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MEACHAM R. - 1867 - 07/10/1867 - Collier. Woodhead, William Bowers, Cheadle, Cheshire. Fall of Coal.

MEACHAM W. - 1863 - 30/03/1863 – Age 14 - Boy. Woodhead, W Bowers, Cheadle, Cheshire. Held by hook and fell part way down the shaft.

MEADOWCROFT William - 1869 - 01/07/1869 – Age 33 - Engineer. Bank House, Oldham, Middleton and Rochdale, Co., Ltd., Shaw, Lancashire. Caught by the connecting rod of the underground engine as he was adjusting the Cottrill.

MEADOWS Peter - 1865 - 17/03/1865 – Age 30 - Fireman. Pewfall, Richard Evans and Co., Haydock, St. Helens, Lancashire. Fall of roof while fixing timber.

MEARS J. - 1862 - 29/09/1862 - Collier. Madeley Wood, Austice and Co., Wellington, Shropshire. Explosion of firedamp.

MEARS Joseph - 1866 - 10/11/1866 – Age 14 - Driver. Snibston, G Stephenson and Co., Leicester, Leicestershire. Run over underground.

MEASEY Richards - 1864 - 09/07/1864 – Age 50 - Pump minder. Cwmaman, Shepherd and Evans, Aberdare, Glamorgan. Fell into sump.

MECHAN Bridget - 1866 - 26/02/1866 – Age 22 - Labourer. Stand (ironstone), James Smithers and Co., Airdrie, Lanarkshire. Fell down pit after tub. Female.

MEDCALF George - 1863 - 19/03/1863 – Age 30 - Driver. Tunshill, Richard and William Stott, Milnrow, Lancashire. A shot exploding as it was being rammed by two other man.

MEDLICOT Thomas - 1864 - 16/06/1864 – Age 34 - Mason. Goughs Vein (ironstone), Ebbw Vale Co., Victoria, Monmouth. Killed by fall of a stone while arching in the drift.

MEET Thomas - 1866 - 17/03/1866 - Hitcher. Plymouth, Plymouth Iron Co., Merthyr Tydfil, Glamorgan. Killed by carriage coming down on him whilst passing the bottom of the shaft.

MEGSON, Henry - 1862 - 07/08/1862 - Boy. Hostingley, Joshua Ingham, Dewsbury, Yorkshire. Explosion of firedamp. 2 killed.

MEIKLAM John - 1862 - 17/03/1862 – Age 31 - Assistant Oversman. Calder W Dixon and Co., Coatbridge, Lanarkshire. By a wire rope breaking in an old abandoned pit while they were suspended in the shaft. 2 killed.

MELBECK William - 1862 - 18/03/1862 - Collier. Balquhatstone, John Watson jnr. Slamannan, Stirling. Fall of roof.

MELLING Thomas - 1869 - 01/04/1869 – Age 46. High Brooks, Mercer and Evans, Wigan, Lancashire. Explosion of gas. 37 killed.

MELLOR J. - 1861 - 24/07/1861 – Age 17 - Drawer. Land, James Dearden, Shawforth, Bacup, Lancashire. Explosion of gunpowder. A Boy, injured.

MELLOR J. - 1869 - 01/03/1869 – Age 39 – Bondsman. Fishley, Fishley Colliery Co., Bloxwich, Staffordshire. Injured by fall of roof in thin mine 27th Feb. Died this day.

MELLOR John - 1864 - 07/11/1864. Park Gate, Earl Fitzwilliam, Rotherham, Yorkshire. Fall of roof in the mine.

MELLOR Samuel - 1865 - 04/03/1865 – Age 22 - Miner. Robin Hill, Edge Lane and Dryclough Co., Oldham, Lancashire. Earth and top Coal falling on him from roof. Died 28th.

MELLOR William - 1864 - 05/12/1864 – Age 42 - Hitcher. High Park, Barber Walker and Co., Nottinghamshire. Lump of Coal fell down shaft.

MELLOR William - 1864 - 29/09/1864 - Sinker. Blackeyhurst, Samuel Stock, St. Helens, Lancashire. Explosion of gas in sinking pit.

MELLOR William - 1866 - 14/06/1866 – Age 42. Dukinfield, FDP Astley, Ashton-under-Lyne, Cheshire. Explosion of firedamp. 38 killed.

MELLOW R. - 1867 - 16/05/1867 – Age 39 - Miner. High Carr (ironstone), G Addie and Co., Newcastle, Staffordshire. Fall of stone.

MELVIN James - 1863 - 08/09/1863 – Age 12 – Trapper. Thornley, Thornley Coal Co., Hartlepool, Durham. Fall of stone. 2 killed.

MELVIN Michael - 1864 - 26/12/1864 – Age 21 - Hewer. Sherburn, Earl of Durham, Sherburn, Durham. Fall of stone.

MELVIN Thomas - 1863 - 11/07/1863 – Age 45 - Drawer. Woodside, James Smith and Son, Hamilton, Lanarkshire. He fell down to a lower seam. The scaffold had been removed unknown to him during the previous night and had not been replaced by the overman.

MENZIES Thomas - 1869 - 20/10/1869 – Age 19 - Collier. Haydock, Richard Evans and Sons, St. Helens, Lancashire. Supposed to have fallen out of the cage while attempting to slide down guide rod.

MERCER Edward - 1860 - 20/12/1860 – Age 40 - Asst. Fireman. Platt Lane, Wright Mercer, Wigan, Lancashire. Fell out of the cage descending the shaft.

MERCER James - 1866 - 14/06/1866 – Age 34. Dukinfield, FDP Astley, Ashton-under-Lyne, Cheshire. Explosion of firedamp. 38 killed.

MERCER John - 1868 - 26/12/1868 – Age 48 – Dataller. Queen Colliery, Richard Evans and Sons, Haydock, St. Helens, Lancashire. Explosion of gas 26 killed.

