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GOURDIE Robert - 1873 - 09/06/1873 Assistant - Banksman. Rameldrie, James Thomas, Markinch, Fife For want of thought he ran a tub into the shaft when the cage was at the bottom and he fell with it. There were no gates on the pit mouth. The cages had only been in operation for two days and the gates were not finished.

GOVER Stephen - 1878 - 29/10/1878 – Age 18 - Collier. Wheldale, Wheldale Coal Co., Pontefract, Yorkshire. Fall of coal and roof.

GOWLAND or GARLAND Robert - 1875 - 08/10/1875 – Age 48 – Shifter. Springwell, J Bowes and Partners, Gateshead, Durham. Fall of stone.

GOWLAND Thomas - 1877 - 29/11/1877 – Age 47 – Deputy. Newbottle, D Earl of Durham, Fence Houses, Durham. Fall of stone while drawing timber in an old headway.

GRACE G. - 1873 - 24/03/1873 – Horsekeeper. Newton Main, J H Garbutt, Castleford, Yorkshire. Struck by cage at bottom of shaft.

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

GRACIE Thomas - 1877 - 22/10/1877 – Age 57 - Miner. Blantyre, WS Dixon, Hamilton, Lanarkshire. Kirkton. Widow Jane Smellie. Buried, Blantyre, cemetery 25th Oct. (Defn. list) Explosion of firedamp.

GRADY Michael - 1871 - 06/09/1871 – Age 40 - Hooker-on. Ince Moss, Pearson and Knowles, Wigan, Lancashire. Explosion of gas. 70 killed.

GRADY Patrick - 1875 - 04/11/1875 – Age 35 – Metalman. Bradley Hall, B and R Fisher, Standish, Lancashire. Explosion of gas.

GRAFTON Joseph - 1875 - 20/04/1875 – Age 39 - Hewer. Walbottle, RO Lamb, Newcastle, Northumberland. Fall of stone.

GRAHAM Anthony - 1874 - 20/02/1874 – Age 21- Hewer. Bowden Close, Joseph Pease and Partners, Willington, Durham. Fall of stone.

GRAHAM Charles - 1875 - 24/09/1875 – Driver. Coxlodge, Lambert and Co., Newcastle, Northumberland. Kicked by horse.

GRAHAM David - 1879 - 21/11/1879 – Age 35 – Pitheadman. Woodmuir No.1, Wishaw Estate Trust, West Calder, Edinburgh. Fell down shaft while striking the kettle he overbalanced himself.

GRAHAM James - 1871 - 16/02/1871 – Age 16 – Driver. Dearham, J and T Walker, Maryport, Cumberland. Crushed between tub and roof.

GRAHAM James - 1877 - 14/09/1877 – Age 21 - Asst. bottomer. Gartshore No.7 (ironstone or fireclay), W Baird and Co., Kilsyth, Stirling By the underground hauling machinery.

GRAHAM John - 1870 - 30/09/1870 – Age 12 – Driver. Murton, South Hetton Coal Co., Fence Houses, Durham. Horse fell on him.

GRAHAM Thomas - 1875 - 16/12/1875. Salter No.8 (metalliferous), Salter and Eskett Park Mining Co., Cumberland. Fall of ore.

GRAHAM William - 1870 - 07/12/1870 – Age 49- Hewer. Harton, Harton Coal Co., South Shields, Durham. Run over by tubs.

GRAHAM William - 1871 - 30/10/1871 – Age 38 – Brusher. Bartonholm, Eglington Iron Co., Kilwinning, Ayrshire. Explosion of firedamp. 4 killed.

GRAHAM William - 1873 - 11/06/1873 – Age 20- Hewer. Seaham, Marquess of Londonderry, Sunderland, Durham. Fall of stone.

GRAHAM William - 1874 - 17/09/1874 – Age 30- Hewer. Whitworth, Johnson and Reay, Ferry Hill, Durham. Fall of stone. 2 killed.

GRAHAM William - 1877 - 22/10/1877 – Age 13 - Miner. Blantyre, WS Dixon, Hamilton, Lanarkshire. Single. 57 Hall St. Buried Dalbeath 3rd Nov. (Defn. list). Explosion of firedamp.

GRAIGS or CRAIGS Leeman - 1878 - 20/09/1878 – Age 31 – Deputy. Bedlington, Bedlington Coal Co., Morpeth, Northumberland. Fall of stone. 2 killed.

GRAINGE Henry - 1879 - 03/01/1879 – Age 21 - Miner. Skelton Park (metalliferous), Bell Bros Ltd., Saltburn, Yorkshire. Fall of ironstone after a shot it had been examined shortly before.

GRAINGER George - 1875 - 23/07/1875 – Age 51 – Deputy. Awsworth, Awsworth Iron Co., Ilkeston, Derbyshire. Replaced scaffold over sump at pit bottom when the cage crushed him.

GRAINGER W. - 1876 - 24/08/1875 – Age 27 – Sinker. Moat Tipton, Moat Colliery Co., Tipton, Stafford. They were engaged doing repairs in bye pit shaft and while ascending the winding machinery flew out of gear and sent them to the bottom. 2 killed.

GRANGER Michael - 1875 - 20/05/1875 – Coalminer. Skehana Crop Pit, Henry Close and Mrs Eliza Bradley, Castlecomer, Co. Kilkenny, Ireland. Inundation of water from old workings which were approached without the required boring. 2 killed.

GRANT Edward - 1879 - 12/11/1879 – Age 32 – Deputy. Short Heath, Pelsall Coal and Iron Co., Willenhall, Stafford. Explosion of gas. 6 killed.

GRANT George - 1872 - 05/02/1872 – Age 25 - Miner. Grange (ironstone), Henry Cadell, Bo’ness, Lanarkshire. Fall of roof.

GRANT Henry - 1875 - 06/12/1875 – Age 55. Swaithe Main, Mitchell and Co., Barnsley, Yorkshire. Explosion of gas 143 Killed.

GRANT James - 1876 - 13/10/1876 – Age 52 - Collier. Talk o’th’ Hill, North Stafford Coal Co., Kidsgrove, Stafford. Fall of coal in drift.

GRANT Robert - 1873 - 18/09/1873 – Brusher. Kinneil, George Wilson and Co., Bowness, Linlithgow. He was in the act of drawing a copper needle from a shot which he had charged when for some unexplained reason the shot exploded and fatally injured him. Whether there had been some matches or some inflammable substance in the stemming is not known but careful investigation failed to show anything whatever to account for the explosion.

GRANT Thomas - 1879 - 08/01/1879 – Age 22 - Collier. Rawmarsh, J and J Charlesworth, Rotherham. Yorkshire. Piece of coal fell down shaft as he was getting into cage. Died 15th.

GRANT William - 1870 - 02/05/1870 – Age 48 – Shifter. Springwell, John Bowes and Partners, Gateshead, Durham. Fall of stone.

GRASSINGTON G. - 1878 - 08/01/1878 – Age 51 – Timberer. West Ardsley, West Yorkshire Iron and Coal Co., Leeds, Yorkshire. Fall of roof.

