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BRUCE Hugh - 1863 - 04/06/1863 – Age 40- Sinker. Bromilow Field, Kirkless Hall Coal and Iron Co., Gidlow Lane, Wigan, Lancashire. Something falling on him in the sinking shaft.

BRUCLET Barnard - 1860 - 04/08/1860 - Collier. Omoa Iron Works, Robert Stewart, Hamilton, Fife. Fall of Coal at face of working.

BRUGES William - 1861 - 09/02/1861 – Age 23 - Collier. Middle Countess of Waldegrave, Radstock, Somerset. Fall of a mass of stone in the horse road from over the Coal weighing 19 or 20 tons. 2 killed.

BRUNDRED John - 1869 - 23/12/1869 – Age 13 - Boy. Lawton, Bidder and Elliott, Newcastle, Staffordshire. Fall of Coal.

BRUNDRETT Thomas - 1867 - 30/05/1867 – Age 26 - Miner. Mesne, Lea Peter Nightingale and Co., Worsley, Lancashire. Explosion of firedamp in Rams 7ft mine. A new cut through was made the evening before but being only a small hole and the flexible tubing which had been used instead of brattice being stowed in the previous cut through there was not enough room for the air which caused the ventilation being overpowered during the night. The Fireman and the miners also appeared were going to work in the morning and one of them, was found in advance instead of the Fireman making the inspection with a lamp. 7 killed.

BRUNSKILL John - 1869 - 07/05/1869 – Age 37 - Hewer. Byers Green, Bolckow Vaughan and Co., Willington, Durham. Fall of stone.

BRUNT Thomas - 1861 - 11/06/1861 – Age 32 - 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.

BRUXTON B. - 1863 - 27/09/1863 - Sinker. Ireland Green, W Gilbert and Co., West Bromwich, Staffordshire. Overwinding at pumping pit.

BRYAN J. - 1863 - 03/01/1863 – Age 19 - Pikeman. Woodside, Cochrane and Co., Dudley, Worcestershire. Fall of Coal in thick Coal. He was cutting out a spurn with a pick when he ought to have used a pricker and thus saved his life.

BRYAN John - 1867 - 15/05/1867 – Age 13 - Driver. Haswell, Haswell Coal and Co., Haswell Durham. Crushed between top of tub and crown tree.

BRYAN M. - 1864 - 11/05/1864 – Age 16 - Collier. New Parkfield, Parkfield Co., Wolverhampton, Staffordshire. Fall of Coal in new mine Coal.

BRYANT ? - 1863 - 20/05/1863. Pit at Abersychan, Monmouth. No details.

BRYANT Abraham - 1863 - 20/05/1863 – Age 21 - Miner. Cwmburgwm (ironstone), Ebbw Vale Co., Abersychan, Monmouth. Fall of stone caused by a slip not previously seen.

BRYANT Isaac - 1864 - 28/11/1864 – Age 31 - Collier. Kingswood, Kingswood Coal Co., Kingswood, Gloucester. They with 4 others went down to commence work in a close man hudge. Through Derangement of the indicator and absence of proper signals they went three or four feet too slow, Bryant and Poole were either pushed out of the hudge or struggled themselves out and were drowned. The other 4 remained in and escaped. 2 killed.

BRYANT Job - 1863 - 24/07/1863 – Age 19 - Carting Boy. Tyning, Countess of Waldergrave, Radstock, Somerset. Sudden fall of bell mould.

BRYANT Morris - 1866 - 02/04/1866 – Age 15 - Haulier. Great Western, Great Western Coal Co., Pontypridd, Glamorgan. Killed by trams on the surface.

BRYANT Moses - 1860 - 01/12/1860 – Age 49. 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.

BRYCE James - 1867 - 15/04/1867 – Overman. Haughhead, Merry and Cunninghame, Hamilton, Lanarkshire. Explosion of firedamp. Bryce and McKie went down the pit to clear some firedamp thinking all the men were out but Campbell was in his place which got the return air of this drift and it is supposed the firedamp ignited at his naked lamp and killed them all. 3 killed.

BRYDEN Alexander - 1869 - 20/11/1869 – Age 14 - Drawer. Fergushill No17, Archibald, Finnie, Kilwinning, Ayrshire. Fall of roof.

