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SMITH Joseph - 1862 - 07/04/1862 – Age 54 - Miner. Hollingwood, R Barrow, Chesterfield, Derbyshire. Fall of roof. 2 killed.

SMITH Joseph - 1863 - 10/09/1863. Woolley, Woolley Coal Co., Barnsley, Yorkshire. Fall of roof in the mine.

SMITH Joseph - 1865 - 19/02/1865 - Collier. Sankey Brook, Sankey Brook Colliery Co. Ltd. St. Helens, Lancashire. Explosion of gas.

SMITH Joseph - 1869 - 11/05/1869 - Collier. Shipley, AM Mundey, Derby, Derbyshire. Fall of coal (soft Coal pit).

SMITH Joseph Robinson - 1862 - 26/03/1862. Chickenley Heath, Messrs. Greaves, Dewsbury, Yorkshire. Explosion of firedamp.

SMITH L. - 1861 - 19/03/1861 - Collier. Pendlebury, Andrew Knowles and Sons, Pendlebury, Lancashire. Explosion of firedamp in Rams Mines. Died 27th.

SMITH P - 1863 - 13/08/1863 – Age 13 - Collier. Tividale New, HB Whitehouse, Oldbury, Worcestershire. Accidental fall of (top slipper) in the thick coal.

SMITH P. - 1863 - 11/08/1863 – Age 13 - Collier. Tipton Moat, Moat Colliery Co., Tipton, Staffordshire. Fell out of skip whilst descending with several others.

SMITH R. - 1861 - 24/09/1861 – Age 12 - Pony driver. Moston, Executors of J. Stanley, Manchester, Lancashire. Caught by waggons.

SMITH R. - 1866 - 29/11/1866 – Age 36 - Banksman. Hurst, S Rowley, Tipton, Staffordshire. Fell down pumping shaft from upper inset 9th. Died this day.

SMITH Richard - 1868 - 07/02/1868 – Age 59 - Engineman. Crow Orchard, Crow Orchard Coal Co., Ormskirk, Lancashire. Falling into machinery.

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

SMITH Robert - 1864 - 30/08/1864 – Age 15 - Drawer. Sunnyside, Archibald Russel, Lanarkshire. Fall of Poytshaw Coal.

SMITH Robert - 1868 - 20/06/1868 – Age 25 - Banksman. New Deval, Straker Cookson and Co., Blyth, Northumberland. Crushed by cage.

SMITH S - 1864 - 22/06/1864 – Age 15 - Collier. Nine Locks, New British Iron Co., Brierley Hill, Staffordshire. Fall of coal in the upper workings of the thick from off the side of a gateroad caused by a ‘bump’. 2 killed.

SMITH S - 1869 - 10/06/1869 - Engineer. Wyrley T Bantock, Wyrley, Staffordshire. Winding machinery flew out of gear whilst descending pumping pit. 2 killed.

SMITH S. - 1861 - 14/08/1861. Clifton and Kearsley, Trustees of the late Ellis Fletcher, Clifton, Lancashire. Injured on the incline, Robin Hood Pit.

SMITH S. - 1862 - 07/12/1862 – Age 20 - Loader. Tame Valley, Messrs. Woods and Greenwood, Tamworth, Staffordshire. Explosion of gas.

SMITH S. - 1863 - 19/02/1863 – Age 38 - Bondsman. Bentley, Chillington Co., Walsall, Staffordshire. Accidental fall of rock in thin mine whilst standing a tree to support it.

SMITH T - 1868 - 26/09/1868 – Age 39 - Bondsman. Himley, Earl of Dudley, Kingswinsford, Staffordshire. About 2 tons of fallen coal rolled over en masse and crushed him to death in a thick coal pit.

SMITH T. - 1867 - 09/07/1867 – Age 24 - Miner. Foley (ironstone), A Sparrow, Longton, Staffordshire. Fall of stone.

SMITH Thomas - 1869 - 01/12/1869 – Age 26 - Collier. Victoria Stanley, R Hudson and Co., Wakefield, Yorkshire. Fall of Coal.

SMITH Thomas - 1869 - 14/12/1869 – Age 26 - Sinker. Manvers Main, Manvers Main Coal Co., Rotherham, Yorkshire. Drilling out a missed shot in a sinking pit. 2 killed.

SMITH W - 1864 - 26/01/1864 – Age 25 - Collier. Hay Green, J Hickman, Lye Waste, Worcestershire. The skip fell from the foot hook of the gin rope whilst they were descending. 2 killed.

SMITH W. - 1860 - 30/11/1860 - Collier. Prior Field, H.B. Whitehouse, Coseley, Staffordshire. Jumped off skip and fell down shaft.

SMITH W. - 1862 - 04/06/1862 – Age 52 - Collier. Conduit, The Conduit Colliery Co., Brownhills Staffordshire. He was wrongfully crossing over the cage at the bottom of the shaft with an empty skip and gave a wrong signal.

