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PHILP Isabella - 1876 - 19/10/1876 – Age 17. William Pit, Fordell, Fife. Boiler exploded. Female.

PHIPPS John - 1870 - 11/10/1870 – Age 24 - Collier. Denaby Main, Denaby Main Coal Co., Rotherham, Yorkshire. Fall of coal.

PHIPPS R. - 1870 - 01/01/1870 – Age 12 - Miner. Lion (ironstone), J Wright, Old Hill, Stafford. Suffocated by carbonic acid gas.

PHOENIX W. - 1872 - 02/12/1872 – Age 43 – Deputy. Featherstone Main, Featherstone Main Coal Co., Pontefract, Yorkshire. Explosion of gas. 3 killed.

PHYTHIAN Moses - 1877 - 11/10/1877 – Age 16 - Labourer. Pemberton, Jonathan Blundell and Sons, Wigan, Lancashire. Crushed between waggon buffers.

PICKARD Joseph - 1877 - 27/06/1877 – Age 29 - Dataler. Annesley, Annesley Colliery Co., Annesley, Derbyshire. Suffocated by noxious gasses arising from a recent fire in main road at which they were trying to clear away. 7 killed.

PICKAVANCE Hh. - 1870 - 17/03/1870 – Age 13 – Ponydriver. St. Helens, Messrs Pilkington, St. Helens, Lancashire. Injuries received while riding on a full tub.

PICKERELL Charles - 1872 - 24/05/1872 – Age 26 – Driver. Foxes Bridge, Barrett and Crawshay, Forest of Dean, Gloucester. Fall of stone 24th. Died 26th.

PICKERING H. - 1870 - 24/05/1871. Berry Hill, William Bowers, Stoke, Stafford. Explosion of firedamp. 2 killed.

PICKERING John - 1873 - 08/11/1873 – Age 21 - Collier. Gwersyllt, Thomas Clayton, Wrexham, Denbigh.

PICKERING John - 1875 - 06/12/1875 – Age 23. Swaithe Main, Mitchell and Co., Barnsley, Yorkshire. Explosion of gas. 143 Killed.

PICKERSGILL Isaac - 1873 - 04/12/1873 – Age 18 – Hurrier. Manston, Manston Coal Co., Leeds, Yorkshire. Fall of roof.

PICKERSGILL J. - 1877 - 13/11/1877 – Screenman. Kippax, Locke and Co., Leeds, Yorkshire. Crushed by waggons on surface.

PICKERSGILL James - 1872 - 07/10/1872. Morley, W Ackroyd Bros., Leeds, Yorkshire. Explosion of gas. 34 killed.

PICKERSGILL James - 1875 - 20/03/1875 – Age 33 – Deputy. Newmarket, J and J Charlesworth, Wakefield, Yorkshire. Fall of roof.

PICKERSGILL William - 1872 - 07/10/1872 – Age 17. Morley, W Ackroyd Bros., Leeds, Yorkshire. Explosion of gas. 34 killed.

PICKERVANCE Joseph - 1873 - 16/04/1873 – Age 22 - Collier. Alexandra, Messrs Pilkington, St. Helens, Lancashire. Fall of roof in Rushy Park mine.

PICKLES William - 1878 - 17/08/1878 – Age 13 – Driver. East Gawber, R Craik and Co., Barnsley, Yorkshire. Crushed by corves.

PICKUP John (injured) - 1879 - 06/10/1879 - Miner. Rose Hill, Samuel Scowcroft and Sons, Bolton, Lancashire. Ankle broken by coal which he was taking down. Doe Mine.

PIDOCK Joseph - 1871 - 11/07/1871 – Age 13. Bok Nunnery, Duke of Norfolk, Sheffield, Yorkshire. Fell down shaft from Park Gate seam.

PIERCE Thomas - 1878 - 14/05/1878 – Age 20 - Miner. Parkhouse (metalliferous), Yarlside Mining Co., Dalton-in-Furness, Lancashire. Explosion of dynamite.

PIERPOINT James - 1878 - 07/06/1878 – Age 28 - Drawer. Wood, Richard Evans and Sons, Haydock, Lancashire. Explosion of firedamp after a sudden outburst. 189 killed.

PIERSON John - 1874 - 09/12/1874 – Age 58 - Hewer. Morrison, Hedley and Bell, Annfield Plane, Co. Durham. Fall of coal.

PIGGFORD Jonathan - 1878 - 20/06/1878 – Age 42 – Sinker. New Hollingwood, Staveley Iron and Coal Co., Staveley, Derbyshire. Adjusting steam pipes in shaft when they gave way. 4 killed.

PIKE Israel James - 1876 - 18/12/1876 – Age 55. South Wales, South Wales Coal Co., Monmouth. Explosion of firedamp 23 killed.

PILKINGTON George - 1871 - 06/09/1871 – Age 32 - Collier. Ince Moss, Pearson and Knowles, Wigan, Lancashire. Explosion of gas. 70 killed.

PILKINGTON John - 1871 - 06/09/1871 – Age 22 - Collier. Ince Moss, Pearson and Knowles, Wigan, Lancashire. Explosion of gas. 70 killed.

PILKINGTON Joseph - 1876 - 25/05/1876 – Age 18 – Jigger. California, Wigan Coal and Iron Co Ltd., Wigan, Lancashire. Fall of roof.

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

PILKINGTON William - 1879 - 01/10/1879 – Age 51 – Stallman. Moorgreen, Barber Walker and Co., Eastwood, Nottinghamshire. Fall of roof.

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

PILLING J.L. - 1878 - 12/06/1878. Oakenclough, Executors of James Butterworth, Bacup, Lancashire. Stone falling from roof.

PILLING John - 1878 - 07/06/1878 – Age 24 - Collier. Wood, Richard Evans and Sons, Haydock, Lancashire. Explosion of firedamp after a sudden outburst. 189 killed.

PIMBLETT Edward - 1878 - 07/06/1878 – Age 43 - Collier. Wood, Richard Evans and Sons, Haydock, Lancashire. Explosion of firedamp after a sudden outburst. 189 killed.

PIMBLETT John jnr. - 1878 - 07/06/1878 – Age 13 - Drawer. Wood, Richard Evans and Sons, Haydock, Lancashire. Explosion of firedamp after a sudden outburst. 189 killed.

PIMBLETT John Sen - 1878 - 07/06/1878 – Age 21 - Drawer. Wood, Richard Evans and Sons, Haydock, Lancashire. Explosion of firedamp after a sudden outburst. 189 killed.

PIMBLETT Thomas - 1878 - 07/06/1878 – Age 36 - Collier. Wood, Richard Evans and Sons, Haydock, Lancashire. Explosion of firedamp after a sudden outburst. 189 killed.

PINCKLEY Robinson - 1873 - 08/04/1873 – Age 13 – Coupler. Tudhoe, Weardale Iron and Coal Co., Ferry Hill, Co. Durham. Head crushed between tub and prop.

PINDER William - 1879 - 02/12/1879 – Age 28 - Collier. Victoria, John Haigh and Sons, Leeds, Yorkshire. Fall of roof. Died 4th Dec.

PINDERGRASS Patrick - 1873 - 15/02/1873 – Age 40 – Ponydriver. Jelliston No.2, Dalmellington Iron Co., Dalmellington, Ayrshire. Fell before hutches and was found under them.

PINK Thomas - 1870 - 26/06/1870 – Age 44 - Collier. Pemberton, Messrs Blundell, Wigan, Lancashire. Fall of coal.

