KAIL John - 1902 - 25/11/1902 – Age 42 - Hylton Hewer, Wearmouth Coal Co. Ltd., Co.Durham. Deceased was hewing in a place in the Maudlin seam in the broken going parallel to a small trouble. The road crossed this trouble and the pony putter in going outbye got off the way and deceased came out to help to get the tub on the road leaving his lamp at the face. A fall of roof, possibly caused by the derailed tub loosening a prop and deceased was pinned behind the tub.

KANE Patrick - 1906 - 26/09/1906 – Age 21 - Dalmeny Oil Shale Drawer, Dalmeny Oil Co. Ltd., Linlithgow. Deceased was going outbye with a loaded tub, when a piece of shale fell away from the side, and striking him, caused injuries to which he succumbed about three hours later.

KAY Edwin - 1905 - 31/10/1905 – Age 66 - Hoyland Silkstone Storekeeper, Hoyland Silkstone Coal and Coke Co. Ltd., Yorkshire. When travelling down an incline, on the surface, to his home at 6 o'clock at night he was run over by a train of full waggons and killed. He had travelled this incline for more than 20 years and knew the trains were being run on the night in question. From the position of his body and a lamp and basket he was carrying it appeared that he had been getting out of the middle of the way and had slipped and before he could get up again the waggons had caught him.

KAY George - 1904 - 10/10/1904 – Age 64 - Rosedale Miner, Carlton Iron Co. Ltd., North Yorkshire. While drilling a hole a piece of stone fell from the face causing slight injury to his head and leg. Gangrene set in and he died on the 19th inst.

KAY Thomas - 1906 - 14/10/1906 – Age 55 - Wingate Grange Miner, Owners of Wingate Grange Colliery Ltd., Co.Durham. Explosion of coal dust, result of shot firing. 25 killed.

KAY Walter Herbert - 1909 - 02/01/1909 – Age 23 - Grigglestone Crusher attendant. Grigglestone Collieries Ltd., Yorkshire. He was getting over a shaft, making 55 revolutions a minute, when the top coat which he was wearing caught the nuts of it coupling. He was whirled round the shaft and killed. The shaft should have been better protected.

KAY William - 1902 - 08/12/1902 – Age 15 - Clee Hill Granite Quarry Driver, Clee Hill Granite Co., Shropshire. Slipped and fell and was run over by a waggon while driving a horse.

KAY William - 1904 - 05/10/1904 – Age 47 - Binchester Engineman, Bolckow Vaughan and Co. Ltd., Co.Durham. Caught between a belt-pulley and an adjacent brick wall while the belt and pulley were in motion causing fatal injuries.

KAY William - 1906 - 19/12/1906 – Age 45 - Taibach Ostler, Hills Plymouth Co. Ltd., Glamorgan. Deceased was standing on a cart, which was being filled with manure, when the horse started forward and he fell to the ground and broke his neck.

KAYE Charles - 1906 - 10/01/1906 – Age 27 - Low Edge Sandstone Quarry Labourer, George Lindley and Sons, Yorkshire. Broke his ankle badly when jumping out of the way of some falling stone. He was taken to Huddersfield Infirmary, where he died on February 3rd.

KAYE Frederick - 1909 - 04/01/1909 – Age 28 - Barnsley Main Trammer, Barnsley Main Colliery Co. Ltd., Yorkshire. Kaye and another trammer were bringing 3 empty tubs from a passbye when the coupling between the 2nd and 3rd tub fouled the capel of the haulage rope which was travelling in the opposite direction. The tubs were jerked on to Kaye and fatally injured him.

KAYE J. - 1905 - 16/06/1905 – Age 68 - Newmarket Haigh Collier, Newmarket Haigh Moor Colliery Ltd., Yorkshire. He was getting coal at the face when the roof fell on him and injured him so severely that he died the same day. The fall disclosed a slip in the form of a pothole measuring 6 feet 10 inches by 4 foot thick in the centre. The roof should have been better supported, the distance had exceeded the distance under the Special Rules of Timbering and also neglected to set two props where the night deputy had chalked the roof for them.

KAYE John A. - 1902 - 03/01/1902 – Age 14 - Whitley Clough Hurrier, Whitley Clough Colliery Co., Yorkshire. Died 13th January. Slightly grazed his knee when at work. Blood poisoning supervened.

KAYE William - 1907 - 19/09/1907 – Age 39 - Central Silkstone Collier, Central Silkstone Collieries Ltd., Yorkshire. When working at the face a fall of shale, from the middle of the seam, fell upon and injured his head. Died in the Hospital, Barnsley, the same day.

KEAR John - 1901 - 01/07/1901 – Age 42 - Speech House Labourer, Speech House Main Collieries Co. Ltd., Gloucester. When riding up a dipple on the rope, in front of the water cart, his head struck the top resulting in his being knocked off and crushed between the cart and side of road. Bronchitis set in and he died on the 3rd July from the effects of the accident.

KEARNEY James - 1902 - 15/01/1902 – Age 26 - High Burn, Sandstone Quarry Labourer, Thomas Boiston, Co.Durham. A wooden gangway extended from a point where baring was being moved for some distance into the Quarry to a disused part where the baring was tipped from small wagons running on rails laid on the gangway. A light wire rope supported at intervals extended at a height of 3 feet along each side of the gangway and acted as a fence. Deceased and another man were bringing forward a loaded wagon and are said to have been going too fast. The wagon jumped the rails and fell a distance of 40 feet to the bottom of the Quarry carrying both men with it. The jury recommended a stronger fence.

KEARNEY John - 1905 - 16/01/1905 – Age 15 - Bold No.3 Haulage hand, Collins Green Colliery Co., St. Helens, Lancashire. Inspection made and inquest attended. The five persons were killed and thirteen injured in an overwinding accident whilst they were descending the shaft. The cage went beyond the usual point and struck a scaffold below. 5 killed.

