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BRACE Mark - 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.

BRADBURY Charles - 1867 - 07/10/1867 – Age 15 - Waggoner. Moston, Executors of John Stanley, Manchester, Lancashire. Coal falling on him as - Miner. Has not set sprags.

BRADBURY William - 1869 - 02/06/1869 – Age 61 - Collier. Renishaw Park, J and G Wells, Chesterfield, Derbyshire. Fall of roof (Renishaw, Park pit).

BRADDOCK John - 1863 - 04/03/1863 – Age 40 - Miner. Whitwick, John Whetstone, Leicestershire. Leicestershire. Fall of roof. 2 killed.

BRADLEY E - 1868 - 27/03/1868 – Age 48- Sinker. Moorgreen, Barber Walker and Co., Eastwood, Nottinghamshire. Fall of stone in sinking shaft.

BRADLEY Edward - 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.

BRADLEY F. - 1861 - 11/06/1861 – Age 35 - 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.

BRADLEY George - 1867 - 03/07/1867 – Age 16 - Collier. Mexbro, Butterley Iron Co., Alfreton, Derbyshire. Fall of roof.

BRADLEY H. - 1862 - 13/08/1862 – Age 27 - Carpenter. Hulton, Hulton Colliery Co., Hulton, Lancashire. Falling from an old pit brow when he was taking down a coal riddle. Died 6th.

BRADLEY Henry - 1869 - 04/12/1869 – Age 33 - Fireman. Waterloo, Plaskynaston Coal Co., Ruabon, Denbigh. Falling out of cage while ascending.

BRADLEY J. - 1869 - 18/02/1869 – Age 19 - Pikeman. Netherton, Messrs. Grazebrook, Dudley, Worcestershire. Fall of Coal in thick Coal pit whilst undercutting a nob or small pillar, the result of a bump.

BRADLEY John - 1863 - 13/01/1863 – Age 48 – Keeper. St. Helens, Joseph Pease and Co., Auckland, Durham. Fell off erections.

BRADLEY John - 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.

BRADLEY M. - 1868 - 22/04/1868 - Banksman. Lilleshall, Lilleshall Co., Wellington, Shropshire. Fall of roof.

BRADLEY Owen - 1867 - 03/04/1867 – Age 30 - Collier. Springwell, Staveley Co., Ltd., Chesterfield, Derbyshire. Shot misfired.

BRADLEY R. - 1869 - 01/05/1869 – Age 30 - Collier. Coltness, AG Simpson, Wishaw, Lanarkshire. Fall of brushing at road head.

BRADLEY W. - 1862 - 14/02/1862 – Age 33 - Miner. Brinsop Hall, William Woods and Son, West Houghton, Lancashire. Crushed by the engine being started as he was getting into the cage to ascend the shaft.

BRADSHAW George - 1864 - 13/06/1864. Hostingley, Joshua Ingham, Dewsbury Yorkshire. Fall of roof in the mine.

BRADSHAW Herbert - 1865 - 20/05/1865 – Age 15 - Collier. Riddings, James Oakes and Co., Alfreton, Derbyshire. Fall of roof.

BRADSHAW Peter - 1860 - 17/04/1860 – Age 58 - Collier. Moss Hall, Moss Hall Coal Co., Wigan, Lancashire. Fall of roof.

BRADSHAW R. - 1865 - 13/12/1865 – Age 42 - Collier. Meare Heath, WH Sparrow and Son, Longton, Staffordshire. Dip chain broke.

BRADSHAW Samuel - 1864 - 11/11/1864 – Age 13 - Horsedriver. Oakthorpe, Marquis of Hastings, Ashby-de-la-Zouch, Leicestershire. Run over by trams.

BRADSHAW W - 1865 - 12/09/1865 - Collier. California, Kirkless Hall Coal and Iron Co., Aspull, Wigan, Lancashire. The rope breaking by slipping off the drum as they were ascending the pit. It was a Conical or compensating drum without grooves. 8 killed.

BRADY E - 1865 - 08/02/1865 – Age 26 - Waggoner. Old Field, WH Sparrow and Son, Longton, Staffordshire. Crushed by waggons.

BRADY Thomas - 1865 - 27/02/1865 – Age 27 - Hewer. Brandon Strakers and Love, Durham. Crushed under the cage at the bottom of the shaft.

BRAEN Timothy - 1867 - 10/09/1867 – Age 22 - Collier. Bedwellty, Tredegar Iron Co., Tredegar, Monmouth. Explosion of firedamp.

BRAEN Timothy - 1867 - 10/09/1867 – Age 22 - Collier. Haywood, William Crawshay, Cinderford, Somerset. Killed by fall of roof.

BRAILSFORD J. - 1861 - 26/10/1861 – Age 51 - Banksman. Owl Coates, Messrs. Galloway, Chesterfield, Derbyshire. Falling down the shaft.

BRAILSFORD John - 1864 - 23/10/1864. Park Gate, Earl Fitzwilliam, Rotherham, Yorkshire. Fall of roof in the mine.

BRAILSFORD Thomas - 1868 - 03/01/1868 – Age 30 - Collier. Park Gate, Earl Fitzwilliam, Rotherham, Yorkshire. Fall of Coal.

