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SNEDDON John - 1877 - 22/10/1877 – Age 19 - Miner. Blantyre, WS Dixon, Hamilton, Lanarkshire. Single. Auchinraith. Buried, Blantyre cemetery 30th Oct. (Defn.list) Explosion of firedamp.

SNEDDON Walter - 1875 - 20/01/1875 – Age 22 - Collier. Lochore, Lochore & Capledrae Cannel Coal Co Ltd., Ballingry Fife. Fall at face. Soft blaes roof (Longwall).

SNEDDON William - 1878 - 14/10/1878 - Stone Miner. Hattonrigg, Mossend Iron Co., Bothwell, Lanarkshire. Men were working at both sides from a fault and had all but effected a communication. A shot from the opposite side blew through and the stones struck him.

SNELL Frederick – 1871 - 24/05/1871 – Age 17 - Collier. Tredegar, Tredegar Iron Co., Tredegar, Monmouth. Fall of coal 24th May. Died 1st June.

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

SNEYD J - 1872 - 08/04/1872 – Age 16 – Loader. Apedale, Stanier and Co., Newcastle, Stafford. Fall of roof.

SOAR Isaac - 1870 - 09/08/1870 – Age 12 – Driver. Highpark, Barber Walker and Co., Eastwood, Nottingham. Run over or crushed between tubs and a door.

SOBEY Henry - 1878 - 21/03/1878 – Age 35 - Miner. West Chiverton, West Chiverton Mining Co., Perranzabuloe, Cornwall. Unexpected fall of ground.

SOCKWOOD George - 1870 - 23/02/1870 – Age 43 – Sinker. Bradley Wood, Charles Wheatley, Huddersfield, Yorkshire. Fall of something down shaft.

SOLLOWAY G. - 1879 - 27/11/1879 – Age 40 – Pikeman. Bear Hall, Isaac Whitehouse, Bilston, Stafford. Having fired a shot inside of road, near the shaft, which loosened the coal, he incautiously got under it to bring it down when he was so severely injured that he died soon afterwards.

SOLOMON F. - 1872 - 09/07/1872 – Age 20 – Pickman. Brownhills, Messrs Harrison, Walsall, Stafford. Premature explosion of gunpowder 28th June. Died this day.

SOMERS John - 1872 - 09/02/1872 – Age 14 - Collier. Blaina, Nantyglo Co. Ltd., Blaina, Monmouth. Fall of roof.

SOMERVILLE William - 1877 - 08/11/1877 – Age 66 - Roadsman. Gilshochhill (ironstone), Summerlee Iron Co., Maryhill, Lanarkshire. Was run over by train on incline.

SOMMERVILLE John - 1875 - 19/08/1875 – Age 40 - Collier. Merryton, Merryton Coal Co., Hamilton, Lanarkshire. Fall of roof at face. Strong post roof (stoop and room).

SOMMERVILLE Robert - 1872 - 29/10/1872 – Age 28 - Collier. Coney Park, John Barr, Denny, Stirling. Was injured by the self-acting fence at the pit mouth.

SOPHIR John - 1874 - 30/12/1874 – Age 50 - Collier. Southerhouse, Pettigrew and Spencer, Coatbridge, Lanarkshire. Fell from kettle as being lowered.

SORROWS J. - 1877 - 12/11/1877 – Age 46 – Pikeman. Oakham, Oakham Colliery Co., Dudley, Worcester. A rate of coal fell off side of rib pit in thick coal pit. The result of a bump. 2 killed.

SOULSBY Henry - 1878 - 16/07/1878 – Age 13 – Driver. Wingate Grange, Wingate Grange Coal Co. Wingate, Co. Durham. Dislocated neck caused by his pony falling.

SOUTHALL G - 1871 - 08/08/1871 – Age 37 – Bondsman. New Hawne, New British Iron Co., Halesowen, Stafford. Fall of roof in thick coal pit which rolled on him and crushed him to death against the rib.

SOUTHALL T. - 1873 - 01/12/1873 – Age 18 – Engineman. Rounds Green, Alston Colliery Co., Oldbury, Worcester. Dismembered by machinery.

SOUTHCOTT James - 1874 - 30/06/1874 – Age 57 – Quarryman. Chillaton (metalliferous), Messrs Simms Bros., Milton Abbott, Devon. The two men were killed by the fall of some overburden which rolled down the side and struck them. 2 killed.

SOUTHERN Benjamin - 1870 - 16/03/1870 – Age 29 - Collier. Garswood Hall, Dewhurst and Co., Ashton, Wigan, Lancashire. Fall of roof.

SOUTHERN John - 1871 - 03/09/1871 – Age 60 – Screenman. Pensher, G Elliott MP and Co., Fence Houses, Durham. Fell off gangway.

SOUTHERN Ralph - 1877 - 28/03/1877 – Age 12 – Coupler. Brandon, C Starkers and Love, Durham, Co. Durham. Run over by set of tubs on engine plane, he ran before the set at a turn.

SOUTHERN William - 1873 - 11/02/1873 – Age 43 – Sinker. Cow Lee Lane, John Seddon and Son, Westhoughton, Lancashire. Rope breaking as he was working on a scaffold in the sinking pit.

SOUTHERON Wright - 1872 - 08/10/1872 – Age 14. Amberswood, J Blundell and Son, Wigan, Lancashire. Crushed by tubs.

SOUTHWARD John - 1874 - 18/06/1874 – Age 28 - Miner. Montreal (metalliferous), John Stirling, Cumberland. Fall of ore from the roof of the drift in which he was working.

SOUTHWARD John R. - 1879 - 04/06/1879 – Age 67 - Miner. Salter and Eskett Park (metalliferous), Salter and Eskett Park Mining Co., Whitehaven, Cumberland. Crushed by bogie at foot of brake road.

SOUTHWORTH Alfred (injured) - 1879 - 12/12/1879 – Age 14 - Pony driver. Bradford, Bradford Colliery Co., Manchester, Lancashire. Thigh broken. Falling off tubs. 4 Feet Mine.

SOUTHWORTH Hugh - 1877 - 20/02/1877 – Age 17 – Waggoner. Gannow, Executors of John Hargreaves, Burnley, Lancashire. Roof falling.

SOUTHWORTH Richard - 1871 - 28/06/1871 – Dayman. Black Lane, Rylands and Sons, Radcliffe, Lancashire. Roof falling as he was drawing props.
SPALDING W - 1872 - 08/04/1872 – Age 14 – Driver. Denaby Main, Denaby Main Coal Co., Rotherham, Yorkshire. Run over by corves.

SPARK John - 1879 - 29/07/1879 – Age 37 – Deputy. Inkerman, Ferens and Love, Tow Law, Co. Durham. Severe injuries by fall of stone while drawing a jud. Died 2nd Aug.

SPARK Thomas - 1874 - 19/11/1874 – Age 14 – Driver. Iveston, Leadgate Consett Iron Co., Blackhill, Co. Durham. Crushed between tub and crowntree.

SPARROW James - 1874 - 09/07/1874 – Age 29 - Hewer. Usworth, Elliot and Jonassohn, Washington Station, Co. Durham. Fall of coal.

SPAUL John - 1878 - 15/07/1878 – Age 56 - Miner. Upleatham (ironstone), JW Pease and Partners, Marske, Yorkshire. Fall of stone from face which had been loosened by two shots.

SPEAKMAN James - 1870 - 17/04/1871 – Age 14 - Drawer. Ridney Lane Cross, Tetley and Co., Ashton, Lancashire. Falling from part way down the shaft.

SPEAKMAN James - 1871 - 05/06/1871 – Age 30 – Propdrawer. Senela Green, Samuel Stock, St. Helens, Lancashire. Fall of roof.

SPEAKMAN Matthew - 1871 - 20/06/1871 – Age 22 - Collier. Tawd Vale, Tawd Vale Colliery Co., Ormskirk, Lancashire. Fall of coal.

SPEAKMAN W. - 1871 - 15/11/1871 – Boy. Stanfield, Tellwright and Co., Burslem, Stafford. Crushed between tubs and tramway.

