- W 4 -

WILTSHIRE. Ab. - 1873 - 27/06/1873 – Age 30 - Miner. Varteg (ironstone), Partridge and Jones, Monmouth. Fall of clod. Died 3rd Aug.

WINDER Jonathan - 1879 - 22/08/1879 – Age 25 - Miner. Lindal Moor (metalliferous), Harrison Ainslie and Co., Ulverston, Lancashire. Fall of ore.

WINDER Joseph - 1875 - 06/12/1875 – Age 21. Swaithe Main, Mitchell and Co., Barnsley, Yorkshire. Explosion of gas 143 Killed.

WINDSOR L. - 1875 - 26/10/1875 – Age 28 - Collier. Plymouth, Plymouth Iron Co., Merthyr Tydvil, Glamorgan. Killed by fall of roof.

WINGATE A. - 1872 - 03/01/1872 – Age 60 – Overman. Bellshill, Mossend Iron Co., Holytown, Lanarkshire. Explosion of firedamp. He went onto an old working containing firedamp without a safety lamp.

WINGATE Andrew - 1871 - 27/12/1871 – Age 55 – Overman. Mossend, Mossend Iron Co., Holytown, Lanarkshire. Explosion of firedamp. Went into an old working with a naked light.

WINKLE David - 1873 - 18/02/1873 – Age 16. Talke North, Stafford Coal Co., Newcastle, Stafford. Explosion of firedamp. 18 killed.

WINN Amos Treloar - 1874 - 02/11/1874 – Age 19 - Asst. Timberman. Trumpet Consuls (metalliferous), Trumpet Consuls Mining Co., Wendron, Cornwall. Crushed by catchwing of pumps.

WINN Richard - 1870 - 29/06/1870 – Age 14 – Shaftboy. Newbottle, Earl of Durham, Fence Houses, Co. Durham. Crushed by crank of hauling engine.

WINNING John - 1875 - 19/05/1875 – Age 27 - Collier. Law, John Wilson, Carluke, Lanarkshire. He was working away a pillar when the coal which he was holing and about to blast came over on him.

WINPENNY Charles - 1872 - 20/01/1872. Morley Main, W Ackroyd Bros., Leeds, Yorkshire. Run over by corves 16th Dec 1871. Died this day.

WINROW J - 1870 - 02/04/1870 – Age 15 - Drawer. Trafford, Wigan Coal and Iron Co., Hindley, Lancashire. Drawn between the tub and the drum on top of the jig brow.

WINROW James - 1871 - 06/09/1871 – Age 47 – Metalman. Ince Moss, Pearson and Knowles, Wigan, Lancashire. Explosion of gas. 70 killed.

WINROW Peter - 1875 - 14/04/1875 – Age 70 - Labourer. Gidlow and Swinley, Rylands Sons and Co. Ltd., Wigan, Lancashire. Crushed between waggon and screens.

WINSTANLEY James - 1874 - 26/11/1874 – Age 24 - Collier. Park Lane, Garswood Coal and Iron Co. Ltd., Wigan, Lancashire. Fall of roof coal.

WINSTANLEY James - 1877 - 11/10/1877 – Age 20 - Dataler. Pemberton, Jonathan Blundell and Sons, Wigan, Lancashire. Explosion of gas 36 killed.

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

WINSTANLEY James - 1878 - 07/06/1878 – Age 57 - Dataller. Wood, Richard Evans and Sons, Haydock, Lancashire. Explosion of firedamp after a sudden outburst. 189 killed.

WINSTANLEY John - 1870 - 18/11/1871 – Age 13 – Boy. Hic Bibi, Norley Co., Coppull, Lancashire. Crushed at the top of the pit in attempting to enter the cage when in motion.

WINSTANLEY John - 1871 - 06/09/1871 – Age 17 - Drawer. Ince Moss, Pearson and Knowles, Wigan, Lancashire. Explosion of gas. 70 killed.

WINSTANLEY Richard - 1870 - 01/08/1870 – Age 19 – Sinker. Winstanley, Meyrick Banks, Wigan, Lancashire. Drowned in sump. 2 killed.

WINSTANLEY Samuel - 1878 - 07/06/1878 – Age 51 - Collier. Wood, Richard Evans and Sons, Haydock, Lancashire. Explosion of firedamp after a sudden outburst. 189 killed.

WINSTANLEY Sarah - 1871 - 05/07/1871 – Age 30 – Coal cleaner. Blackeyhurst, Samuel Stock, St. Helens, Lancashire. Run over by a coal truck above ground. Female.

WINSTANLEY Thomas - 1878 - 07/06/1878 – Age 13 – Ponydriver. Wood, Richard Evans and Sons, Haydock, Lancashire. Explosion of firedamp after a sudden outburst. 189 killed.

WINSTANLEY William - 1875 - 24/12/1875 – Age 59 – Coalminer. Bradford, Bradford Colliery Co., Manchester, Lancashire. Caught by getting into cage at the bottom after the signal had been given.