MERCY Samuel - 1867 - 14/08/1867 – Age 22 - Collier. Lightmoor, William Crawshay, Cinderford, Somerset. Killed by fall of about 2 tons of clod. He certainly ought to have set another prop.

MEREDITH Charles - 1865 - 16/06/1865 – Age 20. Tredegar, Tredegar Iron Co., Tredegar, Monmouth. Explosion of carburetted hydrogen gas in the Bedwellty new Colliery. Part of a cross heading had been permitted to fill with firedamp to the extent of between 50 and 60 yards lengthways and was thus allowed to remain for a certain number of days notwithstanding that people occasionally passed and repassed one mouthing of the heading and a lesser one called the ‘Cross hole’. I remark that the Colliers should have been taken from their work and the gas safely dislodged. 26 killed.

MEREDITH David - 1862 - 23/10/1862 – Age 28 - Collier. Gadlys Wayne and Co., Aberdare, Glamorgan. Fall of clod (4 feet vein).

MEREDITH Evan - 1867 - 08/11/1867 – Age 48. 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.

MEREDITH J. - 1861 - 03/02/1861 - Hooker-on. British, T. Savin, Oswestry, Shropshire. Bricks fell out of the side of the shaft on him.

MEREDITH J. - 1867 - 12/04/1867 – Age 27 - Collier. Holly Bush, William Bowers, Stoke, Staffordshire. Explosion of firedamp.

MEREDITH Thomas - 1864 - 17/03/1864 – Age 14 - Haulier. No.2 (ironstone), Ebbw Vale Co., Sirhowy, Monmouth. He started to take off a loaded set of trams out of the level but was soon after found doubled up under them dead.

MEREDITH Thomas - 1865 - 16/06/1865 – Age 51. Tredegar, Tredegar Iron Co., Tredegar, Monmouth. Explosion of carburetted hydrogen gas in the Bedwellty new Colliery. Part of a cross heading had been permitted to fill with
firedamp to the extent of between 50 and 60 yards lengthways and was thus allowed to remain for a certain number of days notwithstanding that people occasionally passed and repassed one mouthing of the heading and a lesser one called the ‘Cross hole’. I remark that the Colliers should have been taken from their work and the gas safely dislodged. 26 killed.

MEREDITH W. - 1865 - 08/04/1865 - Banksman. Corbyn’s Bank, R Mills and Co., Dudley, Worcestershire. Fell into pit shaft whilst engaged at the top.

MERRETT Anthony - 1865 - 27/04/1865 – Age 38 - Collier. Yate Long, Nowell and Co., Gloucester. By the fracture of an iron hook and the consequent fall of the ‘bye rope’ down the shaft. Anthony Wherrett was killed in the ascending cage by the rope and chain bulging the bonnet. Luke Simmons by reason, of the same hook fracture lost his life on the slope before he could reach a place of refuge. This was due to the shaft accident although death took place on the underground incline. 2 killed.

MERRICK T. - 1861 - 21/03/1861 – Age 40 - Collier. Barn Farm, P. Williams and Sons, Bilston, Staffordshire. Fall of Coal in new mine and fireclay Coals whilst in the act of removing timber props.

MERRICKS John - 1868 - 26/12/1868 – Age 30 - Collier. Queen Colliery, Richard Evans and Sons, Haydock, St. Helens, Lancashire. Explosion of gas 26 killed.

MERRY Peter - 1868 - 05/11/1868 – Age 23 - Collier. Adderley Green, Stirrup and Pye, Longton, Staffordshire. Fall of Coal.

MESSER Andrew - 1860 - 02/03/1860. Burradon Colliery, Burradon, Durham. Explosion of gas. 76 killed. Single.

METTRIC William - 1864 - 08/03/1864. Mount Osborne, William Day, Barnsley, Yorkshire. Fall of Coal in the shaft.

MICHELL John - 1867 - 03/10/1867 – Age 12 - Sheave Greaser. Whitlee, Bolckow, Vaughan and Co., Crook, Durham. Head crushed by tubs.

MIDDLETON G - 1869 - 07/07/1869 – Age 32 - Pikeman. Bromford, WH Dawes, West Bromwich, Staffordshire. The coal which he was cutting accidentally fell on him in thick coal pit.

MIDDLETON John - 1865 - 17/02/1865 – Age 35 - Collier. Bute Merthyr, Marquis of Bute, Pontypridd, Glamorgan. Explosion of firedamp from firing a shot. 4 killed.

MIDGLEY Samuel - 1866 - 02/09/1866 – Age 56 – Furnaceman. Crows Nest Colliery, Roscow and Lord, Milnrow Lancashire. Falling down the shaft from the furnace mouthing which was without the required fencing.

MILARD J - 1867 - 25/05/1867 – Age 20 - Collier. Shelton, Earl Granville, Hanley, Staffordshire. Fall of roof.

MILBURN JM - 1867 - 21/08/1867 – Age 11 – Screener. Newton Cap, Stobart, Backhouse and Co., Bishop Auckland, Durham. Crushed between waggons on branches.

MILBURN Robert - 1864 - 04/01/1864 – Age 31 - Hewer. South Hetton, South Hetton Coal Co., South Hetton, Durham. Fall of stone.

MILES David - 1864 - 23/05/1864 – Age 10 - Collier. Blaengwawr, David Davies, Aberdare, Glamorgan. Fall of Coal.

MILES Edmund - 1860 - 05/05/1860 – Age 33 - Collier. Lower Duffryn, Thomas Powell and Sons, Aberdare, Glamorgan. Fall of stone (4 feet vein).

MILES James - 1861 - 16/05/1861 – Age 17 - Miner. Braehead (ironstone), William Baird and Co., Airdrie, Lanarkshire. Fall of ironstone.