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

PIRIE John - 1876 - 01/06/1876 – Age 29 - Collier. Greenhead, Coltness Iron Co., Cambusnethan, Lanarkshire. Fall of coal stoops (head coal).

PITCH C. - 1875 - 05/08/1875 – Age 26 - Collier. Broomhills, York Road Iron and Coal Co., Leeds, Yorkshire. Fall of roof.

PITCHFORD Stephen - 1873 - 29/12/1873 – Age 32 - Collier. Teversal, Stanton Iron Co., Mansfield, Nottingham. Fall of roof.

PITCHFORTH James - 1871 - 14/10/1871 – Age 19 - Collier. Featherstone Main, Featherstone Main Co., Pontefract, Yorkshire. Explosion of gas. 2 killed.

PITT Benjamin - 1877 - 24/05/1877 – Age 60 – Bandsman. Wednesbury Oak, P Williams and Sons, Tipton, Stafford. Fall of roof coal in thick coal pit which reeled out of place several timber props and they allowed a large mass of coal to fall on him.

PITT James - 1875 - 17/03/1875 – Age 40 – Pikeman. Crabtree, Guy Bros., Wednesbury, Stafford. Fall of coal in thick coal pit. A bump forced a mass off an unseen slip.

PITT John - 1879 - 24/01/1879 – Age 35 – Deputy. Martins Main, Messrs Cooper and Co., Barnsley, Yorkshire. Fall of roof.

PITT Moses - 1875 - 24/04/1875 – Age 21 – Pikeman. Herbert’s Park, D Jones and Sons, Bilston, Stafford. While pulling down some loose coal a portion of the roof fell from a slip not previously seen. New Mine coal pit.

PITTAWAY M. - 1879 - 14/11/1879 – Pikeman. Cole’s Farm, Cole’s Farm Colliery Co., West Bromwich, Stafford. Explosion of gas 7th Nov. Died this day.

PITWAY George - 1874 - 02/09/1874 – Age 16 - Collier. Sirhowy, Ebbw Vale Iron Co., Ebbw Vale, Monmouth. Fall of coal in No.4 Pit. Died 2nd Nov.

PLACE Stephen - 1875 - 30/04/1875 – Age 44 – Screenman. Storey Lodge, T Charlton and Co., Evenwood, Co. Durham. Crushed by trucks under screen.

PLACE Stephen - 1879 - 13/03/1879 – Age 23 – Mechanic. Norwood, Owners of Norwood Colliery, Evenwood, Co. Durham. Died from injuries received 16th July last while passing pumping engine crank.

PLANT A. - 1872 - 13/05/1872 – Age 29 - Collier. Silkstone, Pope and Pearson, Normanton, Yorkshire. Fall of roof.

PLANT Daniel - 1871 - 23/11/1871 – Age 59 - Horse Fettler. Black Lake, Horton and Sons, West Bromwich, Stafford. Suffocated whilst asleep by gasses produced by an underground fire. 8 killed.

PLANT GT - 1873 - 15/12/1873 – Age 37 – Deputy. Wallows, Earl of Dudley, Tipton, Staffordshire. Fall of coal in thick coal pit whilst cutting in the lower part of the seam caused by a bump. He was trying to escape and stepped under the falling mass.

PLANT H. - 1870 - 23/09/1870 – Pikeman. Old Park, Messrs Mills, Pensnett. After cutting the patchells he was trying to throw the stone coal when a piece fell on him from the face and crushed him to death in thick coal pit.

PLANT Mark - 1875 - 25/03/1875 – Age 18 – Driver. Gospel Oak, Grazebrook and Aston, Tipton, Stafford. Crushed between horse and tub on shaft siding.

PLANT T. - 1875 - 16/10/1875 – Age 20 – Trammer. Victoria, R Hudson and Co., Wakefield, Yorkshire. Crushed by corves.

PLATT Edward - 1875 - 27/03/1875 – Age 39 – Engineman. Blaguegate, Lord Skelmersdale, Skelmersdale, Lancashire. Whilst fixing steam pipes in shaft was knocked off cage owing to chain breaking.

PLATT Isiah (injured) - 1879 - 25/04/1879 - Miner. Pendlebury, Andrew Knowles and Sons Ltd., Pendlebury, Lancashire. Hurt while scotching three tubs which he was bringing down a slope.

PLATT James (injured) - 1879 - 28/03/1878 - Miner. Bankhouse, Oldham Middleton and Rochdale Coal Co. Ltd., Crompton, Lancashire. Slightly burned when fetching his spade from a discontinued place against regulations.

PLATT James - 1873 - 01/10/1873 – Age 36 – Blacksmith. Smithfold, John Gibson and Co., Little Hulton, Lancashire. Scalded whilst repairing a line of 2-inch wrought iron steam pipes from the underground boiler the portion between the shut-off valve and the boiler having become disconnected allowing the steam to escape. 3 killed.

PLATT Mark - 1876 - 06/05/1876 – Age 23 – Sinker. Hanley and Bucknall, New Hanley and Bucknall Co., Stoke, Stafford. 7 yards of brickwork gave way at sinking shaft bottom.

PLATT Richard - 1870 - 22/01/1870 – Age 31 - Collier. Garswood Park, D Bromilow and Co., St. Helens, Lancashire. Fall of roof.

PLATT William - 1875 - 12/02/1875 – Age 40 – Proptaker. Arley No.2, William Ford Hulton, Over Hulton, Lancashire. Roof stone falling as he was taking out props.

PLATTS Edward - 1873 - 27/02/1873 – Byeworker. Thorncliffe, Newton Chambers and Co., Sheffield, Yorkshire. Fall of coal.

PLATTS Joseph - 1872 - 03/05/1872 – Age 38 - Collier. Martins Main, Coopers and Co., Barnsley, Yorkshire. Fall of coal.

PLAYER John - 1870 - 27/03/1870 – Age 55 - Collier. Ebbw Vale, Ebbw Vale Co., Ebbw Vale, Monmouth. Fall of clod in No.8 pit.

PLEVIN John - 1874 - 24/12/1874 – Loader. Bignall Hill, Representatives of the late John Wedgewood, Newcastle, Stafford. Explosion of gas 17 killed.

PLOVER Moses - 1872 - 26/02/1872 – Dayman. Great Boys, Thomas Fletcher, Tyldesley, Lancashire. Roof falling as it was being sounded previous to propping. Died 18th. 1 killed 1 injured. Plover injured.

PLUMMER George - 1876 - 19/06/1876 – Age 25 - Hewer. Ellenborough, Trustees of the late John Harris, Maryport, Cumberland. Fall of roof and coal. 2 killed.

PLUMMER William - 1871 02/03/1871 24 - Collier. Victoria Ebbw Vale Co. Ltd
Victoria Monmouth. Explosion of firedamp. 19 killed.

PLUMPTON David - 1878 - 10/04/1878 – Age 14 – Driver. South Hetton, South Hetton Coal Co., Fence Houses, Co. Durham. Two tubs uncoupled and ran down an incline and crushing deceased who had left refuge stall contrary to orders after the set had left him.

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

POGMIORE Joseph - 1876 - 11/01/1876 – Age 19 – Loader. Renishaw, Chesterfield and Boythorpe Colliery Co., Chesterfield, Derbyshire. Fall of bind fell from slip in roof.

POLAND John - 1870 - 31/10/1870 - Miner. Earnock Muir (ironstone), WS Dixon, Hamilton, Fife. Fall of stone.

