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FLAHERTY Thomas - 1873 - 01/04/1873 – Bondsman. Bentley, Chillington Iron Co., Walsall, Stafford. Fall of roof in thin mine.

FLANAGAN G. - 1872 - 13/01/1872 – Age 30 - Collier. Rosehall, Robertt Addied and Sons, Holytown, Lanarkshire. Fall of coal.

FLANNERY John - 1876 - 04/01/1876 – Age 19 - Collier. Houghton, Earl of Durham, Fence Houses, Durham. Crushed by tubs while jumping off engine run.

FLARTY J. - 1870 - 01/07/1870 – Age 31 – Bondsman. Old Park (ironstone), E Smallman, Wednesbury, Stafford. Fall of measure from face.

FLAX William - 1879 - 07/07/1879 – Age 28 - Hewer. Montagu Main, W Benson and Son, Newcastle, Northumberland. Fall of stone.

FLAXMAN John * - 1873 - 14/08/1873 – Age 26. Leasingthorne, Durham.

FLEMING David - 1877 - 22/10/1877 – Age 37 - Miner. Blantyre, William Dixon and Co., Blantyre, Lanarkshire. Explosion of firedamp. 207 killed.

FLEMING David - 1878 - 08/03/1878 – Age 17 – Engineboy. Barrwood No.2, William Baird and Co., Kilsyth, Ayrshire. By fire in shaft and explosion of firedamp. 17 killed.

FLEMMING Crawford - 1874 - 05/08/1874 – Age 22 - Collier. Balmalloch, Brown and Rennie, Kilsyth, Ayrshire. Injured in explosion of gunpowder 25th July Died this day.

FLEMMING Jonathan - 1875 - 05/08/1875 – Age 27 – Fireman. Martholme, Great Harwood Colliery Co. Ltd., Great Harwood, Lancashire. Suffocated by firedamp which they apparently ventured too far into whilst dislodging it at night. 2 killed. They had been inspecting the air passages, and last night went down the mine at 2 o'clock in the morning. They did not return, and about 6 o'clock in the morning a search party went down. Both men were found to have died from choke damp. They were both married and had families".

FLETCHER A. - 1873 - 20/12/1873 - Collier. Ravensworth, G and H Haigh, Dewsbury, Yorkshire. Explosion of gas.

FLETCHER Abraham - 1878 - 12/08/1878 – Age 64 - Miner. Street Gate, Matthew Bennett and Bros., Little Hulton, Lancashire. Coal falling in his working place Died 15th.

FLETCHER E - 1872 - 25/03/1872 – Age 16 – Driver. Wearmouth, Stobart and Co., Sunderland, Durham. Struck by horse.

FLETCHER G. - 1878 - 30/10/1878 - Collier. Lilleshall, Lilleshall Co., Wellington, Shropshire. Explosion of firedamp. 2 killed.

FLETCHER George - 1875 - 22/02/1875 – Age 13 – Driver. Esh, JW Pease and Partners, Durham, Co. Durham. Crushed between tub and wall side.

FLETCHER J. - 1876 - 15/05/1876 – Age 59 – Pikeman. Herbert’s Park, D Jones and Sons, Bilston, Stafford. Explosion of gunpowder. He had charged and fired the shot and in making his escape fell down and was struck by a piece of rock. Injured 8th. Died this day.

FLETCHER James - 1872 - 13/06/1872 – Age 32 - Collier. Portland Butterley Co., Alfreton, Derbyshire. Fall of roof.

FLETCHER James - 1874 - 03/02/1874 – Age 17 – Waggoner. Tyldesley, Astley and Tyldesley Coal and Salt Co., Tyldesley, Lancashire. Over-exertion whilst waggoning coal tubs containing 6cwt.

FLETCHER James - 1876 - 24/11/1876 – Age 19 - Collier. Ushaw Moor, Henry Chaytor, Durham, Co. Durham. Fall of coal while working under the top part of the seam in the Busty Pit contrary to orders.

FLETCHER James - 1876 - 26/06/1875 – Age 36 – Dayman. Stonehill, Roscow and Lord, Farnworth, Lancashire. Roof falling as he was taking out props.

FLETCHER James - 1877 - 28/12/1877 – Age 50 – Dayman. Pendleton, Andrew Knowles and Sons Ltd., Pendleton, Lancashire. Roof falling.

FLETCHER John (survivor) - 1878 - 11/09/1878 - Collier. Abercarn, Ebbw Vale Iron Co., Abercarn, Monmouthshire. Explosion of firedamp. 268 killed.

FLETCHER John - 1870 - 21/07/1870 – Age 48 - Miner. Wildersmoor, Nicholas Fish, Rivington, Lancashire. Roof falling. Died 9th Nov.

FLETCHER John - 1879 - 23/12/1879 – Age 29 - Miner. Kersley, Samuel Scowcroft and Sons, Kersley, Lancashire. Explosion of firedamp in Plodder mine. 7 killed.