MILES John - 1861 - 17/07/1861 – Age 40 - Collier. Trynant, Martin Morison, Newport, Monmouth. Killed by a fall of roof ripping back the old level.

MILES John - 1861 - 21/01/1861 – Age 60 - Collier. Three-Quarter Pit, J and C Bailey, Nantyglo, Monmouth. Fall of roof in his stall. Another prop should have been set.

MILES Joseph - 1863 - 24/04/163 – Age 36 - Miner. Cinder Hill, T North, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire. Fall of roof.

MILES Robert - 1860 - 20/02/1860 – Age 40 - Deputy. Seaton, B N. Wood and Co., Seaton, Durham. Fall of stone.

MILES T. - 1869 - 09/10/1869 – Age 20 - Collier. Cwmaman, W Thomas, Aberdare, Glamorgan. Killed by fall of stone.

MILES William - 1867 - 08/11/1867 – Age 21. 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.

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

MILLAR David - 1866 - 24/11/1866 - Fireman. Braidhurst Colliery, Gavin Addie, Motherwell, Lanarkshire. Explosion of firedamp.

MILLAR G. - 1867 - 28/12/1867 – Age 48 - Sinker. Blackrigg Colliery, Wilson and Thompson, Airdrie, Lanarkshire. Rope not properly fastened in crane it ‘surged’ round while he was descending and he fell off scaffold and was killed.

MILLAR John - 1864 - 15/01/1864 - Collier. Newlands, Charles Tennant and Co., Lanarkshire. Explosion of firedamp.

MILLARD David - 1868 - 27/11/1868 – Age 20 - Collier. Clandown, Clandown Coal Co., Radstock, Somerset. Gunpowder explosion by which they were so injured died 14th Dec. They were not justified in using powder in coal. It was supplied to them to blast the top. 2 killed.

MILLER Archibald – 1860 – 28/06/1860 – Age 36 - Collier. Radstock Colliery, J.G. Buchanan, Clandown Coal Co., Eastfield, Rutherglen, Lanarkshire. By falling down a ‘blind’ about 6.5 fathoms.

MILLER Cor. - 1864 - 11/01/1864 – Age 25 - Collier. Gadlys, Gadlys Iron Co., Aberdare, Glamorgan. Crushed by trams.

MILLER George - 1869 - 11/03/1869 – Age 23 – Joiner. Choppington, Jobling and Co., Blyth, Northumberland. Falling down sinking shaft.

MILLER James - 1863 - 10/04/1863 – Age 46 - Day Labourer. Haydock, Richard Evans and Co., St. Helens, Lancashire. Fall of roof.

MILLER James - 1863 - 10/12/1863 – Age 35 - Collier. Cwmbran, John Lawrence, Pontypool, Monmouth. A fall of roof brought down some gas which he incautiously fired.

MILLER John - 1864 - 13/05/1864 – Age 10 - Not employed. Kepier, Grange Kepier, Grange Coal Co., Durham. Killed in explosion of boiler. 3 killed.

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

MILLER Thomas - 1862 - 22/11/1862 - Hewer. Walker, NG Lambert and Co., Durham. Explosion of gas 16 killed. Of Bigges Main, single man, the support of his mother, who was dependent upon him.

MILLER Thomas - 1867 - 08/11/1867 – Age 25. 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.

MILLER Walter - 1862 - 17/01/1862 – Age 43 – Stoneman. New Hartley, Messrs. Carrs, Seaton Delaval, Durham. Entombment due to breaking of engine beam. 204 killed. Who left a wife and five children.

MILLER William - 1862 - 17/01/1862 – Age 34 – Stoneman. New Hartley, Messrs. Carrs, Seaton Delaval, Durham. Entombment due to breaking of engine beam. 204 killed. He left a wife and three children and at the time of the first payments from the Relief Fund, one of the children had typhus fever.

MILLERSHIP ? - 1868 - 01/07/1868. Son of owner Millfield T Millership, West Bromwich, Staffordshire. Fall of roof between two slips not previously seen. 2 killed.

MILLERSHIP E. - 1868 - 01/07/1868 – Age 24 - Assistant manager. Millfield, T Millership, West Bromwich, Staffordshire. Fall of roof between two slips not previously seen. 2 killed.

MILLERSHIP George - 1864 - 02/02/1864 – Age 15 - Collier. Wallows, Earl of Dudley, Brierley Hill, Staffordshire. Accidental fall of Coal in thick coal holing drift; occasioned through disobedience to orders.

MILLIGAN Joseph - 1862 - 25/09/1852 - Labourer. Brimelow, Kirkless Hall Coal Co., Gidlow Lane, Wigan, Lancashire. By railway trucks.

MILLIGAN Peter - 1860 - 04/01/1860 – Age 22 - Waggoner. Bonnyton, Merry and Cunningham, Kilmarnock, Ayrshire.  By recklessly attempting to slide down the pit rope (37 fathoms) for the purpose of disengaging the cage in the shaft.

MILLINGTON J. - 1861 - 07/03/1861 – Age 16 - Collier. Hatherton, W.F. Fryer, Walsall, Staffordshire. Fall of rock roof from between 2 slips. The father of deceased was present and had the care of the timber work.

MILLINGTON J. - 1862 - 27/06/1862 – Age 55 - Collier. Havacre, B Gibbons, Bilston, Staffordshire. Fall of a rate (loose Coal) in the new mine.

MILLINGTON William - 1863 - 27/06/1863 – Age 24 - Day Labourer. Haydock, Richard Evans and Co., St. Helens, Lancashire. Fall of roof.

MILLOY James - 1862 - 20/12/1862 - Labourer. Sunnyside, Archibald Russel, Wishaw, Lanarkshire. Fell down pit from surface.