SMITH W. - 1863 10/02/1863 25 - Pikeman. Old Park Earl of Dudley, Dudley, Worcestershire. Fall of coal in thick coal. He was cutting a spurn out contrary to the instructions of the butty and lost his life.

SMITH W. - 1866 31/08/1866 27 - Pikeman. Groveland J Bagnall, Dudley, Port Worcestershire. Accidental fall of coal from a slip in thick coal whilst he was pulling rates (loose Coal).

SMITH W. - 1868 13/01/1868 38 - Collier. Lundhill, Lundhill Coal Co., Barnsley, Yorkshire. Fall of Coal.

SMITH W. - 1869 10/02/1869 - Collier. Woodshotts, Woodshotts Colliery Co., Newcastle, Staffordshire. Explosion of firedamp. 4 killed.

SMITH William - 1860 - 16/07/1860 – Age 36 - Pikeman. Deepmore, Bagnalls, Walsall, Staffordshire. Fall of coal in gateroad whilst holing occasioned by a slip or ‘back’.

SMITH William - 1861 - 26/12/1861 – Age 54 - Collier. Low Hall, Moss Hall Coal Co., Wigan, Lancashire. Fall of Coal.

SMITH William - 1862 - 08/02/1862 - Boy. Skiros, Spring (ironstone), Earl Fitzwilliam, Sheffield, Yorkshire. Explosion of firedamp.

SMITH William - 1862 - 16/01/1862 – Age 19. New Hartley, Messrs. Carrs, Hartley, Durham. Entombment due to the breaking of an engine beam which fell down the single shaft. 204 killed.

SMITH William - 1863 - 01/02/1863 – Age 61 - Miner. Bottom Vein (ironstone), Partridge and Joes, Cwm Ffrwd, Monmouth. Killed by heavy fall of ground.

SMITH William - 1863 - 03/02/1863. Garndiffaith workings, Monmouth. Fall of a stone.

SMITH William - 1863 - 26/11/1863 – Age 40 - Miner. Fairbottom, Leeses and Booth, Ashton-under-Lyne, Lancashire. Roof falling in waggon road.

SMITH William - 1863 - 29/06/1863. Deep Pit, Brain and Co., Kingswood, Gloucester of St George. Killed on the tramway. Inquest.

SMITH William - 1864 - 05/09/1864 – Age 74 – Flueman. Swadlincote, Hall and Boardman, Burton, Derbyshire. Fell off carriage in shaft.

SMITH William - 1864 - 21/06/1864 – Age 15 - Haulier. Garn, Blaenavon Iron Co., Blaenavon, Monmouth. Fell under trams which he was riding sitting on the cross in front and was so injured that he died 2 days after.

SMITH William - 1864 - 21/06/1864. Garn Pit, Blaenavon, Monmouth. Fell under a tram.

SMITH William - 1865 - 02/05/1865 – Age 22 - Collier. Cambusnethan, John Sneddon, Lanark, Lanarkshire. Fall of Coal.

SMITH William - 1866 - 19/12/1866 - Miner. Westleigh 7-feet, James Diggle, Westleigh, Lancashire. Earth falling from the face. Died Jan 16 - 1867 in Manchester, Infirmary.

SMITH William - 1867 - 19/10/1867 – Age 15 - Boy. Cinderhill, Thomas North, Nottinghamshire. Jammed against side of tub.

SMITHARD G. - 1862 - 15/06/1862 – Age 14 - Trammer. Birchwood, C Seeley, Alfreton, Derbyshire. Fall of roof.

SMITHSON, T. - 1861 - 17/06/1861 – Age 30 - Engineman. Small Hazels, Isherwood and Watson, Burnley, Lancashire. Crushed by the crank of the engine. Died 11 Aug. at Manchester, Infirmary.

SNADDEN Joseph - 1861 - 07/09/1861 - Collier. Fordell, JW and M Henderson, Dunfermline, Fife. Fall of coal.

SNAITH William - 1866 - 09/10/1866 – Age 29 - Deputy. Willington, B Strakers and Love, Willington, Durham. Fall of stone (drawing timber).

SNAPE John - 1860 - 22/05/1860 - Collier. Kirkless Hall, Kirkless Hall Coal Co., Wigan, Lancashire. Fall of roof.

SNEAD W. - 1862 - 10/12/1862 – Age 50 - Bondsman. Blackheath, WH Dawes, Rowley Regis, Staffordshire. Fall of coal in the upper half of the thick coal a piece rated off the rib over the sprags.

SNEDDON Charles - 1867 - 27/07/1867 – Age 62 - Miner. Kenneil (ironstone), George Wilson and Co., Bo’ness, West Lothian. Explosion of firedamp.

SNEDDON George - 1860 - 20/04/1860 - Collier. Boghead, James Russell and Son, Bathgate, West Lothian. Fall of stone from roof at face of working.