WINSTANLEY William - 1878 - 07/06/1878 – Age 12 – Coupler. Wood, Richard Evans and Sons, Haydock, Lancashire. Explosion of firedamp after a sudden outburst. 189 killed.

WINSTANLEY William - 1878 - 15/08/1878 – Age 22 - Collier. Broomfield, Wigan Coal and Iron Co. Ltd., Wigan, Lancashire. Fall of roof. A simple accident.

WINTER John – 1879 - 06/03/1879 – Age 17 - Collier. Victoria No.5, Ebbw Vale Steel & Iron Co., Monmouth. Fall of top coal.

WINTER Joseph - 1878 - 19/02/1878 – Age 30 - Collier. Cold, Knott Wooler and Chapman, Crook, Co. Durham. Injuries to back by fall of clay band. Died 24th Oct.

WINTER T. - 1874 - 18/04/1875 – Age 16 – Hurrier. Swaithe Main, Mitchell and Co., Barnsley, Yorkshire. Fall of coal.

WINTER Thomas - 1873 - 15/02/1873 – Age 17 – Driver. Chaloner (ironstone), Bolcklow, Vaughan and Co., Guisborough, Yorkshire. Run over by tubs.

WINTER Thomas - 1877 - 13/04/1877 – Age 64 - Water leader. New Brancepeth, New Brancepeth Coal Co., Durham, Co. Durham. Fall of stone from roof of Busty seam.

WINTER William - 1877 - 04/06/1877 – Age 42 – Inclineman. Donisthorpe, Checkland and Williams, Moira, Derbyshire. Run over by train of tubs.

WINTERINGHAM John - 1873 - 01/05/1873 – Age 55 – Furnaceman. Rosedale (ironstone), Rosedale and Ferry Hill Iron and Coal Co., Pickering, Yorkshire. Crushed by tubs.

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

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

WINTRIP G. - 1872 - 13/03/1872 – Age 22 - Hewer. Scremerston, T Johnson and Co., Berwick, Northumberland. Fall of stone.

WINWOOD Joseph - 1870 - 17/11/1870 – Boiler man. Wingate Grange, Executors of late J Gully, Ferry Hill, Co. Durham. Exploded boiler.

WISON Matthew - 1874 - 31/08/1874 – Age 45 - Miner. Montreal (metalliferous), John Stirling, Cumberland. Fall of ore from the roof of the place where he was working.

WISWALL John - 1870 - 05/01/1871 – Age 23 - Drawer. Holland, Wigan Coal and Iron Co., Upholland, Lancashire. Injured by trams and tubs.

WITCOMBE James - 1870 - 13/04/1870 – Clandown, Somerset. Killed by a fall of roof whilst propping. Left a widow and seven children.

WITCOMBE James - 1870 - 26/09/1870 – Age 31. Vobster, Somerset. Whilst putting the windway to rights he took the gauze off his lamp and was severely burned. He died on 4th. Oct.

WITHENSHAW J. - 1870 - 23/07/1870 – Age 36 - Collier. Talke North, Staffordshire Co., Newcastle, Stafford. Fall of roof.

WITHERS Robert - 1873 - 22/11/1873 – Age 18 - Drawer. Corby Craigs (ironstone), Dalmellington, Ayrshire. Was jammed by a hutch against a crowntree.

WITHERSPOON A. - 1870 - 03/11/1870 – Age 40 – Sinker. Bredisholm, Provenhall Coal Co., Baillieston, Lanarkshire. He was on a scaffold at the top of a blind pit when a mass of stone fell from the side and carried the scaffold with him on it down the pit. Scaffold badly constructed.

WITHNALL Henry - 1879 - 06/05/1879 – Age 35 – Metalman. Tawd Vale, Tawd Vale Coal Co. Ltd., Skelmersdale, Lancashire. Fall of stone from roof. A simple accident.

WIXER George - 1873 - 08/04/1873 – Age 47 - Labourer. Waterloo Main, JT Leather, Leeds, Yorkshire. Run over by loco.

WOLFENDALE William - 1874 - 28/07/1874 – Age 22 – Coalminer. Smithfold, John Gibson and Co., Little Hulton, Lancashire. Roof falling on him as he was taking it down.

WOLFENDEN S. - 1874 - 16/12/1874 – Age 25 - Collier. Swaithe Main, Mitchell and Co., Barnsley, Yorkshire. Fall of roof.

WOLLASTON B. - 1875 - 19/10/1875 – Age 16 – Driver. Stow Heath (ironstone), W and JS Sparrow and Co., Wolverhampton, Stafford. While trying to lift a skip upon the rails the horse started and crushed him.

WOLSTENCROFT Thomas - 1873 - 03/10/1873 – Coalminer. Linnyshaw, Bridgewater Trust, Worsley, Lancashire. Coal and dirt falling from side for a pillar in the old works.

WOLSTENHOLM William - 1872 - 10/09/1872 – Age 28 – Coalminer, Manor Clifton and Kearsley Co., Clifton, Lancashire. Coal and dirt falling as he was taking coal down.