GRATTON George - 1875 - 06/10/1875 – Age 18 - Miner. Raleigh’s Cross (metalliferous), Ebbw Vale Steel Iron and Coal Co. Ltd., Brendon Hills. Premature explosion of a hole while tamping.

GRAY Alexander - 1871 - 02/01/1871 – Age 43 – Pitheadman. Redding, Redding Colliery Co., Falkirk, Stirling. Run hutch into shaft and followed it.

GRAY Benjamin - 1877 - 09/10/1877 - Collier. Cwmbach, Cwmbach Coal Co., Swansea, Glamorgan. Killed by riding on trams on engine plane contrary to rules.

GRAY David - 1874 - 04/05/1874 – Age 18 – Engineman. Linwood No.2 (ironstone), James Dunlop and Co., Johnstone, Renfrew. Getting entangled in machinery.

GRAY Henry - 1870 - 02/03/1870 – Age 15 – Switchkeeper. Seaton Delaval, Lamb Burdon and Co., North Shields, Northumberland. Run over by set of tubs.

GRAY James - 1873 - 13/05/1873 – Boy. Thankerton, Monkland Iron and Coal Co., Bothwell, Lanarkshire. By waggons passing over him while thoughtlessly creeping beneath them.

GRAY James - 1874 - 01/12/1874 – Age 33 - Collier. Tredegar, Tredegar Iron Co., Tredegar, Monmouth. Explosion of firedamp in Old Ty Trist Colliery. Died 10th.

GRAY John - 1871 - 04/02/1871 – Age 33 – Deputy. Castle Eden, William Cook, Ferry Hill, Durham. Fall of stone.

GRAY John - 1874 - 11/12/1874 - Collier. Ashyard, James Eaglesham, Galston, Ayrshire. Fall of coal. Died 19th Jan 1875.

GRAY John - 1878 - 30/11/1878 – Age 16. Harton, Harton Coal Co. Ltd., Durham. Buried in St. Peter Harton.

GRAY Joseph - 1877 - 10/05/1877 – Age 39 - Collier. Etherley, Jane Henry, Stobart and Co., Bishop, Auckland, Durham. Fall of stone from roof of his board while engaged filling a tub.

GRAY Margaret - 1878 - 19/08/1878 – Age 18 - Pithead runner. East Benhar, Benhar Coal Co., Whitburn, Linlithgow. Crushed by cage. She was examining the struts unknown to the engineman when the cage came down on her head. Female.

GRAY Richard - 1871 - 24/06/1871 – Age 58 - Collier. Bogleshole, James Dunlop and Co., Tollcross, Lanarkshire. Fall of coal.

GRAY Robert - 1878 - 20/07/1878 – Age 23 – Sinker. Wester Gartshore, J and A Wallace, Kirkintilloch, Ayrshire. Explosion of firedamp. 3 killed.

GREASLEY John - 1872 - 18/07/1872 – Age 54 - Collier. Hollingthorpe, Cliff Coal and Fire Clay Co., Wakefield, Yorkshire. Explosion of gas. Died 16th Aug.

GREATOREX Stephen - 1873 - 25/01/1873 – Dayman. Unstone, Unstone Coal and Coke Co. Ltd., Sheffield, Yorkshire. Run over by railway waggons.

GREAVES Thomas - 1872 - 17/09/1872 – Age 25 - Collier. Renishaw, Park J and G Wells, Chesterfield, Derbyshire. Fall of coal.

GREAVES Thomas - 1875 - 11/03/1875 – Age 41 – Stallman. No.2 Bretby, Countess of Chesterfield, Burton-on-Trent, Derbyshire. In act of setting timber when the roof fell on him.

GREEHALGH John - 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.

GREEHALGH Shemei - 1878 - 27/09/1878 – Age 18 - Pony driver. Pendlebury, A Knowles and Sons Ltd., Pendlebury, Lancashire. Leg jammed by the tub on which he was riding getting off the rails. Died 13th Feb 1879.

GREEN ? - 1873 - 25/08/1873 – Age 14 – Boy. Nook, Astley and Tyldesley Coal and Salt Co. Ltd., Tyldesley, Lancashire. Run over by loco between Tyldesley and the pit. Not covered by the Act.

GREEN Aaron - 1871 - 16/05/1871 - 40 - Collier. Hafod, Ruabon Colliery Co., Ruabon, Denbigh. Fall of roof.

GREEN C. - 1875 - 08/01/1875 – Age 25 - Collier. Featherstone Main, Featherstone Main Coal Co., Pontefract, Yorkshire. Fall of roof.

GREEN Charles – 1878 - 07/06/1878 – Age 21 - Collier. Wood, Richard Evans and Sons, Haydock, Lancashire. Explosion of firedamp after a sudden outburst.  189 killed.

GREEN Edward - 1872 - 08/07/1872 – Age 18 - Collier. Waleswood, Skinner and Holford, Sheffield, Yorkshire. Explosion of gas. 2 killed.

GREEN Ellis - 1878 - 20/05/1878 – Age 50 - Dataler. Saw Mill, Ince Hall Coal & Cannel Co. Ltd., Wigan, Lancashire. Fall of roof building a pack. He had neglected to prop the roof before commencing work.

GREEN George - 1871 - 06/09/1871 – Age 30 - Collier. Ince Moss, Pearson and Knowles, Wigan, Lancashire. Explosion of gas. 70 killed.

GREEN George - 1878 - 07/06/1878 – Age 15 - Pony driver. Wood, Richard Evans and Sons, Haydock, Lancashire. Explosion of firedamp after a sudden outburst.  189 killed.

GREEN George - 1879 - 04/02/1879 – Age 25 - Collier. Low Hall, Moss Hall Coal Co., Wigan, Lancashire. A thin band of the roof fell on him owing to insufficient propping.

GREEN Henry - 1875 - 30/10/1875 – Age 24 - Collier. Dunston, Sheepbridge Iron and Coal Co., Chesterfield, Derbyshire. Getting down roof when it fell, crushing him.

GREEN Hugh - 1870 - 01/02/1870 – Age 14 – Driver. Wearmouth Bell, Stobart and Co., Monkwearmouth, Durham. Run over by tub.

GREEN J. - 1872 - 01/03/1872 – Collierboy. Hange, Messrs Round, Oldbury, Worcester. Injured 28th Feb between 2 tubs. Died this day.

GREEN James * - 1877 - 13/03/1877 – Age 23, Eden No. 1 Pit (metalliferous), Ehen Mining Co., Egremont, Cumberland.

GREEN James - 1871 - 15/03/1871 – Age 25 - Roadsman. Balbardie (ironstone) Mr Walker, Bathgate, Lanarkshire. Jammed between waggon and frame.

GREEN James - 1875 - 06/12/1875 – Age 43. Swaithe Main, Mitchell and Co., Barnsley, Yorkshire. Explosion of gas 143 Killed.

GREEN James - 1877 - 13/04/1877 – Age 13 – Greaser. Boosbeck (ironstone), Stevenson Jacques and Co., Guisborough, Yorkshire. Injury to back by a fall of roof while re-setting a prop after a shot had blown it out. Died 8th Jan 1878.