SNEDDON J. - 1867 - 12/07/1867 – Age 52 - Collier. Newbattle, Marquis of Lothian, Dalkeith, Mid Lothian. Fall of stone in roads.

SNEDDON John - 1868 - 30/10/1868 – Age 22 - Collier. Blackbraes, James Russel and Son, Falkirk, Stirling. They were descending the pit to examine something at the bottom when the rope (a round wire) broke. 2 killed.

SNEDDON R. - 1868 - 24/10/1868 – Age 60 - Collier. Prestongrange, Sir George Suttie, Prestonpans, East Lothian. He was underholing and the coal rolled over on him. Seam 52ins worked longwall.

SNEDDON Richard - 1868 - 10/02/1868 – Age 62 – Manager. Newton, JP Kidston, Cambuslang, Lanarkshire. By falling a few feet off a scaffold at pit head.

SNEDDON Thomas - 1864 - 11/06/1864 – Age 25 - Collier. Alloa, Alloa Coal Co., Alloa, Clackmannan. Fall of coal at face.

SNEELDON R. - 1866 - 18/07/1866 – Age 25 - Collier. Coltness, Coltness Iron Co., Wishaw, Lanarkshire. Fall of roof while removing pillars.

SNOW Peter - 1869 - 09/03/1869 – Age 12 - Pony driver. Edge Green, Richard Evans and Sons, Golborne, Lancashire. Run over by a train of trams.

SNOWDEN John - 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.

SOFTLEY Edward - 1862 - 16/01/1862 – Age 17. New Hartley, Messrs. Carrs, Hartley, Durham. Entombment due to the breaking of an engine beam which fell down the single shaft. 204 killed.

SOMBERLAND J - 1869 - 22/02/1869 - Bondsman. Tibbington, J Howl, Tipton, Staffordshire. Accidentally fell into sump which he was covering with planks at the time.

SOMERS E. - 1862 - 05/12/1862 – Age 12 - Collier. Ebenezer, B Whitehouse, West Bromwich, Staffordshire. Explosion of firedamp.

SOMERS John - 1865 - 09/09/1865 – Age 36 - Collier. Tanyard, Butterley Coal Co., Alfreton, Derbyshire. Fall of roof.

SOMERS Thomas - 1862 - 23/07/1862 – Age 30 - Collier. Parkend, John Trotter and Co., Forest of Dean, Gloucester. Fall of roof occasioning such injuries as to cause his death on 23rd Aug.

SOMMERVILLE A. - 1868 - 18/06/1868 – Overman. Whitehill, Henderson and Dimmack, Airdrie, Lanarkshire. Crushed by cage at pit bottom when stepping on.

SOTHERON Wright - 1861 - 07/11/1861 – Age 29 - Sinker. Ince Hall, Ince Hall Coal Co., Wigan, Lancashire. Fell down the pit 2nd. Scaffold gave way.

SOULSBY Ab. - 1861 - 30/10/1861 – Age 15 - Driver. Houghall, W. Bell and Co., Durham. Fall of stone.

SOULSBY J. - 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.

SOULSBY Joseph - 1866 - 01/04/1866 – Ropeguider. Job’s Hill, J Pease and Co., Crook, Durham. Crushed between rope and drum.

SOULSBY Robert - 1860 - 02/03/1860. Burradon Colliery, Burradon, Durham. Explosion of gas. 76 killed. Left a wife and 3 or 4 children.

SOULSBY William - 1861 - 26/08/1861 – Age 48 Br. - Driver. Hetton, South Hetton Coal Co., Hetton, Durham. Crushed by waggons on branches.

SOULSBY William - 1868 - 28/09/1868 – Age 46 – Stoneman. Eppleton, South Hetton Coal Co., Fence Houses, Durham. Fall of stone.

SOUTHALL G. - 1863 - 06/06/1863 – Age 48 - Labourer. Essington, S Mills, Wolverhampton, Staffordshire. Fell upon the wheel of coal truck and died a few hours later.

SOUTHALL J - 1869 - 20/12/1869 - Hooker-on. Blackheath, WH Dawes, Rowley Regis, Staffordshire. Fell into sump from upper inset.

SOUTHALL T - 1863 - 22/06/1863 – Age 35 - Collier. Lilleshall, Lilleshall Co., Wellington, Shropshire. Drawn over pulley.

SOUTHER John - 1864 - 11/05/1864 – Age 58 – Stoneman. Seaton, Thornley Coal Co., Seaham, Durham. Fall of stone.

SOUTHERN James - 1863 - 29/01/1863 – Age 30 - Carpenter. Ince Hall, Ince Hall Coal and Cannel Co., Wigan, Lancashire. Crushed between a Coal truck and a coal screen which he was fixing.

SOUTHERN James - 1868 - 02/10/1868 – Age 13 - Landing Boy. Willington, Strakers and Love, Willington, Durham. He received a blow to the head from the handle of the winch while changing ropes.

