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MADDEN Patrick - 1863 - 25/06/1863 – Age 16 - Boy. Armsheugh No.1, Merry and Cunningham, Irvine, Ayrshire.  By the cage being raised while he was putting a hutch on it.

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

MADDISON, Anthony - 1864 - 09/03/1864 – Age 15 - Minding chocks. Jane Etherley, H Stobart and partners, Auckland, Durham. Crushed by tubs on inclined plane.

MADDISON, George - 1866 - 04/12/1866 – Age 18 - Putter. Woodfield, Blocklow and Vaughan, Crook, Durham. Injured by bridge rail.

MADDISON, James - 1860 - 20/03/1860 - Hewer. Pittington, Marchioness of Londonderry, Durham. Fall of roof.

MADDISON, James - 1868 - 17/09/1868 – Age 32 – Shaftsman. Wingate Grange, Executors of J Gully, Ferry Hill, Durham. Fell from Low Main seam into sump.

MADDISON, John - 1860 - 03/11/1860 – Age 40 - Hewer. Gurney, Black Boy Colliery, N. Wood and Co., Darlington, Durham. Fall of stone.

MADDISON, John - 1866 - 31/10/1866 – Age 32 - Deputy. Pelton, Lord Dunsany and Partners, Chester-le-Street, Durham. Killed by an explosion of firedamp in the Busty Bank Seam. 24 killed. Wife and one child Of Club Row.

MADDISON, John - 1868 - 17/08/1868 – Age 43 - Hewer. North Seaton, Straker Cookson and Co., Blyth, Northumberland. Fall of stone.

MADDISON, William - 1861 - 23/04/1861 – Age 23 - Hewer. Newbottle, Margaret Pit, Earl of Durham. Houghton-le-Spring Durham. Fall of stone from roof.

MADDOX George - 1860 - 02/03/1860 – Age 46. Burradon Colliery, Burradon, Durham. Explosion of gas. 76 killed. Left a wife and 6 children.

MADDOX James - 1860 - 02/03/1860 – Age 17. Burradon Colliery, Burradon, Durham. Explosion of gas. 76 killed. Nephew of George Maddox brother of John and Thomas cousin of John 31.

MADDOX John - 1860 - 02/03/1860 – Age 31. Burradon Colliery, Burradon, Durham. Explosion of gas. 76 killed. Brother of James and Thomas related to the other Maddox fatalities. Left a wife and five children, Mary 9, John 6, Thomas 5, Margaret 2, and Ann an infant in arms.

MADDOX John jnr. - 1860 - 02/03/1860 – Age 15. Burradon Colliery, Burradon, Durham. Explosion of gas. Nephew of George. 76 killed.

MADDOX Robert - 1865 - 15/04/1865 – Age 25 - Haulier. Gyfeillon Colliery, Gyfeillon Coal Co., Pontypridd, Glamorgan. Trucks passed over him on surface.

MADDOX Thomas - 1860 - 02/03/1860 – Age 20. Burradon Colliery, Burradon, Durham. Explosion of gas. Brother of James and John. 76 killed.

MADEN Joseph - 1864 27/09/1874 - Boy. Madeley Wood (ironstone), John Anstice and Co., Ironbridge, Shropshire. Skip became detached whilst coming up shaft. 9 killed.

MADLEY Richard - 1865 03/11/1865 14 - Collier. Seymour, Staveley Coal Co., Chesterfield, Derbyshire. Crushed by trams at bottom.

MAGUIRE Richard - 1862 - 04/03/1862 – Age 39 - Fireman. Pewfall, Richard Evans and Sons, St. Helens, Lancashire. Run over underground at bottom of incline.

MAHONEY Dennis - 1863 - 26/12/1863 – Age 14. Llwynvi Colliery, Llwynvi Co., Llwynvi, Glamorgan. Explosion of gas. 15 killed.

MAHONEY John - 1865 - 02/07/1865 – Age 15- Doorboy. Fforchaman United, Merthyr Collieries Co., Aberdare, Glamorgan. Fell under trams.

MAITLAND James - 1866 - 16/08/1866 – Age 33 - Hewer. Adelaide, Joseph Pease and Partners, Bishop Auckland, Durham. Explosion of firedamp at a shot for blasting stone in 4-feet or Harvey seam. 4 killed.

MAITLAND James - 1866 - 28/06/1866 – Age 26 - Pitman. Crow Orchard Colliery, Crow Orchard Colliery Co., Ormskirk, Lancashire. Falling part way down the pit while repairing a pump.

MAITLAND William - 1866 - 20/04/1866 - Collier. Tawd Vale Colliery, Tawd Vale Coal Co., Ormskirk, Lancashire. Fall of Coal.

MAJOR Thomas - 1867 - 10/12/1867 – Age 50 - Collier. Dykehead, Summerlee Iron Co., Larkhall, Lanarkshire. Jumped off cage while in motion.

MAJOR Thomas - 1867 - 10/12/1867 – Age 50 - Collier. Wyndyedge, Robert Dick, Holytown, Lanarkshire. The Engineman moved the cage from the low scaffold at the surface as he was getting off. The Engineman was not to blame. The place was badly arranged and has since been altered.

MAKIN 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.

