MILLS Aaron – 1907 – 08/02/1907 – Age 58 – Outwood Collier, Thomas Fletcher and Sons Ltd., Lancashire. In the roadway, from the ripping out of a prop by throwing a stone at it, he had been ordered not to take out the prop. (Good roof).

MILLS Alfred – 1908 – 28/09/1908 – Age 15 – Tinsley Park Rope runner, Tinsley Park Colliery Co. Ltd., Yorkshire. The deceased's duty was to prepare the sets at the bottom of a plane up which tubs were hauled in sets of four by an electric motor, and then walk in front of the set to the top of the road, take off the full tubs, attach four empty tubs to the rope and take them down. This plane dipped at the rate of 1 in 15 and was about 300 yards in length. The height varied from 4 feet to 6 feet and the height of the tubs was 3 feet 2 inches so that at the low places there was only a space of 10 inches between the roof and the top of the tub and the roof being hard sandstone there were projecting inequalities in it where the height of the road decreased. He appears to have been illegally riding on the first tub of a full set when his head was caught against one of these low places and he was so seriously injured that he died the following day.

MILLS Ebenezer Jones – 1902 – 14/04/1902 – Age 26 – Ab Top, Sandstone Quarry Crane tenter, Charles Taylor and Co., Lancashire. On 9th April the crane left the rails, several parts were broken a mechanic had repaired. On turning the crane round the boiler part separated from the rest of the crane and fell to the bottom of the Quarry, 94 feet, taking with it the engineman. It was clearly proved that the repairs were not complete and the mechanic made a great mistake not satisfying himself as to the condition of certain bolts upon which the security of the crane depended. It was proved that some of these had been almost sheared by the accident on the 9th.

MILLS James – 1908 – 19/04/1908 – Age 23 – Arniston Drawer, Arniston Coal Co. Ltd., Edinburgh. Explosion of firedamp.

MILLS Joseph – 1909 – 11/02/1909 – Age 36 – Cadder No.17 Miner, Carron Co., Lanarkshire. Fall of ironstone while holing, through ironstone being insufficiently spragged.

MILLS Ralph Hogg – 1907 – 17/10/1907 – Age 43 – Black Heddon, Whinstone Quarry Labourer, CJ Leyland, Northumberland. Died November 11. Deceased was placing stone on a bench, ready for a steam crusher to operate on when he knocked or scraped off some skin from one of the fingers of his left hand. He mentioned the matter to the foreman who was near him at the time. He finished his shift and worked the next two days. His finger became painful and the pain extended up his arm. On October 25, his doctor found blood poisoning had set in and he was sent to Newcastle Infirmary on that day where he died on November 11.

MILLS Samuel – 1907 – 11/06/1907 – Age 26 – Llanhilleth Collier, Partridge Jones and Co. Ltd., Monmouth. Fall of coal from the face, in the Black Vein, which was about 7.5 feet thick. He stood between two sprags, about 4.5 feet apart, and was pulling down some coal. It broke off differently to what he expected and knocked out a sprag which, in falling, struck his head.

MILLS Thomas – 1904 – 31/05/1904 – Age 19 – Brynkinallt Haulage hand, WY Graig and Sons, Denbigh. Inspection made and inquest attended. The deceased got in an empty tub in the endless rope downbrow and another person rode on the clip which he had loosened to slide on the haulage rope, when it came to a pulley the latter was thrown off and the tub ran downbrow and deceased was fatally injured. The other person was convicted for Breach of Rules.

MILLS Walter – 1906 – 17/03/1906 – Age 15 – Oxcroft Engineplane boy, Oxcroft Colliery Co., Derbyshire. Run over by the first full tub of a train of six full tubs. There was no direct evidence to show how the accident occurred, but he probably slipped on the moving rope while putting a locker on the front wheel of the first tub.

MILLS William – 1903 – 20/11/1903 – Age 44 – Whiteley Stallman, Butterley Co., Derbyshire. Fall of roof. Deceased was withdrawing a prop from the goaf and while using a pick to loosen the cap or lid a large piece of roof fell and fatally injured him. He died on the 22nd Nov.

MILLS William Frederick – 1904 – 04/05/1904 – Age 15 – Elliot Collier, Monmouth. Slightly scratched his face when at work at Elliot Colliery on the 3rd May. He died about ten days after from meningitis and it was attempted but in my opinion failed to prove that the scratch on the face caused it.

MILLWARD Elias – 1901 – 29/07/1901 – Age 51 – Alexandra Slate Quarryman, Alexandra Slate Co. Ltd., Carnarvon. He had fired a small charge in a crack in order to enlarge the cavity to receive a bigger charge. Immediately after the charge exploded he returned to his working place. About 10 tons of rock, which no doubt had been loosened by the blast, unexpectedly fell and killed him on the spot.

MILLWARD William – 1906 – 20/08/1906 – Age 34 – Fochriw No.2 Rider, Guest Keen and Nettlefolds Ltd., Glamorgan. Deceased was riding on one of the shackles of a journey, when his head must have been crushed against a low piece of roof which caused him to fall under the trains. When roads cannot be maintained higher than 5 feet riding should be strictly forbidden.

MILLWARD William Henry - 1907 - 19/11/1907 – Age 36 - Mapperley Deputy, Mapperley Colliery Co., Derbyshire. Deceased was riding up an engineplane on the top of a loaded tub, the first of a train of ten tubs in charge of a runrider. Deceased struck his head against the roof of the roadway and dislocated his his neck He died 2nd December.

MILNER Alfred - 1905 - 18/05/1905 – Age 43 - Acton Hall Waggon Greaser, Acton Hall Colliery Co., Yorkshire. Three empty waggons were being lowered and he attempted to cross the road when he was knocked down and fatally injured.