FLETCHER M - 1873 - 20/12/1873 – Age 66 – Hanger-on. Brightside, Pitsmoor Coal Co., Sheffield, Yorkshire. Crushed in shaft.

FLETCHER N. - 1875 - 24/10/1875 – Age 60 - Hanger-on. West Ardsley, West Yorkshire Iron and Coal Co., Wakefield, Yorkshire. Crushed by cage.

FLETCHER Richard - 1874 - 14/04/1874. Astley, Dunkirk Co., Dukinfield, Cheshire. Explosion of firedamp. 54 killed.

FLETCHER Samuel - 1872 - 31/01/1872 – Age 20 – Waggoner. Ladyshore, John Fletcher, Little Lever, Lancashire. Explosion of firedamp in Trencherbone mine. It was on the east main level where a blower of gas had been in active operation in 1869-70 and 71 after which it nearly ceased but at the time of the explosion it became active consequent of a new drift approaching the line of fissure on the dip which caused the atmospheric to be brought to bear on the intermediate space and he took in a candle and not a safety lamp. He was burned to death and 9 others were almost suffocated by afterdamp.

FLETCHER William - 1874 - 17/09/1874 – Age 37 – Stallman. Loscoe, Butterley Iron and Coal Co., Langley Mill, Derbyshire. Fall of bind while repairing air way in the act of setting timber to support the roof when it fell.

FLETCHER William - 1879 - 10/10/1879 – Age 33 - Miner. Great Lever Lower 3 Yard, Earl of Bradford, Great Lever, Lancashire. Hurt by coal falling after a shot had been fired. Died 14th Nov.

FLINN John - 1877 - 07/11/1877 – Age 21- Hewer. Washington, William Stobart, Washington, Durham. Fall of stone in longwall working.

FLINT. John - 1874 - 14/07/1874 – Age 28 - Collier. West Hallam, West Hallam Iron and Coal Co., Ilkeston, Derbyshire. Sinking small air shaft 12 yards deep when hemp rope broke and deceased fell from top to bottom of shaft.

FLINT or FLYNN Peter - 1875 - 10/06/1875 – Age 36 - Sinker. Park Lane, Garswood Coal and Iron Co. Ltd., Wigan, Lancashire. Lowered down sinking pit too quickly. 2 killed. The inquest was held in Ashton on David Jones, sinker, who died from injuries received on the 30th July at the No.1 sinking pit for the Garswood Coal and Iron Company. The hoppet containing four men was being lowered down the shaft at a rather high speed with the result that the engineman was unable to top the hoppet and it was dashed against the bottom. All in the hoppet were seriously injured. Flynn was taken to Wigan, Infirmary where he died a few days later. Three others were taken to their homes. Jones died on Sunday and two others were reported to be in a perilous condition. The jury returned a verdict to the effect that the deceased had died as a result of the injuries which he had received and the jury considered the engineman, Joseph .Topping deserving of a grave censure for allowing the engine to overrun in these circumstances. (Prescot, Reporter.)

FLINT. William - 1872 - 17/05/1872 – Age 24 - Collier. Portland, Butterley Co., Alfreton, Derbyshire. Explosion of gas.

FLOCKHART Thomas - 1874 - 26/06/1874 – Age 22 - Collier. Arniston, Arniston Coal Co Ltd., Cockpen, Edinburgh. Fall of coal at face while holing (longwall).

FLOOD John - 1877 - 30/01/1877 – Age 75 – Screener. Burnhope, Messrs Fletcher and Sowerby, Lanchester, Durham. Thrown down by hauling engine rope which broke his leg. Died 6th Feb.

FLOOD Michael - 1879 - 16/05/1879 – Age 33 - Miner. Ellesmere, Bridgewater Trust, Worsley, Lancashire. Died apparently from a slight injury 3rd Apr when a piece of coal knocked his head against a prop.

FLOOK Samuel - 1870 - 01/12/1870 – Age 13 - Gin driver. Coalpit Heath, Coalpit Heath Co., Coalpit Heath, Gloucester Fell down sinking pit.

FLOWER Thomas - 1871 - 31/01/1871 – Age 33 – Sinker. Mells, Vobster and Mells Co., Mells, Somerset. The pit was in the process of being deepened by sinking 50 yards beneath, the bottom and Flower was the last of 3 men to come up which he did after firing a shot and the jack roll brought him up those 50yds when he suddenly fell backwards and was killed. He should have had his leg in the loop and he would have been safe.

FLOWERS James - 1871 - 29/09/1871 – Age 45 - Collier. Springwell, Staveley Iron and Coal Co., Chesterfield, Derbyshire. Fall of coal.

FLUKES George - 1879 - 02/04/1879 – Age 38 - Collier. Bedwellty, Tredegar Iron Co., Bedwellty, Monmouth. Explosion of firedamp. 6 killed.

