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BEADLEN John - 1860 - 02/03/1860. Burradon Colliery, Burradon, Durham. Explosion of gas. 76 killed. Single Brother of Zachariah.

BEADLEN Zachariah - 1860 - 02/03/1860. Burradon, Burradon, Durham. Explosion of gas. 76 killed. Single Brother of John.

BEAN Joshua - 1867 - 12/07/1867 – Age 46 - Collier. Doncaster, Hird, Dawson, and Hardy, Leeds, Yorkshire. Fall of roof.

BEARDALL Frederick - 1865 - 23/08/1865 – Age 28 - Hewer. Low Main, Thornley Coal Co., Thornley, Easington, Durham. Fall of stone. 2 killed.

BEARDMORE J. - 1869 - 16/06/1869 – Age 17 – Bondsman. Old Park (ironstone), Earl of Dudley, Kingswinsford, Staffordshire. Injured his hand carrying an iron rail 25th May. Died this day.

BEARDMORE W. - 1860 - 14/12/1860 – Age 48 - Miner. Norton, R. Heath, Burslem, Staffordshire. Fall of roof.

BEASLEY Benjamin - 1867 - 30/01/1867 – Age 28 - Collier. Stanhope, Nadin and Co., Burton, Derbyshire. Fall of Coal.

BEAUMONT C. - 1868 - 10/02/1868 – Age 47- Labourer. Sharlaston, Sharlaston Coal Co., Wakefield, Yorkshire. Fell down shaft.

BEAUMONT George - 1867 04/02/1867 36 - Collier. Silkstone Fall, Silkstone Fall Coal Co., Silkstone, Yorkshire. Horse crushed him.

BEAUMONT Jonathan - 1864 - 19/07/1864 - Boy. Hepworth, Hepworth Iron Co., Holmfirth, Yorkshire. Falling down the shaft.

BEAUMONT Matthew - 1864 - 03/08/1864. West Yorkshire. George Ellison, Leeds, Yorkshire. Fall of roof in the mine.

BEBB J. - 1869 - 23/10/1869 – Age 46 - Deputy. Copp’hill, John Bagnall and Co., West Bromwich, Staffordshire. Fall of about 5 to 6 tons of brazils and tow coal from a slip in thick Coal pit. 2 killed.

BECK James - 1867 - 27/11/1867 – Age 24 - Collier. Wellwood No.1, Eglington Iron Co., Cumnock, Lanarkshire. Fall of roof at the face.

BECK John - 1861 - 08/01/1861 – Age 36 - Loader. Newcastle, Thomas North, Nottinghamshire. Falling of the roof. 2 killed.

BECKET Edward - 1864 - 24/06/1864 – Age 40 - Collier. Monkwood, CH Plevins, Chesterfield, Derbyshire. Explosion of gas.

BECKETT E - 1867 - 03/04/1867 – Age 61- Labourer. Hawne, New British Iron Co., Halesowen, Staffordshire. Got too near the revolving drum whilst engaged claying the pit rope. Too old for such work.

BECKETT George - 1869 - 07/10/1869 – Age 35 – Packer. Swaithe Main, Mitchell and Co., Barnsley, Yorkshire. Fall of Coal.

BECKMAN or BECKHAM John - 1863 - 24/10/1863 – Age 16 - Horsedriver. Seaton, Marchioness of Londonderry, Seaham Durham. Crushed by tubs.

BECKWITH James - 1861 - 21/06/1861 – Age 55 - Hewer. Whitworth, Strakers and Love, Ferry Hill, Durham. Fall of stone.

BEDALL W. - 1862 - 25/01/1862 – Age 52 - Deputy. Wallow’s, Earl of Dudley, Dudley, Worcestershire. Fall of Coal in thick Coal. He was getting the overhanging Coal down when a portion fell on him.

