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RICHARDS Joseph - 1868 - 16/09/1868 – Age 19 - Collier. Mostyn, Mostyn Coal Co., Holywell, Flint. Fall of Coal.

RICHARDS Philip - 1863 - 28/07/1863 – Age 20 - Collier. Birchgrove, William Pegg and Co., Swansea, Glamorgan. Fall of roof (Graig old vein).

RICHARDS Richard - 1864 - 19/09/1864 – Age 49 - Collier. Abercwmboi, David Davies, Aberdare, Glamorgan. Fall of Coal.

RICHARDS T - 1868 - 13/05/1868 – Age 20 - Collier. Carnarvon, Techon Coal Co., Loughor, Glamorgan. Killed by suffocation the products of a gas explosion. 4 killed.

RICHARDS T - 1868 - 16/09/1868 – Age 40 - Collier. Pwllfaron, Neath, Abbey Coal Co., Glyn Neath, Glamorgan. Killed by fall of Coal.

RICHARDS T. - 1868 - 26/05/1868 – Age 58 - Collier. Llynvi Colliery, Llynvi Iron Co., Bridgend, Glamorgan. Killed by fall of roof.

RICHARDS TA - 1867 - 08/11/1867 – Age 22. 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.

RICHARDS Thomas - 1860 - 14/02/1860 – Age 16 - Driver. Brereton & Hayes, Earl of Shrewsbury, Rugeley, Staffordshire. Fall of rock over No.13 Coal.

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

RICHARDS Thomas - 1865 - 16/05/1865 – Age 23 - Collier. Tondu, J Brogden and Sons, Bridgend, Glamorgan. Fall of Coal.

RICHARDS Thomas - 1865 - 16/06/1865 – Age 16. 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.

RICHARDS Thomas - 1868 - 15/05/1868 – Age 40. Cannock Chase, Cannock Chase Colliery Co., Lichfield, Staffordshire. Whilst descending the wire rope snapped. 6 killed.

RICHARDS Thomas - 1868 - 22/08/1868 – Age 51. Lander, Glinea Sims Willyams Neville and Co., Llanelly, Carmarthen. Killed by falling down shaft.

RICHARDS W - 1866 - 28/09/1866 – Age 19 - Collier. Abernant, Fothergill and Co., Aberdare, Glamorgan. Fall of Coal.

RICHARDS W - 1867 - 20/09/1867 – Age 41 - Collier. Tywith, Brogden and Sons, Ogmore, Glamorgan. Killed by fall of stone.

RICHARDS W. - 1860 - 03/12/1860 – Age 16 - Driver. Madeley Wood, John Anstice and Co., Ironbridge, Shropshire. Run over on waggon road.

RICHARDS William - 1861 - 23/09/1861 – Age 16 - Collier. Gadlys Colliery, Thomas Wayne and Co., Aberdare, Glamorgan. Fall of Coal (4 feet Coal).

RICHARDS William - 1862 - 19/02/1862 – Age 42. Cethin, William Crawshay, Merthyr, Glamorgan. Explosion of gas. 47 killed.

RICHARDS William - 1863 - 02/06/1863 – Age 53 - Collier. Rock Vein, Machen Coal Co., Machen, Monmouth. Fall of Coal after holing. He had removed the sprags to bring the Coal down but it came before he expected it and killed him.

RICHARDS William - 1863 - 15/09/1863 – Age 22 - Collier. Merthyr, Dare Rhys and Co., Aberdare, Glamorgan. Fall of roof (6 feet).

RICHARDSON, Alexander - 1862 - 17/01/1862 – Age 22. New Hartley, Messrs. Carrs, Seaton, Delaval, Durham. Entombment due to breaking of engine beam. 204 killed. Left a wife.

RICHARDSON, George - 1862 - 20/06/1862 – Age 21 - Hewer. Cassop, RP Philipson, Cassop, Durham. Killed by a rope sheave on surface railway.

RICHARDSON, George - 1865 - 03/06/1865 – Age 32 – Stoneman. Evenwood, Robert Armstrong and Co., Cockfield, Durham. Crushed by cage at bottom of shaft.

RICHARDSON, James - 1860 - 29/06/1860 – Age 13 - Waggon Boy. Binchester, R.W. Jackson, Auckland, Durham. Run over by a Coal waggon.

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

RICHARDSON, John - 1862 27/12/1862 – Age 15 – Horsekeeper. Thornley, Thornley Coal Co., Thornley, Durham. Scalded by water from underground boiler.

RICHARDSON, John - 1863 - 30/09/1863 – Age 34 - Onsetter. Adelaide, Joseph Pease and Co., Auckland, Durham. Killed by falling part way down the shaft by cages getting out of guides while ascending. 4 killed.

RICHARDSON, John - 1866 - 31/10/1866 – Age 52 - Hewer. Pelton, Lord Dunsay and Partners, Chester-le-Street, Durham. Killed by an explosion of firedamp in the Busty Bank Seam. 24 killed. Wife and two children Of New Cottages.

RICHARDSON, Joseph - 1864 - 28/03/1864 - Collier. Burnedge, LE Hall, Stockport, Cheshire. Fall of roof.

RICHARDSON, Robert - 1861 - 15/04/1861 – Age 21 - Collier. Abercorn, Merry and Cunningham, Paisley, Renfrew. Fall of roof.