FLYAN John - 1874 - 01/05/1874 – Age 28 – Sinker. White Moss, White Moss Coal Co. Ltd., Skelmersdale, Lancashire. Fall of stone in sinking shaft.

FLYNN A. - 1870 - 11/02/1870 - Miner. Coppy Hall (ironstone), Coppy Hall Co., Aldridge, Stafford. Injured by fall of measure 10th. Died this day in Walsall, hospital.

FLYNN Michael - 1876 - 16/10/1876 – Age 23 - Labourer. Bedford, John Speakman, Leigh, Lancashire. Washed off scaffold into water in the sinking pit an ascending barrel of water having got upset into shaft at pit top. 2 killed.

FLYNN or FLINT. Peter - 1875 - 10/06/1875 – Age 36 – Sinker. Park Lane, Garswood Coal and Iron Co. Ltd., Wigan, Lancashire. Lowered down sinking pit too quickly. 2 killed. The inquest was held in Ashton on David Jones, sinker, who died from injuries received on the 30th July at the No.1 sinking pit for the Garswood Coal and Iron Company. The hoppet containing four men was being lowered down the shaft at a rather high speed with the result that the engineman was unable to top the hoppet and it was dashed against the bottom. All in the hoppet were seriously injured. Flynn was taken to Wigan, Infirmary where he died a few days later. Three others were taken to their homes. Jones died on Sunday and two others were reported to be in a perilous condition. The jury returned a verdict to the effect that the deceased had died as a result of the injuries which he had received and the jury considered the engineman, Joseph .Topping deserving of a grave censure for allowing the engine to overrun in these circumstances. (Prescot, Reporter)

FOGG Peter - 1878 - 12/03/1878 – Age 26. Unity Brook, James Stott and Co., Kersley, Lancashire. Explosion of firedamp in Cannel Mine. An outburst of gas from the first large fall of roof in the west workings. Candles being used. 43 killed.

FOGG Richard - 1879 - 23/12/1879. Kersley, Samuel Scowcroft and Sons, Kersley, Lancashire. Explosion of firedamp in Plodder mine. 7 killed. Died 1st Jan - 1880.

FOLEY John - 1870 - 23/07/1870 – Age 14 - Collier. Charles CH Smith, Llansamlet Glamorgan. Explosion of gas. 19 killed.

FORBES Dominick - 1873 - 03/10/1873 – Age 30 – Screenman. Cassop, Owners of Cassop Colliery, Durham, Co. Durham. Crushed by wagon which passed over him.

FORBES George - 1873 - 20/12/1873 – Age 50 - Roadsman. Prestonlinks, J and C Grieve, Tranent, Haddington. Fall of roof.

FORBES Robert - 1874 - 17/09/1874 – Age 35 – Joiner. Balquhatstone, John Watson, Slamannan, Stirling. Jammed between the buffers of two waggons while shifting them by hand.

FORD Charles - 1871 - 02/03/1871 – Age 20 - Collier. Victoria, Ebbw Vale Co. Ltd. Victoria, Monmouth. Explosion of firedamp. 19 killed.

FORD James - 1872 - 30/12/1872 – Age 14 - Drawer. Prestonhall, W Wood, Dalkeith, Mid Lothian, Crushed by hutch.

FORD Reuben - 1879 - 02/03/1879 – Age 61 – Horsekeeper. Willingsworth, Willingsworth Colliery Co., Tipton, Stafford. Found dead under cage how he got there was no evidence to show.

FORD Thomas - 1879 - 08/09/1879. Leycett, Crewe Coal Co., Newcastle, Stafford. Explosion of firedamp. 8 killed.

FORDYCE Peter - 1876 - 07/04/1876 – Age 14 – Bottomer. Crofthead (ironstone), Coltness Iron Co., Shotts, Lanarkshire. Struck by piece of ironstone falling down shaft.

FOREDAY J. - 1874 - 02/09/1874 – Age 52 – Overman. Wolverhampton, W and E Fenn, Wolverhampton, Stafford. Fall of roof in waste while in the act of knocking out a timber prop.

FOREMAN George - 1876 - 05/05/1876 – Age 30 – Stallman. Stanton, J and M Nadin and Son, Burton-on-Trent, Derbyshire. Explosion of powder caused by careless handling of the same.

FOREMAN J - 1872 - 01/05/1872 – Age 30 - Hanger-on. Bowling (ironstone), Bowling Iron Co., Bradford, Yorkshire. Struck by descending cage.

FOREST Charles - 1876 - 21/01/1875 – Age 17 - Attending crusher. Wheal Brothers (metalliferous), Robert Henderson, Harrowbarrow. Accidentally caught and crushed by the shaft of the sieve under the crusher.

FORREST Andrew - 1874 - 30/06/1874 – Age 22 – Engineman. Ashgill, Andrew Spencer, Dalserf, Lanarkshire. Explosion of firedamp which ignited while they were putting in brattice with naked lights. They ought to have had safety lamps. 2 killed.