POLGLAZE Henry - 1874 - 14/10/1874 – Age 40 – Shaftsman. Crenver and Wheal, Abraham (metalliferous), Crenver and Wheal Abraham United Mines Co. Ltd., Camborne, Cornwall. Crushed by machinery underground.

POLLACK Hugh - 1874 - 02/03/1874 – Age 50 – Brusher. Blantyre, Blantyre, Lanarkshire. The men descended 10 minutes before to work at a new furnace within 20 yards of the shaft. Explosion of gas. No one else was in the seam. Being experienced men they were permitted to examine the place themselves and neglected to do so with a safety lamp. 2 killed.

POLLAND Jonathan - 1875 - 29/06/1875 – Age 38 – Quarrier. Orchard, Giffnock (metalliferous), Baird and Stevenson, Pollokshaws. Fall of roof.

POLLET Samuel - 1876 - 18/01/1876 – Age 19 - Collier. West Thornley, Weardale Iron and Coal Co. Ltd., Tow Law Co., Durham. Crushed between his door and a set of tubs.

POLLITT Adam - 1874 - 23/11/1874 – Age 12 – Boy. Ellesmere, Bridgewater Trust, Worsley, Lancashire. Head caught by the ascending cage as he was descending.

POLLOCK Charles - 1872 - 27/05/1872 – Age 47 - Hewer. Ryhope, Hugh Taylor and Partners, Sunderland, Co. Durham. Crushed between tub and side wall. Died 3rd Aug.

PONEY H. - 1873 - 09/10/1873 – Age 17 – Loader. Wombridge (ironstone), John Bennett, Wellington, Shropshire. Fall of roof.

POOL Edward - 1877 - 16/10/1877 – Age 18 – Driver. Greenside (metalliferous), Greenside Mining Co., Patterdale, Cumberland. A waggon fell over on him in the mine.

POOL John - 1875 - 25/02/1875 – Age 30 - Miner. Eskett (metalliferous), Eskett Iron Ore Co., Eskett, Cumberland. The falling of a mass of iron ore from the roof of the drift in which he was working. The drift was timbered all through and was supposed to be safe.

POOLE Andrew - 1872 - 17/08/1872 – Age 19 - Hewer. Gill Head, M Laycock, Maryport, Cumberland. Fall of stone. 2 killed.

POOLE Charles - 1870 - 29/10/1870 – Age 20 - Collier. Tilery Level, South Wales Colliery Co., Abertillery, Monmouth. Fall of coal.

POOLE Henry - 1879 - 03/09/1879 – Age 18 – Loader. South Leicester, South Leicester Colliery Co., Coalville, Leicestershire. Fall of roof.

POOLE J. - 1876 - 25/01/1876 – Age 36 – Fireman. Chillington, Haywood and Hodgkiss, Wolverhampton, Stafford. Premature of explosion of gunpowder whilst charging shot.

POOLE John - 1879 - 11/02/1879 – Age 44 – Weighman. Risca, Black Vein, London and South Wales Coal Co., Risca Monmouthshire. Run over by loco engine on the surface when going to turn the points.

POOLE Joseph - 1873 - 03/11/1873 – Age 40 - Collier. West Allerton, Bowers Allerton Coal Co., Leeds, Yorkshire. Fall of roof.

POOLE R - 1870 - 12/12/1870 – Age 36 - Collier. Snydale, Rhodes and Dalby, Pontefract, Yorkshire. Explosion of gas. 2 killed.

POOLE Thomas - 1870 - 07/07/1870. Silverdale, Stainer and Co., Newcastle, Stafford. Explosion of firedamp. 19 killed.

POOLE William - 1872 - 22/01/1872 – Age 30 – Sinker. Libanus Sinking, Protheroe Brothers, Monmouth. Killed by one side of pit caving in. 5 killed.

POOLE William - 1876 - 07/12/1876 – Age 51 - Collier. Poynton, Lord Vernon, Stockport, Cheshire. Fall of roof.

POPE Francis - 1875 - 24/08/1875 – Age 52 - Miner. St. Aubyn United (metalliferous), St. Aubyn United Mines, St. Day, Cornwall. Irruption of water. 3 killed.

POPE Isaac - 1875 - 23/03/1875 – Age 35 - Hewer. Littleburn, North Brancepeth Coal Co. Ltd., Durham, Co. Durham. Fall of stone.

POPE James - 1878 - 01/10/1878 – Age 46 - Miner. Roanhead (metalliferous), Kennedy Bros., Dalton-in-Furness, Lancashire. Fell down rise.

POPE Sampson - 1875 - 24/08/1875 – Age 14 - Miner. St. Aubyn United (metalliferous), St. Aubyn United Mines, St. Day, Cornwall. Irruption of water. 3 killed.

POPE William - 1873 - 10/06/1873 – Age 35 - Miner. Crenver and Wheal Abraham (metalliferous), Crenver and Wheal Abraham United Mines Co. Ltd., Crowan, Cornwall. Explosion of some dynamite which was left in a hole that he and his brother was cutting down or enlarging to order to make it to take powder two charges of powder having misfired. The hole had been carefully swabbed out before they began to cut it down.

POPPLE Joseph - 1879 - 04/07/1879 – Age 25 – Filler. Monk Bretton, Monk Bretton Coal Co., Barnsley, Yorkshire. Fall of roof coal.

PORTAS ? - 1871 - 10/01/1871. Renishaw Park, Joseph and George Wells, Chesterfield, Derbyshire. Explosion of gas 26 killed.

PORTEOUS James - 1873 - 28/07/1873 – Age 23 - Drawer. Garrion Gill, Coltness Iron Co., Cambusnethan, Lanarkshire. He was coming up a heading in front of a loaded hutch when in the act of stepping aside was caught by a roadside prop and was crushed between it and the hutch.

PORTER John - 1874 - 07/11/1874 – Age 53 – Wasteman. Ludworth, Original Hartlepool Collieries Co., Ferry Hill, Co. Durham. Crushed by cage at bottom.

PORTER John - 1878 - 21/02/1878 – Age 43 - Collier. Holly Wood (ironstone), Stanier and Co., Silverdale, Stafford. Fall of ironstone.

PORTER Matthew - 1871 - 13/09/1871 – Age 54 - Collier. Bartonholm, Eglington Iron Co., Kilwinning, Ayrshire. Fall of roof.

PORTER R - 1873 - 13/06/1873 – Age 16 – Driver. West Riding, Pope and Pearson, Normanton, Yorkshire. Crushed by tubs.

PORTER Samuel - 1872 - 15/06/1872 – Age 30 – Coalminer. Stand Lane, Stand Lane Co., Radcliffe, Lancashire. Coal and dirt falling. In striking out the spurn or natural prop of coal left for support whilst working, a piece of coal flew off with the pressure and struck him and then the rest fell.

PORTER W. - 1870 - 19/07/1870 – Age 24 - Collier. Middle Cale, J Brocklehurst and Co., Stockport, Cheshire. Fall of roof.

PORTER W. - 1878 - 08/10/1878 – Age 15 – Driver. Upper Gornal, Harvey and Fithern, Dudley, Worcester. Pushed skip into shaft and followed it.

PORTER William - 1878 - 19/12/1878 – Age 36 - Miner. Lindal Moor (metalliferous), Harrison Ainslie and Co., Ulverston, Lancashire. Fall of loose ore from a bench.

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

POSKETT C. - 1876 - 11/07/1876 – Age 31 – Byeworker. Stafford, Stafford Coal Co., Barnsley, Yorkshire. Fall of roof.