RICHARDSON, Robert - 1862 - 06/02/1862 – Age 21 - Collier. Stonelaw No.1, JR Reid, Rutherglen, Lanarkshire. Fall of roof.

RICHARDSON, Thomas - 1861 - 06/02/1861 – Age 48 - Shifter. West Auckland, Black Boy, Bolckow and Vaughn, Auckland, Durham. Fall of stone.

RICHARDSON, Thomas - 1862 - 30/10/1862 – Age 37 - Sinker. South Durham, Smithson, Bishop Auckland, Durham. Fell down sinking pit off a cradle upset by water tub.

RICHARDSON, William - 1860 - 20/12/1860 – Age 60 - 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.

RICHARDSON, William - 1866 - 06/11/1866 – Age 20 - Hewer. South Durham, Smithson and Co., Auckland, Durham. Falling into sump.

RICHMOND John - 1864 - 04/06/1864 – Age 42 – Oversman. Fergushill No.19, Archibald Finnie, Kilwinning, Ayrshire.  Fall of roof (in air course).

RIDER Patrick - 1863 - 06/06/1863 - Sinker. Polkemmet (ironstone), Shotts Iron Co., Bathgate, Lanarkshire. The kettle catched iron bunttons while ascending in a sinking pit and he was pitched our and fell to the pit bottom.

RIDGE Charles - 1869 - 16/04/1869 – Age 22 - Collier. Brightside, Pitsmoor Coal Co., Rotherham, Yorkshire. Fall of roof.

RIDGEWAY James - 1867 - 18/12/1867 25 - Collier. Nailstone, J Ellis Nailstone, Leicestershire. Fall of roof.

RIDGWAY Samuel - 1861 - 07/03/1861 - Boy. Eastfield, Messrs. Jawett, Sheffield, Yorkshire. Fall of stone in the shaft.

RIDING John - 1861 - 14/11/1861 – Age 48 - Collier. Haigh, Earl of Crawford and Balcarres, Wigan, Lancashire. Fall of roof.

RIDINGS G. - 1860 - 05/12/1860 – Age 14 - Drawer. Lord’s Moss Field, Bridgewater Trust, Farnworth, Lancashire. Explosion of firedamp, died 11th.

RIDINGS William - 1861 - 01/11/1861 – Age 45 - Labourer. Shevington, John Tayleur and Son, Wigan, Lancashire. Explosion of gas. 13 killed.

RIDLEY Hugh - 1863 - 09/02/1863 – Age 13 – Wailer. Shildon Lodge, Bolckow and Vaughan, Auckland, Durham. Crushed by waggons near pit.

RIDLEY John - 1869 - 14/01/1869 – Age 64 - Shifter. Springwell, J Bowes and Partners, Gateshead, Durham. Head caught between tub and roof.

RIDYARD William - 1869 - 15/11/1869 - Jigger. Low Hall, Moss Hall Coal Co., Wigan, Lancashire. Explosion of gas. 27 killed.

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

RIGBY Edward - 1863 - 06/03/1863 – Age 34 - Collier. Rose Bridge, Case and Morris, Ince, Wigan, Lancashire. Fall of roof.

RIGBY J. - 1862 - 27/01/1862 - Collier. Woodhouse, Lilleshall Co., Wellington, Shropshire. Explosion of firedamp.

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

RIGBY James - 1866 - 22/01/1866 - Collier. Pentre Season, Pentre season Coal Co., Wrexham, Wrexham, The rope slipped off the drum as he was coming up the pit.

RIGBY James - 1867 - 29/08/1867 – Age 31 - Collier. Pemberton, John Blundell, Wigan, Lancashire. Fall of roof.

RIGBY Joseph - 1860 - 26/02/1860 – Age 34 - Loader. New Mine, Parker and Halford, Wednesbury, Staffordshire. Coming up he fell out of the skip when close to the surface.

RIGBY Seth - 1869 - 24/03/1869 – Age 16 – Stoker. Blainscough Hall, James Darlington, Coppull, Lancashire. Falling down No.1 shaft. It appeared that he overbalanced as he was leaning over to loosen a clack which had stuck in the water pipe.

RIGBY Thomas - 1862 - 08/11/1862 – Age 16 - Drawer. Ravehead, Bromilow Haddock and Co., St. Helens, Lancashire. Fall of roof.

RIGBY Thomas - 1865 - 24/05/1865 – Age 20 - Miner. Heyfield, James Diggle, Westleigh, Lancashire. Coal falling in the 6-feet mine. The Coal would not come down as he expected and he recommenced holing without resetting sprags.

RIGBY Thomas - 1866 - 08/02/1866 – Age 42 - Collier. Hindley Green, John Scowcroft and Co. Ltd., Wigan, Lancashire. Explosion of gunpowder.

RIGBY Thomas - 1866 - 09/02/1866 – Age 24 - Drawer. Berry Street, John Houghton, Skelmersdale, Ormskirk, Lancashire. Fall of Coal.

RIGBY Thomas - 1868 - 16/10/1868 – Age 52 - Sinker. Upholland, Dillons Brook Coal Co., Wigan, Lancashire. A drill falling on him from the tub while it was being lowered from the top.

RIGBY William - 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.