KEARNEY Thomas - 1903 - 28/07/1903 – Age 32 - Rainhill, Sandstone Quarry Crane driver, Rainhill Red Sandstone Co., St Helens, Lancashire. He lost control of his engine the driving-wheel broke and the piece's flew in all directions. He was hit by some of them. Died the same day.

KEARTON George - 1901 - 24/07/1901 – Age 38 - Ryhope Coke filler, Ryhope Coal Co. Ltd., Co.Durham, While lowering down a truck slipped and his leg fell into the wheel and was badly fractured. Died at Sunderland Infirmary shortly after.

KEARY Thomas - 1908 - 29/08/1908 – Age 33 - Niddrie Incline man, Niddrie and Benhar Coal Co. Ltd., Edinburgh. An incline shaft from the surface is used exclusively for steam and discharge pipes for pumps and upcast and an examination is made weekly by two men by means of a carriage lowered and raised by a steam engine on the surface. Owing to the steam pipes and exhaust steam from the pumps etc. underground the temperature is 109 degrees F. As usual two men descended on the carriage to make the inspection and when some distance down something went wrong with the carriage, which caused it to leave the rails, and one of the men fell to the bottom the other man attempted to climb to the surface but becoming exhausted by the exertion and heat he sat down, and was found with his right foot firmly fixed between a pipe and side wall, he was quite dead. The men were accustomed to the work. 2 killed.

KEAVEY Patrick - 1904 - 01/09/1904 – Age 28 - Roman Camp oil shale Miner, Broxburn Oil Co. Ltd., Linlithgow. Deceased had fired a shot and was off the shale when a part of the vees of a hitch fell over on him.

KEDDIE James - 1901 - 21/10/1901 – Age 25 - Kelty Brusher, Fife Coal Co. Ltd., Fife. Deceased and his neighbour were engaged brushing a heading road and while withdrawing the props, he sat under the brushing when it fell and crushed him. He died from injuries on March 11th.

KEEFE Edward - 1907 - 01/01/1907 – Age 61 - Vaynor, Limestone Quarry Quarryman, Crawshay Bros. Cyfartha Ltd., Brecon. Deceased and another man were boring a hole on a ledge, 55 feet up the Quarry, when a stone, 4.5 feet by 3 feet by 3 feet thick, fell off the vertical face, and killed him. The foreman had examined the place two hours previously and considered it safe. After four days of heavy frost a thaw had set in that day which I think caused the stone to fall.

KEEFE Robert - 1906 - 05/01/1906 – Age 15 - Gilfach Collier boy, Rhymney Iron Co. Ltd., Glamorgan. Fall of roof at face, cliff, 6 feet by 6 feet by 1 foot 6 inches thick, fell on deceased while he was at work. At least five props were discharged by the stone. Brithdir seam.

KEEGAN John - 1908 - 16/11/1908 – Age 58 - New Bracepeth Stoneman, Cochrane and Co. Ltd., Co.Durham. He was doing repairs on an engine plane. He had taken out a baulk and was preparing to put a new one in, when a large stone canted out the temporary timber and fell on him.

KEELEY Thomas - 1906 - 06/04/1906 – Age 28 - Douglas Bank Hooker on, Rose Bridge and Douglas Bank Collieries Co., Wigan, Lancashire. Inspection made and inquest attended. While he was attempting to push a tub further in the cage, with his foot, and pulling down the bow, around the end of tub; he appears to have got his foot fast, after telling his mate to signal the winder to start. He was carried up about six yards, to the shelter covering, where he fell back down the shaft into the sump. He died from pneumonia, accelerated by the accident, April 17th, 1906.

KEELING Albert J. - 1907 - 07/07/1907 – Age 15 - Celynen Engine cleaner, Newport Abercarne Black Vein Steam Coal Co. Ltd., Monmouth. Killed in the winding engine house, No.3 Pit. He appears to have been cleaning some part of the engine although not exactly proved to have been so at the moment. His head was crushed between the steam brake lever of the reversing handle underneath the platform six feet above the floor of the engine house on which the engineman stands. How he came to be caught is unknown as the engineman was letting men down at the time and could not see him.

KEELING Charles - 1904 - 09/01/1904 – Age 25 - Streetley Stallman, Shire Oaks Colliery Co., Nottinghamshire. Fall of roof. Deceased was laying rails in advance of a coal-cutting machine driven by compressed air when a large fall of roof occurred and killed him.

KEELING J.W. - 1905 - 31/1905/1905 – Age 23 - Battlesteads Sandstone Quarry Stone dresser, A Keeling and Sons, Staffordshire. Fell off bench of Quarry where he was attending to a stone box attached to chain of crane.

KEELING Michael - 1900 - 26/04/1900 – Age 66 - Wearmouth B Driver, Wearmouth Coal Co. Ltd., Co.Durham. Inquest attended. A pony kicked him as he was yoking it at the commencement of the shift.

KEENAN James - 1908 - 16/01/1908 – Age 38 - Outwood Collier, Thomas Fletcher and Sons Ltd., Lancashire. Piece of cannel flew from his pick point, cut the knuckle of his left hand slightly. He continued work, the day out played the following day, and the day following that he saw Dr. Enright. Blood poisoning ensued from which he died on the 22nd inst.

KEENAN John - 1900 - 03/10/1900 – Age 46 - Seghill Hewer, Joseph Laycock and Co., Northumberland. Inspection made and inquest attended. The deceased was hewing when some stone, which was slightly overhanging the coal, fell away at a slip. The deputy and deceased examined the stone shortly before the accident and considered it sufficiently timbered as it was secured by two props and a headtree but these were canted out.

KEENAN John - 1904 - 08/09/1904 – Age 32 - Kenmuir Miner, J Dunn and Stephen Ltd., Lanarkshire. Fall of roof in working place. The part of the working place in which the accident happened was not propped as required by the regulations.