SOUTHERN Mathew - 1869 - 21/07/1869 – Age 41 - Collier. Queen Colliery, Richard Evans and Sons, Haydock, St. Helens, Lancashire. Explosion of gas. 59 killed.

SOUTHERN Robert - 1869 - 21/07/1869 – Age 18 – Dataller. Queen Colliery, Richard Evans and Sons, Haydock, St. Helens, Lancashire. Explosion of gas. 59 killed.

SOUTHWAY William - 1869 - 13/10/1869 – Age 18 - Haulier. Ty Trist - Tredegar Iron Co., Tredegar, Monmouth. Crushed between trams and rib.

SPANKLEY Thomas - 1862 - 06/05/1862 – Age 30 - Collier. Cwm, Rhymney Iron Co., Rhymney, Monmouth. Fall of shale from top occasioned by joint structure.

SPARK John - 1869 - 13/08/1869 – Age 30 - Hewer. South Pontop, J Bowes and Partners, Gateshead, Durham. Explosion of gas.

SPEED S - 1862 - 20/05/1862 – Age 20 - Miner. Bradley (ironstone), GB Thorneycroft, Bilston, Staffordshire. Inundation of water from thick Coal workings. 7 killed.

SPENCE H. - 1862 - 04/08/1862 – Age 17 - Driver. Prior’s Lee, Lilleshall Co., Wellington, Shropshire. Crushed between horse and load.

SPENCE James - 1860 - 14/02/1860 – Age 12 - Dataller. Walthew House, William Hill, Branke, Wigan, Lancashire. Fall of roof.

SPENCE William - 1861 - 19/06/1861 – Age 45 - Collier. Warrickhill Merry and Cunningham, Dreghorn, Ayrshire.  Fall of roof.

SPENCELEY D – 1867 - 05/07/1867 – Age 18 – Horseshoer. Castle Eden, William Cook, Ferry Hill, Durham. Crushed by engine set while riding on a bogie.

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

SPENCER James - 1863 - 29/04/1863 – Age 18 - Waggoner. Lowside, William Blackburne and Co., Oldham, Lancashire. Roof falling in the Higher Bent mine. Died 12th Aug.

SPENCER John - 1862 - 24/09/1862 – Age 30 - Miner. Birchwood, C Seeley, Alfreton, Derbyshire. Falling off cage when ascending shaft.

SPENCER John - 1865 - 01/12/1865 – Age 36 - Miner. Townley, Brooks and Pickup, Burnley, Lancashire. Explosion of firedamp. He incautiously opened his safety lamp whilst cutting through into an unventilated place. The Fireman for omitting to lock the deceased’s lamp was proceeded against by the owners and fined £2.

SPENCER Robert - 1860 - 14/10/1860 - A Boy. Stubley, Kellett and Co., Leeds, Yorkshire. Explosion of firedamp.

SPENCER Thomas - 1865 - 22/03/1865 – Age 19 - Collier. Clay Cross, William Jackson and Co., Chesterfield, Derbyshire. Fall of roof.

SPENCER Thomas - 1869 - 09/10/1869 – Age 28 - Collier. Kiveton Park, Kiveton Park Coal Co., Sheffield, Yorkshire. Fall of Coal.

SPENCER Thomas - 1869 - 15/03/1869 – Age 15 - Pony driver. Pooley Hall, Pooley Hall Co., Tamworth, Staffordshire. Accidentally kicked by another lad.

SPERRINGS J. - 1868 - 20/01/1868 – Age 15 - Bondsman. Tividale Hall, S Bradley, Dudley, Worcestershire. Fall of coal in thick coal pit from between two slips the result of a bump. 2 killed.

SPETCH ? - 1865 - 03/05/1865 - Boy - Collier. Clay Cross, William Jackson and Co., Chesterfield, Derbyshire. Explosion of gas. 8 killed.

SPICER W. - 1861 - 24/04/1861 – Age 18 - Collier. Dudley Port, W. Hopkins and Sons, Tipton, Staffordshire. Fall of shale in gateroad occasioned by 2 converging slips in the roof. Timbered on each side of the road. Injured 124th. Died this day. Thick coal pit.

SPOONER Joseph - 1868 - 06/11/1868 – Age 41 - Deputy. Eppleton, South Hetton Coal Co., Fence Houses, Durham. Fall of stone.

SPROATES Thomas - 1866 - 31/01/1866 – Age 15 – Screener. Rough Lea, H Stowbart and Co., Willington, Durham. Crushed by railway trucks.

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

SPURR Henry - 1865 - 19/01/1865 - Boy. Milnthorpe, Messrs. Charlesworth, Wakefield, Yorkshire. Explosion of firedamp. 2 killed.