RIGBY William - 1865 - 27/06/1865 – Age 13 - Drawer. Tawd Vale, Tawd Vale Colliery Co., Ormskirk, Lancashire. Explosion of firedamp in main coal. 3 killed.

RIGG Thomas - 1861 - 15/03/1861. Howley Park, Haigh and Co., Leeds, Yorkshire. Fall of roof in the mine.

RIGGINS Barney - 1865 - 03/11/1865 – Age 45 – Bottomer. Netherhouse, John Young, Baillieston, Lanarkshire. By falling down the shaft from the main to the splint coal.

RIGLEY Isaac - 1862 - 17/11/1862 – Age 52 - Miner. Langley, Butterley Co., Heanor, Derbyshire. Explosion of gunpowder.

RIGLEY William - 1862 - 04/09/1862 – Age 34 - Miner. Langley, Butterley Co., Heanor, Derbyshire. Fall of roof.

RILEY Ezra - 1866 - 15/05/1866 – Age 9 - Jinney tender. Cornfield, Executors of J Hargreaves, Padiham, Lancashire. Caught between waggons at the first angle on the jinney of chain road to Padiham.

RILEY George - 1866 - 05/07/1866 – Age 11 - Boy. West Hallam (ironstone), H and B Whitehouse, Ilkeston, Derbyshire. Fell into shaft 10 yards in depth.

RILEY Hugh - 1862 - 16/01/1862 – Age 30. New Hartley, Messrs. Carrs, Hartley, Durham. Entombment due to the breaking of an engine beam which fell down the single shaft. 204 killed.

RILEY Hugh - 1862 - 17/01/1862 – Age 30. New Hartley, Messrs. Carrs, Seaton Delaval, Durham. Entombment due to breaking of engine beam. 204 killed. Left a wife and two children.

RILEY James - 1862 - 26/08/1862 – Age 21 - Loader. Granby, Butterley Coal Co., Ilkeston, Derbyshire. Fall of roof.

RILEY John - 1866 - 09/01/1866 – Age 19 - Miner. Kingley Fold, Knowles and Stott, Stoneclough, Lancashire. Roof falling in Cannel mine.

RILEY John - 1867 - 11/07/1867 – Age 30 - Collier. Swaithe Main, J Mitchell and Co., Barnsley, Yorkshire. Caught by cage.

RILEY Joseph - 1867 - 12/07/1867 – Age 40 - Collier. Ripley, Butterley Iron Co., Ripley, Derbyshire. Fall of roof.

RILEY Martin - 1865 - 03/06/1865 – Age 23 - Hewer. Willington, Strakers and Love, Ferry Hill, Durham. By winding rope breaking in descending.

RILEY Peter - 1867 - 02/09/1867 – Age 29 - Hewer. Felling, G Elliot and Co., Gateshead, Durham. Fell out of cage.

RILEY Robert - 1865 - 30/06/1865 – Age 29 - Miner. Baxenden, Hargreaves Ashworth and Co., Accrington, Lancashire. Roof falling on him whilst striking out his props in the Victoria, pit.

RILEY T. - 1862 - 14/05/1862 – Age 15 - Loader. Bunkers Hill, Rigby and Co., Newcastle, Staffordshire. Fall of Coal.

RILEY T. - 1862 - 28/06/1862 – Age 15 - Loader. Clough Hall, Executors of the late T Kynnwesley, Newcastle, Staffordshire. Dip chain broke.

RILEY T. - 1867 - 09/03/1867 – Age 16 - Miner. Bescot (ironstone), Darlaston steel and Iron Co., Wednesbury, Staffordshire. Accidental fall of roof from Blue Flat workings.

RILEY Thomas (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 12th. A 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).

RIMMER John - 1863 - 19/06/1863 – Age 15 - Drawer. Amberswood, Jonathan Blundell and Sons, Ince, Wigan, Lancashire. Fall of roof.

RIMMER William - 1864 - 20/02/1864 – Age 14 - Drawer. Halsnead, Daniel Willis, Prescot, Lancashire. Fall of Coal from top of the pit.

RIMNER Elias - 1866 - 03/03/1866 - Labourer. Holme House, Ralph Rimner, Wigan, Lancashire. A brick wall round the pit bank fell on him.

RITCHIE A. - 1867 - 17/12/1867 – Age 23 - Labourer. Prestongrange, Sir George Suttie, Tranent, East Lothian. The Engineman left his engine while the deceased was adjusting a hutch on the cage 10 feet below the surface and it crept and squeezed him to death against the beams. Neglect of Engineman.

RITSON, James - 1863 - 30/09/1863 – Age 35 - Deputy. Adelaide, Joseph Pease and Co., Auckland, Durham. Killed by falling part way down the shaft by cages getting out of guides while ascending. 4 killed.

RITSON, Thomas - 1868 - 08/10/1868 – Age 45 - Hewer. Gilcrux, Gilcrux Coal Co., Maryport, Cumberland. Fall of stone.

RIXON John - 1866 - 14/06/1866 – Age 27. Dukinfield, FDP Astley, Ashton-under-Lyne Cheshire. Explosion of firedamp. 38 killed.

ROACH J. - 1862 - 03/08/1862 – Age 41 - Pikeman. Fox Yards, Creswell and Sons, Tipton, Staffordshire. Accidental fall of Coal in a thick coal rib and pillar pit in working out a pillar. Injured 31st July. Died this day.