BRAIN Isaac - 1866 - 02/07/1866 – Age 30 - Hanger-on. Bull Hall, Jefferys, Sanders and Co., Gloucester. Lost his life in an inset in consequence of being forcibly and violently crushed by the ascending cart against the ‘gug’ pulley.

BRAIN Joseph - 1862 - 12/02/1862 – Age 28 - Collier. Jay’s, JJ Whittuck, Kingswood, Gloucester. A fall of roof and rubbish killed Brain and imprisoned Isles and in about 12 hours a second fall took place and deprived the latter of life. Iles was hewing and Brain was showing him the light. Earlier they had put in a shot of gunpowder to blast the Coal with little effect; then Coal fell from high timbers, put up that same evening. Inquest held.

BRAITHWAITE William - 1867 - 20/07/1867 – Age 22 - Collier. Drighlington, Drighlington Coal Co., Leeds, Yorkshire. Fall of Coal and stone.

BRAMLEY Charles - 1863 - 30/10/1863 – Age 32 - Miner. Swanwick, WP Morewood, Alfreton, Derbyshire. Inundation of water. 2 killed.

BRAMLEY Joseph - 1865 - 12/06/1865 – Age 25 - Collier. Haydock, Richard Evans and Co., St. Helens, Lancashire. Explosion of gunpowder. 

BRAMLEY William - 1869 - 12/02/1869 – Age 38 – Ironstone getter. Mill (ironstone), Hird, Dawson, ad Hardy Bradford, Yorkshire. Fall of roof. Accident took place 15th Oct, - 1869. He lingered for four months.

BRAMWELL J. - 1868 - 24/03/1868 – Age 25 Bye worker, Swaithe Main, Edmunds Main Co., Barnsley, Yorkshire. Fall of Coal while taking out puncheons.

BRAND William - 1866 - 01/12/1866 – Age 16 - Drawer. Cuttlehill, Henderson and Wallace, Dunfermline, Fife. A pick fell on his head while he was ascending. Cage not covered.

BRANDWOOD Roger - 1861 - 25/04/1861. Shaw Lane, Michael Stocks, Halifax, Yorkshire. Fall of roof in the mine.

BRANNON Patrick - 1867 - 31/05/1867 – Age 40 - Hewer. Washington, Durham.  Cage accident. 10 killed. Wife and four children.

BRANSON, Thomas - 1868 - 25/08/1868 – Age 37 - Enginewright. Campbell Staveley Coal and Iron Co., Chesterfield, Derbyshire. Fell down shaft whilst fixing pumps.

BRANT H. - 1862 - 09/04/1862 – Age 47 - Loader. Gospel Oak, Grazebrook and Aston, Tipton, Staffordshire. Explosion of firedamp injured on 26th. Feb. Died this day.

BRASH James - 1866 - 03/04/1866 - Sinker. Boghead (ironstone), James Russell and Son, Bathgate, Lanarkshire. Engine put of gear and they fell to the bottom. 2 killed.

BRAY Calib - 1868 - 10/08/1868 – Age 21 - Collier. Middle Duffryn, Powell’s Duffryn Steam Coal Co., Aberdare, Glamorgan. Killed by trams.

BRAY R. - 1864 - 15/04/1864 – Age 23 - Pikeman. Chillington, Chillington Co., Wolverhampton, Staffordshire. Fell down pit shaft whilst ascending. He improperly stood upon the tackled skip and forced it under the framework at the pit top which caused two of the tackling chains to break, precipitating him to the bottom, the result of his own carelessness.

BRAZIL John - 1860 - 03/07/1860 - Collier. Gelly, Neville and Co., Llanelly, Carmarthen. Suffocation (blackdamp).

BREAKWAY H. - 1866 - 23/06/1866 – Age 15 - Collier Boy. Tipton, Green Willetts and Hammond, Tipton, Staffordshire. Injured in an explosion, of firedamp 14th. Died this day.

BREARLEY T. - 1864 - 20/12/1864 – Age 21 - Bandsman. Tame Mill, Johnson, Biggs and Co., Willenhall, Staffordshire. Fall of Coal in new mine and fireclay Coals from a slip. A good and proper supply of timber props would have prevented this accident.

BREEN Patrick - 1863 - 28/04/1863 – Age 21 - Putter. Bitchburn, Starkers and Love, Crook, Durham. Crushed between tub and prop.

BREEZE B. - 1860 - 27/01/1860 – Age 17 - Loader. Apedale, J.E. Heathcote, Newcastle, Staffordshire. Waggon ran over him on incline.

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

BRENNAN James - 1866 - 14/06/1866 – Age 19. Dukinfield, FDP Astley, Ashton-under-Lyne Cheshire. Explosion of firedamp. 38 killed.

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

BRETT Miles - 1867 - 06/12/1867 – Age 11 - Waggoner. Swinshaw Hargreaves, Ashworth and Co., Baxenden, Lancashire. A waggon he was taking down the slope got off the rails and crushed his head between it and the roof.

BRETTELL T. - 1862 - 16/07/1862 – Age 28 - Collier. Netherton, Messrs. Grazebrook, Dudley, Worcestershire. Fall of Coal in thick Coal occasioned by a bump.