WOLSTENHOLME John - 1879 - 03/04/1879 – Age 50 - Miner. Burton Nook, Denton Colliery Co., Denton, Lancashire. Roof falling a large fall breaking the props down in pillar work.

WOLSTENHOLME Richard - 1873 - 30/01/1873 – Age 35 – Coalminer. Broadfield, Thomas Simpson and Co., Oswaldtwistle, Lancashire. Roof falling near a slip whilst getting a pillar.

WOLSTENHOLME Samuel - 1878 - 12/03/1878 – Age 47. Unity Brook, James Stott and Co., Kersley, Lancashire. Explosion of firedamp in Cannel Mine. An outburst of gas from the first large fall of roof in the west workings. Candles being used. 43 killed.

WOLSTENHOLME Thomas - 1878 - 12/03/1878 – Age 41. Unity Brook, James Stott and Co., Kersley, Lancashire. Explosion of firedamp in Cannel Mine. An outburst of gas from the first large fall of roof in the west workings. Candles being used. 43 killed.

WOLSTENHOLME William - 1874 - 14/05/1874 – Age 65 – Dayman. Spindlepoint, Clifton and Kersley Coal Co., Kearsley, Lancashire. Roof coal falling in the old workings as he was getting material for gob walling.

WOLSTENHOLME William - 1878 - 12/03/1878 – Age 21. Unity Brook, James Stott and Co., Kersley, Lancashire. Explosion of firedamp in Cannel Mine. An outburst of gas from the first large fall of roof in the west workings. Candles being used. 43 killed.

WOOD Benjamin - 1871 - 23/02/1871 – Age 25 - Hewer. South Hetton, John Walker and Co., Chester-le-Street, Durham. Crushed by tubs.

WOOD C. - 1872 - 20/09/1872 – Age 28 - Collier. Swaithe Main, Mitchell and Co., Barnsley, Yorkshire. Fall of coal.

WOOD Charles – 1870 - 10/09/1870 – Age 21 - Labourer. Swaithe Main, Mitchell and Co., Barnsley, Yorkshire. Run over by waggon.

WOOD Charles – 1875 - 03/02/1875 – Age 35 – Sinker. Rose Hill, Samuel Scowcroft, Bolton, Lancashire. Stone falling from side of shaft.

WOOD David - 1878 - 18/10/1878 – Age 27 - Collier. Park, Liversedge Park Coal Co., Dewsbury, Yorkshire. Fall of roof.

WOOD Elisha - 1874 - 15/12/1874 – Age 34 – Coalminer. Netherley, John Wild and Co., Oldham, Lancashire. Falling down shaft in attempting to get out at the top before the banking Waggon was put over.

WOOD Friend - 1873 - 14/01/1873 – Age 13 – Hurrier. Flatts, Clifton Hird Dawson and Hardy, Bradford, Yorkshire. Explosion of gas. 4 killed.

WOOD George - 1872 - 07/08/1872 – Age 14 – Driver. Oaks, Firth Barber and Co., Barnsley, Yorkshire. Crushed by corves.

WOOD George - 1877 - 27/06/1877 – Age 14 – Driver. Hayes, Earl of Shrewsbury, Rugeley, Stafford. Crushed while trying to escape collision between full and empty tub.

WOOD H. - 1873 - 01/05/1873 – Age 35 - Collier. Rosa, W Day, Barnsley, Yorkshire. Fall of coal.

WOOD Henry - 1877 - 22/01/1877 – Age 23 - Dataler. Wilnecote No.7, George Skey and Co., Tamworth, Stafford. Went in front of full tub to lower it down an incline.

WOOD James - 1873 - 31/01/1873 – Age 19 - Dataller. Hindley Green, John Scowcroft and Co. Ltd., Hindley, Lancashire. Fall of roof in Arley mine.

WOOD John (injured) - 1879 - 12/11/1879 – Age 57 - Miner. Agecroft, Andrew Knowles and Sons Ltd., Pendlebury, Lancashire. Hurt by stone falling as he and his son were setting couplings. Rams Mine.

WOOD John - 1870 - 07/06/1870 – Age 15 – Driver. Aldwarke Main, Aldwarke Main Coal Co., Rotherham, Yorkshire. Fall of roof.

WOOD John - 1871 - 06/09/1871 – Age 44 – Fireman, Ince Moss, Pearson and Knowles, Wigan, Lancashire. Explosion of gas. 70 killed.

WOOD John - 1871 - 09/05/1871 – Age 60 - Hanger-on. St. John’s, G Bailey, Wakefield, Yorkshire. Crushed by cage at bottom of shaft.

WOOD John - 1871 - 23/01/1871 – Age 11 – Hurrier. East Gawber, R Craik and Co., Barnsley, Yorkshire. Fall of roof.

WOOD John - 1874 - 08/12/1874 – Age 13 – Driver. Cambois, Cowpen and North Seaton Coal Co., Blyth, Northumberland. Fell off limbers and was crushed by tubs.