BRYDEN Robert * - 1862 - 07/09/1862 – Age 38 Wearmouth, Durham.

BRYERS Robert - 1861 - 21/01/1861 – Age 42 - Hewer. Eppleton, Hetton Coal Co., Hetton, Durham. Fell from mouthing in shaft at the main Coal.

BRYSON, Alexander - 1863 - 12/09/1863 – Age 36 Foreman - Engineer. Wester Common (ironstone), Wilson and Co., Glasgow, Lanarkshire. Got entangled with machinery while taking measurements of some of the working parts.

BUCHAN James - 1869 - 09/10/1869 – Age 50 - Labourer. Newbattle, Marquis of Lothian, Dalkeith, Mid Lothian. While putting crane in single gear with weight on, it overpowered six men. 2 killed.

BUCHANAN Alexander - 1867 - 11/03/1867 – Age 39 - Collier. Heathery Knowle No.2, Heathery Knowle Coal Co., Baillieston, Lanarkshire. Fall of Coal at face.

BUCKE Patrick - 1860 - 21/07/1860 - Sinker. Muirhouse, John Davidson, Wishaw, Lanarkshire. Falling down pit whist ascending from a shot.

BUCKINGHAM John - 1865 - 14/04/1865 – Age 33 - Hewer. Willington A Strakers and Love, Ferry Hill, Durham. Fall of stone in broken.

BUCKLAND S. - 1860 - 15/06/1860 – Age 29 - Miner. Clay Cross, Clay Cross, Co., Chesterfield, Derbyshire. Fall of roof.

BUCKLEY ? - 1867 - 25/11/1867 – Age 12 - Driver. High Park, Barber Walker and Co., Eastwood, Nottinghamshire. Run over on main level.

BUCKLEY J - 1867 27/11/1867 27 - Engineman. Corbyn’s Hall, James Timmins and Co., Kingswinsford, Staffordshire. Explosion of boiler at pumping pit.

BUCKLEY James - 1860 - 24/04/1860 – Age 65 – Barrowman. Blackbrook, Bromilow Brother and Southern, St. Helens, Lancashire. Caught in the pulley on which an endless chain revolved.

BUCKLEY Jeremiah - 1861 - 19/05/1861. Brightside, Unwin and Co., Sheffield, Yorkshire. Fall of stone in the sinking shaft.

BUCKLEY Jeremiah - 1868 - 11/06/1868 - Miner. Pendleton, Andrew Knowles and Sons, Pendleton, Lancashire. Fall of roof in Rams mine. Died in the infirmary.

BUCKLEY John Thomas - 1866 - 14/06/1866 – Age 11. Dukinfield, FDP Astley, Ashton-under-Lyne, Cheshire. Explosion of firedamp. 38 killed.

BUCKLEY Robert - 1868 - 08/08/1868 – Age 17 - Miner. Allen’s Green, Knowles and Hall, Radcliffe, Lancashire. Crushed between two waggons. He was going in front of one down a slope and without a sprag in a wheel.

BUCKNALL J - 1865 - 28/10/1865 - Miner. Lilleshall (ironstone), Lilleshall Co., Wellington, Shropshire. Fall of roof.

BUCKS G - 1867 - 21/10/1867 - Collier. Car House, Rhodes and Harvey, Rotherham, Yorkshire. Drawing props when stone fell.

BUCUMSHAW Robert - 1867 - 08/06/1867 – Age 63 - Collier. Plumtree, Butterley Iron Co., Eastwood, Nottinghamshire. Explosion of gas. 3 killed.

BUDLOW John - 1868 - 15/05/1868 – Age 60. Cannock Chase, Cannock Chase Colliery Co., Lichfield, Staffordshire. Whilst descending the wire rope snapped. 6 killed.

BULL George - 1865 - 28/04/1865 – Age 18 - Collier. New Place, Prothero and Co., Monmouth. Heavy fall of stone on his head.

BULL J. - 1868 - 21/01/1868 – Age 38 - Pikeman. Prince of Wales, Taylor and Davies, Dudley, Worcestershire. Fall of overhanging Coal in thick Coal pit, the result of a bump which knocked out the timber. Injured 20th. Died this day. 2 killed.

BULLEN Thomas - 1869 - 08/01/1869 – Age 34 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.