MILNER J - 1901 - 29/10/1901 – Age 53 - Rothwell Haigh Collier, J and J Charlesworth, Yorkshire. When he knocked out a sprag, to drop some coal, a rock from the roof followed and killed him.

MILWARD Josiah - 1905 - 17/03/1905 – Age 49 - Hartington Deputy, Staveley Coal and Iron Co., Derbyshire. Fall of roof. Deceased was using a hammer to knock a prop out from an abandoned goaf. As the prop gave way the roof fell and killed him. He should have used a ringer and chain lying close to him at the time.

MINKS Robert - 1904 - 21/12/1904 – Age 50 - Derwent Master Shifter, Consett Iron Co. Ltd., Co.Durham. Committed suicide in the mine by exploding a detonator on his head.

MINNIKIN Robert - 1900 - 09/07/1900 – Age 67 - Loftus Labourer, Pease and Partners Ltd., Loftus, Yorkshire. Died from heart failure when coming out of the pit at end of his shift. (Not comprised)

MINOR James - 1906 - 27/07/1906 – Age 14 - Navigation Collier Boy, Nixons Navigation Co. Ltd., Glamorgan. Fall of side at face coal, 5 feet by 21 inches by 46 inches, fell off a face slip as deceased and the collier in charge were cutting at it so as to get it down in small pieces. Deceased failed to get out of its way and was crushed against a prop. Six-feet seam.

MINORS James - 1907 - 30/09/1907 – Age 27 - Newcraighall Drawer, Niddrie and Benhar Coal Co. Ltd., Edinburgh. Deceased and his neighbour were putting up timber, to secure a bad part of the roof, when it suddenly fell upon them.

MINRO Alexander - 1906 - 28/05/1906 – Age 22 - Arniston Coal Cutter, Arniston Coal Co. Ltd., Edinburgh.

MINSHULL Albert - 1903 - 08/12/1903 – Age 28 - Dinorwic, Slate Quarry Quarryman, GW Duff, Assheton Smith, Carnarvon. A second charge of gunpowder exploded while he was in the act of igniting the fuse. He was thrown over the edge of the bank to a depth of 25 yards.

MINSHULL Albert – 1903 – 29/12/1903 – Age 28 – Newbold Sandstone Quarry Quarryman, Astbury Silica Co., Chester, Cheshire. A charge of gelignite exploded while he was pushing it home. The cartridges were frozen.

MINSTER Robert – 1909 – 03/03/1909 – Age 50 – Westfield, Limestone Miner, W Baird and Co. Ltd., Edinburgh. Deceased and another miner were inserting the final charge of Blasting Gelatine into a long hole in limestone which had been "cracked" a few times before. The charge exploded and injured both men, deceased succumbing five days later.

MINTON David – 1909 – 03/09/1909 – Age 57 – Nine Mile Point Collier, Burnyeat Brown and Co. Ltd., Monmouth. A pair of timbers suddenly discharged, and the collar falling on his head dislocated his neck, It occurred as he was at breakfast sitting on the side of his road about 7 yards from the face. As no fall of roof occurred this is classed under the ‘sundries’ heading.

MINTON Thomas – 1902 – 03/09/1902 – Age 37 – McLaren Haulier, Tredegar Iron and Coal Co. Ltd., Monmouth. Explosion of firedamp in the Yard Vein seam. Caused by working near to or in a large accumulation of gas. 16 killed.

MINTY John – 1903 – 12/06/1903 – Age 54 – Lady Lewis, Sandstone Quarry Quarryman, Lewis Merthyr Consolidated Collieries Ltd., Glamorgan. A piece of sandstone, 5 feet by 4 feet by 2 feet thick, fell out of the side of the Quarry on to deceased who was working near it. The Quarry had only been open a short time and there was a good deal of gravel between the stones. Deceased is said to have repeatedly sounded the stone that day.

MISSETT John Thomas – 1900 – 20/01/1900 – Age 23 – Houghton Hewer, Lambton Collieries Ltd., Co.Durham. Nicking coal when it fell away on to him and fractured two ribs and bruised his head and face. Died on 23rd instant.

MITCHEL John W. – 1904 – 17/09/1904 – Age 15 – South Moor, Louisa Driver, South Moor Collieries Ltd., Co.Durham. When driving a set of four full tubs he either fell off the top of the first one or slipped in getting on stud was run over and killed.

MITCHEL W.G. – 1900 – 27/06/1900 – Age 12 – Caerau Door Boy, Norths Navigation Collieries (1889) Ltd., Glamorgan. Crushed between a heap of rubbish (from rippings) and tram while about to attach the bar hook, the horse having backed unexpectedly.

MITCHEL W G – 1900 – 27/01/1900 – Age 12 – Coegnant Door Boy, Norths Navigation Collieries (1889) Ltd., Glamorgan. A full tram started from the parting before the stop block had been put down and ran over him as he was walking up the heading.

MITCHELL A. – 1901 – 05/04/1901 – Age 30 – Stanhope Silkstone Labourer, Stanhope Silkstone Colliery Co., Yorkshire. Fell from the cage when working in the shaft. 2 killed.

MITCHELL Andrew – 1906 – 30/10/1906 – Age 55 – Avochie, Granite Quarry Quarryman, Robert Mitchell, Aberdeen. A shot had been fired some distance up the Quarry face and deceased and the foreman were engaged taking off the loose stones, when a mass of rock came away above him and he was precipitated with the stones to the Quarry bottom and killed him. He had a rope but he failed to keep his hold of it.

MITCHELL Arthur – 1904 – 16/05/1904 – Age 38 – Shirebrook Dataller, Shirebrook Colliery Co., Derbyshire. The two deceased and another man were repairing a roadway and were using locked safety lamps only as light, when an explosion of firedamp occurred. Mitchell died on 22nd May and Kellett died on 24th May. The other man was injured.

