamorgan. The shotman attempted to fire a charge of saxonite by means of a high tension detonator and battery but it missed fire. After waiting three minute and disconnecting the battery from the cable he and his assistant went towards the face to ascertain the cause, and before reaching it the shot exploded killing the assistant.

HUSBAND Samuel - 1908 - 17/07/1908 – Age 33 - Dolcoath, Tin Stoper, Dolcoath Mine Ltd., Cornwall. Fall of rubbish from a stull over the 220-fathom level, 40 fathoms east of Harriett's shaft. Apparently some shots, which he and his comrades had fired, disturbed the stull pieces. Deceased and his comrades having resumed work, without properly examining the place, did not notice that the stull piece had been disturbed.

HUSHCROFT John Henry - 1905 - 08/03/1905 – Age 17 - Woolley Trammer, Fountain and Burnley Ltd., Yorkshire. When taking a full tub to the pass-bye a fall of roof occurred in the main level and buried him, and while the deputy and others were attempting to liberate him a second fall occurred and killed him. The roof is a very bad one and wet, and the first fall displaced two bars.

HUSSEY Thomas - 1904 - 24/09/1904 – Age 28 - Houghton Deputy, Lambton Collieries Ltd., Co.Durham. Making a place ready and it was necessary for him to take some coal off to get the way past some stone, that was lying when a piece of stone fell from a slip and caught him on the back and injured his spinal cord. Died 28th December.

HUTCHEON James - 1900 - 17/01/1900 – Age 40 - Persley (granite Quarry) Joiner, James Leith, Aberdeen. Deceased and some others were erecting a seven ton steam crane in the bottom of the Quarry. The mast or derrick, 34 feet in height, having been placed in position by an overhead blondin was stayed temporarily by three guy ropes two of which were nearly in line forming an angle of 160 degrees at the junction at the masthead. Deceased climbed the mast detached the blondin rope and was descending when the mast fell over towards the third guy rope. Deceased fell heavily on the rough Quarry bottom and was killed instantly. Owing to the limited space in the Quarry it would have been difficult to make the angle between the two guys referred to less obtuse but there would have been no difficulty whatever in bisecting that angle by a fourth guy. Unfortunately the necessity of this did not occur to either the deceased the engineer or manager.

HUTCHINGS Arthur - 1908 - 29/06/1908 – Age 33 - Tarnei Collier, South Wales Primrose Coal Co. Ltd., Glamorgan. Fall of roof on road; while deceased and another man were standing on a heading roadway, a fall of strong shale root measuring 39 feet by 4 to 8 feet wide and varying in thickness from 1 foot 6 inches to nothing, suddenly occurred, killing one and injuring the other. It was said that they were about to set timber under this part of the roof of the roadway. Red Vein. Safety lamps.

HUTCHINS James - 1909 - 22/03/1909 – Age 36 - Ferniegare No.1 Miner, Archibald Russell Ltd., Lanarkshire. Fall of roof in working place while setting a prop.

HUTCHINS John - 1907 - 10/10/1907 – Age 34 - Ton Phillip Collier, Ton Phillip Rhondda Colliery Co. Ltd., Glamorgan. Fall of side at face while holing in a coal seam rising 1 in 4, a piece of coal and clod measuring 8 feet in length 2 feet 4 inches in width and 2 feet 10 ins in thickness, fell and completely buried him. There did not appear to have been any holing sprags set although the coal was overhanging at least 12 inches Rock Fawr. Naked lights.

HUTCHINSON Alexnader senior - 1908 - 19/12/1908 – Age 42 - Arniston Miner, Arniston Coal Co. Ltd., Edinburgh. A stone mine from the shaft cut the Upper Drumgray coal and arrangements were made to open out with a view to work it. Deceased, Anderson senior, who was a very capable workman was entrusted by the manager to do the work, and began operations on the morning of the accident. During the morning some coal was worked off and while the father was wedging down coal a mass of stone fell and both were killed instantly. 2 killed.

HUTCHINSON James E. - 1906 - 07/04/1906 – Age 21 - Hummerbeck Hewer, Thomas Boddy, Co.Durham. When about to get out of the cage, on its arrival at bank, it was lowered and his head was caught between the cage and the flat sheets. The cage was then raised and he fell down the pit.

HUTCHINSON John - 1901 - 09/04/1901 – Age 24 - Addison Loco. Fireman, Stella Coal, Co.Durham. Inspection made and inquest attended. He was endeavouring to uncouple some wagons whist in motion and was crushed between them.

HUTCHINSON John - 1901 - 22/01/1901 – Age 58 - Framwellgate Hewer, Framwellgate Coal and Coke Co. Ltd., Co.Durham. Died from the effects of an injury received while working in the pit on Oct. 12th 1898.

HUTCHINSON John W. - 1906 - 10/06/1906 – Age 17 - Auckland Park Driver, Bolckow Vaughan & Co, Ltd., Co.Durham. He drove his pony down an inclined road and neglected to sprag his tubs. They overturned and he was caught and killed.

HUTCHINSON Joseph - 1908 - 16/07/1908 – Age 26 - St. Helens Hewer, Pease and Partners Ltd., Co.Durham. This accident occurred in a broken lift in the Busty seam. The seam is dipping about 18 inches per yard. The lifts, 12 feet wide, are taken up the full rise. In this case the face was about 10 yards above the level. The two men working at the face, when the roof suddenly began to weight and both rushed to get clear. One got clear, the other slipped and fell backwards and was caught by falling stone. The deputy had been in the place three quarters of an hour before and he said the place was quiet then. The place was timbered up to the face with two rows of pairs of gears each pair being within a yard of the next. Two parallel joints running up the place and a slip running across were visible after the fall.