BRETTON Peter - 1867 - 19/02/1867 – Age 60 - Collier. West Riding and Silkstone, Pape and Pearson, Normanton, Yorkshire. Fall of roof. 2 killed.

BRIDDICK Jacob - 1864 - 13/04/1864 – Age 17 – Ponyputter. Old Etherley, Henry Stobart and Co., Auckland, Durham. Crushed by tubs.

BRIDGE James - 1868 - 25/02/1868 – Age 32 - Miner. Hudclough, Smithson and Butterworth, Facit, Lancashire. Roof stone which broke off at a seam falling upon him.

BRIDGE R - 1868 - 09/12/1868 – Age 42 – Butty. Oldfield, T Goddard and Sons, Longton, Staffordshire. Fall of roof.

BRIDGES George - 1860 - 16/02/1860 – Age 51 - Collier. Conygre Timsbury Coal Co., Timsbury, Somerset. Fall of strong top over Coal facilitated by a double slip. Died 28th.

BRIDGES Joshua - 1862 - 26/06/1862 – Age 35 - Collier. Lower Conygre, Timsbury Coal Co., Timsbury, Somerset. Explosion of powder whilst filling a straw for a shot. Careless exposure to a spark of this dangerous material. Died 13th July.

BRIDGES Thomas - 1862 - 04/04/1862 – Age 36 - Collier. Hayeswood, Hayeswood Coal Co., Timsbury, Somerset. Fall of stone in hard heading. This stone should have been earlier cropped.

BRIDGEWATER C - 1868 - 30/10/1868 – Age 17 – Bondsman. Salt Well, Earl of Dudley, Dudley, Worcestershire. Injured slightly by fall of patchels in thick Coal pit 29th. Died this day.

BRIDGEWATER R. - 1860 - 02/02/1860 – Age 20 - Miner. Wilnecote, Perrins and Harrison, Tamworth, Staffordshire. Fall of roof.

BRIERLEY Ashton - 1865 - 02/11/1865 – Age 40 - Miner. Brotherod, HH Fishwick and Co., Rochdale, Lancashire. Explosion of firedamp. The Fireman knowing there was gas allowed him to go in with a candle to bat it out. Proceedings were taken by the owners and the Fireman was fined 5s, and costs.

BRIERLEY John - 1865 - 17/04/1865 – Age 13 - Driver. Willington, A Strakers and Love, Ferry Hill, Durham. Struck by crank pump when oiling.

BRIERLEY Robert - 1863 - 07/01/1863 – Age 36 - Miner. Ashworth Hall, Richard and William Stott, Rochdale, Lancashire. His shot which he had lighted went off as he was in the act of getting away. Died 11th.

BRIERLEY Robert - 1866 - 18/07/1866 – Age 28 - Miner. Chadwick, Hall Roscow and Lord, Rochdale, Lancashire. Injured by falling roof. Died 29th.

BRIERLEY T. - 1860 - 25/06/1860 – Age 26 - Collier. Lord’s Field, Lord’s Field Co., Ashton-under-Lyne, Lancashire. Fall of bin in Great Mine.

BRIERLEY Wright – 1863 - 25/06/1863 – Age 21 - Miner. Greenacres, Leeses and Co., Oldham, Lancashire. Roof falling between 2 slips.

BRIERS James - 1862 - 30/06/1862 - Collier. Ince Hall, Ince Hall Coal Co., Wigan, Lancashire. Fall of roof.

BRIERS William - 1867 - 20/08/1867 - Driver. Garswood Park, David Bromilow and Co., St. Helens, Lancashire. Explosion of firedamp in Little Delf mines. 14 killed.

BRIFFETT James - 1865 - 14/11/1865 – Age 40 - Collier. Risca, TW Rhodes, Risca, Monmouth. Fall of stone and Coal from face. Injured 14th. Died the following day.

BRIGGS Elijah - 1868 - 25/01/1868 – Age 30 - Collier. Holmes, Rotherham, Masbro’ and Holmes Co., Rotherham, Yorkshire. Fall of roof.

BRIGGS Henry - 1867 - 14/05/1867 – Age 27 - Collier. Naylor Hird Dawson and Hardy, Low Moor, Yorkshire. Fall of stone.

BRIGGS John - 1862 - 26/08/1862 – Age 70 – Furnaceman. Marehay, Butterley Coal Co., Ripley, Derbyshire. Falling part way down the shaft.

BRIGGS John - 1868 - 25/06/1868 – Age 40 - Miner. Chesterton (ironstone), Chesterton Co., Newcastle, Staffordshire. Fall of stone.

BRIGGS Jonathan - 1868 - 09/06/1968 – Age 12 - Sheave greaser. Framwellgate, Earl Vane, Durham. Crushed by machinery. 2 killed.

BRIGGS Robert - 1865 - 17/08/1865 – Age 32 - Collier. Clay Cross, William Jackson and Co., Chesterfield, Derbyshire. Fall of roof. Had been cautioned the place required timbering.

BRIGGS William - 1867 - 01/06/1867 – Age 24 - Miner. Washington Bell, Kimpster and Co., Gateshead, Durham. Overwinding. 10 killed.

BRIGGS William - 1867 - 22/09/1868 – Age 56 - Collier. No. 8, Tredegar Iron Co., Tredegar, Monmouth. Sudden fall about 3 tons of Coal whilst he was sitting eating his dinner. A slip ran right through the Coal and top.