MITCHELL David – 1900 – 30/08/1900 – Age 19 – Gilmilnscroft No.3 Miner, Gauchalland Coal Co., Ayrshire. When about to draw an empty hutch into the cage he was struck by a stone which fell down the shaft from some place unknown.

MITCHELL Eddie – 1907 – 28/02/1907 – Age 23 – Dolcoath, Tin Stoper, Dolcoath Mine Ltd., Cornwall. Fall of ground, about 6 cwt., from the face of his working place, a stope about 30 feet above the level, where he was at the time engaged filling. The rock, which was given off from a 'Soapy head’ rolled down the slope and struck him. According to the evidence brought before the Coroner, and the statements of the men, the face had been cleaned down and examined after blasting which took place on some days before. It was also stated that the men themselves and the shift boss had examined the place on the night in question, and found it to be apparently sound.

MITCHELL Frederick – 1900 – 25/06/1900 – Age 17 – Woodhorn Driver, Ashington Coal Co. Ltd., Northumberland. Inspection made. It is supposed that while deceased was engaged in driving his pony he knocked out a prop which caused a large fall. Three balks were canted out and the fall extended four or five yards by four yards in width.

MITCHELL George – 1900 – 18/12/1900 – Age 35 – Monkland No. 8 Brusher, James Dunlop and Co. Ltd., Lanarkshire. While carrying compressed gunpowder in his hand a spark from his naked light, illegally carried on his cap, caused it to explode.

MITCHELL George – 1902 – 27/02/1902 – Age 41 – Pilsley No.3 Corporal, Pilsley Colliery Co., Derbyshire. Deceased was assisting to lift a full tub on the rails when a fall of roof occurred and fatally injured him. He died on 15th September.

MITCHELL Isaac - 1909 - 24/06/1909 – Age 36 - Prince of Wales Coal Miner, John Rhodes Esq., Yorkshire. He was bringing a full tub down a cross gate when the locker broke and the tub overpowered him, and he was fatally crushed. The locker was improvised from a splinter of wood and should not have been used.

MITCHELL James - 1903 - 23/07/1903 – Age 37 - Castlehill Miner, Shotts Iron Co. Ltd., Lanarkshire. Deceased was holing when a part of the coal fell away from an unseen lype.

MITCHELL James - 1904 - 27/08/1904 – Age 34 - Lochore Sinker, Fife Coal Co. Ltd., Fife. Deceased and ten others were at work in the bottom of a rectangular shaft, 29 feet by 11 feet 6 inches, inside dimensions. The last 36 fathoms of the sinking had been in whinstone which had been blasted with gelignite. The barring through the whinstone consisted of pitch pine 3 inches in thickness and extended practically to the pit bottom. The lowest bunton was 36 feet above the bottom of the barring, it having been considered necessary to keep the shaft clear for this distance to protect the buntons from the shots, and to allow of the slinging in and turning of the planks used for side bars. A large mass of whinstone suddenly slipped away from an irregular back on one side of the pit bursting through the lower 12 feet of the barring. Deceased was killed and six others were more or less seriously injured.

MITCHELL James - 1905 - 12/04/1905 – Age 24 - Rotherham Main Dayman, John Brown and Co. Ltd., Yorkshire. When attempting to pull down a slab of rock, 2 inches thick, a piece, 15 feet by 10 feet suddenly fell upon his head and shoulders and killed him.

MITCHELL James - 1907 - 29/07/1907 – Age 17 - Linton Tippler attendant, Ashington Coal Co. Ltd., Northumberland. Iron tubs, weighing 5 cwt. and carrying 8.5 cwt. of coal, run from the shaft to a tippler down a short inclined road and deceased’s duty, at which he had only worked a few days, was to receive them and work the tippler so that their contents are emptied on to the travelling belt. Another lad was cleaning up and was near at the time and deceased seems to have left his usual post in consequence. When a tub came forward he was returning and slipped on one of the rails, which was rather greasy, and the tub caught him and crushed his head. The tubs come pretty smartly forward and the attendant required to catch hold of them to check their speed.

MITCHELL John - 1900 - 14/08/1900 – Age 65 - Devon Repairer, Alloa Coal Co. Ltd., Clackmannan. While a bogieman was riding in front of a set of loaded tubs, on an engine dook 1,100 yards in length, he observed deceased standing on the right side of the road. Immediately after passing him he heard a cry and at once jumped off the bogie and signalled to stop the set. His lamp, having been extinguished, he went down the dook for a short distance to get a light and on returning found deceased on the left side of the dook, about 10 yards above the point where he had passed him and in the act of crawling from between the fourth and fifth tubs of the set. Deceased stated that while the set was passing him his foot slipped, and he fell against the electric signal wire receiving a shock which caused him to recoil and fall between the tubs. From the relative positions of deceased some pump pipes, a wire rope and the signal wires it appeared to be much more probable that he had been attempting to get upon the tubs or the coupling between them in order to ride up the dook, a practice which although forbidden by the Special Rules was evidently somewhat prevalent in the mine at the time. Deceased succumbed to his injuries nine days afterwards.

MITCHELL John - 1902 - 02/07/1902 – Age 51 - Wombwell Main Labourer, Wombwell Main Colliery Co. Ltd., Yorkshire. Died 8th July. A piece of stone fell from an old engine house which was being pulled down and fatally injured him.

MITCHELL John - 1904 - 02/09/1904 – Age 60 - Chapel, Sandstone Quarry Quarrier, Joseph Atkinson, Lancashire. A large stone hem raised from its bed by steam crane, a piece of the stone broke off falling on the leg of deceased.