KEENAN Joseph - 1909 - 23/06/1909 – Age 14 - Low Laithes Pony driver, Low Laithes Colliery Co. Ltd., Yorkshire. He was found dead under a full tub which he was taking outbye.

KEENAN Patrick - 1903 - 28/11/1903 – Age 24 - Damolly, Granite Quarry Quarrier, Co. Down, Ireland. Large block of granite, about 2 tons weight, fell on to him whilst it was moved from the position in the Quarry.

KEETON William - 1902 - 31/12/1902 – Age 55 - Birley West Stallman, Sheffield Coal Co., Derbyshire. Fall of roof. The deceased was preparing to set a bar for supporting the roof when it fell and killed him.

KEIGHLEY John Thomas - 1900 - 27/08/1900 – Age 19 - Woodside Shipley Loader, EM Mundy, Derbyshire. Fall of roof. He was loading coal in the stall when a piece of the roof fell and fatally injured him. He died the 3rd September.

KEIGHLEY Tom - 1907 - 10/1905/1907 – Age 16 - Middleton Haulage lad, Middleton Estate and Colliery Co. Ltd., Yorkshire. It was his duty to watch the tubs, rope and pulleys at a slight curve in a haulage road in order that a signal might be given if anything was out of order. A bye-workman, who was laying rails in a cross gate out of the haulage road saw the deceased and spoke to him, he noted him walk in-bye looking at the pulleys in the ordinary way and about two minutes afterwards heard him shout. The rope was stopped as quickly as possible and the man went to the lad. He found him upon his side under the first of two full tubs and the tub had run into the road side. His lamp was lying upon the side three yards in front. The only explanation of the accident is that the lad caught his clog against a sleeper when walking by the side of the full tubs and stumbled in front. The haulage road was a good one being 11 feet high and 6 feet 6 inches wide and the endless rope haulage speed was about two miles per hour.

KEIR David - 1906 - 06/03/1906 – Age 35 - Giffnock Pump attendant, Giffnock Collieries Ltd., Renfrewshire. He fell to the pit bottom in some unexplained manner from a stage in the shaft where a steam pump was placed.

KEITH John - 1909 - 22/12/1909 – Age 28 - Auchengeich Miner, James Nimmo and Co. Ltd., Lanarkshire. Fall of roof between lypes in working place when engaged propping the roof.

KEITLEY Arthur - 1900 - 08/10/1900 – Age 28 - Ibstock Dataller, Ibstock Colliery Co., Leicestershire. Fall of roof. Deceased was repairing the roadway of the mine and proceeded to set a catch prop under a timber bar when the roof pushed the timber out and fell upon him.

KELHAM J. - 1901 - 26/06/1901 – Age 15 - Rotherham Main Driver, John Brown and Co., Yorkshire. Found dead under full tubs. Appeared to have been riding on the shafts.

KELL John - 1908 - 23/04/1908 – Age 15 - Byers Green Landing lad, Bolckow Vaughan and Co. Ltd., Co.Durham. This accident was due to a mistake in the signals. The hauling engineman thought he had received a signal for a far-off landing, whereas the signal he was intended to receive was for a landing not so far off and the ropes and points were changed for this latter landing. The boy was standing near the return-wheel, ready to receive the set, but it instead of being stopped, was hauled up against the wheel framing, and he was caught and killed. The signalling arrangements have since been altered, and telephones have also been installed, with a view of preventing a repetition of such an accident.

KELLET Samuel - 1905 - 04/10/1905 – Age 58 - Washington Deputy, Washington Coal Co. Ltd., Co.Durham. Died October 25th, 1906. On 4th October, 1905, deceased, while acting as deputy, was firing by battery shuts of bellite for hewers. He made some complaint of being affected by the fumes and seemed unwell in the pit. After he came to the surface, at the end of his shift, he was assisted home by the under manager and others. He told the under manager that he was troubled with wind on the stomach but made no reference then to the fumes. He was off work two or three days and was attended by a doctor. He resumed his former work of deputy, but in a few days and was given lighter work as a chargeman in the night shift as he was too slow in his movements to get through a deputy’s duties. As chargeman he continued to fire bellite shots. After 12th September, 1906, he worked no more. On 20th September, 1906, a medical certificate was given that he was suffering from heart trouble and that his condition ‘had probably been detrimentally affected by inhalation of fumes from explosives.’ An inquest was held after a post-mortem examination which did not bear out the certificate, as the doctor’s report contained the following: ‘extensive disease of the heart and blood vessels of many years duration and that the unanimous opinion of the medical men present that the disease was independent of any accident whatever but was entirely due to natural causes.’ The Jury found in accordance with this opinion.

KELLETT H. - 1900 - 26/01/1900 – Age 31 - Barrow Collier, Barrow Haematite Steel Co., Yorkshire. Fall of roof.

KELLETT John - 1904 - 11/04/1904 – Age 58 - Wheldale Collier, Wheldale Coal Co. Ltd., Yorkshire. When working in the mine he was breaking a piece of wood when a piece of it flew up and hit him causing excessive bleeding. The jury at the inquest returned a verdict of "Death caused by blow received upon the nose."

KELLETT John James - 1904 - 16/1905/1904 – Age 30 - Shirebrook Dataller, Shirebrook Colliery Co., Derbyshire. The two deceased and another man were repairing a roadway and were using locked safety lamps only as lights when an explosion of firedamp occurred. Mitchell died on 22nd May and Kellett died on 24th May. The other man was injured.

KELLEY George - 1901 - 02/09/1901 – Age 18 - Rockingham Filler, Newton Chambers and Co. Ltd., Yorkshire. Fall of roof in travelling road. 2 killed.

KELLEY Patrick - 1902 - 06/05/1902 – Age 17 - Queen Contractor’s man, Richard Evans and Co. Ltd., Haydock, Lancashire. Inspection made and inquest attended. He was engaged with the contractor taking out low bars and making the main downbrow higher and timbering it when a large fall occurred from the side of roadway knocking out the last four bars they had set and burying the deceased.