GREEN John - 1870 - 01/11/1870 - Miner. Chatterley (ironstone), Chatterley Co., Tunstall, Stafford. Fall of roof.

GREEN John - 1870 - 06/01/1870 – Age 16 – Trammer. Tankersley, Newton Chambers and Co., Sheffield, Yorkshire. Crushed by tub.

GREEN John - 1871 - 14/06/1871 - Proptaker. Winstanley, Meryck Banks, Wigan, Lancashire. Fall of roof.

GREEN John - 1871 - 15/11/1871 – Age 24 - Collier. Hindley Green, John Scowcroft and Co., Hindley Green, Wigan, Lancashire. Explosion of gas. 6 killed.

GREEN John - 1873 - 07/01/1873 – Age 13 – Driver. Whitworth, RS Johnson and Co., Ferry Hill, Durham. Head crushed between tub and roof.

GREEN John - 1874 - 27/05/1874 – Age 22 - Miner. Sherratts Wood (ironstone), J Southall, Cheadle, Cheshire. Fall of roof in level.

GREEN John - 1875 - 09/01/1875 - Collier. Agnes, W Day, Barnsley, Yorkshire. Fall of roof.

GREEN John jnr. - 1878 - 07/06/1878 – Age 23 - Collier. Wood, Richard Evans and Sons, Haydock, Lancashire. Explosion of firedamp after a sudden outburst.  189 killed.

GREEN Joseph - 1870 - 31/03/1870 – Age 20 - Labourer. Moston, Executors of John Stanley, Moston, Lancashire. Explosion.

GREEN Joseph - 1873 - 30/10/1873 – Age 19 - Drawer. Blackeyhurst, Samuel Stock, St. Helens, Lancashire. Balance box slipped down brow Little Delph No.2 pit.

GREEN Joseph - 1875 - 09/03/1875 – Age 34 – Stallman. Cally, Butterley Iron and Coal Co., Ripley, Derbyshire. Taking out timber when the roof fell on him.

GREEN Joseph - 1878 - 07/06/1878 – Age 23 - Drawer. Wood, Richard Evans and Sons, Haydock, Lancashire. Explosion of firedamp after a sudden outburst.  189 killed.

GREEN Joshua - 1875 - 06/06/1875 – Age 24 - Collier. Strangeways Hall, Crompton and Shawcross, Wigan, Lancashire. Fall of roof.

GREEN Josiah - 1879 - 07/08/1879 – Age 46 - Miner. Cross Hillock, Astley & Tyldesley Coal & Salt Co. Ltd., Astley, Lancashire. Roof falling from slip at the face of his working place.

GREEN Matthew (injured) - 1879 - 07/03/1878 – Age 55 - Miner. Kersley, Samuel Scowcroft and Sons, Kersley, Lancashire. Leg hurt by roof falling from a slip at the bottom of an old bay in Doe Mine. His brother aged 62 and a fireman being present at the time.

GREEN Richard - 1878 - 07/06/1878 – Age 48 - Collier. Wood, Richard Evans and Sons, Haydock, Lancashire. Explosion of firedamp after a sudden outburst.  189 killed.

GREEN Robert - 1876 - 23/10/1876 – Age 43 - Collier. Sacriston, Elliot and Hunter, Durham, Co. Durham. Fall of stone. He had removed two props.

GREEN Samuel - 1875 - 06/12/1875 – Age 27. Swaithe Main, Mitchell and Co., Barnsley, Yorkshire. Explosion of gas 143 Killed.

GREEN Samuel - 1879 - 07/06/1879 – Age 26 - Drawer. Norley, Norley Coal and Cannel Co. Ltd., Wigan, Lancashire. The tub which he was pushing jumped off the rails knocking out a prop when the roof fell on him.

GREEN T - 1872 - 14/02/1872 – Age 12 – Doorboy. Middle Duffryn, Powell Duffryn Coal Co., Aberdare, Glamorgan. Killed by trams passing over him.

GREEN Thomas - 1871 - 25/04/1871 – Age 19 - Hewer. Chatton Moor, WK Jackson, Belford, Northumberland. Fall of coal.

GREEN Thomas - 1874 - 22/09/1874 – Age 35 - Labourer. Kiveton Park, Kiveton Park Coal Co., Sheffield, Yorkshire. Fall of earth at surface.

GREEN Thomas - 1875 - 05/01/1875 – Age 18 – Loader. Old Buffery, John Jones and Sons, Dudley, Worcester. Suffocated by gases from underground fire the result of spontaneous combustion. 4 killed.

GREEN Thomas - 1875 - 14/04/1875 – Age 24 – Cager. Wharton Hall, Wharton Hall Colliery Co., Little Hulton, Lancashire. Coal falling from a tub in uncaging. Died 17th.

GREEN Thomas - 1878 - 14/02/1878 – Age 18 - Drawer. Moss, Pearson and Knowles Coal and Iron Co. Ltd., Wigan, Lancashire. Sprained his arm when lifting a tub on the rails. An abscess formed from which he died.

GREEN W - 1871 - 23/02/1871 – Age 39 – Bondsman. Gawn, Messrs Hingley, Rowley Regis, Stafford. Suffocated by gasses the product of an underground fire brought about spontaneous combustion.

GREEN William - 1874 - 07/10/1874 – Age 17 – Putter. Wellington, Earl of Lonsdale, Whitehaven, Cumberland. Run over by tram.

GREEN William - 1872 - 14/10/1872 – Age 17 - Timber leader. Cowpen, Cowpen Coal Co., Blyth, Northumberland. Fall of stone.

GREEN William - 1876 - 21/07/1876 – Age 20 - Collier. Orrell, Orrell Coal and Cannel Co. Ltd., Wigan, Lancashire. Fall of coal. Injured Aug - 1875.

GREEN William Edward - 1870 - 06/02/1870 – Age 15 – Waggoner. Pendleton, Andrew Knowles and Sons, Pendleton, Lancashire. Explosion. Shot blew out the stemming. 9 killed.

GREENALL James - 1878 - 07/06/1878 – Age 34 - Collier. Wood, Richard Evans and Sons, Haydock, Lancashire. Explosion of firedamp after a sudden outburst.  189 killed.

GREENALL John - 1871 - 06/09/1871 – Age 25 - Collier. Ince, Moss Pearson and Knowles, Wigan, Lancashire. Explosion of gas. 70 killed.

GREENALL John - 1876 - 10/11/1876 – Age 48 – Underlooker. Orrell, Orrell Coal and Cannel Co. Ltd., Wigan, Lancashire. Explosion of gas. 2 killed.

GREENBANK William - 1875 - 06/12/1875 – Age 27. Swaithe Main, Mitchell and Co., Barnsley, Yorkshire. Explosion of gas 143 Killed.

GREENFIELD James - 1875 - 06/03/1875 – Age 28 – Timberer. Rough Hills, W and E Fenn, Wolverhampton, Stafford. Fell out of skip while descending. He was subject to fits.

GREENFIELD T - 1870 - 30/06/1870 – Deputy. Coneygree, Earl of Dudley, Tipton, Stafford. He was knocking out a setting of timber which caused several more to reel and letting down the dirt or fine slack overwhelmed and smothered him.