BEDDOE David - 1865 - 20/12/1865 – Age 19 - Collier. Cethin, Cyfarthfa, William Crawshay, Merthyr Tydfil, Glamorgan. Explosion of gas. Verdict of manslaughter against Colliery manager Mr. John Moody and his assistant Mr. William Davies. 34 killed.

BEDDOE Evan - 1860 - 01/12/1860 – Age 43. Black Vein, Risca Iron and Coal Co., Risca, Monmouth. Explosion of firedamp. This lamentable calamity was occasioned by a sudden outburst of gas on most probably, a defective lamp. 142 persons, killed.

BEDDOE Stephen - 1860 - 01/12/1860 – Age 17. Black Vein, Risca Iron and Coal Co., Risca, Monmouth. Explosion of firedamp. This lamentable calamity was occasioned by a sudden outburst of gas on most probably, a defective lamp. 142 persons, killed.

BEDDOW Edward - 1868 - 02/12/1868 – Age 26 – Roadman. Black Vein, TW Rhodes, Risca, Monmouth. A defective roller threw the set of trams off the rails and crushed him so dreadfully that he died next day.

BEDDOW John - 1866 - 13/12/1866. Talk o’th’ Hill, North Stafford Co., Newcastle, Staffordshire. Explosion of gas. 92 killed.

BEDDOW S. - 1868 - 04/05/1868 – Age 61 – Chartermaster. Brierley, J Yardley, Coseley, Staffordshire. Fell out of skip whilst ascending.

BEDFORD David - 1862 - 12/12/1862. Neville Hill, JB Faviell, Leeds, Yorkshire. Falling down the shaft.

BEDFORD John - 1863 - 02/03/1863. Morley Main, Messrs. Ackroyd, Leeds, Yorkshire. Fall of roof in the mine.

BEDLINGTON W - 1866 - 21/08/1866 – Age 57 - Mining engineer. Tylecoch, Thomas Jones and Co., Pontypridd, Glamorgan. Explosion of gas. 2 killed.

BEDNALL C. - 1860 - 26/02/1860 – Age 14 - Trammer. Pentrich, Messrs. Hallam, Ripley, Derbyshire. Fall of roof in the main road.

BEECH H. - 1868 - 12/09/1868 – Age 14 - Boy. Sneyd Green (ironstone), Silverdale Co., Burslem, Staffordshire. Crushed on jig.

BEECH John - 1868 - 24/09/1868 – Age 13 - Boy. Madeley Court (ironstone), WO Foster, Wellington, Shropshire. Held the hook and drawn part way up the shaft.

BEECH R. - 1863 - 29/07/1863 - Banksman. Bretchell, Bretchell Co., Shrewsbury, Shropshire. Fell down shaft.

BEECHAM E. - 1865 - 13/12/1865 – Age 54 - Bandsman. Moor Lane, Thomas Crew, Brierley Hill, Staffordshire. Fall of fine Coal in thick Coal rib and pillar pit. No timber used at all in this case.

BEECHER Edward - 1867 - 18/01/1867 – Age 29 - Hewer. Cramlington, Lamb, Potter and Co., Newcastle-on-Tyne, Northumberland. Fall of roof.

BEECHER John - 1868 - 21/03/1868 – Age 34 - Collier. Ferndale, D Davis and Sons, Pontypridd, Glamorgan. Killed by fall of roof.

BEESE G. - 1864 - 09/06/1864 – Age 18 - Hooker-on. Gorsey Hill (ironstone), Swindell and Collis, Halesowen, Worcestershire. Injured by cage at bottom of shaft.

BEESE T - 1867 - 18/07/1867 – Age 50 - Deputy. Wallows, Earl of Dudley, Kingswinsford, Staffordshire. Suffocated by fall of timber and shut in gateroad of a thick Coal rib and pillar pit.

BEASLY R. - 1868 - 25/11/1868. Hindley Green, John Scowcroft and Co., Hindley, Lancashire. Explosion of firedamp. 62 killed.