SPEARS Samuel - 1875 - 13/05/1875 – Age 41 – Sinker. Castle Eden, Castle Eden Coal Co., Castle Eden, Co. Durham. Large piece of iron fell from bank on him.

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

SPEEDY David - 1874 - 10/08/1874 – Age 30 - Collier. Bellsdyke, Bellsdyke Coal Co., New Monkland, Lanarkshire. Fall of roof at face longwall.

SPEERS James - 1873 - 11/11/1873 – Age 15 – Boy. Eastfield No.4, TG Buchanan, Cambuslang, Lanarkshire. Fell from the cage while being lowered in consequence of some irregularity in winding. 2 killed.

SPEIGHT J. - 1876 - 30/05/1876 – Age 19 – Stoker. Bolton Green, P Priestley Charnock, Richard, Lancashire. Struck by one of the handles of a crab winch which he and others were working. The chain not having been tight on the barrel gave a jerk.

SPEIGHT James - 1876 - 17/06/1876 – Age 24 - Collier. Cleckheaton, Bowling Iron Co., Bradford, Yorkshire. Fall of roof. Died 6th July.

SPEIRS Andrew - 1873 - 27/09/1873 – Age 13 - Collier. Garrion Hill, Coltness Iron Co., Cambusnethan, Lanarkshire. Fall of head coal while filling a hutch.

SPENCE John - 1870 - 10/10/1870 – Age 43. Spennymoor, RS Johnson and Co., Ferry Hill, Co. Durham. Fall of stone.

SPENCE John - 1874 - 03/03/1874 – Age 30 - Miner. Gavieside (oil shale), West Calder Oil Co. Ltd., West Calder, Edinburgh. Fall of shale at the face (longwall).

SPENCE Joseph - 1873 - 28/07/1873 – Age 25 – Onsetter. Harrington No.5, Bain and Paterson, Harrington, Cumberland. Fell from a mid-working to shaft bottom.

SPENCE Matthew - 1872 - 07/10/1872 – Age 36. Morley, W Ackroyd Bros., Leeds, Yorkshire. Explosion of gas. 34 killed.

SPENCE Robert - 1870 - 24/05/1870 - Collier. West Scrafton, W Horn, Leyburn, Yorkshire. Fall of roof.

SPENCE Thomas - 1871 - 25/10/1871 – Age 39 - Master shifter. Seaham No.3, Earl Vane, Sunderland, Durham. Explosion of gas. 26 killed.

SPENCER James - 1873 - 12/03/1873 – Age 60 – Engineman. Birchwood, Charles Seely and Co., Alfreton, Derbyshire. Struck by a lever which he was using to turn a wheel round. 2 killed.

SPENCER Nathan - 1873 - 16/05/1873 – Shaftsman. Bardsley, Bardsley Co., Ashton-under-Lyne, Lancashire. A link of the coupling chain which had got strained giving way at the weld as he was descending.

SPENCER Oliver - 1874 - 18/07/1874 – Age 18 - Dataler. Ince Hall, Ince Hall Coal and Cannel Co. Ltd., Wigan, Lancashire. Explosion of gas in Wigan 9 feet mine. 13 bodies recovered one in Dec and one in Feb 1874. 15 killed.

SPENCER Richard - 1875 - 17/04/1875 – Age 13 - Taker-off. Bradford, Bradford Colliery Co., Manchester, Lancashire. Breakage of a coupling link causing tubs / waggons to run back upon him in engine brow.

SPENCER Samuel - 1879 - 04/03/1879 – Age 64 – Stallman. Clay Cross No.2, Clay Cross Colliery Co., Clay Cross, Derbyshire. Fall of roof Stallman neglected to set sufficient timber.

SPENCER William - 1872 - 02/12/1872 – Age 33 - Collier. Pinxton, Messrs Coke and Co., Alfreton, Derbyshire. Explosion of powder.

SPERRINS Joseph - 1877 - 12/03/1877 - Chartermaster. Spon Lane, Spon Lane Colliery Co., West Bromwich, Stafford. Explosion of gunpowder. Injured 8th. Died this day.

SPICER Joseph - 1875 - 04/01/1875 – Age 21 - Miner. Eston (ironstone), Blockow Vaughan and Co. Ltd., Eston, Yorkshire. Fall of stone.

SPICKETT Miles - 1875 - 13/02/1875 – Age 27 - Labourer. Fernhill, R Southern, Pontypridd, Glamorgan. Killed by trucks.

SPIERS George - 1877 - 22/10/1877 – Age 16 - Miner. Blantyre, WS Dixon, Hamilton, Lanarkshire. Single. Barnhill. Buried, Blantyre cemetery 5th Nov. (Defn. list) Explosion of firedamp.

SPIERS John - 1877 - 22/10/1877 – Age 13 - Miner. Blantyre, WS Dixon, Hamilton, Lanarkshire. Single. 9 Miller St. Buried, Blantyre cemetery 22nd Nov. (Defn. list) Explosion of firedamp.

SPIERS John - 1877 - 22/10/1877 – Age 15 - Pony driver. Blantyre, WS Dixon, Hamilton, Lanarkshire. Single. Barnhill. Buried, Blantyre cemetery 5th Nov. (Defn. list) Explosion of firedamp.

SPIERS William - 1877 - 22/10/1877 – Age 15 - Collier. Blantyre, William Dixon and Co., Blantyre, Lanarkshire. Explosion of firedamp. 207 killed.

SPIERS William - 1877 - 22/10/1877 – Age 28 - Miner. Blantyre, WS Dixon, Hamilton, Lanarkshire. Kirkton. Widow Magdalene Wright. Buried, Blantyre cemetery 3rd Nov. (Defn. list) Explosion of firedamp.

SPINDLER John - 1873 - 05/01/1873 – Age 35 - Labourer. New Gawber Hall, Sturges and Co., Barnsley, Yorkshire. Explosion of boiler.

SPINK W. - 1874 - 13/08/1874 – Age 42 - Collier. Blacker Main, Blacker Main Coal Co., Barnsley, Yorkshire. Fall of coal.

SPRIGGS Samuel - 1874 - 09/01/1874 – Age 31 – Trammer. Shireoaks, Shireoaks Colliery Co., Worksop, Nottinghamshire. Fall of bind.

SPROAT James - 1878 - 30/09/1878 – Age 59 – Gasman. Ryhope, Ryhope Coal Co. Ltd., Durham. Severe injury to his chest by falling over a barrow while at his work 25th. Sep. 1878.

SPROSSON W. - 1878 - 07/06/1878 – Age 26 - Collier. Audley, Rigby and Co., Newcastle, Stafford. Fall of coal.

SPROSTON J. - 1872 - 29/01/1872 - Age 30 – Fireman. Apedale, Stanier and Co., Newcastle, Stafford. Fell from mouthing.

SPROSTON Samuel - 1879 - 25/10/1879 – Age 36 - Collier. Slappenfield, Bidder and Elliot, Harecastle, Stafford. Fall of roof.

SPROUT James - 1878 - 25/09/1878 – Age 59 – Gasman. Ryhope, Ryhope Coal Co. Ltd., Sunderland, Durham. Severe injury to chest by falling over barrow. Died 30th.

SPRUCE J. - 1872 - 14/05/1872 – Boy. Froghill, J Southall, Cheadle, Cheshire. Fall of roof.

STACY John - 1875 - 13/09/1875 – Age 17 – Driver. No. 4, Clay Cross, Clay Cross Iron and Coal Co., Chesterfield, Derbyshire. Fell down and full tubs ran over him.

STAFFORD. Samuel - 1873 - 20/09/1873 – Age 36 - Miner. Clippins No.3 (ironstone), Merry and Cunningham, Johnstone, Renfrew. By an explosion of gunpowder. 2 killed.

STAFFORD. Thomas - 1873 - 12/09/1873 – Age 61 – Engineman. Clayton, Leigh and Bradbury, Manchester, Lancashire. Knocked from scaffold in the pumping shaft by the capstan rope breaking as he was working at the pumps.

STAFFORD. William - 1872 - 12/01/1872 – Age 15 - Drawer. Polkemmet, Shotts Iron Co., Bathgate, West Lothian, Fell down shaft.