GREENHALCH Edward - 1872 - 21/04/1872 - Collier. Beadley, Standish, Lancashire. Falling down shaft.

GREENHALGH Edward - 1877 - 09/05/1877 – Age 45 – Coalminer. Ladyshore, John Fletcher, Little Lever, Lancashire. Coal falling.

GREENHALGH H R - 1870 - 19/08/1870. Bryn Hall, W and J Crippin, Wigan, Lancashire. Explosion of gas. 20 killed.

GREENHALGH James - 1878 - 29/07/1878 – Age 61 – Engineman. Anderton Hall, Dewhurst Hoyle and Smethurst, Blackrod, Lancashire. Crushed between cage and a guide rod at the bottom of the shaft as he was getting into the cage before the proper signal had been given.

GREENHALGH Luke - 1873 - 31/01/1873 – Age 29 – Coalminer. Linnyshaw, Bridgewater Trust, Worsley, Lancashire. Bottom coal in 7 Feet mine falling off side at a slip in his place. Died in Manchester Infirmary.

GREENHALGH Samuel - 1877 - 25/04/1877 – Age 35 – Coalminer. Great Boys, Thomas Fletchers and Sons, Tyldesley, Lancashire. Explosion. He was acting as shot lighter.

GREENHALGH Thomas (injured) - 1879 - 26/05/1879 - Miner. Withins Lane, Andrew Knowles and Sons Ltd., Radcliffe, Lancashire. Slightly burned by a sudden issue of gas which came with a fall of coal and lighted at his candle.

GREENHALGH Thomas - 1874 - 12/08/1874 – Age 48 – Coalminer. Bradley Fold, Thomas Fletcher, Little Hulton, Lancashire. Fall of coal from face of working.

GREENHALGH Thomas - 1874 - 22/07/1874 – Coalminer. Lee Thomas, Leach Bacup, Lancashire. Stone falling from roof.

GREENHALGH William - 1878 - 14/012/1878 – Age 41 - Miner. Clifton Hall, A Knowles and Sons Ltd., Clifton, Lancashire. Coal falling as he was taking out a prop.

GREENHORN John - 1878 - 30/08/1878 – Age 18 - Bogie rider. Greenfield, Hamilton Coal Co., Hamilton, Lanarkshire. Fell off bogie and was run over by tubs on incline plane.

GREENHOW Edward - 1873 - 30/12/1873 – Age 40 - Iron ore Miner. Grasmere Iron Ore, Providence Mining Co., Grasmere, Cumberland. Fall of ground from the roof of the level.

GREENHOW John * - 1870 - 28/05/1870 – Age 13. North Hetton, Durham.

GREENING Edward James - 1874 - 26/09/1874 – Age 32 - Miner. East Gunnislake & South Bedford (metalliferous), James Dennis and Co., Tavistock, Devon. Giving way of a ladder which he was in the act of removing from a shaft that was being abandoned.

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

GREENOUGH George - 1879 - 19/03/1879 – Age 36 – Fireman. Greengate, Greenbank Alkali Works Co. Ltd., St. Helens, Lancashire. Was crushed by a loaded tub as he was passing the bottom of a balance brow owing to the chain breaking.

GREENOUGH Job - 1872 - 28/03/1872 – Age 20 - Collier. Lovers Lane, John Fletcher and others, Atherton, Lancashire. Explosion of firedamp in 5 Feet mine. The portion of workings situated beyond a fault became foul in consequence of the space for the passage of air being too small and ignition was caused by a shot which blew out the stemming. 27 killed.

GREENSMITH Moses - 1875 - 04/06/1875 – Age 26 – Stallman. Cinder Hill, C Seeley and Co., Nottingham, Nottinghamshire. Cutting top coal which fell knocking out timber and allowing the roof to fall.

GREENWAY Elijah - 1874 - 20/11/1874 – Age 18 – Timberman. Rhymney, Rhymney Iron Co., Rhymney, Monmouth. Fall of top in Mardy Colliery.

GREENWELL Thomas - 1879 - 27/06/1879 – Age 14 – Screener. Usworth, Elliot and Johnassohn, Gateshead, Durham. Crushed by coal truck.

GREENWOOD F - 1873 - 03/12/1873. Packer, Oaks Firth, Barber and Co., Barnsley, Yorkshire. Fall of roof. 2 killed.

GREENWOOD G. - 1870 - 09/06/1870 - Age 15 - Hurrier. Providence, Joseph Marsland, Wakefield, Yorkshire. Explosion of gas in ending.

GREENWOOD Isaac - 1871 - 15/11/1871 – Age 12 – Boy. Lee, Thomas Leach, Bacup, Lancashire. Roof falling.

GREENWOOD James - 1872 - 28/02/1872 – Age 47 - Collier. Victoria-Allerton, Joshua Bower and Sons, Leeds, Yorkshire. Fall of roof.

GREENWOOD Joseph - 1879 - 19/06/1878 – Pitheadman. Towneley, Brooks and Pickup, Towneley, Lancashire. Leg broken by tub on the surface chain road. He slipped in turning a tub and got his foot fast in a hole.

GREGORY Francis - 1873 - 21/04/1873 – Age 17 – Breaksman. Teversal, Stanton Iron Co., Mansfield, Nottingham. Crushed between - Waggon and a prop whilst riding up an engine plane.

GREGORY James - 1875 - 12/06/1875 – Age 28 - Collier. Ladies Lane, Wigan Coal and Iron Co. Ltd., Wigan, Lancashire. Fall of roof.

GREGORY John - 1877 - 05/02/1877 – Age 45 - Collier. Clandown, C Hollwey and Co., Clandown, Somerset. Fall of roof. 2 killed.

GREGORY John - 1879 - 26/02/1879 – Age 19 - Collier. Hindley Field, Norris and Lees, Wigan, Lancashire. Fall of roof from slips. A simple accident.

GREGORY Moses (injured) - 1879 - 24/11/1879 – Age 45 – Stoneman. Hagside, Andrew Knowles and Sons Ltd., Radcliffe, Lancashire. Thigh broken by stone falling from roof of tunnel where he was drilling.

GREGORY Richard - 1876 - 03/04/1876 – Age 17 – Waggoner. Pendlebury, Andrew Knowles and Sons Ltd., Pendlebury, Lancashire. Died today from a splinter entering the brain at a part where he was injured 6th July 1875. He worked 6 months after the accident.

GREGORY Samuel - 1873 - 24/02/1873 – Age 45 - Miner. North Rosekar (metalliferous), North Rosekar Mining Co., Camborne, Cornwall. Crushed by fall of rock from the back of slopes in which he was working.

GREGORY T. - 1878 - 16/05/1878 – Age 60 – Cager. Saltwells (ironstone), Earl of Dudley, Saltwells (ironstone), Stafford. Fell from inset into sump with full tub expecting cage was there.

GREGORY William – 1874 - 07/10/1874 – Age 13 – Driver. Unstone, Unstone Coal and Coke Co., Chesterfield, Derbyshire. Tub ran off road knocking out two props and causing the roof to fall.