KELLEY T. - 1900 - 05/02/1900 – Age 35 - Denaby Main Collier, Denaby and Cadeby Main Co., Yorkshire. Death alleged to have resulted from the scratch by a pick point in September, 1899. Died 5th February, 1900.

KELLEY Thomas - 1909 - 07/07/1909 – Age 32 - Sharlston Haigh Moor Coal getter, New Sharlston Collieries Co. Ltd., Yorkshire. Whilst in the act of drawing timber a large stone fell upon him. He was using a hammer instead of the proper timber drawing appliances.

KELLIGHAN Thomas - 1901 - 27/11/1901 – Age 28 - Bentrigg Bottomer, Larkhill Collieries Ltd., Lanarkshire. He appears to have been crossing the cage seat when the cage came upon him. He was alone at the time.

KELLOW John - 1904 - 23/01/1904 – Age 53 - Aberaman Collier, Powell Duffryn Steam Coal Co. Ltd., Glamorgan. At face, cliff, 16 feet by 6 feet by 22 inches thick. Deceased barred down a slip of coal which, in falling, knocked out a prop. The stone then fell from between two slips crushing on another prop which had been set under it. Seven feet seam.

KELLY Edward - 1904 - 30/09/1904 – Age 17 - Wearmouth Driver, Wearmouth Coal Co. Ltd., Co.Durham. Deceased who had worked seven weeks underground, only part of which time he had acted as a driver, was coming outbye on a level road sitting on the limbers of his pony which was drawing a tub filled with stones. When just past a part of the road where one of the props was within 64 inches of the side of the tub he either got his head caught by it or he fell off the limbers or possibly he had been struck by the pony which was addicted to kicking, and had been known to kick above the limbers. He was found lying sideways across the rails his head, which was badly crushed clear of the tubs and his face inbye. The tub was on the rails and the pony still connected to it standing quietly. The Local Inspectors reported that it was a pure accident.

KELLY Frederick - 1900 - 22/06/1900 – Age 39 - Craig-yr-hesg Quarry Quarryman, Mackay and Davies, Glamorgan. Struck by a stone about 12 lbs. weight which broke from a block barred off the face above when it reached the bottom. Deceased was 54 feet away from the face of the Quarry when struck.

KELLY James - 1901 - 04/11/1901 – Age 20 - Holmewood Loader, Hardwick Coal Co., Derbyshire. Deceased was run over by a runaway empty tub which a pony driver was attempting to lower down an inclined roadway by hand instead of attaching his pony to the same.

KELLY John - 1903 - 09/02/1903 – Age 29 - Stanrigg Miner, United Collieries Ltd., Lanarkshire. Explosion of firedamp.

KELLY Patrick - 1904 - 05/02/1904 – Age 49 - Ashton Moss Collier, New Moss Colliery Ltd., Lancashire. At face of working place, from a known slip. One prop would probably have prevented it happening, it ought to have been set. The distance along the face without props was 10 feet 6 inches and from props to face 6 feet, the timbering regulations being 5 feet maximum. (Average roof).

KELLY Thomas - 1902 - 08/04/1902 – Age 37 - Sirhowy No.7 Incline rider, Ebbw Vale Steel Iron and Coal Co. Ltd., Monmouth. He was crushed by the descending cage while crossing the pit bottom to stop a horse on the other side that was starting away. He appears to have acted on the spur of the moment as there was a covered way at the side.

KELLY Thomas - 1904 - 03/03/1904 – Age 48 - St. John’s Collier, Locke and Co., (Newland) Ltd., Yorkshire. He was holing coal when a fall of coal and overhanging clod fell on him and killed him. He had one sprag set but should have had two.

KELLY Timothy - 1901 - 11/06/1901 – Age 38 - Manners Stallman, Manners Colliery Co., Derbyshire. He was pushing a full tub in the gate road when he slipped down and injured himself. The verdict of the coroner's jury was that death was caused by pneumonia preceded by pleurisy and that the pleurisy was caused by the slip deceased had made in the pit. He died on the 20th. and the post-mortem examination showed that there was no bruise upon the body nor any sign of injury.

KELLY William - 1900 - 25/01/1900 – Age 28 - Dalziel No.2 Miner, Wishaw Coal Co. Ltd., Lanarkshire. Fall of coal and stone from the roof. Another man was injured.

KELSALL Edward - 1906 - 12/04/1906 – Age 31 - Moston Collier, Platt Bros. and Co. Ltd., Lancashire. When taking out a full tub on the roadway he bumped his head against a low bar, he fell back to the ground; whilst there another tub, brought by a trammer, ran on to him, fracturing his spine. Died 29th May.

KELSAY James - 1908 - 09/01/1908 – Age 32 - South Hindley Timber drawer, Henry Musgrave Ltd., Yorkshire. He was drawing timber from the waste when a fall of stone occurred and killed him. He was not using a "dog and chain." If he had done so it is probable that he would not have been caught by the fall.

KELSEY John - 1903 - 03/04/1903 – Age 43 - Boldon Shaftman, Harton Coal Co. Ltd., Co.Durham. Deceased was examining the furnace shaft at the Maudlin seam. The shaft is sunk to the Hutton seam 24 fathoms further, but the cages only run to the Maudlin. He climbed down to a scaffold formed of four loose planks 9 feet long by 9 inches by 3 inches, and supported on beams at the ends and centre a few feet below the Maudlin, to examine the keps, and fell from there to the Hutton seam. Part of one of the planks which formed the scaffold fell with him. How he came to fall could not be ascertained. Probably some soot and salt (formed by the evaporation of brackish water) had fallen from the side of the shaft and broken the plank before he stepped on to it. The Local Inspectors reported that, in their opinion, he "accidentally fell." The jury made a recommendation as to not employing a deaf waiter-on, and thought a shaft man should not work alone.