STAINCLIFFE W.H. - 1873 - 14/01/1873 – Age 17 – Hurrier. Flatts, Clifton Hird Dawson and Hardy, Bradford, Yorkshire. Explosion of gas. 4 killed.

STAINTON William - 1879 - 02/06/1879 – Age 26 - Miner. Eskett (metalliferous), Eskett Iron Ore Co., Whitehaven, Cumberland. Fall of ore from roof.

STAMMERS C. - 1876 - 02/09/1876 – Age 34 - Collier. Sharlston, Sharlston Coal Co., Normanton, Yorkshire. Fall of coal.

STAMPER John - 1873 - 18/02/1873 – Age 27. Talke, North Stafford Coal Co., Newcastle, Stafford. Explosion of firedamp.  18 killed.

STANABY John - 1873 - 18/11/1873 – Filler. Brynmally, Thomas Clayton, Wrexham, Denbigh. Fall of roof in Main coal.

STANBERRY George - 1875 - 27/05/1875 – Age 38 - Miner. Hodbarrow (metalliferous), Hodbarrow Mining Co., Hodbarrow, Cumberland. The giving way of a piece of timber in the forebreast in which he was working.

STANDING John - 1875 - 05/08/1875 – Age 50 - Asst. fireman. Martholme, Great Harwood Colliery Co. Ltd., Great Harwood, Lancashire. Suffocated by firedamp which they apparently ventured too far into whilst dislodging it at night. 2 killed. They had been inspecting the air passages, and last night went down the mine at 2 o'clock in the morning. They did not return, and about 6 o'clock in the morning a search party went down. Both men were found to have died from choke damp. They were both married and had families".

STANDRIDGE William - 1878 - 12/03/1878 – Age 15 – Putter. Pontop, John Bowes and Partners, Annfield Plain, Co. Durham. Fall of stone.

STANDRING John - 1872 - 09/11/1872 – Age 61 – Coalminer. Bradley Fold, Thomas Fletcher, Tyldesley, Lancashire. Falling from mouthing in the shaft where he got out at the wrong side of the cage.

STANFIELD W. - 1878 - 23/12/1878 – Age 42 – Stallman. Fairoak, Fairoak Colliery Co., Rugeley, Stafford. Fall of roof in thin mine.

STANIER E. - 1874 - 28/01/1874 – Age 32 - Collier. Harrishead, George Blood, Tunstall, Stafford. Shot blew out.

STANIER T. - 1879 - 13/11/1879 - Collier. Norton, R Heath and Co., Burslem, Stafford. Fall of bass.

STANLEY Horace - 1878 - 19/08/1878 – Age 14 – Driver. Huntcliffe (ironstone), Bell Bros Ltd., Saltburn, Yorkshire. Lost his light and fell before a set of tubs and was run over.

STANLEY James (injured) - 1879 - 22/12/1879 – Waggoner. Lower Darwen, Lower Darwen Coal Co., Lower Darwen, Lancashire. Head hurt by being overpowered by his tub which he omitted to scotch in going down an incline.

STANLEY John - 1870 - 30/11/1870 – Age 37 - Hooker-on. Bradley Green, Bradbury, Congleton, Cheshire. Crushed under cage.

STANLEY John - 1877 - 25/10/1877 – Age 54 – Brusher. Hillhead, W Baird and Co., Airdrie, Lanarkshire. Fall of roof.

STANLEY W. - 1875 - 15/05/1875 – Sinker. Hoyland, Silkstone Wells, Birch Ryde and Co., Barnsley, Yorkshire. Engineman lowered trunk on to him in sinking shaft.

STANLEY William - 1878 - 13/11/1878 – Age 50 - Collier. Wooley, Wooley Coal Co., Barnsley, Yorkshire. Fall of roof. Died 14th November.

STANNIFORTH J. - 1877 - 06/10/1877 – Age 13 – Driver. Woodthorpe, Nunnery Coal Co., Sheffield, Yorkshire. Run over by Waggons on surface.

STANSFIELD Aaron - 1876 - 19/01/1876 – Age 44 – Coalminer. Great Wood, Denton Colliery Co. Ltd., Denton, Lancashire. Caught between tub and the roof as he was ripping dirt.

STANSFIELD Edward - 1875 - 03/09/1875 – Age 28 – Coalminer. Bradford, Bradford Colliery Co., Manchester, Lancashire. Roof falling in old workings where he was getting stone to build a pack wall. Died 6th.

STANTON Hugh - 1875 - 27/02/1875 – Age 12 – Waggoner. Tithebarn No.2, Eccleshill Coal Co. Ltd., Over Darwen, Lancashire. Coal falling from cage. Died 7th Aug.

STANTON James - 1872 - 14/03/1872 – Age 63 – Smith. Robroystone (ironstone), James Dunlop and Co., Bishop Briggs, Lanarkshire. Fell down shaft.

STANTON Thomas - 1875 - 04/10/1875 – Age 20 – Trammer. Darfield Main, Darfield Main Coal Co., Barnsley, Yorkshire. Fall of coal.

STANTON William - 1870 - 05/04/1870 – Age 39 – Sinker. Clifton, Saul Isaac, Nottingham, Nottingham. Fell off stage in shaft.

STAPLETON Charles - 1870 - 22/06/1870 – Age 16 – Boy. Whittington, John Stapleton, Chesterfield, Derbyshire. Suffocated in shaft about 5yds in depth. 2 killed.

STAPLETON John - 1870 - 22/06/1870 – Age 44 – Mason. Whittington, John Stapleton, Chesterfield, Derbyshire. Suffocated in shaft about 5yds in depth. 2 killed.

STAPLETON Thomas - 1873 - 26/07/1873 – Age 23 – Onsetter. Tibshelf, Charles Seely and Co., Alfreton, Derbyshire. Walked under the shaft when the cage was descending on him.

STARK Henry - 1870 - 05/08/1870 – Age 55 - Labourer. Peasley Cross, Bournes and Robinson, St. Helens, Lancashire. Falling off pit brow July 1869.

STARK James - 1877 - 19/09/1877 – Age 14 - Drawer. Riskend No.2 (ironstone or fireclay), W Baird and Co., Kilsyth, Stirling. Was run over by loaded hutch upon an incline.

STARK John - 1876 - 11/04/1876 – Age 49 – Platelayer. Rosedale East (ironstone), Rosedale and Ferry Hill Iron Co. Ltd., Rosedale, Yorkshire. Broken leg and other injuries by getting before the engine.

STARK John - 1877 - 22/10/1877 – Age 29 - Miner. Blantyre, WS Dixon, Hamilton, Lanarkshire. Annsfield Place. Widow Mary Anderson. Buried, Blantyre cemetery 31st Oct. (Defn. list) Explosion of firedamp.

STARK William - 1876 - 18/11/1876 – Age 30 - Collier. Green, Glasgow Iron Co., Cam’nethan, Lanarkshire. Fall of roof at stoops.

STARK William - 1877 - 22/10/1877 – Age 30 - Collier. Blantyre, William Dixon and Co., Blantyre, Lanarkshire. Explosion of firedamp. 207 killed.

STARKEY T. - 1875 - 08/12/1875 – Age 27 - Collier. Aldwarke, John Brown and Co., Rotherham, Yorkshire.

STARKIE Benjamin - 1874 - 31/12/1874 – Age 37 - Hooker-on. Bank Hall, Executors of J Hargreaves, Burnley, Lancashire. Falling from mouth of Big Mine into the shaft.

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

STARKIE Ralph - 1879 - 06/12/1879 – Age 53 - Labourer. Long Lane, Edward Johnson, Wigan, Lancashire. He stumbled and fell on pit bank but continued to work for four days when he grew worse and died 17th.

STARKIE Richard - 1872 - 09/12/1872 – Age 39 – Sinker. Habergam, Executors of J Hargreaves, Padiham, Lancashire. The Banksman apparently not noticing that the lurry was off the shaft pushed in a tub of bricks and fell down with it amongst 5 men who were bricking the sinking shaft. 3 killed.

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

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

STATT Robert - 1873 - 24/06/1873 – Age 45 – Clay cutter. Potters (Clay mine), Whiteway and Mortimer, Kingsteignton, Devon.  Crushed by the fall of a bucket of clay. A splice in the rope parted as the bucket was being wound up.

