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ROBERT Chapman - 1872 - 22/02/1872 – Age 41 – Fireman. Agecroft, Andrew Knowles and Sons, Pendlebury, Lancashire. Explosion of firedamp. In drawing props he was using a candle instead of a lamp when gas came off with a fall of roof.

ROBERT Green - 1875 - 27/11/1875 – Age 28 - Brakesman. Moss Hall, Moss Hall Coal Co. Ltd., Wigan, Lancashire. Crushed between waggons.

ROBERT Jackson - 1870 - 06/06/1870 – Age 36 - Hewer. Midgeholm, M Thompson and Sons, Milton, Northumberland. Explosion of gas. 2 killed.

ROBERT John - 1877 - 17/02/1877 – Age 15 - Miner. Bedford United (metalliferous), Bedford United Mining Co., Tavistock, Devon. Fall from ladder.

ROBERT William - 1873 – Age - 30/10/1873 – Age 34 - On-setter. Thornley, Original Hartlepool Collieries Co., Ferry Hill, Co. Durham. Fell from mid-working to bottom of shaft.

ROBERTON Matthew - 1878 - 20/11/1878 – Age 35 - Collier. Flemington No.1, Flemington Coal Co., Cambuslang, Lanarkshire. Fall of coal.

ROBERTS Abraham - 1871 - 25/04/1871 – Age 25 – Driver. Snydale, Rhodes and Dalby, Pontefract, Yorkshire. Crushed by corves.

ROBERTS Alfred - 1871 - 02/06/1871 – Age 20 - Collier. Foxes Bridge, Benjamin Davis, Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire Fall of roof.

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

ROBERTS Charles - 1877 - 14/06/1977 – Age 35 - Miner. Longacres (ironstone), Bolckow Vaughan and Co. Ltd., Saltburn, Yorkshire. Fall of ironstone. A shot had been fired which did not bring down the stone and he was preparing for another without first having set a prop or stay under the overhanging piece when it suddenly fell.

ROBERTS D - 1873 - 19/12/1873 – Age 40 - Miner. Chatterley (ironstone), Chatterley Co., Tunstall, Stafford. Fall of roof.

ROBERTS D. - 1870 - 04/01/1870 – Age 23 - Collier. Abernant, Fothergill and Co., Aberdare, Glamorgan. Killed by fall of coal.

ROBERTS D. - 1872 - 02/12/1872 – Age 53 - Coal Inspector. Pool, Mason and Elkington, Pembrey, Pembroke. Killed by trucks.

ROBERTS Daniel - 1877 - 14/02/1877 – Age 23 - Collier. Edward, D Davies and Co., Bridgend, Glamorgan. Killed by a fall of stone.

ROBERTS David - 1871 - 07/09/1871 – Age 32 - Collier. California, Norton and Co., Cross Hands, Glamorgan. Killed by a fall of coal.

ROBERTS David - 1874 - 27/08/1874 – Age 55 - Dataler. Pendwllt, Thomas Clayton, Wrexham, Denbigh. Fall of roof.

ROBERTS Edward - 1874 - 28/08/1874 – Age 23 - Collier. Plaskynaston, Plaskynaston Coal Co., Ruabon, Denbigh. Fall of coal.

ROBERTS Edward - 1875 - 09/12/1875 – Age 21 – Quarryman. Holland’s, Holland and Co., Merionethshire. The water wheel working the machinery at which he was dressing slates had as he though become firmly fixed by ice and wanting to set it free he foolishly jumped on it. His weight set it in motion and he was so shockingly mutilated and crushed that he died next day.

ROBERTS Edward - 1875 - 13/10/1875 – Age 40 - Dataler. Hafod-y-bwch, Ruabon Coal Co. Ltd., Ruabon, Denbighshire. Crushed between full tub and roof.

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

ROBERTS Evan - 1876 - 18/02/1876 – Age 48 - Labourer. Palmerstion (slate), The Welsh Slate Co., Merionethshire. The falling of a piece of stone on his foot from a clay slant about 3 feet high. The accident which occurred 5th, caused serious injuries to his foot which it was found necessary to amputate. He appeared to have recovered from the effects but became debilitated and died.

ROBERTS Griffith - 1878 - 10/09/1878 – Age 50 - Labourer. Votty and Bowydd (metalliferous), Votty and Bowydd Slate Co., Merionethshire. Crushed between the trunk of a water balance and the top of an aperture through which it had to pass.

ROBERTS Griffith - 1879 - 04/01/1879 – Age 42 – Staffman. Minera, Minera Mining Co., Denbighshire. Fell down the shaft from 200 yard level to bottom, 20 yards.

ROBERTS H - 1870 - 08/12/1870 – Age 27 – Overman. Pentyrch, Booker and Co., Cardiff, Glamorgan. Killed by fall of coal.