BULLOCK R. - 1861 - 03/07/1861 – Age 15 - Driver. Old Park (ironstone), Old Park Co., Shifnal, Staffordshire. Crushed whilst riding on a tram.

BULMER Henry - 1868 - 17/02/1868 – Age 22 - Hewer. South Pelew, EM Perkins and Partners, Chester-le-Street, Durham. Fall of stone. The overman and - Deputy. Had shortly before examined the stone.

BUNN William - 1860 - 29/08/1860 – Age 34. Red Pit, W. Harrison, Brownhills, Staffordshire. Fall of top in gateroad in the shallow Coal. The Bass ought to have been timbered up or cropped.

BUNNEY David - 1869 - 21/07/1869 – Age 13 - Pony driver. Queen, Richard Evans and Sons, Haydock, St. Helens, Lancashire. Explosion of gas. 59 killed.

BUNNEY William - 1868 - 26/12/1868 – Age 26 – Dataller. Queen, Richard Evans and Sons, Haydock, St. Helens, Lancashire. Explosion of gas 26 killed.

BURDESS Matthew - 1869 - 07/07/1869 – Age 14 – Landing Boy. Brancepeth, Strakers and Love, Durham. Fall of stone.

BURGESS ? - 1866 - 18/07/1866 - Sinker. Glebe, Challinor and Co., Fenton, Staffordshire. Explosion under scaffold. 4 killed.

BURGESS J. - 1861 - 06/02/1861 – Age 36 - Collier. Brereton, Earle of Shrewsbury, Rugeley, Staffordshire. Explosion if firedamp in the shaft. 7 killed.

BURGESS R. - 1862 - 19/09/1862 – Age 15 - Loader. Old Park, Old Park Co., Shifnal, Shropshire. Fall of roof.

BURGESS T. - 1861 - 06/02/1861 – Age 32 - Collier. Brereton, Earle of Shrewsbury, Rugeley, Staffordshire. Explosion of firedamp in the shaft. 7 killed.

BURGIN Joshua - 1867 - 12/04/1867 – Age 18 – Filler. Brightside, Urwin and Sha, Sheffield, Yorkshire. Pit rope breaking. 5 killed.

BURGIN Samuel - 1865 - 10/09/1865. Thorncliffe, Newton and Co., Sheffield, Yorkshire. Fall of Coal in mine.

BURK Patrick - 1866 - 16/02/1866 – Age 17 - Driver. Ryhope, Messrs. Taylor and Co., Sunderland, Durham. Killed whilst ascending the shaft.

BURKE J. - 1861 - 13/02/1861 – Age 35 - Loader. Willenhall, New Fletcher, Solly and Co. Willenhall, Staffordshire. Fall of Coal and roof in the new mine and fireclay Coals from a slip.

BURKE John - 1860 - 27/01/1860. Wombwell Main, Wombwell Main Coal Co., Barnsley, Yorkshire. Run over by Corves in mine.

BURKE Richard - 1867 - 08/11/1867 – Age 24. 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.

BURKE Thomas - 1860 - 26/10/1860 – Age 36 – Brusher. Eglinton, William Baird and Co. Kilwinning, Ayrshire. Went into shaft at midnight in a state of intoxication.

BURKE Thomas - 1866 - 20/12/1866 – Age 30 - Labourer. Broughton, Broughton Coal Co., Wrexham, Denbigh. Crushed by Coal trucks at the surface.

BURKE W. - 1861 - 24/01/1861 – Age 21 - Collier. Willingsworth, James Bayley, Wednesbury, Staffordshire. Fall of Coal in the ‘thick Coal’ from a smooth faced slip.

BURLEY J. - 1868 - 16/11/1868 – Age 19 - Engineman. Friar Park (ironstone), WH Dawes, West Bromwich, Staffordshire. Got entangled in the winding machinery of which he had charge.

BURMELOW J. - 1869 - 06/02/1869. Park Lane, Mercer and Evans, Wigan, Lancashire. Falling into pit from surface.

BURN D. - 1861 - 05/05/1861 – Age 31 - Deputy. West Staveley, E M Bainbridge and Co., Chesterfield, Derbyshire. Rope getting off drum and breaking. 2 killed.

