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HUGHES Joseph - 1877 - 15/05/1877 – Age 33 – Engineman. Mold, Argoed Colliery Co. Ltd., Mold, Flint. Fell down pit.

HUGHES Michael - 1874 - 12/09/1874 – Age 40 - Labourer. Shankstown (ironstone), Eglington Iron Co., Cumnock, Ayrshire. While engaged in making alterations a beam and wall plate fell upon them. 2 killed.

HUGHES Michael - 1877 - 11/10/1877 – Age 24 - Drawer. Pemberton, Jonathan Blundell and Sons, Wigan, Lancashire. Explosion of gas 36 killed.

HUGHES Moses - 1870 - 24/12/1870 – Age 46 – Fireman. Mostyn, Mostyn Colliery Co., Mostyn, Holywell. Fall of roof.

HUGHES P. - 1876 - 11/03/1876 – Age 40 – Engineman. Bradley, GB Thorneycroft and Co., Bilston, Stafford. Crushed by flywheel and a wood level he was using to throw engine off centre.

HUGHES Peter - 1873 - 16/09/1873 – Age 18 - Miner. Salter and Eskett, Fisher and Co., Whitehaven, Cumberland. Fall of roof. 2 killed.

HUGHES Peter - 1878 - 07/06/1878 – Age 37 - Collier. Wood, Richard Evans and Sons, Haydock, Lancashire. Explosion of firedamp after a sudden outburst. 189 killed.

HUGHES Price - 1877 - 08/05/1877 – Age 13 – Driver. East Hetton, East Hetton Coal Co., Coxhoe Durham. Run over by full tub while riding outbye. The horse became detached on account of using a pair of broken limbers.

HUGHES R. - 1878 - 10/06/1878 – Age 30 – Pikeman. Swan, Swan Colliery Co., West Bromwich, Stafford. Injured by explosion of firedamp 30th May. Died this day West Bromwich Hospital.

HUGHES Richard - 1871 - 10/04/1871 – Age 21 - Labourer. Mostyn, Mostyn Coal Co., Holywell, Flint. A fall on the surface.

HUGHES Robert - 1875 - 29/04/1875 – Age 20 - Engine stoker, Welsh Slate, Welsh Slate Co., Merionethshire. The men were working on the surface and were supposed to be in a place that was perfectly safe but an enormous mass of overhanging rock gave way crushing them to death and causing the destruction of much valuable machinery. 3 killed.

HUGHES Robert - 1878 - 07/06/1878 – Age 26 - Drawer. Wood, Richard Evans and Sons, Haydock, Lancashire. Explosion of firedamp after a sudden outburst. 189 killed.

HUGHES S. - 1874 - 31/10/1874 – Age 30 - Collier. Shelton, Hanley, Stafford. Fall of roof.

HUGHES T. - 1876 - 31/10/1876 – Age 22 - Collier. Cwm Noel, Powell Duffryn Steam Coal Co., Aberdare, Glamorgan. Killed by fall of stone.

HUGHES Thomas - 1874 - 28/04/1874 – Age 35 – Fireman. Hafod-y-bwch, Ruabon Coal Co., Ruabon, Denbigh. Suffocated in yard mine while opening an air road next to a fault which had fallen in. 2 killed.

HUGHES Thomas - 1875 - 27/03/1875 – Age 40 – Sinker. Bickershaw, Ackers Whitley and Co. Ltd., Abram, Lancashire. Fell off scaffold in sinking pit.

HUGHES Thomas - 1877 - 19/05/1877 – Age 25 - Collier. Dunraven, Dunraven Coal Co., Treherbert, Glamorgan. Killed by scalding. He incautiously knocked open the boiler manhole when the water inside was above the hole.

HUGHES Thomas - 1878 - 25/11/1878 – Age 35 - Collier. Bettisfield, Bettisfield Colliery Co. Ltd., Bagillt, Flint. He was getting his coals down when a stone fell from a slip on him.