GREGSON John (injured) - 1879 - 14/02/1879. Youth Hic-Bibi, Hic-Bibi Coal and Cannel Co. Ltd., Coppull, Lancashire. Leg broken by roof and dirt falling on his return after firing a shot.

GREIG James - 1871 - 02/06/1871 – Age 14 - Collier. Drummore, Deans and Moore, Musselburgh, Mid Lothian. Fall of coal while working in the stoops.

GRELLIN or CRELLIN John - 1879 - 31/07/1879 – Age 15 - Fan attendant. Hodbarrow (metalliferous), Hodbarrow Mining Co., Millom, Lancashire. Fell down a hopper.

GREY James - 1873 - 01/10/1873 – Age 35 - Hewer. Walbottle, RO Lamb, Newcastle, Northumberland. Fall of stone.

GREY James - 1873 - 03/09/1873 – Age 35- Hewer. Walbottle, RO Lamb, Newcastle, Northumberland. Fall of stone.

GREY John - 1873 - 03/11/1873 – Age 15 – Putter. Harton, Harton and Hilda Coal Co., South Shields, Durham. Crushed by tub.

GREY John - 1874 - 27/01/1874 – Age 36 – Enginewright. South Brancepeth, Bell Bros., Willington, Durham. Fell from loop in shaft. Rope slipped on drum in engine.

GREY John - 1878 - 29/04/1878 – Age 14 - Bankhead boy. Etherley, George Henry, Stobart and Co., Bishop Auckland, Durham. Run over by engine set after knocking off the rope.

GREY Michael - 1875 - 09/10/1875 – Age 20 - Collier. John Wigan Coal and Iron Co., Wigan, Lancashire. Fall of coal.

GREY Richard - 1874 - 14/05/1874 – Age 29 - Collier. Blaugate White Moss, Lord Skelmersdale, Skelmersdale, Lancashire. Burnt by explosion of powder while trying to burn some fuse, a spark fell into his powder bottle. Died 20th May.

GREY Silas - 1876 - 03/06/1875 – Age 35 – Deputy. Iveston, Consett Iron Co. Ltd., Consett, Durham. Fall of large stone while in the act of drawing out a jud.

GRICE Samuel - 1878 - 14/08/1878 – Age 63 – Engineer. Brettell Lane, Harris and Pearson, Brierley Hill, Stafford. Improperly rushing through cage and was mortally injured 18th. Died this day.

GRICE Thomas - 1878 - 26/10/1878 – Age 21 – Pikeman. Coneygre, Earl of Dudley, Dudley, Worcester. Fall of coal in thick coal while in a ‘man of war’ pillar brought about by a network of slips.

GRICE William - 1879 – 04/03/1879 – Age 37 - Collier. Victoria, Robert Hudson and Co. Ltd., Wakefield, Yorkshire. Explosion of firedamp. 21 killed.

GRIEVES Thomas - 1878 – 03/06/1878 – Age 42 – Shifter. Wearmouth, Wearmouth Coal Co., Sunderland, Durham. Fall of stone.

GRIFFEN Patrick - 1878 – 26/01/1878 – Age 25 - Collier. Drumpeller No.4, Henderson and Dimmack, Coatbridge, Lanarkshire. Fall of coal.

GRIFFIN Edward - 1878 – 20/07/1878 – Age 26 – Sinker. Wester Gartshore, J and A Wallace, Kirkintilloch, Ayrshire. Explosion if firedamp. 3 killed.

GRIFFIN J. - 1876 – 19/02/1876 – Age 33 - Miner. Ellwood Level (ironstone), Nantyglo and Blaina Co., Brynmawr, Monmouth. Fall of stone from roof.

GRIFFIN J. - 1879 – 04/10/1879 – Age 15 – Jigger. Talke, North Stafford Coal Co., Newcastle, Stafford. Crushed by tubs.

GRIFFITH ? - 1870 – 24/10/1870 – Age 20 - Waggoner Brynlenalt, Brynlenalt Coal Co., Chirk, Denbigh. Attempting to get on the water tank at the bottom.

GRIFFITH John - 1874 – 27/05/1874 – Age 17 - Labourer. Minera (metalliferous), Minera Mining Co., Denbighshire. Falling into the ore crusher which tore away one of his legs.

GRIFFITH John - 1875 – 28/07/1875 – Age 37 - Miner. Plynlimmon (metalliferous), Plynlimmon Mining Co. Cardiganshire. Falling down from his work place to the level below 9 or 10 fathoms. It is supposed that when leaving his work place to assist a boy who was coming down from the level above, with a chain, he walked too far forward and stepped into the winze through which he fell.

GRIFFITHS A. - 1877 - 18/10/1877 – Age 22 – Haulier. Tredegar, Tredegar, Monmouth. Injured from a kick from a horse. Died 24th Oct.

GRIFFITHS C. - 1870 - 22/10/1870 – Age 21 - Collier. Gin, W Hamilton, Bridgend, Glamorgan. Killed by fall of roof.

GRIFFITHS D. - 1872 - 19/03/1872 – Age 13 – Doorboy. Cymmer, George Insole and Son, Pontypridd, Glamorgan. Killed by trams.

GRIFFITHS D. - 1872 - 31/12/1872 – Age 63 – Oiler. Cymmer, George Insole and Sons, Pontypridd, Glamorgan. Killed by falling down pit.

GRIFFITHS David - 1871 - 18/07/1871 – Age 37 - Collier. Llanarch, Henry Rees, Llanelly, Carmarthen. Killed by fall of stone.

GRIFFITHS David - 1877 - 25/07/1877 – Age 40 - Collier. Glanravon, Messrs Pryce, Glamorgan. Fall of roof.

GRIFFITHS David - 1878 - 11/09/1878 – Haulier. Abercarn, Ebbw Vale Iron Co., Abercarn, Monmouthshire. Explosion of firedamp. 268 killed.

GRIFFITHS David - 1879 - 12/09/1879 – Age 37 - Collier. Bargoed Longwork, Dowlais Iron Co., Dowlais, Glamorgan. Killed by explosion of gas. 2 killed.

GRIFFITHS David - 1879 - 17/03/1879 – Age 13 – Boy. Tyn-y-Bedw, Thomas and Griffiths, Pentre, Glamorgan. Killed by fall of roof.

GRIFFITHS Ebenezer - 1876 - 27/06/1876 – Age 26 - Collier. Ebbw Vale, Ebbw Vale Iron Co., Ebbw Vale, Monmouth. Explosion of gas 2 killed one died 13th and the other 16th July.

GRIFFITHS Edward - 1874 - 30/06/1874 – Age 12 – Doorboy. Tredegar, Tredegar Iron Co., Tredegar, Monmouth. Fall of coal at Forge Colliery.

GRIFFITHS Evan - 1879 - 02/08/1879 – Age 55 - Master Wasteman. Navigation, Nixon Taylor and Cory, Mountain Ash, Glamorgan. Killed by fall of roof.

GRIFFITHS G. - 1877 - 05/02/1877 – Age 21 - Collier. Whitwood, H Briggs Son and Co., Normanton, Yorkshire. Fall of roof.