BURN J - 1862 - 16/01/1862 – Age 52. New Hartley, Messrs. Carrs, Hartley, Durham. Entombment due to the breaking of an engine beam which fell down the single shaft. 204 killed.

BURN John - 1862 - 16/01/1862 – Age 14. New Hartley, Messrs. Carrs, Hartley, Durham. Entombment due to the breaking of an engine beam which fell down the single shaft. 204 killed.

BURN Michael - 1868 - 23/02/1868 - Banksman. Lea Green, John Middlehurst, St. Helens, Lancashire. Falling into pit from surface.

BURN T. - 1862 - 16/01/1862 - Deputy Overman. New Hartley, Messrs. Carrs Hartley, Durham. Entombment due to the breaking of an engine beam which fell down the single shaft. 204 killed.

BURN Thomas - 1862 - 17/01/1862 – Age 18. New Hartley, Messrs. Carrs, Seaton Delaval, Durham. Entombment due to breaking of engine beam. 204 killed.

BURNS Archibald - 1863 - 12/08/1863 – Age 46 - Collier. Westmuir, Robert Gray and Co., Glasgow, Lanarkshire. Fall of Coal.

BURNS George - 1867 - 07/02/1867 – Age 47 - Deputy. Speedwell, HA Nourse, Coleford, Somerset. Injured by fall of Coal 7th Feb Died 15th.

BURNS Hugh - 1869 - 23/01/1869 – Age 40 – Roadman. Aitkenhead, Provanhall Coal Co., Baillieston, Lanarkshire. Fell part way down shaft. Mistake of signals.

BURNS Jeremiah - 1869 - 01/04/1869 – Age 13 - Drawer. High Brooks, Mercer and Evans, Wigan, Lancashire. Explosion of gas. 37 killed.

BURNS Michael - 1860 - 20/09/1860 – Age 38 – Brusher. Rosehill, Addie and Rankine, Coatbridge, Lanarkshire. Fall of roof in drawing road while engaged taking it down.

BURNS P. - 1868 - 27/02/1868 - Age 60 - Sinker. Monk Bretton, Monk Bretton Co., Barnsley, Yorkshire. Hit by piece of wood which fell down the shaft.

BURNS R - 1868 - 26/09/1868 - Age 28 - Labourer. Nunnery, B Huntsman, Sheffield, Yorkshire. While working at the crab with others lowering pulley legs the arms of the crab revolved rapidly striking him.

BURRELL James - 1861 - 07/01/1861 – Age 11 - Horsedriver. Pease’s West, Emma Pit, J. Pease and Co. Crook, Durham. Crushed between tubs and side of way.

BURRELL John * - 1865 - 22/10/1865 – Age 58. Shotton, Durham.
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BURRELL William - 1862 - 22/11/1862 - Putter. Walker, NG Lambert and Co., Durham. Explosion of gas 16 killed. Single man, brother of Joseph.

BURRELL William - 1864 - 31/12/1864 – Age 15 – Ponyputter. Heugh Hall, WHH and Railway Co., Coxhoe, Durham. Fall of stone, timber knocked out by - Pony.

BURRONS Noah - 1867 - 19/12/1867 – Age 15 - Driver. Watnall, Barber Walker and Co.,
Eastwood, Nottinghamshire. Run over on level.

BURROWS Henry - 1864 - 01/07/1864 – Age 15 - Drawer. Blackeyhurst, Samuel Stock, St. Helens, Lancashire. A Collision of the cages in the pit whilst they were descending. It was afterwards discovered that one of the cages had accidentally got out of the guide rods. 6 killed.

BURROWS J. - 1865 - 10/12/1865 – Age 15 - Miner. Shelton (ironstone), Lord Granville, Stoke, Staffordshire. Explosion of firedamp.

BURROWS James - 1867 - 18/12/1867 - Labourer. Auchenheath, Coates, and Co., Lesmahagow, Lanarkshire. Fell down pit from surface. Want of gates.

BURROWS Thomas - 1866 - 23/10/1866 – Age 40 – Browman. Ravenhead, Bromilow Haddock and Co., St. Helens, Lancashire. Fell off the stage at the pit top.

BURROWS Thomas - 1867 - 26/01/1867 – Age 38 - Collier. Rainford, Rainford Coal Co., St. Helens, Lancashire. Fall of roof while taking props.