MAKIN Thomas - 1865 - 21/08/1865 - Miner. Tyldesley Green, Holland and Co., Tyldesley, Lancashire. Roof falling.

MAKINSON, William - 1868 - 22/01/1868 – Age 50 - Collier. Hindley, Hall Pearson and Knowles, Hindley, Wigan, Lancashire. Fall of roof. 2 killed.

MAKURSON, J - 1866 - 21/03/1866 – Age 54 – Platelayer. Kirkless Hall, Wigan Iron and Coal Co., Wigan, Lancashire. Crushed between waggon and wall.

MALACHI Isaac - 1862 - 04/01/1862 – Age 39 - Collier. Tyr Sais, J and C Bailey, Nantyglo, Monmouth. Fall of Coal in working place.

MALLETT Edward - 1863 - 07/11/1863 – Age 45 - Banksman. Foxes Bridge, Barrett and Crawshay, Forest of Dean, Gloucester. Fell 300 yards down the pit and was dashed to pieces. A rude and imperfect surface arrangement was the cause of this disaster.

MALLISON, William - 1861 - 14/12/1861. North Bierley (ironstone), Low Moor Iron Co., Bradford, Yorkshire. Fall of roof in the mine.

MALONE John - 1866 - 21/03/1866 – Age 12 - Driver. Trimdon, Thomas Wood, Fencehouses, Durham. Fall of stone in broken when away from his work.

MALONEY John - 1860 - 30/05/1860 – Age 38 - Horsekeeper and Rapperman. Trimdon, T.Wood and Co. Ferry Hill, Durham. Leg crushed in shaft.

MANBY A. - 1864 - 21/02/1864 – Age 22 - Banksman. Tiled House, Skelding and Edwards, Pensnett, Staffordshire. Fell into pit shaft with an empty skip which he pushed into the pit at the same time. Injured 16th Jan. died this day through exhaustion due to the amputation of his leg.

MANCHESTER, George - 1861 - 19/12/1861 – Age 16 - Drawer. Laffack, John and Thomas Johnson, St. Helens, Lancashire. Run over on incline plane.

MANDERSON, Peter - 1862 - 16/01/1862 – Age 50. New Hartley, Messrs. Carrs, Hartley, Durham. Entombment due to the breaking of an engine beam which fell down the single shaft. 204 killed.

MANDERSON, Peter - 1862 - 17/01/1862 – Age 50. New Hartley, Messrs. Carrs, Seaton Delaval, Durham. Entombment due to breaking of engine beam. 204 killed. He left a wife who was the sister of Joseph Humble the under-viewer.

MANDLIN James - 1864 - 28/07/1864 – Age 59 – Back-Overman Thornley, Thornley Coal Co., Ferry Hill, Durham. Crushed by tubs on engine plane.

MANDY John - 1865 - 05/09/1865 – Age 14 - Signal Boy. Gorwydd, Alfred Sterry, Swansea, Glamorgan. Riding on rope on incline plane, and fell in front of the trams.

MANLEY H. - 1863 - 01/12/1863 – Age 24 - Loader. Bagworth, Lord Maynard, Leicester, Leicestershire. Fall of roof.

MANLEY J - 1867 - 30/03/1867 – Age 45 - Sinker. Wallows, Earl of Dudley, Kingswinsford, Staffordshire. Fell from skip whilst ascending which the use of a safety chain would have prevented.

MANLEY J. - 1863 - 13/10/1863 – Age 19 - Horsedriver. Tansey Green, Woodall and Co., Kingswinsford, Staffordshire. Kicked by horse on 12th. Died this day.

MANN Robert - 1861 - 16/01/1861 – Age 38 - Collier. Stoneclough, Knowles and Stott, Stoneclough, Lancashire. Fall of roof in the Cannel mine Little Hey Pit. 2 killed 3 others hurt.

MANN W. - 1862 - 19/12/1862 – Age 14 - Collier. Lanehead Bridge, J Hawkins, Willenhall, Staffordshire. Fall of roof rock in thin mine the roof was accidentally forced down by the subsidence of the strata.

MANNEL William - 1863 - 10/01/1863 – Age 36 – Brusher. Govan No.2, WD Dixon, Glasgow, Lanarkshire. Explosion of gunpowder.

MANNIN W. - 1862 - 29/11/1862 – Age 21 – Bondsman. Pelsall, Davis and Bloomer, Walsall, Staffordshire. Fall of coal in new mine.

MANNING William - 1865 - 01/02/1865 – Age 19 - Hewer. South Pelaw, Perkins and Co., Chester-le-Street, Durham. Crushed by tubs on underground engine plane.

MANSELL John - 1860 - 18/05/1860 – Age 30 - Pikeman. Rectory & Standhills Hall, Hallcroft and Co., Kingswinsford, Staffordshire. Fell out of skip ascending about 30 yards but nobody knows how.

MANSELL T. - 1867 - 25/06/1867 – Age 41 - Bandsman. Titford Long Meadow, J Hackett, Rowley Regis, Staffordshire. Fall of Coal in thick coal caused by a ‘bump’ which knocked out timber settings. 2 killed.

MANSELL W - 1867 - 18/01/1867 – Age 40 - Pikeman. Salt Well, Earl of Dudley, Dudley, Worcestershire. Fall of sawyer from the roof whilst taking out a spurn in thick coal.