BEESTON F. - 1866 - 08/10/1866 – Age 15 - Loader. Foley (ironstone), WH Sparrow and Son, Longton, Staffordshire. Fall of stone.

BEETLE Peter - 1866 - 04/05/1866 – Age 16. Garswood Park, David Bromilow and Co., St. Helens, Lancashire. Explosion of firedamp in Little Delph Mine. 13 killed.

BEETON Edward - 1869 - 03/06/1869 – Age 32 - Hewer. Whitworth, RS Johnson and Co., Ferry Hill, Durham. Fall of stone.

BELL Alexander - 1861 - 09/08/1861 - Collier. Polkemmet, Shotts Iron Co., Bathgate, West Lothian Fall of roof.

BELL Alexander - 1863 - 01/09/1863 – Age 55 - Collier. Dalharco No.1, Dalmellington Iron Co., Dalmellington, Ayrshire. Fall of Coal.

BELL George - 1865 - 03/11/1865 – Age 42 - Hewer. Caroline, Hetton Coal Co., Eppleton, Hetton, Durham. Crushed by tubs in engine plane.

BELL J. - 1860 - 08/09/1860 – Age 24 - Collier. Railway Colliery, Knowles and Hall, Radcliffe, Lancashire. Fall of Coal.

BELL James - 1860 - 24/12/1860 – Age 23 - Collier. Gartsherrie, William Baird and Co., Coatbridge, Lanarkshire. Explosion of firedamp 2 killed.

BELL James - 1864 - 16/07/1864 – Age 10 – Wailer. Sherburn, Earl of Durham, Durham. Falling into hot water.

BELL John - 1864 - 05/08/1864 – Age 54 – Shaftsman. Houghton, Earl of Durham, Houghton, Durham. Crushed by cage at bottom of shaft.

BELL John - 1865 - 04/05/1865 – Age 45 - Collier. Maidenbank Pit, Eglinton Iron Co., Muirkirk, Ayrshire. Fall of Coal.

BELL John - 1867 - 17/01/1867 – Age 28 - Collier. Seymour, Staveley Co., Ltd., Chesterfield, Derbyshire. Fall of bind hard Coal.

BELL John - 1868 - 09/04/1868 – Age 39 - Horsedriver. Inkerman, Messrs. Ferens and Love, Durham. Crushed between waggon and bank.

BELL John or Jonathan - 1866 - 31/10/1866 – Age 19 - Hewer. Pelton, Lord Dunsany and Partners, Chester-le-Street, Durham. Killed by an explosion of firedamp in the Busty Bank Seam. 24 killed. Single, of Dove Cottage.

BELL Joseph - 1864 - 18/05/1864 – Age 17 - Putter. Tursdale, Earl of Durham, Ferry Hill, Durham. Crushed by tub.

BELL Joseph - 1869 - 05/01/1869 – Age 20 - Collier. Woodthorpe, J Rhodes, Sheffield, Yorkshire. Fall of roof.

BELL Mark - 1862 - 16/01/1862 – Age 23. New Hartley, Messrs. Carrs, Hartley, Durham. Entombment due to the breaking of an engine beam which fell down the single shaft. 204 killed.

BELL Michael - 1863 - 06/03/1863 – Age 17 - Hewer. Coxlodge, Coxlodge, Northumberland. Explosion of gas. 26 killed. Son, of Robert.

BELL Richard - 1863 - 02/06/1863 – Age 12 – Greaser. North Hetton, North Hetton Coal Co., Durham. Fell off and was crushed by surface waggons.

BELL Robert - 1863 - 06/03/1863 – Age 37 - Hewer. Coxlodge Colliery, Coxlodge, Northumberland. Explosion of gas. 26 killed. Married left a family, Fawdon Square, father of Michael.

BELL Thomas - 1862 - 16/01/1862 – Age 13. New Hartley, Messrs. Carrs, Hartley, Durham. Entombment due to the breaking of an engine beam which fell down the single shaft. 204 killed.