FORREST William - 1879 - 28/03/1879 – Age 48 - Collier. Littleburn, North Brancepeth Coal Co. Ltd., Durham, Co. Durham. Leg broken by fall of stone from a slip in the roof of Hutton Seam. Died 25th Nov from exhaustion consequent on long confinement.

FORRESTER Ebenezer - 1878 - 19/11/1878 – Age 39 – Brusher. Kelty, The Fife Coal Co. Ltd., Beath, Fife. Fall of roof on incline while re-brushing it. Longwall.

FORRESTER Robert - 1873 - 20/05/1873 – Sinker. Cluny, Anderson and Goodall, Kirkcaldy, Fife. By the breaking of the crane rope they fell 8 or 9 fathoms. The rope was completely decayed at the point of fracture it was six years old and had been laying in store for three years. 2 killed.

FORSHAW William - 1874 - 20/10/1874 – Age 17 - Drawer. Queen, Richard Evans and Co., Haydock, Lancashire. Fall of roof while pulling off sides against orders.

FORSTER Benjamin * - 1876 - 10/10/1876 – Age 23. Seghill, Joshua Laycock and Co., Newcastle, Northumberland.

FORSTER James - 1874 - 30/04/1874 – Age 50 – Sinker. South Wingate, Hutton Henry Coal Co., Ferry Hill, Durham. Drawn up to pulley spring hook broke and he fell down the pit.

FORSTER John - 1870 - 30/01/1870 – Age 22 – Stoneman. Hamsteels, RS Johnson and Co., Durham, Co. Durham. Fall of stone.

FORSTER John - 1879 - 15/12/1879 – Age 14 – Driver. Boldon, Harton Coal Co., Sunderland, Durham. Crushed by tubs.

FORSTER Robert - 1872 - 30/12/1872 – Age 60 – Shaftman. Thornley, Original Hartlepool Colliery Co., Ferry Hill, Durham. Crushed by flywheel.

FORSTER Robert - 1875 - 06/04/1875 – Age 62 – Waterman. Houghton, Earl of Durham. Houghton, Durham. Fall of stone.

FORSTER Thomas - 1872 - 20/07/1872 – Age 30 – Shifter. Medmosley Consett, Consett Coal Co., Gateshead, Durham. Fall of coal.

FORSTER William - 1870 - 12/03/1870 – Age 55 – Stoneman. Willington, Strakers and Love, Durham, Co. Durham. Fall of stone.

FORSYTHE William - 1874 - 01/07/1874 – Age 26 - Collier. Episide, William Baird and Co., Coatbridge, Lanarkshire. Fall of roof. 2 killed.

FOSS William - 1875 - 16/12/1875. Cleator (metalliferous) Cleator, Cleator Iron Ore Co., Cleator, Cumberland. He and another man was descending the shaft. The drum of the winding engine had not been made fast to the drum shaft and the cage ram amain and capsized itself crushing him against the side of the shaft.

FOSTER Alvin - 1873 - 27/02/1873 – Age 13 - Labourer. Netherseal, Netherseal Coal Co., Burton-on-Trent, Derbyshire. Run over on incline having left his place of work.

FOSTER Arthur - 1872 - 10/02/1872 – Age 40 – Bottomer. Barleith No.1, John Galloway, Kilmarnock, Ayrshire. Fell from bottom working, 6 fathoms.

FOSTER F. - 1873 - 25/08/1873 – Age 32 - Chartermaster. Albert, D Rose, Darlaston, Stafford. Suffocated by carbonic acid gas. 2 killed.

FOSTER John - 1879 - 18/06/1878 – Age 27 – Chargeman. No.3 Sinking, Thomas Fletcher and Sons, Bradley Fold, Lancashire. The hoppet slowed too rapidly to the bottom of the sinking pit. Died 20th. 1 killed 2 injured.

FOSTER Joseph - 1874 - 08/07/1874 – Age 38 – Sinker. Bestwood, Bestwood Colliery Co., Nottingham, Nottinghamshire. Fell from movable scaffold.

FOSTER R. - 1874 - 11/12/1874 – Age 29 - Labourer. East Gawber, R Craik and Co., Barnsley, Yorkshire. Run over on surface.

FOSTER Richard - 1873 - 09/01/1873 – Age 23 – Stallman. Hucknall, Torkland Ellis and Co., Nottingham, Nottinghamshire. Fall of roof.

FOSTER Robert (injured) - 1879 - 31/01/1879 – Age 38 - Miner. Agecroft, Andrew Knowles and Sons, Pendlebury, Lancashire. Hurt by stone falling from roof as he was setting sprag.

FOSTER Thomas - 1875 – 06/12/1875 – Age 29. Swaithe Main, Mitchell and Co., Barnsley, Yorkshire. Explosion of gas. 143 Killed.

FOSTER Thomas - 1879 – 24/04/1879 – Age 30 - Collier. Tawd Vale, Tawd Vale Coal Co. Ltd., Skelmersdale, Lancashire. Killed by blown out shot.