KELSO John - 1904 - 09/02/1904 – Age 49 - Feriegare No.2 Manager, Archibald Russell, Lanarkshire. Caught by the cutting bar of a Hurds coal cutting machine.

KELVIN Isaac – 1906 – 02/02/1906 – Age 62 – Ty Trist Collier, Tredgar Iron and Coal Co. Ltd., Monmouth. The bursting of a blood vessel near the heart. He had cut his head slightly when at work at Ty Trist Colliery on the 2nd and it was attempted to prove that death resulted from this injury but the medical evidence was clear that it was not so.

KEMP Alfred – 1901 – 10/09/1901 – Age 33 – Llanbradradach No.2 Ostler, Cardiff Steam Coal Collieries Co. Ltd., Glamorgan. This explosion formed the subject of special report by Mr. J. S. Martin. Cd885. 8 killed. some injured.

KEMP Arthur – 1905 – 11/07/1905 – Age 43 – National No.2 Repairer, United National Collieries Ltd., Glamorgan. This explosion was specially reported on by E Milner-Jones, FA Gray and JT Robson. 119 killed. 72, Hill Street, Wattstown, married with one son, buried at Llethrddu Cemetery on Saturday.

KEMP Frank – 1907 – 18/11/1907 – Age 16 – East Pool & Agar, Tin Miner, East Pool & Agar United Mines Adventurers, Cornwall. He, with five others, was working in a stope about midway between the 228 and 210 fathom levels on a stage. While drilling a stone fell from the back of the 225 fathom level and struck the stage, carrying it away and precipitating all the men but one (who clung to a chain) to the 215 fathom level. The stone is alleged to have burst off suddenly as the result of an air-blast, as it is said to have shown no signs of being loose two or three days before when examined by the under agent.

KEMPSTER William – 1907 – 21/01/1907 – Age 24 – Victoria Collier, Mrs T Brocklehurst,  Lancashire. The drawing road roof fell, 10 feet long, 8 feet wide, 3 feet 7 inches thick. The fireman examining, before work commenced, found roof weighting near kept colliers back; afterwards the day fireman found the roof quiet and set men to work at 6.30 am., a few minutes after the undermanager passing up this roadway found roof weighting, shouted to the men to stop at the face, day fireman and a dataller were with the colliers at the face, they foolishly disregarded the undermanager's order, rushed from the face under the weighting roof, they got through but deceased following their bad example was buried under the fall. Six props were brought down by the fall, bars might have prevented this. (Good roof).

KENDAL George – 1906 – 23/08/1906 – Age 47 – Nook Dataller, Astley and Tyldesley Collieries Ltd., Lancashire. In main haulage brow preparing to take out a length of old arching which had settled and flattened until there was not sufficient tub height underneath, three props set on this flat unsupported arch were probably knocked out by a fall of side from a defined slip, this led to the collapse of the arch. Isaac Waterworth, working with deceased, his ribs fractured, yet bravely returned to extricate deceased, then alive; further falls caused Waterworth to step back, but again and again he returned to the rescue until compelled to seek assistance.

KENDALL John – 1907 – 07/10/1907 – Age 44 – Livox, Limestone Quarry Quarryman, Thomas Richardson, Devon. Some large blocks of rock, dislodged from the face on the previous day rested, on a ledge about 30 feet from the bottom of the Quarry. Deceased, a comrade, who was engaged pinching one of these blocks towards the edge, apparently disturbed one of the others, about 2 tons in weights, which toppled over on him and caused his death.

KENDALL John Nelson – 1908 – 06/02/1908 – Age 28 – Moewray, Iron Ore Miner, Cammel Laird and Co. Ltd., Cumberland. A huge mass of roof suddenly fell. No timber was used in the place as the roof was considered thoroughly sound and strong.

KENDALL Thomas – 1902 – 25/03/1902 – Age 26 – Llandbradach No.2 Labourer, Cardiff Steam Coal Collieries Co. Ltd., Glamorgan. Fall of roof at face cliff, 16 feet by 2 feet by 4 inches thick. The collier was ripping the bed near the face when it took work and the part left standing at side fell on to the deceased who was stowing rubbish 10 feet back from edge of the rippings. Four feet seam.

KENDRICK Thomas – 1908 – 06/01/1908 – Age 52 – Cethin Collier, Crawshay Bros. Cyfartha Ltd., Glamorgan. Fall of side at face, coal 6 feet by 22 inches by 3 feet 9 inches thick, crushed out two sprags and fell on deceased as he was cleaning some coal preparatory to filling a tram. Upper Yard seam.

KENDRICK William – 1902 – 10/03/1902 – Age 60 – Bagworth Dataller, Bagworth Coal Co., Leicestershire. Deceased was run over by a train of empty tubs upon an engine plane. He was probably attending to carrying the rope when the train came suddenly upon him.

KENDRY David Thomas – 1903 – 14/02/1903 – Age 18 – Castle Pumpman, Crawshay Bros., Cyfartha Ltd., Glamorgan. Deceased was found fatally injured in front of a tram laden with coal which had been drawn up a short dip by a horse attached to a rope. The haulier and horse walked along a level piece of road while the tram was being pulled up the dip and as they were some distance from deceased the haulier did not see the accident. He died on the following day.

KENNEDY Adam – 1908 – 03/03/1908 – Age 26 – Bardykes No.1 Shaft repairer, Summerlee Iron Co. Ltd., Lanarkshire. When stepping off the cage, at a mid working between two buntons, he missed his footing and fell 24 fathoms. The entrance opposite the cage was fenced.