WOOD John - 1874 - 18/07/1874 – Age 27 - Labourer. 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.

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

WOOD John - 1877 - 11/10/1877 – Age 31 - Collier. Pemberton, Jonathan Blundell and Sons, Wigan, Lancashire. Explosion of gas 36 killed.

WOOD Joseph - 1871 - 24/03/1871 – Age 47 - Collier. Rothwell Haigh, J and J Charlesworth, Leeds, Yorkshire. Fall of roof.

WOOD Joseph - 1878 - 09/12/1878 – Age 32 - Miner. Brinsop Hall, Brinsop Hall Coal Co. Ltd., Westhoughton, Lancashire. Coal falling as he was holing without sprags Arley Mine.

WOOD Richard (injured) - 1879 - 06/09/1879 – Age 25 - Miner. Shakerley, William Ramsden, Shakerley, Lancashire. Legs caught by dirt falling as he was setting a prop. 7 Feet Mine.

WOOD Samuel - 1874 - 28/10/1874 – Age 32 - Collier. Shirland, Shirland Colliery Co., Alfreton, Derbyshire. Fall of roof while he was conveying full tub along the road. Place insufficiently timbered.

WOOD Thomas - 1871 - 31/07/1871 – Age 14 – Putter. Brancepeth, Strakers and Love, Fence Houses, Co. Durham. Fall of stone.

WOOD Thomas - 1873 - 24/10/1873 – Ponydriver. Denby, WD Lowe, Ripley, Derbyshire. Was walking in front of a pony and loaded waggons when he suddenly fell and they passed over him.

WOOD Thomas - 1878 - 07/06/1878 – Age 25 – Bricksetter. Wood, Richard Evans and Sons, Haydock, Lancashire. Explosion of firedamp after a sudden outburst. 189 killed.

WOOD W. - 1879 - 12/11/1879 – Age 26 – Pikeman. Short Heath, Pelsall Coal and Iron Co., Willenhall, Stafford. Explosion of gas. 6 killed.

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

WOOD William - 1875 - 04/10/1875 – Age 19 – Sinker. Croxdale, Weardale Iron and Coal Co. Ltd., Durham, Co. Durham. Explosion of firedamp.

WOOD William - 1877 - 22/10/1877 – Age 51 - Miner. Blantyre, WS Dixon, Hamilton, Lanarkshire. Springfield Terrace. Widow, Angeline Connell (Defn. list). Explosion of firedamp.

WOODBRIDGE Thomas - 1876 - 04/04/1876 - Collier. Dean Lane, Bennett and Son, Somerset. Explosion of gas.

WOODCOCK J. - 1873 - 06/05/1873 – Age 22 - Collier. Savile, J Crawshaw, Dewsbury, Yorkshire. Fall of roof.

WOODCOCK John - 1872 - 04/01/1872 – Age 26 - Hewer. East Tanfield, J Joicey and Co., Gateshead, Co. Durham. Walked into shaft.

WOODCOCK John - 1872 - 16/11/1872 – Age 27 – Dayman. Stand Lane, Stand Lane Co., Radcliffe, Lancashire. Roof falling in a travelling road as he was showing light for others to pass when the roof was on the move.

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

WOODFIELD James - 1875 - 08/08/1875 – Coalminer. Stonehill, Roscow and Lord, Farnworth, Lancashire. Died in Manchester Infirmary from roof falling Sept - 1874.

WOODGATE G - 1877 - 30/10/1877 – Age 34 – Sinker. South Kirkby, South Kirkby Coal Co., Pontefract, Yorkshire. Trunk fell on them in sinking shaft. 4 killed.

WOODHEAD David - 1875 - 19/07/1875 – Age 20 - Collier. Gartness, Gartness Mineral Co. Ltd., New Monkland, Lanarkshire. Fell through hole in scaffold of which he had got no warning.

WOODHEAD George - 1872 - 09/05/1872 – Age 11 – Driver. Swan Bank, Swan Bank Coal and Brick Co., Halifax, Yorkshire. Run over by corves.

WOODHEAD Henry - 1872 - 31/08/1872 – Age 40 – Coalminer. Marsden, Executors of J Hargreaves, Burnley, Lancashire. Explosion of firedamp. Died 6th. 2 killed. They passed the signal and went with an open light into an abandoned part of workings.

WOODHEAD J. - 1877 - 30/07/1877 – Age 15 – Hurrier. Emley Moor, Messrs Jaggar, Wakefield, Yorkshire. Explosion of gas. Died 25th Sept.

WOODHEAD Thomas - 1875 - 06/12/1875 – Age 29. Swaithe Main, Mitchell and Co., Barnsley, Yorkshire. Explosion of gas 143 Killed.

WOODHEAD Whaley (injured) - 1879 - 07/10/1879 – Assistant. Mossfield Pumping, Thomas Simpson and Co., Atherton, Lancashire. Hurt by falling 10 yards in the shaft. The winding rope broke as they were putting in a signal. It was an old rope but they had examined it and thought it to be safe. 2 injured.

