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BIBBY William - 1863 - 09/02/1863 - Age17 - Miner. Rawlinson, John Rosbottom Heath, Charnock, Lancashire. Roof falling in Mountain Mine. A solid stone 15 yds. long by 4 broad and 2 high fell out between 2 unseen slips. 3 killed.

BICKERDIKE Edward - 1863 - 27/01/1863. Allerton, Haigh Moor Lock and Co., Leeds, Yorkshire. Fall of a brick in the shaft.

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

BIDDLESTON J - 1866 - 19/09/1866 – Age 35 - Bandsman and timber setter. Willingsworth, J Bailey, Wednesbury, Staffordshire. Fall of Coal in thick Coal. The stall was improperly timbered.

BIDDULPH J. - 1861 - 07/09/1861 – Age 55 - Miner. Woodhouse, Lilleshall and Co., Wellington, Shropshire. Premature explosion of a shot.

BIGGIN John - 1862 - 12/06/1862 – Age 34 - Miner. Birley Vale, Sheffield Coal Co., Sheffield, Yorkshire. Fall of Coal.

BIGGINS John - 1865 - 04/11/1865 – Age 40 - Collier. Govan, WS Dixon, Glasgow, Lanarkshire. Fall of roof.

BILINGE James - 1869 - 21/07/1869 – Age 44 - Fireman. Queen, Richard Evans and Sons, Haydock, St. Helens, Lancashire. Explosion of gas. 59 killed.

BILLINGE George - 1863 - 01/10/1863 – Age 20 - Drawer. Ravenhead, Bromilow, Haddock and Co., St. Helens, Lancashire. Bursting of a steam boiler.

BILLINGS Isaacs - 1867 - 12/02/1867 – Age 37 - Banksman. Snibston, Stephenson, and Co., Snibston, Leicestershire. Overwinding.

BILLINGS J. - 1862 - 15/03/1862 – Age 49 - Miner. Chesterton (ironstone), Silverdale Co., Newcastle, Staffordshire. Fall of stone.

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

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

BIMSON, Henry - 1866 - 11/01/1866 – Age 20 - Collier. Prospect, Wigan Coal and Iron Co., Standish, Wigan, Lancashire. Fall of roof in cannel mine.

BINDING Elijah - 1860 - 01/12/1860 – Age 36. 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.

BINDING Enoch - 1860 - 01/12/1860 – Age 34. 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.

BINDING Joshua - 1860 01/12/1860 – Age 36. 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

BINGHAM Thomas - 1863 - 03/11/1863 – Age 31 - Collier. Corsel Colliery, Eglington Iron Co., Kilwinning Ayrshire. Fall of roof.

BINNIE Alexander - 1865 - 11/01/1865 - Collier. Armadale, Monkland Iron Co., Linlithgow, West Lothian. Fall of roof at face.

BIRCH Charles - 1865 - 07/07/1865 - Collier. Barrington Lane, Thomas Whaley, St. Helens, Lancashire. Fall of roof in Rushy Park Mine.

BIRCH Ellis - 1867 - 25/04/1867 – Age 11 – Hurrier. Wood Colliery, Bowling Iron Co., Hunsworth, Bradford, Yorkshire. Fall of stone.

BIRCH Isaac - 1861 - 12/07/1861. Edmunds Main, Mitchell and Co., Barnsley, Yorkshire. Fall of Coal in the mine.

BIRCH John - 1868 - 28/02/1868 - Age 45 - Miner. Bank, Top Knowles and Hall, Radcliffe, Lancashire. Roof stone falling at slip. It fell over a prop.

BIRCH William - 1861 - 08/01/1861 – Age 18 - Trammer. Newcastle, Thomas North, Nottinghamshire. Falling of the roof. 2 killed.

BIRCHALL George - 1869 - 09/02/1869 – Age 18 - Drawer. Winstanley, Meyrick Banks, Wigan, Lancashire. Fall of roof.

BIRCHALL Henry - 1869 - 08/01/1869 – Age 49. Rainford, Rainford Colliery Co., St. Helens, Lancashire. The mine having become ignited by the heat of the furnace the men were trying to extinguish it with water when the flame backed upon them and burned them so severely that they died from the effects thereof. 7 killed.

BIRCHELL George - 1867 19/02/1867 45 - Collier. West Riding and Silkstone, Pape and Pearson, Normanton, Yorkshire. Fall of roof. 2 killed.       