FOSTER W - 1872 – 03/08/1872 – Age 16 – Jigger. Babbington, Babbington Coal Co., Nottingham, Nottinghamshire. Run over on incline.

FOSTER W. - 1877 - 17/05/1877 – Age 43 - Collier. Turnhurst, Turnhurst Colliery Co., Tunstall, Stafford. Fall of coal.

FOTHERINGHAM D. - 1875 - 22/03/1875 – Age 14 – Ponydriver. Blairadam, The Fife Coal Co Ltd., Blairadam, Kinross He ran the tub into the shaft when the cage was not there and there was no self-acting fence to stop it.

FOTHERINGHAME Robert - 1871 – 29/08/1871 – Age 13 - Drawer. Woodhall, Merry and Cunninghame, Airdrie, Lanarkshire. Fall of roof and road.

FOULKES G. - 1874 - 18/07/1874 - Collier. Preeswyn, Moreton Hall Co., Oswestry, Shropshire. Crushed by tubs on incline.

FOULKES T. - 1873 – 04/11/1873 - Miner. High Lane (ironstone), Chatterley Co., Tunstall, Stafford. Fall of roof.

FOULKES Thomas - 1871 – 26/07/1871 – Age 35 - Collier. Coppa, Coppa Colliery Co., Mold, Flint. Falling out of cage whilst ascending shaft.

FOUNDLING Thomas - 1876 - 11/12/1876 – Age 65 – Deputy. Reservoir, C Abney Hastings, Moira, Leicester. Shunting tubs neglected to make them safe and passing down incline one of the tubs ran after him.

FOWKES George - 1870 - 31/05/1870 – Age 16 - Collier. Swanwick, WP Morewood, Alfreton, Derbyshire. Fall of roof.

FOWLER James - 1874 - 16/07/1874 – Age 12 – Driver. Adelaide, Joseph Pease and Partners, Bishop Auckland, Durham. Run over by tubs. 2 killed.

FOWLER John - 1875 - 16/09/1875 – Age 20 - Set rider. Townley, A Potter and Co., Gateshead, Durham. Fall of stone from side.

FOWLER Oliver - 1878 - 11/10/1878 – Age 51 – Trammer. Car House, John Brown and Co., Rotherham. Yorkshire. Crushed by corves.

FOWLER Richard - 1878 - 27/03/1878 – Age 60. Apedale, Stanier and Co., Newcastle, Stafford. Explosion of firedamp. 23 killed.

FOWLES Henry - 1879 - 19/11/1879 – Age 20 – Breaksman. Ravenhead, St. Helens Collieries Co. Ltd., St. Helens, Lancashire. He had hold of a prop by some means of which the engine pushed the waggons along the adjoining line when the prop slipped and he was caught between the buffers.

FOX Francis - 1878 - 06/12/1878 – Age 43 – Brusher. Govan No.6, WS Dixon Ltd., Glasgow, Lanarkshire. Fall of roof.

FOX James - 1878 - 07/06/1878 – Age 27 - Drawer. Wood, Richard Evans and Sons, Haydock, Lancashire. Explosion of firedamp after a sudden outburst.  189 killed.

FOX R. - 1876 - 01/12/1876 – Age 30 – Sinker. Lofthouse Station, Leeds and Yorkshire Co-operative Coal Co., Wakefield, Yorkshire. Fell down shaft.

FOX Robert - 1870 - 27/09/1870 – Age 13 – Waggoner. Pendlebury, Andrew Knowles and Sons, Pendlebury, Lancashire. Explosion. 6 killed.

FOX Robert - 1870 - 27/09/1870 – Age 53 - Miner. Pendlebury, Andrew Knowles and Sons, Pendlebury, Lancashire. Explosion. 6 killed.

FOX T. - 1874 - 02/10/1874 – Age 25 - Banksman. Audley, Rigby and Co., Newcastle, Stafford. Fell out of cage whilst assisting in the pit.

FOY John - 1871 - 28/06/1871 – Age 52 - Banksman. Bumclow, Field Wigan Iron and Coal Co., Gidlow, Wigan, Lancashire. Falling from top of headgear or pit frame.

FOY John - 1872 - 28/03/1872 - Collier. Park Lane, Mercer and Evans, Wigan, Lancashire. Crushed by tubs.

FRADSOM Joshua - 1875 - 24/06/1875 – Age 18 - Dataler. St. Helens, Pilkington Bros., St. Helens, Lancashire. Crushed between tub and prop.

FRAIN Luke - 1877 - 20/12/1877 – Age 30 - Labourer. Scot Lane No.3, William Woods and Son, Westhoughton, Lancashire. Cage of steam hoist descending on him.

FRAME Alexander - 1873 - 11/09/1873 – Age 60 – Pitheadman. Auchenheath, Trustees of James Ferguson, Lesmahagow, Lanarkshire. Fell from the surface down the pit. For want of thought he ran a tub into the shaft when the cage was not there to receive it. There was a gate but it was half-open at the time.