MANSELL W. - 1866 - 18/04/1866 – Age 30 - Miner. Silverdale (ironstone), Silverdale Co., Newcastle, Staffordshire. Fall of stone.

MANSELL William - 1860 - 12/11/1860. Bromford, W.H. Dawes, West Bromwich, Staffordshire. Fall of coal.

MANTLE T - 1865 - 15/11/1865 – Age 13 - Collier. Shut End New, Messrs. Cochrane, Dudley, Worcestershire. Fall of coal in thick coal which accidentally fell from the face at a slip.

MANTLE T. - 1860 - 03/12/1860 – Age 34 – Doggy. Eagle Colliery, G. Higgs, Rowley Regis, Staffordshire. Suffocated by rashly penetrating firedamp.

MARCROFT Matthew - 1865 - 02/05/1865 – Age 13 - Waggoner. Cleggswood, Robert Knowles and Co., Littleborough Lancashire. Crushed by tub waggon. The brake pin sprang out as he was bringing the waggon down a slope he being in front instead of behind.

MARGERISON, Thomas - 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.

MARGINSON, Henry - 1867 - 13/11/1867 – Age 34 - Miner. Chanters, John Fletcher and others, Atherton, Lancashire. Roof and timber falling in Crumbuke mine. He had apparently omitted to set a prop under a cross tree from underneath, which he took the coal.

MARKLEY P. - 1867 - 21/03/1867 – Age 48 – Brusher. Bredisholme No.1, Charles Tennant and Co., Baillieston, Lanarkshire. Fall of roof while blasting.

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

MARLAND James - 1864 - 07/05/1864 - Banksman. Honeywell Lane, Booth and Marland, Oldham, Lancashire. Falling down the upcast shaft in the night. There was a self-acting fence but at the time it was raised by the cage into the headgear.

MARLAND James - 1868 - 11/08/1868 – Age 50 - Master Sinker. Black Lane, Rylands and Sons, Radcliffe, Lancashire. Thrown out of the hoppet as he was coming up the sinking pit. The winding pulley was not in a straight line with the drum a guide pulley was therefore used and it appeared that it broke loose and caused the rope to slip off the drum.

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

MARLEY Ralph - 1869 - 16/06/1869 – Age 43 – Brakesman. Sherburn House, Earl of Durham. Durham. Explosion of steam boiler. 3 killed.

MARLEY Robert - 1862 - 17/01/1862 – Age 23. New Hartley, Messrs. Carrs, Seaton Delaval, Durham. Entombment due to breaking of engine beam. 204 killed. He left a wife.

MARLEY William - 1860 - 20/12/1860 – Age 58 – Furnaceman. Minor Pit, South 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.

MARLOW William - 1864 - 30/10/1864 – Age 13 - Boy. Cinder Hill, Thomas North, Nottinghamshire. Explosion of gas.

MARPLES George - 1866 - 16/11/1866 - Sinker. Devonshire, Silkstone Limited Co., Chesterfield, Derbyshire. Handles of crab came off and he fell down the shaft.

MARR Robert - 1866 - 29/05/1866 – Age 20 - Collier. Prince of Wales, Merry and Cunningham, Stevenson, Lanarkshire. Fall of roof at the face.

MARRIOTT John - 1865 - 14/01/1865 – Age 22 - Miner. Greasley Colliery, Wood Limited Co., Burton-on-Trent, Derbyshire. Fall of Coal.

MARRIOTT John - 1869 - 09/03/1869 – Age 43 - Sinker. Teversal, Crompton Newton and Co., Mansfield, Nottinghamshire. Scaffold in shaft gave way whilst they were on it. 2 killed.

MARRIOTT Thomas - 1867 - 13/08/1867 – Age 12 - Boy. Molyneux Colliery, Eastwood and Swingler, Mansfield, Nottinghamshire. Fall of Coal.

MARROW Joseph - 1867 - 12/04/1867 – Age 19 - Hooker-on. Douglas Bank, John G Morriss, Wigan, Lancashire. Run over by tubs on the engine plane.

MARSDEN Charles - 1860 - 26/07/1860. Dodworth, Messrs. Charlesworth, Barnsley, Yorkshire. Falling down the shaft.

MARSDEN Christopher - 1867 - 02/12/1867 - Banksman. Wortley, Ingham and Son, Mirfield, Yorkshire. Fell off pit heap.

MARSDEN Henry - 1869 - 29/10/1869 – Age 13 - Miner. New Black Moss, Thomas Fletcher, Radcliffe, Lancashire. Crushed by engine being started as he was getting in another boy having given the signal unknown to the hooker-on.

MARSDEN J. - 1867 - 02/06/1867 – Age 32 - Bottomer. Muiredge Colliery, Bowman and Co., Kirkcaldy, Fife. Fell from a mid-working. This death was caused by carelessness on the part of the manager, who caused the cage to be stopped, and to act as a bridge from one side of the shaft to the other. The deceased was returning an empty tub, but someone in his absence caused the cage to be lowered, and the deceased fell to the bottom of the pit.
From Main body of report: With regard to shaft accidents, the accidents Nos. 20 and 40 in the list are avoidable accidents. It is evident that fence as you will people do fall from mid-workings, and as the existence of these is only a question of money, it is always possible to dispense with them.