HUGHES Thomas - 1878 - 27/03/1878 – Age 28. Apedale, Stanier and Co., Newcastle, Stafford. Explosion of firedamp 23 killed.

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

HUGHES W. - 1876 - 10/01/1876 – Age 25 – Loader. Longton Hall, J and A Glover, Longton, Stafford. Fall of roof.

HUGHES William - 1872 - 06/11/1872 – Age 11 - Not employed. Lower Duffryn, Powell Duffryn Coal Co., Aberdare, Glamorgan. Killed by riding on incline slope.

HUGHES William - 1873 - 13/05/1873 – Age 55 - Labourer. Hafod, Ruabon Coal Co. Ltd., Ruabon, Denbigh. Crushed between waggons on surface.

HUGHES William - 1875 - 10/12/1875 – Age 31- Hewer. Cambois, Cowpen and North Seaton Coal Co., Blyth, Northumberland. Returned to his place just as shot went off. Coal fell on him.

HUGHES William - 1875 - 29/04/1875 – Age 31 - Slate Miner. Welsh Slate, Welsh Slate Co., Merionethshire. The men were working on the surface and were supposed to be in a place that was perfectly safe but an enormous mass of overhanging rock gave way crushing them to death and causing the destruction of much valuable machinery. 3 killed.

HUGHES William - 1878 - 07/06/1878 – Age 20 - Collier. Wood, Richard Evans and Sons, Haydock, Lancashire. Explosion of firedamp after a sudden outburst. 189 killed.

HUGHES William - 1878 - 19/12/1878 - Roadsman. Llancaiach, Powells Gellygaer Coal Co., Pontypridd, Glamorgan. Killed by trams on incline plane.

HUGHES WJ - 1877 - 11/04/1877 – Age 17 - Collier. Tynewydd, Troedyrhiw Coal Co., Pontypridd, Glamorgan. Drowned by influx of water from an adjoining colliery. 5 killed.

HULBERT Joseph - 1873 - 17/02/1873 – Age 20 - Collier. Easton, George Hare Leonard, Easton, Gloucester. Explosion of gunpowder. Died 23 Feb. 2 killed.

HULME John - 1872 - 30/07/1872 – Age 65 – Coalminer. Bardsley, Bardsley Co., Ashton-under-Lyne, Lancashire. Roof and coal falling at his face of work. Old Mine.

HULME John - 1877 - 11/10/1877 – Age 25 - Collier. White Moss, White Moss, Skelmersdale, Lancashire. Fall of roof.

HULME Joseph - 1871 - 18/01/1871 – Age 19 - Miner. Great Lever, Earl of Bradford, Bolton, Lancashire. Roof falling in his father’s working place.

HULME William - 1877 - 11/10/1877 – Age 49 - Collier. Pemberton, Jonathan Blundell and Sons, Wigan, Lancashire. Explosion of gas 36 killed.

HUMES James - 1874 - 20/04/1874 – Age 14 – Driver. Wearmouth Bell, Stobart and Co., Sunderland, Durham. Crushed by tubs.

HUMFREY H. - 1874 - 05/11/1874 - Collier. Plymouth, Plymouth Iron Co., Merthyr Tydfil, Glamorgan. Killed by fall of stone.

HUMPHREY David - 1878 - 17/06/1878 – Age 32 - Collier. Cymmer, Cymmer Colliery Co., Pontypridd, Glamorgan. Killed by fall of roof.

HUMPHREY Edward - 1874 - 23/05/1874 – Age 63 - Collier. Sirhowy, Ebbw Vale Co., Sirhowy, Monmouth. Hurt by fall of coal in No5 Pit. Died next day.

HUMPHREYS Eb. - 1873 - 11/09/1873 – Age 15 - Miner. Rhymney (ironstone), Rhymney Iron Co., Rhymney, Monmouth. After descending the shaft he crossed the bottom and the next cage came on him. The hitcher should have prevented the boy perpetrating such an outrageous act of disobedience.

HUMPHREYS Edward - 1876 - 06/01/1876 - Age 12 - Doorboy. Westminster, Westminster Brymbo Coal and Coke Co. Ltd., Wrexham, Denbigh. Crushed between trams and side of road.