ROACH John - 1861 - 04/12/1861 – Age 15 - Coke ovens. Hedley Hope, J. Pease and Co., Crook, Durham. Crushed by surface waggons.

ROACH John - 1865 - 07/01/1865 – Age 30 - Miner. Clay Cross, William Jackson and Co., Chesterfield, Derbyshire. Fall of stone.

ROACH Nathaniel - 1867 - 08/11/1867 – Age 33. 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.

ROACH William - 1866 - 29/10/1866 – Age 34 - Collier. Ebbw Vale Colliery, Ebbw Vale Co. Ltd., Ebbw Vale, Monmouth. Burned by an explosion, of firedamp in Vydylog Vein 28th. Died 7th Nov. The working place was not examined in the morning and the Coroner’s jury returned a verdict of manslaughter against the deputy.

ROBARTS J. - 1865 - 13/12/1865 – Age 61 - Pikeman. Willenhall Road, James Edge and Co., Wolverhampton, Staffordshire. Fall of coal (fireclay holers). Injured 30th Nov. Died this day.

ROBBINS George - 1860 - 01/12/1860 – Age 38. 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.

ROBERT John - 1864 - 12/02/1864 - Collier. Hammer, Eyton and Elliott, Mostyn, Flint. Fall of roof.

ROBERTS Alexander - 1861 - 19/02/1861 – Waggondriver. Stevenson Colliery, Stevenson Coal Co. Holytown, Lanarkshire. Crushed by waggons.

ROBERTS Benjamin - 1860 - 21/01/1860 – Age 51 - Pikeman. Tipton Green, Roberts and Co., Tipton, Staffordshire. Skip coming up with 5 persons, (tackled on the bottom in the dark) from being improperly attached it got loose from the foot hook when about 12 yards up and fell to the bottom. 2 killed.

ROBERTS Benjamin - 1865 - 23/03/1865 – Age 14 - Horse Driver. Newton Cap, Newton Cap Coal Co., Auckland, Durham. Crushed by tubs in self-acting incline.

ROBERTS Daniel - 1860 - 17/08/1860 – Age 36 - Collier. Gwendraeth, Daniel Whathey,  Llanelly, Carmarthen. Fall of Coal from side of working place.

ROBERTS David - 1860 - 22/11/1860 – Age 30 - Collier. Gorse, Thomas Glassbrook, Swansea, Glamorgan. Fall of stone.

ROBERTS David - 1866 - 18/11/1866 – Age 55 – Chartermaster. Coppa Colliery, Coppa Colliery Co., Mold, Flint. Explosion on the 24th Oct. Died this day.

ROBERTS David - 1866 - 26/11/1866 – Age 40 - Fireman. Baglan Hall Colliery, Baglan Hall Co., Briton Ferry, Glamorgan. Suffocated by carburetted hydrogen gas.

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

ROBERTS E - 1865 - 09/02/1865 – Age 36 - Bandsman. Salt Well, Earl of Dudley, Dudley, Worcestershire. Heavy fall of overhanging coal in thick coal pit about 50 tons. 6 killed.

ROBERTS E. - 1860 - 17/02/1860 – Age 44 - Collier. Brownfield, Harp and Stirrup, Longton, Staffordshire. Fall of roof.

ROBERTS E. - 1867 - 21/03/1867 – Age 50 - Bandsman. Blakeley Wood, John Bagnall and Sons, West Bromwich, Staffordshire. Fall of rock from roof of thin mine. He had incautiously knocked out timber.

ROBERTS Elijah - 1865 - 17/04/1865 – Age 21 - Collier. Hafod Van, Sir Thomas Phillips, Monmouth. Fall of roof whilst cutting coal.

ROBERTS Ellis - 1865 - 15/09/1865 – Age 38 - Banksman. Tryddyn, Flintshire Oil and Cannel Co., Mold, Flint. Falling into the pit from surface.

ROBERTS Evan - 1867 - 08/11/1867 – Age 23. 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.

ROBERTS F. - 1861 - 14/03/1861 – Age 33 - Loader. Bell Farm, J. and J. Badger, Dudley, Worcestershire. Fall of coal in ‘thick coal’.

ROBERTS George - 1860 - 03/11/1860 - Collier. Gwendraeth, Daniel Watney, Llanelly, Carmarthen. Fall of roof (big vein).

ROBERTS Gething - 1860 - 01/12/1860. 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.

ROBERTS Griffith - 1865 – Age 22 - Miner. Blaina (ironstone), Levick and Simpson, Blaina, Monmouth. Heavy fall of mine and ground on 24th which caused his death on this day. (The date is not recorded).

ROBERTS Henry - 1861 - 26/09/1861 - Collier. South Mostyn, Adam Eyton, Mostyn, Flint. Explosion of gas. 10 killed.

ROBERTS Isaac - 1860 - 09/03/1860 – Age 45 - Collier. Cwmdare, Thomas Powell and Son, Aberdare, Glamorgan. Explosion of gas firing a shot without examination and contrary to rules.

ROBERTS J. - 1864 - 15/06/1864 – Age 21 - Pikeman. Horseley, Messrs. Haines and Davis, Tipton, Staffordshire. Fall of coal in thick coal.