STACHAN Andrew - 1861 - 23/08/1861 – Age 14 - Collier. Towerlands, John Watt, Irvine, Ayrshire.  Fall of roof.

STACK Herbert - 1867 - 23/01/1867 – Age 12 - Boy. New Hollingwood, Staveley Co. Ltd., Chesterfield, Derbyshire. Run over on level.

STACKHOUSE J. - 1864 - 07/01/1864 – Age 42 - Bandsman. Cheslyn Hay (ironstone), J Hartland, Cannock, Staffordshire. Suffocated by carbonic acid gas in a headway into which he foolishly rushed to fetch an iron crowbar and thus lost his life.

STAFFORDSHIRE - James - 1868 - 09/04/1868 – Age 14 - Boy. Bradford, Bradford Co., Manchester, Lancashire. Roof falling at slip in waggon road.

STAFFORDSHIRE - Matthew - 1867 - 07/02/1867 – Age 49 - Screen inspector. Burnhope (New), Sowerby and Fletcher, Lanchester, Durham. Run over by an empty coal waggon.

STAGG Gwenllian - 1868 - 15/10/1868 – Age 45 – Filler. Patch (ironstone) open mine work, Tredegar Iron Co., Tredegar, Monmouth. Fall of mine ground as she was filling a tram. There was a slip through the strata and the ground should have been stopped down from above. I object to women taking this employment as they cannot jump back as men can. Female clothing is not adept for this work.

STAINIER R. - 1867 - 08/02/1867 – Age 14 - Driver. Clough Hall, Kinnersley and Co., Newcastle, Staffordshire. Mischievously exploded gunpowder.

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

STANFORD Edward - 1868 - 04/11/1868 – Age 26 - Collier. Gresley, Gresley Ltd., Burton-on-Trent, Derbyshire. Suffocated by the gas from a spontaneous fire. 2 killed.

STANG William - 1863 - 16/06/1863 - Miner. Barbauchlaw (ironstone), Monkland Steel Co., Bathgate, Lanarkshire. Fall of coal and stone.

STANLEY A - 1861 - 30/11/1861 – Age 51 - Carpenter. Swannington, William Norswick, Ashby-de-la-Zouch, Leicestershire. Falling down the shaft from scaffold near the surface. 3 killed.

STANLEY E. - 1869 - 11/11/1869 – Age 28 - Collier. Old Park, Old Park Co., Wellington, Shropshire. Fall of roof.

STANLEY John - 1862 - 12/11/1862 – Age 39 - Miner. Hawkesbury (ironstone), Executors of G Whieldon, Nuneaton, Warwick. Falling part way down the shaft.

STANLEY John - 1869 - 15/12/1869 – Age 50 - Collier. Great Britain Butterley Co., Alfreton, Derbyshire. Explosion of gas.

STANLEY W - 1864 - 06/12/1864 – Age 41 – Butty. Shelton (ironstone), Earl Granville, Shelton, Staffordshire. The rope broke whilst ascending.

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

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

STANNAWAY J. - 1868 - 25/04/1868 – Age 43 - Collier. Greenfield, W Adams, Tunstall, Staffordshire. Suffocated by carbonic acid gas.

STANNIER W. - 1865 - 02/12/1865 – Age 23 - Collier. Adderley Green, Stirrup and Pye, Longton, Staffordshire. Explosion of powder.

STANSFIELD John - 1868 - 27/07/1868 - Deputy Fireman. Haughton Green, Thomas Shaw and Sons, Haughton, Lancashire. Run over by a waggon which a boy, 14 years old, let go on the jig brow in the Peacock mine. Died in Manchester, Infirmary.

STANTON George - 1865 - 05/10/1865 – Screenman. Renshaw, J and G Wells, Chesterfield, Derbyshire. Run over by railway waggons.

STANWAY J. - 1863 - 03/01/1863 – Age 13 - Driver. Clough Hall, Kinnersley and Co., Newcastle, Staffordshire. Fell off tub and it went over him.

STANYAN John - 1862 - 24/01/1862 – Age 20 - Miner. Whitwick, John Whetstone and Co., Leicester, Leicestershire. Fall of roof.

STANYARD John - 1863 - 02/01/1863 – Age 24 - Miner. Snibston, GL Vaughan, agent, Leicester, Leicestershire. Fall of roof.

STAPLES Albert - 1868 - 02/10/1868 - Collier. Swanwick, WP Morewood, Alfreton, Derbyshire. Explosion of blasting powder.

STARFIKER John - 1865 - 22/12/1865 – Age 46 – Overlooker. Hindley, Wigan Coal and Iron Co., Wigan, Lancashire. Crushed by railway trucks.

STARK James - 1869 - 19/08/1869 – Age 48 - Collier. Wishaw, Wishaw Iron Co., Wishaw, Lanarkshire. Fall of Coal.

STARK R. - 1866 - 29/08/1866 – Age 45 - Collier. Sunnyside, Archibald Russel, Wishaw, Lanarkshire. Fall of roof while removing pillars.