MILLS ? - 1864 - 09/08/1864. Seghill, Laycock and Co., Seghill, Northumberland. Explosion of gas. 6 killed.

MILLS D. - 1868 - 15/01/1868 – Age 14 – Collier Boy. Keeling, W Wythes, West Bromwich, Staffordshire. Fell down shaft.

MILLS Daniel - 1863 - 27/02/1863 – Age 18 - Waggoner. Bent Grange, Thomas Butterworth, Oldham, Lancashire. Roof falling in waggon road.

MILLS E. - 1861 - 24/08/1861 – Age 13 - Horsedriver. Black Waggon, New British Iron Co., Corngreaves, Worcestershire. Fall of timber settings and roof in the gate road of a heathen Coal pit.

MILLS George - 1861 - 11/06/1861 – Age 25 - 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.

MILLS H. - 1860 - 30/08/1860 – Age 35 - Collier. Barrowshaw, Lees and Mayall, Greenacres Moor, Lancashire. Explosion of firedamp. Died 6th. Sept.

MILLS Henry (injured) - 1864 - 09/08/1864 - Shifter. Seghill, Laycock and Co., Seghill, Northumberland. Explosion of gas. 6 killed.

MILLS James - 1862 - 24/05/1862 – Age 61 - Miner. Hanging Chadder, Samuel Wild and Co., Rochdale, Lancashire. Fall of stone from the roof of the Royley mine.

MILLS James - 1864 - 10/10/1864 – Age 14 - Haulier. Big (ironstone), Ebbw Vale Co., Abersychan, Monmouth. Fall of roof over ironstone which so injured him that he died 13th.

MILLS John * - 1864 - 09/09/1864. Seghill, Laycock and Co., Durham. Explosion of gas. 7 killed.

MILLS John - 1866 - 04/05/1866. Garswood Park, David Bromilow and Co., St. Helens, Lancashire. Explosion of firedamp in Little Delph Mine. 13 killed.

MILLS John - 1867 - 24/06/1867 – Age 16 - Boy. Victoria, Hargreaves Ashworth and Co., Baxenden, Lancashire. Falling down the shaft whilst about to go down. The guard at that side had been removed 2 days before for repairs.

MILLS John - 1868 - 22/02/1868 – Age 28 - Collier. Wynnstay, New British Iron Co., Ruabon, Denbigh. Fall of roof.

MILLS N. - 1861 - 12/02/1861 – Age 28 - Pikeman. Dacey Hill, Skelding and Edwards, Kingswinsford, Staffordshire. Fall of Coal in ‘thick coal’ rib and pillar pit.

MILLS Nathan - 1869 - 01/09/1869 - Age 60 – Horsekeeper. Ravenhead, Bromilow Haddock and Co., St. Helens, Lancashire. Injuries received at top of shafts.

MILLS Robert - 1863 - 14/08/1863 – Age 40 - Miner. Chadwick Hall, Roscow and Lord, Rochdale, Lancashire. Explosion of a shot on being rammed.

MILLS S - 1863 - 26/08/1863 – Age 40 – Bondsman. Salt Well, Earl of Dudley, Dudley, Worcestershire. Fell out of skip (in a fit) at the top of the shaft.

MILLS Samuel - 1865 - 18/08/1865 – Age 45 - Deputy. Newton Cap, Newton Cap Coal Co., Auckland, Durham. Fall of stone drawing a board.

MILLS T. - 1861 - 25/11/1861 – Age 20 - Pikeman. Park Lane (ironstone), Thomas Morris, Tipton, Staffordshire. Fell out of skip whilst ascending with 3 others.

MILLS T. - 1865 - 16/02/1865 – Age 19 - Miner. Chesterton (ironstone), Chesterton Co., Newcastle, Staffordshire. Fall of roof.

MILLS Thomas - 1864 - 10/10/1864, Big Pit, Abersychan, Monmouth. Roof fall.

MILLS Thomas - 1868 - 19/03/1868 – Age 30 - Miner. Glodwick, James Collinge and Co., Oldham, Lancashire. Burned by firedamp which he fired on going into old working. He had been in the same place a few hours before and found no gas, but he ought not to have returned without taking a safety lamp to ascertain that the ventilation was being maintained. Died 8th Apr.

MILLWARD R. - 1862 - 01/01/1962 – Age 33 - Loader. Tansey Green, Woodall and Co., Dudley, Worcestershire. Fall of Coal in ‘thick coal’ from a slip in the roof.

MILNE James - 1869 - 18/11/1869 – Age 29 - Collier. Townhill, Townhill Coal Co., Dunfermline Fife. Fall of roof.

MILNER Anthony - 1868 - 22/01/1868 – Age 42 - Miner. Dootson, Vauze Samuel Leather, Blackrod, Lancashire. Roof falling upon him in the drawing road as he was passing with a waggon.

MILNER Hiram - 1867 - 31/05/1867 – Age 51 - Hewer. Washington Bell, Kimpster and Co., Gateshead, Durham. Cage accident. 10 killed. Wife and three children.

MILOT William - 1863 - 25/09/1863 – Age 28 - Day Labourer. Orrell, William Hill, Brancker, Wigan, Lancashire. Fall of roof.

MILWARD Dennis - 1868 - 15/08/1868 – Age 34 - Collier. Cinderhill, Executors of Thomas North, Nottinghamshire. Fell out of cage part way down.

MILWARD H. - 1861 - 04/03/1861 – Age 28 - Miner. Kilburn, John Ray, Belper, Derbyshire. Fall of Coal.

MILWARD James - 1860 - 09/02/1860 – Age 28 - Hewer. Pease’s West, Lucy Pit, Joseph Pease and Co. Darlington, Durham. Fall of stone.