MARSDEN Richard - 1865 - 29/08/1865 – Age 48 - Fireman. Coppull Hall, Coppull Hall Colliery Co., Coppull Lancashire. Suffocated by firedamp. The Colliery had only a single shaft with more than the allowed number of persons, down at one time and the ventilation was inadequate.

MARSH Henry - 1866 - 12/03/1866 - Collier. St. Helens, Messrs. Pilkington, St Helens, Lancashire. Fall of roof.

Nathianiel C - 1866 - 14/03/1866 – Age 24 - Collier. Shevington, John Tayleur, Wigan, Lancashire. Fall of roof.

MARSH J. - 1865 - 30/05/1865 – Age 13 - Collier. Himley, Earl of Dudley, Himley, Worcestershire. Explosion of firedamp.

MARSH John - 1864 - 02/01/1864 – Age 51 - Collier. Croppers Hill, James Radley, St. Helens, Lancashire. Explosion of gas in Rushy Park mine.

MARSH John - 1866 - 23/01/1866 – Age 50 - Collier. Park Lane, Mercer and Evans, Wigan, Lancashire. Explosion of gas. 30 killed.

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

MARSH John - 1868 - 26/12/1868 – Age 27 - Collier. Queen Colliery, Richard Evans and Sons, Haydock, St. Helens, Lancashire. Explosion of gas 26 killed.

MARSH Richard - 1869 - 01/04/1869 – Age 23 - Collier. High Brooks, Mercer and Evans, Wigan, Lancashire. Explosion of gas. 37 killed.

MARSH Robert - 1865 - 07/11/1865 - Labourer. Strangeways Colliery, Strangeways Hall Colliery Co., Wigan, Lancashire. Explosion of gas. 2 killed.

MARSH T - 1867 - 04/01/1867 - Bandsman. Court House, B Gibbons, Kingswinsford, Staffordshire. Coupling link in the band-chain snapped whilst descending. 2 killed.

MARSH Thomas - 1862 - 05/05/1862 - Collier. Pewfall Colliery, Richard Evans and Co., St. Helens, Lancashire. Fall of roof.

MARSH William - 1866 - 23/01/1866 – Age 17 - Drawer. Park Lane, Mercer and Evans, Wigan, Lancashire. Explosion of gas. 30 killed.

MARSH William - 1867 - 08/11/1867 – Age 13 - Drawer. Ravenhead, Bromilow Haddock and Co., St. Helens, Lancashire. Fall of roof in Pigeon House mine.

MARSHAL A. - 1866 - 03/06/1866 – Age 31 – Pitheadman. Polkemmet (ironstone), Shotts Iron Co., Bathgate, Lanarkshire. Fell off a wall.

MARSHAL James - 1863 - 03/12/1863 - Engineman. Drumgray (ironstone), Drumgray Coal Co., Airdrie, Lanarkshire. Found dead among wheels of engine.

MARSHAL James - 1864 - 25/04/1864 - Collier. Blackbraes, Hames Russel and Son, Stirling. Fall at face splint Coal.

MARSHAL Thomas - 1866 - 31/01/1866 – Age 57 - Collier. Morningside, Shotts Iron Co., Wishaw, Lanarkshire. Choke damp from old workings.

MARSHALL Charles - 1869 - 11/10/1869 – Age 68 - Collier. Lilleshall, Lilleshall Co., Wellington, Shropshire. Fall of Coal.

MARSHALL George - 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.

MARSHALL J - 1869 - 14/06/1869 – Age 22 - Collier. Silkstone Fall, Devonshire Silkstone Co., Barnsley, Yorkshire. Fall of Coal.

MARSHALL J. - 1863 - 06/08/1863 – Age 19 - Miner. Granby, Butterley Co., Nottingham, Nottinghamshire. Explosion of gas.

MARSHALL J. - 1863 - 30/01/1863 – Age 15 - Collier. Hangue, Round Brothers, Tipton, Staffordshire. Fell down pit shaft.

MARSHALL James - 1866 - 16/06/1866 – Age 32 - Collier. Plan Colliery, John McKnight, Kilmarnock, Ayrshire.  Fall of coal and roof at face.

MARSHALL John - 1860 - 02/03/1860. Burradon Colliery, Burradon, Durham. Explosion of gas. 76 killed. Brother of Thomas son of a widow.

MARSHALL John - 1860 - 29/09/1860 – Age 24 - Sinker. Govan Colliery, William Dixon and Co., Rutherglen, Lanarkshire. Explosion of firedamp in shaft. 3 killed.

MARSHALL John - 1860 - 29/09/1860 – Age 46 – Foreman. Govan Colliery, William Dixon and Co., Rutherglen, Lanarkshire. Explosion of firedamp in shaft. 3 killed.

MARSHALL John - 1869 - 17/07/1869 – Age 50 - Collier. Longton, Hall J Glover and Son, Longton, Staffordshire. Fall of roof.

MARSHALL Robert - 1861 - 03/10/1861 – Age 14 - Horse Driver. Byers Green, R.W. Jackson and Co. Ferry Hill, Durham. Fall of stone.