FRAMER Thomas - 1878 - 08/03/1878 – Age 13 – Driver. Ibstock, Ibstock Colliery Co., Ibstock, Derbyshire. Run over by loaded tubs. Boy neglected to put lockers in the wheels.

FRANCE James - 1874 - 27/05/1874 – Age 64 - Dataler. Low Hall, Moss Hall Coal Co. Ltd., Wigan, Lancashire. Crushed by fall of roof while carelessly drawing a prop.

FRANCE Thomas - 1870 - 09/05/1870 – Age 17 – Hurrier. Sinking Wood, J and J Haigh, Leeds, Yorkshire. Explosion of gas in going through a throw.

FRANCIS Evan - 1878 - 05/11/1878 – Age 67 - Labourer. No.22, Ebbw Vale Iron Co., Monmouthshire. Injured by trams died next day.

FRANCIS George - 1871 - 24/10/1871 – Age 20 - Miner. Gantre (ironstone), Ebbw Vale Co. Ltd., Ebbw Vale, Monmouth. Fall of ground.

FRANCIS Henry - 1870 - 14/02/1870. Morfa Vivian and Sons, Taibach, Glamorgan. Explosion of gas. 30 killed.

FRANCIS J. - 1872 - 15/02/1872 – Age 20 – Engineman. Rhydydefed, P Richards, Swansea, Glamorgan. Killed by getting entangled in machinery.

FRANCIS John - 1871 - 31/01/1871 – Age 59 - Collier. Berrington, F Rogers, Penclawdd, Glamorgan. Killed by fall of coal.

FRANCIS John - 1875 - 06/04/1875 – Age 30 - Collier. Havannah, Richard Evans and Co., St. Helens, Lancashire. Overwinding. 2 killed.

FRANCIS Joseph - 1877 - 17/09/1877 – Age 30 - Collier. Farm Level, Ebbw Vale Co., Monmouth. Fall of roof.

FRANCIS Levi - 1879 - 20/06/1878 – Age 35 - Miner. Stand Lane, Stand Lane Colliery Co., Radcliffe, Lancashire. Leg broken by roof falling from a pot hole. Three Yards Mine.

FRANCIS R. - 1872 - 01/11/1872 – Age 29 - Collier. Gellia, Evans and Bevan, Neath, Glamorgan. Killed by fall of stone.

FRANCIS Richard - 1878 - 22/02/1878 – Age 36 - Collier. Brymbo, Brymbo Coal Co., Wrexham, Denbigh. Explosion of gas.

FRANCIS Thomas - 1870 - 14/02/1870. Morfa Vivian and Sons, Taibach, Glamorgan. Explosion of gas. 30 killed.

FRANCIS Thomas - 1872 - 14/06/1872 – Age 49 – Tripper. Trelyn, Thomas Aubrey, Monmouth. Through a pin giving way he was violently thrown down onto main railway 14th. Died 16th. Miserable apparatus altogether.

FRANKLAND A - 1873 - 06/08/1873 - Collier. Whitwood, H Briggs Son and Co., Normanton, Yorkshire. Explosion of gas. 2 killed.

FRANKLIN John - 1873 - 08/05/1873 – Age 15 – Putter. Murton, South Hetton Coal Co., Sunderland, Durham. Head crushed between tub and prop.

FRANKLIN Thomas - 1878 - 11/09/1878 - Collier. Abercarn, Ebbw Vale Iron Co., Abercarn, Monmouthshire. Explosion of firedamp. 268 killed.

FRANKS John - 1878 - 11/09/1878 - Collier. Abercarn, Ebbw Vale Iron Co., Abercarn, Monmouthshire. Explosion of firedamp. 268 killed.

FRANKS W - 1874 - 26/09/1874 – Age 23 – Mason. Bryn Cethin, Barrow Steam Coal Co., Bridgend, Glamorgan. Killed by falling down sinking shaft. A part of the cast iron crab winch broke. The stage canted and seven men fell. Two were saved. At the inquest I recommended wooden crabs to be substituted for the cast iron ones. 5 killed.

FRAZER Margaret - 1877 - 14/09/1877 – Age 34 - Pithead asst. Holton, Alloa Coal Co., Alloa, Clackmannan. Fell from pit head scaffold with loaded hutch through scaffold giving way. Female.

FRAZER William - 1878 - 05/07/1878 – Age 28 - Collier. Ryhope, Ryhope Coal Co. Ltd., Sunderland, Durham. Died from inflammation of the brain the result of being struck on the head by a prop 14th June.

FREARN Frederick - 1873 - 15/10/1873 – Age 14 – Ponydriver. Netherseal, Netherseal Coal Co., Burton-on-Trent, Derbyshire. Fell from cage in ascending shaft.