GRIFFITHS George - 1875 - 22/02/1875 – Age 40 - Collier. Hope, Lilleshall Coal and Iron Co., Wrexham, Denbigh. Fall of roof.

GRIFFITHS H - 1872 - 10/12/1872 – Age 44 - Collier. Cwmbach, Aberdare Coal Co., Aberdare, Glamorgan. Killed by trams while walking up engine plane.

GRIFFITHS H. - 1874 - 23/03/1874 – Fireman. Cannock Chase, Cannock Chase Colliery Co., Walsall, Stafford. Slipped down while travelling on inclined plane. Injured 17th, Died this day.

GRIFFITHS J. - 1876 - 07/01/1876 – Age 30 - Miner. Brades Hall, Brades Hall Colliery Co., Oldbury, Worcester. Injured by fall of coal in thick coal workings. Died same day.

GRIFFITHS J. - 1876 - 07/04/1876 – Age 50 - Collier. Rhyd-yr-Helig, JW Booker and Co. Ltd., Cardiff, Glamorgan. Killed by fall of stone.

GRIFFITHS J. - 1877 - 04/05/1877 – Age 25 – Sinker. Tansey Green, Woodall and Co., Dudley, Worcester. The bowy was accidently tilted into the pit shaft by banksman in stepping down from the pulley of the pit frame.

GRIFFITHS James - 1871 - 20/07/1871 – Age 23 - Collier. Broneved, Broneved Colliery Co., Mold, Flint. Fall of roof.

GRIFFITHS James - 1878 - 07/06/1878 – Age 14 - Hooker-on. Wood, Richard Evans and Sons, Haydock, Lancashire. Explosion of firedamp after a sudden outburst.  189 killed.

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

GRIFFITHS John - 1871 - 30/12/1871 – Age 37 - Labourer. Upper Cwmpennar, Powell Duffryn Steam Coal Co., Aberdare, Glamorgan. Killed by trams on engine plane.

GRIFFITHS John - 1873 - 05/06/1873 – Age 19 - Collier. Ebbw Vale, Ebbw Vale Co. Ltd., Ebbw Vale, Monmouth. Fall of clod.

GRIFFITHS John - 1873 - 26/10/1873 – Age 51 – Shaftsman. Oak, Jacob Forrest and Co., Mold, Flint. Killed while repairing pipes in shaft.

GRIFFITHS John - 1875 - 16/03/1875 – Age 16 - Collier. Gilwen, Ystalyfera Iron Co., Ystalyfera, Glamorgan. Killed by fall of coal.

GRIFFITHS John - 1875 - 27/03/1875 – Age 60 - Labourer. Morningside, Shotts Iron Co., Cambusnethan, Lanarkshire. Fell down a screen in front of a loaded hutch.

GRIFFITHS John - 1876 - 18/12/1876. South Wales, South Wales Coal Co., Monmouth. Explosion of firedamp 23 killed.

GRIFFITHS John - 1877 - 10/03/1877 – Age 37. Weifagh, Siemans Landore Steel Co. Ltd., Swansea, Glamorgan. Killed by explosion of gas. 18 killed.

GRIFFITHS John - 1878 - 25/09/1878 – Age 40 - Collier. Dwellas, HL Morris and Co., Swansea, Glamorgan. Killed by trams on engine plane.

GRIFFITHS John - 1879 - 06/05/1879 – Age 21 – Filler. Llay Hall, Llay Hall Coal Iron & Firebrick Co. Ltd., Wrexham, Denbigh. A heavy fall of roof in drawing road carrying timber with it. Caused by slips.

GRIFFITHS John - 1879 - 06/06/1879 – Age 61 – Airwayman. Navigation, Nixon Taylor and Cory, Mountain Ash, Glamorgan. Killed by fall of roof.

GRIFFITHS John - 1879 - 13/01/1879 – Age 21 - Labourer. Dinas, Middle Coffin and Co., Pontypridd, Glamorgan. Killed by an explosion of gas. 63 killed.

GRIFFITHS John - 1879 - 13/01/1879 – Age 30 – Hitcher. Dinas, Middle Coffin and Co., Pontypridd, Glamorgan. Killed by an explosion of gas. 63 killed.

GRIFFITHS Joseph - 1873 - 30/12/1873 – Age 36 - Miner. Rosedale (ironstone), Rosedale and Ferry Hill Iron and Coal Co., Pickering, Yorkshire. Fall of stone.

GRIFFITHS Joseph - 1879 - 28/08/1879 – Age 49 - Labourer. Denaby Main, Denaby Main, Rotherham. Yorkshire. Fell from gangway.

GRIFFITHS Peter - 1874 - 26/06/1874 – Age 15 – Waggoner. Scaitcliffe, George Hargreaves, Accrington, Lancashire. Stone falling from roof of a place only 37 inches wide where his father was working. Son of William.

GRIFFITHS Robert - 1870 - 09/08/1870 – Age 46 - Collier. Broncoed, Broncoed Colliery Co., Mold, Flint. Was hurt by a tub being run against him.

GRIFFITHS Robert - 1874 - 30/12/1874 – Age 57 – Striker. Queensferry, F Thompson, Queensferry, Flint. Fall of shear legs.

GRIFFITHS Robert - 1877 10/08/1877 49 - Collier. Castle Eden Johnson and Reay Castle Eden Durham. Fall of stone in broken. Went to work at loose end of jud contrary to deputy’s orders when he loosened the stone and it fell.

GRIFFITHS Samuel - 1872 17/12/1872 - Collier. Ruabon, Ruabon Coal Co., Ruabon, Denbigh. Fall of roof.

GRIFFITHS T. - 1876 28/01/1876 13 Broadwell Noah Parkes and Co., Oldbury Worcester Fell into canal at colliery wharf.

GRIFFITHS T. - 1877 23/01/1877 36 Deputy Barrow Hill Coppice Woodall and Co Dudley, Worcester Explosion of gas Injured 16th Died this day. 3 killed.

GRIFFITHS T. - 1878 05/03/1878 53 Engineer Callands Vivian and Sons Swansea, Glamorgan. Killed by boiler explosion. 3 killed.

GRIFFITHS Thomas - 1870 - 18/06/1870 19 - Collier. Ebbw Vale Ebbw Vale Co., Ebbw Vale Monmouth. Fall of roof in No. 19 colliery.

GRIFFITHS Thomas - 1871 12/12/1871 35 - Collier. Rhondda Merthyr Henry Lewis, Treherbert Glamorgan. Killed by fall of stone.

GRIFFITHS Thomas - 1871 24/02/1871 48 Pentre Church and Pentre Pontypridd, Glamorgan. Killed by an explosion of gas. 38 killed.

GRIFFITHS Thomas - 1872 - 06/06/1872 – Age 55 - Collier. Blaina, Nantyglo Co. Ltd., Blaina, Monmouth. Explosion of gas in Henwain pit.

GRIFFITHS Thomas - 1873 - 23/09/1873 – Age 14 – Doorkeeper. Oak, Jacob Forrest, Mold, Flint. Killed by leaving his door and getting on tubs from which he fell and was run over.