BELL Thomas - 1862 - 16/01/1862 – Age 23. New Hartley, Messrs. Carrs, Hartley, Durham. Entombment due to the breaking of an engine beam which fell down the single shaft. 204 killed.

BELL Thomas - 1869 - 22/02/1869 – Age 40 - Shifter. Evenwood, T Charlton and Co., Bishop Auckland, Durham. Fell down pit.

BELL William - 1864 - 13/11/1864 – Age 16 - Pony driver. Moorsley, North Hetton Coal Co., Hetton, Durham. Fall of stone.

BELL William - 1869 - 11/01/1869 – Age 16 – Ponyputter. Bedlington, Bedlington Coal Co., Bedlington, Northumberland. Kicked by Pony.

BELL William - 1869 - 26/01/1869 – Age 30 - Hewer. Lintz Gooch and Co., Gateshead, Durham. Fall of stone.

BELL Wilson, - 1869 - 12/02/1869 – Age 40 – Joiner. Newbottle, Earl of Durham, Fence Houses, Durham. Crushed by cage while looking down pit.

BELLAMORE George - 1860 - 14/10/1860. Brownhills, W. Harrison, Walsall, Staffordshire. Bridle chains broke and he fell with cage.

BELLINGHAM S. - 1868 - 06/01/1868 – Collier Boy. Willenhall Road, J Edge and Co., Wolverhampton, Staffordshire. Suffocated by carbonic acid gas.

BELLIS J - 1866 - 24/10/1866 – Age 11 - Driver. Shelton, Earl Granville, Hanley, Staffordshire. Fall of roof.

BELLWOOD John - 1860 - 25/10/1860 - A Boy. Thorncliffe, Newton and Co., Sheffield, Yorkshire. Run over by Corve in the mine.

BENETT J. - 1862 - 22/08/1862 – Age 43 – Butty. Ward, Messrs. Bagnall, Bloxwich, Staffordshire. Fall of rock in 4 foot Coal pit.

BENJAMIN William - 1869 - 02/02/1869 – Age 27- Labourer. Usworth, George Elliott and Co., Gateshead, Durham. Explosion of boiler.

BENNET Alexander - 1867 - 11/01/1867 – Age 70 – Watchman. Boghead (ironstone), James Russell and Son, Bathgate Lanarkshire. Fell over loading place on railway (not on list).

BENNET H. - 1861 - 11/06/1861 – Age 30 - Miner. Oxclose, E Knight, Dronfield, Derbyshire. Fall of roof.

BENNET Peter - 1860 - 24/07/1860 – Age 35- Sinker. Dalharco, Dalmellington, Iron Co. Dalmellington, Ayrshire. By the pinion of a single power crane getting out of gear.

BENNETT Francis - 1867 - 09/04/1867 – Age 29 - Miner. Ashton’s Field, Bridgewater Trust, Little Hulton, Lancashire. Fall of roof in Trencherbone mine.

BENNETT H. - 1861 - 25/10/1861 - Driver. Fenton Park (ironstone), Lawton and Co., Longton, Staffordshire. Suffocated by firedamp.

BENNETT James - 1865 - 10/08/1865 – Age 33 - Collier. Blackeyhurst, Samuel Stock, St. Helens, Lancashire. Fall of roof in Little Delf mine.

BENNETT John - 1862 - 16/01/1862 – Age 25. New Hartley, Messrs. Carrs, Hartley, Durham. Entombment due to the breaking of an engine beam which fell down the single shaft. 204 killed.

BENNETT John - 1865 - 28/07/1865 – Age 22 – Joiner. South Durham. Smithson and Co., Auckland, Durham. Fell down Counterbalance staple.

BENNETT John - 1869 - 15/11/1869. Low Hall, Moss Hall Coal Co., Wigan, Lancashire. Explosion of gas. 27 killed.

BENNETT John - 1869 - 28/11/1869 – Age 17 - Collier. Talke, North Stafford Co., Newcastle, Staffordshire. Fall of roof.