ROBERTS J. - 1865 - 13/05/1865 – Age 13 – Pikecarrier. Salt Well (ironstone), Earl of Dudley, Dudley, Worcestershire. The bank horse accidentally knocked him into the pit shaft.

ROBERTS J. - 1867 - 16/05/1867 – Age 15 - Collier. Abergorki, Insole and Son, Pontypridd, Glamorgan. Killed by fall of roof.

ROBERTS James - 1863 - 18/12/1863 – Age 39 - Collier. Drift Workings, Tredegar Co., Tredegar, Monmouth. Heavy fall of roof and coal.

ROBERTS James - 1869 - 14/10/1869 – Age 58 – Cartman. Cramlington, Lamb, Potter and Co., Newcastle, Northumberland. Explosion of boiler. 2 killed.

ROBERTS James - 1869 - 15/05/1869 – Age 21 - Collier. Maindy, David Davies and Co., Pontypridd, Glamorgan. Killed by trucks on surface.

ROBERTS John - 1861 - 26/09/1861 - Collier. South Mostyn, Adam Eyton, Mostyn, Flint. Explosion of gas. 10 killed.

ROBERTS John - 1863 - 23/08/1863 – Age 14 - Collier. Coalbrook, Coalbrook Co., Loughor, Glamorgan. Fall of roof.

ROBERTS John - 1864 - 10/06/1864 – Age 54 - Banksman. Hammer, Eyton and Elliott, Mostyn, Flint. Falling into the shaft from the surface.

ROBERTS John - 1864 - 15/12/1864 – Age 23 - Collier. Leeswood, Craif Taylor and Craig, Mold, Flint. Interruption of water. 8 killed.

ROBERTS John - 1865 - 28/11/1865 – Age 24 - Collier. Vron, Maurice and Low, Wrexham, Denbigh. Fall of coal.

ROBERTS John - 1868 - 07/04/1868 – Age 41 - Miner. Chatterley (ironstone), Chatterley Co., Tunstall, Staffordshire. Fall of ironstone.

ROBERTS John - 1869 - 07/12/1869 – Age 45 - Collier. Maindy, D Davies and Co., Pontypridd, Glamorgan. Killed by fall of roof.

ROBERTS John - 1869 - 13/03/1869 – Age 16 - Drawer. Wynnstay, New British Iron Co., Ruabon, Denbigh. Burned by a blown shot in the main coal mine. 4 killed.

ROBERTS John - 1869 - 13/03/1869 – Age 40 - Collier. Wynnstay, New British Iron Co., Ruabon, Denbigh. Burned by a blown shot in the main Coal mine. 4 killed.

ROBERTS Kenrick - 1861 - 26/09/1861 - Collier. South Mostyn, Adam Eyton, Mostyn, Flint. Explosion of gas. 10 killed.

ROBERTS Lewis - 1864 - 09/04/1864 – Age 16 - Haulier. Morfa, Vivian and Sons, Taibach, Glamorgan. Crushed by trams.

ROBERTS Rees - 1863 - 01/09/1863 – Age 17 - Collier. Synborwen, Samuel Thomas, Aberdare, Glamorgan. Fall of roof (9 feet coal).

ROBERTS Robert - 1862 - 13/06/1862 – Age 26 - Sinker. Platt Bridge, Thomas Heaton, Wigan, Lancashire. Breaking of a rope.

ROBERTS Robert - 1868 - 09/12/1868 - Collier. Wynn Hall, Wynn Hall Coal Co., Ruabon, Denbigh. Explosion of firedamp.

ROBERTS Robert - 1868 - 12/08/1868 - Collier. Bron Whlfa, Whlfa Colliery Co., Mold, Lancashire. Fall of roof.

ROBERTS Robert W - 1867 - 08/11/1867 – Age 12 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.

ROBERTS Samuel - 1868 - 25/03/1868 – Age 32 - Collier. Frood, Sparrow and Pool, Wrexham, Denbigh. Fall of roof.

ROBERTS Samuel - 1869 - 17/03/1869 – Age 27 - Collier. Hafod, Ruabon Coal Co., Wrexham, Denbigh. Falling out of cage whilst descending the pit.

ROBERTS T. - 1862 - 07/05/1862 – Age 54 - Pikeman. Bilston, Meadow Jones and Murcott, Bilston, Staffordshire. Contrary to special rule 33 he went into some old abandoned workings when the roof fell and caused his death new mine coal.

ROBERTS Thomas - 1862 - 09/02/1862 – Age 23 - Collier. Wynn Hall, Ruabon Coal Co., Ruabon, Flint. Falling into shaft.

ROBERTS Thomas - 1864 - 22/07/1864 - Boy. Haigh Moor, Pope and Co., Normanton, Yorkshire. Fall of roof in the mine.

ROBERTS Thomas - 1865 - 09/09/1865 – Age 60 - Bank Labourer. Hammer, Eyton and Elliot, Mostyn, Flint. From injuries by coal trucks on surface railway.

ROBERTS Thomas - 1865 - 19/06/1865 – Age 36 - Collier. Neath, Abbey Neath, Abbey Coal Co., Neath, Glamorgan. Fall of Coal.

ROBERTS Thomas - 1867 09/10/1867 8 Cramlington Lamb, Potter and Co.,
Newcastle-on-Tyne, Northumberland. Run over by waggons.