ROBERTS Henry - 1877 - 20/11/1877 – Age 46 – Sinker. Woodfield, David Canton, Pontypridd, Glamorgan. Killed by falling down sinking pit shaft while engaged removing stage.

ROBERTS Henry William - 1873 - 16/07/1873 – Age 22 – Manager. Silvermines (metalliferous), The General Mining Co. for Ireland Ltd., Tipperary, Ireland. Scalded by bursting of a steam pipe. Died 6th Apr. 1874.

ROBERTS Hugh - 1873 - 30/06/1873 – Age 22 - Collier. Leeswood, Leeswood Coal Co., Mold, Flint. Fall of roof in Coed Celyn mine.

ROBERTS J. - 1872 - 12/03/1872 - Collier. Berry Hill, William Bowers, Stoke, Stafford. Explosion of firedamp. 6 killed.

ROBERTS J. - 1875 - 15/10/1875. Wren’s Nest (limestone), Earl of Dudley, Dudley, Worcester. Injured by piece of limestone from a blast 6th. Died this day.

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

ROBERTS James - 1879 - 27/02/1879 – Age 18 – Putter. Haswell, Haswell Shotton & Easington Coal & Coke Co. Ltd., Fence Houses, Co. Durham. In siding over a tub he drew a prop which brought down a heavy fall of roof.

ROBERTS John - 1870 - 23/04/1870 – Age 18 - Hooker-on. Dawley Coakbrookdale Co., Wellington, Shropshire. Brick fell out of side of shaft.

ROBERTS John – 1872 - 07/10/1872 – Age 50. Morley, W Ackroyd Bros., Leeds, Yorkshire. Explosion of gas. 34 killed.

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

ROBERTS John - 1873 - 27/12/1873 – Age 46 - Collier. Pather Coltness Iron Co., Cambusnethan, Lanarkshire. Fall of roof at the face.

ROBERTS John - 1873 - 30/08/1873 – Age 46 – Horsekeeper. Gwersyllt, Thomas Clayton, Wrexham, Denbigh. Drowned by cage being powered into the water.

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

ROBERTS John - 1875 - 03/06/1875 – Age 36 – Overman. Hafod-y-bwch, Ruabon Coal Co. Ltd., Ruabon, Denbigh. Explosion of firedamp. 3 killed.

ROBERTS John - 1875 - 23/01/1875 – Age 41 – Sinker. Leigh’s Wood, Leigh’s Wood Colliery Co., Walsall, Stafford. Whilst the engineman was lowering him and three other sinkers the winding engine became uncontrollable and ran the men to the shaft bottom and the rope striking in the lining or loose brickwork forced off a piece off which fell down and killed the man on the spot.

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

ROBERTS John - 1879 - 02/10/1879 – Age 19 – Trammer. Penvillia, Penvillia Coal Co., Swansea, Glamorgan. Killed by fall of stone.

ROBERTS John - 1879 - 18/03/1879 – Age 55 – Engineman. Nerquis, Nerquis Coal and Cannel Co., Mold, Flint. Crushed by pumping engine beam as he was oiling the slides. He had repeatedly been told not to oil when the engine was in motion.

ROBERTS John Joseph - 1871 - 23/11/1871 – Age 31 - Night Deputy. Black Lake, Horton and Sons, West Bromwich, Stafford. Suffocated whilst asleep by gasses produced by an underground fire. 8 killed.

ROBERTS Joseph - 1874 - 23/07/1874 - Collier. Titford Long Meadow, Fletcher and Co., Oldbury, Worcester. Burnt in hot air. 5 killed. Died 24th.

ROBERTS Joseph - 1878 - 05/01/1878 – Age 21 - Miner. Dyffryn Alded (metalliferous), Dyffryn Alded Lead Mining Co., Denbigh. Falling down an underground shaft. He was supposed to have attempted to seize the rope employed in drawing stuff while it was in motion and to have missed it.

ROBERTS Moses - 1877 - 22/10/1877 – Age 17 - Miner. Blantyre, WS Dixon, Hamilton, Lanarkshire. Single. 60 Hall St. Buried, Blantyre cemetery 5th Nov. (Defn. list) Explosion of firedamp.

ROBERTS R. - 1872 - 06/01/1872 – Age 23 - Collier. California Norton and Co., Llandebie, Carmarthen. Killed by suffocation.

ROBERTS R. - 1875 - 25/03/1875 – Age 14 - Miner. Edge Hill (metalliferous), Dowlais Co., Forest of Dean, Gloucester. Fall of stone.

ROBERTS Richard - 1874 - 23/07/1874 - Collier. Titford Long Meadow, Fletcher and Co., Oldbury, Worcester. Burnt in hot air. 5 killed.
Died 26th.