BIRD E. - 1862 - 01/09/1862 - Pikeman. Bridge (ironstone), Lloyd and Povey Wolverhampton, Staffordshire. Fall of ironstone measures brought about by non-observance of special rule 28 which requires pikemen to securely sprag and spurn whilst holing as well as timber the roof if necessary.

BIRD G. - 1863 - 17/07/1863 - Hooker-on. Birchy Coppice, Griffiths and Bird, Oldbury, Worcestershire. Struck by piece of brick which fell down whilst he was pulling the skip into an upper inset.

BIRD J. - 1861 - 22/06/1861 - Carpenter. Conduit, The Conduit Coal Co., Brownhills, Staffordshire. Fell down the pit shaft whilst in the suicidal act of sliding down the guide rods.

BIRD J. - 1864 - 04/04/1864 - Collier. Willenhall Road, J Edge and Co., Wolverhampton, Staffordshire. Fall of roof in bottom Coal. Injured 1st, died this day.

BIRD Joseph - 1865 - 17/01/1865 – Age 13 - Miner. Tame Valley, Knock and Co., Tamworth, Staffordshire. Run over on incline.

BIRD Thomas - 1863 - 08/10/1863 – Age 41 - Deputy. Coleorton Messrs. Worswick and Greenwood, Ashby-de-la-Zouch, Leicestershire. Explosion of gas. 3 killed.

BIRD Thomas - 1869 - 05/08/1869 – Age 28 - Collier. Swannington Walker and Worswick, Ashby-de-la-Zouch, Leicestershire. Fall of roof (No.3 Swannington).

BIRD Thomas - 1869 - 26/08/1869 – Age 14 - Horsedriver. Underwood, Barber, Walker and Co., Eastwood, Nottingham. Falling from top of shaft having been jerked off carriage with it falling suddenly several feet from the top of props where it had caught through the Banksman not holding them back.

BIRK J. - 1869 - 08/06/1869 – Age 30 – Bondsman. Princes End, Barbour’s Field Co., Tipton, Staffordshire. Fall of Coal in thick Coal pit which fell between two slips. 3 killed.

BIRKS Elijah - 1865 - 01/03/1865 – Age 24 - Collier. Clough Hall, Kinnersley and Co., Newcastle, Staffordshire. Explosion of firedamp. 5 killed 2 injured.

BIRNEY William - 1867 - 02/09/1867 – Age 18 - Driver. Whitehaven, Earl of Lonsdale, Whitehaven Cumberland. Run over by train.

BIRNIE David - 1868 - 20/04/1868 – Age 35 - Hewer. Harrington, Bain, Blair and Paterson Harrington Cumberland. Fall of stone.

BIRTLEY Samuel - 1862 - 17/01/1862 – Age 24 New Hartley, Messrs. Carrs, Seaton
Delaval, Durham. Entombment due to breaking of engine beam. 204 killed. Left a wife and two children the youngest of which was born 21st. January 1862.

BIRTLEY William - 1864 - 28/05/1864 – Age 28 - Deputy. Bitchburn, Straker and Love, Crook, Durham. Fall of stone.

BIRTWISTLE Richard - 1868 - 04/09/1868 – Age 20 - Miner. Woodhouse Lane, Zachariah and James, Howarth, Bagslate, Lancashire. Roof falling in work about 7yds from the entrance.

BISHOP ? - 1867 - 19/11/1867 - Collier Boy. Brettell Lane, Trotter and Haines, Stourbridge, Worcestershire. Fall of Coal in thick Coal pit brought about the absence of timber.

BISHOP J. – 1862 - 01/08/1862 – Age 50 - Collier. Holt, S Bennitt, Oldbury, Worcestershire. Fall of Coal thick Coal which accidentally took place whilst he was removing the timber.

BISHOP S. - 1861 - 11/03/1861 – Age 19 - Employed on wharf. Bilston, Thomas
Johnson, Bilston, Staffordshire. Fell down the shaft. She was pushing the tub towards the mouth of the pit and fell with it.

BISHOP W - 1863 - 08/10/1863 – Age 36 - Collier. Cornbrook, J and W Pearson, Ludlow, Shropshire. Fall of roof.

BISSET George - 1862 04/01/1862 - Collier. Little Raith Lochgelly Iron Co.,
Lochgelly Fife. Fall of Coal from roof.

BLACK ? - 1863 - 06/07/1863 - Roadsman. Arniston, John Christie, Dalkeith, Mid Lothian. He was ‘gearing’ a road when a large stone fell on him.