MARSHALL Thomas - 1860 - 02/03/1860. Burradon Colliery, Burradon, Durham. Explosion of gas. Brother of John. 76 killed. Brother of John son of a widow.

MARSHALL W. - 1860 - 24/10/1860. Newfield, Newfield Co., Bloxwich, Staffordshire. Fall of roof.

MARSHALL W. - 1863 - 13/03/1863 – Age 18 - Trammer. Renishaw, Park Messrs. Wells, Chesterfield, Derbyshire. Fall of roof.

MARSHALL William - 1868 - 04/04/1868 – Age 57 - Collier. Glyn Colliery, Ebbw Vale Co. Ltd., Pontypool, Monmouth. Killed in the rock vein coal whilst he was sounding the place. The stone that fell was liberated from the top by its slanting structural division. A moment before his death he told his Son, that he considered the place safe.

MARSLAND Ephram - 1869 - 03/10/1869 – Age 20 - Collier. Birch Vale, W Bennett, Stockport, Cheshire. Fall of roof (mountain mine).

MARTIN D. - 1863 - 03/01/1863 - Pikeman. Keeling Colliery, J Hartland, West Bromwich, Staffordshire. Premature explosion of gunpowder.

MARTIN Daniel - 1861 - 28/02/1861 – Age 44 - Collier. Garthamlock, James Panton, Baillieston, Lanarkshire. Fall of roof.

MARTIN David - 1867 - 30/01/1867 – Age 20 - Collier. Souter House No.1, Trustees of the late John Wilson, Coatbridge, Lanarkshire. Explosion of firedamp.

MARTIN Francis - 1866 - 17/03/1866 – Age 13 – Furnace Boy. Barleith, John Galloway and Co., Hurlford, Ayrshire.  Fell down the shaft from the McNaught to the Major Coal.

MARTIN George - 1861 - 08/03/1861 – Age 34 - Collier. Dreghorn, Archibald Kenneth, Irvine, Ayrshire.  Fall of Coal.

MARTIN Henry - 1862 - 09/05/1862 - Collier. Newbattle, Marquis of Lothian, Dalkeith, Edinburgh. Fell into sump at pit bottom.

MARTIN J. - 1862 - 26/03/1862 – Age 60 - Sinker. Blower’s Green, Brettell and Cartwright, Dudley, Worcestershire. He was engaged removing the bricks or walling of an old shaft when he accidentally displaced the biats supporting the scaffold precipitating the poor fellow to the bottom. He was seriously injured and died at his home a few hours after.

MARTIN John - 1866 - 12/06/1866 – Age 61 - Banksman. Welch Whittle Colliery, James Darlington, Welch Whittle, Lancashire. Capstan rope breaking whilst 27cwt. of steam pipes were attached. He was knocked off a horse tree in the shaft.

MARTIN John - 1866 - 21/06/1866 – Age 61 - Banksman. Mesne Lea Colliery, Peter Nightingale and Co., Worsley, Lancashire. Falling off the pit hill at the loading wall.

MARTIN John - 1867 - 25/07/1867 – Age 32 - Collier. Cinderhill, Thomas North, Nottinghamshire. Fall of roof.

MARTIN Matthew - 1868 - 19/06/1868 – Age 29 - Collier. Swannington, William Worsick, Ashby-de-la-Zouch, Leicestershire. Fall of stone from roof.

MARTIN S - 1866 - 11/08/1866 – Age 40 - Bandsman. Union, P Williams and Co., West Bromwich, Staffordshire. Fall of coal in thick coal pit. He rushed out his place of work to escape but he was unfortunately struck by the fall and killed.

MARTIN Sankey - 1860 - 02/03/1860. Burradon Colliery, Burradon, Durham. Explosion of gas. 76 killed. Married three months ago.

MARTIN Thomas - 1865 - 04/06/1865. Holmes Colliery, Holmes and Co., Rotherham, Yorkshire. Fall of roof in mine.

MARTIN William - 1865 - 05/10/1865 – Age 20 - Station Boy. Coxhoe Colliery, West Hartlepool Co., Ferry Hill, Durham. Crushed by set of tubs in engine plane.

MARTIN William - 1866 - 12/03/1866 – Age 14 - Horsedriver. Loscoe Colliery, Butterley Iron Co., Ilkeston, Derbyshire. Run over by tubs in working place.

MARTIN William - 1866 - 14/06/1866 – Age 26. Dukinfield, FDP Astley, Ashton-under-Lyne, Cheshire. Explosion of firedamp. 38 killed.

MARTINDALE Joseph - 1860 - 19/10/1860 – Age 44 - Pitman. Railway Colliery, Executors of late J. Darlington, Charnock, Lancashire. Caused by being crushed between the legs.

MASCALL William - 1863 - 14/08/1863 – Age 40 - Collier. Elled, Levick and Simpson, Blaina, Monmouth. Killed by fall of shale from roof.

MASELL J. - 1869 - 10/05/1869 – Age 23 - Collier. Longton Hall, J Glover and Son, Longton, Staffordshire. Fell down the shaft.

MASON, Daniel - 1866 - 11/01/1866 – Age 12 - Drawer. Prospect Colliery, Wigan Coal and Iron Co., Standish, Wigan, Lancashire. Fall of roof in cannel mine. 2 killed.