MINOR Edward - 1868 25/02/1868 21 Mechanic Silkstone Pope and Pearson, Leeds, Yorkshire. Scaffold gave way at bottom of shaft.

MINSHALL J. - 1863 - 29/04/1863 – Age 15 - Horsedriver. Four Crosses, T Checkley, Walsall, Staffordshire. Jumped out of the skip whilst ascending onto a stay in the shaft but missed his footing and fell to the bottom of the pit where he was afterwards found a Corpse.

MINTO Joseph - 1863 - 24/09/1863 – Age 40 - Deputy. Lumley, Earl of Durham, Chester-Le-Street, Durham. Fall of stone.

MINTON John - 1864 - 18/04/1864 – Age 16 - Collier. Llynvi Valley, Llynvi Vale Iron Co., Bridgend, Glamorgan. Explosion of gas.

MIRFIN Henry - 1865 - 09/03/1865. Fence, Fence Coal Co., Rotherham, Yorkshire. Fall of Coal in mine.

MIRFIN William - 1862 - 02/12/1862. Orgreave, Richard Sorby, Sheffield, Yorkshire. Fall of Coal in mine.

MISKELL ? - 1864 - 20/06/1864 – Age 42 - Collier. Clay Cross, William Jackson M.P., and Co., Chesterfield, Derbyshire. Fall of roof.

MITCHEL James - 1869 - 03/07/1869 – Age 40- Roadsman. Alloa Colliery, Alloa Coal Co., Alloa, Clackmannan. Fall of stone while repairing road.

MITCHEL John - 1862 - 18/06/1862 - Collier. Kennet (ironstone), Thomas Greer, Alloa, Clackmannan Fall of ironstone.

MITCHEL Samuel - 1866 - 24/03/1866 – Age 14 - Horsedriver. Ruabon, Ruabon Coal Co., Ruabon, Denbigh. Crushed between side of road and the full tubs.

MITCHEL W - 1869 - 25/08/1869 – Age 15 - Collier. Newbattle, Marquis of Lothian, Dalkeith, Mid Lothian. Ran on to cage while it was in motion and was crushed by it.

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

MITCHELL Charles - 1868 - 29/10/1868 – Age 13 – Ponyputter. West Stanley, D Burn, Gateshead, Durham. Crushed between tub and roof.

MITCHELL Frank - 1869 - 11/09/1869 – Age 13 - Driver. Car House, Rhodes and Harvey, Rotherham, Yorkshire. Fall of Coal.

MITCHELL Henry - 1867 - 09/02/1867 – Age 14 - Boy. Portland, Butterley Iron Co., Alfreton, Derbyshire. Fell from carriage descending shaft.

MITCHELL Henry - 1868 - 16/10/1868 – Age 20 - Collier. No.9 Ebbw Vale Co. Ltd., Ebbw Vale, Monmouth. Fall of bell mould from roof.

MITCHELL James - 1860 - 14/10/1860 – Age 40. Bowdon Close, J. Pease and Co., Darlington, Durham. Stepping over a chain and thrown down.

MITCHELL John - 1869 - 25/02/1869 – Age 63 - Collier. Highland Park, Brown and Rennie, Kilsyth, Stirling. Fall of Coal at face.

MITCHELL Jonathan - 1864 - 26/07/1864. Park Gate, Earl Fitzwilliam, Rotherham, Yorkshire. Fall of Coal in the mine.

MITCHELL Thomas - 1866 - 26/10/1866 – Age 43 - Collier. Sheepbridge, Sheepbridge Iron and Coal Co., Chesterfield, Derbyshire. Fall of roof.

MITCHELL William - 1868 - 06/04/1868 – Age 14 – Ponyputter. North Hetton, North Hetton Coal Co., Fence Houses, Durham. Crushed between tubs and roof.

MITCHESON, John - 1862 - 22/11/1862 - Hewer. Walker, NG Lambert and Co., Durham. Explosion of gas 16 killed.

MITCHINSON, Thomas - 1860 - 20/12/1860 – Age 61 - Shifter. 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.

MITFORD George (survivor) - 1862 - 22/11/1862 – Stonemason. Walker, NG Lambert and Co., Durham. Explosion of gas 16 killed.

MITFORD George - 1862 - 22/11/1862 - Wood Leader. Walker, NG Lambert and Co., Durham. Explosion of gas 16 killed.

MITTON John - 1869 - 07/09/1869 – Age 37 - Sinker. Downall Green, Thomas Stone and Son, Ashton-in-Makerfield, Lancashire. Falling into pit at top.

MOAT Thomas - 1865 - 04/02/1865 – Age 44 - Bandsman. Goscote Hall, GB Cale and Co., Walsall, Staffordshire. Fall of roof rock in bottom coal caused by two slips not previously seen.

MOAT Thomas - 1869 - 27/05/1869 – Age 18 - Haulier. Morfa, Vivian and Sons, Taibach, Glamorgan. Killed by trams on engine plane.

MOBBERLEY Edward - 1860 - 17/03/1860 – Age 26 - Pikeman. Hawne, Matthews and Bagnall, Halesowen, Worcestershire. Fall of thick coal in a side of work.

MOCHEN Thomas - 1867 - 16/10/1867 – Age 21 - Collier. Gunnie No.1, William Baird and Co., Coatbridge, Lanarkshire. Fall of roof at face.

MOLE A. - 1861 - 23/05/1861 – Age 14 - Miner. Harcourt, Robert Jones, Bridgnorth, Shropshire. Fall of roof whilst removing timber.

MOLE D. - 1861 - 28/10/1861 – Age 17 - Collier. Tividale, Earl of Dudley, Tipton, Staffordshire. Explosion of firedamp 13th. Died this day.

MOLE David - 1863 - 06/03/1863 – Age 31 - Hewer. Coxlodge Colliery, Coxlodge, Northumberland. Explosion of gas. 26 killed. Of Cawsey End left a wife and 2 children.