STAZICKER Sale - 1874 – 25/08/1874 – Age 18 – Pony boy. West Earth, Clifton and Kersley Coal Co., Clifton, Lancashire. Run over by waggons on the engine brow, a draw bar having broken. 2 killed.

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

STEAD Luke - 1875 – 21/10/1875 - Collier. Mitchell’s Main, Mitchell’s Main Coal Co., Barnsley, Yorkshire. Fall of coal.

STEAD William - 1871 – 11/03/1871 – Age 14 – Waggoner. Jubilee, Oldham Middleton and Rochdale Co. Ltd., Crompton, Lancashire. Burnt by firedamp. Died 15th.

STEAD William - 1871 - 15/07/1871 – Age 27 - Screener. Sharlaston, Sharlaston Coal Co., Normanton, Yorkshire. Run over by waggons on surface.

STEADMAN J. - 1874 - 05/05/1874 – Age 23 - Collier. No.22 Ebbw Vale, Ebbw Vale Iron Co., Ebbw Vale, Monmouth. Fall of clod. Died 6th.

STEADMAN Thomas - 1877 - 11/10/1877 – Age 40 - Collier. Pemberton, Jonathan Blundell and Sons, Wigan, Lancashire. Explosion of gas 36 killed.

STEEL Robert - 1875 - 01/12/1875 – Age 30 - Collier. Aikenhead, George Crookston, Glasgow, Lanarkshire. Fall of coal while engaged holing.

STEEL Samuel - 1879 - 09/07/1879 – Age 37 - Hewer. Springwell, J Bowes and Partners, Gateshead, Co. Durham. Fall of stone.

STEELE James - 1877 - 22/10/1877 – Age 36 - Miner. Blantyre, WS Dixon, Hamilton, Lanarkshire. Flemington, Cambuslang. Widow Elizabeth Steele. Buried Blantyre cemetery 9th Nov. (Defn. list) Explosion of firedamp.

STEELE Joseph - 1873 - 30/06/1873 – Age 26 - Hewer. Ouston Hunt, Perkins and Co., Gateshead, Co. Durham. Fall of stone.

STEELE Robert - 1877 - 22/10/1877 – Age 13 - Miner. Blantyre, WS Dixon, Hamilton, Lanarkshire. Single. Flemington, Cambuslang. Buried, Blantyre cemetery 9th Nov. (Defn. list) Explosion of firedamp.

STEER Richard - 1872 - 21/06/1872 – Age 54 – Engineman. Towneley, Brooks and Pickup, Burnley, Lancashire. Scalded in the hot well of the pumping engine. Died 24th. The steam and hot water which had not been all let out of the cylinder became liberated by the catch slipping off the handle. There were rings to prevent such a slip but they had not been put on.

STEIN John - 1877 - 22/10/1877 - Collier. Blantyre, William Dixon and Co., Blantyre, Lanarkshire. Explosion of firedamp. 207 killed.

STEIN Robert - 1877 - 22/10/1877 - Collier. Blantyre, William Dixon and Co., Blantyre, Lanarkshire. Explosion of firedamp. 207 killed.

STEIN William - 1873 - 16/05/1873 – Sinker. Blairhill (ironstone), Carron Iron Co., Culross, Perth. Whilst filling the kettle after a shot in a sinking pit a stone fell on him.

STEPHENS C. - 1877 - 30/07/1877 – Age 14 - Collier. Coalbrook Vale, Coalbrook Vale Coal Co., Monmouth. Fall of coal.

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

STEPHENS George - 1876 - 18/12/1876 – Age 44. South Wales, South Wales Coal Co., Monmouth. Explosion of firedamp 23 killed.

STEPHENS John - 1871 - 30/03/1871 – Age 16 – Haulier. Cwmbran, John Lawrence, Cwmbran, Monmouth. A tram ran wild down the engine plane and killed him.

STEPHENS John - 1873 - 17/06/1873 – Age 19 - Miner. Wheal Mary (metalliferous), Wheal Mary Mining Co., Lelant, Cornwall. Suffocation or effects of a fall. He and 2 others had nearly finished sinking a winze and tried to break through to the next level by a blast of 4lbs of gunpowder. He went down the winze very soon after the blast and complained of the heat, while being drawn up he fell to the bottom of the winze and the man who went down after him fainted and was got up alive. The first man was dead when he reached him and there was no evidence to show if he died from suffocation or the fall.

STEPHENS John - 1877 - 24/10/1877 – Age 15 – Trammer. Tincroft Mining Co., Tincroft, Pool, Dorset. Unexpected fall of ground. 2 killed.

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

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

STEPHENS Robert - 1875 - 28/08/1875 – Age 30 – Sinker. Risca, London and South Wales Co., Risca, Monmouth. Attempted to jump off bowk before runner was pushed over and fell back down the pit.

STEPHENS Thomas - 1876 - 18/03/1876 – Age 14 - Collier. Rhymney, Rhymney Iron Co., Rhymney, Monmouth. Fall of roof.

STEPHENSON Enoch - 1876 - 22/01/1876 – Age 21 - Holer. Newcastle, (Shipley), AM Mundey, Alfreton, Derbyshire. Fall of coals insufficiently timbered.

STEPHENSON George - 1876 - 12/08/1876 – Age 14 - Incline boy. Old Hollingwood, Staveley Iron and Coal Co., Staveley, Derbyshire. Riding on empty tubs while ascending self-acting incline, trying to get off when tubs caught him he had previously been fined for riding on tubs.

STEPHENSON J. - 1872 - 20/07/1872 – Lamp keeper. Liversedge, Stanley Coal Co., Normanton, Yorkshire. Explosion of gas. Died 2nd Aug.

STEPHENSON Leonard - 1877 - 15/12/1877 – Wagoner. Denton Lane, Chamber Colliery Co., Chadderton, Lancashire. Crushed by water box at the inset near bottom of shaft and knocked into sump.

STEPHENSON or STEVENSON Nicholas - 1877 - 05/01/1877 – Age 38 – Collier. Hetton, Hetton Coal Co., Hetton, Co. Durham. Fall of roof while working in his wall.

STEPHENSON S. - 1876 - 16/06/1876 – Age 17 – Driver. Mill, Hird Dawson and Hardy, Bradford, Yorkshire. Fell out of cage in shaft.

STEPHENSON William - 1871 - 09/11/1871 – Age 19 - Collier. Nostell, Charles Winn, Wakefield, Yorkshire. Explosion of gas.

STEPHENSON William - 1879 - 10/05/1879 – Age 53 – Furnaceman. Dudley, WA Potter and Partners, Newcastle, Northumberland. Fell part way down shaft.

STEPTOE William - 1874 - 15/09/1874 – Waggonman. Denton Lane, Chamber Colliery Co., Chadderton, Lancashire. Run over by a railway waggon which he was moving on the colliery sidings.

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

STEVEN Alexander – 1877 - 22/10/1877 – Age 42 - Collier. Blantyre, William Dixon and Co., Blantyre, Lanarkshire. Explosion of firedamp. 207 killed.

STEVEN John - 1877 - 22/10/1877 - Collier. Blantyre, William Dixon and Co., Blantyre, Lanarkshire. Explosion of firedamp. 207 killed.

STEVEN Robert - 1877 - 22/10/1877 – Age 42 - Collier. Blantyre, William Dixon and Co., Blantyre, Lanarkshire. Explosion of firedamp. 207 killed.

STEVENS J - 1873 - 24/12/1873 - Collier. Parrydarron, Dowlais Iron Co., Merthyr Tydvil, Glamorgan. Killed by an explosion of gas.

STEVENSON Adrian - 1874 - 17/09/1874 – Age 28 – Sinker. Holebeck (metalliferous), Dalmellington Iron Ore Co., Cumberland. Falling out of the kibble 25 fathoms down the shaft. There was no one below with the deceased at the time and therefore there was no evidence. The tackle appeared to be in good order. 2 killed.

STEVENSON Alexander - 1877 - 22/10/1877 – Age 42 - Miner. Blantyre, WS Dixon, Hamilton, Lanarkshire. 15 Govan St., Widow, Margaret Porter. Buried, Blantyre cemetery, 28th Oct. (Defn. list) Explosion of firedamp.

