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ROGERS John - 1869 - 24/11/1869 – Age 23 - Miner. Madeley Wood (ironstone), Anstice and Co., Wellington, Shropshire. Fall of roof.

ROGERS Moses - 1860 - 08/04/1860 – Age 32 - Pikeman. Easington, S. Mills, Walsall, Staffordshire. Explosion of firedamp 27th Mar. Died 8th Apr. He had been cautioned not to go near the place where the gas was but I suspect that no danger signal was up.

ROGERS Samuel - 1866 - 20/10/1866 – Age 27 - Collier. Boythorpe, Luke Sudland, Chesterfield, Derbyshire. Fall of Coal (Furness Coal).

ROGERS T. - 1868 - 08/05/1868 – Age 14 - Haulier. Bryndu, Bryndu Coal Co., Bridgend, Glamorgan. Killed by trams.

ROGERS W. - 1863 - 28/09/1863 - Collier. Dunkirk, Dunkirk Co., Dukinfield, Cheshire. Fall of roof.

ROGERS W. - 1866 - 22/02/1866 – Age 22 - Banksman. Glebe, Challinor and Co., Fenton, Staffordshire. Fell down the shaft.

ROGERS William - 1863 - 29/07/1863 – Age 8 - Not employed. Houghton, Earl of Durham, Houghton, Durham. Jammed between surface waggons.

ROGERS William - 1866 - 21/05/1866 - Collier. Springs, Pearson and Knowles, Wigan, Lancashire. Fall of roof at the mouthing at the bottom of the pit making repairs. 2 killed.

ROLANDS Thomas - 1862 - 06/07/1862 – Age 41 – Chartermaster. Spar Green, William Hancock, Buckley, Mold, Flint. Fall of top Coal and roof.

ROLANSON, G - 1866 - 17/08/1866 – Age 23 - Bandsman. - Deputy. Coneygre Colliery, Earl of Dudley, Dudley, Port Worcestershire. Fall of overhanging Coal from top of a pillar in thick coal brought about by a ‘bump’. 2 killed.

ROLLANDS John - 1864 - 06/10/1864 – Age 46 - Collier. Aberaman, Trustees of the late D Williams, Aberdare, Glamorgan. Fall of Coal.

ROLLIN George - 1861 - 26/06/1861 - Boy. Mount Osborne, William Day, Barnsley, Yorkshire. Explosion of firedamp.

RONALDS John - 1861 - 16/05/1861 – Age 33 - Drawer. Greenbank (ironstone), Merry and Cunningham, Dalry, Ayrshire.  Fall of roof.

RONDALL Samuel - 1864 - 20/08/1864 – Age 14 - Haulier. Ripley, Butterley Iron Co., Derbyshire. Derbyshire. Kicked by horse.

RONEY George - 1862 - 04/08/1862 - Collier. Cowdenbeath, Forth Iron Co., Lochgelly, Fife. Fall of head coal.

ROOK John - 1863 - 31/12/1863. Thrybergh Hall, Thrybergh Hall Coal Co., Rotherham, Yorkshire. Fall of roof in mine.

ROOK John - 1864 - 06/01/1864. High, Royd Hall and Co., Barnsley, Yorkshire. Fall of Coal in the mine.

ROOKIN W. - 1861 - 22/01/1861 – Age 35 - Collier. Cliviger, Cliviger Coal Co., Burnley, Lancashire. Explosion of firedamp in the Coppy pits.

ROOM Robert Fletcher - 1868 - 26/12/1868 – Age 19. Queen Colliery, Richard Evans and Sons, Haydock, St. Helens, Lancashire. Explosion of gas 26 killed.

ROPER Thomas - 1862 - 14/11/1862 – Age 60 – Pumpman. Llanwern, CH Smith, Swansea, Glamorgan. Beam in shaft.

ROSBOTTOM George - 1863 - 26/02/1863 - Miner. Lords Fields, Lords Fields Colliery Co., Ashton-under-Lyne, Lancashire. Died from injuries received from a falling roof on 3rd Dec last.

ROSCOE J. - 1867 - 08/04/1867 – Age 22 - Sinker. Hamill (ironstone), NP Wood, Burslem, Stafford. Fell into sump.

ROSCOE John - 1862 - 22/02/1862 - Sinker. Albert Colliery, James Gerrard, West Houghton, Lancashire. Thrown out of the bucket by the signal rope breaking as he was pulling it.