BLACK David - 1867 - 31/01/1867 – Age 38 - Sinker. Greenfield, Hamilton Coal Co.,
Hamilton, Lanarkshire. Explosion of firedamp. They were blown into the pit by the concussion falling about 16 fathoms and were killed. 2 killed.

BLACK Nicholas - 1863 - 10/09/1863 – Age 16 - Miner. Synborwen (ironstone), Samuel Thomas, Aberdare, Glamorgan. Fall of roof.

BLACKBIRD John - 1869 - 30/07/1869 – Age 61 – Screener. Springwell, J Bowes and Partners, Gateshead, Durham. Crushed by waggons.

BLACKBURN L. - 1867 - 24/06/1867 - Switch keeper. North Seaton, Starker, Cookson, and Co., Blyth, Northumberland. Crushed by tubs.

BLACKBURN Samuel - 1862 - 17/01/1862 – Age 26. New Hartley, Messrs. Carrs, Seaton Delaval, Durham. Entombment due to breaking of engine beam. 204 killed. Left a wife and one child.

BLACKBURN William - 1867 - 22/07/1867 – Age 60 - Hewer. Ellenborough, Trustees of J Harris, Ellenborough, Cumberland. Crushed by tubs.

BLACKELEY George - 1862 - 22/12/1862. Hostingley, Joshua Ingham, Dewsbury, Yorkshire. Falling down the shaft.

BLACKER Peter - 1862 - 08/12/1862. Edmunds Main, Mitchell and Co., Barnsley, Yorkshire. Explosion of inflammable gas and vapours which were given off by a burning Coal seam. 59 killed.

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

BLACKLEDGE James - 1864 - 02/07/1864 – Man. Duxbury, Thomas and William Whittle, Chorley, Lancashire. Caught between the buffer and two railway waggons on the siding.

BLACKWELL James - 1864 - 18/04/1864- Sinker. Wynnstay, New British Iron Co.,
Ruabon, Flint. The bucket in a sinking pit falling upon him.

BLAINEY E. - 1863 - 18/10/1863 – Age 18 - Banks girl. Stowe Heath, W and J Sparrow, Bilston, Staffordshire. The Banksman incautiously pulled the waggon off the pit top and precipitated her down the shaft. Female.

BLAIR David - 1865 - 27/07/1865 – Age 30 - Sinker. Rochsolloch, George Cowie, Lanarkshire. Lanarkshire. Fell down sinking shaft. The kettle caught the bottom of the mid-wall while he was ascending and he was pitched out.

BLAIR Roger - 1865 - 30/12/1865 – Age 45 - Labourer. Bonhar, George Simpson,
Linlithgow, West Lothian. Fell down the pit from surface. Wicket under repair.

BLAKE Edward - 1868 - 26/12/1868 – Age 15 - Drawer. Queen, Richard Evans and Sons, Haydock, St. Helens, Lancashire. Explosion of gas 26 killed.

BLAKEMAN George - 1863 - 06/06/1863 – Age 14 - Waggoner. Lowside, William
Blackburne and Co., Oldham, Lancashire. Roof falling in Higher Bent mine. It fell off to the break such as is usually found at the side of a level. 2 killed.

BLAKEMORE E - 1867 - 13/04/1867 – Age 30 - Collier. Moat, Moat Colliery Co.,
Tipton, Staffordshire. Fell down shaft.

BLAKEMORE James - 1868 - 16/11/1868 – Age 20 - Collier. No.6 Ebbw Vale Co., Ltd., Victoria, Monmouth. Fall of stone which dropped from between 2 slips.

BLAKEMORE T. - 1860 - 26/01/1860 – Age 21 - Collier. New Marsh, Frayne and Co., Ashton, Somerset. He was stopping to fill the tub when some Coal fell from above. After the mass fell a slip was discovered.

BLAKEWAY J. - 1865 - 18/05/1865 – Age 15 - Collier. Level Mill Hall, Hallcroft and Co., Brierley Hill, Staffordshire. Fall of coal in thick Coal.

BLAKEY W - 1868 - 25/06/1868 – Age 29. West Ardsley, West Yorkshire Iron and
Coal Co., Leeds, Yorkshire. Fall of roof.

BLAKWELL Nathan - 1860 - 20/04/1860 - Pump man. Plymouth, Anthony Hill, Merthyr, Glamorgan. Fell down shaft.

BLANCH Ralph - 1867 - 18/07/1867 Age 13 - Driver. Seaton No.3, Earl Vane, Sunderland, Durham. Crushed by tubs on rolley way.