STEVENSON David - 1875 - 26/02/1875 – Age 32 – Oversman. Dalharco No.2, Dalmellington Iron Co., Patna. Suffocated by gasses whist engaged putting out an underground fire. 3 killed.

STEVENSON David - 1879 - 05/04/1879 – Age 63 – Fireman, Todhills No.3 (ironstone), Eglington Iron Co., Dalry, Ayrshire. Fall of roof at face while going on his rounds alone.

STEVENSON James - 1878 - 04/12/1878 – Age 53 - Collier. Sharlstone, New Sharlstone Coal Co., Normanton, Yorkshire. Fall of coal.

STEVENSON James - 1879 - 20/06/1879 – Age 51 - Pony driver. Burnfoot No.11 (ironstone), Dalmellington Iron Co., Dalmellington, Ayrshire. His light went out, the pony ran away and he got entangled with the hutches.

STEVENSON John - 1876 - 13/04/1876 – Age 42 - Collier. Greenfield, Hamilton Coal Co., Hamilton, Lanarkshire. Fall of coal at stoops. He was holing and had 10 feet standing without sprags.

STEVENSON John - 1877 - 22/10/1877 – Age 19 - Miner. Blantyre, WS Dixon, Hamilton, Lanarkshire. Single. 15 Govan St. Buried Blantyre cemetery 29th (Defn. list) Explosion of firedamp.

STEVENSON M. - 1877 - 21/11/1877 – Age 19 – Hurrier. Sharlston, New Sharlston Coal Co., Normanton, Yorkshire. Crushed by corves.
STEVENSON or STEPHENSON Nicholas - 1877 - 05/01/1877 – Age 38 – Collier. Hetton, Hetton Coal Co., Hetton, Co. Durham. Fall of roof while working in his wall.

STEVENSON Robert - 1874 - 31/07/1874 – Age 13 – Boy. Burnfoot No.11 (ironstone), Dalmellington Iron Co., Dalmellington, Ayrshire. Fall of ironstone.

STEVENSON S. - 1877 - 03/04/1877 – Age 37 - Collier. Clough Hall, Kinnersley and Co., Kidsgrove, Stafford. Run over by tubs on incline.

STEVENSON W. - 1874 - 17/05/1874 – Age 60 – Horsekeeper. Berry Hill, W Bowers, Stoke, Stafford. Fell out of cage into sump.

STEVENSON William - 1876 - 22/11/1876 – Age 32 - Collier. Trimdon Grange, Trimdon Grange Coal Co., Trimdon Grange, Co. Durham. Fall of top stone while working in a broken jud in Harvey Seam.

STEVENSON William - 1876 - 30/08/1876 – Age 30 – Manager. Mainhill No.2, William Baird and Co., Baillieston, Lanarkshire. Explosion of firedamp. 2 killed.

STEVENSON William - 1877 - 22/10/1877 – Age 14 - Miner. Blantyre, WS Dixon, Hamilton, Lanarkshire. Single. 15 Govan St. Buried, Blantyre cemetery 29th Oct. (Defn. list) Explosion of firedamp.

STEWARD E. - 1870 - 09/07/1870 – Bondsman. Gawn, N Hingley and Sons, Rowley Regis, Stafford. Fall of coal in thick coal.

STEWARD John - 1873 - 28/02/1873 – Age 26 - Collier. Orrell, WH Brancker and Co., Wigan, Lancashire. Killed by blown out shot. Hole badly planted. 2 killed.

STEWARD T. - 1877 - 16/02/1877 – Age 40 - Collier. Monk Bretton, Monk Bretton Coal Co., Barnsley, Yorkshire. Fall of roof. 2 killed.

STEWARD William - 1877 - 13/03/1877 – Age 20 – Waggoner. Crumbouke, Day-Eye Fletcher Burrows and Co., Atherton, Lancashire. Strained himself lifting a tub on the rails. Died 21st.

STEWART Alexander - 1878 - 17/01/1878 – Age 51 – Shifter. Newbottle, Margaret Earl of Durham, Fence Houses, Co. Durham. Back injured by fall of stone from a slip. Died 22nd.

STEWART Edward - 1870 - 05/08/1870 – Age 58 – Bottomer, Kirkwood Wilsons and Co., Coatbridge, Lanarkshire. Fell from mid-working.

STEWART George - 1871 - 17/03/1871 – Age 60 – Brusher. Green, Wishaw Iron Co., Wishaw, Lanarkshire. Engineman lifted the cage without signal before he got off and crushed him between the cage and the side of the pit.

STEWART George - 1872 - 24/10/1872 – Age 23 - Collier. Kiveton Park, Kiveton Park Coal Co., Sheffield, Yorkshire. Fall of coal.

STEWART James - 1877 - 14/08/1877 – Age 24 - Miner. Drumnir, Merry and Cunninghame, Kilmarnock, Ayrshire. Fall of coal and roof.

STEWART James - 1877 - 22/10/1877 – Age 19 - Miner. Blantyre, WS Dixon, Hamilton, Lanarkshire. Single. 34 Hall St. Buried, Blantyre cemetery (Defn. list) Explosion of firedamp.

STEWART James - 1879 - 22/05/1879 – Age 18 - Collier. Udston, Udston Coal Co., Hamilton, Lanarkshire. Fall of coal and side at face. Stoop and room.

STEWART John - 1871 - 04/07/1871 – Age 25 – Sinker. Killing Beck, Trustees of R and W Garside, Leeds, Yorkshire. Part of capstan chain fell on him in shaft.

STEWART John - 1875 – Age 13 – Driver. Greenfield, Hamilton Coal Co., Hamilton, Lanarkshire. Fell off his tubs and was run over. No date in Dec.

STEWART John - 1878 - 11/02/1878 – Age 55 – Sinker. New Duffryn, Rhymney Iron Co., Glamorganshire. Fell out of bowk down shaft. He was looking over the side while coming up and his head came into contact with balk of timber.

STEWART Malcolm - 1877 - 22/10/1877 – Age 15 - Miner. Blantyre, WS Dixon, Hamilton, Lanarkshire. Single. 52 Calder St. Buried, Blantyre cemetery 6th Nov. (Defn. list) Explosion of firedamp.

STEWART Richard - 1873 - 02/07/1873 – Age 20 - Collier. West Plean, Richard Brown, Bannockburn, Stirling. Fall of roof.

STEWART Robert - 1877 - 22/10/1877 – Age 17 - Miner. Blantyre, WS Dixon, Hamilton, Lanarkshire. Single. 34 Hall St. Buried, Blantyre cemetery 29th Oct. (Defn. list) Explosion of firedamp.

STEWART Thomas - 1871 - 01/08/1871 – Age 13 – Driver. Dudley, Cramlington Lamb Potter and Co.,
Newcastle, Northumberland. Fall of stone.

STEWART Thomas - 1876 - 15/05/1876 – Age 27 - Collier. Tursdale, Ferry Hill Bell Bros Ltd., Co. Durham. Severely burnt by an explosion of gas in Harvey Seam. The deputy fired a shot in coal and it is supposed he had either carelessly or not at all examined the place. Died 27th.

STEWART William - 1874 - 17/06/1874 – Age 22 - Hewer. East Holywell, Hugh Taylor and Co., North Shields, Northumberland. Fall of coal.

STEWART William - 1877 - 14/02/1877 – Age 17 – Driver. Garrion Gill, Coltness Iron Co., Cam’nethan, Lanarkshire. Run over by tubs on horse road.

STILLWELL Thomas - 1878 - 07/06/1878 – Age 19 - Drawer. Wood, Richard Evans and Sons, Haydock, Lancashire. Explosion of firedamp after a sudden outburst. 189 killed.

STIRLAND John - 1873 - 21/03/1873 – Age 30 – Stoker. Babbington, Charles Seely and Co., Nottingham, Nottinghamshire. Whilst oiling machinery of the winding engine he was struck by the rope rolls of the drum. He had not warned the engineman to stop the engine for the time.