KENNEDY George - 1904 - 14/09/1904 – Age 40 – Heworth Hewer, Heworth Coal Co. Ltd., Co.Durham. Died September 24th. Deceased’s leg was broken in the pit on 10th Sept. 1903 and he was off work for some months. He resumed work as a wasteman and then returned to his usual work as a hewer and about a week afterwards he was taken ill at the pit and it was alleged he over reached himself while kyrving. He was taken home and the doctor found him suffering much pain but free from any external marks of injury. He was sent to Newcastle Infirmary where he died. A post-mortem examination was made and an inquest held at which I was not present as the Coroner gave me no notice and it appeared death was due to the bursting of a duodenal ulcer.

KENNEDY J. - 1900 - 24/11/1900 – Age 23 - High Hazels Labourer, Waverley Coal Co., Yorkshire. A boiler was being unloaded by a crane when a chain holding the platform in position gave way and the handle revolving struck his head.

KENNEDY James - 1905 - 27/06/1905 – Age 52 - Craigatempin Quarry Quarrier, Francis Haggerty, Ballymoney, Antrim, Ireland. Fall of whinstone from face of Quarry beyond control, overhanging 2 or 3 feet, crack or crevice in the face.

KENNEDY James - 1907 - 20/11/1907 – Age 32 - Victoria, Bruntcliffe Collier, Joseph Haigh, Yorkshire. When working at the coal face a large stone fell at an unforeseen slip and killed him. Another prop ought to have been in place which probably would have prevented the fall.

KENNEDY James - 1908 - 01/04/1908 – Age 42 - Woodhorn Hewer, Ashington Coal Co. Ltd., Northumberland. Fall of stone from roof at working face.

KENNEDY John - 1901 - 22/08/1901 – Age 40 - Felling Stoneman, John Bowes and Partners Ltd., Co.Durham. Inspection made and inquest attended. The deceased was building a pack wall, at a longwall face, when a stone weighing about four tons fell from two slips. Plenty of spare props at hand.

KENNEDY Joseph - 1906 - 28/01/1906 – Age 23 - Polmaise Nos. 1 & 2, Archibald Russell and Co. Ltd. Stirling. They were allowed to enter workings which had not been previously inspected by a fireman, and they walked into an accumulation of firedamp which ignited at their naked lights. Gas explosion, 2 killed. An inquiry into the fatal accident at Polmaise 1 and 2 Colliery took place at Stirling on Tuesday before Sheriff Buntine and a jury. The inquiry was into the deaths of the two young men named Joseph Kennedy and Thomas Laird, who were killed by an explosion of firedamp in Polmaise Colliery on Sunday 28 January. Several witnesses were examined and gave evidence similar to what was published in the 'Observer' last week. No safety lamps were used in this pit it was stated, so far as the men's working places were concerned, but as this was a new place they were going to inspect, Laird was provided with a safety lamp. Besides killing the men, the force of the explosion wrecked wagons, overthrew bogies and tore up rails. A verdict of accidental death was returned in both cases. (Stirling Observer).

KENNEDY Joseph - 1907 - 26/04/1907 – Age 50 - Coegnant Assistant repairer, Norths Navigation Collieries (1889) Ltd., Glamorgan. Run over and injured by two empty trams which were left on a double parting for the repairer and assistant to fill with rubbish. The gradient of the roadway was 1 in 18. The trams had not been spragged. Kennedy was said to have placed a slab of timber in the front wheels while he went away in search of sprags. It was thought that the haulage rope moved the slab away and the trams were set in motion. Kennedy was unable to hear them coming in consequence of the noise made by the rope and the sheaves on the engine plane. The injury was not considered serious, but heart failure and kidney disease caused his death on 12th March, 1908, accelerated in the doctor’s opinion by the accident.

KENNEDY Joseph - 1907 - 26/11/1907 – Age 22 - Whitehaven, William Trailer, Whitehaven Colliery Co., Cumberland. Explosion of firedamp. 5 killed.

KENNEDY Robert - 1909 - 07/05/1909 – Age 27 Broxburn oil shale Roadsman, Broxburn Oil Co. Ltd., Linlithgow. The drawer at the top of a Cuddle brae lowed his loaded tub to run too far, and as the (blocks were out it ran onto the brae deceased was proceeding down at the time, and on hearing the shout to stand clear he stepped in front and he was carried to the bottom, and fatally crushed.

KENNEDY William - 1904 - 02/04/1904 – Age 39 - Lindsay Engineman, Fife Coal Co. Ltd., Fife. Deceased had charge of two engines and three motors inside one engine house and it was part of his duties to oil the machinery. He was found by his neighbour, who came to relieve him at the end of his shift, lying in the flywheel hole of the engine which worked two dynamos, quite dead. From the position in which he was found and other evidences it was apparent he had been among the machinery oiling the parts when he was caught by the crankshaft.

KENNEDY William Henry - 1909 - 14/01/1909 – Age 24 - South Hetton Loco. Fireman, South Hetton Coal Co. Ltd., Co.Durham. He was caught between the locomotive and a waggon when about to couple them together.

KENNERELL William - 1903 - 05/01/1903 – Age 30 - Plumptre Stallman, Butterley Co., Derbyshire. Fall of coal. Deceased was holing coal close to the buttock when the coal rolled from the face and killed him.

KENNEY Patrick - 1908 - 09/11/1908 – Age 27 - Ashton’s Green Balancer, Bromilow Foster and Co., St Helens, Lancashire. When engaged at the bottom of a balance brow, a large stone off the side fell upon him. The sides had been propped, but not barred.

KENNIE John - 1908 - 01/09/1908 – Age 26 - Holytown No.5 Miner, James Nimmo and Co. Ltd., Lanarkshire. He went into a temporarily stopped road with his naked light and ignited gas. The fireman neglected to fence the entrance and to inspect the place before the commencement of the shift.

KENNY Daniel - 1905 - 04/08/1905 – Age 26 - Browney Hewer, Bell Bros. Ltd., Co.Durham. Fall of stone, 18th Jan. 1901 injured. Died 4th Aug. 1905.