ROSCOE Peter - 1869 - 21/07/1869 – Age 32 - Collier. Queen Colliery, Richard Evans and Sons, Haydock, St. Helens, Lancashire. Explosion of gas. 59 killed.

ROSCOE Robert - 1865 - 29/08/1865 – Age 32 - Miner. Bank, John Wright, Little Hulton, Lancashire. Burned in an explosion of firedamp in the Cannel mine. There was lax supervision on the part of the masters and the miners by opening their locked safety lamps and firing shots were infringing the rules. 2 killed.

ROSCOE Thomas - 1860 - 06/01/1860 – Age 11 - Pony driver. Ince Hall, Ince Hall Coal Co. Wigan, Lancashire. Fell out of tub and was run over.

ROSCOE William - 1862 - 01/10/1862 – Age 33 - Miner. Peel, Matthew Bennett and Brothers, Little Hulton, Lancashire. Explosion of firedamp in the Trencherbone mine. 2 killed.

ROSE George - 1869 - 31/05/1869 – Age 33 – Stoker. Abergwain, Powell Duffryn Steam Coal Co., Aberdare, Glamorgan. Killed by boiler explosion on surface. The boiler had worked for more than 20 years as was of bad construction having 2 flat ends, one of which gave way. 4 killed.

ROSEBY Thomas - 1866 - 25/01/1866 – Age 49 - Deputy. West Pelton, John Joicey and Co., Chester-le-Street, Durham. Fall of stone drawing timber.

ROSS George - 1860 - 17/12/1860 – Age 12 – Trapper. Seaham, B Marchioness of Londonderry, Sunderland, Durham. Crushed by set of tubs.

ROSS J. - 1860 - 13/03/1860 – Age 24 - Collier. Adderley Green, Stirrup and Pye, Longton, Staffordshire. Fall of Coal.

ROSS James - 1865 - 12/08/1865 – Age 17 - Collier. Arneston, John Christie, Edinburgh, Mid Lothian. Fall of Coal from side of working.

ROSS John - 1864 - 04/06/1864 – Age 58 - Roadsman. Hurlford No12, Allan Gilmour and Co., Hurlford, Ayrshire.  Crushed between cage and shaft.

ROSS Ralph - 1860 - 20/12/1860 – Age 16 – Timberleader. 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.

ROSS Samuel - 1861 - 04/04/1861 – Age 62 - Hewer. Willington, A Strakers and Love, Durham. Fall of band stone.

ROSS Thomas - 1862 - 16/01/1862 – Age 46. New Hartley, Messrs. Carrs, Hartley, Durham. Entombment due to the breaking of an engine beam which fell down the single shaft. 204 killed.

ROSS Thomas - 1862 - 17/01/1862 – Age 46. New Hartley, Messrs. Carrs, Seaton Delaval, Durham. Entombment due to breaking of engine beam. 204 killed. He was a widower who had a daughter.

ROSS William - 1869 - 19/06/1869 – Age 30 - Collier. Knownoble, Scott and Gilmour, Wishaw, Lanarkshire. Fall of Coal at face.

ROSSER David - 1861 - 07/07/1861 – Age 30 - Collier. Merthyr Dare, Rhys Martin and Co., Aberdare, Glamorgan. Fall of roof in 2ft 9in Coal.

ROSSER Thomas - 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.

ROSSER William - 1860 - 06/06/1860 – Age 16 - Signal Boy. Morfa, Vivian and Sons, Taibach, Glamorgan. Run over by trams on incline.

ROSSER William - 1868 - 08/04/1868 – Age 70 - Collier. Pwllfaron Neath, Abbey Coal Co., Glyn Neath, Glamorgan. Killed by trams on engine plane.

ROSSER Za. - 1866 - 07/03/1866 – Age 16 - Collier. Merthyr Dare, Rhys and Richards, Aberdare, Glamorgan. Fall of stone.

ROSSINGTON Joseph - 1866 - 27/09/1866 – Age 22 – Stoker. Birchwood, Charles Seeley, Alfreton, Derbyshire. Fell under crank of engine.

ROTHWELL Charles - 1868 - 08/04/1868 – Age 24 - Miner. How Bridge, John Fletcher and others, Atherton, Lancashire. Coal which he was taking down in the great 7-feet mine falling on him. It did not fall as he expected and he incautiously without re-setting the sprags went under to undermine it a little more.

ROTHWELL James - 1865 - 12/07/1865 - Miner. Pendlebury, Andrew Knowles and Sons, Manchester, Lancashire. Died from injuries received 26th Nov, 1864 from earth falling in the Rams mine.