STOBART Joseph - 1873 - 03/12/1873 – Age 22 - Banksman. Dovenby, Harris and Carlton, Maryport, Cumberland. Caught on the head by the descending cage.

STOBBS Henry - 1874 - 11/02/1874 – Age 23 - Hewer. Carts Bog, Shield and Dinning, Hexham, Northumberland. Run over by corf.

STOCKHAM Arthur - 1879 - 20/01/1879 – Age 30 - Collier. Golynos, WM Richards, Monmouth. Injured by fall of stone. Died May 15th.

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

STOCKS William - 1871 - 05/01/1871 – Age 52 - Collier. Marehay, Butterley Iron Co., Ripley, Derbyshire. Fall of roof in roadway.

STOCKS William - 1877 - 19/01/1877 – Age 20 – Stallman. Blackwell and Hard Coal, Edmund Chambers, Tibshelf, Derbyshire. Clearing a large fall of roof he was examining it when it fell.

STOCKTON John - 1878 - 27/03/1878 – Age 15. Apedale. Stanier and Co., Newcastle, Stafford. Explosion of firedamp 23 killed.

STOKER F. - 1872 - 06/11/1872 – Age 50 - Banksman. Allerton Byewater, TM Carter and Co., Castleford, Yorkshire. Fell down shaft.

STOKER John - 1874 - 26/01/1874 – Age 70 – Stoneman. South Hetton, South Hetton Coal Co., Fence Houses, Co. Durham. Fall of stone.
STOKER John - 1874 – Age 50. Ushaw Moor, Co. Durham. Crushed between tubs. Dec.

STOKER Ralph - 1878 - 18/12/1878 – Age 20 - Collier. Eppleton, Jane Hetton Coal Co., Fence Houses, Co. Durham. Killed by a large fall piece of stone falling while working in a broken jud in Hutton Seam. 2 killed.

STOKER Robert - 1872 - 17/09/1872 – Age 55 – Wasteman. Ryhope, Hugh Taylor and partners, Sunderland, Co. Durham. Drawing timber in waste and roof fell.

STOKER Robert - 1874 - 10/01/1874 – Age 61 - Branch driver. Framwellgate, Stevenson and Jaques and Co. Durham, Co. Durham. Crushed between waggons.

STOKES Charles - 1874 - 01/05/1874 – Age 36 - Miner. Gwain Fawr (ironstone), Rhymney Iron Co., Monmouth. Killed by fall of roof.

STOKES G. - 1873 - 28/10/1873 – Age 17 - Horsedriver. Coppice, Owen and Co., Walsall, Stafford. Injured 27th. He slipped down before skip when the horse started and crushed him so severely that he died next day.

STOKES J. - 1872 - 26/07/1872 – Age 15 - Waggoner Quinta, Quinta Co., Oswestry, Shropshire. Crushed on incline.

STOKES Joshua - 1875 - 28/01/1875 – Age 42 - Collier. Brynkinalt, Brynkinalt Colliery Co. Ltd., Chirk, Denbigh. Fall of coal.

STOKES P. - 1877 - 19/02/1877 – Age 40 – Sinker. Treeton, Rothervale Coal Co., Rotherham, Yorkshire. Fell off side of shaft. 2 killed.

STONE Frederick - 1877 - 23/05/1877 – Age 20 – Haulier. Ferndale, David Davies and Sons, Ferndale, Glamorgan. Killed by trams.

STONE James - 1872 - 11/07/1872 – Age 41 - Collier. Old Mills, William Evans and Co., Paulton, Somerset. Fall of stone.

STONE James - 1875 - 02/06/1875 – Age 42 – Coalminer. Kersley, Samuel Scowcroft, Kersley, Lancashire. Roof falling in his place. Cannel Mine.

STONE Samuel - 1872 - 19/12/1872 – Age 60 – Hitcher. Abersychan, Ebbw Vale Co., Ebbw Vale, Monmouth. Crushed by trams on surface incline.

STONE Thomas - 1872 - 08/06/1872 – Age 16 - Labourer. Nantyglo, Nantyglo Co. Ltd., Blaina, Brecon. Fall of clod. Should not have been employed in the pit (the Forge pit) ignorant of all underground pursuits.

STONE William - 1878 - 11/09/1878 – Repairer. Abercarn, Ebbw Vale Iron Co., Abercarn, Monmouthshire. Explosion of firedamp. 268 killed.

STONEHOUSE John - 1872 - 19/01/1872 – Age 41 - Collier. Birch Coppice, Morris and Shaw, Tamworth, Stafford. Fall of roof.

STONEHOUSE T. - 1876 - 14/02/1876 – Age 52 – Pikeman. Aldridge, Aldridge Colliery Co., Walsall, Stafford. Fall of coal. After firing a shot incautiously went under the holing when the whole mass fell on him. Injured 5th. Died this day.

STONEHOUSE Thomas - 1877 - 28/08/1877 – Age 61 – Shifter. Wearmouth, A Wearmouth Coal Co., Wearmouth, Co. Durham. He was repairing timber in an engine plane landing when a fall of stone took place 2 killed.

STONEMAN John - 1873 - 07/07/1873 - Miner. Carn Brea (metalliferous), Carn Brea Mining Co., Redruth, Cornwall. Fall of 4 fathoms down some stopes. He was pointing out to some other men where he meant to bore a hole when he slipped and fell.

STONES F. - 1870 - 13/01/1870 – Age 21 - Collier. Woodhead, W Bowers, Cheadle, Cheshire. Drawn over pulley.

STONES James - 1875 - 26/02/1875 – Age 53 - Miner. Lilleshall Lime, Lilleshall Lime Co., Shropshire. The explosion of a charge of gunpowder which he was engaged in ramming. His comrade stated in evidence that two lots of ramming had been used before the iron stemmer had been applied.

STONES John - 1877 - 23/01/1877 – Age 23. Stonehill, Roscow and Lord, Farnworth, Lancashire. Suffocation. The mine became on fire but the inquest could not agree whether it arose from an explosion or blackdamp or the ingition of a brattice cloth. 18 killed.

STONES Thomas - 1871 - 13/10/1871 – Age 64 - Collier. Speedwell, Staveley Iron and Coal Co., Chesterfield, Derbyshire. Fall of bind.

STOPER Thomas - 1878 - 24/05/1878 – Age 16 – Coupler. Lumley, 6th. Earl of Durham, Fence Houses, Co. Durham. While coupling tubs close to the shaft the corner of the descending cage caught him. He was out of his place but a fence had been put up so as to prevent anyone getting near the cage side.

STOPFORTH James - 1876 - 09/03/1876 – Age 73 – Furnaceman. Ince Hall, Ince Hall Coal and Cannel Co. Ltd., Wigan, Lancashire. Fell from mouthing of shaft.

STOREY G. - 1872 - 10/02/1872 – Age 20 - Hewer. Whitehaven, Earl Lonsdale, Whitehaven, Cumberland. Fall of coal.

STOREY George - 1877 - 02/02/1877 – Age 16 – Putter. Coanwood, Coanwood Coal Co., Coanwood, Northumberland. Fall of roof tub got off the way and knocked out a prop.

STOREY John - 1875 - 25/06/1875 – Age 41 – Shaftsman. Harrington, J Bain and Co., Harrington, Cumberland. Fell off cage while repairing shaft.

STOREY L. - 1874 - 30/12/1874 – Age 30 - Collier. West Allerton, Bowers Allerton Coal Co., Leeds, Yorkshire. Fall of coal.

STOREY Robert - 1872 - 24/08/1872 – Age 14 – Putter. Bebside, Bebside Coal Co., Morpeth, Northumberland. Crushed between tubs and roof.

STOREY Thomas - 1871 - 16/12/1871 – Age 31 – Sinker. Silksworth, Earl Vane, Sunderland, Co. Durham. Fell off cradle in sinking shaft.

STOREY William - 1873 - 05/09/1873 – Age 25 – Mason. Springwell, John Bowes and Partners, Gateshead, Co. Durham. Stepped out of cage into shaft.

STOREY William - 1873 - 20/01/1873 – Age 26 - Brow repairer. Bradford, Bradford Co., Manchester, Lancashire. Crushed in the brow a draw bar giving way in the fore part of the train on which he was riding.