MASON, E. - 1860 - 24/11/1860 – Age 55 - Engineer. Neachall’s Colliery, Messrs. Davis, Portobello, Staffordshire. Fell down pumping pit shaft. 2 killed.

MASON, Henry - 1868 - 22/12/1868 – Age 18 - Onsetter. Etal Colliery, Johnson and Carr, Berwick, Northumberland. Piece of coal falling down the shaft.

MASON, Hugh - 1862 - 16/01/1862 – Age 24. New Hartley, Messrs. Carrs, Hartley, Durham. Entombment due to the breaking of an engine beam which fell down the single shaft. 204 killed.

MASON, Hugh - 1862 - 17/01/1862 – Age 24. New Hartley Colliery, Messrs. Carrs, Seaton Delaval, Durham. Entombment due to breaking of engine beam. 204 killed.

MASON, J - 1869 - 22/06/1869 – Age 40 – Bondsman. Rounds Hill, Earl of Dudley, Kingswinsford, Staffordshire. Fall of coal in thick coal pit.

MASON, J. - 1861 - 28/10/1861 – Age 24 - Hooker-on. Herbert’s Park (ironstone), David Jones, Bilston, Staffordshire. Fell out of the cage whilst ascending.

MASON, John - 1867 - 14/11/1867 – Age 26 - Banksman. Stonetrough, Williamson Brothers, Biddulph, Staffordshire. Fell down shaft.

MASON, Mary - 1863 - 07/12/1863 – Age 53 - Not employed. Seaham, Marchioness of Londonderry, Seaham Durham. Crushed by surface waggons. Female.

MASON, Richard - 1862 - 10/06/1862 – Age 22 - Drawer. Bradley Hall, Richard Fisher, Standish, Lancashire. Explosion of gas.

MASON, Robert - 1862 - 29/03/1862 – Age 62 - Shifter. Thornley, Thornley Coal Co., Thornley, Durham. Fall of stone.

MASON, Robert - 1864 - 13/07/1864 - Sinker. Wooley, Joseph Pease and Partners, Crook, Durham. Killed by shot in sinking pit bottom.

MASON, S. - 1869 - 13/01/1869 – Age 40. Blackheath, WH Dawes, Rowley Regis, Staffordshire. Fall of Coal in thick coal pit.

MASON, T. - 1869 - 10/07/1869 – Age 27 - Pikeman. Piercey, T Cox and Co., West Bromwich, Staffordshire. Fall of Coal in thick coal pit.

MASON, Thomas - 1860 - 27/08/1860 – Age 14. Tividale, Bagnall and Jesson, Tipton, Staffordshire. Laid hold of bowk to ride up a yard but went too far and fell.

MASON, W - 1865 - 09/02/1865 – Age 30 - Bandsman. Salt Well, Earl of Dudley, Dudley, Worcestershire. Heavy fall of overhanging coal in thick coal pit about 50 tons. 6 killed.

MASON, W. - 1869 - 02/03/1869 – Age 21 – Bondsman. Bradley, GB Thorneycroft, Bilston, Staffordshire. Fell out of skip whilst ascending caused by jerk of rope.

MASON, Wales - 1868 - 31/01/1868 – Age 29 - Hewer. Sherburn House, Earl of Durham, Durham. Fall of stone.

MASSEY Henry - 1867 - 23/02/1867 – Age 13 - Driver. Nostell, Charles Winn, Wakefield, Yorkshire. Run over by tubs.

MASSEY John - 1866 - 18/05/1866 – Age 19 - Miner. Black Moss, Thomas Fletcher, Radcliffe, Lancashire. Roof which sounded solid falling where he was working with his father in 3-yard mine.

MASSEY M - 1868 - 05/05/1868 - Hooker-on. Norton, R Heath, Burslem, Staffordshire. Crushed by cage.

MASSEY T - 1868 - 17/06/1868 – Age 19 - Loader. Silverdale, Silverdale Co., Newcastle, Staffordshire. Fall of Coal.

MASSEY William - 1869 - 10/09/1869 – Age 36 - Sinker. Tibshelf, C Seeley and Co., Mansfield, Nottinghamshire. Stone from side of shaft.

MASSIE James - 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.

MASTERS William Henry - 1868 - 17/10/1868 – Age 20 - Hewer. Cramlington, Backworth and West Cramlington Coal Co., Newcastle, Northumberland. Fall of stone.

MATHER David - 1865 - 04/12/1865. Mount Osborne, William Day, Barnsley, Yorkshire. Falling down the shaft.

MATHER Nathan - 1869 - 13/05/1869 - Sinker. Worthington, Norley Colliery Co., Wigan, Lancashire. The crank of the winding engine breaking the bucket fell on him in the pit.

MATHER Richard - 1865 - 24/04/1865 – Age 19 - Engine tenter, Blackeyhurst, Samuel Stock St. Helens, Lancashire. Bursting of steam boiler.

MATHEWS A. - 1866 - 01/03/1866 – Age 26 - Bandsman. Alston, Alston Colliery Co., Oldbury, Worcestershire. Injured by fall of coal in thick coal 28th Feb. Died this day.

MATHEWS Abraham - 1869 - 10/06/1869 – Age 14. Ferndale, David Davies and Sons, Pontypridd, Glamorgan. Explosion of gas from a blower. 53 killed.