ROTHWELL John - 1866 - 26/03/1866 – Age 31 - Miner. Kearsley, Samuel Scowcroft, Kearsley, Lancashire. Fall of roof in Doe mine.

ROTHWELL Thomas - 1866 - 28/03/1866 – Dayman. Clifton Moss, Andrew Knowles and Sons, Clifton, Lancashire. Roof falling in the Doe mine. It was on the move and he was attempting to set a chock before waiting until it settled.

ROTHWELL William - 1864 - 29/11/1864 - Miner. Kearsley, Trustees of the late Ellis Fletcher, Kearsley, Lancashire. Coal etc., falling in Trencherbone mine.

ROUGH J - 1865 - 09/02/1865 – Age 31 - Bandsman. Salt Well, Earl of Dudley, Dudley, Worcestershire. Heavy fall of overhanging coal in thick coal pit about 50 tons. 6 killed.

ROUGHLEY Henry - 1861 - 06/03/1861 – Age 47 - Sinker. Bickerstaff, Messrs. Bromilow Forster and Co., Bickerstaff, Lancashire. Fell into sinking shaft containing water and drowned.

ROUGHLEY James - 1868 - 28/11/1868 – Age 46 - Banksman. Crank, Crank Coal Co., Rainford, Lancashire. Lowered into sump.

ROUGHLEY William - 1862 - 12/02/1862 - Drawer. Ravenhead, Bromilow Haddock and Co., St. Helens, Lancashire. Explosion of gas.

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

ROUND D - 1863 - 19/08/1863 – Age 28 - Pikeman. Salt Well, Earl of Dudley, Netherton, Worcestershire. Fall of Coal in thick coal.

ROUND J. - 1862 - 26/02/1862 – Age 36 - Pikeman. Netherton, M and W Grazebrook, Dudley, Worcestershire. Fall of coal in a thick coal rib and pillar pit caused by a bump or subsidence of the super incumbent strata.

ROUND J. - 1863 - 06/02/1863 – Age 55 - Deputy. Corbyn’s Hall, Samuel Taylor, Dudley, Worcestershire. Suffocated by carbonic acid gas into which he rashly plunged.

ROUND J. - 1867 - 08/02/1867 – Age 50 - Pikeman. Himley, Earl of Dudley, Kingswinsford, Staffordshire. Fall of Coal in thick coal pit.

ROUND J. - 1868 - 20/03/1868 – Age 14 – Collier Boy. Willenhall New (ironstone), Fletcher Solly and Co., Willenhall, Staffordshire. Fall of ironstone measures.

ROUND Job - 1864 - 11/01/1864 - Collier. Bridge End, Jackson and Jones, Pensnett, Staffordshire. Fell part way down the shaft. A waggon horse walked into the pit, and fell heavily upon the skip in which they were descending and snapped the band chain. A permanent fence would have prevented this accident. 6 killed.

ROUND S - 1866 - 09/11/1866 – Age 42 - Pikeman. Netherton, Messrs. Grazebrook, Dudley, Worcestershire. Fall of fine coal bat in thick coal upper workings whilst holing. He was the fifth of five brothers killed in thick coal.

ROUND W. - 1869 - 04/09/1869 – Age 33 - Sinker. Wednesfield, Heath J Round and Co., Wolverhampton, Staffordshire. He was the owners Son, and was engaged cleaning the sump when a piece of coal fell out of the side of the shaft and killed him on the spot. His father had examined the shaft himself within a few minutes of the accident.

ROUNDSELL T. - 1864 - 30/10/1864 - Miner. Netherton (ironstone), Messrs. Grazebrook, Dudley, Worcestershire. Slightly injured by fall of ironstone 19th. He continued to work all that day and 2 days following. The Colliery surgeon who attended him stated that he died from fever and want of proper nourishment though the primary cause was the slight injury.

ROUSE A. - 1868 - 06/01/1868 – Age 35 - Collier. Osmondthorpe, Farnley Iron Co., Leeds, Yorkshire. Fall of roof.

ROUTLEDGE Thomas - 1869 - 29/01/1869 – Age 29 - Hewer. South Hetton, Forster and Co., Fence Houses, Durham. Explosion of firedamp. 2 killed.

ROWE James - 1860 - 13/10/1860 – Age 45 - Enginewright. Hedley Hope, Peases West, J. Pease and Co. Darlington, Durham. Crushed by coal tubs of small coal apparatus, or fell to gangway below.