ROBERTS Richard - 1877 - 01/08/1877 – Hitcher. Perseverance (metalliferous), Messrs Crawshay, Forest of Dean, Gloucester. Falling part way down the shaft.

ROBERTS Robert - 1874 - 14/09/1874 – Age 46 - Miner. Talargoch (metalliferous), Talargoch Mining Co., Flintshire. Falling down the shaft while attempting to move from one part of the cage to another.

ROBERTS Robert - 1874 - 15/12/1874 – Age 40 - Miner. Nant Icha’ (metalliferous), Ditton Brook Iron Ore Co., Denbighshire. Signal hammer falling down the shaft on him. It was not securely fixed.

ROBERTS Robert - 1875 - 16/09/1875 – Age 17 - Slate Miner. Braich Goch, Braich Goch Slate Co., Merionethshire. Falling form one floor (level) to another. He was following his father with whom he was working along a pathway to their working place but having turned back a few paces to give another workman a light he inadvertently stepped aside into a precipice which the footpath skirted.

ROBERTS Robert - 1875 - 18/02/1875 – Age 10 – Ore dresser, Willoughby (metalliferous), Willoughby Mining Co., Caernarvonshire. He was employed feeding an ore crusher and while so engaged put his foot between the rollers which mutilated him so severely that he died in a few minutes.

ROBERTS Samuel - 1870 – 11/02/1870 - Miner. Linnyshaw, Bridgewater Trust, Worsley, Lancashire. Explosion in Brassey mine. 3 killed.

ROBERTS Samuel - 1870 – 11/10/1870 – Age 20 - Collier. Vron, Maurice and Low, Wrexham, Denbigh. Explosion of gunpowder. 4 killed.

ROBERTS Samuel - 1871 – 24/10/1871 – Age 21 – Haulier. New Duffryn, Rhymney Iron Co., Rhymney, Monmouth. Crush of trams while backing a journey of loaded trams down a cross heading. Died after the amputation of his leg. The cross heading system is too liable to this class of accident.

ROBERTS Samuel - 1874 - 18/07/1874 – Age 26 – Sinker. Garswood Hall, Dewhurst Hoyle and Smethurst, St. Helens, Lancashire. Fell from hoppet in shaft. While leaving a shot they had not given themselves time to steady before giving the signal. 2 killed.

ROBERTS Samuel - 1877 – 22/10/1877 – Age 14 - Miner. Blantyre, WS Dixon, Hamilton, Lanarkshire. Single. 60 Hall St. Buried Blantyre cemetery 5th Nov. (Defn. list) Explosion of firedamp.

ROBERTS T - 1873 – 06/05/1873 – Bondsman. Rough Hay, Messrs Addenbrookes, Darlaston, Stafford. Fell upon some rock whilst in the act of making his escape from under a mass of falling coal.

ROBERTS Thomas - 1870 – 13/05/1870 – Age 50 - Collier. Woolley, Woolley Coal Co., Barnsley, Yorkshire. Fall of coal.

ROBERTS Thomas - 1870 – 14/03/1870 – Age 15 – Driver. Darfield Main, Darfield Main Coal Co., Barnsley, Yorkshire. Run over by corves.

ROBERTS Thomas - 1871 – 12/01/1871. Leycette, Crewe Coal Co., Newcastle, Stafford. Explosion of firedamp. 8 killed.

ROBERTS Thomas - 1872 – 16/12/1872 – Age 48 - Collier. Plaskynaston, Messrs Buckley, Wrexham, Denbigh. Fall of roof.

ROBERTS Thomas - 1873 – 22/02/1873 – Age 15 - Dataller. Black Park, John Stott Milne and Co., Chirk, Denbigh. Drowned by falling in the sump No.2 pit.

ROBERTS Thomas - 1874 – 20/11/1874. Rawmarsh, J and J Charlesworth, Rotherham, Yorkshire. Explosion of gas. 23 killed.

ROBERTS Thomas - 1877 – 10/10/1877 – Age 58 – Pikeman. Wednesbury Oak, P Williams and Sons, Wednesbury, Stafford. A piece of coal fell from the side of a gate road between timber settings caused by a bump, thick coal pit.

ROBERTS Thomas - 1877 – 22/10/1877 – Age 20 - Miner. Blantyre, WS Dixon, Hamilton, Lanarkshire. Single. 60 Hall St. Buried Blantyre cemetery 5th Nov. (Defn. list) Explosion of firedamp.

ROBERTS Thomas - 1878 – 09/02/1878 – Age 55 – Timberman. Bettisfield, Bettisfield Colliery Co. Ltd., Bagillt, Flint. Was returning along tunnel from his work and on stepping aside to allow a train of tubs to pass was knocked down by a horse going in the other direction.