KENSHAW Thomas Newton - 1909 - 07/10/1909 – Age 30 - Tibshelf No.3 Dayman, Babbington Coal Co. Ltd., Derbyshire. Deceased was killed by a fall of roof while he was getting coal, the props were set within a yard of the coal-face. One prop set close up to the face was run out by the fall.

KENT Albert - 1904 - 23/02/1904 – Age 26 - Aldwarke Main Trammer, John Brown and Co. Ltd., Yorkshire. When descending the shaft the winding rope broke. 7 killed.

KENT George William - 1900 - 15/08/1900 – Age 14 - Heworth Driver, Owners of Heworth Colliery, Co.Durham. Inspection made and inquest attended. He was driving a pony attached to three full tubs when, by some means, he fell off the limbers and his head was crushed between a large stone lying near the rails and the front wheel of the first tub.

KENT Samuel William - 1909 - 28/09/1909 – Age 32 - Shirland Stallman, Blackwell Colliery Co. Ltd., Derbyshire. Deceased scratched his right thumb slightly, while at work, and died on 18th October from heart failure, following double pneumonia, which was set up by blood poisoning.

KENWORTHY Arthur - 1907 - 01/08/1907 – Age 14 - Rockingham Driver, Newton Chambers and Co. Ltd., Yorkshire. He was taking two empty tubs in-bye with his pony and was sitting on the limbers, when about 20 yards from the coal face a large fall of roof took place and killed him. The fall was 7 yards long and came away at a slip which was visible. A weight bump took place causing three bars to be displaced and the fall to occur.

KEOHONE William - 1902 - 17/04/1902 – Age 30 - Fochriw Trimmer, Guest Keen and Nettlefolds Ltd., Glamorgan. Deceased tried to close the end door of a truck by holding a 6 foot prop against it while another man lowered an empty truck against it to give it a blow. The prop broke and deceased was crushed between the trucks.

KEROSS Adam - 1904 - 26/04/1904 – Age 25 - Newbattle Drawer, Lothian Coal Co. Ltd., Edinburgh. While pushing a loaded tub toward the lye it left the rails and up-ended and his fingers were crushed against roof. Lockjaw set in and he died 11 days afterwards.

KERR Andrew - 1908 - 10/10/1908 – Age 38 - Bowhill Miner, Bowhill Coal Co. Ltd., Fife. A stone mine was being driven in hard metals and material was taken out by blasting. The holes were bored by compressed drills, and during the fore shift 21 were completed ready for charging. Deceased's duties were to charge the holes and fire them and while engaged charging the first, a premature explosion occurred. Apparently he was pushing in the explosive, which was gelatine. The explosive was not in proper condition.

KERR Angus - 1901 - 04/12/1901 – Age 60 - Springhill No.4 Pony driver, Archibald Finnie and Son, Ayrshire. He fell off the front of his race of full hutches and was crushed against the side of the road. It was his first day as a pony driver.

KERR Edward - 1909 - 08/06/1909 – Age 40 - Banknock, Cannerton Brusher, Banknock Coal Co. Ltd., Stirling. Fall of roof in lye at pit bottom while repairing it.

KERR George - 1902 - 13/11/1902 – Age 72 - Arniston Miner, Arniston Coal Co. Ltd., Edinburgh. Deceased was proceeding along an endless haulage way on his way to the shaft after his shift was over and stumbled in front of a moving leaded tub.

KERR James - 1900 - 02/1905/1900 – Age 20 - Meiklehill No.5 Drawer, James Wood Ltd., Dumbarton. Apparently he was illegally drawing in front of a loaded hutch, coming down an inclined road and got run over by it.

KERR John - 1907 - 23/01/1907 – Age 29 - Coltness Labourer, Coltness Iron Co. Ltd., Lanarkshire. The waggons, at a coal washer, were very stiff to move owing to this grease having become hard by the frost and in order to thaw this grease, deceased poured some naphtha over the box and set this oil on fire, while this grease was flaming he lifted this can, containing about three gallons of naphtha, and commenced to pour some more oil on the box, when this vapour ignited, causing an explosion and saturated his clothing, which took fire.

KERR Thomas - 1906 - 05/07/1906 – Age 46 - Newbattle Engineman, Lothian Coal Co. Ltd., Edinburgh. A haulage engine on the surface works a band rope led down the shaft and connected to machinery in a clutch house in the bottom, here there are three sets of clutches for three sets of haulage systems. The engine was signalled to stop, and deceased, while the strain was at its greatest owing to the gearing of the three systems being in while the engine was at a standstill he began to clean out one of the crank pits and unknown to him the strain was relieved by the clutchman throwing one of the systems out of gear, causing the engine to move slowly and the crank came round and crushed deceased.

KERSHAW Edward - 1907 - 20/07/1907 – Age 47 - Abram Collier, Abram Coal Co., Wigan, Lancashire. When engaged at the face, a fall of top coal and dirt fell on the face upon him which it appeared had not been overhanging.

KERTON Thomas - 1907 - 19/09/1907 – Age 41 - Marine Collier, Ebbw Vale Steel Iron and Coal Co. Ltd., Monmouth. In lifting a lump of coal on to a tram in his working place he appears to have knocked his forehead against a broken flat or crown tree and although he worked a little afterwards it swelled at the time and inflammation of the tissues resulted followed by suppuration. According to medical evidence he died from the effects of the blow on the 25th Nov.

KETTLE David - 1907 - 12/06/1907 – Age 48 - Thingdon Iron Ore Quarry Engineman, Walter Neilson jnr., Nottinghamshire. Deceased was cleaning a water-course at the Quarry face when a fall occurred after a shot had been fired a short time previously. He died the same day.

KEY Charles - 1903 - 11/06/1903 – Age 25 - Grassmoor Shunter, Grassmoor Co., Derbyshire. Deceased was riding on a brake stack placed in the first truck of a train of 12 empty waggons when the stick struck an upright prop placed in stacked coal lying by the side of the line. Deceased was thrown off and fell under the moving wagons. He died the same day.