ROBERTS Thomas - 1869 - 01/12/1869 - Collier. Coed Poeth, Rev. R and I Burton, Wrexham, Denbigh. Fall of coal.

ROBERTS W. - 1860 - 04/02/1860 – Age 28 - Collier. Goldenhill, Gaddard and Sons, Longton, Staffordshire. Explosion of firedamp.

ROBERTS W. - 1863 - 02/12/1863 - Gin-driver. Dean’s (ironstone), WF Fryer, Wolverhampton, Staffordshire. Fell down shaft.

ROBERTS William - 1863 - 11/04/1863 - Collier. Wern, Wern Colliery Co., Bagillt, Flint. Overwinding. 3 killed.

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

ROBERTS William - 1864 - 20/12/1864 - Collier. Ruabon, Ruabon Coal Co., Ruabon, Flint. Fall of roof and coal. 2 killed.

ROBERTS William - 1867 - 19/11/1867 – Age 16 - Taker-off. Black Park, John Stott Milne, Chirk, Flint. Breaking of jig chain.

ROBERTS William - 1868 - 12/10/1868 - Drawer. Frood, Sparrow and Pool, Wrexham, Denbigh. Explosion of firedamp (yard Coal).

ROBERTSHAW J. - 1867 - 29/03/1867 – Age 30 - Collier. Rothwell Haigh, Messrs. Charlesworth, Leeds, Yorkshire. Fall of roof.

ROBERTSON, Andrew - 1865 - 17/06/1865 – Age 12 - Boy. Hillhead, John Gilmour and Co., Kilmarnock, Ayrshire.  By attempting to step on to the cage at the pit mouth when in motion and fell down the shaft.

ROBERTSON, Charles - 1862 - 26/11/1862 – Age 53 - Assistant Pitheadman. Bleeze No.1 (ironstone), Merry and Cunningham, Dalry, Ayrshire.  Fell off the platform at the pithead when running out a hutch.

ROBERTSON, George - 1867 - 05/06/1867 – Age 12 - Putter. Nedderton, Jackson Neil and Gow, Morpeth, Northumberland. Crushed by tubs.

ROBERTSON, James - 1860 - 29/03/1860 - Collier. Benniehill, John Balfour, Falkirk, Stirling. Fall of stone from roof at face of working.

ROBERTSON, James - 1861 - 25/07/1861 - Collier. Newbattle, Marquis of Lothian, Dalkeith, Mid Lothian. Fall of Coal at face of working.

ROBERTSON, John - 1861 - 04/12/1861 - Collier. Carnbroe Iron Works, Merry and Cunningham, Coatbridge, Lanarkshire. Fall of roof.

ROBERTSON, R. - 1866 - 16/10/1866 – Age 20 - Driver. Pather, Boyd and Spencer, Wishaw, Lanarkshire. Found dead under his loading tub.

ROBERTSON, Thomas - 1862 - 11/10/1862 – Age 39- Roadsman. Govan W Dixon and Co., Glasgow, Lanarkshire. Explosion of firedamp.

ROBERTSON, Thomas - 1869 - 09/12/1869 – Age 23 – Pitheadman. West Plean Colliery, Moyes Murray and Co., Bannockburn, Stirling. Fell down shaft from surface.

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

ROBINSON, B - 1868 – 11/03/1868 – Age 22 – Bondsman. Salt Well, Earl of Dudley, Dudley, Worcestershire. Fall of white coal in thick coal pit. Too high to be practically supported by timber.

ROBINSON, E. - 1868 – 26/11/1868 – Collier Boy. Cradley Park, J King and Co., Cradley, Worcestershire. Fell into sump 24th. Died this day.

ROBINSON, G. - 1865 – 10/11/1865 – Age 13 - Collier. Rectory Hall, Holcroft and Pearson, Kingswinsford, Staffordshire. Fell out of skip (whilst ascending with several others) the result of his own carelessness.

ROBINSON, George - 1866 – 14/06/1866 – Age 20. Dukinfield, FDP Astley, Ashton-under-Lyne, Cheshire. Explosion of firedamp. 38 killed.

ROBINSON, George - 1867 – 12/10/1867 - Banksman. Oaks Firth, Barber and Co., Barnsley, Yorkshire. Fell down pit.

ROBINSON, Henry - 1869 – 25/10/1869 – Age 74 – Waterman. Usworth, George Elliott and Co., Gateshead, Durham. Fall of stone.

ROBINSON, J - 1867 – 02/08/1867 – Age 17 - Bandsman. Rowley Hall, Wright and North, Rowley Regis, Staffordshire. Fall of Coal from a slip in the gateroad of a thick coal pit.

ROBINSON, J - 1867 – 26/10/1867 – Age 14 – Collier Boy. Salt Well, Earl of Dudley, Dudley, Worcestershire. Kicked by horse.

ROBINSON, J - 1868 – 17/10/1868 – Age 23 - Collier. Mill, Shaw Farnley Iron Co., Leeds, Yorkshire. Fall of roof.

ROBINSON, J. - 1868 – 22/05/1868 – Age 13 – Collier Boy. New Conduit Colliery Co., Brownhills, Staffordshire. Crushed by tub 16th. Died this day.