WOODLAND Alfred - 1877 - 25/01/1877 – Age 31 - Collier. Tynings, Countess, Waldegrave, Somerset. Rush of foul air and water through borehole. 2 killed.

WOODRUFF John - 1872 - 26/06/1872 – Age 45 - Waiter-on. Wardley, J Bowes and Partners, Gateshead, Co. Durham. Fell down shaft.

WOODRUFF John - 1875 - 21/10/1875 – Age 47 - Collier. Abercarn, Ebbw Vale Iron Co., Abercarn, Monmouth. Fall of roof.

WOODS Aaron - 1871 - 10/08/1871 – Age 15 – Ponydriver. Peasley Cross, Messrs Bournes and Co., St. Helens, Lancashire. Crushed between trams and tubs.

WOODS Blackey - 1876 - 02/02/1876 – Boy. Swineridgemuir, Merry and Cunningham, Beith, Lanarkshire. Fall of roof while securing it. 2 killed.

WOODS John - 1873 - 20/08/1873 – Age 14 – Driver. Vron, Low and Co. Wrexham, Denbigh. By clothes taking fire at his candle.

WOODS S. - 1870 - 29/06/1870 – Bondsman. White’s Farm, J Spittle, West Bromwich, Stafford. Fall of coal in tick coal pit. The unfortunate man went contrary to orders under some overhanging coal to fetch a shovel and fell a victim of his own indiscretion.

WOODS William - 1870 - 17/08/1870 – Age 13 - Drawer. Rose Bridge, John Grant, Morris Ince, Wigan, Lancashire. Fall of roof while setting a prop. 

WOODWARD F.J. - 1878 - 16/07/1878 – Age 25 – Sinker. Blakeley Hall, Bromford Colliery Co., Oldbury, Worcester. While the sinking bowk was ascending it fell off the foothook attached to the winding rope. He had sole charge of the bowk when it left the pit bottom.

WOODWARD James - 1876 - 26/06/1876 – Age 26 – Header. Birley, Jeffcock and Dunn, Sheffield, Yorkshire. Explosion of firedamp. Had worked with safety lamps previous to the morning of the explosion. Fireman neglected to thoroughly examine the heading before the men went to work. The fireman was committed for manslaughter and the manager and underviewer censured by the Corner’s jury. 5 killed.

WOODWARD John - 1879 - 30/12/1879 – Age 43 - Miner. Tyldesley, Astley and Tyldesley Coal and Salt Co. Ltd., Tyldesley, Lancashire. Roof falling he was taking it down with a bar.

WOODWARD Luke - 1872 - 05/11/1872 – Age 35 – Screenman. Shireoaks, Shireoaks Co., Worksop. Derbyshire. Crushed between waggons.

WOODWARD S. - 1873 - 05/07/1873 – Age 24 – Pickman. Lower Delph (fireclay), Hickman and Co., Stourbridge, Worcester. Premature explosion of gunpowder whilst improperly ramming the charge with brickbats and an iron rammer. He was supplied with copper tools.

WOODWARD Thomas (injured) - 1879 - 22/04/1879 – Dayman. Westhoughton, Westhoughton Coal & Cannel Co. Ltd., Westhoughton, Lancashire. Leg fractured by roof falling from between some props which he was about to draw.

WOODWARD Thomas - 1879 - 23/12/1879. Kersley, Samuel Scowcroft and Sons, Kersley, Lancashire. Explosion of firedamp in Plodder mine. 7 killed Died 1st Jan 1880.

WOODWIN John - 1874 - 20/11/1874. Rawmarsh, J and J Charlesworth, Rotherham, Yorkshire. Explosion of gas. 23 killed.

WOODYATT Henry - 1878 - 15/07/1878 – Age 29 – Sinker. Harris’s Navigation, Harris’s Navigation Coal Co. Ltd., Pontypridd, Glamorgan. Killed by falling of water barrel while descending shaft.

WOOLEY George - 1878 - 05/10/1878 – Age 36 - Collier. High Carr (ironstone), JH Williamson, Newcastle, Stafford. Fall of ironstone.

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

WOOLLATON Benjamin - 1878 - 06/11/1878 – Age 35 - Dataler. Newstead, Newstead Colliery Co., Nottingham, Nottinghamshire. Neglected to set timber as he took away coals.

WOOLLEY Charles - 1876 - 28/06/1876 – Age 23 - Labourer. Mapperley, Glendon Iron Co., Ilkeston, Derbyshire. Ripping roof when a quantity of bind slip fell from a faulty place.

WOOLLEY John - 1874 - 16/09/1874 – Age 29 – Stallman. Salterwood, Dawes and Co., Ripley, Derbyshire. Firing a shot exploded before he could get away.

WOOLLY John - 1879 - 17/03/1879 – Age 15 - Collier’s boy. Werfa Heath, Evens and Co., Aberdare, Glamorgan. Killed by fall of roof.