STARKEY J. - 1864 - 28/12/1864 – Age 26 - Collier. Goscote, JC Smith, Walsall, Staffordshire. He was preparing to descend the shaft for the night turn. He walked out of the hovel towards the pit, stumbled and fell headlong into it.

STARKEY J. - 1867 - 10/01/1867 – Age 60 - Bandsman. Pelsall Hall, Pelsall Hall Colliery Co., Pelsall, Staffordshire. Fall of coal and rock roof between two slips in shallow coal. 2 killed.

STARKIE James - 1863 - 09/02/1863 – Age 25 - Day Labourer. Haigh, Earl of Crawford and Balcarres, Haigh, Wigan, Lancashire. Fall of roof.

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

STEAD 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.

STEAD William - 1865 - 16/06/1865 – Age 15. 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.

STEDMAN W. - 1861 - 01/10/1861 – Age 35 - Doggy. Friar Park (ironstone), W. H. Dawes, West Bromwich, Staffordshire. Jerked out of skip whilst ascending by the wire rope jumping over the drum flange which was only one and a half inch in depth.

STEEDMAN George - 1860 - 23/02/1860 - Pitheadman. Balbirnie, John Balfour, Kirkcaldy, Fife. Struck by the handle of a crane whilst lifting pumps.

STEEDS George - 1866 - 20/06/1866 – Age 30 - 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.

STEEL Andrew - 1864 - 16/01/1864 – Age 56 - Collier. Wellwood No.1, William Baird and Co., Muirkirk, Ayrshire.  By the breakage of an incline rope while riding in the hutches attached to it contrary to orders. 2 killed.

STEEL J. - 1861 - 19/04/1861 - Pikeman. Hatherton, W.F. Fryer, Walsall, Staffordshire. Fall of coal in 5 foot brought about by improperly and insecurely timbering which holing. (Breach of Rule 28).

STEEL John - 1869 - 29/01/1869 – Age 29 - Collier. Corseford, Ludovic Houston, Johnstone, Renfrew. Fall of roof.

STEEL M. - 1868 - 12/11/1868 – Age 45 – Overman. Haywood, Haywood Coal Co., Wilsontown, Lanarkshire. Fall of roof while knocking put props.

STEEL Peter - 1864 - 16/01/1864 – Age 21 - Collier. Wellwood No.1, William Baird and Co., Muirkirk, Ayrshire.  By the breakage of an incline rope while riding in the hutches attached to it Contrary to orders. 2 killed.

STEEL Ralph - 1867 - 09/07/1867 – Age 47 - Hewer. Seaham No.1, Earl Vane, Sunderland, Durham. Fall of stone.

STEELE J. - 1869 - 09/09/1869 - Bondsman. Roughwood, Roughwood Colliery Co., Bloxwich, Staffordshire. Fell off cage whilst ascending.

STEELE R. - 1862 - 28/03/1862 – Age 52 - Miner. Madeley Wood (ironstone), Austice and Co., Ironbridge, Shropshire. Fall of roof.

STEELEY R. - 1862 - 01/09/1862 – Age 64 - Hooker-on. Friary, J Morris, Tipton, Staffordshire. A piece of coal fell down the shaft from an ascending skip. No person, should venture into the bottom of the shaft when skips are ascending or descending.

STEEPLES G - 1868 - 10/10/1868 – Age 44 - Collier. Hoyland and Elsecar, Inspectors of Hoyland and E Colly, Barnsley, Yorkshire. Fall of Coal.

STEEPLES Thomas - 1866 - 20/08/1866 – Age 15 - Miner. Butterley (ironstone), Butterley Iron Co., Ripley, Derbyshire. Overstrained himself.

STEPHEN David - 1864 - 15/03/1864 – Age 14 - Collier. Tonmawr, WS Cartwright, Cardiff, Glamorgan. Fall of stone from roof.

STEPHEN Samuel - 1864 - 11/07/1864 – Age 32 - Haulier. Llynvi Vale, Llynvi Vale Iron Co., Bridgend, Glamorgan. Run over by trams.

STEPHEN Thomas - 1863 - 24/12/1863 – Age 44 - Collier. Resolven, Resolven Coal Co., Neath, Glamorgan. Run over by trams.

STEPHENS Benjamin - 1864 - 23/02/1864 – Age 14 - Collier. Forge, Blaenavon Iron Co., Nantyglo, Monmouth. These brothers were killed by a heavy fall which rolled off in consequence of a concealed rough separation in the Coal called a ‘grime’ and which unfortunately ran in a direction to throw the mass towards them. There certainly ought to have been one prop more set than I found there. 2 killed.

STEPHENS David - 1867 - 08/11/1867 – Age 36. 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.

STEPHENS James - 1869 - 11/09/1869 – Age 22 - Collier. Bute Merthyr, Marquis of Bute, Pontypridd, Glamorgan. Killed by firing a shot.