MATHEWS Jacob - 1869 - 10/06/1869 – Age 48. Ferndale, David Davies and Sons, Pontypridd, Glamorgan. Explosion of gas from a blower. 53 killed.

MATHEWS John - 1869 - 10/06/1869 – Age 28. Ferndale, David Davies and Sons, Pontypridd, Glamorgan. Explosion of gas from a blower. 53 killed.

MATHEWS W. - 1868 - 27/05/1868 – Bondsman. Barn Farm, S Speake, Darlaston, Staffordshire. Fall of rock in gateroad whilst improperly drawing timber props which he had been cautioned not to interfere with. He persisted and lost his life.

MATHEWS William - 1869 - 10/06/1869 – Age 21. Ferndale, David Davies and Sons, Pontypridd, Glamorgan. Explosion of gas from a blower. 53 killed.

MATHEWSON, David - 1860 - 20/02/1860 - Collier. Carron Bank, Carron Co., Falkirk, Stirling. Fall of Coal at face of working.

MATHEWSON, John - 1867 - 03/06/1867 – Age 32. Muiredge, Fife. Cage fell down shaft.

MATHEWSON, Peter - 1863 - 09/08/1863. Albert, Fife. Cage fell down shaft.

MATHIESON, John - 1866 - 04/08/1866 – Age 55 – Bottomer. Heathery Knowe, Blochairn Coal Co., Baillieston Lanarkshire. Fell down the shaft from a mid-working.

MATIN J. - 1861 - 05/07/1861 – Age 31 - Sinker. Glodwick, James Collings and Co., Oldham, Lancashire. Fall of stone from the side of the Saccharine Lane pit whilst widening it.

MATRICK 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.

MATTHEW Daniel - 1869 - 09/04/1869 – Age 16 - Collier. River Level, Fothergill and Co., Aberdare, Glamorgan. Killed by fall of stone.

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

MATTHEW David - 1865 - 05/10/1865 – Age 23 - Miner. Tredegar (ironstone), Tredegar Iron Co., Tredegar, Monmouth. Whilst holing the ground stone and stuff came down on him before they could get at him.

MATTHEW Davis - 1863 - 24/03/1863 – Age 13- Doorboy. Abergwawr, Thomas Powell and Sons, Aberdare, Glamorgan. Run over.

MATTHEWS B - 1862 - 09/07/1862 – Age 29 - Collier. Abernant, Richard Fothergill, Aberdare, Glamorgan. Fall of clod (Dirty vein).

MATTHEWS George - 1868 - 18/11/1868. Bronwhlfa Colliery, Whlfa Colliery Co., Mold, Lancashire. Fall of roof.

MATTHEWS J. - 1863 - 18/04/1863 – Age 29 – Bondsman. Birchyfield, W Gilbert, Oldbury, Worcestershire. Fall of coal in thick coal from a slip in the rib not previously seen. Injured 17th. Died this day.

MATTHEWS J. - 1864 - 10/12/1864 – Age 40 - Loader. Old Park, Earl of Dudley, Kingswinsford, Staffordshire. Fall of coal in thick coal gate road where he was ordered not to go by a deputy.

MATTHEWS J. - 1864 - 14/02/1864 – Age 15 – Slackcarrier. Old Park, Earl of Dudley, Kingswinsford, Staffordshire. Fall of Coal in thick coal.

MATTHEWS James - 1869 - 26/03/1869 – Age 38 - Collier. Mynydd Newydd Colliery, Vivian and Sons, Swansea, Glamorgan. Killed by explosion of gas. The evidence proved that one of the deceased Enoch Lewis passed a danger signal with a candle and ignited a small quantity of gas. 3 killed.

MATTHEW Jenkin - 1861 - 04/12/1861 – Age 13 - Collier. New Brithdir, David Davis, Rhymney Valley, Monmouth. Heavy fall of roof.

MATTHEWS John - 1862 - 26/04/1862 – Age 49 - Miner. Red Vein (ironstone), Levick and Simpson, Blaina, Monmouth. Roof and gob fell as he was shifting rubbish.

MATTHEWS Thomas - 1866 - 08/06/1866 – Age 14 - Collier. Llantwit, Thomas Powell, Llantrisant, Glamorgan. Fall of stone.

MATTHEWS Thomas - 1867 - 25/11/1867 – Age 11 - Collier. Cwm-Nant-y-Groes, Williams and Clapp, Abertillery, Monmouth. He had no business whatever on the surface road nor any right to meddle with the trams one of which went over him.

MATTHEWS Thomas - 1869 - 26/03/1869 – Age 30 - Collier. Mynydd Newydd, Vivian and Sons, Swansea, Glamorgan. Killed by explosion of gas. The evidence proved that one of the deceased Enoch Lewis passed a danger signal with a candle and ignited a small quantity of gas. 3 killed.

MATTHEWS William - 1863 - 08/09/1863 – Age 49 - Haulier. Glyn, Ebbw Vale Co., Pontypool, Monmouth. Killed by falling under a tram.

MATTHIESON, P. - 1863 - 09/08/1863 – Age 55- Roadsman. Wemyss Colliery, JE Wemyss, M.P. Kirkcaldy, Fife. Squeezed by cage in pit. Want of proper signals, no one at pit head.