MOLLINEAUX Richard - 1860 - 25/02/1860 - Enginewright. Strangeways Hall, Strangeways Hall Coal Co., Wigan, Lancashire. Injured when the pumping engine started whilst he was making some repairs.

MOLYNEAU Edward - 1869 - 21/07/1869 – Age 11 - Pony driver. Queen Colliery, Richard Evans and Sons, Haydock, St. Helens, Lancashire. Explosion of gas. 59 killed.

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

MOLYNEAU Thomas - 1869 - 21/07/1869 – Age 50 - Collier. Queen Colliery, Richard Evans and Sons, Haydock, St. Helens, Lancashire. Explosion of gas. 59 killed.

MOLYNEAUX John - 1865 - 18/03/1865 – Age 25 - Collier. Peasley Cross, Bournes and Robinson, St. Helens, Lancashire. Explosion of gas.

MOLYNEAUX John - 1866 - 23/01/1866 – Age 18 - Drawer. Park Lane, Mercer and Evans, Wigan, Lancashire. Explosion of gas. 30 killed.

MOLYNEAUX Jonathan - 1869 - 29/06/1869 – Age 14 - Collier. Lindsay, Wigan Coal and Iron Co., Wigan, Lancashire. Crushed between tubs below ground.

MOLYNEAUX William - 1867 - 08/02/1867 – Age 26 - Miner. How Bridge 6 Feet, John Fletcher and others, Atherton, Lancashire. Coal which he was working falling on him. He had one sprag set and was putting another in.

MOLYNEUX James - 1869 - 27/12/1869 - Drawer. California, Wigan Coal and Iron Co., Wigan, Lancashire. Run over by tubs running down engine plane. 2 killed.

MOLYNEUX Peter - 1866 - 04/05/1866 - Age 28. Garswood Park, David Bromilow and Co., St. Helens, Lancashire. Explosion of firedamp in Little Delph Mine. 13 killed.

MONACHAN Patrick - 1861 - 06/03/1861 – Age 27 - Miner. Dixon (ironstone), William Baird and Co., Cumnock, Ayrshire.  Fall of ironstone.

MONKLEY Thomas - 1869 - 18/02/1869 – Age 41 - Collier. Tredegar Colliery, Tredegar Iron Co., Tredegar Monmouth. Fall of roof in yard Coal No.6 pit brought about by unperceived joint.

MONKS Henry - 1868 - 18/04/1868 – Age 11 - Boy. Renishaw Park, J and G Wells, Chesterfield, Derbyshire. Run over by railway truck.

MONTAGU B. - 1868 - 17/03/1868 – Age 13 - Drawer. Darngavil No.5, Patrick Rankin, Airdrie, Lanarkshire. He worked with his father and brother and was passing along the face when the roof fell on him. Seam 3ft roof sandstone.

MONTAGU R. - 1868 - 12/03/1868 – Age 31 - Collier. Carnbroe No.8, Merry and Cunninghame, Holytown, Lanarkshire. He was under holing the lower leaf of a 3ft Coal under 3ft of upper leaf which fell on him. He lived 3 days after.

MONWAY J. - 1864 - 11/09/1864 – Age 32 - Bandsman. Willingsworth, J and H Haines, Bilston, Staffordshire. Explosion of firedamp. Injured 7th. Died this day.

MOODY James - 1869 - 29/12/1869 – Age 18 - Putter. West Cramlington, Maude Taylor and Co., Newcastle, Northumberland. Fall of stone. 2 killed.

MOON Alfred - 1862 - 14/08/1862 – Age 40 - Collier. Ancient, Old Welton Coal Co., Old Welton, Somerset. Went down to see about an archway and was suffocated by carbonic acid gas.

MOONEY Patrick - 1863 - 15/10/1863 – Age 15 - Pony driver. Drumpeller No.9, Trustees of the late John Wilson, Coatbridge, Lanarkshire. Fall of stones at the face.

MOOR A - 1867 - 10/12/1867 – Age 40 - Deputy. Cotterill’s Farm, Darlaston Steel and Iron Co., Tipton, Staffordshire. Fall of Coal which knocked out timber settings brought about by reducing pillar. Thick coal pit.

MOOR Frederick - 1865 - 13/02/1865 – Age 13 - Haulier. Pentyrch, TW Booker and Co., Cardiff, Glamorgan. Fell off stage.

MOOR James - 1869 - 03/07/1869 – Age 23 - Hewer. Newton Cap, Newton Cap Coal Co., Darlington, Durham. Fall of stone.

MOOR Richard - 1869 - 26/05/1869 – Age 39 - Deputy. White Lea, Bolckow Vaughan and Co., Darlington, Durham. Crushed by fall of timber. 2 killed.

MOOR Thomas - 1863 - 10/07/1863 – Age 11 – Coupler. Charlaw Colliery, W Hunter and Co., Durham. Crushed by tubs.

MOORCRAFT J. - 1866 - 26/01/1866 – Age 20 - Sinker. Shelton, Earl Granville, Hanley, Staffordshire. Dip chain broke.

MOORE B. - 1864 - 11/03/1864 – Age 21 - Pikeman. Bromfield, WH Dawes, West Bromwich, Staffordshire. Fall of Coal in thick coal cause by a sudden subsidence of the super incumbent strata.

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

MOORE James - 1862 - 15/02/1862 – Age 15. Bwllfa, Ebenezer Lewis, Aberdare, Glamorgan. Crushed by trams and falls.

MOORE James - 1866 - 05/09/1866 – Age 36 - Miner. Cadder No.9 (ironstone), Carron Iron Co., Bishop Briggs, Lanarkshire. Explosion of firedamp.