HUTCHINSON or HUTCHISON George - 1907 - 25/03/1907 – Age 44 - Earlseat Miner, Wemyss Coal Co. Ltd., Fife. Deceased was lying holing under the head coal, when it suddenly burst and fell upon him. The head coal was ‘rauced’ but the burst threw the rance out.

HUTCHINSON Robert - 1909 - 08/09/1909 – Age 29 - Pendleton Collier, A Knowles and Sons Ltd., Lancashire. Coal and stone from the face being pulled by bar, brought down coal which overhung and was not spragged behind him.

HUTCHINSON Robert Henry Edward - 1901 - 14/08/1901 – Age 28 - Blaydon Burn Hewer, Owners of Priestman Collieries, Co.Durham. Inspection made and inquest attended. The deceased was working in a wide bord when a stone weighing four or five tons fell from clayey joints in the roof. The deputy had examined the place twice during the shift and considered it well timbered.

HUTCHINSON Samuel - 1907 - 22/09/1907 – Age 26 - Witham Hall, Whinstone Quarry Quarryman, Cradock Allison and Co. Ltd., Co.Durham. He strained his side in April when getting clear of a derailed waggon, and in May he was accidentally struck on the knee with a hammer. He died on 22nd September.

HUTCHINSON William E. - 1901 - 18/01/1901 – Age 16 - South Hetton Driver, South Hetton Coal Co. Ltd., Co.Durham. Alleged to have died from the effects of injuries received. Died from the effects of an injury received while working in the pit on June 2nd 1900 by being crushed between tubs. Post mortem showed that he died from natural causes.

HUTCHINSON William Edward - 1907 - 04/03/1907 – Age 19 - Coppice Loader, Shipley Colliery Co., Derbyshire. Fall of roof. Deceased was passing under a gate-lip to render assistance to an injured man when the roof fell and killed him. The ripping was being wedged down at the time, but all the men engaged there left it and passed under the part that fell to render assistance to the injured man.

HUTCHINSON William Watson - 1903 - 02/11/1903 – Age 14 - Gordon House Driver, North Bitchburn Coal Co. Ltd., Co.Durham. He was driving up a waggonway when a tub got off the way and displaced a prop which caused a stone to fall upon and kill him.

HUTCHISON George Herd - 1901 - 26/08/1901 – Age 50 - Donibristle Miner, Donibristle Colliery Co., Fife. Inflow of moss, 9 killed.

HUTCHISON Matthew - 1908 - 25/12/1908 – Age 30 - Loanhead Miner, Shotts Iron Co. Ltd., Edinburgh. Deceased was late for his work, an, apparently in his hurry to cross the carriage way at his bench he allowed his lamp to fall and it went on to the roadway; he made an attempt to get it and slipped on the steep and before recovering himself the carriage ascending caught him and he rolled down to the bottom, a distance of 160 feet. He died a week later.

HUYTON Alfred - 1906 - 29/03/1906 – Age 18 - Shelton Rowhurst No.2 Waggoner, Shelton Iron Steel and Coal Co. Ltd., Staffordshire. Deceased and another youth were engaged in waggoning up and down a slight incline off a level in the Rowhurst, the former to the top about 10 yards up, and the latter to an air-road about half-way up. Deceased brought a load down and was just starting up with an empty tub when a load, started from the landing half-way up, having lost its locker, came down out of control and knocked the empty tub back and deceased along with it into the deepside of the level at the bottom. There were arrangements made for the two youths to shout to each other to obviate the occurrence of collisions, but on this occasion the arrangements failed.

HYATT Samuel - 1906 - 03/11/1906 – Age 48 – Ystradgynlais, South Wales Anthracite Colliery Co. Ltd., Brecon. Fall of roof on road; while he was clearing some rubbish off a roadway, a stone measuring 12 feet 6 inches by 8 feet 2 inches by 2 feet in thickness, fell. A repairer was working at the puce and had bored a shothole in the stone to blast it down. Slants became visible after it fell. Big vein.

HYDE Arthur - 1903 - 21/04/1903 – Age 25 - Mardy Labourer, Lockest Merthyr Collieries (1894) Ltd., Glamorgan. Knocked down by a runaway tram. He was cleaning the incline leading to rubbish tip when two empty trams, which were part of a journey being let down, got free and ran down and broke deceased's arm. On the fourth day gangrene set in and his arm amputated but he died from general blood poisoning. The shackle-pin some means got knocked out.

HYDE Joseph - 1900 - 15/04/1900 – Age 56 - Himley Engineman, Earl of Dudley, Stafford. Fell from pit frame and was killed.

HYENS James - 1900 - 29/06/1900 – Age 33 - Old Boston No.3 Sinker, Richard Evans and Co. Ltd., Haydock, Lancashire. Inspection made and inquest attended. Ten men were engaged in sinking operations in No.3 Old Boston pit at a depth of 245 yards from the surface, and when they were filling dirt into the hoppit an upheaval of the floor occurred and an outburst of firedamp gas igniting at the candles caused the ten men to be burnt more or less severely eight of whom afterwards succumbed (at the Haydock Cottage Hospital) to the injuries received. At the inquiry it was recommended that in future sinking operations should be carried on by electric light. 8 killed.

HYND Thomas - 1900 - 18/01/1900 – Age 23 – Rosebank, Fife. Fall of stone.

HYND William - 1901 - 26/08/1901 – Age 52 - Donibristle Pit bottomer, Donibristle Colliery Co., Fife. Inflow of moss. 9 killed.

HYWICK Thomas - 1903 - 15/03/1903 – Age 33 - Houghton Deputy, Lambton Collieries Ltd., Co.Durham. He was setting timber when a large quantity of small stone canted the timber out and fell and suffocated him.

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