GRIFFITHS Thomas - 1875 - 05/01/1875 – Age 35. Aldwarke Main, John Brown and Co., Rotherham. Yorkshire. Explosion of gas. 7 killed.

GRIFFITHS W. - 1870 - 31/08/1870 – Age 32 - Collier. Nantmelyn, Mordecai Jones, Aberdare, Glamorgan. Killed by fall of roof.

GRIFFITHS W. - 1873 - 29/01/1873 – Age 23 - Miner. Cannock Chase, Cannock Chase Colliery Co., Walsall, Stafford. Struck by a piece of rock from a shot before he could get far enough away.

GRIFFITHS W. - 1876 - 22/04/1876 – Age 42 - Labourer. Maindy, David Davies and Co., Pontypridd, Glamorgan. Killed by trucks.

GRIFFITHS William (injured) - 1870 - 17/09/1870. Chatterley (ironstone), Chatterley Co., Tunstall, Stafford. Explosion of boiler. 3 killed.

GRIFFITHS William - 1871 - 26/08/1871 – Age 19 – Boy. Norton, Heath and Son, Burslem, Stafford. Crushed on jig.

GRIFFITHS William - 1872 - 02/11/1872 – Age 50 - Labourer. Cwmdu, Dynevor Coal Co., Neath, Glamorgan. Killed by trams on engine plane. He was riding on trams against the rules of the colliery.

GRIFFITHS William - 1878 - 20/10/1878 – Age 35 - Collier. Merthyr Vale, Nixon Taylor and Cory, Pontypridd, Glamorgan. Killed by fall of roof.

GRIFFITHS William - 1879 - 13/01/1879 – Age 50 - Labourer. Dinas, Middle Coffin and Co., Pontypridd, Glamorgan. Killed by an explosion of gas. 63 killed.

GRIFFITHS William - 1879 - 22/09/1879 – Age 45 – Ostler. Wain Llwd, Ebbw Vale Steel & Iron Co., Monmouth. Explosion of firedamp. 3 killed.

GRIFFITHS William jnr. - 1879 – 22/09/1879 – Age 19 – Ostler. Wain Llwd, Ebbw Vale Steel & Iron Co. Monmouth. Explosion of firedamp. 3 killed.

GRIFFITHS Wyndham - 1876 - 21/09/1876 – Age 45 - Collier. Penydarren, Dowlais Iron Co., Dowlais, Glamorgan. Killed by fall of stone.

GRIGGS Leonard - 1875 - 17/04/1875 – Age 14 – Trapper. Lofthouse (ironstone), JW Pease and Partners, Saltburn, Yorkshire. Crushed by tubs.

GRIME John - 1877 - 14/04/1877 – Age 59 - Furnace tenter. Shakerley, William Ramsden, Tyldesley, Lancashire. Explosion of firedamp. Died 28th.

GRIME William - 1875 - 17/06/1875 – Age 28 – Brakesman. Lindsay, Wigan Coal and Iron Co. Ltd., Wigan, Lancashire. Run over by - Waggons.

GRIMES James - 1874 - 21/11/1874 – Age 15 - Collier. Llantwit, Black Vein, Llantwit Black Vein Co., Llantwit, Glamorgan. Fall of small coal and rubbish, smothered.

GRIMES John - 1879 - 20/12/1879 – Age 40 - Collier. Neston, Neston Coal Co., Chester, Cheshire. Fall of roof.

GRIMES Richard - 1876 - 14/03/1876 – Age 40 - Labourer. Ashtons Green, Henry Bramall and Co., St. Helens, Lancashire. Struck on head by winch handle.

GRIMSDON John - 1879 – 10/03/1879 – Age 36 - Hewer. Preston, W Hitchinson and Co., North Shields, Northumberland. Fall of stone.

GRIMSELL H. - 1875 - 04/09/1875 – Age 18 – Driver. Tipton Moat, Tipton Moat Colliery Co., Tipton, Stafford. Explosion of firedamp.

GRIMSHAW David - 1875 - 06/12/1875 – Age 31 – Coalminer. Victoria, George Hargreaves and Co., Baxenden, Lancashire. Roof falling where he was pillaring.

GRIMSHAW Thomas - 1872 - 13/03/1872 – Age 45 - Rolley Hooker. Moor, Wigan Coal and Iron Co., Aspull, Wigan, Lancashire. Crushed by tubs.

GRIMWADE George - 1879 - 18/02/1879 – Age 35 - Collier. New Copley, Fryer and Co., Cockfield, Durham. Fall of coal. He neglected to sprag it although told to do so by the overman and deputy on three occasions.

GRIMWOOD Alfred - 1878 - 25/03/1878 – Age 28 - Collier. Wheatley Hill, Original Hartlepool Collieries Co. Ltd., Thornley, Durham. Explosion of gas in Main Coal Seam while firing a shot next to goaf in broken workings. 2 killed.

GRINDLE John - 1873 - 23/07/1873 – Age 14 – Driver. Bowthorne, Whitehaven Hematite Iron Co., Whitehaven, Cumberland. Overwinding. 2 killed.

GRINDLEY James - 1877 - 05/09/1877 – Age 50 – Sinker. Ballochmyle, W Walker’s trustees, Cumnock, Lanarkshire. Was lowered into the water and overbalancing was drowned.

GRINROD James - 1875 - 18/02/1875 - Age 22 – Coalminer. School Yard, William Ford Hulton, Over Hulton, Lancashire. Roof falling.

GROCOTT Thomas - 1873 - 18/02/1873 – Age 20. Talke, North Stafford Coal Co., Newcastle, Stafford. Explosion of firedamp. - 18 killed.

GROGAN John - 1875 - 27/11/1875 – Age 22 – Loader. Whitwick, Whitwick Colliery Co., Coalville, Leicestershire. Place insufficiently timbered. Over anxious to get coals without first setting sufficient timber to secure stall.

GROGAN Patrick - 1871 - 06/09/1871 – Age 23 – Sinker. Ince Moss, Pearson and Knowles, Wigan, Lancashire. Explosion of gas. 70 killed.

GROOM T. - 1871 - 18/01/1871 – Age 65 – Bondsman. Pelsall, Messrs Bloomer, Pelsall, Stafford. Whilst getting a piece of coal off the face a portion of it fell upon him and broke his collar bone 13th. He however through shock expired the day.

GROOM William - 1875 - 03/01/1875 – Age 15 – Loader. Short Heath (ironstone), Pelsall Coal and Iron Co., Bloxwich, Stafford. He removed fence from the entrance to one of the roadways and rushed in where he was afterwards found suffocated by carbonic acid gas.

GROSS Ephraim - 1874 - 14/10/1874 – Age 55 - Miner. Eston (ironstone), Bolckow Vaughan and Co., Middlesbrough, Yorkshire. Run over by tubs while attempting to get on.

GROUCUTT W. - 1870 - 28/09/1870 – Age 71 – Bondsman. Moat, Moat Colliery Co., Tipton, Stafford. Ruptured himself whilst removing timber which caused his death. Getting too old for such heavy work.

GROUND Richard - 1872 - 19/08/1872 – Age 16 – Putter. Tursdale, Bell Brothers, Durham, Co. Durham. Head crushed between tub and roof.