BRIGGS William - 1867 - 31/05/1867 – Age 24 - Hewer. Washington, Durham. Cage accident. 10 killed. Wife and one child.

BRIGHT John - 1869 - 30/10/1869 – Age 22 - Hewer. Lambley, M Thompson and Sons, Alston, Northumberland. Fall of Coal.

BRIMBLE Alfred - 1866 - 12/01/1866 – Age 18 - Labourer. Old Grove, Timsbury Coal Co., Timsbury, Somerset. Was in attendance with a - Mason repairing a wall in the fifth vein. He fell from an inset or brow down to the very bottom of the pit. At the time there was projection of a large hudge placed there on purpose but it is supposed that he was asleep for on the Mason calling for mortar he jumped up and proceeded towards the inset (the wrong direction) and forced himself past the hudge into the shaft which he fell a distance of 22 fathoms.

BRIMBLE James - 1860 - 01/12/1860 – Age 35. 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.

BRIMBLE T. - 1862 - 03/06/1862 – Age 14 - Collier. Horsley, Dixon and Co., Tipton, Staffordshire. Fall of Coal from the side of the gateroad from a slip in the thick Coal pit.

BRIMBLE Thomas - 1860 - 01/12/1860 – Age 12. 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.

BRIMBLE William - 1860 - 01/12/1860 – Age 13. 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.

BRIMBLE William - 1868 - 08/05/1868 – Age 16 - Collier. No.8, Ebbw Vale Co., Ltd, Ebbw Vale, Monmouth. Fall of top Coal whilst filling a tram in the heading which he and his father were driving. After the Coal fell an unseen slip became evident.

BRINDLE James - 1862 - 02/04/1862 – Age 36 - Miner. Mossfield, Thomas Simpson and Co., Oswaldtwistle, Lancashire Explosion of firedamp. Died 5th. William Yates, the Underlooker, who found Brindle had violated his instructions and made a small opening into the old workings with his pick. He at once ordered him to make up the aperture with clay, and to refrain from getting any more coal in that direction. Instead of attending to these instructions he proceeded to enlarge the opening, and afterwards passed through the hole which he had made with his lighted candle.

BRINDLE James - 1862 - 27/03/1862 – Age 36 - Miner. Hopwood Wild, Haigh and Co., Oswaldtwistle, Lancashire. Fall of roof in the waggon road, Nancy pit. Died 9th Apr.

BRINDLE Thomas - 1862 - 14/04/1862 – Age 33 - Miner. Dootson and Vauze, Samuel Leather Blackrod, Lancashire. Crushed by engine being started as he was getting into the cage at the cannel Coal to ascend the shaft.

BRINDLEY C. - 1869 - 21/08/1869 – Age 24 - Pikeman. Wyrley Cannock, Wyrley Cannock Colliery Co., Cheslyn Hay, Staffordshire. Injured by fall of Coal while holing in thin mine 17th. Died this day. The result of inadequate timbering.

BRINDLEY J - 1868 - 04/11/1868 – Age 34 - Engineer. Conduit, Conduit Colliery Co., Brownhills, Staffordshire. He and another were engaged changing the bucket in the pumping and winding pit when the chain suspending the bucket door snapped and precipitated him to the bottom.

BRINDLEY Mark - 1860 - 28/01/1860 - 15 - Collier. Abergwawr, Thomas Powell and Son, Aberdare, Glamorgan. Fall of roof (6 feet vein).

BRISCOE G - 1869 - 16/04/1869 – Age 14 - Collier. Foxyards, Earl of Dudley, Tipton, Staffordshire. Walked into shaft.

BRISCOE J - 1869 - 25/09/1869 – Age 21 - Collier. Hall, Bridge, W Hipkins and Co., Tividale, Staffordshire. Suffocated by carbonic acid gas in pit shaft. 2 killed.

BRISCOE James - 1860 - 09/08/1860 - Collier. Auchenheath, James Briscoe, Lanarkshire. Lanarkshire. Fall of stone from side of draw road.

BRISCOE James - 1862 - 27/09/1862 – Age 23 - Fireman. St. Helens, Messrs. Pilkington and Sons, St. Helens, Lancashire. Collapsing of shaft.

BRISCOE M. - 1862 - 08/10/1862 – Age 60- Sinker. Ketley (ironstone), W Mathews, Kingswinsford, Staffordshire. Breaking of iron rope whilst ascending. 2 killed.

BRISCOE T. - 1861 - 17/10/1861 - Driver. Hinksay (ironstone), B. Botfield, Wellington, Shropshire. Fall of roof.

BRISTOE Richard - 1869 - 26/06/1869 – Age 35 – Hurrier. Woolley Colliery, Woolley Coal Co., Barnsley, Yorkshire. Fall of roof.

BRISTOL T. - 1862 - 27/03/1862 – Age 42- Sinker. The Lays, Benjamin Wood, Brierley Hill, Staffordshire. Concussion to the brain on 19th Feb. Died this day from effusion.

BRITAIN Benjamin - 1860 - 01/12/1860 – Age 22. Black Vein, Risca Iron and Coal Co. Risca, Monmouth. Explosion of firedamp. This lamenatble calamity was occasioned by a sudden outburst of gas on most probably, a defective lamp. 142 persons, killed.