MITCHELL John - 1905 - 23/01/1905 – Age 18 - Michael Drawer, Wemyss Coal Co. Ltd., Fife. Deceased was assisting to redd a fall which occurred on a main road when a large stone suddenly fell on him.

MITCHELL John William - 1906 - 09/06/1906 – Age 17 - Arley Loader, Arley Colliery Co., Warwick. Deceased was assisting to put a full tub on the rails in a slightly inclined roadway, when a locker fell out of the wheels allowing the tub to run over the deceased. He died the next day.

MITCHELL Peter - 1903 - 23/01/1903 – Age 21 - Glenboig, Fireclay Miner, Glenboig Union Fireclay Co. Ltd., Lanarkshire. Deceased was filling a tub with clay when a part of the overhanging face fell and killed him on the spot.

MITCHELL Richard - 1908 - 22/09/1908 – Age 58 - Albion Foreman, Albion Steam Coal Co. Ltd., Glamorgan. Deceased was going out of a cabin on the side of a tramway when he was knocked down by a tram of stones and killed. He had been warned that three trains were to be let down, and advised to remain in the cabin. He remained until two had passed, but stepped out just as the third was running down.

MITCHELL Robert - 1900 - 04/10/1900 – Age 28 - Heatheryknowle No.3 Miner, Kirkwood Coal Co. Ltd., Lanarkshire. Fall of coal owing to want of sprags.

MITCHELL Robert - 1908 - 22/10/1908 – Age 38 - Benarty Miner, Fife Coal Co. Ltd., Fife. Preparations were being made to begin stooping and road ways were being cut on the side of stoops to make height for a brae, it was arranged to take down the brushing which consisted of ? feet 6 inches of blaes. For that purpose breakers were placed on each side of road, and the work of withdrawing the props, to allow the brushing to fall, had just begun when the roof collapsed throwing out all the timber and burying both men, the other men who were at work at the job at once ran to their assistance, but had to retreat as a second fall took place and as soon as the roof had settled the men were got out but were dead. The whole area of fall was well supported with timber.

MITCHELL Robert - 1909 - 29/01/1909 – Age 53 - Alloa Miner Alloa Coal Co. Ltd., Clackmannan. Deceased and his neighbour were taking off coal at the face when the roof suddenly fell away from a lype throwing two props out and injuring both men. The former died 5 months later.

MITCHELL Samuel – 1908 – 04/03/1908 – Age 44 – Hamstead Stallman, Hamstead Colliery Co. Ltd., Staffordshire. Underground fire. 25 killed.

MITCHELL Thomas Parr – 1907 – 25/02/1907 – Age 31 – Mountsorrel Granite Quarry Labourer, Mountsorrel Granite Co., Leicestershire. Deceased was fatally crushed between wagons on its traverse table, and died the same day.

MITCHELL William – 1905 – 08/12/1905 – Age 25 – Southgate Stallman, Shire Oaks Colliery Co., Derbyshire. Fall of roof. Deceased went into a waste to get a steel wedge from a waste which had been thrown there when the roof fell and killed him.

MITCHELL William – 1908 – 29/01/1908 – Age 62 – Tullygarth Fireman, James Fyfe and Co., Clackmannan. Deceased was making his second inspection, and on arriving at one of the working places he sat down under the brushing to speak to the miner, when a large piece of sandstone fell upon him. Had he examined the stone before sitting down, probably he would have discovered its unsafe condition.

MITCHESON John – 1906 – 12/04/1906 – Age 45 – North Seaton Chargeman, Cowpen Coal Co. Ltd., Northumberland. Died April 23. Deceased was doing his rounds in the longwall workings of the Staple district in the Yard seam, and when about 31 yards from the face, on the Mothergate, he was adjusting a canvas sheet in an auxiliary air road, when some blue metal stone, 5 feet 6 inches long, 3 feet 6 inches wide, and 2 feet 11 inches thick, fell off the side above the pack, relieved by jacks, and fastened him. Some men at the face heard the fall, and he was at once released, but he was unconscious and paralysed, his spine being broken. The Local Inspectors made no report.

MITCHINSON Henry – 1906 – 17/03/1906 – Age 17 – Littleburn Bell boy, North Brancepeth Coal Co., Co.Durham. Caught by a revolving shaft on the screens. It was said that he had no business to be where he was at the time of the accident.

MITSON Thomas - 1908 - 09/04/1908 – Age 45 - Wheldale Collier, Wheldale Coal Co. Ltd., Yorkshire. He knocked a sprag out under some holed coal and, as it did not fall, he went under it, without re-setting the sprags to hole it further when it fell and killed him.

MOAKES Andrew - 1905 - 22/12/1905 – Age 43 - Blackwell A Dayman, Blackwell Colliery Co., Derbyshire. He died while at work in the mine. The doctor certified death to be due to natural causes, “cancer”. No inquest was held.

MOAN Alexander Jefferson - 1900 - 12/06/1900 – Age 56 - Ryhope Hewer, Ryhope Coal Co., Co.Durham. Died 16th Jan. from injuries received by a fall of roof in the face of the longwall workings, 12th June 1900.

MOBBS George - 1900 - 30/06/1900 – Age 58 - Shelton, Deep Dataller, Shelton Iron Steel and Coal Co. Ltd., Staffordshire. Fall of a large stone from side of main crut during repairs.

MOBEY Walton - 1906 - 25/01/1906 – Age 25 - Rose Hill Drawer, S Scowcroft and Sons Ltd., Lancashire. Whilst travelling outbye on the main level, to fetch an empty tub, he was caught under a fall of roof, 18 feet long, 4 feet wide at one end ? feet wide at the other, 9 to 10 inches in thickness. Single row of props 6 feet from one side of level, the fall occurred within this 6 feet space. Heavy clod roof, it will now have bars set. (Roof, bad.)