FRECKLINGTON William - 1877 - 22/10/1877 – Age 22 - Collier. Blantyre, William Dixon and Co., Blantyre, Lanarkshire. Explosion of firedamp. 207 killed.

FREEGUARD Seth - 1876 - 18/12/1876 – Age 13. South Wales, South Wales Coal Co., Monmouth. Explosion of firedamp 23 killed.

FREEMAN James - 1870 - 07/02/1870 – Age 22 - Collier. Rose Bridge, John Grant Morris, Ince, Wigan, Lancashire. Falling into pit or shaft from a mouthing.

FREEMAN James - 1871 - 08/12/1871 – Age 16 – Putter. Whitworth, RS Johnson and Co., Ferry Hill, Durham. Fall of stone.

FREEMAN Peter - 1871 - 06/01/1871 – Age 19- Hewer. Sheriff Hill, R Forster and Co., Gateshead, Durham. Fall of stone.

FREEMAN William - 1876 - 05/05/1876 – Age 18 - Drawer. Crawford, Wigan Coal and Iron Co Ltd., Wigan, Lancashire. Fall of roof.

FREEMASON Thomas - 1874 - 07/08/1874 – Age 13 – Driver. Harton, Harton and Hilda Coal Co., South Shields, Durham. Run over by tubs.

FREN Thomas - 1876 - 03/01/1876 – Age 34 - Labourer. Coton Park, Coton Park Colliery Co., Burton-on-Trent, Derbyshire. Injured 6th Nov. 1875. Hands drawn into pulley wheel whilst working at a bore hole.

FRENCH Luke - 1879 - 03/09/1879 – Age 18 – Loader. Renishaw Park No.2, J and G Wells Ltd., Chesterfield, Derbyshire. Fall of roof.

FRENCH Matthew - 1876 - 02/02/1876 – Age 14 - Helper-up. Elswick, Elswick Colliery Co., Newcastle, Northumberland. Crushed by set of tubs on engine plane.

FRESBY George - 1872 - 08/12/1872 – Age 24 – Engineman. Shirland, Shirland Coal Co., Alfreton, Derbyshire. Killed by engine machinery.

FRETHEWAY Richard - 1877 - 29/05/1877 – Age 19 - Miner. Huntcliffe (ironstone), Bell Bros., Saltburn-by-the-Sea, Yorkshire. Foot severely crushed by fall of ironstone after a shot. Did not sprag overhanging piece of stone. Died 19th June.

FRETHWAY Richard * - 1877 - 29/05/1877 – Age 19. Huntcliffe (ironstone), Bell Brothers, Saltburn-by-the-Sea, Yorkshire.

FRETWELL G. - 1874 - 17/04/1874 – Age 12 – Driver. Silkstone Main, GA Haworth and Co., Barnsley, Yorkshire. Run over by tubs Died 12th May.

FREW Alexander - 1870 - 28/02/1870 – Age 31 - Collier. Grougar, Eglington Iron Co., Hurlford, Ayrshire. Fall of coal.

FREW Charles - 1879 - 29/03/1879 – Age 42 - Collier. Briton, WS Dixon Ltd., Coatbridge, Lanarkshire. Fall of roof at face while engaged holing.

FREW James - 1871 - 13/06/1871 – Age 33 - Miner. Craigston (ironstone), Eglington Iron Co., Cumnock, Ayrshire. Fall of roof.

FREW James - 1874 - 06/03/1874 – Age 19 - Roadsman. Braehead No.1, Dunn Bros., Coatbridge, Lanarkshire. Jammed by cage and door-head.

FRICLETON William - 1877 - 22/10/1877 – Age 23 - Miner. Blantyre, WS Dixon, Hamilton, Lanarkshire. Burnbank. Widow Margaret Gemmell deceased. Buried, Blantyre, cemetery 29th (Defn. list) Explosion of firedamp.

FRIEND John - 1874 - 12/09/1874 – Age 68 - Labourer. Wheal Friendship (metalliferous), A Lanyon, Mary Tavy, Cornwall. Crushed by the connecting rod of the water wheel.

FRIEND John Henry - 1870 - 19/01/1870 – Age 15 – Screenboy. North Bitchburn, North Bitchburn Coal Co., Darlington Durham. Improperly swinging on a rope attached to a beam of wood which fell on him.

FRIEND Thomas - 1873 - 28/08/1873 – Age 40 - Miner. Brookwood (metalliferous), Brookwood Mining Co., Buckfastleigh, Devon. Fall of 10 or 11 feet while making a temporary staging in some stopes.

FRODSHAM Thomas - 1875 - 09/02/1875 – Age 54 - Dataler. Gillers Green, Gillers Green Colliery Co. Ltd., St. Helens, Lancashire. Fell out of hoppet whilst ascending shaft.

FRODSHAM Thomas - 1875 - 24/02/1875 – Age 54 - Dataler. Ashtons Green, Henry Bramall and Co., St Helens, Lancashire. Fall of roof.