POSKETT William - 1877 - 05/12/1877 – Age 20 – Stallman. Hundall, Hundall Colliery Co., Chesterfield, Derbyshire. Coals broke over sprags whilst he was holing under them.

POSKITT G. - 1877 - 07/12/1877 – Age 27 – Hurrier. East Gawber, R Craik and Co., Barnsley, Yorkshire. Fall of roof.

POSTLETHWAITE William - 1873 - 03/11/1873 – Age 37 - Hewer. Harrington No. 7, Bain and Paterson, Harrington, Cumberland. Crushed by tub.

POTTER David - 1876 - 05/02/1876 – Age 21 - Slackwasher Tapton, Tapton Coal Co., Chesterfield, Derbyshire. Lubricating machinery whilst in motion when his clothes became entangled and was drawn in.

POTTER George - 1878 - 29/01/1878 – Age 21 - Collier. California, Wigan Coal and Iron Co. Ltd., Wigan, Lancashire. Fall of coal from face. He had just started to hole when a piece burst off from a slip.

POTTER James - 1879 - 03/04/1879 – Age 55 – Manager. Edge Green, Richard Evans and Co., Newton, Lancashire. The son of the deceased who was learning to work the engines by his father’s instructions was stepping into the cage at the pit bottom and was crushed between the cage and conducting rod.

POTTER John - 1872 - 04/09/1872 – Age 14 – Putter. Coxhoe, Rosedale and Ferry Hill Iron Co., Ferry Hill, Co. Durham. The limmers upon which he was riding broke and he falling beneath, the tub was crushed.

POTTER John - 1872 - 13/02/1872 – Age 49 - Banksman. Mapperley, Glendon Iron Co., Ilkeston, Derbyshire. Fell into the shaft whilst removing a plank.

POTTER John - 1875 - 29/09/1875 – Age 33 - Collier. Kiveton Park, Kiveton Park Coal Co., Sheffield, Yorkshire. Fall of roof.

POTTER Richard – 1875 - 08/03/1875 – Age 45 – Fireman. Wharton, Francis Charlton and Sons, Little Hulton, Lancashire. Roof falling as he was taking out a sprag. Died 23rd.

POTTER William - 1877 - 20/10/1877 – Age 22 – Driver. Cole’s Farm, Cole’s Farm Colliery Co., West Bromwich, Stafford. Riding into work in a tub it left the rails and knocked out timber settings which no doubt had been carelessly set otherwise it would not have happened.

POTTS G. - 1872 - 20/11/1872 – Pickman. Ladymoor, Thomas Holcroft, Bilston, Stafford. Fall of coal whilst holing in new mine.

POTTS J. - 1872 - 23/04/1872 – Age 15 - Token Lad. North Seaton, North Seaton Coal Co., Morpeth, Northumberland. Crushed between wire rope and drum.

POTTS J. - 1876 - 30/09/1876 – Age 37 – Pikeman. Balls Hill, Patent Shaft and Axletree Co. Ltd., Wednesbury, Stafford. Fall of coal in which he had just prepared a shot and whilst stooping down underneath, a portion of it fell which was doubtless brought about by a network of slips.

POTTS Josiah - 1877 - 16/09/1877 – Age 28 – Engineman. Hanley and Bucknall, New Hanley and Bucknall Coal Co., Hanley, Stafford. Scaffold gave way and steam pipe fell on him.

POVAH Thomas - 1878 - 17/07/1878 – Age 61 - Labourer. Vron, Vron Colliery Co. Ltd., Wrexham, Denbigh. He was stocking coal on the bank and fell off the heap the tub falling on him.

POVERY Joseph - 1878 - 12/01/1877 – Age 35 - Labourer. Hulton No.11 Yard, William Ford Hulton, Over Hulton, Lancashire. Hurt by falling off pit bank ten and a half feet. Died 11th Dec. Lunacy, congestion of the brain. Doubtful whether accident accelerated death.

POWELL D - 1873 - 01/04/1873 - Hooker-on. Bentley, Chillington Iron Co., Walsall, Stafford. Struck by a piece of coal from an ascending skip whilst improperly standing in shaft bottom.

POWELL Daniel - 1870 - 24/04/1870 – Age 46 - Miner. Rhymney (ironstone), Rhymney Iron Co., Rhymney, Monmouth. Fall of ground in Gwain Fawr pits in consequence of a slip.

POWELL David - 1870 - 08/02/1870 – Age 45 – Overman. Victoria, Ebbw Vale Co., Ebbw Vale, Monmouth. Badly burned in an explosion of firedamp in No.1 pit 8th, he died 10th. The gas was brought onto his candle by a fall from ‘Old Coal’ overhead. This is a very fiery seam.

POWELL David - 1876 - 07/06/1876 – Age 49 - Collier. Tir Phil, Rhymney Iron Co., Glamorgan. Fall of stone from roof.

POWELL David John - 1875 - 02/09/1875 – Age 14 - Collier. Cwm, Crook and Co., Monmouth. Fall of stone.

POWELL George - 1875 - 11/03/1875 – Age 18 – Driver. Eston (ironstone), Bolcklow, Vaughan and Co. Ltd., Eston, Co. Durham. Run over by waggons.

POWELL George - 1878 - 07/06/1878 – Age 35 - Dataller. Wood, Richard Evans and Sons, Haydock, Lancashire. Explosion of firedamp after a sudden outburst. 189 killed.

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

POWELL Henry - 1879 - 17/01/1879 – Age 20 – Driver. Gawn, Noah Hingley and Sons, Old Hill, Stafford. Injured 9th Jan while improperly riding on empty tub with a large piece of timber. He was thrown out and so severely injured that he died this day.

POWELL J. - 1870 - 11/06/1870 – Age 45 - Overman – Yniscedwyn, Yniscedwyn Iron Co., Swansea, Glamorgan. Killed by starting the balance pit.

POWELL J. - 1874 - 07/08/1874 - Collier. Cwm Clydach, Cwm Clydach Coal Co., Pontypridd, Glamorgan. Killed by fall of stone.

POWELL James - 1879 - 21/05/1879 – Age 12 – Doorboy. Cleynen, Newport Abercarn Co., Monmouth. Killed by falling under trams.

POWELL John - 1871 - 03/10/1871 – Age 30 - Collier. Coppa, Coppa Colliery Co., Mold, Flint. The cage got off the guides and threw him out when half way down the pit.

POWELL John - 1872 - 07/10/1872 – Age 49. Morley, W Ackroyd Bros., Leeds, Yorkshire. Explosion of gas. 34 killed.

POWELL John - 1878 - 23/07/1878 – Age 15 - Collier. Southwood, Walters and Canton, Haverfordwest, Pembroke. Killed by fall of roof.

POWELL John - 1878 - 30/05/1878 – Age 18 - Collier. Pendwll, Thomas Clayton, Wrexham, Denbigh. Explosion of gas 6 killed.

POWELL Joshua - 1874 - 26/03/1874 – Age 28 - Collier. South Wales, South Wales Co., Monmouth. Killed by fall of roof.

POWELL M. - 1871 - 11/01/1871 – Age 13 - Collier. Bwllfa, H Kirkhouse, Aberdare, Glamorgan. Killed by fall of roof.

POWELL Richard - 1870 - 16/03/1870 – Age 30 - Collier. Ellwood, Western Counties Co., Forest of Dean, Gloucester. Fall of coal nearly 3tons.