ROWE S - 1863 - 08/10/1863 – Age 41 - Carpenter. Coleorton, Messrs. Worsick and Walker, Ashby-de-la-Zouch, Leicestershire. Inundation of water. 3 killed.

ROWE Thomas - 1867 - 09/10/1868 – Age 50 - Collier. Patch (openwork), Tredegar Iron Co., Tredegar Monmouth. Fall of the overlie in a coal mine patch. The stuff that fell should have been terraced down from above and not undergone at the bottom.

ROWELL Inott - 1867 - 28/08/1867 – Age 24 – Stoneman. Shotton (Harvey), Haswell Coal and Coke Co., Haswell, Durham. Fall of stone.

ROWELL John - 1868 - 27/01/1868 – Age 34 - Deputy. Burnhope, Messrs. Sowerby and Fletcher, Lanchester, Durham. Fall of stone.

ROWELL Robert - 1863 - 06/03/1863 – Age 21 - Hewer. Coxlodge, Coxlodge, Northumberland. Explosion of gas. 26 killed. Of Cawsey End, unmarried.

ROWLAND Edward - 1865 - 05/12/1865 – Age 23 - Collier. Van, Glamorgan Iron and Coal Co., Glamorgan. Lost his life by an inundation of water from ancient crop workings in those pitching measures.

ROWLAND Edward - 1867 - 12/09/1867 - Labourer. Victoria, Victoria Colliery Co., Rainford, St. Helens, Lancashire. While attempting to get a piece of timber onto the saw pit.

ROWLAND Edward - 1869 - 02/10/1869 – Age 12 - Boy. Clay Cross, Sir William Jackson, Bart, Chesterfield, Derbyshire. Fell under carriage at bottom of shaft.

ROWLAND J - 1868 - 22/08/1868 – Age 41 - Pikeman. Wallows, Earl of Dudley, Kingswinsford, Staffordshire. Fall of coal from side of pillar in thick coal pit caused by a bump.

ROWLAND J. - 1863 - 20/01/1863 – Age 18 - Collier. Goldenhill, Williamson Brothers, Tunstall, Staffordshire. The high wind caused the rope to climb the pulley and it fell over and broke.

ROWLAND John - 1868 - 09/08/1868 - Collier. Little Mountain, Little Mountain Colliery Co., Buckley, Mold, Flint. Fall of roof.

ROWLAND R. - 1860 - 02/01/1860 – Age 20 - Collier. Weston, Coyney Evans, Forrister and Co., Longton, Staffordshire. Explosion of firedamp.

ROWLAND William - 1867 - 26/03/1867 – Age 45 - Sinker. Tapton, Tapton Co. Ltd., Chesterfield, Derbyshire. Suffocated in sinking shaft.

ROWLANDS Joseph - 1864 - 01/12/1864 – Age 28 - Collier. Graig Rhys and Co., Neath, Glamorgan. Fall of stone from roof.

ROWLANDS Lewis - 1869 - 23/11/1869 – Age 48 - Collier. Cwmllynfell, James and Co., Swansea Valley, Glamorgan. Killed by fall of Coal.

ROWLEY E. - 1863 - 09/01/1863 – Age 33 - Miner. High Park, Barber Walker and Co., Nottinghamshire. Fall of roof.

ROWLEY Edward - 1862 - 17/01/1862 – Age 33. New Hartley, Messrs. Carrs, Seaton Delaval, Durham. Entombment due to breaking of engine beam. 204 killed. Left a wife and three children.

ROWLEY H - 1866 - 22/06/1866 – Age 42 - Pikeman. Gospel Oak, Messrs. Grazebrook and Aston, Tipton, Staffordshire. Fall of coal in bottom coal pit.

ROWLEY J. - 1866 - 24/01/1866. Friar Park (ironstone), WH Dawes, Wednesbury, Staffordshire. Explosion of gunpowder 15th. Died this day.

ROWLEY John - 1869 - 22/07/1869 – Age 16 - Drawer. Ince Hall, Ince Hall Coal and Cannel Co., Ince, Lancashire. Run over by full tubs in cannel pit.

ROWLEY Robert - 1863 - 04/11/1863 – Age 26 - Roadsman. Hurlford No.12, Alla, Gilmour and Co., Hurlford, Ayrshire.  Fell down shaft while assisting to change a cage.

ROXBY William - 1864 - 04/05/1864 – Age 23 - Hewer. Newbottle, Earl of Durham, Houghton, Durham. Fall of stone.

