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STOCKLEY Thomas - 1865 - 14/09/1865 – Age 42 - Collier. Garswood Park, David Bromilow and Co., St. Helens, Lancashire. Fall of coal.

STOCKS A. - 1863 - 27/10/1863 – Age 14 - Pony driver. Palmerston, Messrs. Coke and Co., Alfreton, Derbyshire. Fall of roof.

STOCKS J. - 1860 - 03/09/1860 – Age 23 - Drawer. Holebottom Leeses, Jones and Co., Oldham, Lancashire. Fall of roof in Nook pit.

STOCKS Samuel - 1865 - 25/02/1865 – Age 39 - Miner. Lower Moor, Mayall Leach and Seddon, Oldham, Lancashire. Crushed by fall of stone. Died 2nd Mar.

STOILES Richard - 1869 - 25/11/1869 – Age 19 - Ironstone Getter. Tong (ironstone), Bowling Iron Co., Bradford, Yorkshire. Fall of roof.

STOKER Matthew - 1869 - 13/01/1869 – Age 37 - Deputy. Backworth, Backworth Coal Co., Newcastle, Northumberland. Fall of stone.

STOKES J. - 1864 - 23/08/1864 – Age 14 - Collier. Bradley, GB Thorneycroft and Co., Bilston, Staffordshire. Explosion of firedamp 6th. Died this day.

STOKOE William - 1869 - 30/08/1869 – Age 15 - Driver. Wearmouth, Stobart and Co., Sunderland, Durham. Crushed between tub and balk at flat.

STONE William - 1867 - 04/12/1867 – Age 21 – Hurrier. William Day, Barnsley, Yorkshire. Fall of coal.

STONEHOUSE Robert (injured) - 1863 - 06/03/1863. Coxlodge Colliery, Coxlodge, Northumberland. Explosion of gas. 26 killed.

STONES Arthur - 1869 - 19/05/1869 – Age 12 – Trapper. Old Silkstone, RC Clarke, Barnsley, Yorkshire. Run over by tub.

STONES Edward - 1862 - 01/08/1862 – Age 12 - Waggoner. Smithfold, John Gibson and Co., Little Hulton, Lancashire. Fall of stone from the side of engine brow in the Trencherbone mine.

STONES James - 1861 - 11/07/1861 - Collier. Kinneil Iron Works, Kinneil Iron Co., Bo’ness, West Lothian. Fall of coal from face of workings.

STONES Joseph - 1863 - 27/05/1863 - Sinker. Clifton and Kearsley, Trustees of the late Ellis Fletcher, Clifton, Lancashire. The powder going off whilst the drill hole was being opened in which the shot had missed fire.

STONES William - 1865 - 31/08/1865 - Collier. Swanwick, Morewood, Alfreton, Derbyshire. Fall of coal.

STONES William - 1867 - 30/03/1867 – Age 17 - Collier. Renishaw, Appleby and Co., Chesterfield, Derbyshire. Fell out of bucket in shaft.

STONIER G. - 1862 - 11/01/1862 – Age 22 - Banksman. Lawton Bidder and Co., Newcastle, Staffordshire. Fell down sinking pit.

STOPFORD J. - 1860 - 20/01/1860 - Collier. Dunkirk, Dunkirk Co., Dukinfield, Cheshire. Fall of roof.

STOPFORD William - 1864 - 14/12/1864 – Age 20 - Miner. Lord’s Field, Lord’s Field Colliery Co., Ashton-under-Lyne, Lancashire. Coal falling in the Great mine whilst mining without having sprags set. 2 killed.

STOREY Robert - 1864 - 03/08/1864 – Age 15 – Trimmer. Murton South, South Hetton Coal Co., Murton, Durham. Crushed by a surface waggon.

STOTT James - 1865 - 19/08/1865 – Age 40 - Labourer. Bradford, Johnson and Livesey, Manchester, Lancashire. Falling whilst going down the steps from the pit hill.

STOUT James - 1869 - 23/06/1869 – Age 34 - Deputy. Willington, Strakers and Love, Durham. Run over by set on engine plane.

STOW Richard - 1866 - 11/08/1866 - Miner. Glasshouse Common (ironstone), Sheepbridge Iron Co., Chesterfield, Derbyshire. Sides of shaft fell out whilst engaged in taking out bricks.

STRACHAN Peter - 1860 - 10/11/1860 – Age 12 - Boy. Hurlford Allan Gilmour and Co., Kilmarnock, Ayrshire.  Was thrown out of the cage by the engine raising it unexpectedly.

STRAHAN John - 1865 - 28/06/1865 – Age 60 - Roadman. Braehead, Charles Tenant and Co., Lanarkshire. Fall of roof.

STRAIDE Samuel - 1869 - 10/06/1869. Ferndale, David Davies and Sons, Pontypridd, Glamorgan. Explosion of gas from a blower. 53 killed.

STRAIN Charles - 1867 - 03/06/1867 – Age 48 – Roadsman. Windyedge (ironstone), Robert Stewart, Motherwell, Lanarkshire. Engineman lowered the cage onto 15 fathoms of water and the cage being covered they could not get out. It was the Engineman’s neglect and he was tried for manslaughter before a jury and acquitted. 2 killed.

STRAKER Michael - 1868 - 24/09/1868 – Age 35 - Hewer. Bowden Close, Joseph Pease and Partners, Willington, Durham. Fall of stone.

STRANGHAIR D.L. - 1863 - 21/12/1863 – Age 21 – Stonemason. Byers Green, Trustees of West Hartlepool Co., Spennymoor, Durham. Fall of stone.

STRATHDEE John - 1865 - 29/12/1865 – Age 16 - Drawer. Barleith No.5, John Galloway and Co., Hurlford, Ayrshire.  Run over by a hutch upon a ‘rise’ road.