POWELL Richard - 1877 - 27/11/1877 – Age 69 - Collier. Yate, Messrs Long and Co., Gloucester. Killed on incline caused by chain breaking.

POWELL Richard - 1878 - 30/05/1878 – Age 56 - Collier. Pendwll, Thomas Clayton, Wrexham, Denbigh. Explosion of gas. 6 killed.

POWELL Richard - 1879 - 15/04/1879 - Age 23 - Collier. Cefn, Bryndu Coal and Coke Co., Bridgend, Glamorgan. Killed by fall of roof. 2 killed.

POWELL Samuel - 1878 - 11/09/1878 – Sweeper. Abercarn, Ebbw Vale Iron Co., Abercarn, Monmouthshire. Explosion of firedamp. 268 killed.

POWELL Stephen - 1877 - 13/02/1877 – Age 35 - Dataler. Birch Coppice, Morris and Shaw, Tamworth, Stafford. Setting timber when the roof gave way and fell on him.

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

POWELL Thomas - 1874 - 24/08/1874 – Age 25 - Collier. Vron, Vron Colliery Co. Ltd., Wrexham, Denbigh. Explosion of gas in Main Coal Seam No.3 pit. 2 killed.

POWELL Thomas - 1876 - 05/08/1876 – Age 16 - Collier. Cwmdous, Ebbw Vale Iron Co., Monmouth. Fall of clod.

POWELL William - 1878 - 10/09/1878 – Age 52 - Collier. Dunraven Adare, Dunraven Adare Coal Co., Neath, Glamorgan. Killed by an explosion of gas.

POWELL William - 1878 - 28/09/1878 – Age 30 - Collier. Wain Llwyd, Ebbw Vale Iron Co., Monmouthshire. Fall of stone. Died 30th.

POWERS George - 1871 - 12/01/1871. Leycette, Crewe Coal Co., Newcastle, Stafford. Explosion of firedamp. 8 killed.

POWIS Enoch - 1879 - 18/02/1879 – Age 37 – Owner. Batchcroft, J Davies and Co., Bilston, Stafford. Engaged repairing the pit shaft when the lug of the skip on which he was sitting snapped and precipitated him to the bottom.

POWIS William - 1872 - 21/12/1872 – Age 51 - Silverdale, Stanier and Co., Newcastle, Stafford. Explosion. 8 killed.

POYNTON John - 1879 - 04/09/1879 – Age 36 - Collier. Good Hope, H Briggs Son and Co., Normanton, Yorkshire. Fall of roof coal.

PRANGLEY Moses - 1875 - 04/12/1875. New Tredegar, Powell Duffryn Co., Tredegar, Monmouth. Explosion of firedamp 23 killed.

PRATT Edward - 1877 - 25/08/1877 – Age 26 – Sinker. Hall End, Morris and Shaw, Tamworth, Stafford. A brick fell out of a tub while descending the shaft and struck him.

PRATT Joseph - 1873 - 05/11/1873 – Age 30 - Collier. Shuttle Eye, B Lockwood, Wakefield, Yorkshire. Suffocated by blackdamp.

PRATT William - 1871 - 26/10/1871 – Age 32 – Hurrier. Edmunds Main, Mitchell and Co., Barnsley, Yorkshire. Fall of roof.

PRATTEN James - 1870 - 04/04/1870 – Age 19 - Collier. Vobster Steds, Hollwey and Co., Vobster, Somerset. Very heavy fall of stuff overhead.

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

PRENTICE John - 1875 - 31/12/1875 - Drawer. Auchenheath, Nitshill and Lesmahagow, Lesmahagow. Lanarkshire. Tub ran away while he was in front of it, knocked him against the wall.

PRESCOT, John - 1872 - 04/11/1872 – Underlooker. Hindley Hall, Pearson and Knowles, Wigan, Lancashire. Fall of coal.

PRESCOT, John Charles - 1877 - 25/08/1877 – Visitor, Clerk at the offices. Bridgewater, Lancashire. Fell down Magnalls shaft from underground canal mouthing while visiting with the engineer.

PRESCOT, Thomas - 1871 - 06/09/1871 – Age 18 - Drawer. Ince Moss, Pearson and Knowles, Wigan, Lancashire. Explosion of gas. 70 killed.

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

PRESCOTT George - 1871 - 06/09/1871 – Age 40 – Fireman. Ince Moss, Pearson and Knowles, Wigan, Lancashire. Explosion of gas. 70 killed.

PRESCOTT Samuel - 1873 - 26/07/1873 – Age 28 - Dataller. Hindley Green, John Scowcroft and Co. Ltd., Hindley, Lancashire. Fall of roof in pillar workings in 5 Feet mine, Engine pit.

PRESCOTT Thomas - 1872 - 28/03/1872 – Age 37 - 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.

PRESCOTT Thomas - 1874 - 03/09/1874 – Age 18 – Coalminer. Westleigh, James Diggle, Westleigh, Lancashire. Coal falling at a slip as he was holing without having set sprags.

PRESCOTT W. - 1876 - 07/02/1876 – Age 19 - Horsedriver. Denbigh Hall, Griffiths Bros., Tipton, Stafford. Crushed between tubs 2nd. Died this day.

PRESCOTT William - 1873 - 03/05/1873 – Age 13 – Ponydriver. Parr, Richard Evans and Co., St. Helens, Lancashire. Run over by coal boxes.

PRESTON George - 1872 - 07/10/1872 – Age 45. Morley, W Ackroyd Bros., Leeds, Yorkshire. Explosion of gas. 34 killed.

PRESTON Matthew - 1877 - 11/10/1877 – Age 13 – Ponydriver. Pemberton, Jonathan Blundell and Sons, Wigan, Lancashire. Explosion of gas 36 killed.

PRESTON Noah - 1872 - 07/10/1872 – Age 19. Morley, W Ackroyd Bros., Leeds, Yorkshire. Explosion of gas. 34 killed.

PRESTON R. - 1872 - 11/06/1872 – Age 30 - Collier. Lundhill, Lundhill Coal Co., Barnsley, Yorkshire. Fall of coal.

PRESTON R. - 1875 - 20/10/1875 – Age 16 - Miner. Stow Lawn, J Spruce and Co., Wolverhampton, Stafford. Fell out of the skip while descending. He was subject to fits.

PRESTON Richard - 1874 - 30/05/1874 – Age 50 - Labourer. Upholland, Ditton Coal and Iron Co., Upholland, Lancashire. Clothes became entangled in coal washing machine shafting.

PRICE Alfred - 1871 - 13/06/1871 – Age 11 – Ponydriver. Menses Lea, Peter Nightingale and Co., Worsley, Lancashire. Run over by waggons.

PRICE C. - 1872 - 15/06/1872 – Bondsman. Bayton, J Crump, Bewdley, Worcester. Fell off skip whist ascending pit shaft. He was subject to fits.

PRICE D - 1872 - 23/09/1872 – Age 38 – Sinker. Merthyr Vale, Nixon Taylor, Cory and Co., Merthyr Tydfil, Glamorgan. Killed by fall of timber while working at shaft bottom.

PRICE D. - 1872 - 16/10/1872 – Age 35 - Collier. Resolven, Cory Yeo and Co., Glyn Neath, Glamorgan. Killed by fall of stone.

PRICE Daniel - 1877 - 11/10/1877 – Age 32 - Collier. Pemberton, Jonathan Blundell and Sons, Wigan, Lancashire. Explosion of gas 36 killed.