BRITTEN James - 1865 - 25/03/1865 – Age 30 - Collier. Tredegar, Tredegar Iron Co., Tredegar, Monmouth. Sudden fall of about 13 tons of Coal nearly five of which fell on him killing him instantly.

BRITTON Henry - 1863 - 06/03/1863 – Age 48 - Collier. Ashton Vale, Knight and Abbotts, Bedminster, Gloucester. Killed by a heavy fall of roof whilst somewhat unskilfully he was knocking out a prop to save it.

BRITTON James - 1868 - 16/11/1868 – Age 19 - Collier. Neilston No.12, James Wallace and Co., Kilsyth, Stirling. Explosion of firedamp.

BRITTON William - 1863 - 15/10/1863 – Age 28 - Hewer. South Pontop, Henry Ritson, Pontop, Durham. Fall of Coal.

BROAD Peter - 1861 - 15/03/1861. Gawthorpe, Messrs. Haigh, Dewsbury, Yorkshire. Explosion of firedamp.

BROAD Richard - 1863 - 13/01/863, Field Lane, Messrs. Haigh, Wakefield, Yorkshire. Breaking of a round hempen pit rope.

BROADBY William - 1863 - 01/09/1863 – Age 33 - Miner. Abercorn No.5 (ironstone), Merry and Cunningham, Johnstone, Dumfries Fall of ironstone at face.

BROADFOOT John - 1862 - 16/01/1862 – Age 19. New Hartley, Messrs. Carrs, Hartley, Durham. Entombment due to the breaking of an engine beam which fell down the single shaft. 204 killed.

BROADHEAD George - 1863 - 09/06/1863. Honey Well, Thorp’s executors, Barnsley, Yorkshire. Fall of Coal in the mine.

BROADHURST James - 1869 - 30/10/1869 – Age 48. Hanger-on, Nunnery B, Huntsman, Rotherham, Yorkshire. Got on to cage top to repair signal wire and when the cage ascended he was crushed.

BROADHURST Sarah - 1865 - 09/09/1865 – Age 29. Coal dresser, Kirkless Hall, Kirkless Hall, Coal and Iron Co., Wigan, Lancashire. From injuries by Coal trucks on surface railway. Female.

BROADHURST Thomas - 1867 - 18/10/1867 – Age 53 - Horse tenter. Stanton, Nadin and Co., Burton, Derbyshire. Fall of roof.

BROADLEY Edmund - 1861 - 18/04/1861. North Bierley (ironstone), Low Moor Iron Co., Bradford, Yorkshire. Fall of roof in the mine.

BROBART W - 1866 - 17/11/1866 – Age 40 - Hewer. Cowpen, Straker Cookson and Co., Blyth, Northumberland. Fall of stone. 2 killed.

BROCK James - 1860 - 12/10/1860. Pump House, Bagnall, West Bromwich, Staffordshire. Fall in thick Coal.

BROCKBANK R - 1862 - 02/10/1862 - Miner. Clifton Hall, Andrew Knowles and Sons, Clifton, Lancashire. Fall of roof Coal in Doe mine. 2 killed.

BROCKLEHURST Isaac - 1865 - 01/03/1865 – Age 40 - Collier. Clough Hall, Kinnersley and Co., Newcastle, Staffordshire. Explosion of firedamp. 5 killed 2 injured.

BROCKLEHURST Joseph - 1865 - 01/03/1865 – Age 15. Clough Hall, Kinnersley and Co., Newcastle, Staffordshire. Explosion of firedamp. 5 killed 2 injured. Brocklehurst injured.

BRODERICK John - 1869 - 01/04/1869 – Age 25 - Collier. High Brooks, Mercer and Evans, Wigan, Lancashire. Explosion of gas. 37 killed.

BROGGEIN William - 1861 - 20/04/1861 – Bottomer. Townhill, James Russell and Sons, Dunfermline, Fife. Crushed between the cage and the bottom of the pit.

BROMILOW John - 1867 - 11/12/1867 – Age 43 - Miner. Duxbury, Thomas and William Whittle, Chorley, Lancashire. Roof falling as he was getting out a sprag to bring down the Coal.

BROMILOW M - 1867 - 31/08/1867 – Age 45 - Carpenter. Low Hall, Moss Hall Coal Co., Wigan, Lancashire. Falling into pit from surface.

BROMLEY F - 1867 - 15/10/1867 - Collier. Beeston Hird, Dawson and Hardy, Leeds, Yorkshire. Fall of stone.

BROOK Adam - 1862 - 18/06/1862. Adwalton, Water Loose Ellison and Co., Leeds, Yorkshire. Falling down the shaft.

BROOK John - 1868 - 02/05/1868 – Age 42 - Collier. Clifton, Bowling Iron Co., Bradford, Yorkshire. Fall of roof.

BROOK Josiah - 1867 - 30/09/1867 – Age 18 - Collier. Meal Hill, Hepworth Iron Co., Holmfirth, Yorkshire. Fall of stone.

BROOK Thomas - 1861 - 06/08/1861 - Boy. Bunker Hill, Luke Kitson, Dewsbury, Yorkshire. Suffocated by blackdamp.

BROOKE Charles - 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.