ROBERTS Thomas - 1879 – 13/01/1879 – Age 59 - Labourer. Dinas, Middle Coffin and Co., Pontypridd, Glamorgan. Killed by an explosion of gas. 63 killed.

ROBERTS W. - 1873 – 23/04/1873. Llandebie Blaynea, David Lloyd and Sons, Llandebie, Carmarthen. Killed by explosion of gas.

ROBERTS William - 1870 – 11/10/1870 – Age 22 - Collier. Vron, Maurice and Low, Wrexham, Denbigh. Explosion of gunpowder. 4 killed.

ROBERTS William - 1874 – 01/06/1874 – Age 31 – Hanger-on. Himley, Earl of Dudley, Kingswinsford, Stafford. Found under cage at bottom of shaft quite dead.

ROBERTS William - 1874 – 12/12/1874 – Age 14 – Driver. Unstone, H Rangley and Son, Chesterfield, Derbyshire. Riding on loaded tubs fell off and run over.

ROBERTS William - 1875 – 29/04/1875 – Age 32 – Timekeeper. 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.

ROBERTS William - 1877 – 22/10/1877 – Age 24 - Miner. Blantyre, WS Dixon, Hamilton, Lanarkshire. Larkfield. Widow Margarete Forsyth. Buried Blantyre cemetery, 29th Oct. (Defn. list) Explosion of firedamp.

ROBERTS William - 1877 - 31/08/1877 – Age 45 - Collier. Eleanor, New Connahs Quay Coal & Coke Co. Ltd., Queen’s Ferry, Flint. Fall of roof.

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

ROBERTS William - 1879 - 13/01/1879 – Age 28 – Haulier. Dinas, Middle Coffin and Co., Pontypridd, Glamorgan. Killed by an explosion of gas. 63 killed.

ROBERTSHAW H. - 1875 - 08/07/1875 - Waggon shunter. Old Silkstone, Coal Consumers Association, Barnsley, Yorkshire. Crushed by waggon on surface.

ROBERTSON Alexander - 1878 - 22/08/1878 – Age 62 – Bottomer. Hawhill, Pettigrew and Spencer, Baillieston, Lanarkshire. By the cage being lifted unexpectedly.

ROBERTSON Andrew - 1877 - 22/10/1877 – Age 20 - Collier. Blantyre, William Dixon and Co., Blantyre, Lanarkshire. Explosion of firedamp. 207 killed.

ROBERTSON Daniel - 1877 - 22/10/1877 – Age 14 - Miner. Blantyre, William Dixon and Co., Blantyre, Lanarkshire. Explosion of firedamp. 207 killed.

ROBERTSON Joseph - 1874 - 02/12/1874 – Age 23 – Sinker. Westburn, Robert Forrester, Cambuslang, Lanarkshire. Caught between midwall and the kettle when being raised in the shaft.

ROBERTSON Peter - 1873 - 18/02/1873 – Age 14 – Bencher. Cliftonhill No.2, Cliftonhill Coal Co., Coatdyke, Lanarkshire. Was run over by two hutches on the incline.

ROBERTSON Thomas - 1875 - 25/10/1875 – Age 15 – Driver. Cuttlehill, Henderson Wallace and Co., Beath. Fife. He was riding on his hutch and fell off before the wheels and was crushed.

ROBINS William - 1871 - 25/10/1871 – Age 28 – Shifter. Seaham No.3, Earl Vane, Sunderland, Durham. Explosion of gas. 26 killed.

ROBINSON ? (injured) - 1879 - 06/02/1879 – Age 14 - Ginney Tenter. Rowley, Executors of John Hargreaves, Burnley, Lancashire. Explosion of firedamp. Gas backed out from the goaf and fired at an open light allowed at the Ginney wheel where a good light was wanted, safety lamps being used elsewhere by the miners. The backing out of the gas appears to have occurred from expansion consequent on the rise of temperature and considerable decrease in atmospheric pressure with the breaking up of the frost. 1 killed 2 injured.

ROBINSON David - 1873 - 27/08/1873 – Age 34 - Lead Miner. Sharnberry (metalliferous), London Lead Co., Teesdale Northumberland. A stemple fell and gave him a blow on the head.

ROBINSON E. - 1878 - 19/08/1878 – Age 38 – Pikeman. Yew Tree, Cochrane and Co., Rowley Regis, Stafford. While working at the top inset he pushed a tub into the shaft and followed it.

ROBINSON Edward - 1872 - 12/11/1872 – Age 31 - Collier. Tawd Vale, Tawd Vale Coal Co., Ormskirk, Lancashire. Mine taking fire at a flu. 4 killed.

ROBINSON Frank (injured) - 1879 - 17/10/1879 – Age 20. Pendlebury, Andrew Knowles and Sons Ltd., Pendlebury, Lancashire. Leg broken while gigging. In guiding the rope with his foot it caught the iron of his clog and drew his foot to the drum. Rams Mine.