BLAND James - 1864 - 05/12/1864 – Age 12 - Driver. Low Bitchburn, John Sharp, Crook, Durham. Crushed by tub.

BLANE, James - 1863 - 19/08/1863 – Age 50 - Collier. Eglinton No.9, Archibald Blane, Kilwinning, Ayrshire. Fall of roof and Coal.

BLEAKLEY J. - 1863 - 03/09/1863 – Age 16 - Waggoner. Stopes and Bents, Thomas Fletcher, Little Lever, Lancashire. Roof falling in the yard mine at Stopes.

BLENKHORN William - 1867 - 28/08/1867 – Dayman. Pendlebury, Andrew Knowles and Sons, Pendlebury, Lancashire. Explosion, of firedamp in Rams mine. He was using an open light whist repairing an airway through old workings when some gas came off the Coal at the top of the space where the roof had fallen. Died 6th Nov.

BLESARD Thomas - 1869 - 30/06/1869 – Age 41. Sawyer Hapton, JS Witham, Hapton, Lancashire. Struck by piece of wood which was thrown back by circular saw at which he was at work.

BLEWITT C. - 1862 - 06/05/1862 – Age 19 - Loader. Tividale New, HB Whitehouse, Tipton, Staffordshire. Fall of Coal in heathen Coal from between two slips.

BLEWS George - 1863 - 25/11/1863 – Age 11 – Coupler. South Pelaw, E Perkins and Perkins. Chester-le-Street, Durham. Crushed by tubs on engine plane.

BLINKBURN William - 1869 - 18/09/1869 – Age 10 - Waggoner. Doffcocker, Thomas Cross, Bolton, Lancashire. Roof stone falling in the waggon road.

BLINSTONE Richard - 1867 04/11/1867 13 - Drawer. Pewfall, Richard Evans and Co., Haydock, St. Helens, Lancashire. Run over by train of full tubs.

BLINSTONE William - 1869 - 21/07/1869 – Age 15 - Pony driver. Queen, Richard Evans and Sons, Haydock, St. Helens, Lancashire. Explosion of gas. 59 killed.

BLOCKLEY Thomas - 1864 - 14/12/1864 – Age 13 - Horse Boy. Whitwick, John Whetstone, Leicestershire. Run over.

BLOOR W. - 1863 - 27/10/1863 – Age 15 - Miner. Cinder Hill, T North, Nottingham. Explosion of gas.

BLOWER George - 1869 - 17/02/1869 – Age 24 - Collier. Bretby, Earl of Chesterfield, Burton-on-Trent, Derbyshire. Fall of roof.

BLOWER John - 1863 - 09/12/1863 – Age 40 - Collier. Wynnstay, A New British Iron Co., Ruabon, Flint. Explosion of gas. 13 killed.

BLOWER William - 1866 - 07/02/1866 – Age 65 - Collier. Pooley Hall, Pooley Hall Co. Ltd., Tamworth, Staffordshire. Explosion of gas. Inadequate ventilation.

BLOXUP Henry - 1864 - 12/09/1864 – Age 30 - Miner. Chadwick Hall, Roscow and Lord, Rochdale, Lancashire. Roof falling.

BLUE John - 1863 - 26/08/1863 – Age 13 - Drawer. Bartholm No.3, Eglington Iron Co., Kilwinning, Ayrshire. Fall of roof.

BOARDMAN Samuel - 1869 - 30/08/1869 – Age 47 – Dayman, Manor Clifton and Kearsley Co., Clifton, Lancashire. Crushed between roof and a waggon on which he was riding up the engine brow.

BOARDMAN W - 1865 - 23/10/1865 – Age 39 - Collier. Fenton Park, Fenton Park Co., Fenton, Staffordshire. Explosion of firedamp.

BOARDMAN William - 1865 - 18/03/1865 - Labourer. Stand Lane, Stott and Pickstone, Radcliffe, Lancashire. Stone falling from the roof of No.3 pit.

BODDY Joseph - 1860 - 31/01/1860 – Age 28 - Engineman. Saltwell, Earl of Dudley, Dudley, Worcestershire. Oiling the flywheel gudgeon whilst the engine was at work he was caught by some portion of the machinery. Generally in this district the enginemen have nobody to fire for them.

BODEN B. - 1865 - 06/03/1865 – Age 20 - Miner. Madeley Wood (ironstone), John Anstice and Co., Ironbridge, Shropshire. Fell into sump.