ROYAL T. - 1861 - 10/08/1861 – Age 26 - Loader. Rounds Green, Bennett and Taylor, Oldbury, Worcestershire. Fell out of the skip whilst descending with several others. 2 killed.

ROYLE Edmund - 1865 - 06/03/1865 - Miner. Pendlebury, Andrew Knowles and Sons, Manchester, Lancashire. Earth falling in the Shuttle mine.

RUAN Martin - 1867 - 09/01/1867 - Labourer. Peasley, Cross Bournes and Robinson, St. Helens, Lancashire. Run over by coal truck.

RUBERY J. - 1867 - 10/09/1867 - Engineman. Piercy, Messrs. Cox, West Bromwich, Staffordshire. Fell part way down pumping pit shaft whilst descending.

RUDD James - 1869 - 01/04/1869 – Age 18 - Drawer. Douglas Bank, John Grant Morris, Wigan, Lancashire. Falling on the floor of the mine.

RUDD John - 1868 - 06/07/1868 – Age 41 - Labourer. Rose Bridge, JG Morriss, Ince, Wigan, Lancashire. A railway truck supported by props falling on him.

RUDD Samuel - 1863 - 10/10/1863 – Age 55 - Collier. Bradshaw House, William Barton, Aspull, Wigan, Lancashire. Fall of coal.

RUDD Thoms - 1862 - 02/12/1862 – Age 36 - Collier. Brimelow, Kirkless Hall Coal Co., Gidlow Lane, Wigan, Lancashire. Suffocated by explosive gas.

RUDDY Martin - 1868 - 25/05/1868 – Age 34 - Collier. Speedwell, Staveley Co. Ltd., Chesterfield, Derbyshire. Fall of roof.

RUDGE S. - 1869 - 29/06/1869 – Age 30 – Bondsman. White Heath, T Price, Rowley Regis, Staffordshire. Fall of Coal and slack brought about by a bump. 2 killed.

RUDGE Samuel - 1860 - 30/08/1860 – Age 13 - Hitcher. Bradley Bagnall, Bilston, Staffordshire. The cage in descending crushed him. He was standing in the bottom where he had no business whatever.

RUDGE W. - 1861 - 17/06/1861 – Age 15 - Collier. Pumphouse, J. Bagnall and Sons, West Bromwich, Staffordshire. Fall of Coal and slack in an old thick coal rib and pillar pit.

RUECROFT Robert - 1865 - 21/09/1865 – Age 19 – Screener. South Durham. Smithson, and Co., Auckland, Durham. Crushed by apparatus tub.

RUFFLEY Joseph - 1867 - 17/08/1867 - Miner. Madams Wood, Bridgewater Trust, Little Hulton, Lancashire. Fall of earth in Crunbouke mine.

RUHAN Patrick - 1862 - 19/03/1862 – Age 35 - Miner. Fairbottom, Leeses and Booth, Ashton-under-Lyne, Lancashire. Explosion of firedamp in the Mountain mine, Hartshead pit. Died 26th.

RULE Matthew - 1867 - 11/07/1867 – Age 15 – Ponyputter. Sherburn House, Earl of Durham, Durham. Crushed between tub and side of mine.

RUMMING Thomas - 1860 - 25/07/1860 – Age 12 - Dirt carrier. Moxley, Groucott and Sons, Bilston, Staffordshire. Piece of roof scaled off in the new mine and fireclay coals.

RUSH R. - 1861 - 15/01/1861 – Age 32 - Pikeman. Riddings, Skidmore and Waldron, Dudley, Worcestershire. Fall of coal in ‘thick coal’ rib and pillar pit. Deceased was cutting the ‘spurns’ out with a pike he ought to have used the ‘pricker’ and thus saved his life.

RUSHTON Edmund - 1861 - 27/02/1861 – Age 43. Linnyshaw, Bridgewater Trustees, Worsley, Lancashire. Explosion of firedamp in Rams mInes. 9 killed.

RUSHTON J. - 1868 - 24/12/1868 – Age 20 - Pikeman. Piercy, T Cox and Co., West Bromwich, Staffordshire. Fell of Coal in thick coal pit from between to converging slips which might have been prevented by judicious timbering.

RUSHTON Levi - 1866 - 10/12/1866 – Age 20 - Miner. Bank, John Wright, Little Hulton, Lancashire. Explosion of firedamp in Cannel mine workings. 8 killed.