STEPHENS John - 1864 - 01/06/1864. Glyn Pits, Pontypool, Monmouth. Explosion of firedamp. 4 killed.

STEPHENS John - 1864 - 01/07/1864 – Age 16 - Haulier. Glyn Ebbw Vale Co., Pontypool, Monmouth. Explosion of firedamp in the Rock Vein Coal in consequence of both doors being left open by the Haulier who was himself killed.
The fresh air was thus entirely cut off from the face or the work in the heading. 4 killed.

STEPHENS John - 1864 - 09.02.1864 – Age 12 - Attending waggons. Norwood Hall, Gordon House Coal Co., Cockfield, Durham. Smothered by small coals in waggon.

STEPHENS Thomas - 1863 - 06/03/1863 – Age 55 - Collier. Ffachdwm, Ffachdwm Co., Neath, Glamorgan. Fall of roof.

STEPHENS Thomas - 1863 - 09/12/1863 – Age 22 - Drawer. Wynnstay, A New British Iron Co., Ruabon, Flint. Explosion of gas. 13 killed.

STEPHENS Thomas - 1864 - 23/02/1864 – Age 17 - Collier. Forge, Blaenavon Iron Co., Nantyglo, Monmouth. These brothers were killed by a heavy fall which rolled off in consequence of a Concealed rough separation in the coal called a ‘grime’ and which unfortunately ran in a direction to throw the mass towards them. There certainly ought to have been one prop more set than I found there. 2 killed.

STEPHENSON, E. - 1864 - 06/09/1864 – Age 16 - Wood leader. Coxhoe, West Hartlepool, Railway Co., Coxhoe, Durham. Fell part way down shaft.

STEPHENSON, George - 1868 - 03/03/1868 – Age 22 - Collier. Swanwick, WP Morewood, Alfreton, Derbyshire. Explosion of blasting powder in hard ground. 2 killed.

STEPHENSON, R. - 1863 - 19/05/1863 – Age 66 - Shifter. Coxhoe, Trustees of the West Hartlepool Co., Durham. Crushed by tubs.

STEPHENSON, Robert - 1860 - 22/10/1860 – Age 33 - Hewer. Ludworth, T. Wood and Co., Durham. Fall of stone.

STEPHENSON, Robert - 1866 - 06/10/1866 – Age 14 - Driver. Newbottle, Earl of Durham, Fencehouses, Durham. Fall of stone.

STERRY Fernham - 1868 - 28/09/1868 – Age 14- Doorboy. Deep Duffryn, Nixon Taylor and Co., Aberdare, Glamorgan. Killed by trams.

STEVEN William - 1861 - 11/05/1861 – Age 11 - Drawer. Gauchland, Kinloch Gibb and Co., Galston, Ayrshire.  Fall of coal.

STEVENS Benjamin - 1864 - 19/02/1864. Forge Pit, Blaenavon, Monmouth. Fall of a lump of coal. 2 killed.

STEVENS C. - 1862 - 01/02/1862 – Age 12 - Slack carrier. Himley, Earl of Dudley, Kingswinsford, Staffordshire. Fall of coal in the thick coal under the holing where he had gone contrary to orders. Breach of special rule 34.

STEVENS Hardiff - 1865 - 20/12/1865 - Collier. Cethin Cyfarthfa, 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.

STEVENS John - 1860 - 02/06/1860 – Age 33 – Doggy. Saltwell, Earl of Dudley, Dudley, Worcestershire. Sitting down under some holing in the No.19 thick coal pit talking to his brother a piece of coal fell from the face and killed him.

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

STEVENS Thomas - 1864 - 19/02/1864. Forge Pit, Blaenavon, Monmouth. Fall of a lump of coal. 2 killed.

STEVENSON, Alexander - 1861 - 17/07/1861 - Engine keeper. Hopeton, James Russell and Sons, Bathgate, West Lothian. Coming in contact with gearing of pumping engine.

STEVENSON, Alexander - 1868 - 10/02/1868 – Age 68 - Assistant Engineman. Bannockburn, Mrs Geddes, Bannockburn, Stirling. Got entangled with underground machinery.

STEVENSON, C. - 1865 - 02/08/1865 – Age 24 - Collier. Clough Hall, Kinnersley and Co., Newcastle, Staffordshire. Fall of roof.

STEVENSON, J. - 1862 - 18/12/1862 - Collier. Balgreggie, Crombie and Anderson, Lochgelly, Fife. Fall of coal.

STEVENSON, James - 1862 - 28/08/1862 – Age 16 - Collier. Wellwood No.1, W Baird and Co., Muirkirk, Ayrshire.  Fall of coal.

STEVENSON, James - 1867 - 20/08/1867 – Age 45 - Sinker. Craigends No.2, Birrell and McIntosh, Baillieston, Lanarkshire. Breakage of a crane rope while suspended in the shaft repairing mid-wall.