STORRY Henry - 1875 - 29/11/1875 – Age 23 - Collier. Llantwit, Llantwit Coal Co., Bridgend, Glamorgan. Killed by fall of roof.

STORY William - 1870 - 29/03/1870 – Age 70 – Cartman. Harton, Harton Coal Co., South Shields, Co. Durham. Crushed by a waggon.

STOWROSKI John - 1875 - 06/12/1875 – Age 44. Swaithe Main, Mitchell and Co., Barnsley, Yorkshire. Explosion of gas 143 Killed.

STRAIN John - 1879 - 23/09/1879 – Age 54 – Brusher. Carfin, William Dixon Ltd., Bothwell, Lanarkshire. Chokedamp on previous occasions come from an old waste but the men were able to retire to safety on being warned of its approach. On this occasion they delayed too long and fell before reaching fresh air. 2 killed.

STRAIN Patrick - 1871 - 27/06/1871 – Age 25 - Collier. Chapelside, Ferrier and Strain, Airdrie, Lanarkshire. Fall of strata from sides of shaft.

STRATHEARN Hugh - 1879 - 13/11/1879 – Age 17 - Collier. Bellfield, Bellfield Coal Co., Hurlford, Ayrshire. Fall of coal at face.

STRAUGHAIR Robert - 1871 - 25/10/1871 – Age 24 – Shifter. Seaham No.3, Earl Vane, Sunderland, Co. Durham. Explosion of gas. 26 killed.

STREAT Frederick - 1879 - 23/05/1879 – Age 35 – Hitcher. Foxcote, Foxcote Colliery Co., Somerset. He opened the wrong door by mistake at an upper landing and pushed a tram into the pit and fell after it to the bottom of the shaft.

STRICKER Anthony - 1874 - 18/05/1874 – Age 37 – Sinker. Norley, Thomas Whaley and Co., Wigan, Lancashire. Explosion of gas in No5 pit. While sinkers were putting in bricking an explosion occurred of some gas that had accumulated under the scaffold coming from Ravin Mine which had just been sunk through. 4 killed.

STRICKLAND Charles - 1873 - 16/02/1873 – Age 45 - Labourer. Ince Moss, Pearson and Knowles, Wigan, Lancashire. Fell from 9 Feet mine to Cannel Mine.

STRICKLAND Isaac - 1874 - 29/03/1874 – Age 11 – Scholar. Bennerley, F Gillett, Ilkeston, Derbyshire. Killed by engine crank (Not employed in or about the mine).

STRINGER W. - 1877 - 26/04/1877 - Collier. Astley, Dunkirk Colliery Co., Dukinfield, Cheshire. Run over by tub on jig brow.

STRINGFELLOW James - 1873 - 14/11/1873 – Age 32 - Collier. Shevington, John Tayleur and Co., Standish, Lancashire. Fall of roof while getting coal.

STRUCHCOMBE William - 1877 - 10/04/1877 – Age 29 - Miner. Coity (ironstone), Blaenavon Coal and Iron Co., Monmouth. Fall of roof.

STRUTHERS James - 1877 - 29/09/1877 – Age 19 - Collier. Gauchalland, Gauchalland Coal Co., Galston, Ayrshire. Fall of coal.

STRUTT George - 1878 - 16/09/1878 – Age 64 – Dayman. Tinsley, B Huntsman, Rotherham, Yorkshire. Crushed by corves. Died Oct.

STUBBINS Ernest - 1873 - 04/06/1873 – Boy. Hopwood Oldham, Middleton and Rochdale Co. Ltd., Middleton, Lancashire. Not covered by the Act. Run over by waggons on the tramway.

STUTE Thomas - 1872 - 23/03/1872 – Age 23 - Collier. St Johns, Locke and Co., Normanton, Yorkshire. Fall of roof.

STUTTY Thomas - 1871 - 30/05/1871 – Age 28 - Hewer. Cleator Moor, Cleator Moor Iron Co., Whitehaven, Cumberland. Fall of fireclay.

SUFFOLK A. - 1872 - 20/01/1872 - Horsedriver. Cannock and Rugeley, Cannock and Rugeley Colliery Co., Rugeley, Stafford. Whilst improperly riding in front of a loaded tub he fell off and was killed.

SUGDEN Thomas - 1874 - 09/10/1874 – Age 18 - Engineman. West Thornley, Weardale Iron and Coal Co., Tow Law, Darlington, Co. Durham. Caught by revolving shaft of an underground pumping engine.

SULIVAN Jeremiah - 1874 - 16/12/1874 – Age 13 – Trammer. Tredegar, Tredegar Iron Co., Tredegar, Monmouth. Crushed by waggon on surface.

SULLAVAN Michael - 1871 - 02/05/1871 – Age 33 – Hurrier. Wombwell Main, Wombwell Main Co., Barnsley, Yorkshire. Crushed by corves.

SULLIVAN Dennis (injured) - 1879 - 14/07/1878 – Age 19 – Gigger. Agecroft, Andrew Knowles and Sons Ltd., Agecroft, Lancashire. Leg broken as he was standing at the bottom of the brow when a waggon came down.

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

SULLIVAN John - 1871 - 24/02/1871 – Age 28. Pentre, Church and Pentre, Pontypridd, Glamorgan. Killed by an explosion of gas. 38 killed.

SULLIVAN Michael - 1873 – Timberman. Brehaven, (metalliferous Copper), Brehaven Mining Co. Ltd., Allihies Cork, Ireland. A scale of ground falling from the side of the lode.

SUMMERS George - 1872 - 24/04/1872 – Age 24 - Collier. Old Silkstone, J and J Charlesworth, Barnsley, Yorkshire. Fall of roof.

SUMMERS Henry - 1873 - 24/01/1873 – Age 23 - Labourer. Bute Merthyr, Marquis of Bute, Pontypridd, Glamorgan. Killed by fall of roof.

SUMMERS WW - 1871 - 22/08/1871 – Age 12 - Collier. Risca, TW Rhodes, Risca, Monmouth. Crush of trams.

SUMMERSCALES T. - 1877 - 14/05/1877 – Age 46 – Sinker. Lane Head (metalliferous), WE Leppington, Halifax, Yorkshire. Iron bar fell down shaft.

SUMMERSON Thomas - 1871 - 26/04/1871 – Age 39 – Deputy. West Pelton, James Joicey and Co., Chester-le-Street, Co. Durham. Fall of stone. Accident, developed latent organic disease of abdomen. Died 27th May.

SUMNER T. - 1879 - 16/12/1879 – Age 23 – Loader. Pelsall, Pelsall Coal and Iron Co., Pelsall, Stafford. Fall of roof at way end in working face which knocked out some timber caused by converging slips.

SUMNER W. - 1877 - 27/10/1877 – Age 52 - Roadsman. Harecastle, Bidder and Elliot, Kidsgrove, Stafford. Run over by tubs on engine brow.

SURTEES Alexander - 1877 - 21/11/1877 – Age 59 – Shaftsman. Whitworth, Johnson and Reay, Spennymoor, Co. Durham. Struck on head by piece of stone falling while examining shaft.

SURTEES James - 1870 - 01/11/1870 – Age 35 - Hewer. Ryhope, Ryhope Coal Co., Sunderland, Co. Durham. Set of tubs ran amain and crushed them. 2 killed.

SUTHERLAND Andrew - 1873 - 31/12/1873 – Age 54 - Miner. Blackstone No.1 (ironstone), Eglington Iron Co., Cumnock, Lanarkshire. Fall of roof at face.

SUTHERLAND James - 1877 - 09/08/1877 – Age 14- Putter. Brooms Drift, Consett Iron Co. Ltd., Consett, Co. Durham. Head crushed in coming in between a crown tree and top of tub.

SUTHERLAND R. - 1874 - 15/09/1874 – Age 39 – Engineplaneman. Houghall, J Love and Partner, Durham, Co. Durham. Crushed by engine set.

SUTTER William - 1876 - 28/01/1876 – Age 18 - Hewer. Melgramfitz, West Cumberland Iron and Steel Co., Workington, Cumberland. Explosion of firedamp. 2 killed.