BODEN H. - 1861 - 03/12/1861 – Age 40 - Collier. Stand Lane, Stott and Pickstone, Radcliffe Bridge, Lancashire. Explosion of firedamp. Died 19th. 2 killed.

BODEN J. - 1861 - 03/12/1861 – Age 40 - Collier. Stand Lane, Stott and Pickstone, Radcliffe Bridge, Lancashire. Explosion of firedamp. Died 14th. 2 killed.

BODEN Joseph - 1867 - 20/05/1867 – Age 12 - Miner. Walton (ironstone), Messrs. Appleby, Chesterfield, Derbyshire. Fell down shaft.

BODMAN Samuel - 1862 - 24/10/1862 – Age 32 Parkfield, Wethered Cossham and Co., Pucklechurch, Gloucester. Of Pucklechurch. Killed in the pit 1.

BOGGON George - 1869 - 29/01/1869 – Age 27 - Hewer. Springwell, J Bowes and Partners, Gateshead, Durham. Explosion of gas. 5 killed.

BOHEN Mathew - 1869 - 20/03/1869 - Drawer. Springs, Pearson and Knowles, Ince, Wigan, Lancashire. Fall of roof in Arley mine.

BOLAM Thomas - 1865 - 14/07/1865 – Age 69 – Screener. Gurney Pit, Black Boy Coal Co., Auckland, Durham. Crushed by waggons near screens.

BOLAM Thomas - 1869 - 09/04/1869 – Age 13 - Driver. Shotton, Haswell Coal Co., Castle Eden, Durham. Run over by waggons.

BOLTON, George - 1861 - 16/12/1861 – Age 20 - Miner. No.5 mine (ironstone), Tredegar Iron Co., Tredegar, Monmouth. Heavy fall of stone.

BOLTON, H. - 1860 - 25/04/1860 34 - Collier. Doffcocker, Thomas Cross, Bolton, Lancashire. Fall of roof, Mountain mine.

BOLTON, Joseph - 1863 - 03/05/1863 - Fireman. Bradley Hall, Richard Fisher, Standish, Wigan, Lancashire. Suffocation in explosive gas. 2 killed.

BOLTON, Peter - 1869 - 15/11/1869 - Collier. Low Hall, Moss Hall Coal Co., Wigan, Lancashire. Explosion of gas. 27 killed.

BOND Martin - 1864 - 07/09/1864 – Age 47- Sinker. Elled, Levick and Simpson, Blaina, Monmouth. Fall of shale from roof in the level. In endeavouring to break away the snout end of a long and heavy piece of shale which rested on two props it suddenly rolled over and killed him.

BOND Thomas - 1867 - 21/01/1867 – Age 66 - Collier. Ivy House, Ivy House Co., Hanley, Staffordshire. Fall of roof.

BOND W. - 1865 - 06/12/1865 – Age 30 - Pikeman. Albion, Harper and Co., Willenhall, Staffordshire. Accidental fall of roof in new mine coal whilst cutting in roof coal which struck him down before he could get out of the way.

BONOR William - 1864 - 30/12/1864 – Age 22 - Collier. Swadlincote Limited Co., Burton-on-Trent, Derbyshire. Fall of roof (coal).

BOOBIER Charles - 1868 - 10/10/1868 – Age 13 - Driver. Ibstock, Executors of J Whetstone, Coalville, Leicestershire. Crushed by tubs.

BOOTE T. - 1862 - 05/02/1862 – Age 54 - Collier. Hamill, N P Wood, Burslem, Staffordshire. Fall of Coal.

BOOTH ? - 1868 - 13/01/1868 – Age 13 - Trammer. Carbrook, Jeffcock and Dunn, Sheffield, Yorkshire. Axel and wheels from an ascending tub fell down the shaft on him.

BOOTH ? - 1868 - 25/11/1868 - Metal man. Hindley, Green, John Scowcroft and Co., Hindley, Lancashire. Explosion of firedamp. 62 killed.

BOOTH Charles - 1866 - 14/06/1866 – Age 22. Dukinfield, FDP Astley, Ashton-under-Lyne, Cheshire. Explosion of firedamp. 38 killed.

BOOTH H - 1865 - 21/07/1865 – Age 17 - Banksman. Biddulph Valley, Robert Heath, Congleton, Cheshire. Brake chain carried him to the drum.

BOOTH H. - 1863 - 21/09/1863 – Age 35 - Collier. Stonetrough Williamson, Bros., Tunstall, Staffordshire. Waggon went over him on incline.