ROBINSON G. - 1873 - 04/01/1873 – Age 37 – Shaftsman. Woolley, Woolley Coal Co., Barnsley, Yorkshire. When working on the scaffold in the shaft of the crab rope broke and they fell to the bottom. 3 killed.

ROBINSON G. - 1874 - 09/08/1874 – Butty. Hulme, Coal Consumers Co., Longton, Stafford. Fell through scaffold into sump.

ROBINSON George - 1876 - 13/10/1876 – Age 23 - Hewer. East Holywell, H Taylor and Partners, Newcastle, Northumberland. Fall of stone.

ROBINSON J - 1870 - 28/07/1870 – Age 36 – Deputy. Salt Well, Earl of Dudley, Dudley, Worcester. Engaged throwing a fall of coal when a piece broke off the roof from a slip and killed him on the spot in thick coal pit.

ROBINSON James - 1870 - 09/09/1870 – Age 21 - Collier. Annesley, William Worsick, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire. Fall of roof.

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

ROBINSON John - 1870 - 22/06/1870 – Age 15 – Waggoner. Rowley, Executors of J Hargreaves, Burnley, Lancashire. Falling down the shaft when the cage he was on stopped at a mouthing.

ROBINSON John - 1871 - 05/09/1871 – Age 25 – Sinker. Eppleton, Hetton Coal Co., Fence Houses Co, Durham. Skylarking with others fell off cradle in the sinking pit.

ROBINSON John - 1877 - 30/01/1877 – Age 54 - Coal Miner. Hagside, Andrew Knowles and Sons Ltd., Radcliffe, Lancashire. Roof falling.

ROBINSON Jonathan - 1876 - 05/12/1876 – Age 30 - Collier. Middridge, Weardale Iron and Coal Co., Shildon, Durham. Fall of coal. Jud did not come down by shot and he commenced nicking it without first putting in sprags and a large fall took place.

ROBINSON Joseph (injured) - 1879 - 26/06/1878 – Age 30 – Chargeman. Ashton Moss, Ashton Moss Colliery Co., Ashton-under-Lyne Lancashire. Head cut by stone falling in No.2 shaft.

ROBINSON Joseph - 1876 - 08/06/1876 – Age 17 - Dataler. Ravenhead, St Helens Colliery Co Ltd., St. Helens, Lancashire. Fall of roof.

ROBINSON Joseph - 1879 - 02/06/1879 – Age 51 - Miner. Nenthead (metalliferous). London Lead Co., Alston, Cumberland. Fall of roof.

ROBINSON Joseph Mowberry - 1875 - 06/12/1875 – Age 19. Swaithe Main, Mitchell and Co., Barnsley, Yorkshire. Explosion of gas 143 Killed.

ROBINSON Solomon - 1872 - 17/02/1872 – Age 19 - Collier. Snibston, GR Stephenson and Co., Coalville, Leicester Fall of stone in stall.

ROBINSON T. - 1871 - 04/12/1871 – Age 15 - Horsedriver. Moseley Hole, Hodgkiss and Co., Willenhall, Stafford. Injured while improperly riding on a tub, 2nd. Died this day in hospital.

ROBINSON T. - 1877 - 05/01/1877 – Age 17 - Collier. Lundhill, Lundhill Coal Co., Barnsley, Yorkshire. Fall of coal.

ROBINSON Thomas - 1874 - 21/11/1874 – Age 41 - Collier. Ingleton, W Bracewell, Ingleton, Yorkshire. Fall of roof.

ROBINSON Thomas - 1875 - 25/10/1875 – Age 35 - Collier. Tredegar, Tredegar Iron Co., Tredegar, Monmouth. Fall of stone died 9th Sept 1876.

ROBINSON W. - 1873 - 21/03/1873 - Labourer. Rough Hay, Messrs Addenbrooke, Darlaston, Stafford. Crushed between coal wagon and coal screens.

ROBINSON William - 1876 - 24/01/1876 – Age 61 - Labourer. Littleburn, North Brancepeth Coal and Iron Co. Ltd., Durham, Co. Durham. Found dead near bottom of small coal apparatus. Supposed to have been caught between waggons.

ROBLYN Benjamin - 1879 - 18/06/1879 – Age 13 - Collier. Meadow, Governor and Co’s successors, Cwmavon, Glamorgan. Killed by breakage of new rope while descending shaft. 6 killed.

ROBSON John - 1870 - 05/04/1870 – Age 63 - Hewer. Houghton, Earl of Durham, Newbottle, Co. Durham. Jumped into tubs whilst in motion on engine plane.