ROBINSON, James - 1862 – 16/01/1862 – Age 12. New Hartley, Messrs. Carrs, Hartley, Durham. Entombment due to the breaking of an engine beam which fell down the single shaft. 204 killed.

ROBINSON, James - 1862 - 18/01/1862 – Age 30 - Miner. Black Pins (ironstone), Darby and Co., Ebbw Vale, Monmouth. Fall of stuff in the face of his stall. It is a disputed point whether or not this case should be entered in the list as the place was in Connection with Coal workings but I have included it.

ROBINSON, James - 1863 – 22/01/1863 – Age 25 - Collier. Charnock, Executors of the late John Smith Charnock Richards, Lancashire. Fall of roof.

ROBINSON, James - 1868 – 15/08/1868 – Age 14 - Driver. St. Helens, Mulcaster and Co., Maryport, Cumberland. Fall of stone.

ROBINSON, James - 1869 – 10/04/1869 – Age 45 - Collier. Low Hall, Moss Hall Coal Co., Wigan, Lancashire. Fall of roof in Wigan, 9-feet mine. 2 killed.

ROBINSON, John - 1866 – 27/07/1866 – Age 14 – Coupler. Castle Eden, W Cook, Ferry Hill, Durham. Crushed by waggon.

ROBINSON, Joseph - 1863 – 04/03/1863 – Age 14 - Pony driver. Whitwick, John Whetstone, Leicester, Leicestershire. Fall of roof. 2 killed.

ROBINSON, Mathew - 1862 – 17/01/1862 – Age 30. New Hartley, Messrs. Carrs, Seaton Delaval, Durham. Entombment due to breaking of engine beam. 204 killed. Left a wife and two children.

ROBINSON, Nathan - 1864 – 15/06/1864 – Age 22 - Fireman. St. Helens, E Joseph Pease and Partners, Auckland, Durham. Scalded or drowned in delivery drift.

ROBINSON, Perry - 1863 – 06/12/1863 – Age 25 - Labourer. Victoria, Walmsley Mill and Co., Rainford, St. Helens, Lancashire. Falling out of the bucket in pit.

ROBINSON, R. - 1867 – 28/02/1867 - Collier. Strafford Main, Strafford Main Coal Co., Barnsley, Yorkshire. Blasting down roof.

ROBINSON, Ralph - 1862 - 16/01/1862 – Age 36. New Hartley, Messrs. Carrs, Hartley, Durham. Entombment due to the breaking of an engine beam which fell down the single shaft. 204 killed.

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

ROBINSON, Robert - 1863 - 30/09/1863 – Age 49 - Hewer. Houghton, Earl of Durham, Houghton-le-Spring, Durham. Fall of stone.

ROBINSON, Robert - 1867 - 25/01/1867. Sharlston Colliery, Sharlston Coal Co., Normanton, Yorkshire. Fell down pit.

ROBINSON, S. - 1864 - 25/02/1864 – Age 45 - Bandsman. Nagersfield, Skelding and Edwards, Brierley Hill, Staffordshire. Fall of coal in thick coal which accidently rated off side. He died at his own home in the course of the day on which the accident happened.

ROBINSON, Thomas - 1860 - 20/12/1860 – Age 36 - Hewer. 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.

ROBINSON, Thomas - 1862 - 17/01/1862 – Age 42. New Hartley, Messrs. Carrs, Seaton Delaval, Durham. Entombment due to breaking of engine beam. 204 killed. Left a wife and three children.

ROBINSON, Thomas - 1866 - 29/01/1866 – Age 27 - Fireman. South Hetton, South Hetton Coal Co., Fencehouses, Durham. Boiler explosion.

ROBINSON, Thomas - 1868 - 27/08/1868 – Age 44 – Horsekeeper. Black Boy Colliery, Black Boy Coal Co., Bishop Auckland, Durham. Run over by empty set on engine plane.

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

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

ROBINSON, William - 1868 - 16/07/1868 – Age 30 - Deputy. Cramlington Colliery, Lamb Potter and Co., Newcastle, Northumberland. Fall of stone.

ROBINSON, William - 1869 - 22/07/1869 – Age 18 - Hewer. Shildon Lodge, Bolckow Vaughan and Co., Bishop Auckland, Durham. Fall of stone.

ROBLIN James - 1867 - 08/11/1867 – Age 51. 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.

ROBSHAW George - 1865 - 22/08/1865. Clifton, Low Moor Iron Co., Halifax, Yorkshire. Fall of roof in mine.

ROBSON, Brydon - 1866 - 25/07/1866 – Age 40 - Hewer. Castle Eden, W Cook, Ferry Hill, Durham. Fall of top coal.

ROBSON, James - 1862 - 17/01/1862 – Age 12. New Hartley, Messrs. Carrs, Seaton Delaval, Durham. Entombment due to breaking of engine beam. 204 killed.

ROBSON, John - 1867 - 26/03/1867 – Age 64 - Hewer. Heddon Colliery, Thomas Bates, Newcastle-on-Tyne Northumberland. Fall of stone.

ROBSON, R - 1862 - 17/01/1862 – Age 36. New Hartley, Messrs. Carrs, Seaton Delaval, Durham. Entombment due to breaking of engine beam. 204 killed.