GROUNDS Walter - 1874 - 23/06/1874 – Age 45 – Sinker. Blackeyhurst, Samuel Stock, St. Helens, Lancashire. Chain breaking while raising scaffold in shaft.

GROVER W. - 1877 - 10/04/1877 – Age 18. Mitchell Main, Mitchell Main Coal Co., Barnsley, Yorkshire. Crushed by corves at bottom of shaft.

GRUNDY ? jnr. (injured) - 1879 - 04/04/1879 - Miner. Street Gate, Matthew Bennett and Bros., Little Hulton, Lancashire. Hurt by falling down Five Quarter mine while working with his father.

GRUNDY Abraham - 1877 - 06/03/1877 – Age 36 - Coalminer. Great Boys, Thomas Fletcher and Sons, Tyldesley, Lancashire. Blown out shaft aided by firedamp. 8 killed.

GRUNDY David - 1877 - 06/03/1877 – Age 20 - Coal Miner. Great Boys, Thomas Fletcher and Sons, Tyldesley, Lancashire. Blown out shaft aided by firedamp. 8 killed.

GRUNDY George - 1877 - 17/04/1877 – Age 16 – Ponydriver. Bridgewater No.1, Bridgewater Trust, Worsley, Lancashire. Falling before tubs while unhooking. Died 7th Aug.

GRUNDY James - 1870 - 19/10/1870 – Age 55 - Labourer. Park Lane, Mercer and Evans, Ashton, Wigan, Lancashire. Killed on the railway.

GRUNDY John - 1872 - 16/11/1872 – Age 23 – Coalminer. Tyldesley, Astley and Tyldesley Coal and Salt Co., Tyldesley, Lancashire. Roof falling as he as setting couplings in the 6 feet mine.

GRUNDY William - 1875 - 16/02/1875 – Age 37 - Coalminer. Bradley Fold, Thomas Fletcher, Little Lever, Lancashire. Clod falling as they were ripping the roof of a road and walling the lower side. Killed.

GUBBINS Walter - 1876 - 27/07/1876 – Age 22 - Holer. Moorgreen, Barber and Walker and Co., Staveley, Derbyshire. Coals fell while holing.

GUDGE Matthew - 1875 - 18/08/1875 – Age 45. Lander, Tyn-y-bedw, Thomas and Griffiths, Pontypridd, Glamorgan. Killed by trams.

GUEST Alfred - 1877 - 23/02/1877 – Age 27 – Pikeman. Stourbridge Extension, Himley Firebrick Co., Kingswinsford, Stafford. Fall of gob roof while repairing and strengthening the timber in the gate road.

GUEST J. - 1873 - 27/03/1873 – Age 19 – Timbersetter. Wednesbury Oak, P Williams and Co., Tipton, Stafford. Fall of roof whilst drawing timber props.

GUEST James - 1876 - 04/02/1876 – Age 45 - Miner. Holmbush (metalliferous) Holmbush Ltd., Callington, Cornwall. Unexpected fall of ground while ‘running some old stulls’ 2 killed.

GUEST John - 1870 - 23/02/1870 – Age 28 – Waggoner. William, Wigan Coal and Iron Co., Aspull, Lancashire. Fall of roof.

GUEST John - 1878 - 25/02/1878 – Age 40 – Pikeman. Sandwell Park, Sandwell Park Colliery Co., West Bromwich, Stafford. Fall of roof rock in thick coal caused by a bump which knocked out some timber props. 2 killed.

GUEST W. - 1876 - 24/07/1876 – Age 28 – Dayman. Nook, Astley and Tyldesley Coal and Salt Co. Ltd., Astley, Lancashire. Crushed in sump hole into which he, along with 11 others, were lowered in descending the engineman having mistaken the handle and turned full steam instead of applying the steam break as he intended.

GUEST William - 1878 - 25/02/1878 – Age 36 – Pikeman. Sandwell Park, Sandwell Park Colliery Co., West Bromwich, Stafford. Fall of roof rock in thick coal caused by a bump which knocked out some timber props. 2 killed.

GULLAND John - 1871 - 14/09/1871 – Age 60 – Engineman. Rameldrie, M Thomas, Cupar, Fife. Fell into hot water cistern.

GULLIVER Charles - 1879 - 19/12/1879 – Age 58 - Collier. Kay’s Slope, Blaenavon Iron Co., Monmouth. Killed by fall of roof while walking out from his work.

GUN? Owen - 1872 - 09/10/1872 – Age 50. Cleator Moor, Durham.

GUNN Patrick - 1872 - 14/11/1872 – Age 19 - Drawer. Gartnavel No.7 (ironstone), Robert Addie and Son, Maryhill, Lanarkshire. Fell down shaft from midworking.

GUNN Thomas - 1879 - 24/03/1879 – Age 19 - Collier. Morningside No.10, Shotts Iron Co., Camnethan, Lanarkshire. Fall of roof at face. Longwall.

GURST John - 1879 - 04/09/1879 – Age 35 - Miner. Huntcliffe (metalliferous), Bell Bros., Ltd., Saltburn, Yorkshire. Fall of roof in main way. He had left his working place and was making outbye when the fall caught him.

GUSTARD M. - 1874 - 23/10/1874 – Age 34 – Stoneman. Framwellgate, Stevenson Jaques and Co., Durham, Co. Durham. Premature explosion of a charged hole (gunpowder).

GUTHERIE Andrew - 1878 - 04/09/1878 – Age 44 – Bottomer. Bonnyton No.6, John Gilmour and Co., Kilmarnock, Ayrshire. Fell down shaft.

GUTHRIE William - 1878 - 06/06/1878 – Age 37 - Collier. Hallhill, Springhill Coal Co., Baillieston, Lanarkshire. Fall of roof.

GUTTERIDGE D. - 1875 - 30/04/1875 - Collier. Silkstone, Main Coal Consumers Association, Barnsley, Yorkshire. Fall of roof.

GUY H - 1874 - 24/03/1874 – Age 2? – Loader. Old Park, WellingtonIron & Coal Co., Wellington, Shropshire. Fall of roof.

GUY John - 1877 - 08/01/1877 – Age 44 – Deputy. Humley, Earl of Dudley, Dudley, Worcester. Fall of coal in thick coal mine while assisting to get some overhanging coal down with a crow bar. The fall was bigger than expected and he was crushed to death.

GWINNELL Daniel - 1873 - 17/07/1873 – Age 30 - Collier. Foxes Bridge, Barrett and Crawshay, Forest of Dean, Gloucester. Fall of bell. Died same evening.

GWYN William - 1875 - 05/05/1875 – Age 43 - Collier. Blaina, Nantyglo and Blaina Co., Blaina, Monmouth. Fall of coal.

GYTE A. - 1878 - 16/04/1878 – Age 12 – Trapper. East Gawber, R Craik and Co., Barnsley, Yorkshire. Crushed by corves. Died 13th June.

GYTE Peter - 1875 - 23/07/1875 – Age 48 - Labourer. Holbrook, J and G Wells, Eckington. Removing the windlass from the pit top he slipped and fell down the pit.