RUSHWORTH James - 1868 - 15/12/1868 – Age 25 - Miner. Lords Fields, Lords Fields Co., Ashton-Under-Lyne, Lancashire. Roof falling in a stowing place in the Great mine.

RUSSEL Alexander - 1862 - 10/04/1862 - Miner. Drumbathie (ironstone), William Baird and Co., Airdrie, Lanarkshire. Fall of roof at the face.

RUSSEL David - 1865 - 18/12/1865 – Age 19 - Drawer. Auchenheath, James Ferguson and Co., Lanarkshire. Fall of roof at road head.

RUSSEL J. - 1862 - 29/11/1862 - Collier. Wellwood, Thomas Spowart and Co., Dunfermline, Fife. Fall of coal.

RUSSELL G - 1868 - 11/12/1868 – Age 30 – Bondsman. Groveland, J Bagnall and Sons, Dudley, Port, Worcestershire. Fall of roof occasioned by a bump.

RUSSELL GH - 1868 - 26/11/1868 – Age 14 - Driver. Clay Cross, William Jackson MP, Clay Cross, Derbyshire. Run over.

RUSSELL James - 1869 - 16/01/1869 – Age 17 - Collier. Brun Level, J and C Bailey, Brecon. Fall of roof lying over yard coal.

RUSSELL Joseph - 1864 - 16/11/1864 – Age 46. Withymoor, Messrs. Nock, Withymoor, Staffordshire. Fell part way down shaft. The chain broke. 8 killed.

RUSSELL Thomas - 1869 - 21/07/1869 – Age 30 - Collier. Queen Colliery, Richard Evans and Sons, Haydock, St. Helens, Lancashire. Explosion of gas. 59 killed.

RUTHERFORD John - 1862 - 16/01/1862 – Age 25. New Hartley, Messrs. Carrs, Hartley, Durham. Entombment due to the breaking of an engine beam which fell down the single shaft. 204 killed.

RUTHERFORD Thomas - 1862 - 17/01/1862 – Age 32. New Hartley, Messrs. Carrs, Seaton Delaval, Durham. Entombment due to breaking of engine beam. 204 killed. Left a wife and two children.

RUTHERFORD William (injured) - 1864 - 09/08/1864 - Hewer. Seghill, Laycock and Co., Seghill, Northumberland. Explosion of gas. 6 killed.

RUTHERFORD William - 1862 - 17/01/1862 – Age 23. New Hartley, Messrs. Carrs, Seaton Delaval, Durham. Entombment due to breaking of engine beam. 204 killed.

RUTHERFORD William - 1867 - 16/07/1867 – Age 18 – Fitter. North Seaton, Starker Cookson and Co., Blyth, Northumberland. Crushed by machinery.

RUTLEDGE John - 1861 - 23/04/1861 – Age 24 - Miner. Knutton (ironstone), W.F. Gordon, Newcastle, Staffordshire. Fall of stone.

RUTTER George - 1867 - 17/06/1867 – Age 54 - Mason. Black Prince, Weardale Iron Co., Tow Law, Durham. Fall of roof in day drift.

RUTTER Thomas - 1863 - 27/06/1863 – Age 56 - Collier. Ince Hall, Ince Hall Coal and Cannel Co., Wigan, Lancashire. Fall of roof.

RYAN John - 1869 - 12/07/1869 – Age 13 – Wailer. Springwell, J Bowes and Partners, Gateshead, Durham. Crushed by waggons.

RYCOTE Richard - 1868 - 23/07/1868 – Age 28 - Sinker. New, Nuneaton Colliery Co., Nuneaton, Warwick Explosion of blasting powder.

RYE Edward - 1860 - 18/02/1860 – Age 35 - Collier. Crow Orchard, Mary Stopford, Skelmersdale, Lancashire. Fall of roof in the level.

RYLANCE Robert - 1869 - 12/07/1869 – Age 32 - Day Labourer. St. Helens, Messrs. Pilkington, St. Helens, Lancashire. Fall of roof while setting timber. 2 killed.

RYLANDS William - 1864 - 23/01/1864 - Collier. Strangeways, William Hayes, Wigan, Lancashire. Explosion from a shot.

RYLEY Peter - 1868 - 18/01/1868 - Collier. Apedale, Apedale Co., Newcastle, Staffordshire. Fall of coal.

RYTHERICK John - 1869 - 16/09/1869 – Age 36 - Collier. Garden Lodge, Garden Lodge Coal Co., Ruabon, Denbigh. Fall of roof.