BENNETT R - 1869 - 03/06/1869 – Age 30 - Collier. Priors Lee, Earl Granville, Wellington, Shropshire. Fall of Coal.

BENNETT T - 1869 - 13/03/1869 – Age 45 - Collier. Shut End, J Bradley and Co., Kingswinsford, Staffordshire. Fell out of skip whilst ascending.

BENNETT William - 1866 - 04/04/1866 – Age 31- Sinker. Lumley, 6th Earl of Durham, Fencehouses, Durham. Fell down staple.

BENNETT William Llewellyn - 1867 - 28/12/1867 – Age 15 - Collier. No. 3, J and C Bailey, Beaufort, Monmouth. He had no business on the surface as his place was underground. He tried for amusement to jump between the trams but missed his footing and was overwhelmed and killed.

BENNIE David - 1864 - 05/05/1864 – Age 20 - Collier. Carnochan No.2, Dalmellington Iron Co., Patna, Ayrshire. Fall of Coal.

BENNIE George - 1869 - 18/02/1869 – Age 38 - Collier. Roughrigg, Forrester and Robson, Airdrie, Lanarkshire. Fall of roof at face. Longwall. Seam 30ins. Good roof.

BENNIE John - 1861 - 08/03/1861 – Age 55 - Drawer. Campsie Mine, Hurley and Campsie Alum Co., Lennoxtown, Stirlingshire. Fall of roof.

BENNIE R. - 1868 - 06/06/1868 – Age 15 - Drawer. Mossend Colliery, Mossend Iron Co., Holytown, Lanarkshire. Fall of roof at pit bottom. Not properly supported.

BENNIE William - 1868 - 08/02/1868 – Age 23 - Collier. Stanrigg, Alexander Wilson, Falkirk, Stirling. He was supposed to have fallen at a broken step while descending traps to the bottom of a 40-fathom pit.

BENNITT T. - 1862 - 04/10/1862 – Age 44 - Pikeman. Moors, E Williams, Tipton, Staffordshire. Fall of Coal in the new mine had neglected to sprag spurn whilst holing as required by the 28th rule.

BENSON, James - 1865 - 29/07/1865 – Dayman. Duxbury, Thomas and William, Whittle, Chorley, Lancashire. Roof falling. Died 27th Oct.

BENSON, T. - 1860 - 02/03/1860 – Age 26 - Engineman. Blackrod, Charles Whaley and Co., Blackrod, Lancashire. Caught by the flywheel at No.2 pit apparently whilst cleaning the engine when in motion.

BENTHAM James - 1863 - 11/05/1863 – Age 23 - Sinker. Prospect, Standish and Shevington Coal Co., Standish, Wigan, Lancashire. Falling off scaffold in sinking shaft.

BENTHAM Thomas - 1865 - 27/06/1865 – Age 24 - Hooker-on. Tawd Vale, Tawd Vale Colliery Co., Ormskirk, Lancashire. Explosion of firedamp in main Coal. 3 killed.

BENTHAM William - 1861 - 28/12/1861 – Age 19 - Drawer. Moss Hall, Moss Hall Coal Co., Wigan, Lancashire. Explosion of firedamp on the 19th.

BENTLEY Joshua - 1864 - 24/06/1864 – Age 13 - Labourer. Haigh, Earl of Crawford and, Balcarres Wigan, Lancashire. Falling into shaft from surface.

BENTLEY Richard - 1863 - 23/11/1863 – Age 14 - Waggoner. Clayton, Leigh and Bradbury, Manchester, Lancashire. Roof falling in the level which was being repaired.

BENTLEY Samuel - 1866 - 13/12/1866. Talk o’th’ Hill, North Stafford Co., Newcastle, Staffordshire. Explosion of gas. 92 killed.

BENTLEY Thomas - 1863 - 27/10/1863 – Age 36 - Miner. Clifton, and Kearsley. Trustees of the late Ellis Fletcher, Clifton, Lancashire. A shot exploding on being rammed.