BURROWS W - 1866 - 26/04/1866 – Age 50 - Pikeman. Old Park, Earl of Dudley, Dudley, Worcestershire. Premature explosion of gunpowder. 2 killed. Died 27th.

BURROWS William - 1860 - 19/01/1860 – Age 17 - Drawer. Blackeyhurst, Samuel Stocks, St. Helens, Lancashire. Fall of roof.

BURROWS William - 1860 - 29/08/1860 – Age 36- Sinker. Ettingshall, Henry Hill, Wolverhampton, Staffordshire. Had got into the skip to descend and the engine had started when the flywheel shaft snapped and the band ran wild. The machinery was fitted with one of the Griffith’s breaks on crown wheel.

BURROWS William - 1865 - 01/03/1865 – Age 23 - Collier. Moss House, Moss House Coal Co., Rainford, St. Helens, Lancashire. Fall of roof in Little Delf mine.

BURTOFT James – 1861 - 29/03/1861. Tankersley (ironstone), Earl Fitzwilliam, Barnsley, Yorkshire. Explosion of gunpowder in the mine.

BURTON, Edward - 1869 - 24/11/1869 – Age 13 - Horsedriver. Hucknall, E Ellis and Partners, Nottinghamshire. Fall of sides in main road.

BURTON, George - 1863 - 06/04/1863 – Age 67 - Hewer. Stanley, Joseph Pease and Co., Crook, Durham. Fall of stone.

BURTON, John - 1862 - 19/02/1862 – Age 14 - Trammer. Riddings, Messrs. Oakes, Alfreton, Derbyshire. Fall of roof.

BURTON, William - 1863 - 28/07/1863 - Boy. Eccleshill, Eccleshill Coal Co., Leeds, Yorkshire. Breaking of a round hempen pit rope. 2 killed.

BURY Edward (injured) - 1862 - 17/06/1862 - Sinker. Shorey Bank, Potters and Co., Over Darwin, Lancashire. Powder from a blast exploding in the hole being rammed. 3 others were hurt and 3 by a similar explosion on the 12thA charge had been prepared by Ramsden and Youd of about 2 lb. of blasting powder, and they were engaged in stemming it upon the hole previously prepared for it. Whilst Redmayne and Riley were similarly employed, the odd man, Bury, was attending to the sending up of the tubs. Youd was holding the rammer, while Ramsden was striking with his hammer for him. When the rammer, as in the case of the accident last week came into Contact with the hard rock, it struck fire, igniting the fuse and exploding the shot, scattering large pieces on all sides. Youd, a powerful man, six feet two inches in height, was killed on the spot, his hands, arms and legs being literally shattered to pieces, and his face blackened dreadfully. Bury was badly bruised about the legs and chest and Redmayne was severely injured. Riley and Ramsden were badly bruised and scorched on the arms, head and legs. The jury without leaving their seats returned a verdict of "Accidental death". (Blackburn Times,).

BUSBY James - 1862 - 27/02/1862 – Age 50 - Collier. Netherfield, J and J Robertson, Glasgow, Lanarkshire. Fall of roof.

BUSH Fk. - 1867 - 28/03/1867 – Age 56 - Miner. Red Vein (ironstone), Levick and Simpson, Blaina, Monmouth. Explosion of firedamp. He put his candle up into a hole in the top over timbers to look for his victuals bag and lit gas and burned himself and his Companions but he alone died. It was not a travelling road and he should have not hung his bag there.

BUSH George - 1863 - 18/12/1863 – Age 40 - Collier. Golden Valley, Bitton, Gloucester. Drawn over the pulley and fell down the pit more than 300 yards and dreadfully mangled. The engineman was in the habit of winding by the indicator but on this dark morning it became deranged and deceived him with regard to the position of the load in the shaft. 2 killed.

BUSHELL William - 1867 - 17/07/1867 – Age 45 - Engineer. Lawton, Bidder and Elliot, Newcastle, Staffordshire. Crushed by Coal waggon on incline.

BUTIN Andrew snr. - 1863 - 12/08/1863 – Age 50 - Bottomer Struthers, John Gilmour and Co., Kilmarnock, Ayrshire. By falling from mid working to the bottom of the shaft.