WOOLRIDGE J. - 1876 - 06/10/1876 – Overman. Cop Hall, J Bagnall and Co. Ltd., Hednesford, Stafford. Injured by explosion of gas 21st Sept. Died this day. 2 killed.

WOOLSHAW Thomas - 1873 - 05/11/1873 – Age 14 - Collier. Tillery, South Wales Colliery Co., Abertillery, Monmouth. Fall of coal.

WOOTON J. - 1873 - 26/02/1873 – Age 25 – Bondsman. Belle Isle New, J Lee Stinson, Brierley Hill, Stafford. Fall of shutt (loose roof) in an old rib and pillar thick coal pit which smothered him on the spot.

WORDSWORTH William - 1879 - 20/11/1879 – Age 17 – Driver. Tankersley, Newton Chambers and Co., Sheffield, Yorkshire. Crushed by corves.

WORMALD John - 1874 - 01/06/1874 – Age 59 – Overman. Prudhoe, William Isaac Cookson and Co., Gateshead, Co. Durham. Crushed by set of tubs on engine plane.

WORRALL Jonathan - 1873 - 07/05/1873 – Age 50 - Labourer. Edge Green, Richard Evans and Co., Ashton-in-Makerfield, Lancashire. Coal falling from wagon on railway.

WORRILL John - 1878 - 21/06/1878 – Age 46 - Collier. Nunnery, Nunnery Coal Co., Sheffield, Yorkshire. Fall of roof.

WORTHINGTON Giles - 1875 - 09/12/1875 – Age 18 - Taker-off. 13 Three Quarters, William Ford Fulton, Over Hulton, Lancashire. Stone falling from a slip in the roof of his working place.

WORTHINGTON Henry - 1872 - 17/05/1872 - Collier. Bradley Hall, BH Fisher, Wigan, Lancashire. Explosion of gas in 4 Feet mine on 6th.

WORTHINGTON Isaac - 1873 - 22/07/1873 – Age 13 – Ponydriver. Ellesmere, Bridgewater Trust, Worsley, Lancashire. Caught between loaded tub waggons in the pony road.

WORTHINGTON J.T. - 1870 - 21/03/1870 – Age 18 – Waggoner. Lords Fields, Lords Fields Co., Ashton-under-Lyne, Lancashire. Roof falling in great mine.

WORTHINGTON Jacob - 1872 - 28/03/1872 – Age 13 - Drawer. Lovers Lane, John Fletcher and others, Atherton, Lancashire. Explosion of firedamp in 5 Feet mine. The portion of workings situated beyond a fault became foul in consequence of the space for the passage of air being too small and ignition was caused by a shot which blew out the stemming. 27 killed.

WORTHINGTON John (injured) - 1879 - 27/08/1879 – Age 31 - Miner. Hewlett, Wigan Coal and Iron Co. Ltd., Westhoughton, Lancashire. Arm cut and hand injured by a gin wheel.

WORTHINGTON John - 1871 - 19/08/1871 - Miner. Hulton Park, William Ford Hulton, Hulton, Lancashire. Roof falling in his place in the cannel mine.

WORTHINGTON Thomas - 1872 - 01/10/1872 – Age 36 – Coalminer, Chanters, John Fletcher and others, Atherton, Lancashire. Coal falling as he was taking down top coal.

WORTHINGTON William - 1870 - 26/02/1870 – Age 18 - Drawer. Hindley Hall, Pearson and Knowles, Wigan, Lancashire. Fall of coal from side of road.

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

WORTON Amos - 1878 - 14/02/1878 – Age 28 – Pikeman. Prince of Wales, Dudley Colliery Co., Dudley, Worcester. Fall of coal in thick coal pit from smooth face parting while drawing timber for props.

WORTON W. - 1878 - 7/04/1878 – Age 49 – Deputy. Swan, Swan Colliery Co., West Bromwich, Stafford. Fall of roof in thin coal. While he was examining the roof a mass fell from between the timber causing his death two hours later.

WORTON W. - 1879 - 31/12/1879 - Banksman. Toll Gate, John Froggatt, Bilston, Stafford. Owner and he was lowering an ass down the shaft when the windlass handle struck him in the abdomen causing his death this day in Wolverhampton Hospital. Injured 27th.

WRANKLIN T. - 1874 - 06/08/1874 – Age 13 – Doorboy. Plymouth, Plymouth Iron Co., Merthyr Tydfil, Glamorgan. Killed by fall of stone.

WRAY Peter - 1872 - 02/08/1872 – Age 36 - Collier. Low Stubbin, Earl Fitzwilliam, Barnsley, Yorkshire. Fall of roof.

WRAY William - 1871 - 06/02/1871 – Age 21 – Deputy. East Hetton, East Hetton Coal Co., Ferry Hill, Co. Durham. Fall of stone.

WRIGGLESWORTH J - 1870 - 22/03/1870 – Age 17 - Assistant hanger-on. Kippax, Locke and Co., Normanton, Yorkshire. Killed by cage at bottom of shaft.