PRICE David - 1878 - 06/07/1878 – Age 24 - Collier. Ferndale No.4, D Davis and Sons, Pontypridd, Glamorgan. Killed by fall of roof.

PRICE David - 1879 - 26/12/1879 – Age 12 – Doorboy. Cwmbach, Aberdare Coal Co., Aberdare, Glamorgan. Killed by Run over by loaded trams.

PRICE E. - 1870 - 29/04/1870 – Age 17 - Miner. Ash Tree, J Holcroft, Rowley Regis, Stafford. A piece of coal fell from the side of the gateroad in a thick coal pit upper workings, the result of a bump.

PRICE Edward (injured) - 1879 - 15/08/1879 – Age 12 – Waggoner. Robin Hood, Clifton and Kersley Coal Co., Clifton, Lancashire. Hurt by empty waggons running down the engine brow the taker-off having let them go uncoupled.

PRICE Edward - 1871 - 02/12/1871 – Underlooker. Ewloe, Ewloe Hall Coal Co., Mold, Flint. Crushed between coal trucks above ground.

PRICE George - 1871 - 24/06/1871 – Age 25 - Collier. New Fancy, Parkend Co., Forest of Dean, Gloucester. Fall of roof between two joints.

PRICE George - 1874 - 16/11/1874 – Age 26 – Engineman. Hollinsfield, Bridgewater Trust, Worsley, Lancashire. The fly wheel breaking as he was slackening speed too quickly in lowering men down the shaft.

PRICE J. - 1874 - 24/07/1874. Granville, Lilleshall Co., Wellington, Shropshire. Bursting boiler tube. 3 killed.

PRICE J. - 1876 - 07/09/1876 – Age 20 - Collier. South Tunnel, Dowlais Iron Co., Dowlais, Glamorgan. Killed by fall of stone.

PRICE James - 1871 - 23/06/1871 – Age 51 - Collier. Abercarn, Ebbw Vale Co. Ltd., Abercarn, Monmouth. Fall of coal from a bump.

PRICE James - 1875 - 21/05/1875 – Age 29 - Collier. Glanddu, Richard Evans, Glamorgan. Fall of top. 2 killed.

PRICE James - 1877 - 20/03/1877 – Age 30 - Collier. Victoria, Stanley R Hudson and Co., Wakefield, Yorkshire. Fall of roof.

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

PRICE Job - 1875 - 19/07/1875 – Age 51 – Pikeman. Granville, Swindell and Collis, Old Hill, Stafford. Crushed by holing by fall off the face 7th. Died this day.

PRICE John - 1871 - 02/03/1871 – Age 18 - Collier. Victoria, Ebbw Vale Co. Ltd., Victoria, Monmouth. Explosion of firedamp. 19 killed.

PRICE Jonathan - 1871 - 02/03/1871 – Age 50 – Fireman. Victoria, Ebbw Vale Co. Ltd., Victoria, Monmouth. Explosion of firedamp. 19 killed.

PRICE Joseph - 1870 - 11/04/1870 – Age 17 - Collier. Abersychan, Ebbw Vale Co., Ebbw Vale, Monmouth. Fall of stone in Cwmsychan pit.

PRICE R. - 1870 - 01/09/1870 – Age 65 – Pumper. Hardings Field (ironstone), P Williams and Sons, Coseley, Stafford. Whilst working in a stooping position a portion of roof fell on his head. New mine stone.

PRICE Richard - 1873 - 21/11/1873 – Age 30 - Collier. Ebbw Vale, Ebbw Vale Co. Ltd., Ebbw Vale, Monmouth. Fall of stone.

PRICE Robert - 1871 - 13/09/1871 – Age 43 - Hewer. Hunwick Bolckow, Vaughan and Co., Darlington, Co. Durham. Fall of stone.

PRICE Robert - 1877 - 06/07/1877 – Age 21 - Collier. Bronwhlfa, Bronwhlfa, Mold, Flint. Fall of roof 2 killed.

PRICE S. - 1871 - 21/04/1871 – Age 17 - Horsedriver. Moor Lane, Edwards and Walker, Brierley Hill, Stafford. Whilst he was in a stooping position a piece of coal, 50lbs in weight, fell off the side of the gate road and forced his head against an iron hoop (skip ring) which immediately deprived him of life.

PRICE T. - 1871 - 19/03/1871 – Engineman. Netherend, Messrs King, Cradley, Worcester. Whilst changing wire rope the gland slipped and allowed the rope to run into the pit shaft which in its course struck the deceased and killed him on the spot.

PRICE Thomas - 1872 - 16/11/1872 – Age 42 - Collier. Cwmnantddu, Ebbw Vale Co., Ebbw Vale, Monmouth. Fall of roof.

PRICE Thomas - 1875 - 04/12/1875. New Tredegar, Powell Duffryn Co. Tredegar, Monmouth. Explosion of firedamp 23 killed.

PRICE Thomas - 1879 - 26/02/1879 – Age 25 - Dataler. Sherdley, Bourne & Robinson, St. Helens, Lancashire. Disturbed some of the timber when repairing road in consequence of which some of the roof fell. 2 killed.

PRICE W - 1870 - 19/05/1870 – Age 19 - Collier. Dowlais, Dowlais Iron Co., Merthyr Tydfil, Glamorgan. Killed by fall of coal.

PRICE W - 1872 - 27/05/1872 – Age 33 - Collier. St Johns, Locke and Co., Normanton, Yorkshire. Explosion of gas.

PRICE W. - 1872 - 24/04/1872 – Age 50 – Bondsman. Brades Hall, Wright and North, Oldbury, Worcester. Injured by fall of roof in new mine coal 16th. Died this day.

PRICE W. - 1873 - 18/04/1873 – Age 42 – Bondsman. Rocket, Earl of Dudley, Tipton, Stafford. He was taking down or throwing fall of coal when a portion of roof fell and so seriously injured him that he died soon after. He accidentally fell under the falling mass.

PRICE William - 1872 - 30/08/1872 – Age 50 - Collier. Clay Cross, Sir William Jackson, Chesterfield, Derbyshire. Fall of bind.

PRICE William - 1878 - 02/10/1878 – Age 45 - Collier. No.8, Ebbw Vale Iron Co., Monmouthshire. Fall of coal.

PRICE William - 1878 - 06/04/1878 – Age 15 - Collier. Foss Maen, Coalbrook Vale Coal Co., Monmouthshire. Fall of roof.

PRICE William - 1879 - 15/04/1879 – Age 56 - Collier. Howden, Howden Coal and Brick Co., Crook, Co. Durham. Fall of stone while working in a longwall.

PRICHARD Thomas - 1872 - 07/06/1872 – Age 45 - Hewer. Page Bank, Bell Brothers, Durham, Co. Durham. Fall of stone.

PRIEST Joseph - 1878 - 23/10/1878 – Age 16 – Inclineman. Hawkesbury, Hawkesbury Colliery Co., Coventry, Warwick. Coupling chains broke when the full tubs were going up the incline and the drag failed to act.

PRIEST S - 1870 - 20/08/1870 – Age 18 - Horsedriver. Salt Well, Earl of Dudley, Dudley, Worcester. Suffocated by carbonic acid gas.

PRIEST Timothy - 1879 - 23/09/1879 – Age 50 – Pikeman. Saltwells (ironstone), Earl of Dudley, Cradley Heath, Worcester. Rate of ironstone measures while holing. Probably the result of insufficient timbering.