BOOTH J - 1867 - 20/08/1867- Sinker. Cinderhill Williams and Co., Longton, Staffordshire. Explosion under scaffold. 2 killed.

BOOTH J. - 1860 - 02/10/1860 – Age 30 - Miner. Shireoaks, Duke of Newcastle, Worksop, Nottinghamshire. Explosion of firedamp. 3 killed.

BOOTH J. - 1860 - 26/03/1860 – Age 24 - Collier. Higginshaw Lane, John Smethurst, Oldham, Lancashire. Fall of Coal.

BOOTH J. - 1867 - 30/05/1867 - Bandsman. Tantany, Horton and Whitehouse, West Bromwich, Staffordshire. Fall of Coal in thick coal. The place was well timbered.

BOOTH J. - 1868 - 07/07/1868 - Collier. Oldfield T, Goddard and Sons, Longton, Staffordshire. Explosion of firedamp. 2 killed.

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

BOOTH Job - 1864 - 23/09/1864 – Age 67 - Collier. Clay Cross, William Jackson M.P. and Co., Chesterfield, Derbyshire. Fall of roof.

BOOTH John - 1865 - 31/08/1865 – Age 12 - Boy. Smallshaw, Executors of the late J Hargreaves, Burnley, Lancashire. Caught by spur wheels which he was oiling.

BOOTH T. - 1862 - 01/01/1862 – Age 38 - Collier. Clough Hall, Kinnersley and Co., Newcastle, Staffordshire. Fall of Coal.

BOOTH W. - 1861 - 08/02/1861 - A Boy. Coppull, John Hargreaves, Coppull, Lancashire. Fall of roof. Also injured.

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

BOOTH William - 1866 - 14/06/1866 – Age 24. Dukinfield, FDP Astley, Ashton-under-Lyne, Cheshire. Explosion of firedamp. 38 killed.

BOOTHROYD William - 1866 - 13/12/1866. Oaks, Messrs. Firth, Bamber and Co., Barnsley, Yorkshire. Explosions of gas. The total number of victims was 334 by the first explosion of the 12th December 1866 and 26 by the second explosion the following day. Total 360. Seventy five bodies were recovered prior to the shafts being closed forty five were recovered during the first twelve months after the shaft was reopened and seventy during the past years making the total 190. This deducted from 360 leaves 17 bodies still in the Colliery. It is remarkable that all but two have been identified.

BORLAND Matthew - 1865 - 12/08/1865 – Age 15 - Drawer. Holmes, John Horne, Kilmarnock, Ayrshire. Fall of roof.

BORROWS Stephenson, - 1867 - 02/12/1867 – Age 25 - Miner. Gannow, Executors of John Hargreaves, Burnley, Lancashire. Caught by waggon as he was coming out of a travelling road onto an endless chain road in the pit.

BORTHWICK Walter - 1868 - 08/09/1868 – Age 19 - Hewer. Eppleton, Hetton Coal Co., Leamside, Durham. Fall of stone.

BOSHELL Frederick - 1863 - 09/07/1863. Beeston Moor, Harding and Co., Leeds, Yorkshire. Fall of roof in the mine.

BOSSETT David - 1865 - 14/05/1865 – Age 14 - Collier. St. George’s, Simms, Williams, Neville and Co., Llanelli, Carmarthen Injured by fall of Coal 5th Apr. Died this day.

BOSTOCK David - 1862 - 18/02/1862 – Age 22 - Collier. Frood (ironstone), Messrs. Sparrow and Poole, Wrexham, Denbigh. Fall of roof.

BOSTOCK M - 1869 - 25/10/1869 – Age 29 - Collier. Apedale, Stanier and Co., Newcastle, Staffordshire. Fall of Coal.

BOSWORTH Reuben - 1864 - 05/04/1864 - Collier. Church Greasley, Marquis of Hastings, Burton-on-Trent, Derbyshire. Explosion of gas.

BOTHAM Joseph - 1869 - 30/01/1869 – Age 45 - Collier. Swadlincote, Hall and Boardman, Burton-on-Trent, Derbyshire. Fall of roof.

BOTHOL John - 1866 - 09/10/1866 – Age 13 - Drawer. Mostyn, Mostyn Colliery Co., Holywell, Flint. Attempting to get into cage after the signal to the Engineman had been given by the hooker-on.

BOTWOOD J - 1865 - 27/05/1865 – Age 55 - Collier. Madeley Wood, John Anstice and Co., Ironbridge, Shropshire. Explosion of firedamp.