STEVENSON, James - 1867 - 27/05/1867 – Age 32 - Collier. Cambusnethan, John Sneddon, Wishaw, Lanarkshire. These men were allowed to examine the firedamp in their own place and they went too far before using the Davy lamp. No proceedings were taken. The firemen specially appointed should examine the places before the men enter. 2 killed.

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

STEVENSON, John - 1869 - 15/02/1869 – Age 13 - Pony driver. Langley, Butterley Co., Alfreton, Derbyshire. Run over in pit.

STEVENSON, Richard - 1861 - 23/03/1861 – Age 35 - Hewer. Kepier, Grange N. Wood and Co., Durham. Fall of stone.

STEVENSON, Robert - 1865 - 09/11/1865 – Age 21 - Hewer. Seaham, Earl Vane, Seaham, Durham. Fall of stone.

STEVENSON, T. - 1867 - 20/02/1867 - Sinker. Whitehall, J Kendrick, West Bromwich, Staffordshire. Fell part way down pumping pit shaft.

STEVENSON, Thomas - 1860 - 25/11/1860 – Age 26 - Collier. Bonnytown, Merry and Cunningham, Kilmarnock, Ayrshire.  A shot which had hung fire.

STEVENSON, William - 1867 - 25/02/1867 - Driver. Shelton, Earl Granville, Hanley, Staffordshire. Fall of coal.

STEVENSON, William - 1868 - 29/08/1868 – Age 67 - Collier. Auldouseburn, George Vallance, Muirkirk, Ayrshire.  Fall of coal while taking it down.

STEWART Alexander - 1860 - 22/10/1860 – Age 14 - Collier. Benstone, Ludovic Houston, Johnstone, Renfrew. Irruption of water from old workings. 5 killed.

STEWART Andrew - 1866 - 29/12/1866 – Age 33 - Assistant pitheadman. West Hurlet, John Wilson and Son, Hurlet, Lanarkshire. Fell down shaft by running a hutch from the wrong side.

STEWART Andrew - 1869 - 18/05/1869 – Age 15 - Drawer. Broomlands, Bourtreehill Coal Co., Irvine, Ayrshire.  Fall of roof at face.

STEWART Donald - 1865 - 22/07/1865 – Age 14 - Boy. Coltness, AG Simpson, Lanarkshire. Fell down pit from surface. He ran a hutch into the pit and fell after it. The self-acting wicket was out of repair and was not working.

STEWART Edward - 1865 - 23/03/1865 – Age 37 - Hewer. Wingate Grange, Executors of J Gully, Easington, Durham. Crushed by cage when ascending.

STEWART Gilbert - 1861 - 31/10/1861- Roadsman. Redding, James Russell and Co., Falkirk, Stirling. Fall of stone from roof.

STEWART James - 1861 - 06/05/1861 – Age 22 - Collier. Woodhill, Merry and Cunningham, Kilmarnock, Ayrshire.  Fall of roof.

STEWART John - 1861 - 03/08/1861 – Age 23 - Pitheadman. Enterkine, J T Gordon, Ayr, Ayrshire.  Getting entangled with the pumping crank of the engine.

STEWART Nicol - 1868 - 16/07/1868 – Age 30 - Collier. Espieside No.3, William Baird and Co., Coatbridge, Lanarkshire. Fall of roof.

STEWART Peter - 1864 - 27/05/1864 – Age 38 - Collier. Fergushill No.19, Archibald Finnie, Kilwinning, Ayrshire.  Fall of roof.

STEWART William - 1862 - 09/06/1862 – Age 30 - Collier. Broomhill, W Baird and Co., Denny, Stirling. Fall of roof at the face.

STEWART William - 1864 - 02/08/1864 – Age 50 - Hewer. Bowdon Close Joseph Pease and Partners Willington Durham. Fall of stone taking off Coal.

STEWART William - 1865 - 14/12/1865 – Age 22 - Collier. Plan John McKnight and Co., Kilmarnock, Ayrshire.  Fall of coal.

STIRRUP T. - 1860 - 19/07/2860 – Age 34 - Banksman. Hulton, Hulton Colliery Co. Hulton, Lancashire. Crushed in adjusting ropes on the drums at No.13 Three Quarters pit.

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

STOCKGILL Ralph - 1865 - 03/05/1865 - Collier. Clay Cross, William Jackson and Co., Chesterfield, Derbyshire. Explosion of gas. 8 killed.

STOCKHAM or STOCKHOLM John - 1864 - 27/04/1864 – Age 39 - Banksman. Cwmnantddu, Ebbw Vale Co., Abersychan, Monmouth. He went down the pit to bring up some rails (a duty he was not called on to perform) and fastened six of them in the cage but in coming up the lashing chain broke ad he was forced out of the cage fell down the shaft and was killed.