PRIEST William - 1871 - 19/01/1871 – Age 17 Loco fireman. Sharlaston, Sharlaston Coal Co., Normanton, Yorkshire. Run over by waggons on the surface.

PRIESTLY D. - 1877 - 23/01/1877 – Age 63 - Ironstone Miner. Wavell (ironstone), Hird Dawson and Hardy, Bradford, Yorkshire. Fall of roof. 2 killed.

PRIESTLY William - 1871 - 26/02/1871 – Age 37. Steward Harrop Edge, Isaac Wood and Son, Bradford, Yorkshire. Fall of roof 3rd Dec 1871. Died this day.

PRIESTMAN James - 1878 - 31/10/1878 – Age 20 – Loader. Blackwell, A Blackwell Colliery Co., Alfreton, Derbyshire. Fall of roof stallman neglected to set timber as he took away coals. 2 killed.

PRIMROSE John - 1876 - 28/08/1876 – Age 47 – Hammerman. Cambuslang No.2, Flemington Coal Co., Cambuslang, Lanarkshire. Boiler explosion Injured 21st died 28th Aug.

PRIMROSE William - 1877 - 22/10/1877 – Age 17 – Mine. Blantyre, WS Dixon, Hamilton, Lanarkshire. Single. Blantyre, Works. Buried, Blantyre, cemetery 6th Nov. (Defn. list) Explosion of firedamp.

PRINCE J. - 1876 - 14/03/1876 – Age 23 – Loader. Denbigh Hall, Groffiths Bros., Tipton, Stafford. Fall of rock in thick coal pit which rolled down shut or goaf and struck the deceased at his work 8 yards away from the fall.

PRINCE J. - 1877 – 01/12/1877 – Age 50 – Deputy. Himley, Earl of Dudley, Dudley, Stafford. He was engaged in throwing the coal in thick coal pit and instead of using a pricker tried to do the work with a pick and thus lost his life.

PRINGLE Ebenezer - 1874 – 06/08/1874 – Age 16 – Horsekeeper. Wardley, John Bowes and Partners, Gateshead, Co. Durham. Fell down shaft from Bensham to Hutton seam.

PRINGLE Thomas - 1872 – 31/12/1872 – Age 12 – Putters helper. Gosforth, J Bowes and Partners, Newcastle, Northumberland. Fall of coal.

PRIOR W. - 1874 – 08/04/1874 – Age 39 - Collier. Wombwell Main, Wombwell Main Coal Co., Barnsley, Yorkshire. Fall of coal.

PRISK Thomas - 1878 – 19/01/1878 – Age 47 – Miner Assisting shafts man. West Wheal Seton, West Wheal Seton Mining Co., Camborne, Cornwall. Blown from winch handle which knocked him down the shaft.

PRITCHARD Evan - 1870 – 13/10/1870 – Age 52 - Miner. Blaina (ironstone), Blain Co. Ltd., Blain Monmouth. Burned by explosion of firedamp in the Soap vein. Died a week later. Hitherto gas had been unheard of in this mine.

PRITCHARD John - 1875 – 06/12/1875. Llan, TW Booker and Co., Cardiff, Glamorgan. Explosion of gas 16 killed.

PRITCHARD John - 1879 – 02/04/1879 – Age 40 - Collier. Bedwellty, Tredegar Iron Co., Bedwellty, Monmouth. Explosion of firedamp. 6 killed.

PRITCHARD Samuel - 1876 - 18/12/1876 – Age 16. South Wales, South Wales Coal Co., Monmouth. Explosion of firedamp 23 killed.

PRITCHARD T. - 1874 – 05/08/1874 – Age 12 – Doorboy. Gadlys, Gadlys Coal and Iron Co., Aberdare, Glamorgan. Killed by fall of stone.

PRITCHARD T. - 1877 - 28/09/1877 – Age 55 – Pikeman. Oakham, Oakham Colliery Co., Dudley, Worcester. Fall of slips in thick coal pit.

PRITCHARD Timothy - 1873 - 02/12/1873 – Age 34 - Dataller. Hafod, Ruabon Coal Co. Ltd., Ruabon, Denbigh. Explosion of gas. Datallers sent to remove some gas out of wicket by setting door. Williams unscrewed his lamp. 5 killed.

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

PRITCHARD William - 1876 - 22/09/1876 – Age 64 – Wasteman. Elemore, Hetton Coal Co., Hetton, Co. Durham. Fall of a large piece of side stone while repairing an air course.

PROBIN John - 1874 - 01/12/1874 – Age 32 - Collier. Haywood, Haywood Colliery Co., Forest of Dean, Gloucester.

PROCTOR C - 1873 - 28/06/1873 – Age 38 - Labourer. East Gawber Hall, R Craik and Co., Barnsley, Yorkshire. Crushed by waggons on surface.

PROCTOR Enoch - 1874 - 24/12/1874 - Collier. Bignall Hill, Representatives of the late John Wedgewood, Newcastle, Stafford. Explosion of gas 17 killed.

PROCTOR John - 1874 - 11/11/1874 – Age 52 – Underlooker. Grange Hall, William Walmsley, Hindley, Lancashire. Fell from Yard Mine, 20 yards from surface to bottom of pit.

PROCTOR John - 1879 - 28/05/1879 – Age 17 – Onsetter. Nettlesworth, Elliot and Hunter, Chester-le-Street, Co. Durham. While descending the shaft he appears to have put his head out of the cage to look for the landing and was caught between the cage hoop and timber and killed.

PROCTOR R - 1872 - 24/09/1872 – Age 51 - Collier. Stonetrough, Williamson Bros., Tunstall, Stafford. Fall of roof.

PROCTOR Robert - 1877 - 27/01/1877 – Age 20 - Collier. Garscadden, J and N Robson, Duntocher, Dumbarton Fall of coal.

PROCTOR Thomas - 1870 - 25/09/1870 – Age 35 - Collier. Bignall Hill, J Wedgwood’s representatives, Newcastle, Stafford. Explosion of firedamp.

PRODGER Thomas - 1876 - 13/03/1876 – Age 37 - Collier. Quinta, Quinta Colliery Co., Oswestry, Shropshire. Fall of coal.

PROFETT William - 1871 - 15/11/1871 – Age 30 - Collier. Wilnecote, Perrens and Harrison, Tamworth, Stafford. Fell part way down the shaft.

PROPER John - 1871 - 05/06/1871 – Age 35 - Collier. Abercarn, Ebbw Vale Co. Ltd., Abercarn, Monmouth. Crushed by trams he had actually gone to sleep.

PROSSER H - 1872 - 10/10/1872 – Age 17 – Doorboy. Lower Duffryn, Powell Duffryn Coal Co., Aberdare, Glamorgan. Crushed by horse.

PROSSER J. - 1875 - 05/07/1875 – Age 34 – Fireman. Great Western, Great Western Coal Co., Pontypridd, Glamorgan. Killed by fall of stone.

PROSSER James - 1872 - 10/06/1872 – Age 27 - Banksman. Abersychan, Ebbw Vale Co., Ebbw Vale, Monmouth. Assisting at a change of rope at top of pit he fell under T-bob and was crushed to death. Engine should have been stopped.

PROSSER John - 1877 - 10/03/1877 – Age 56. Weifagh, Siemans Landore Steel Co. Ltd., Swansea, Glamorgan. Killed by explosion of gas. 18 killed.

PROSSER Rosser - 1874 - 17/03/1874 – Age 27 - Miner. Red Vein Mine (ironstone), Ebbw Vale Iron Co., Ebbw Vale, Monmouth. Killed by fall of shale.