BENTLY S - 1867 - 17/01/1867 – Age 23 - Collier. Fenton Park, J Stott and Co., Stoke, Staffordshire. Explosion of firedamp.

BENTON J - 1866 - 24/10/1866 – Age 35 - Engineer. Brownhills, W Harrison, Walsall, Staffordshire. Winding machinery was by some means forced out of gear by which they were precipitated down pumping pit shaft. 2 killed.

BENTON J. - 1861 - 05/07/1861 – Age 32 - Pikeman. Churchill, Lloyds and Foster, Wednesbury, Staffordshire. Fall of Coal and roof in new mine and fireclay Coals in a broadway 3 feet wide. They had neglected to timber the roof which was unusually full of slips. 2 killed.

BENYON David - 1865 - 16/06/1865 – Age 25. Tredegar, Tredegar Iron Co., Tredegar Monmouth. Explosion of carburetted hydrogen gas in the Bedwellty new Colliery. Part of a cross heading had been permitted to fill with firedamp to the extent of between 50 and 60 yards lengthways and was thus allowed to remain for a certain number of days notwithstanding that people occasionally passed and repassed one mouthing of the heading and a lesser one called the ‘Cross hole’. I remark that the Colliers should have been taken from their work and the gas safely dislodged. 26 killed.

BENYON John - 1862 - 15/07/1862 - Miner. Clifton, Moss Andrew Knowles and Sons, Clifton, Lancashire. Fall of earth and Coal. Died - 18th.

BENYON Joseph - 1863 - 05/08/1863 – Age 15 - Collier. Bwllfa, Ebenezer Lewis, Aberdare, Glamorgan. Fall of Coal.

BERESFORD John - 1868 - 20/05/1868 – Age 17 - Collier. Speedwell, Staveley Co., Ltd., Chesterfield, Derbyshire. Fall of roof.

BERESFORD Thomas - 1866 - 13/12/1866. Talk o’th’ Hill, North Staffordshire Co., Newcastle, Staffordshire. Explosion of gas. 92 killed.

BERESFORD William - 1862 - 24/01/1862 – Age 28 - Miner. Renishaw, Messrs. Appleby, Eckington Derbyshire. Fall of roof.

BERM R - 1864 - 12/07/1864 – Age 13 - Collier. Eagle Colliery, Messrs. Cleaton, Great Bridge, Staffordshire. Overwinding. A key belonging to a crank of the valve-gear fell out whilst the boys were ascending the pit shaft which deprived the engine-man of all Control of the engine. 3 killed one injured.

BERRESFORD Enoch - 1869 - 08/11/1869 – Age 31 - Collier. Tanyard, Butterley Co., Alfreton, Derbyshire. Run over on incline.

BERRESFORD T. - 1866 - 26/04/1866 - Pikeman. Granville, Swindell and Collis, Rowley Regis, Staffordshire. Fall of Coal in thick Coal top working. Accidental.

BERRESFORD W. - 1860 - 03/09/1860 – Age 14 - Pony driver. Kilburn, J. Ray Belper, Derbyshire. Falling down the shaft from half way owing to the descending cage being forced out of the guides with a piece of timber which on of the deceased took with him. 4 killed.

BERRIE Daniel - 1865 - 04/07/1865 – Age 26 - Miner. Currymire (ironstone), William Baird and Co., Kilsyth, Stirling. Explosion of firedamp. 2 killed.

BERRY John - 1868 - 25/11/1868. Hindley Green, John Scowcroft and Co., Hindley Lancashire. Explosion of firedamp. 62 killed.

BERRY J. - 1868 - 19/06/1868 - Boy. Billingley, W. Breakwell, Bridgnorth, Shropshire. Fell off skep whilst ascending.

BERRY John - 1867 - 24/08/1867 – Age 52 - Miner. Hartshead, Leeses and Booth, Ashton-under-Lyne, Lancashire. Roof falling as he was about to set a prop.