FROGGATT Frederick - 1879 - 13/02/1879 – Age 14 – Engineman. Shireoaks, Shireoaks Colliery Co., Shireoaks, Nottingham. Killed by air compressing machinery. Fencing had been removed for repairs.

FROGGERT L - 1870 - 11/10/1870 – Age 35 - Collier. St. John’s, Locke and Co., Normanton, Yorkshire. Fall of roof.

FROME L. - 1872 - 19/06/1872 – Bondsman. Horse and Jockey (ironstone), Benjamin Guy, Walsall, Stafford. Accidentally caught by the foot hook of the band chain and was drawn up some few yards when he fell and was killed.

FROST George - 1879 - 01/10/1879 – Age 24 – Deputy. Holbrook, J and G Wells Ltd., Eckington, Leicester. Passing through a heading and came in front of the shot directly it exploded.

FROST Jonathan - 1873 - 21/04/1873 – Age 28 - Hewer. North Bitchburn, Henry Stobart and Co., Crook, Durham. Fall of stone.

FROST Joseph (injured) - 1879 - 24/10/1879 – Age 23 - Miner. Ellesmere, Bridgewater Trust, Worsley. Lancashire. Hurt by coal that was supported by two sprags falling. Trencherbone Mine.

FROST Joseph - 1879 - 12/11/1879 – Age 53 - Chartermaster. Short Heath, Pelsall Coal and Iron Co., Willenhall, Stafford. Explosion of gas. 6 killed.

FROST Samuel - 1873 - 29/08/1873 – Age 24 - Collier. Gidlow, Wigan Coal and Iron Co. Ltd., Wigan, Lancashire. Riding down an incline in a tub in Yard mine against orders.

FROST W. - 1875 - 30/07/1875 – Sinker. Woodhouse Junction, Industrial Coal and Iron Co., Sheffield, Yorkshire. A shot in sinking shaft. 2 killed.

FRUDD W. - 1875 - 06/03/1875 – Age 14 – Hurrier. Old Flockton, M Stanfield and Co., Wakefield, Yorkshire. Fall of coal on the 23rd Sep 1874.

FRY J - 1874 - 30/11/1874 – Age 19 - Bankrider. Blaenclydach, Forest Iron and Steel Co., Pontypridd, Glamorgan. Killed by trams.

FRYAR Thomas - 1870 - 03/05/1870 – Age 21 – Waggoner. Wharton, Francis Charlton, Little Hulton, Lancashire. Roof falling.

FRYATT James - 1873 - 29/10/1873 – Age 24 – Pumper. Black Prince, Weardale Iron and Coal Co., Tow Law, Durham. Crushed by tubs on engine plane.

FRYER John - 1872 - 09/01/1872 – Age 21 - Miner. Silverdale (ironstone), Stanier and Co., Newcastle, Stafford. Fall of stone.

FULTON James - 1879 - 07/07/1879 – Age 18 - Collier. Portland No.4, Allan Gilmour, Kilmarnock, Ayrshire. Fall of roof at face.

FULTON John - 1877 - 22/10/1877 – Oversman. Blantyre, William Dixon and Co., Blantyre, Lanarkshire. Explosion of firedamp. 207 killed.

FUNERAN James - 1872 - 27/09/1872 – Age 46 - Hewer. Pease’s West (Esh), Joseph Pease and Partners, Darlington, Durham. Fall of stone.

FURBANK Thomas - 1879 - 13/08/1879 – Age 65 – Shifter. Etherley, George Henry Stobart and Partners, Bishop Auckland, Durham. While taking a tub along the engine plane he was met by the set, run over and killed.

FURLONG E. - 1874 - 06/10/1874 – Age 23 - Fireclay miner. Shipley (fireclay), Airedale Brick and Tube Co., Bradford, Yorkshire. Fall of clay.

FURLONG T - 1870 - 18/11/1870 – Age 37 – Fireman. Hirwain, Hirwain Coal Co., Aberdare, Glamorgan. Killed by falling down shaft.

FURNALL Isaac - 1870 - 17/11/1870 – Age 33 - Master Haulier, New Duffryn, Rhymney Iron Co. Rhymney Glamorgan. Very heavy fall of roof.

FURNISS Samuel - 1871 - 21/10/1871 - Collier. Tapton, Tapton Coal Co., Chesterfield, Derbyshire. Explosion of gas. 4 killed.

FURNISS William – 1871 - 21/10/1871 - Collier. Tapton, Tapton Coal Co., Chesterfield, Derbyshire. Explosion of gas. 4 killed.

FYFE Alexander - 1875 - 04/06/1875 – Age 33 – Bottomer. Alloa, Holton Alloa Coal Co., Alloa, Fife. He was found at the bottom of the shaft with the cage resting on his body.

FYFE Robert - 1877 - 12/09/1877 – Age 20 - Collier. Blair, Craignethan Gas Coal Co., Lesmahagow, Lanarkshire. Fall of roof at face 2 killed.