MOORE James - 1867 - 15/08/1867 – Age 35 - Collier. Henwaun, Levick and Simpson, Blaina, Monmouth. Killed by fall of shale from roof.

MOORE John - 1862 - 22/11/1862 - Hewer. Walker, NG Lambert and Co., Durham. Explosion of gas 16 killed. Of Bigges Main, married.

MOORE Jonathan - 1868 - 02/01/1868 – Age 14 - Boy. Shipley, EM Mundey, Ilkeston, Derbyshire. Run over on incline.

MOORE Joseph - 1862 - 30/10/1862 – Age 55 - Miner. Willey Lane, Barber Walker and Co., Nottinghamshire. Fall of roof.

MOORE Patrick - 1869 - 14/04/1869 – Age 20 - Collier. Shotts (ironstone), Shotts Iron Co., Shotts, Lanarkshire. Fall of roof.

MOORE Robert - 1869 - 20/09/1869 – Age 22 - Engineer. New Watergate and Peel Hall, James and William, Roscoe, Little Hulton, Lancashire. Caught by the Cog wheels which he was oiling when the engine was in motion.

MOORE T. - 1860 - 20/12/1860 – Age 39 – Butty. Park Hall, Kimberley and Mason, Oldbury, Worcestershire. Fall of roof (in a thick coal rib and pillar pit) the skip accidently knocked out the timber settings at the end of gate road.

MOORE Thomas - 1865 - 15/03/1865 - Collier. Wall Hey, Earl of Crawford and Balcarres, Aspull, Wigan, Lancashire. Fall of roof in the Linsay mine.

MOORE Thomas - 1867 - 02/04/1867 – Age 19 - Collier. Hawkesworth, James Darlington, Bedworth, Warwick. Fell out of cage.

MOORE Thomas - 1867 - 24/10/1867 – Age 47 - Banksman. Poole Dole, William Hulse, Fenton, Staffordshire. Fell down shaft.

MOORE William - 1866 - 20/06/1866 – Age 36 - Miner. Newbury, Westbury Iron Co. Ltd., Somerset. Sudden rush of broken stones and rubbish in one of a pair of close together pits which they were employed to clear out. 2 killed.

MOORE William - 1867 - 26/03/1867 – Age 31 - Collier. Holly Greave Colliery, John Slater and Co., Longton, Staffordshire. Fall of roof.

MOORE William - 1869 - 21/07/1869 – Age 45 - Collier. Queen Colliery, Richard Evans and Sons, Haydock, St. Helens, Lancashire. Explosion of gas. 59 killed.

MORAL George - 1864 - 23/12/1864 – Age 37 - Miner. No.5 (ironstone), J and C Bailey, Beaufort, Monmouth. Killed by a fall of roof whilst holing in the red vein mine. There was a dangerous slant in the measurers and although he was aware of it he had not time to get away when the fall came.

MORDUE Matthew - 1860 - 02/03/1860. Burradon Colliery, Burradon, Durham. Explosion of gas. 76 killed. Single.

MORDUE William - 1862 - 16/05/1862 – Age 14 - Token Keeper. Murton South, South Hetton Coal Co., Seaham Durham. Crushed by surface waggons on branches.

MORDY William - 1867 - 26/07/1867 – Age 15 - Taker-off. Black Park, John Stott Milne, Chirk, Flint. Run over by a full tub at the bottom of the jib brow.

MORELAND Thomas - 1863 - 09/10/1863. Seaton Colliery, Marchioness of Londonderry, Seaham, Durham. Crushed by rope wheel on branches.

MORETON John - 1865 - 10/10/1865 – Age 41 – Dayman. Oak Colliery, Chamber Colliery Co., Hollinwood, Lancashire. Hit on the head by a windlass handle.

MORGAN Alexander - 1867 - 05/03/1867 – Age 55 - Engineman. Wemyss Colliery, Wemyss’ Trustees, Kirkcaldy Fife. He was in the shaft watching the start of a new pumping engine when owing to a defective casting about 300 feet of the new pipes in the shaft fell down and some struck him.

MORGAN Andrew - 1862 - 16/01/1862 – Age 44 – Stoneman. New Hartley, Messrs. Carrs, Hartley, Durham. Entombment due to the breaking of an engine beam which fell down the single shaft. 204 killed.

MORGAN Andrew - 1862 - 17/01/1862 – Age 44. New Hartley, Messrs. Carrs, Seaton Delaval, Durham. Entombment due to breaking of engine beam. 204 killed. He was a widower with a daughter who went to live with her married sister in Fence Houses.

MORGAN Benjamin - 1862 - 21/01/1862. Twmpath, Coal level, Monmouth. Roof fall.

MORGAN Benjamin - 1862 - 24/01/1862 – Age 28 - Collier. Balance, Darby and Co., Pontypool, Monmouth. Roof over old coal fell on him whilst turning a stall. A concealed joint and the concussion of the tools caused the fall.

MORGAN Charles - 1869 - 30/10/1869 – Age 22 - Collier. Balquhatstone, John Watson, Slamannan, Stirling. Fall off rope which he was attempting to slide down.

MORGAN D - 1864 - 30/07/1864 - Collier. Bloxwich Colliery, Bloxwich, Colliery Co., Bloxwich, Staffordshire. Explosion of firedamp on the 23rd. Died this day.

MORGAN D. - 1867 08/05/1867 48 - Pikeman. Capponfield Chillington Co., Bilston, Staffordshire. Accidental fall of Coal in mine.

MORGAN D. - 1867 27/03/1867 15 Pitcher Moat, Moat Colliery Co., Tipton, Staffordshire. Explosion of firedamp 17th Jan. Died this day.

MORGAN Daniel - 1861 06/03/1861 60 - Collier. Bryn Gwyn Neville and Co., Llanelly, Carmarthen. Fall of roof.