MOFFAT William - 1908 - 12/12/1908 – Age 28 - Newbattle Coal cutter, Lothian Coal Co. Ltd., Edinburgh. Killed by machinery.

MOFFATT John William - 1909 - 01/03/1909 – Age 23 - Stanley Hewer, Pease and Partners, Co.Durham. He was killed by a cauldron bottom 6 feet long, 4.5 feet wide, and 12 inches thick at its thickest part, falling upon him. When the deputy was in the place, there were four props set along the face; after the accident, one only was there. None were under the fall. He, therefore, had drawn out three of the four props and in this way had caused his own death.

MOFFATT William - 1901 - 30/11/1901 – Age 55 - Niddrie Miner, Niddrie and Benhar Coal Co. Ltd., Edinburgh. Deceased was holing his coal when the roof suddenly fell on him. He succumbed to his injuries 16 hours afterwards.

MOGRIDGE Frederick - 1902 - 23/06/1902 – Age 17 - Loftus Ironstone Horse driver, Pease and Partners, North Yorkshire. Left his work and went out at a holing in the sea cliff and while clambering up the cliff he slipped and fell a distance of 200 feet to the beach and was killed.

MOLE Nathaniel - 1908 - 23/12/1908 – Age 30 - Cakemore Pikeman, HS Pitt and Co., Worcestershire. Killed by underground fire. 3 killed.

MOLLOY Michael - 1908 - 18/08/1908 – Age 43 - Maypole Contractor, Moss Hall Co., Wigan, Lancashire. Explosion of firedamp and coal dust. 75 killed.

MOLONEY John - 1909 - 17/12/1909 – Age 24 - Gurnos Assistant repairer, Gurnos Anthracite Colliery Co., Brecon. Explosion of firedamp. 2 killed.

MOLYNEAUX John - 1902 - 20/08/1902 – Age 29 - Sharlston West Collier, New Sharlston Collieries Ltd., Yorkshire. Fall of roof in a roadway. Cause, a weight break.

MONAGHAN James - 1905 - 20/01/1905 - Bold No.3 Haulage hand, Collins Green Colliery Co., St. Helens, Lancashire. Inspection made and inquest attended. A large fail of roof occurred at a junction of roads knocking down the bars and covering timber, which seem to have been reeled out without breaking from some cause, fatally injuring them. 2 killed.

MONAGHAN Owen - 1902 - 22/08/1902 – Age 17 - Ravensworth Pony putter, Charles Perkins and Partners, Co.Durham. Died 2nd September 1902. Deceased stated to a doctor that he had hurt himself while lifting a tub on the rails. An inquest was held and a post mortem examination made and it was found that the cause of death was acute pleuro-pneumonia and not due to any injury.

MONAGHAN Peter - 1900 - 18/06/1900 – Age 70 - Drumcanan (Gravel and Sand Quarry) Quarrier, James and Peter Monaghan Co., Monaghan, Ireland. Fall of baring or cover from face.

MONK T. - 1900 - 24/11/1900 – Age 22 - New Road Stoneminer, Saville Holmes, Yorkshire. He was ascending the sinking shaft on a box when the rope was drawn out of the cappel or broke and he fell to the bottom of the shaft, 16 or 17 yards. Died 26th Nov.

MONKS Alfred – 1908 – 18/08/1908 – Age 32 – Maypole Dataller, Moss Hall Co., Wigan, Lancashire. Explosion of firedamp and coal dust. 75 killed.

MONKS C. – 1903 – 07/09/1903 – Age 35 – Fryston Packer, Wheldale Coal Co. Ltd., Yorkshire. Fall of roof in a working place. Cause a weight break.

MONKS James – 1901 – 20/10/1901 – Age 36 – Westhoughton New Dataller, Westhoughton New Coal and Cannel Co. Ltd., Lancashire. Fall of side in the drawing road. While removing a dirt tub he knocked out a sprag which supported the side causing it to fall. Died 29th.

MONKS John – 1900 – 30/09/1900 – Age 27 – Bickershaw No.3 Daywageman, Ackers Whitley and Co. Ltd., Leigh, Lancashire. Inspection made and inquest attended. They were engaged on a scaffold near the pit bottom making a high place for the endless rope haulage motion wheels when a large stone fell from a break in the roof upon him and capping two props. The under manager and fireman were near to the point at the time.

MONKS William Henry – 1908 – 18/08/1908 – Age 40 – Maypole Contractor, Moss Hall Co., Wigan, Lancashire. Explosion of firedamp and coal dust. 75 killed.

MONTAGUE John – 1907 – 15/10/1907 – Age 47 – Manuelrigg Waggon trimmer, United Collieries Ltd., Stirling. The colliery manager went to the siding where empty waggons were collected, and after putting down the brakes of four waggons, he began to run five down toward this coal screen but this train ran away and collided with three waggons under the screen and sent them forward. Deceased, who was having a meal, at once rose, and running towards this three moving waggons, tried to stop them with a trig, but fell before them and was run over. The pitheadman ran to his aid and had just time to lift him into the four-foot way and lie down beside him when the runaway train passed over them.

MONTGOMERY M. – 1901 – 12/09/1901 – Age 56 – Prince of Wales Labourer, United Collieries Co. Ltd., Monmouth. He stumbled over the door of a tram and falling against some timber injured his ribs as thought at the time only slightly. Death was however certified by the doctor to have occurred from phthisis precipitated by the accident He died on the 6th April.

MONTGOMERY William – 1902 – 06/08/1902 – Age 21 – Longriggend Roadsman, James Nimmo and Co. Ltd., Lanarkshire. Deceased was engaged at the shaft bottom repairing some connections of a pump, one foot rested on the cage and the other on a beam, when the cage was raised suddenly and he was crushed. It was not clear that the engineman received a signal to raise the cage.