ROBSON John - 1878 - 18/05/1878 – Age 12 – Trapper. Chester South Moor, Thiedemaun Wallis and Co. Chester-le-Street Durham. Left his door (after being warned not to do so) and got on the limmers of a pony coming outbye with a full tub when his head was caught between the top of the tub and a plank causing instant death.

ROBSON Joseph - 1877 - 11/01/1877 – Age 18 – Putter. Houghall, J Love and partners, Houghall, Durham. Fell out of cage while descending too many bots crushed in overloading the cage.

ROBSON Lance - 1879 - 19/11/1879 – Age 19 – Bankheadman. Seaham, Marquess of Londonderry, Seaham, Durham. Severe internal injuries caused by tub running amain down incline bank and joining the set. Died 15th Dec.

ROBSON Michael - 1877 - 21/06/1877 – Age 35 - Collier. Brandon, C Strakers and Love, Durham, Co. Durham. Stone fell from roof while working on his board.

ROBSON Robert - 1875 - 13/01/1875 – Age 47 – Waggonrider. Craghead, Hedley Bros., Lanchester, Co. Durham. Run over by waggons on branches.

ROBSON Robert - 1876 - 15/03/1876 – Age 15 – Driver. Pontop, J Bowes and Partners, Gateshead, Co. Durham. Fall of roof.

ROBSON Thomas - 1877 - 07/06/1877 – Age 36 - Collier. Pelton, Lord Dunsany and Co., Chester-le-Street, Co. Durham. Leg broken and otherwise injured by jud falling on him while holing having neglected to set sprags. Died 21st.

ROBSON W. - 1875 - 21/09/1875 – Age 33 - Collier. Tinsley Park, B Huntsman, Rotherham, Yorkshire. Fall of side.

ROBSON William - 1870 - 22/07/1870 – Putter. Thornley, Original Hartlepool Collieries Co., Ferry Hill, Co. Durham. Head crushed between props and tubs.

ROBSON William - 1870 - 25/06/1870 – Age 60 - Hewer. Auckland, Park Black Boy Coal Co., Bishop Auckland, Co. Durham. Fall of stone.

ROBY Martin - 1875 - 09/11/1875 – Age 22 - Collier. Orrell, Orrell Coal and Cannel Co. Ltd., Wigan, Lancashire. Crushed by tub while taking it down brow.

ROCHESTER Edward - 1877 - 16/12/1877 – Age 70 - Labourer. Cowpen, GC Forster and others, Cowpen, Northumberland. Discharging timber a piece fell off and broke his leg.

ROCHESTER Thomas - 1878 - 18/10/1878 – Age 13 – Driver. Seaham, Marquess of Londonderry, Seaham, Co. Durham. Head crushed between tubs while coupling at landing.

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

ROCK J - 1875 - 30/08/1875 – Age 18 – Loader. Conduit, Conduit Colliery Co., Brownhills, Stafford. Explosion of powder. He accidently ignited several cartridges while handing them to contractor. Injured 22nd. Died this day.

ROCKARD George - 1875 - 04/01/1875 - Miner. Mwyndy (metalliferous), Mwyndy Iron Ore Co., Llantrisant, Glamorgan. Killed by fall of roof.

RODDA William Henry - 1876 - 30/03/1876 – Age 16 – Stoker. Devon, Great Consols (metalliferous), Devon Great Consols Co. Ltd., Tavistock, Devon. Run over by some trucks just after having coupled them to loco.

RODDAM Joseph - 1874 - 27/03/1874 – Age 66 – Stoneman. Woodhouse Close Tindale, T Vaughan and Co., Bishop Auckland, Co. Durham. Explosion of firedamp.

RODDIE John - 1872 - 23/08/1872 – Age 13 - Drawer. Foulford, Lumphinans Iron Co., Lochgelly, Fife. Run over by tubs on incline.

RODDY Matthew - 1875 - 02/07/1875 – Age 50 – Waterman. Murton, South Hetton Coal Co. Ltd., Murton, Co. Durham. Crushed by tubs.

RODDY or BODDY George - 1876 - 05/01/1876 – Age 41 – Shiftman. Eldon, South Durham Coal Co., Bishop Auckland, Co. Durham. Fall of stone at fault while passing under it on tramway.

RODGER Patrick - 1874 - 20/06/1874 – Age 35 – Sinker. Springhill, Springhill Coal Co., Baillieston, Lanarkshire. Breakage of winding rope.

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

RODGERS Joseph - 1875 - 26/02/1875 – Age 21 - Collier. Thorncliffe Newton, Chambers and Co., Sheffield, Yorkshire. Fall of coal.

RODGERS Robert - 1878 - 01/06/1878 – Age 34 – Chockdrawer, Castle Eden, Johnson Reay and Johnson, Castle Eden, Co. Durham. While drawing a jud in the broken a large stone fell from roof crushing his head.