BROOKES E. - 1866 - 28/10/1866 – Age 18 - Pikeman. Netherend, J King and Co., Stourbridge, Worcestershire. Fall of Coal in thick Coal the result of a ‘bump’.

BROOKES S. - 1867 - 12/07/1867 – Age 22 - Collier. Talke o’th’ Hill, North Staffordshire. Co., Newcastle, Staffordshire. Fall of Coal.

BROOKFIELD John - 1869 - 20/01/1869 – Age 15 - Drawer. Peasley Cross, Messrs. Browne and Co., St. Helens, Lancashire. Falling out of cage while ascending the pit.

BROOKMAN William - 1866 - 19/01/1866 – Age 35 - Miner. Beaufort (ironstone), J and C Bailey, Beaufort, Brecon. Killed by a sudden fall of ground after knocking out props.

BROOKS F - 1869 - 13/08/1869 – Age 37 – Bondsman. White’s Farm, John Spittle, West Bromwich, Staffordshire. Suffocated by carbonic acid gas.

BROOKS Isaac - 1863 - 16/12/1863 – Age 41 – Carter. Lower Conygre, Timsbury Coal Co., Timsbury, Somerset. A heavy fall of roof brought about by a joint and extensive ‘smooth’.

BROOKS J. - 1867 - 04/01/1867 – Age 53 - Deputy. Court House, B Gibbons, Kingswinsford, Staffordshire. Coupling link in the band-chain snapped whilst descending. 2 killed.

BROOKS J. - 1869 - 28/04/1869 – Chartermaster. Stourbridge, FT Rufford, Stourbridge, Worcestershire. Walked into pit shaft.

BROOKS Thomas - 1864 - 09/12/1864 – Age 13 - Boy. Hawksbury, J Darlington, and Co., Bedworth, Leicestershire. Run over on engine bank.

BROOKSHAW W. - 1867 - 11/06/1867 – Age 21 - Bandsman. Tividale, New Bagnall and Jones, Dudley, Worcestershire. Fall of coal from face of mine caused by a slip not previously seen.

BROOM G. - 1865 - 24/11/1865 – Age 15 - Miner. Hitchens (ironstone), Messrs. Groucutt, Bilston, Staffordshire. Accidental fall of ironstone measures from a slip.

BROSTER J. - 1860 - 02/05/1860 - Collier. Chesterton, Leighton and Cheadle, Newcastle, Staffordshire. Suffocated by chokedamp. 2 killed.

BROTHERTON William - 1865 - 14/08/1865. Oaks, Barber and Co., Barnsley, Yorkshire. Falling down the shaft.

BROUGH P. - 1861 - 23/07/1861 – Age 23 - Miner. Bradley Green, W. Bradbury, Tunstall, Staffordshire. Fall of roof.

BROWN ? - 1867 - 19/10/1867 – Age 18 - Taker-off. Ravenhead, Bromilow, Haddock and Co., St. Helens, Lancashire. Breaking of jig train.

BROWN Abraham - 1864 - 18/11/1864 – Age 23 - Collier. High Park, Barber Walker and Co., Nottinghamshire. Explosion of gas. 2 killed.

BROWN Alexander - 1867 - 12/06/1867 – Age 53 - Collier. Largoward, Brown and Kidd, Largo, Fife. Fall of Coal.

BROWN Andrew - 1863 - 24/02/1863 – Overman. Shaw Robert G., Cooper, Hamilton, Lanarkshire. Fall of roof at face while he was examining it.

BROWN Andrew - 1864 - 04/11/1864 – Age 15 - Collier. Shieldhall, Carron Iron Co., Stirling. Fall of roof.

BROWN B - 1867 - 15/06/1867 – Age 64 - Shifter. Monkwearmouth Bell, Stobart and Co., Sunderland, Durham. Fell into sump at pit bottom.

BROWN Benjamin - 1861 - 03/07/1861. Mount Osborne, William Day, Barnsley, Yorkshire. Fall of Coal in the mine.

BROWN Benjamin - 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.

BROWN C - 1864 - 15/12/1864 – Age 13 - Hooker-on. Brereton, Earl of Shrewsbury, Rugeley, Staffordshire. He was wrongfully standing in the pit bottom whilst a loaded skip was ascending. Injured 11th. Died this day.

BROWN Charles - 1863 - 02/12/1863 - Miner. Kinneil (ironstone), George Wilson and Co., Bo’ness, Lanarkshire. Explosion of firedamp. Neglect of 2nd General Rule.

BROWN Charles - 1863 - 09/10/1863. Park Gate, Earl Fitzwilliam, Rotherham, Yorkshire. Fall of Coal in the mine.

BROWN Daniel - 1867 - 08/11/1867 – Age 15. Ferndale, David Davies and Son, Pontypridd, Glamorgan. Explosion of gas through one of the deceased taking the top off his lamp and exposing a naked light. 178 killed.

BROWN Francis - 1861 - 28/08/1861 – Age 20 - Collier. Golynos, CB Marshall, Pontypool, Monmouth. Fall of stone from the roof of his stall. I was compelled at once to place this Colliery under notice in order to put a stop to this kind of slaughter. (MI Comment).