ROBSON, R. - 1866 - 22/11/1866 – Age 13 - Driver. Mickley, Cookson Liddle and Co., Gateshead, Northumberland. Crushed by tubs.

ROBSON, Ridley - 1863 - 21/07/1863 – Age 25 - Hewer. Spennymoor, Trustees of the West Hartlepool Co., Spennymoor, Durham. Fall of stone.

ROBSON, Thomas - 1860 - 20/12/1860 – Age 36 - Hewer. Hetton, Walter Scott Ltd., Durham. Explosion of gases supposed to have been generated from the coals on an engine plane, or boiler fire and not from gases generated in the workings of the mine; working up the new incline in the West Minor pit.

ROBSON, Thomas - 1867 - 09/11/1867 – Age 42 – Screener. Bedlington, Bedlington Coal Co., Morpeth, Northumberland. Crushed between waggons.

ROBY Darius - 1865 - 05/08/1865 – Age 45 – Breaksman. Blackeyhurst, Samuel Stock, St. Helens, Lancashire. Died from injuries by coal trucks on the surface railway.

ROBY Lydia - 1868 - 22/12/1868 – Age 17 - Labourer. Blackeyhurst, Samuel Stock, St. Helens, Lancashire. Coal cleaner. Female.

ROCK B. - 1864 - 20/01/1864 – Age 17 - Loader. Old Bearmoor, New British Iron Co., Corngreaves, Worcestershire. Accidental fall of coal (in thick coal mine).

ROCKVIE William - 1860 - 17/03/1860 - Collier. Fordell, G.W.M. Henderson, Dunfermline, Fife. Fall of roof at face neglecting to put up props.

RODDIE Hugh - 1865 - 11/07/1865 – Age 30 - Onsetter. Raith Lochgelly Iron Co., Fife. He was ‘hanging-on’ at the bottom of an incline and a stone from the top rolled down and broke his jaw. Died in Edinburgh Infirmary.

RODERICK David - 1861 - 08/01/1861 – Age 20 - Collier. Lower Duffryn, Thomas Powell and Son, Aberdare, Glamorgan. Fall of coal. 4 foot vein.

RODERICK David - 1868 - 14/10/1868 – Age 13 - Collier. Llantwit, T Powell, Llantrisant, Glamorgan. Killed by falling off carriage whilst descending shaft.

RODERICK Windsor - 1869 - 10/06/1869 – Age 23. Ferndale, David Davies and Sons, Pontypridd, Glamorgan. Explosion of gas from a blower. 53 killed.

RODGER William - 1864 - 29/06/1864 – Age 38 - Collier. Eastfield, TG Buchanan, Rutherglen, Lanarkshire. Explosion of gunpowder by going hurriedly into a shot which had hung fire.

RODNEY Andrew - 1867 - 27/03/1867 – Age 40 - Collier. Binniehill AC Brown, Slamannan, Stirling. Fall of roof.

ROEBUCK Joseph - 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.

ROGAN John - 1864 - 23/04/1864 – Age 20 - Sinker. Shildon Lodge, Blockow and Vaughan, Auckland, Durham. Killed falling off a cradle in New pit. 2 killed.

ROGER Walter - 1862 - 04/04/1862. Westwood, Newton and Co., Sheffield, Yorkshire. Explosion of firedamp. 6 killed.

ROGERS Benjamin - 1863 - 12/08/1863 - Miner. Dowlais (ironstone), Guest and Co., Merthyr, Glamorgan. Fall of roof.

ROGERS David - 1862 - 05/06/1862 – Age 18 - Mason. Llwynvi, Llwynvi Iron Co., Bridgend, Glamorgan. Falling down shaft from 9 feet vein.

ROGERS G. - 1860 - 31/08/1860 – Age 50 - Miner. Heath Colliery, Messrs. Galloway, Chesterfield, Derbyshire. Fall of Coal.

ROGERS Henry - 1860 - 04/12/1860 - A Boy. Tinsley, B. Huntsman, Rotherham, Yorkshire. Crushed by Corves in the mine.

ROGERS Isaac - 1863 - 07/11/1863 – Age 64 - Mason. Rotherham, E and J Monks, Kingswood, Somerset. The end piece not properly effected so that the flat wire rope slipped right out of it and through the rivets whereby the cage and men fell to the bottom. The rope should have been doubled at the end or as it is termed ‘turned up’.

ROGERS J. - 1865 - 07/10/1865 - Pikeman. Tipton, Moat Tipton, Moat Colliery Co., Tipton, Staffordshire. Fall of Coal in thick coal rib and pillar pit gateroad. Injured 8th Sept. Died this day.

ROGERS John - 1862 - 02/12/1862 – Age 39 - Engineman. Victoria, Harris and Co., Llanelly, Carmarthen. Fell into machinery.

ROGERS John - 1868 - 23/12/1868 – Age 40 - Miner. Old Park (ironstone), Old Park Co., Wellington, Shropshire. Explosion of firedamp.

ROGERS John - 1868 - 24/10/1868 – Age 15 - Drawer. Vron, Maurice and Low, Wrexham, Denbigh. Falling into shaft from mouthing.

ROGERS John - 1869 - 21/04/1869 – Age 53 - Collier. St. George’s, Sims Willyams Neville and Co., Llanelly, Carmarthen Killed by fall of stone.