BERRY John - 1868 - 27/06/1868 – Age 31 - Miner. Stopes, Thomas Fletcher, Little Lever, Lancashire. Coal falling from the roof in 10-feet mine. Died 23rd July.

BERRY John - 1869 - 07/08/1869 – Age 36 - Fireman. Rocher Bye, Fairbottom Co., Ashton-under-Lyne, Lancashire. Roof falling.

BERRY Lucy - 1865 - 15/11/1865 – Age 36 – Coal screener. Blackeyhurst, Samuel Stock, St. Helens, Lancashire. Crushed between Coal screen and loaded tub. Female.

BERRY Thomas - 1862 - 11/09/1862 – Age 39 - Miner. Westleigh, Kirkless Hall Co., Westleigh, Lancashire. Explosion of firedamp in 7-Feet mine. Died 21st.

BERRY Thomas - 1867 - 18/09/1867 – Age 49 - Miner. Agecroft, Andrew Knowles and Sons, Pendlebury, Lancashire. Burned 40 yards while firing a shot in the Shuttle mine. No firedamp had ever been seen before or since in the place which was going downhill but possibly some gas came out of the Coal or from some undiscovered part. Died 26th. A boy was also burned.

BERRY William - 1866 - 10/07/1866 – Age 40 - Collier. Douglas Bank, John Grant, Morris, Wigan, Lancashire. Fall of roof while drawing props.

BERWICK James - 1862 - 16/01/1862 – Age 34. New Hartley, Messrs. Carrs, Hartley, Durham. Entombment due to the breaking of an engine beam which fell down the single shaft. 204 killed.

BERWICK John - 1862 - 16/01/1862 – Age 32. New Hartley, Messrs. Carrs, Hartley, Durham. Entombment due to the breaking of an engine beam which fell down the single shaft. 204 killed.

BERWICK John - 1864 - 07/02/1864 – Age 40 - Collier. Wellwood, Thomas Spowart and Co., Fife. Crushed by the cage.

BERWICK Robert - 1862 - 16/01/1862 – Age 30. New Hartley, Messrs. Carrs, Hartley, Durham. Entombment due to the breaking of an engine beam which fell down the single shaft. 204 killed.

BESSFORD John - 1868 - 17/06/1868 – Age 33 – Stoneman. Harraton, Earl of Durham, Chester-le-Street, Durham. Fall of stone. 2 killed.

BEST Robert - 1860 - 31/10/1860 – Age 17 – Coupler. Murton, Foster Burrell and Co. Sunderland, Durham. Crushed by cage.

BEST Thomas - 1868 - 05/09/1868 – Age 14 - Hewer. Murton, South Hetton, Coal Co., Fence Houses Durham. Fall of stone.

BESTNICK William - 1866 - 13/08/1866 – Age 10 Gin - Boy. West Hallam (ironstone), H and B Whitehouse, Ilkeston, Derbyshire. Fell into shaft 10 yards in depth.

BESWICK J - 1864 - 02/09/1864 – Doggy. Bucknall, Gerrard and Hawkes, Hanley, Staffordshire. Explosion of firedamp.

BESWICK William - 1866 - 08/01/1866 – Age 37 - Miner. Bower, Messrs. Marland, Hollinwood, Lancashire. Roof falling on him whilst he was setting Couplings for support.

BETHEL Albert - 1865 - 22/02/1865. Holmes, Holmes and Co., Rotherham, Yorkshire. Fall of roof in mine.

BETTANY J. - 1861 - 15/10/1861 – Age 17 - Collier. Delphouse, Thomas Holmes, Cheadle, Cheshire. Some rock fell from side of shaft.

BETTISON, A. - 1861 - 11/06/1861 – Age 44 - Miner. Clay Cross, William Jackson, and Partners, Chesterfield, Derbyshire. Suffocated in the No.2 black shale pit in consequence of an inundation of water from old workings. Sealed him up for 22 days. 23 killed.