BOUGH John - 1868 - 04/01/1868 – Age 35 - Collier. Aldwarke Main, Don Valley, Aldwarke Main Co., Rotherham, Yorkshire. Fall of Coal.

BOUGH R. - 1869 - 18/02/1869 – Age 12 Bank Boy. Foley (ironstone), Goddard and Sons, Longton, Staffordshire. Fell down pit.

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

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

BOULTON Emmanuel - 1865 - 04/08/1865 – Age 20 - Collier. Blaenavon, Blaenavon Iron Co., Blaenavon, Monmouth. By Coal falling on his leg on the 3rd and it was thought necessary to amputate. Died this day.

BOUNCER W. - 1861 - 22/03/1861 – Age 34 - Deputy Overman. Rough Hay, Messrs. Addenbrooke, Darlaston, Staffordshire. Injured by a fall in new mine and fireclay coals 9th. Was pulling some rates (loose Coal) of a pillar when 2cwt. fell upon him from a slip. Died this day.

BOURNE or BROWNE Henry - 1869 - 30/07/1869 – Age 22 - Collier. Tyning, Countess of Waldegrave, Somerset. Fall of stone at Radstock. Leaving a widow and two children.

BOWART Edward - 1866 - 17/11/1866 – Age 42 - Hewer. Cowpen, Straker, Cookson, and Co., Blyth, Northumberland. Fall of stone. 2 killed.

BOWATER A. - 1862 - 19/02/1862 – Age 14 - Horsedriver. Foxyards, Hartland and Co., Tipton, Staffordshire. The horse accidentally knocked a setting of timber which allowed the roof to fall on him. Thick Coal rib and pillar pit.

BOWATER J - 1869 - 29/06/1869 – Age 22 – Bondsman. White Heath, T Price, Rowley Regis, Staffordshire. Fall of Coal and slack brought about by a bump. 2 killed.

BOWATER R - 1868 - 23/11/1868 – Age 25 - Deputy. Tividale Hall, S Bradley, Dudley, Worcestershire. Injured by explosion of firedamp 14th. Died this day. 2 killed.

BOWDEN E. - 1866 - 09/02/1866 - Pikeman. Crab Tree, Shaw and Mason, Wednesbury, Staffordshire. Fall of Coal in thick Coal rib and pillar pit. He neglected to set timber.

BOWDEN Joseph - 1868 - 14/05/1868 – Age 28 - Deputy. Brancepeth, Strakers and Love, Willington, Durham. Fall of stone.

BOWDEN Richard - 1864 - 16/07/1864 – Age 24 – Horsekeeper. Denton Lane, Chamber Colliery Co., Hollinwood, Lancashire. Falling out of the cage from the Black mine mouthing to the bottom as he was descending the shaft.

BOWDEN S - 1869 - 05/10/1869 - Pikeman. Moxley, S Groucutt and Sons, Bilston, Staffordshire. Fall of Coal in thin mine.

BOWDITCH James - 1865 - 23/09/1865 – Age 30 Pump man. Ebbw Vale, Ebbw Vale Co., Ebbw Vale, Monmouth. Whilst awaiting in the engine pit he fell away and was picked up dead at the bottom.

BOWDY Thomas - 1865 - 30/08/1865 – Age 30 - Enginewright. Abercarn, Ebbw Vale Co., Ebbw Vale, Monmouth. Was overwhelmed by a heavy piece of metal 24th at the new enginehouse. Both legs were broken. Died 30th.

BOWELL George - 1869 - 26/02/1869 – Age 23 - Wagonchalker. Haswell, Haswell Coal Co., Fence Houses Durham. Run over by 15 waggons.

BOWEN F. - 1869 - 18/12/1869 – Age 48 - Pikeman. Monway, Patent Shaft Co., Wednesbury, Staffordshire. Injured by Coal he was cutting in a new mine Coal pit. Died 4 hours later.

BOWEN George - 1867 - 14/06/1867 – Age 13 - Collier. Vochriw, Guest and Co., Dowlais, Glamorgan. Killed by fall of stone.

BOWEN Isaac - 1866 - 08/02/1866 – Age 52 - Labourer. Hirwain, Hirwaun Coal and Iron Co., Aberdare, Glamorgan. Crushed by trucks.

BOWEN John - 1860 - 24/08/1860 – Age 41 - Hitcher. No.1 Victoria, Ebbw Vale Co., Ebbw Vale, Monmouth. Piece of mine fell from ascending tram.