WRIGHT Alfred (injured) - 1879 - 01/09/1879 – Age 27 - Miner. Broad Oak, Broad Oak Colliery Co Ltd., Ashton-under-Lyne, Lancashire. Thigh broken by sprag falling in No.2 Pit.

WRIGHT Arthur - 1874 - 30/04/1874 – Age 25 - Hewer. Cambois, Cowpen and North Seaton Coal Co., Blyth, Northumberland. Fall of coal.

WRIGHT Cain - 1872 - 14/08/1872 – Age 12 – Hurrier. Low Moor, Hird Dawson and Hardy, Bradford. Yorkshire. Crushed by corfe.

WRIGHT Edwin - 1871 - 24/06/1871 – Age 24 – Brickmaker. Hafod, Ruabon Colliery Co., Ruabon, Denbigh. Falling into machinery in a brickyard.

WRIGHT Elijah - 1876 - 19/08/1876 – Age 39 - Collier. Winstanley, Meyrick Banks, Wigan, Lancashire. Fall of roof.

WRIGHT Frederick - 1871 - 16/10/1871 – Age 13 - Assistant hanger-on. Aldwarke Main, Aldwarke Main Co., Rotherham, Yorkshire. Crushed between corve and a revolving shaft.

WRIGHT G - 1874 - 25/06/1874 – Age 20 - Collier. Leycett, Crewe Coal and Iron Co., Newcastle, Stafford. Balance tub fell on him.

WRIGHT G. - 1870 - 21/11/1870 – Age 13 - Collier. Morningside, Shotts Iron Co., Wishaw, Lanarkshire. Fall of coal. He was working with his father.

WRIGHT G. - 1872 - 13/11/1872 – Age 34 – Pickman. Willenhall, Osier Bed Co., Willenhall, Stafford. Fall of coal whilst holing.

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

WRIGHT George - 1874 - 20/11/1874. Rawmarsh, J and J Charlesworth, Rotherham, Yorkshire. Explosion of gas. 23 killed.

WRIGHT Henry - 1871 - 09/02/1871 – Age 15 - Drawer. Rose Bridge, John Grant Morris, Wigan, Lancashire. Being crushed between a full tub and the side.

WRIGHT J. - 1870 - 12/10/1870 – Pikeman. Oak, Messrs Caddock and Sons, Bloxwich, Stafford. Fall of roof while in the act of setting a prop to secure it.

WRIGHT J. - 1871 - 25/03/1871 – Pickman. Whitehall, J Kendriek, West Bromwich, Stafford. Injured by an explosion of firedamp 16th. Died this day.

WRIGHT J. - 1874 - 16/12/1874 – Age 68 – Colliery. clerk Blackare P Wright and Sons
Dudley, Worcester. Accidentally fell.

WRIGHT James - 1870 - 15/03/1870 – Age 14 – Tokenboy. Cramlington, Joseph Lamb and Co., Newcastle-on-Tyne, Northumberland. Crushed by cage.

WRIGHT James - 1872 - 04/01/1872 – Age 30 - Collier. Clay Cross, Sir William Jackson, Chesterfield, Derbyshire. Fall of coal in No.7 pit.

WRIGHT James - 1872 - 14/08/1872 – Age 52 - Collier. Springwell, Staveley Co., Chesterfield, Derbyshire. Fall of bind.

WRIGHT James - 1873 - 07/08/1873 – Deputy. Shipley, EM Munday, Derby, Derbyshire. Fall of roof.

WRIGHT James - 1875 - 26/10/1875 – Age 40 - Collier. Sunniside, Merry and Cunninghame, Cambusnethan, Lanarkshire. While taking down the coal he failed to get out of the way. (Longwall).

WRIGHT James - 1877 - 22/10/1877 – Age 49 - Fire inspector. Blantyre, WS Dixon, Hamilton, Lanarkshire. 3 Priestfield Terrace. Widow Jane Marshall. Buried Episcopalian Church, Broadless, Baillieston. (Defn. list) Explosion of firedamp.

WRIGHT John - 1872 - 07/03/1872 – Age 13 – Screener. Old Etherley (Lands), Henry Stobart and Co., Darlington, Co. Durham. Crushed by waggons.

WRIGHT John - 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.

WRIGHT John - 1874 - 26/10/1874 – Age 21 - Collier. Wincobank, John Crowley and Co., Sheffield, Yorkshire. Explosion of gas. 2 killed.

WRIGHT John - 1876 - 18/01/1876 – Age 36 - Miner. Camps (limestone), William Torrence, Kirknewton, Edinburgh. Fall of rock at face while holing beneath, it.

WRIGHT John - 1876 - 26/10/1876 – Age 59 – Stallman. Swannington, Swannington Colliery Co., Coalville, Leicester. Fall of roof while in the act of setting timber bar. He had been previously cautioned about the place.