MONTGOMERY George – 1900 – 26/01/1900 – Age 57 – Stane Labourer, Turners Ltd., Lanarkshire. Crushed between wagons at the screens.

MOODIE Forbes – 1903 – 07/10/1903 – Age 42 – Michael Roadsman, Weymss Coal Co. Ltd., Fife. Deceased had visited a section to the rise and was proceeding down the incline when a loaded tub ran away from the top, and before it had gone very far it left the rails and the contents were showered down the roadway and a piece of coal struck him on the head. When found he was 24 feet below the tub. The injury was thought to be slight but he subsequently died from the effect on 26th January, 1904. A good set of blocks was provided at top but it appears the wheeler either neglected to put it in or had insufficiently fixed it and on brining the tub forward it ran over the brae.

MOODY Roger – 1900 – 20/08/1900 – Age 40 – Burradon Hewer, Burradon and Coxlodge Coal Co. Ltd., Northumberland. Inspection made and inquest attended. When hewing at a longwall face a sudden fall of roof took place breaking off at a row of props and canting out three others. The deputy had visited the place about one and a half hours before and after setting some timber left it apparently safe.

MOON Albert – 1906 – 19/12/1906 – Age 15 – Radstock Wellsway Hitchers boy, Earl of Waldegrave, Somerset. He with others, was travelling down the incline leading to the shaft, about 70 yards long with a moderate gradient. He and another boy had taken refuge in a manhole to allow the full journey to pass, but being apparently in a hurry he left without a light, expecting to overtake some of the others who had gone further on, he however was caught by the empty journey and thrown into a manhole so seriously injured that he died in the mine. Neither nor boys should be allowed, as seems the practice, when coming out from work to travel without a light.

MOON Harry – 1902 – 12/03/1902 – Age 27 – Cwmaman Collier, Cwmaman Coal Co. Ltd., Glamorgan. Fall of roof at face cliff, 3 feet by 18 inches by 4 inches thick, fell while he was ripping the top down. He died on April 20th. Six feet seam.

MOON Herbert – 1906 – 28/04/1906 – Age 31 – Dowlais Cardiff Labourer, Guest Keen and Nettlefolds Ltd., Glamorgan. The deceased were killed by a runaway journey which crashed into them as they were waiting at the pit bottom to ascend at the end of their shift. 5 killed.

MOONEY John Edward – 1903 – 28/07/1903 – Age 20 – Cleworth Hall Drawer, Tyldesley Coal Co. Ltd., Lancashire. When travelling across faces, in night shift, seeking the shot-lighter he arrived at a roadway at the moment a shot (ammonite) was fired by shot lighter, the latter being 20 yards down the road.

MOONEY William – 1909 – 13/04/1909 – Age 15 – Polmaise No.3 & 4, Archbald Russell Ltd., Stirling. Steam valve explosion. On Saturday afternoon (13 March 1909) a young lad was killed at Fallin Colliery under most peculiar circumstances. James Arnott and James Thomson, Winding Enginemen, Bandeath Cottages, were engaged tightening the nuts of iron bolts on the steam valve on one of the boilers at No 3 and 4 Pits, Polmaise Colliery, Fallin, when part of the valve case blew out. Both men were knocked to the ground and severely scalded about the face and chest and a young lad, William Mooney (15), Pithead Worker, residing at Fallin, who was standing a few feet away watching the men doing their work, was hurled to the ground. It is not known whether he was struck by a piece of metal or was knocked down by the force of the explosion, but when picked up he was unconscious and was bleeding from a wound on the head. He was attended to by Dr Mcjnnes, who ordered his removal to Stirling Royal Infirmary, where he died the following afternoon without having regained consciousness, death being due to fracture of the skull. Arnott and Thornson were able to go home, where they were attended to. (Stirling Observer).

MOOR James – 1905 – 14/06/1905 – Age 56 – Framwellgate Not employed, Framwellgate Coal and Coke Co. Ltd., Co.Durham. When driving a fish cart past the level crossing it was struck by some trucks going from Caterhouse to Old Pit. The man was thrown out and rendered unconscious.

MOOR John – 1902 – 31/01/1902 – Age 35 – Dairy Farm Miner, Stafford Committed suicide by jumping down pit shaft.

MOOR Robert – 1902 – 17/03/1902 – Age 13 – North Hetton Driver, North Hetton Coal Co. Ltd., Co.Durham. He went in front of his pony to open a door and when it was passing it kicked and hit him in the bowels. Died on the 25th instant.

MOOR W. – 1903 – 31/03/1903 – Age 22 – Rotherham Main Filler, John Brown and Co. Ltd., Yorkshire. Died 1st April. He was wedging coal from the face when a large flake suddenly burst off and fatally injured him. Cause a sudden weight.

MOORE Charles – 1903 – 05/02/1903 – Age 37 – Eston Ironstone Miner, Bolckow Vaughan and Co. Ltd., North Yorkshire. When filling a waggon some stone fell from the roof and killed him.

MOORE Edwin – 1901 – 20/07/1901 – Age 29 – Fochriw No.1 Collier, Guest Keen and Co. Ltd., Glamorgan. While waiting near a brattice sheet, placed under a small opening in the roof, he was burned by an ignition of firedamp presumably brushed down from the crevice by the passing of horse and haulier under the sheet. Naked lights used.

MOORE Ephraim - 1907 - 11/11/1907 – Age 44 - Priory Avenue, Sand Quarry Labourer, William Parsons, Essex. A wheelbarrow filled with sand was being raised from a Quarry, 26 feet in depth, by means of a rope passing over a pulley carried on shear legs placed near the lip of a nearly vertical face. The face suddenly slipped in along a length of 30 feet and to a maximum width in centre of 6 feet, tailing out at both ends and bottom. Deceased, who was wheeling sand forward to the bottom of this hoist, was caught and buried by the falling sand, his neck being broken. This foreman had examined the lip in the morning and saw no crack. The surface consisted of soil and gravel for a depth of 2 feet back from this lip, which probably hid the crack.