HUMPHREYS Richard - 1877 - 06/07/1877 – Age 38 - Collier. Bronwhlfa, Bronwhlfa Mold, Flint. Fall of roof 2 killed.

HUMPHRIES Jason - 1872 21/11/1872 22 Doorboy Middle Duffryn Powell Duffryn Coal Co. Aberdare, Glamorgan. Killed by fall of stone.

HUMPHRIES M.H. - 1874 - 26/09/1874 – Age 14 - Horsedriver. Madeley Wood, Anstice and Co., Wellington, Shropshire. Fall of roof in road.

HUMPHRIES Thomas - 1878 - 23/08/1878 – Age 36 – Navie. Brackley, Bridgewater Trust, Middle Hulton, Lancashire. A stretcher falling out as another was put in an open cutting for a day eye slope. Died Bolton Infirmary 13th Sept.

HUMPHRIES Thomas - 1879 - 19/06/1878 – Age 18 - Taker-off. Clifton Hall, Andrew Knowles and Sons Ltd., Clifton, Lancashire. Hurt by a tub knocking out a prop and caused some roof to fall.

HUNT Charles - 1873 - 09/12/1873 – Age 58 – Underviewer. Dunston, Sheepbridge Co., Chesterfield, Derbyshire. Suffocated by firedamp whilst exploring old works.

HUNT George - 1872 - 28/03/1872 – Age 15 – Ponydriver. 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.

HUNT Hugh - 1872 - 19/04/1872 – Age 69 - Collier. Denby, WD Lowe, Belper, Derbyshire. Fall of coal.

HUNT John - 1871 - 04/06/1871 – Age 15 – Driver. Wearmouth, Bell Stobart and Co., Sunderland, Durham. Run over by set of tubs.

HUNT Joseph - 1877 - 10/04/1877 – Age 54 Asst. Banksman. Victoria, Thomas Brocklehurst, Rumworth, Lancashire. Caught by crank in helping to get the fly wheel over the centre.

HUNT Joseph - 1878 - 18/10/1878 – Age 23 - Collier. Smithies, C Marsden and Son, Barnsley, Yorkshire. Explosion of gas. Died 22nd Oct.

HUNT Lawrence - 1872 - 13/05/1872 – Age 37 - Hewer. Springwell, J Bowes and Partners, Gateshead, Durham. Fall of stone.

HUNT Thomas - 1870 - 18/05/1870 – Age 51- Hewer. Washington, W Stobart and Co., Gateshead, Co. Durham. Fall of stone.

HUNT Thomas - 1872 - 28/03/1872 – Age 22 - Drawer. 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.

HUNT Thomas - 1876 - 18/12/1876 – Age 31. South Wales, South Wales Coal Co., Monmouth. Explosion of firedamp 23 killed.

HUNT William - 1874 - 14/07/1874 – Age 36 – Sinker. Chillington, George Haywood and Co., Wolverhampton, Stafford. Scalded by water and steam from a portable engine boiler inside a wooden engine house. 2 killed.

HUNT William - 1876 - 16/10/1876 – Age 13 – Driver. Holmewood, Hardwick Coal Co., Chesterfield, Derbyshire. Run over by loaded tubs coupling irons became disconnected and let the boy fall under the tubs.

HUNTER Daniel - 1878 - 05/09/1878 - Collier. Lochgelly, Lochgelly Iron and Coal Co. Ltd., Auchterderran, Fife. Fall of roof at face. Longwall.

HUNTER David - 1873 - 06/06/1873 – Age 24 - Collier. Kerse, Hamilton and McGuinness, Lochwinnoch, Renfrew. Fall of coal at face.

HUNTER Fraser - 1870 - 28/12/1870 – Age 25 - Collier. Alloa, Alloa Coal Co., Alloa, Clackmannan. Fall of roof while stooping.

HUNTER George - 1874 - 16/03/1874 – Age 28 – Sinker. Bearpark, Bearpark Coal and Coke Co., Durham, Co. Durham. Fall of stone.