MATTIMORE George - 1865 - 07/10/1865 – Age 44 – Carter. Westleigh and Heyfield, James Diggle, Leigh, Lancashire. Squeezed when about to unhook a horse from a railway waggon.

MATTOCK Thomas - 1864 - 27/07/1864 – Age 14 - Collier. Llettyshenkin Colliery, Rees and Co., Aberdare, Glamorgan. Fall of stone from roof. 2 killed.

MATTOCK W. - 1864 - 27/07/1864 - Age 23 - Collier. Llettyshenkin Colliery, Rees and Co., Aberdare, Glamorgan. Fall of stone from roof. 2 killed.

MATTOX J. - 1865 - 09/02/1865 – Age 38 - Pikeman. Bearmoor, New British Iron Co., Corngreaves, Worcestershire. Fall of Coal in thick coal.

MATTRASS or NATTRAS Ralph - 1867 - 03/12/1867 – Age 49 - Hewer. North Bitchburn, Stobart Backhouse and Co., Bishop Auckland, Durham. Crushed by set of tubs at landing of engine plane. Switch wrong and empty joined full one.

MAUDE Thomas - 1866 - 28/01/1866 – Age 16 – Joiner. Brancepeth, Strakers and Love, Durham. Fall of erections.

MAUGHAN A. - 1868 - 14/01/1868 – Age 28 - Trammer. Warren Vale, Messrs. Charlesworth, Rotherham, Yorkshire. Fall of Coal.

MAUGHAN Robert - 1863 - 06/03/1863 – Age 13 - Drawer. Coxlodge Colliery, Coxlodge, Northumberland. Explosion of gas. 26 killed. Of Coxlodge A Boy. Lost his father about nine years ago in the same pit when firing a shot.

MAUGHAN William - 1869 - 17/07/1869 – Age 55 - Rolley-Way Man. Old Etherley, Stobart and Co., Darlington, Durham. Fall of stone.

MAVIN William - 1865 - 13/01/1865 – Age 19 - Drum minder. Framwellgate, Marchioness of Londonderry, Durham. Drawn upon drum by rope.

MAW Luke - 1868 - 05/04/1868 – Age 13 – Nipper. Wombwell Main, Wombwell Main Co., Barnsley, Yorkshire. Run over by tubs on Jenny bank.

MAWDESLEY John - 1867 - 20/04/1867 – Age 47 – Fitter. Low Hall, Moss Hall Coal Co., Wigan, Lancashire. Falling off an engine pillar.

MAXWELL Archibald - 1868 - 01/03/1868 – Age 19 - Collier. Govan No.3, WS Dixon, Glasgow, Lanarkshire. Fell out of cage while being raised.

MAXWELL David - 1861 07/08/1861 - Collier. Dykehead Wilsons and Co., Hamilton, Fife. Woodwork of pit taking fire which deranged the ventilation. 13 killed.

MAXWELL Thomas - 1868 - 06/08/1868 - Sinker. Limerigg, Robert Baird, Slamannan, Stirling. Struck on the head by a plump-bob (about 40lbs) falling off the end of a line. Died 10 days later.

MAY Alfred - 1862 - 15/10/1862 – Age 11 – Wailer Colliery, Kelloe, Matthew Foster and Co., Kelloe, Durham. Crushed by refuse tubs, chain broke and they ran amain.

MAY Benjamin - 1867 - 08/11/1867 – Age 19. 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.

MAY J. - 1867 - 21/08/1867 – Age 24 - Bandsman. Fullwood’s End, Messrs. Turley, Coseley, Staffordshire. Fall of roof in new mine Coal brought about by a ‘bump’.

MAY William - 1864 - 04/07/1864 – Age 39 - Fireman. Clough Side, Thomas Fletcher and Sons, Outwood, Lancashire. Falling down the shaft when descending. It is supposed that he fell on getting out at a mouthing.

MAYCOCK James - 1868 - 20/02/1868 – Age 16 - Collier. Shireoaks Colliery, Shireoaks Co. Ltd., Worksop, Derbyshire. Fall of roof.

MAYER R. - 1860 - 19/12/1860 - Miner. Silverdale, Stanier and Co. Newcastle, Staffordshire. Explosion of firedamp. 2 killed.

MAYERS Thomas - 1863 - 19/10/1863 - Collier. Barley Brook, Pearson and Knowles, Wigan, Lancashire. Fall of roof.

MAYNARD Isaac - 1866 - 26/04/1866 – Age 39 - Mason. Cwmbran, John Lawrence, Cwmbran, Monmouth. There was a steam engine underground for the deep workings and the water for generating steam is so very bad that they frequently have to blow right through. For this there was a large Cock but it was unavoidably close to the main horse road. The Haulier came out about 2.30 am but unfortunately either his horse ran away or he drove him too fast for on arriving at the boilers the trams flew off the plates and he knocked down the upright pipe to which the Cock was attached and the escape of the steam became so rapid and fierce. Not one of the three men escaped. I have since had double Cocks established so that there is but little possibility of any repetition. 3 killed.

MAYNARD Isaac - 1866 - 26/04/1866. Cwmbran. Boiler explosion. 3 killed.