MORGAN Daniel - 1861 08/03/1861 60 - Collier. Blaengwawr David Davies, Llanelly, Carmarthen. Explosion of gas in the workings with naked lights. Inspector had given the owner notice of the necessity of working exclusively with locked safety lamps. 13 killed.

MORGAN Daniel - 1865 24/02/1865 22 - Haulier. Top Hill, WS Cartwright, Gelligaer, Glamorgan. Fell under trams.

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

MORGAN David - 1864 - 10/06/1864 – Age 24 - Miner. No.1 (ironstone), Levick and Simpson, Blaina, Monmouth. Fell out of the carriage and was killed. It was stated that this accident occurred on a mine not worked in connection with coal but I have thought it my duty to record all accidents occurring in the ironstone mines of the coal measures whether they be high up or low down in the series.

MORGAN David - 1865 - 04/06/1865 – Age 7 - Not employed. Aberaman, C Bailey MP, Aberdare, Glamorgan. Got entangled in machinery.

MORGAN E - 1867 - 06/11/1867 - Collier. Berry Hill, William Bowers, Hanley, Staffordshire. Explosion of firedamp. 3 killed.

MORGAN Edmund - 1865 - 16/06/1865 – Age 12. Tredegar Colliery, Tredegar Iron Co., Tredegar, Monmouth. Explosion of carburetted hydrogen gas in the Bedwellty new Colliery. Part of a cross heading had been permitted to fill with firedamp to the extent of between 50 and 60 yards lengthways and was thus allowed to remain for a certain number of days notwithstanding that people occasionally passed and repassed one mouthing of the heading and a lesser one called the ‘Cross hole’. I remark that the Colliers should have been taken from their work and the gas safely dislodged. 26 killed.

MORGAN Edward - 1863 - 04/09/1863 – Age 22 - Collier. Abernant Colliery, Aberdare Iron Co., Aberdare, Glamorgan. Fall of roof (9 feet Coal).

MORGAN Edward - 1865 - 03/01/1865 – Age 35 - Shifter. New Tredegar, George Elliott and Co., Tredegar, Monmouth. Sudden fall of stone from roof.

MORGAN Edwin - 1866 - 14/11/1866 – Age 12 – Trapper. New Tredegar, George Elliott and Co., Tredegar, Monmouth. Killed by fall of stone and rubbish whilst going round with the haulier. The inspector objected to this practice.

MORGAN Evan - 1863 - 07/03/1863 – Age 23 - Collier. Navigation Colliery, Nixon Taylor and Co., Aberdare, Glamorgan. Explosion of gas. (Locked lamp Colliery) 2 killed.

MORGAN Evan - 1863 - 17/10/1863. Morfa Colliery, Vivian and Sons, Port Talbot, Glamorgan. Explosion, of gas. 39 killed.

MORGAN Evan - 1865 - 09/12/1865 – Age 10 - Collier. Bwllfa Colliery, Bwllfa Coal Co., Aberdare, Glamorgan. Fall of stone. He was able to read and write.

MORGAN George - 1860 - 06/11/1860 – Age 11 - Door Boy. Lower Duffryn, Thomas Powell and Sons, Aberdare, Glamorgan. Explosion of gas (9 feet vein) 12 killed.

MORGAN Griffith - 1865 - 20/12/1865 – Age 42 - Collier. Cethin Cyfarthfa Colliery, William Crawshay, Merthyr Tydfil, Glamorgan. Explosion of gas. Verdict of manslaughter against Colliery manager Mr. John Moody and his assistant Mr. William Davies. 34 killed.

MORGAN Griffiths - 1865 - 11/02/1865 – Age 15 - Haulier. Dynevor, Dynevor Coal Co., Neath, Glamorgan. Run over by trams.

MORGAN Griffiths - 1867 - 27/06/1867 – Age 27 - Collier. Craig Cwm, Executors of the late J Strick, Clydach, Glamorgan. Killed by fall of stone.

MORGAN H. - 1864 - 21/01/1864 – Age 36 - Miner. Shelton (ironstone), Earl Granville, Shelton, Staffordshire. Premature explosion of shot.

MORGAN Henry - 1869 - 11/11/1869 – Age 52 – Wasteman. New Bedwellty, Tredegar Iron Co., Tredegar, Monmouth. Fall of stone in rippings.

MORGAN Hez. - 1865 - 22/02/1865 – Age 54 - Labourer. Dowlais, Guest and Co., Dowlais, Glamorgan. Fall of stone from roof.

MORGAN J. - 1864 - 02/07/1864 – Age 19 - Pikeman. Moat Colliery, JU Fellows, Pelsall, Staffordshire. Fall of Coal in thin mine. Had neglected to sprag the Coal whilst holing.

MORGAN J. - 1866 - 05/03/1866 – Age 22 - Bandsman. Deepfields, Earl of Dudley, Bilston, Staffordshire. Fall of coal in thick coal. No timber used.

MORGAN James - 1860 - 17/03/1860 – Age 35 - Collier. Moreton Colliery, Moreton Coal Co., Tenby, Pembroke. Fall of Coal from roof.

MORGAN James - 1863 - 10/01/1863 - Collier. Ynistin Colliery, Shepherd and Evans, Rhondda, Glamorgan. Fall of roof.

MORGAN James - 1864 - 29/07/1864 – Age 40 - Collier. Coats No.3, William Baird and Co., Coatbridge, Lanarkshire. Explosion of firedamp.

MORGAN James - 1869 - 10/06/1869 – Age 34. Ferndale, David Davies and Sons, Pontypridd, Glamorgan. Explosion of gas from a blower. 53 killed.

MORGAN James - 1869 - 21/07/1869 – Age 25 – Tunneller. Queen Colliery, Richard Evans and Sons, Haydock, St. Helens, Lancashire. Explosion of gas. 59 killed.