KEY Richard - 1904 - 12/02/1904 – Age 24 - Shelton Deep Loader, Shelton Iron Steel and Coal Co. Ltd., Staffordshire. Sudden outburst of coal and gas in a thirling in Cockshead seam. 2 killed.

KEY William - 1907 - 16/07/1907 – Age 44 - Woodfield Hewer, Bolckow Vaughan and Co. Ltd., Co.Durham. He neglected, and the deputy neglected, to timber his place. A fall of roof occurred and killed him.

KEYS John Elias - 1903 - 17/10/1903 – Age 30 - Blaensychan Mechanic, Partridge Jones and Co. Ltd., Monmouth. He had been examining the shaft with the manager on the cage top, on alighting at the bottom he fell off the cage to the flat sheets and died in a few minutes. Whether he slipped or was struck by something falling down the shaft is uncertain.

KIDD Alexander - 1904 - 25/12/1904 - Newbigging Quarry, School boy, Aberdeen County Council, Aberdeen. While amusing himself with two other boys he fell in to some water and was drowned. The Quarry was not in use at the time.

KIDDY Joseph - 1902 - 17/06/1902 – Age 32 - Langwith Stallman, Sheepbridge Coal and Iron Co. Ltd., Notts. Fall of roof. Deceased was to set a prop to support the stone over a bar which had broken when the stone fell and killed him.

KIDGER Robert - 1908 - 08/02/1908 – Age 54 - Bond’s Main Dayman, Staveley Coal and Iron Co. Ltd., Derbyshire. Deceased and other men were walking along the main haulage road, returning from work and while the haulage rope was running a train of four full tubs became detached from the rope and ran away. Deceased was knocked down and killed.

KIDMAN James - 1900 - 10/01/1900 – Age 22 - Brandon Putter, Strakers and Love, Co.Durham. He was sitting beside or on first tub of full set in the landing when the empty set came in off the way and caught the full tubs. He was afterwards found amongst the tubs and some stone which had fallen.

KIFF George Scamp - 1904 - 12/01/1904 – Age 53 - Buttercombe, Limestone Quarry Quarryman, E Slee, Devon. He was working on the face of the Quarry, out of sight of his comrades. His partner called him to lunch but receiving no answer, he went to his working place when he found he had fallen or slid to the foot of the face and was there lying dead. He had evidently fallen backwards and broken his neck.

KILBOURNE Joseph - 1903 - 16/09/1903 – Age 31 - Granville No.2 Deputy, Granville Colliery Co., Derbyshire. Fall of roof. Deceased fired a shot in a stall and then proceeded to examine the place and to couple the cable up to another shot when a fall of roof occurred and killed him.

KILBRIDE J - 1909 - 22/04/1909 – Age 44 - Silverwood Collier, Dalton Main Collieries Ltd., Yorkshire. Whilst drawing back timber in a waste, a piece of rock, about 5 yards long, 9 inches thick, 5 feet wide, fell upon him. The fall displaced two props. He was using a hammer instead of proper timber drawing appliances.

KILBURN Albert - 1902 - 03/07/1902 – Age 17 - Nunnery Park Gate Brakesman, Nunnery Colliery Co. Ltd., Yorkshire. Found dead on an engine plane. There was evidence that he had been riding on the full tubs.

KILBURN William - 1904 - 24/12/1904 – Age 45 - Holmside, Thomas Screener, Thomas Hedley and Bros., Co.Durham. He was filling timber into a tub at the horsehole when a tub in the upcast cage got partly out, owing to a sneck not holding caught at the hole and forced the tub outwards and he got crushed by the tub he was filling and one behind him. He died on the 22nd.

KILBURN William - 1908 - 16/11/1908 – Age 36 - Wingate Grange Deputy, Owners of Wingate Grange Colliery, Co.Durham. He went in to see an old jud that had been drawing out in company with the overman, when a stone, 16 feet long by 10 inches thick, came away and killed him.

KILCOYNE William - 1908 - 22/02/1908 – Age 68 - Bulls Bridge Watchman, Bulls Bridge Colliery Co., Staffordshire. Deceased had taken shelter in a brick shed, 17 feet by 15 feet, during a gale. The corrugated iron roof was blown off and part of a brick chimney fell upon him, causing injuries which resulted fatally seven days afterwards.

KILLARY John - 1900 - 15/06/1900 – Age 47 Westerton Hewer, Bolckow Vaughan and Co. Ltd., Co.Durham. Riding outbye on engine plane in mens set when a tub coupling link broke and part of the set went amain for a short distance and deceased was killed.

KILLEN William - 1904 - 13/06/1904 – Age 30 - Watergate Roadsman, Flimby & Broughton Moor Coal & Firebrick Co. Ltd., Cumberland. Explosion of firedamp. Died June 23.

KILLINGBACK Thomas - 1909 - 16/02/1909 – Age 26 - West Stanley, Owners of West Stanley Colliery, Co.Durham. Explosion of gas, 168 killed. 14 Catherine Terrace, Shield Row.

KILLMURE A. - 1901 - 24/09/1901 – Age 16 - Garforth Fitter, Garforth Coal Co., Yorkshire. Killed by wagons when walking along the siding.

KILLORAN Hugh - 1908 - 18/08/1908 – Age 29 - Maypole Contractor, Moss Hall Co., Wigan, Lancashire. Explosion of firedamp and coal dust, 75 killed.

KILNER Henry - 1907 - 04/07/1907 – Age 31 - Orgreave Collier, Rother Vale Collieries Ltd., Yorkshire. For a short time he had been holing from the tub road at the face, at the end of a piece of coal, which had previously been holed when a piece of coal came away to a weight break which could not be seen over a sprag and caught him. He was so severely injured that he died in the Sheffield Infirmary on the 7th inst.