BOWEN John - 1862 - 15/03/1862 – Age 43 - Miner. Spotted Vein (ironstone), J and C Bailey, Nantyglo, Monmouth. Fall of roof in his stall.

BOWEN Joseph - 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.

BOWEN Thomas - 1865 - 20/12/1865 – Age 42 - 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.

BOWEN W. - 1865 - 16/12/1865 – Age 57- Sinker. Moseley Hole, Chillington Co., Willenhall, Staffordshire. A new biatt or beam of timber which supported the scaffold gave way and precipitated him down the sinking shaft a distance of 9 yards.

BOWEN William - 1863 - 14/07/1863 – Age 24 – Stoneman. Trimdon Grange, M Forster and Co., Hartlepool, Durham. Fall of stone.

BOWEN William - 1865 - 17/02/1865 – Age 25 - Miner. Gadlys (ironstone), Gadlys Iron Co., Aberdare, Glamorgan. Fall of stone from roof.

BOWER James - 1862 - 10/04/1862 - Age 40 - Engineman. Oakerthorpe, Oakerthorpe Coal and Iron Co., Alfreton, Derbyshire. Struck with hand gear of engine.

BOWER Thomas - 1860 - 12/07/1860 – Age 25 - Miner. Madeley Court, W.O. Foster, Ironbridge, Shropshire. Fall of roof.

BOWERS Joseph - 1869 - 11/05/1869 – Age 12 – Trapper. Oaks, Firth Barber and Co., Barnsley, Yorkshire. Caught his hand in a pulley wheel and died of lockjaw.

BOWES James - 1864 - 16/01/1864 – Age 26 - Drawer. Stoneriggs No.3, Coltness Iron Co., Lanarkshire. He was waiting for a loaded hutch at the Colliers wall face in splint Coal when he was killed by a fall of roof.

BOWKER J. - 1860 - 15/11/1860 – Age 11 - Drawer. Denton, Trustees of the late Ellis Fletcher, Denton, Lancashire. Falling from a tub which he had laid hold of as it was going up.

BOWKER John - 1861 - 19/11/1861 – Age 55 – Break man. Standish, John Taylor and Sons, Wigan, Lancashire. Fell from the mouthing down the pit.

BOWKER Thomas - 1864 - 16/11/1864 – Age 31. Withymoor, Messrs. Nock Withymoor,  Staffordshire. Fell part way down shaft. The chain broke. 8 killed.

BOWLES F. - 1862 - 26/02/1862. Ketley, Ketley Co., Wellington, Shropshire. Fall of roof.

BOWMAN William - 1865 - 24/05/1865 – Age 16 - Collier. Portland, Butterley Iron and Coal Co., Alfreton, Derbyshire. Fall of roof.

BOX James - 1860 - 20/12/1860 – Age 20 - Shifter. Minor Pit, Hetton Coal Co., Hetton, Durham. Explosion of gas supposed to have been generated from the coals of the engine or boiler fire and not from gas generated in the workings of the mine. 22 killed.

BOX John - 1860 - 06/11/1860 – Age 35 - Collier. Lower Duffryn, Thomas Powell and Sons, Aberdare, Glamorgan. Explosion of gas (9 feet vein) 12 killed.

BOYCE Bernard - 1863 - 09/07/1863 – Age 60 – Brusher. Govan No.4, WS Dixon, Glasgow, Lanarkshire. Fall of stone at the face.

BOYD Charles - 1862 - 30/12/1862 - Collier. Cambusnethan D and J Sneddon, Wishaw, Lanarkshire. Fall of Poytshaw Coal.

BOYD Hugh - 1866 - 30/11/1866 – Age 30 - Collier. Wishaw No.7, Wishaw Iron Co., Wishaw, Lanarkshire. Fall of roof. 2 killed.

BOYD Stewart - 1865 - 13/02/1865 – Age 24 - Miner. Bradley (ironstone), Merry and Cunningham, Dalry, Ayrshire. Explosion of firedamp.

BOYLE Edward - 1862 - 20/01/1862 – Age 43 – Brusher. Towerlands No.8, John H Watt, Irvine, Ayrshire. Fall of Coal.

BOYLE James - 1860 - 04/08/1860. Cam Haye Underville and Co. Walsall, Staffordshire. Explosion of firedamp this day and he died 17th. A notice was sent to Mr. Baker but no inquest was held and I never heard of the accident till long after its occurrence.