BETTISON, Joseph - 1869 - 07/12/1869 – Age 18 - Labourer. Snibston, GR Stephenson, and Co., Coalville, Leicestershire. Drawn on to drum of an incline.

BETTS Thomas - 1864 - 13/12/1864 - 18 - Labourer. Hawksbury, J Darlington, and Co., Bedworth, Leicestershire. Run over on self-acting incline.

BEVAN Alfred - 1867 - 25/03/1867 – Age 28 - Collier. No.4, Ebbw Vale Co., Ltd., Sirhowy, Monmouth. Killed by fall of stone. He was proceeding along his stall road when he was warned that the roof was working but he ran the wrong way.

BEVAN D - 1868 - 13/05/1868 – Age 64 - Collier. Carnarvon, Techon Coal Co., Loughor, Glamorgan. Killed by suffocation the products of a gas explosion. 4 killed.

BEVAN David - 1861 - 28/12/1861 – Age 55 - Collier. Rhydydefed Colliery, W. Tathan, Swansea, Glamorgan. Fall of roof 2 killed.

BEVAN Edward - 1867 - 01/02/1867 – Age 15 - Drawer. Coppa Colliery, Coppa Colliery Co., Mold, Flint. Crushed between tubs.

BEVAN John - 1863 - 17/10/1863. Morfa, Vivian and Sons, Port Talbot, Glamorgan. Explosion, of gas. 39 killed.

BEVAN John - 1863 - 26/12/1863 – Age 53. Llwynvi, Llwynvi Co., Llwynvi Glamorgan. Explosion of gas. 15 killed.

BEVAN W - 1865 - 05/08/1865 – Age 30 - Collier. Abercwmboi. David Davies, Aberdare, Glamorgan. Fall of stone from roof.

BEVAN William - 1860 - 01/12/1860. Black Vein, Risca Iron and Coal Co., Risca, Monmouth. Explosion of firedamp. This lamentable calamity was occasioned by a sudden outburst of gas on most probably, a defective lamp. 142 persons, killed.

BEVAN William - 1868 - 12/11/1868 – Age 12 – Helper. No.4, Ebbw Vale Co., Ltd., Sirhowy, Monmouth. Trams crushed him to death as he was trying to unhitching at top of slope. Died 7th Dec.

BEVERIDGE Robert - 1863 - 08/05/1863 – Age 14 - Drawer. Lochgelly, Lochgelly Iron Co., Lochgelly, Fife. A piece of top Coal in the Splint-and-Parrot seam fell on him as he was passing under it.

BEVERIDGE Robert - 1865 28/10/1865- Sinker. Kipps-Byre, Dr Robertson, Bredenhill, Lanarkshire. Drowned in sinking pit by the failure of the foundation of a dam. 2 killed.

BEVERIDGE Thomas - 1869 07/07/1869 - Collier. Lumphinnans Colliery, Lumphinnans Iron Co., Lochgelly, Fife. Fall of roof.

BEWICK James - 1862 - 17/01/1862 – Age 34. New Hartley, Messrs., Carrs, Seaton Delaval, Durham. Entombment due to breaking of engine beam. 204 killed. Left a pregnant wife and two daughters.

BEWICK John - 1862 - 17/01/1862 – Age 32. New Hartley, Messrs., Carrs Seaton Delaval, Durham. Entombment due to breaking of engine beam. 204 killed. He left a wife who died of Consumption in March - 1862 and five children.

BEWICK Robert - 1862 - 17/01/1862 – Age 30. New Hartley, Messrs., Carrs, Seaton Delaval, Durham. Entombment due to breaking of engine beam. 204 killed. Left a wife and three children.

BEWICK William - 1866 - 06/11/1866 – Age 16 – Ponyputter. Auckland Park, CL Wood and Co., Bishop Auckland, Durham. Crushed by tubs.