RODGERS Robert - 1878 - 07/06/1878 – Age 45 - Dataller. Wood, Richard Evans and Sons, Haydock, Lancashire. Explosion of firedamp after a sudden outburst. 189 killed.

RODGERS Thomas - 1871 - 27/06/1871 – Age 51 - Collier. Low Elsecar, Earl Fitzwilliam, Barnsley, Yorkshire. Fall of coal.

RODGERS William - 1875 - 04/12/1875 – Age 20 - Collier. Blackwell, Blackwell Coal Co., Alfreton, Derbyshire. Filling a paraffin lamp while the wick was lighted it caught fire and burnt him.

RODGERS William - 1875 - 06/12/1875 – Age 32. Swaithe Main, Mitchell and Co., Barnsley, Yorkshire. Explosion of gas 143 Killed.

RODMAN John - 1877 - 12/05/1877 – Age 20 – Bottomer. Bogend, Eglington Iron Co., Kilwinning Ayrshire. Injured at mid working.
RODWELL J. - 1876 22/03/1876 - Collier. Garforth, Garforth Coal Co., Leeds, Yorkshire. Fall of stone from side.

ROE Thomas - 1879 - 10/07/1879 – Age 15 - Collier. Hurlford No.15, Peter Sturrock, Hurlford, Ayrshire. Fall of roof.

ROEBUCK W. - 1874 - 06/08/1874 – Age 20 – Hurrier. Aldwarke Main, John Brown and Co. Rotherham, Yorkshire. Explosion of gas.

ROGAN Thomas - 1874 - 09/09/1874 – Age 41 - Miner. Grogwinion (metalliferous), Grogwinion Mining Co., Cardigan. Breaking of a rope on the incline while he happened to be crossing the rails.

ROGERS A. - 1873 - 18/03/1873 – Age 24 – Bondsman. Moorlands, Edwin Lewis, Tipton, Stafford. Fall of coal in thick coal pit from a converging slip or dislocation not previously discovered. 3 killed.

ROGERS E. - 1877 - 31/08/1877 – Driver. East Cannock, East Cannock Colliery Co., Hednesford, Stafford. Explosion of gas. 4 killed. Died 2nd Sept.

ROGERS Edward - 1873 - 23/06/1873 – Age 29 – Fireman. Vauxhall, Vauxhall Coal Co. Ltd., Ruabon, Denbigh. Explosion of gas in Upper Yard mine while clearing out a place. 2 killed.

ROGERS Edward - 1876 - 09/08/1876 – Age 40 - Collier. Dunkirk, Dunkirk Colliery Co., Dukinfield, Cheshire. Fall of roof.

ROGERS F - 1872 - 29/01/1872 – Age 15 – Boy. Broomhill (ironstone), Williamson Brothers, Tunstall, Stafford. Caught by cage at top of pit.

ROGERS J. - 1877 - 09/03/1877 – Age 42 - Collier. Brynwyn, Nevill and Druce, Llanelly, Carmarthen. Killed by fall of stone.

ROGERS John - 1873 - 18/06/1873 – Age 50 – Timberman. Kingswood, Kingswood Co. Ltd., Kingswood, Gloucester. Fall of roof (bell).

ROGERS John - 1874 - 24/08/1874 – Age 22 - Collier. Vron, Vron Colliery Co. Ltd., Wrexham, Denbigh. Explosion of gas in Main Coal Seam No.3 pit. 2 killed.

ROGERS John - 1876 - 27/03/1876 – Age 42 - Collier. Glyn, Ebbw Vale Iron Co., Monmouth. Fall of roof. 2 killed.

ROGERS John - 1878 - 16/08/1878 – Age 18 - Haulier. Farringdon, Farringdon Coal Co., Somersetshire. Injured by trams died next day.

ROGERS Joseph - 1879 - 02/09/1879 – Age 53 - Dataler. Coedpoeth, Vron Colliery Co. Ltd., Wrexham, Denbigh. He was loading up some stone which had just been got down when a piece of stone fell from between two slips knocking out a prop which was set under it.

ROGERS Obidiah – 1875 - 01/05/1875 – Age 30 – Bricklayer. Bestwood, Bestwood Coal Co., Nottingham, Nottinghamshire. At work bricking shaft when the brickwork above gave way falling on him.

ROGERS R - 1877 - 11/04/1877 – Age 13 - Collier. Tynewydd, Troedyrhiw Coal Co., Pontypridd, Glamorgan. Drowned by influx of water from an adjoining colliery. 5 killed.

ROGERS Roger Thomas - 1871 - 11/01/1871 – Age 33 - Collier. Lindsay, Wigan Coal and Iron Co., Haigh, Wigan, Lancashire. Fall of roof.