BROWN Frederick - 1869 - 08/03/1869 – Age 24 - Labourer. Silkstone Main, GA Haworth, Barnsley, Yorkshire. Crushed by a boiler which he was assisting to lower.

BROWN George - 1862 - 17/01/1862 – Age 31. New Hartley, Messrs. Carrs, Seaton Delaval, Durham. Entombment due to breaking of engine beam. 204 killed. He left a wife who was pregnant and two young children.

BROWN George - 1868 - 14/02/1868 – Age 14 - Putter. Tanfield, Lea James Joicey and Co., Gateshead, Durham. Crushed between tub and plank.

BROWN Hugh - 1867 - 31/05/1867 – Age 31 – Pitheadman. Bank, Bank Coal Co., North Cumnock, Lanarkshire. Fell down the shaft by pushing a hutch into the wrong division.

BROWN J. - 1860 - 05/05/1860 – Age 24 - Collier. Dark Lane, Lilleshall Co. Wellington, Shropshire. Explosion of firedamp.

BROWN James - 1860 - 02/03/1860. Burradon Colliery, Burradon, Durham. Explosion of gas. 76 killed. Left a wife and 2 children.

BROWN James - 1860 - 02/03/1860. Burradon Colliery, Burradon, Durham. Explosion of gas. 76 killed. Single (his first day in the pit).

BROWN James - 1862 - 14/08/1862 – Age 13 - Branch lad. Pelton, William Calverley Curtis and Co., Pelton, Durham. Killed by waggons on pit branches of surface railway.

BROWN James - 1864 - 13/05/1864 – Age 33 - Fireman. Kepier, Grange Kepier, Grange Coal Co., Durham. Killed in explosion of boiler. 3 killed.

BROWN James - 1865 - 01/02/1865 – Age 20 - Collier. Denby, Dawes and Co., Derbyshire. Derbyshire. Fall of Coal.

BROWN James - 1869 - 10/06/1869 – Age 21- Sinker. Wombwell Main, Wombwell Main Coal Co., Barnsley, Yorkshire. Fall of Coal in a drift turned out of shaft.

BROWN John - 1861 - 06/02/1861 – Age 22 - Trammer. Renishaw Park, Messrs Wells, Eckington, Derbyshire. Crushed by cage at pit bottom.

BROWN John - 1861 - 31/01/1861 – Age 22 - Trammer. Butterley Park, Butterley Coal Co., Alfreton, Derbyshire. Fall of Coal.

BROWN John - 1862 - 03/02/1862 – Age 25 - Pitheadman. Garscube ,James Barclay, Maryhill, Lanarkshire. Was drawn into the shaft by the winding rope when it broke.

BROWN John - 1863 - 14/02/1863 – Age 19 - Shifter. Wingate Grange, John Gully, Hartlepool, Durham. Killed by fall of stone.

BROWN John - 1864 - 17/06/1864 – Age 14 - Putter. Haswell, Haswell Coal Co., Hetton, Durham. Fall of stone.

BROWN John - 1865 - 09/01/1865 – Overseer. Auchenheath, Duke of Hamilton, Lanarkshire. Lanarkshire. Injured by a pipe falling on him Dec - 1864.

BROWN John - 1865 - 09/02/1865 – Age 50 - Labourer. Carfin, William Dixon, Carfin, Lanarkshire. He ran an empty tub into the pit at the surface and fell after it while the cage was at the upper scaffold.

BROWN John - 1865 - 22/09/1865 – Age 14 - Boy. Gartshore No.7, William Baird and Co., Kilsyth, Stirling. Explosion of firedamp. 2 killed.

BROWN John - 1865 - 27/04/1865 – Age 12 - Horsedriver. Haswell, Haswell Coal Co., Haswell, Durham. Kick from a horse.

BROWN John - 1866 - 13/12/1866 – Age 14 - Driver. Hedley, Hope Joseph Pease and Partners, Tow Law, Durham. Crushed by tub.

BROWN John - 1868 - 30/09/1868. Wynnstay, New British Iron Co., Ruabon, Denbigh. Explosion of gas. 10 killed 13 injured.

BROWN Michael - 1869 - 08/01/1869 – Age 36, 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.

BROWN Ralph - 1862 - 16/01/1862 – Age 15. New Hartley, Messrs. Carrs, Hartley, Durham. Entombment due to the breaking of an engine beam which fell down the single shaft. 204 killed.

BROWN Robert * - 1869 - 24/05/1869 – Age 13. Tudhoe, Durham.

BROWN Robert - 04/11/1864 – Age 17 - Collier. Shieldhall, Carron Iron Co., Stirling. Fall of roof.

BROWN Robert - 1864 - 06/04/1864 – Age 12 - Driver. Lumley 2nd. Earl of Durham, Houghton, Durham. Crushed by tub.

BROWN Roger - 1866 - 31/10/1866 – Age 39 - Hewer. Pelton, Lord Dunsany and Partners, Chester-le-Street, Durham. Killed by an explosion of firedamp in the Busty Bank Seam. 24 killed. Married Of Club Row.

BROWN Roger - 1869 - 22/12/1869 – Age 51 – Stoneman. Burnopfield, J Bowes and Partners Gateshead, Durham. Fall of stone.