BUTLER Ann - 1866 - 09/11/1866 – Oiler. Gadlys Colliery, Gadlys Iron Co., Aberdare, Glamorgan. Fell before trams at surface. Female.

BUTLER E. - 1862 - 19/01/1862 – Age 35 - Loader. Rounds Green, Bennitt and Taylor, Oldbury, Worcestershire. Fall of Coal in thick Coal.

BUTLER J. - 1862 - 24/11/1862 – Age 21 – Bondsman, Havacre, B Gibbons jnr., Bilston, Staffordshire. Fell down pit shaft. Had neglected to fasten the runner or platform with the usual catch which Cost him his life. He was unaccustomed to banking.

BUTLER M - 1868 - 28/08/1868 – Age 40 – Bondsman. Salt Well, Earl of Dudley, Dudley, Worcestershire. Fall of a very small piece of white Coal in thick Coal pit. The injury seemed slight as he walked most of the way home but with a short distance of his home he fell down insensible and expired the same day.

BUTLER Samuel - 1860 - 05/05/1860 – Age 73 - Collier. Easton Pit, Kingswood, Gloucester. Was killed by a fall of stone.

BUTLER Thomas - 1867 - 19/01/1867 – Age 62 - Collier. Dinas Coffin and Co., Pontypridd, Glamorgan. Fall of roof.

BUTLER William - 1860 - 17/03/1860 – Age 14 - Surface Trammer. Dean’s Lane, Bedminster Co., Bedminster, Somerset. Riding on the hudge down a steep part of the tip he came into Contact with a loaded one. He should not have been on the hudge at all.

BUTTERFIELD J. - 1868 - 31/01/1868 – Age 19 - Collier. Swan Lane, Edward Johnson, Hindley Green, Lancashire. Falling when part way down the shaft.

BUTTERWORTH Adam - 1866 - 10/03/1866 – Age 36 - Miner. Brandwood Moor, James Brearley and Son, Waterfoot, Lancashire. Stone falling from roof.

BUTTERWORTH D. - 1860 - 10/02/1860 – Age 13 - Drawer. Cleggswood, Robert Knowles and Co. Littleborough, Lancashire. Explosion of firedamp. Died 14th.

BUTTERWORTH Henry - 1868 - 10/11/1868 – Age 41 - Miner. Cleggswood, Robert Knowles and Co., Littleborough, Lancashire. Roof falling in the bay where he was working.

BUTTERWORTH J. - 1869 - 02/11/1869 - Miner. Moston, Executors of J Stanley, Moston, Lancashire. Coal falling.

BUTTERWORTH James - 1869 - 30/06/1869 – Age 13 - Miner. Bents Gingham, Thomas Fletcher, Little Lever, Lancashire. Roof falling where he was beginning a bay.

BUTTERWORTH John - 1867 - 10/09/1867 - Miner. Bradford, Bradford Co., Manchester, Lancashire. Explosion of firedamp. Died 6th. No inquest held death being attributed to inflammation of the lungs but as it supervened upon the burning, attention was called to the matter with the view of preventing such an irregularity in the future.
BUTTERWORTH S. - 1860 - 30/10/1860 – Age 25 - Collier. Brandwood Moor, Richard Ashworth, New Church, Lancashire. Fall of roof, Rough Rock mine.

BUTTERWORTH William - 1866 - 19/06/1866 - Collier. Wylva, Wylva Coal Co., Mold, Flint. An explosion of gas.

BUTTLE Owen - 1861 - 27/03/1861 – Age 29 – Brusher. Placecraig, William Baird and Co., Airdrie, Lanarkshire. Fall of roof.

BUTTON Arthur - 1869 - 22/10/1869 – Age 22. Newbury, Westbury Iron Co., Newbury, Somerset. Explosion of firedamp. 11 killed. At half past six in the morning there was an explosion at Newbury, Colliery, five miles from Frome, in which nine persons, were killed and four others were so severely injured that scarcely any hopes were entertained of their recovery. The men were going down for the day shift. The first warning that anything was wrong was a loud report from underground which could be heard for a mile and then a large amount of dense smoke appeared out of the upcast shaft. The pit head was soon covered by women and children crying and exhibiting the deepest grief. The bailiff, Mr Bake and the lampman descended the downcast shaft and proceeded in the direction of the cupola. They found the gas had ignited near a standing pillar of Coal. They found a Jacket belonging to one of the deceased in which there was a pipe and a quantity of tobacco. Left a wife and child.