SUTTON Edward - 1878 - 07/06/1878 – Age 46 - Dataller. Wood, Richard Evans and Sons, Haydock, Lancashire. Explosion of firedamp after a sudden outburst. 189 killed.

SUTTON George - 1879 - 13/01/1879 – Age 35 - Labourer. Dinas, Middle Coffin and Co., Pontypridd, Glamorgan. Killed by an explosion of gas. 63 killed.

SUTTON J - 1871 - 30/10/1871 – Age 19 – Loader. Biddulph Valley, Heath and Son, Tunstall, Stafford. Crushed by tub on incline.

SUUM William - 1871 - 13/09/1871 – Age 20 – Platelayer. Crawford, Wigan Iron and Coal Co., Aspull, Wigan, Lancashire. Run over by waggons above ground.

SWAILES T. - 1875 - 20/02/1875 – Age 32 - Collier. Whitwood, H Briggs Son and Co., Normanton, Yorkshire. Fall of roof.

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

SWAIN Job - 1878 - 07/06/1878 – Age 18 – Jigger. Wood, Richard Evans and Sons, Haydock, Lancashire. Explosion of firedamp after a sudden outburst. 189 killed.

SWAIN Thomas - 1873 - 01/06/1873 – Age 14 - Collier. Hill Top, J Swann, Alfreton, Derbyshire. Fall of roof. He was at work with his father.

SWAINE S. - 1874 - 25/02/1874 – Age 55 – Byeworker. Stanley, R Hudson and Co., Wakefield, Yorkshire. Fall of roof.

SWAN George - 1872 - 25/10/1872 – Age 43 - Hewer. North Seaton, North Seaton Coal Co., Morpeth, Northumberland. Fall of coal.

SWANBANK John - 1870 - 25/04/1870 – Age 19 - Hooker-on. Union, Cliviger Co., Cliviger, Lancashire. Crushed in the sump the engine break having slipped and let the cage descend on him.

SWANEY Charles - 1879 - 02/04/1879 – Age 55 – Screeman. Hayes, Earl of Shrewsbury, Rugeley, Stafford. Accidentally pushed off loading stage on surface and fell 6 feet. Injured 27th Mar. Died this day.

SWANN Robert - 1878 - 24/12/1878 – Age 27 - Collier. Drumshangie, Drumshangie Coal Co., New Monkland, Lanarkshire. Fall of roof at face. Longwall.

SWEENEY James - 1876 - 12/12/1876 – Age 24 - Collier. Dykehead, Summerlee Iron Co., Hamilton, Lanarkshire. Fall of roof at stoops while drawing props.

SWEENY Anthony - 1876 - 18/11/1876 – Age 12 – Trapper. Ludworth, Original Hartlepool Collieries Co. Ltd., Thornley, Co. Durham. Crushed between cage and flat sheets by getting into cage while it was in motion contrary to rules.

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

SWEETING Robert - 1875 - 24/08/1874 – Age 26 – Sinker. Binchester, Bishop Auckland, Co. Durham. Fall of stone.

SWIFT A.J. - 1879 - 22/07/1879 – Age 12 - Collier. No.5, Ebbw Vale Steel & Iron Co., Monmouth. Fall of stone.

SWIFT George - 1870 - 16/05/1870 – Age 44 – Fireman. Sankey Brook, Sankey Brook Coal Co., St. Helens, Lancashire. Suffocation.

SWIFT George - 1878 - 07/06/1878 – Age 31 - Collier. Wood, Richard Evans and Sons, Haydock, Lancashire. Explosion of firedamp after a sudden outburst. 189 killed.

SWIFT J. - 1877 - 19/06/1877 – Age 46 – Byeworker. Roundwood, Roundwood Coal Co., Rotherham, Yorkshire. Fall of roof.

SWIFT James - 1871 - 10/10/1871 – Age 31 – Sinker. Foxcote, Writhlington Co., Somerset. Coming up the shaft standing on edge of budge he lost his hold and though only falling 7yds he was killed. He would have been safe if he had got into the hudge.

SWIFT John - 1878 - 07/06/1878 – Age 29 - Drawer. Wood, Richard Evans and Sons, Haydock, Lancashire. Explosion of firedamp after a sudden outburst. 189 killed.

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

SWIFT John - 1878 - 07/11/1878 – Age 49 - Dataler. Taylor, Wigan Coal and Iron Co. Ltd., Wigan, Lancashire. Fall of roof while building a pack. He should have set props.

SWIFT Joseph - 1870 - 10/12/1870 – Age 33 - Hewer. Tudhoe, Weardale Iron and Coal Co., Darlington, Co. Durham. Riding on tubs head crushed against roof.

SWIFT William - 1871 - 06/09/1871 – Age 35 - Collier. Ince Moss, Pearson and Knowles, Wigan, Lancashire. Explosion of gas. 70 killed.

SWINDELL John - 1870 - 06/01/1870 – Age 50 - Collier. Old Swadlincote, Church and Maples, Burton-on-Trent, Derbyshire. Fall of roof (Woodfield Coal).

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

SYKES Adam - 1879 - 07/04/1879 - Miner. Park, Park Coal Co., Dewsbury, Yorkshire. Explosion of firedamp. 5 killed.

SYKES D. – 1875 - 09/09/1875 – Age 19 - Collier. Stile Common, E Brooke and Sons, Huddersfield, Yorkshire. Fall of roof.

SYKES George - 1875 - 06/12/1875 – Age 25. Swaithe Main, Mitchell and Co., Barnsley, Yorkshire. Explosion of gas 143 Killed.

SYKES James - 1872 - 10/06/1872 – Age 29 - Hewer. Cold Knott, Wooler Chapman and Co., Crook, Darlington, Co. Durham. Fall of stone.

SYKES James - 1872 - 10/06/1872 – Age 29 - Hewer. Cold Knott, Wooler Chapman and Co., Crook, Darlington, Co. Durham. Fall of stone.

SYLVESTER R - 1872 - 11/10/1872 – Bondsman. Withymoor, Pearson and Shakespeare, Rowley Regis, Stafford. Fall of coal in thick coal pit.

SYM Daniel - 1873 - 11/08/1873 – Age 20 - Collier. Orbiston, Mossend Iron Co., Bothwell, Lanarkshire. Fall of roof at top of incline. 2 killed.

SYMINGTON Alexander - 1877 - 22/10/1877 – Age 24 - Collier. Blantyre, William Dixon and Co., Blantyre, Lanarkshire. Explosion of firedamp. 207 killed.

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

SYMONDS Albert John - 1878 - 11/09/1878 - Door boy. Abercarn, Ebbw Vale Iron Co., Abercarn, Monmouthshire. Explosion of firedamp. 268 killed.

SYMONDS Alfred - 1877 - 19/04/1877 – Age 24 - Hewer. Wearmouth, B Wearmouth Coal Co., Wearmouth, Co. Durham. In the act of placing a token on his tub when a horse back fell on him breaking one of his ribs which penetrated his lungs.

SYMONDS D - 1872 - 03/07/1872 – Age 50 – Butty. Silverdale, Stanier and Co., Newcastle, Stafford. Explosion of powder.

SYMONDS Edward - 1878 - 11/09/1878 – Repairer. Abercarn, Ebbw Vale Iron Co., Abercarn, Monmouthshire. Explosion of firedamp. 268 killed.

SYMONDS Thomas - 1876 - 08/11/1876 – Age 13 – Driver. Tanfield Lea, J Joicey and Co., Gateshead, Co. Durham. Crushed by tubs.

SYMONDS Thomas - 1877 - 02/01/1877 – Age 45 - Collier. Silverdale, Stanier and Co., Newcastle, Stafford. Fall of coal.

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

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

SYMONS John - 1876 - 27/05/1876 – Age 37. Sawyer Carn Brea (metalliferous), Carn Brea Mining Co., Redruth, Cornwall. Injuries inflicted by pieces of an emery wheel which broke while he was grinding a large saw.

SYMS Robert - 1873 - 13/11/1873 - Miner. Bearland Wood (metalliferous), Ebbw Vale Coal and Iron Co. Ltd., Brendon Hills, Devon. Leg broken by a fall of ground in level. The leg was amputated and the man died of lock-jaw.