ROGERS Samuel - 1872 - 19/01/1872 – Age 23 - Collier. Easton, Leonard Boult and Co., Gloucester. Fall of coal.

ROGERS T. - 1872 - 15/03/1872 – Timbersetter. Pool Hayes, Messrs Fenn, Dudley, Worcester. Fall of rock in Five Feet coal.

ROGERS Thomas - 1873 - 10/11/1873 – Bricklayer. Garforth, Garforth Coal Co., Leeds, Yorkshire. Fell form scaffold at chimney on surface.

ROGERS Thomas - 1873 - 17/02/1873 – Age 28 – Engine tenter. Bronwhlfa, Bronwhlfa Colliery Co. Ltd., Mold, Flint. Fell down shaft when repairing conductor No.1 pit.

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

ROGERS W. - 1874 - 03/04/1874 – Age 23 – Haulier. Bwllfa, Aberdare Iron Co., Pontypridd, Glamorgan. Killed by falling under trams.

ROGERS William - 1875 - 21/05/1875 – Age 51 - Miner. Carn Brea (metalliferous), Carn Brea Mining Co., Redruth, Cornwall. Fell down some old workings while crossing them from slipping from a plank.

ROGERS William - 1876 - 27/03/1876 – Age 15 - Collier. Glyn, Ebbw Vale Iron Co., Monmouth. Fall of roof. 2 killed.

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

ROGERS William - 1879 - 25/07/1879 – Age 17 – Filler. Penrhos, Brymbo Coal and Iron Co., Wrexham, Denbigh. Fall of roof in the goaf knocked out a prop which struck him as he was standing against the face of the coal.

ROGERSON James - 1879 - 07/05/1879 – Age 39 - Collier. Mains Cross, Tetley and Co. Ltd., Wigan, Lancashire. Fall of coal as he was preparing to set a sprag. Died 6th Sept.

ROLEY Thomas - 1877 - 11/10/1877 – Age 31 - Drawer. Pemberton, Jonathan Blundell and Sons, Wigan, Lancashire. Explosion of gas 36 killed.

ROLLANSON J - 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.

ROLLASON J. - 1876 - 03/02/1876 – Age 47 – Pikeman. Brades Hall, Brades Hall Colliery Co., Oldbury, Worcester. Fall of roof in thick coal timber reeled out owing to sudden superincumbent pressure.

ROLLEY Joshua - 1874 – 28/05/1874 – Age 27 – Waterboy. Victoria, Ebbw Vale Co., Ebbw Vale, Monmouth. Killed by crush of trams in incline No.6 colliery.

ROLLINSON William - 1879 – 21/12/1879 – Age 14 – Driver. Holmes, Rotherham, Masborough and Holmes Co. Rotherham, Yorkshire. Crushed by
corves.

ROLLS W. - 1875 - 29/10/1875 – Carpenter. Merthyr Vale, Nixon Taylor and Cory, Merthyr Tydfil, Glamorgan. Killed by arch falling on them. 2 killed.

ROLT William - 1874 - 09/10/1874 – Age 33 - Miner. North Skelton, Bolckow, Vaughan and Co., Bishop Auckland, Co. Durham. A shot hung fire and exploded when he returned to ascertain the cause.

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

ROMSEVILLE Samuel - 1879 - 13/01/1879 – Age 37 - Labourer. Dinas, Middle Coffin and Co., Pontypridd, Glamorgan. Killed by an explosion of gas. 63 killed.

ROOCROFT Richard - 1870 - 12/09/1871 - Miner. Blainscough Hall No.1, James Darlington, Coppull, Lancashire. Coal falling in his place. Died 13th.

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

ROONEY Charles - 1878 – 20/08/1878 – Age 56 - Miner. Cleator (metalliferous), Cleator Iron Co., Cleator, Cumberland. Fall of ore.

ROONEY Terrance - 1877 - 22/10/1877 – Age 55 - Miner. Blantyre, William Dixon and Co., Blantyre, Lanarkshire. Explosion of firedamp. 207 killed.

ROPER David - 1876 - 28/01/1876 – Age 30 - Hewer. Melgramfitz, West Cumberland Iron and Steel Co., Workington, Cumberland. Explosion of firedamp. 2 killed.

ROPER Frank - 1874 - 25/09/1874 – Age 26 - Hewer. Bedlington, Bedlington Coal Co., Morpeth, Northumberland. Fall of coal.

ROPER James - 1875 - 11/01/1875 – Age 24 - Collier. Platt Lane, Wigan and Whiston Coal Co., Wigan, Lancashire. Fall of roof.

ROPER John - 1874 - 19/01/1874 – Age 12 - Drawer. Swire Pit, Wigan Coal and Iron Co. Ltd., Standish, Lancashire. Fall of roof.

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