MOORE Frank - 1906 - 04/09/1906 – Age 20 - Darfield Main Trammer, Mitchell Main Colliery Co. Ltd., Yorkshire. He was barring a piece of coal down off the face, and when it fell it caught and crushed him against a prop. He died before being got out of the pit.

MOORE George - 1904 - 20/05/1904 - Arrail Griffith Collier, Monmouth. Died on the 20th May from ulceration of the stomach. He had met with a very slight accident at Arrail Griffin Colliery, about the middle of January, and it was attempted to prove that death was due to this but medical evidence was clear on the point that it was not so.

MOORE George - 1907 - 26/07/1907 – Age 33 - Glascote Loader, Glascote Colliery Co., Warwickshire. Fall of roof. Deceased was assisting the stallman to set a prop when the roof fell and fatally injured him. He died 21st October.

MOORE George Henry - 1907 - 08/11/1907 – Age 14 - Nunnery Pony driver, Nunnery Colliery Co. Ltd., Yorkshire. He was found under the front end of the first of a set of three full tubs quite dead. He was wearing a pair of boots many sizes too large for him and the probability is that he tripped and fell under the tubs. The road is a good one and the gradient was against the load.

MOORE Hugh John - 1903 - 30/10/1903 – Age 35 - Ashington Hewer, Ashington Coal Co. Ltd., Northumberland. Died 6th February. It was asserted that deceased had strained himself whilst at work but no definite evidence as to this could be obtained. He was taken ill while at work and had to be helped outbye. On being examined by a doctor he was found to be suffering from strangulated hernia and was sent to the Infirmary at Newcastle-on-Tyne where he was operated on but he did not recover. The jury found that he died from strangulated hernia but how it was caused there was no evidence to show.

MOORE James - 1902 - 04/06/1902 – Age 14 - Pleasley Rope boy, Stanton Iron Works Co., Derbyshire. Run over by a train of three full tubs. The deceased was guiding the full tubs over a crossing point on the rope road when they became derailed and before the train could be stopped the tubs had gone over and fatally injured the deceased. He died the same day.

MOORE John - 1900 - 08/08/1900 – Age 69 - Tor Granite Quarry Labourer, Duke and Co. Ltd., Devon. A loaded trolley which was being taken along a tramway tipped and a stone weighing about 15 cwt. fell on him and crushed his head while he was apparently in a stooping position. Whether trigger worked loose as suggested thus allowing the trolley to tip or whether the trigger was released thinking deceased was clear was open to question. Even in the case the man who did it had reason to think that he was clear of the stone.

MOORE John E. - 1903 - 26/01/1903 – Age 28 - Cwmcynon Trimmer, Nixons Navigation Co. Ltd., Glamorgan. He was blocked between wagons while moving them into position under the screens.

MOORE John Thomas - 1906 - 17/11/1906 – Age 16 - Glass Houghton Pony driver, Glass Houghton & Castleford Collieries Ltd., Yorkshire. When driving three full tubs from the workings to a pass-bye, he either caught his toe against a sleeper when walking in front of his pony or lost his light, and in falling he was caught by the tubs. He was found between the tubs and side quite dead.

MOORE Joseph - 1902 - 08/05/1902 – Age 21 - Seaton Delaval Putter, Seaton Delaval Coal Co. Ltd., Northumberland. Deceased, along with two other miners, was employed in broken workings in the Main Coal seam when some top coal fell away from a sooty back and inflicted injury to his head causing his death. The deputy had visited the place an hour before the accident.

MOORE Samuel - 1907 - 11/12/1907 – Age 40 - Littleton Dayman, Littleton Collieries Ltd., Staffordshire. Two props under the ends of steel girders at the foot of the jig on the rise side of the main haulage level had been broken and deceased was about to replace them with new ones. Middle sets were set under the girders and one of the broken props taken out. Deceased was knocking out the other from inbye side when a stone, 6 feet by 2 feet 6 inches by 2 feet 3 inches at extremes, suddenly came away from roof at the foot of the jig and fell on him causing injuries to which he succumbed in a few minutes. The fireman had examined the roof half an hour previously and considered it to be safe. The removal of the broken props had probably disturbed the roof and caused it to settle slightly. The stone fell from a slip part of which was previously visible. The prop might have been knocked out much more safely from the outbye side but deceased apparently thought otherwise.

MOORE Sidney - 1903 - 18/03/1903 – Age 30 - Coppice Stallman, Shipley Colliery Co., Derbyshire. Fall of roof. While deceased was getting coal down from the face the falling coal knocked a prop out which was set to support the roof. This allowed the roof to fall and kill deceased.

MOORE T - 1901 - 10/05/1901 – Age 46 - Monckton Main Collier, Monckton Main Colliery Co., Yorkshire. Died 12th May. Fatally injured by fall when pulling a rate of coal from the face of his working place.

MOORE Thomas - 1901 - 12/12/1901 – Age 24 - Manvers Main Trammer, Manvers Main Collieries Ltd., Yorkshire. Fall of roof in working place. Cause four previously unseen slips.

MOORE William - 1901 - 05/11/1901 – Age 32 - Whitwick No.2 Stallman, Whitwick Colliery Co., Leicestershire. Crushed at a landing while moving waggons.

MOORE William - 1901 - 24/09/1901 – Age 24 - Exhall Dataller, Executors of Edward Wilson, Warwickshire. Electrocution. Deceased was lifting a steel bar which had fallen across an electric cable and cut through the insulation. He received the current of about 480 volts and died immediately.