HUNTER Henry - 1876 - 16/02/1876 – Age 35 - Collier. Braehead No.5, Dunn Bros., Baillieston, Lanarkshire. Fall of coal while taking it out stooping. 2 killed.

HUNTER John - 1871 - 17/03/1871 – Age 30 - Collier. Hill of Beath, Ord Adams, Dunfermline, Fife. Fall of roof in main road.

HUNTER John - 1878 - 25/10/1878 – Age 14 – Driver. Featherstone Main, Featherstone Main Coal Co., Pontefract, Yorkshire. Run over by corves.

HUNTER Robert - 1871 - 29/08/1871 – Age 15 – Putter. Throckley, New Throckley Coal Co., Newcastle, Northumberland. Fall of stone.

HUNTER Robinson - 1871 - 25/10/1871 – Age 45 – Shifter. Seaham No.3, Earl Vane, Sunderland, Durham. Explosion of gas. 26 killed.

HUNTER William - 1870 - 28/07/1870 – Age 40 - Roadsman. Kennet Pans, Frank Greer, Clackmannan. Fall of roof.

HUNTER William - 1879 - 30/08/1879 – Age 15 – Boy. Maidenbank, Eglington Iron Co., Muirkirk, Ayrshire. Fell into shaft while pushing empty hutch towards it.

HUNTLEY Robert - 1878 - 08/01/1878 – Age 15 - Collier. No.8, Ebbw Vale Steel and Iron Co., Monmouthshire. Fall of coal and clod.

HURD George - 1878 - 14/12/1878 – Age 18 – Loader. Brookhouse, Chatterley Iron Co., Stoke, Stafford. Fell out of cage at bottom of shaft.

HURLEY James - 1878 - 30/07/1878 – Age 42 - Labourer. Park Slip, Llynvi Tondu and Ogmore Valley Coal & Iron Co., Bridgend, Glamorgan. Killed by trucks on surface.

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

HURST Edwin - 1872 - 14/11/1872 – Age 16 - Hanger-on. Thrybergh Hall, J and J Charlesworth, Barnsley, Yorkshire. Brick fell on him from side of shaft.

HURST George - 1872 - 07/10/1872 – Age 38. Morley, W Ackroyd Bros., Leeds, Yorkshire. Explosion of gas. 34 killed.

HURST James - 1871 - 10/07/1871 – Age 63 - Miner. Bents, Thomas Fletcher, Little Lever, Lancashire. Coal falling in bay.

HURST James - 1879 - 21/11/1879 – Age 50 – Metalman. Ince Hall, Pearson and Knowles Coal and Iron Co. Ltd., Wigan, Lancashire. A piece of stone fell from a slip as he was at work getting down roof to make the road higher.

HURST John - 1871 - 10/10/1871 – Age 28 - Collier. Silverdale, Stanier and Co., Newcastle, Stafford. Fall of coal.

HURST John - 1875 - 12/01/1875 – Age 58 – Coalminer. School Yard, William Ford Hulton, Over Hulton, Lancashire. Fall of roof Died 27th.

HURST Joseph - 1873 - 05/03/1873 – Age 18 - Incline lad. South Benwell, WC Carr, Newcastle, Northumberland. Fall of stone.

HURST S. - 1874 - 09/04/1874. Above Park, Cotton and Co., Cheadle, Cheshire. Side of pit came in and broke the scaffold.

HURST William - 1875 - 23/06/1875 – Age 22 - Hewer. Axwell Park, RS Bagnall and Sons, Gateshead, Durham. Fall of stone.

HURT George - 1873 - 12/08/1873 – Age 38 – Stallman. Clifton, Saul Isaac MP, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire. Fall of roof.

HUTCHBY Thomas - 1871 - 22/11/1871 – Age 51 - Collier. Norwood, Sheepbridge Coal and Iron Co., Chesterfield, Derbyshire. Explosion of gas. 9 killed.