BUTTON Eli - 1863 - 21/12/1863 – Age 14 - Collier. Vobster, Vobster Coal Co., Frome, Somerset. The place was well timbered and a heavy fall of Coal broke over and killed him.

BUTTON Emanuel - 1865 - 08/08/1865 Coity Pits, Blaenavon Co., Blaenavon, Monmouthshire. Fall of large piece of Coal.

BUTTON James - 1869 - 22/10/1869 – Age 14. Newbury, Westbury Iron Co., Newbury, Somerset. Explosion of firedamp. 11 killed. At half past six in the morning there was an explosion at Newbury, Colliery, five miles from Frome, in which nine persons, were killed and four others were so severely injured that scarcely any hopes were entertained of their recovery. The men were going down for the day shift. The first warning that anything was wrong was a loud report from underground which could be heard for a mile and then a large amount of dense smoke appeared out of the upcast shaft. The pit head was soon covered by women and children crying and exhibiting the deepest grief. The bailiff, Mr Bake and the lampman descended the downcast shaft and proceeded in the direction of the cupola. They found the gas had ignited near a standing pillar of Coal. They found a Jacket belonging to one of the deceased in which there was a pipe and a quantity of tobacco.

BUTTON John - 1869 22/10/1869 Newbury, Westbury Iron Co., Newbury, Somerset. Explosion of firedamp. 11 killed. At half past six in the morning there was an explosion at Newbury, Colliery, five miles from Frome, in which nine persons, were killed and four others were so severely injured that scarcely any hopes were entertained of their recovery. The men were going down for the day shift. The first warning that anything was wrong was a loud report from underground which could be heard for a mile and then a large amount of dense smoke appeared out of the upcast shaft. The pit head was soon covered by women and children crying and exhibiting the deepest grief. The bailiff, Mr Bake and the lampman descended the downcast shaft and proceeded in the direction of the cupola. They found the gas had ignited near a standing pillar of Coal. They found a Jacket belonging to one of the deceased in which there was a pipe and a quantity of tobacco. Left a wife and 6 children. Died later.

BUTTON Mark - 1868 - 31/08/1868 – Age 30 - Collier. Old Vobster, Stephen Steeds and Co., Bath Somerset. Explosion of firedamp. 3 others burnt. He died 13th Sept. His widow, who had five children, received £5 from "The fund" on 9th Jan. 1869.

BUTTON Peter - 1861 - 01/06/1861 – Age 12 - Drawer. Kirkless Hall, Kirkless Hall Coal Co., Wigan, Lancashire. Fall of roof.

BUXTON Frederick - 1868 - 23/07/1868 – Age 32 - Collier. High Park, Barber Walker and Co., Eastwood, Nottinghamshire. Fall of roof.

BUXTON John - 1861 - 11/06/1861 – Age 38 - 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.

BUXTON Thomas jnr. - 1866 - 25/10/1866 – Age 25 - Sinker. Dowlais (ironstone), Guest and Co., Merthyr, Glamorgan. Fell down air pit.

BYEWATER J - 1868 - 19/12/1868 – Age 11 – Coal sorter. Howden, Clough Asquith Bros. and Co., Leeds, Yorkshire. - Run over by waggon.

BYRHAM John - 1869 - 29/12/1869 – Age 15 - Drawer. Moor, Wigan Coal and Iron Co., Wigan, Lancashire. Fall of roof in cannel mine.

BYROM Thomas - 1865 - 06/04/1865 – Age 28 - Collier. Pewfall, Richard Evans and Co., Haydock, St. Helens, Lancashire. Fall of roof in Main Delf mine.

BYTHEWAY E. - 1868 - 23/10/1868 – Age 29 - Pikeman. Shut End, New Messrs. Cochrane, Dudley, Worcestershire. Injured by fall of Coal in thick Coal pit 10th. Died this day.

BYWATER H - 1868 - 07/07/1868 – Bondsman. New Bearmoor, New British Iron Co., Cradley Worcestershire. Fall of Coal in thick coal mine. 2 killed.