PROSSER S. - 1874 - 23/11/1874 – Age 23 - Labourer. Lower Duffryn, Powell Duffryn Steam Coal Co., Aberdare, Glamorgan. Killed by trams.

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

PROTHERO Elizabeth - 1878 - 17/06/1878 – Age 17 - Tip girl. Ty-Trist, Tredegar Iron Co., Monmouthshire. She was cleaning the sidings on the surface and just before the accident was told by the man in charge to move out of the way as he was about to shunt some waggons. She did not do so and was crushed to death by them. Female.

PROTHERO John - 1872 - 20/04/1872 – Age 45 - Collier. Cwmbach, Aberdare Coal Co., Aberdare, Glamorgan. Crushed by trams.

PROTHERO John - 1874 - 02/12/1874 – Age 70 – Contractor. Nantyglo, Nantyglo and Blaina Co., Blaina, Monmouth. Fall of roof.

PROTHERO John - 1878 - 30/05/1878 – Age 31 – Sinker. Bedlinog, Dowlais Iron Co., Merthyr Tydfil, Glamorgan. Killed by falling from walking stage.

PROTHEROE J - 1870 - 20/08/1870 – Age 60 – Stoker. Pencord Sims, Willyams Neville and Co., Llanelly, Carmarthen. Killed by boiler explosion.

PROUD Matthew - 1876 - 04/10/1876 – Age 18 – Shifter. Beamish, J Joicey and Co., Gateshead, Co. Durham. Fall of stone.

PROUD Thomas - 1871 - 25/10/1871 – Age 58 – Shifter. Seaham No.3, Earl Vane, Sunderland, Co. Durham. Explosion of gas. 26 killed.

PROVAN David - 1876 - 02/05/1876 – Age 23 - Roadsman. Bantone No.2 (ironstone), Carron Iron Co., Denny, Stirling. Struck by a chain upon a scaffold in the shaft and he fell to the bottom 36 fathoms.

PRYDDEN Henry - 1879 - 27/03/1879 – Age 17 – Waggoner. Ffrwd, James Sparrow and Son, Wrexham, Denbigh. Explosion of gas. 2 killed.

PRYDE William - 1879 - 21/03/1879 – Age 24 - Miner. Penicuik (ironstone), Shotts Iron Co., Edinburgh. Fall of ironstone at face. Edge seam.

PRYOR Samuel - 1879 - 13/01/1879 – Age 39 - Labourer. Dinas, Middle Coffin and Co., Pontypridd, Glamorgan. Killed by an explosion of gas. 63 killed.

PRYOR Thomas - 1879 - 11/07/1879 – Age 50 - Back fireman. Gidlow and Swinley, Rylands and Sons Ltd., Wigan, Lancashire. While preparing a road a piece of stone fell from the side on him. Injured 5th Sept 1878.

PUGH ? - 1874 - 07/12/1874 – Sinker. Ogmore (Sinking), Ocean Steam Coal Co., Bridgend, Glamorgan. Killed by an explosion of gas while engaged in walling the sinking shaft. 5 killed.

PUGH David - 1871 - 13/12/1871 – Age 43 - Collier. Park David, Davies and Co., Ystrad, Glamorgan. Killed by a fall of stone.

PUGH E. - 1874 - 21/04/1874 – Age 43 – Sinker. Penrhiwceiber, PenrhiwceiberNavigation Coal Co., Mountain Ash, Glamorgan. Killed by trams.

PUGH James - 1876 - 14/10/1876 – Age 24 - Ironstone getter. Monks Abbey (ironstone), Mid-Lincoln Iron Co., Lincoln. Fall of roof.

PUGH James - 1878 - 14/02/1878 – Age 12 – Driver. Haden Hill, W Bassan and Co., Old Hill, Stafford. Found seriously injured under full tub 13th. Died this day.

PUGH John - 1872 - 02/01/1872 – Age 60 - Collier. Gorwydd, A Sterry, Swansea, Glamorgan. Killed by fall of stone.

PUGH John - 1874 - 27/10/1874 – Age 22 - Collier. Ebbw Vale, Ebbw Vale Iron Co., Ebbw Vale, Monmouth. Fall of clod No.22 Pit.

PUGH Thomas - 1872 - 10/07/1872 – Age 13 - Collier. Rhondda, Merthyr Rhondda Coal Co., Pontypridd, Glamorgan. Killed by trams.

PUGH Thomas - 1872 - 16/12/1872 - Horsedriver. Haden Hill, Bassano and Co., Rowley Regis, Stafford. Crushed by tub.

PULLEY T. - 1871 - 25/03/1871 – Pickman. Granville, Swindell and Collis, Rowley Regis, Stafford. Fall of coal while engaged fixing timber props in thick coal pit. 2 killed.

PULLONIE James - 1871 - 20/09/1871 – Age 54 - Collier. Swineridgemuir, Merry and Cunningham, Beith, Ayrshire. Fall of coal.

PURDER R - 1872 - 03/06/1872 – Age 56 – Bondsman. Salt Well, Earl of Dudley, Willenhall, Staffordshire. Fall of coal from side of rib which struck a timber prop and forced it against him. He lived until he reached his home and then expired.

PURDY Thomas - 1879 - 21/10/1879 – Age 61 – Stoneman. Newbottle, Dorothea Earl of Durham. Fence Houses Co., Durham. Fall of stone on rolleyway. They had drawn out some timber for repairs when a stone fell on him.

PURNELL Absolam - 1870 - 01/01/1870 – Age 15 - Collier. Price’s Tillery, John Jane and Co., Abertillery, Monmouth. By hurt 4th Sept 1869 and died close to the end of the year but the accident did not come to the notice of the Inspector until the beginning of 1870 and so is in this list.

PURNELL Henry - 1876 - 18/12/1876 – Age 38. South Wales, South Wales Coal Co., Monmouth. Explosion of firedamp. 23 killed.

PURSTOW Edwin - 1875 - 07/06/1875 – Age 45 – Watchman. South Roman Gravels (metalliferous), South Roman Gravels Mining Co., Shropshire. He went to his duties in a state of intoxication and although told by his fellow watchman that all was made right below, as soon as his colleague left the mine he went underground. His body was found it was concluded that he had slipped from the ladder.

PURVIS John - 1872 - 09/08/1872 – Age 40 – Shaftman. Seaham No.1, Earl Vane, Sunderland, Co. Durham. Cages meeting in shaft. 2 killed.

PURVIS John - 1874 - 27/04/1874 – Age 48 - Hewer. Broomhill, Sowerby and Co., Morpeth, Northumberland. Run over by set of tubs on engine plane.

PYE James - 1874 - 11/04/1875 – Age 40 – Proptaker. Havannah, Richard Evans and Co., St. Helens, Lancashire. Fall of roof while drawing props.

PYE John - 1873 - 07/08/1873 – Age 25 – Sinker. White Moss, White Moss Coal Co., Skelmersdale, Lancashire. Fell form scaffold 19 yards from bottom.

PYE Samuel - 1876 - 17/08/1876 – Age 51 - Dataler. White Moss, White Moss Coal Co. Ltd., Skelmersdale Lancashire. While engaged in putting in some conducting rods a shackling chain broke letting one of the rods fall down the pit and it struck him as he was standing at the bottom.

PYRAH T. - 1877 - 22/08/1877 – Age 16 – Hurrier. White Horse, York Road Iron Co., Leeds, Yorkshire. Fall of roof.