BROWN S. - 1863 - 12/06/1863 – Age 13 - Collier. Rounds Green, Bennitt and Taylor, Oldbury, Worcestershire. Fell part way down the shaft.

BROWN Samuel - 1862 - 23/10/1862 – Age 42 - Labourer. Gyfeillon, Great Western Railway Co., Newbridge, Glamorgan.. Fall of roof.

BROWN Samuel - 1867 - 10/07/1867 – Age 14 - Driver. West Pelton, John Joicey and Co., Chester-le-Street, Durham. Run over by set of tubs.

BROWN Samuel - 1867 - 10/12/1867 – Age 20. Nunnery, Duke of Norfolk, Sheffield, Yorkshire. Crushed by catching pin of pumping beam.

BROWN Thomas - 1862 - 17/01/1862 – Age 25. New Hartley, Messrs. Carrs, Seaton Delaval, Durham. Entombment due to breaking of engine beam. 204 killed. Left a wife and a son.

BROWN Thomas - 1863 - 21/12/1863 – Age 26 - Sinker. Hashwood No.3, (ironstone), Merry and Cunningham, Dalry, Ayrshire. The drum shaft got into motion when out of gear and the rope and kettle were dashed to the bottom upon them a distance of 123 fathoms. 2 killed.

BROWN Thomas - 1865 - 06/07/1865 – Age 40 - Collier. Vellett’s Level, Trotter Thomas and Co., Forest of Dean, Gloucester. Fall of stone and Coal killing him on the spot.

BROWN Thomas - 1865 - 24/08/1865 – Age 17 - Engine Boy. Shakerley, William Ramsden, Tyldesley, Lancashire. Foot caught between spur wheels of an engine below ground. Died 4th. Jan, - 1866.

BROWN Thomas - 1866 - 14/07/1866 - Collier. Cwm, Neol, Powell’s Steam Coal Co., Aberdare, Glamorgan. Fall of stone.

BROWN Thomas - 1866 - 16/11/1866 – Age 35 – Blacksmith. Marsden, Executors of J Hargreaves, Padiham, Lancashire. Caught by a strap which turns the fan for the smith’s fires. He had just put it on the pulley and then apparently supposing all to be right had caused the engine to be started.

BROWN Thomas - 1868 - 01/09/1868 - 45 - Pitman. Denby, WD Lowe, Belper, Derbyshire. Fell off scaffold whilst fixing stays in shaft.

BROWN Thompson, - 1865 - 24/01/1865 – Age 12 - Doorkeeper. Wingate, Grange Executors of J Gully, Easington, Durham. Crushed by cage when playing at pit top.

BROWN W. – 1861 - 07/10/1861 – Age 14 - Trammer. Eastwood, Barber Walker and Co., Eastwood, Nottinghamshire. Fall of Coal.

BROWN W. - 1868 14/05/1868 43 - Collier. Lumphinnans, Lumphinnans Iron Co., Lochgelly, Fife. Fall of roof by a pipe. The seam was 30ins. Roof a seam of coal 6ft thick.

BROWN William - 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.

BROWN William - 1863 - 07/06/1863 - Miner. Kinneil (ironstone), George Wilson and Co., Bo’ness, Lanarkshire. Fall of roof at face.

BROWN William - 1864 - 26/11/1864 – Age 27 - Hewer. Houghton, Earl of Durham, Houghton, Durham. Fall of stone.

BROWN William - 1865 - 01/04/1865 – Age 16 - Miner. Glengorm (ironstone), Eglington Iron Co., Cumnock, Ayrshire. Fall of roof right along the face wall. 3 killed.

BROWN William - 1867 - 20/08/1867 - Collier. Garswood Park, David Bromilow and Co., St. Helens, Lancashire. Explosion of firedamp in Little Delf mines. 14 killed.

BROWN William - 1867 - 24/06/1867 – Age 28 - Collier. Dalkeith, Alexander Gordon, Dalkeith, Mid Lothian. Fall of roof in longwall working.

BROWN William - 1867 - 29/05/1867 - Banksman. - Denby, WH and G Dawes, Belper, Derbyshire. Fell into shaft.

BROWNE David - 1860 - 13/04/1860 – Age 15 - Pikeman. Tividale, Earl of Dudley, Tipton, Staffordshire. Premature explosion of shot.

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

BROWNING J. - 1861 - 12/08/1861 - Age 28- Sinker. Silverdale, Stanier and Co., Newcastle, Staffordshire. A shot was fired in a heading between two shafts which blew out the side where the deceased was sinking.

BROWNING J. - 1867 - 15/01/1867 – Age 14 - Boy. Talke, North Stafford Co., Newcastle, Staffordshire. Fell from mouthing.

BROWNING J. - 1868 - 24/01/1868 – Age 66 - Miner. Millbank (ironstone), JH Pearson, Newcastle, Staffordshire. Fall of roof.

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

BROWNLOW Lot - 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.

BROWNMEAD John - 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.

BROWNSWORD J. - 1861 - 28/11/1861 – Age 40 – Blacksmith. Trubshaw, Bidder and Co. Tunstall, Staffordshire. Fell out of cage whilst descending.

BROWNSWORD S. - 1866 - 08/11/1866 – Age 13 - Driver. Bunker’s Hill Rigby and Co., Newcastle, Staffordshire. Crushed between waggons.