HUTCHESON T. - 1870 - 12/09/1870 – Age 30 - Collier. Haywood, Haywood Coal Co., Wilsontown. Fall of roof.

HUTCHINGS W - 1872 - 16/08/1872 – Age 27 - Labourer. Lower Duffryn, Powell Duffryn Coal Co., Aberdare, Glamorgan. Killed by trucks.

HUTCHINSON Alexander - 1873 - 24/04/1873 – Age 13 – Flatter. Hebburn, Hebburn Coal Co., Gateshead, Durham. Fall of roof.

HUTCHINSON Benjamin - 1874 - 12/06/1874 – Age 35 – Stallman. Birley Vale, Jeffcock Dunn and Co., Sheffield, Yorkshire. Holing coal insufficiently spragged and coals fell on him.

HUTCHINSON Howarth - 1872 - 31/08/1872 – Age 19 – Coalminer. Marsden, Executors of J Hargreaves, Burnley, Lancashire. Explosion of firedamp. Died 26th Sept. 2 killed. They passed the signal and went with an open light into an abandoned part of workings.

HUTCHINSON Hugh - 1877 - 10/04/1877 – Age 34 - Collier. Hedley Hill, Weardale Iron and Coal Co. Ltd., Tow Law, Durham. Fall of a large stone in his working place in broken.

HUTCHINSON J - 1874 - 26/11/1874 – Age 65 – Horsekeeper. Broomside, Broomside Coal Co., Durham, Co. Durham. Fell out of cage while ascending.

HUTCHINSON R. - 1877 - 07/03/1877 – Age 16 – Driver. Monk Bretton, Monk Bretton Coal Co., Barnsley, Yorkshire. Crushed by corves.

HUTCHINSON Robert - 1871 - 04/09/1871 – Age 50 - Collier. Calder Bank, Provenhall Coal Co., Baillieston, Lanarkshire. Explosion of firedamp. 2 killed.

HUTCHINSON Thomas - 1871 - 25/10/1871 – Age 25 – Stoneman. Seaham No.3, Earl Vane, Sunderland, Durham. Explosion of gas. 26 killed.

HUTCHINSON William - 1878 - 19/11/1878 – Age 19 – Runrider. Boosbeck (ironstone), Stevenson Jacques and Co., Guisborough, Yorkshire. Broken leg by tub running amain. Died 29th.

HUTCHLEY George - 1874 - 01/06/1874 – Age 17 – Stallman. Renishaw Park, J and G Wells, Eckington, Derbyshire. Fall of roof.

HUTTON Andrew - 1874 - 03/03/1874 – Age 20 - Miner. Westfield of Capeldrae (oil shale), Westfield of Capeldrae Oil Co. Ltd., Ballingry Fife. Fall of shale at the face (longwall).

HUTTON Robert - 1873 - 09/10/1873 – Age 23 - Hewer. Wearmouth, B Bell, Stobart and Co., Sunderland, Durham. Crushed by tub.

HUXLEY Henry - 1876 - 22/05/1876 – Age 35 – Sinker. Clough Hall, Kinnersley and Co., Kidsgrove, Stafford. Bowk fell on him in sinking pit.

HUXLEY Thomas - 1876 - 10/03/1876 – Age 12 - Labourer. Winstanley, Meyrick Banks, Wigan, Lancashire. Run over by loaded tubs.

HYATT John - 1873 - 14/07/1873 – Age 40 - Collier. Kidall Dipple, Executors of James Morrell, Forest of Dean, Gloucester Fall of coal. Died 25th.

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

HYDE Richard - 1872 - 14/11/1872. Pelsall Hall, Morgan and Starkey, Walsall, Stafford. Irruption of water. 22 killed.

HYERS Henry - 1876 - 18/12/1876 – Age 18. South Wales, South Wales Coal Co., Monmouth. Explosion of firedamp 23 killed.

HYSLOP John - 1876 - 18/12/1876 – Age 32 – Brusher. Ardeer (Lucknow), Ardeer Coal Co., Stevenston, Ayrshire. Fall of roof.