MOORE William Gates - 1909 - 09/01/1909 – Age 35 - Follonsby Sinker, John Bowes and Partners Ltd., Co.Durham. Explosion of gelignite in cabin on pit heap.

MOORE William H. - 1905 - 07/12/1905 – Age 20 - Caerau Coal Trimmer, North’s Navigation Collieries (1889) Ltd., Glamorgan. While assisting to haul some trucks back on a siding, where they had fouled another lot of trucks by running too far, he appears to have attempted to pass between the buffers to unhitch the horse’s chains, and was fatally crushed between the trucks as they joined up.

MOORECROFT Frederick - 1908 - 09/09/1908 – Age 61 - Brereton Hayes Airwayman, Earl of Shrewsbury, Staffordshire. An old return airway was being cleaned out and re-opened. Deceased was endeavouring to loosen, with his pick, a large piece of stone in the floor of the road, when a small piece of dirt from the side fell upon him and injured his ribs, and probably he also strained himself. He walked home and considered the accident slight. On the 8th October he died, the medical evidence at the inquest being that ‘death was due to heart failure caused by pressure of fluid in the chest upon the heart, and was the result of the accident.’ A rib had been broken and the heart displaced.

MOORES Joseph - 1905 - 13/06/1905 – Age 49 - Denton Fireman, Denton Colliery Co. Ltd., Denton, Lancashire. Fall of side in jig brow whilst pushing along from a joint break and subsidence. Died 23rd June.

MOORES Samuel - 1907 - 12/04/1907 – Age 27 - Birchenwood Roadman, Birchenwood Colliery Co. Ltd., Staffordshire. A fireman discovered a small fall of dirt (about 2 loads) which had pushed out a leg under a bar in a shunt where the roadway was 12 feet wide and 9 feet high, the road being timbered throughout with bars and legs at intervals of 4 feet and well covered in with slabs on both top and sides. He took these two men to the spot and instructed them to load the dirt. He examined the timbering all round and found no indications of further danger. He had left the spot and gone but a few yards along the level when he heard a fall and turned back. He found a large quantity of roof (about 30 tons) on the floor and the men buried beneath it. The fall had also reeled out the two settings of timber next the setting previously discharged. The roof consisted of clay shale intersected by numerous joints and full of nodules up to 12 inches in diameter. 2 killed.

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MOORES William James – 1901 – 10/09/1901 – Age 26 – Llanbradradach No.2 Fireman, Cardiff Steam Coal Collieries Co. Ltd., Glamorgan. This explosion formed the subject of a special report by Mr. J. S. Martin. Cd885. 8 killed, some injured.

MORAN Hugh – 1908 – 16/11/1908 – Age 39 – Little Raith Boiler ashman, Lochgelly Iron and Coal Co. Ltd., Fife. Deceased was on the night shift on Saturday night and had some liquor. About 11 o'clock he went on to the top of the dross hole at the boilers, presumably to go down a fixed ladder inside to spread forward material for the boiler furnaceman, and while on top he apparently overbalanced and fell among the material and was suffocated.

MORAN John – 1908 – 18/08/1908 – Age 25 – Maypole Contractor, Moss Hall Co., Wigan, Lancashire. Explosion of firedamp and coal dust. 75 killed.

MORAN Lawrence – 1901 – 31/07/1901 – Age 24 – Jarrow No.6 Collier, Joseph Dobbs Co., Kilkenny, Ireland. Moran was charging a hole 3 feet 4 inches deep, drilled in the bottom of the seam for a holing or cleaning shot, he put in two paper cartridges of grain gunpowder, which doubled in the hole and jammed. He was either driving the cartridge forward with an iron jumper and hammer when the powder exploded or he was unramming the shot.

MORAN Patrick – 1907 – 12/07/1907 – Age 50 Earnock, Sandstone Quarry Quarryman, Loundon and Inglis, Lanarkshire. Struck on the head by the handle of a hand crane, owing to the gearing giving way while lowering a load.

MORDUE T – 1900 – 16/11/1900 – Age 24 – Preston Bricklayer, Preston Coal Co., Northumberland. Explosion of firedamp. 4 killed.

MORE John Thomas – 1902 – 15/08/1902 – Age 15 – Esh Driver, Lambton Collieries Ltd., Co.Durham. Skull fractured by being crushed against a prop by a full tub. He had, without permission, taken an empty tub inbye from the flat and attempted to put it into a place end but was caught by a tub a putter was bringing out. The putter did not know he was there till he was caught.

MORE Samuel – 1908 – 03/04/1908 – Age 49 – Ashton Shiftman, Garswood Coal and Iron Co., Ashton-in-Makerfield, Lancashire. They had been drawing props from the waste when a crush, or weighting of the roof took place and a large stone fell capping two props, and fatally injuring deceased.

MOREHEAD Edward – 1903 – 24/09/1903 – Age 61 – Reservoir Roadman, Moira Colliery Co., Leicestershire. A link broke in the chain attached between the full tubs and the rope working a self-acting incline and allowed six full tubs to run away. Deceased was fatally injured at the bottom of the incline while taking refuse in a manhole. He died 5th October.

MORETON David – 1903 – 28/11/1903 – Age 51 – Stockingford Labourer, Stockingford Colliery Co., Warwickshire. It was intimated that his death was in some way connected with an accident but no trace of an accident could be found and the coroner's jury returned a verdict that death was due to 'septicaemia arising from an unhealthy ankle, and there is no evidence to show how this unhealthy state was caused.'.

MORETON James – 1903 – 06/05/1903 – Age 43 – McLaren Timberman, Tredegar Iron and Coal Co. Ltd., Monmouth. Where engaged repairing and taking out a pair of timbers a fall of roof occurred which knocked out two other pairs of timbers unexpectedly and killed him.