WRIGHT John - 1877 - 08/10/1877 – Age 21 – Loader. Clay Cross No7, Clay Cross Iron and Coal Co., Clay Cross, Derbyshire. Fall of bind.

WRIGHT John - 1877 - 22/10/1877 – Age 17 - Collier. Blantyre, William Dixon and Co., Blantyre, Lanarkshire. Explosion of firedamp. 207 killed.

WRIGHT John Morgan - 1875 - 09/04/1875 – Age 15 – Driver. Shildon, Shildon Coal Co., Bishop Auckland, Durham, Co. Durham. Crushed between wall side and tub.

WRIGHT Joseph - 1879 - 22/02/1879 – Age 23 - Collier. Shelton, Earl Granville, Hanley, Stafford. Fall off ladder in drop pit.

WRIGHT Nathan - 1872 - 25/02/1872 – Age 62 – Overlooker. Coal Aston, J Rhodes and Son, Sheffield, Yorkshire. Fall of roof in main level.

WRIGHT Samuel - 1879 - 14/10/1879 – Age 58 – Deputy. Bloxwich, R Mason and Sons, Bloxwich, Stafford. Fall of roof. Internally injured in a small air-head 3rd May. Removed to Wolverhampton Hospital. Died this day.

WRIGHT Thomas - 1872 - 30/12/1872 – Filler. Ewloe Hall, Ewloe Hall Coal Co., Mold, Flint. Crushed by waggons.

WRIGHT Thomas - 1873 - 04/07/1873 – Age 14 – Driver. Brightside, Pitsmoor Coal Co., Sheffield, Yorkshire. Run over by tubs on inclined plane.

WRIGHT Thomas - 1873 - 06/12/1873 – Age 65 - Miner. Pooley Hall, Pooley Hall Coal Co., Tamworth, Warwick. Fall of roof. Neglected to set sufficient props.

WRIGHT Thomas - 1874 - 20/10/1874 – Age 16 – Header. Donisthorpe, Donisthorpe Colliery Co., Ashby-de-la-Zouch, Leicestershire. Went into heading not at work to fetch tools. Gas exploded. Place insufficiently ventilated.

WRIGHT Thomas - 1876 - 06/04/1876 - Collier. Silverdale, Stanier and Co., Newcastle, Stafford. Explosion of firedamp caused by gunpowder. 5 killed.

WRIGHT William - 1871 - 06/09/1871 – Age 12 - Drawer. Ince Moss, Pearson and Knowles, Wigan, Lancashire. Explosion of gas. 70 killed.

WRIGHT William - 1875 - 06/05/1875 – Age 32 - Dataler. New Boston, Richard Evans and Co., Haydock, Lancashire. Fall of roof.

WRIGHT William - 1877 - 11/05/1877 - Hooker-on. Broomstair, Hyde and Haughton Colliery Co. Ltd., Denton, Lancashire. Train of tubs which got loose running against him at the bottom of his down brow.

WRIGHT William - 1879 - 09/01/1879 – Age 20 - Collier. Brownside, William Black and Sons, New Monkland, Lanarkshire. Cage got out of guides while descending and they fell out. 2 killed.

WRIGHTMAN Henry - 1871 - 16/05/1871 – Age 18 - Collier. Annesley, Glascote Colliery Co., Mansfield, Nottingham. Fall of roof in stall.

WRIGHTON W. - 1873 - 30/01/1873 – Age 23 – Loader. North Staveley, Staveley Iron and Coal Co., Sheffield, Yorkshire. Fall of roof.

WRIGHTSON John - 1875 - 29/04/1875 – Age 16 – Driver, Rosedale, Rosedale and Ferry hill Iron Co. Ltd., Rosedale, Co. Durham. Crushed by tubs.

WRIGLEY Thomas - 1873 - 28/08/1873 – Age 42 - Hewer. Flimby, Robin Hood, Robert Wilson, Maryport, Cumberland.

WROE Charles - 1871 - 11/11/1871 – Age 46 - Collier. Willow Bank, Thorp’s executors, Barnsley, Yorkshire. Explosion of gas.

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

WROE John - 1876 - 05/05/1876 - Labourer. Wentworth, Coopers and Co., Barnsley, Yorkshire. Fall of roof.

WROE Mark - 1872 - 07/10/1872 – Age 28. Morley, W Ackroyd Bros., Leeds, Yorkshire. Explosion of gas. 34 killed.

WYKE Allen - 1872 - 06/12/1872 – Age 20 - Miner. Dawley, Coalbrookdale Co., Wellington, Shropshire. Breakage of three link chain. 8 killed.

WYLIE George - 1879 - 17/12/1879 – Age 43 - Miner. Dalzell, Broomfield Wishaw Coal Co., Dalzell, Lanarkshire. Fall of side in a stone mine. While holing a large piece of blaes off the ‘veez’ of hitch fell upon him.

WYMESS James - 1875 - 04/10/1875 – Age 14 – Driver. Harton, Harton and Hilda Coal Co., South Shields, Co. Durham. Crushed between tub and prop.

WYNN E. - 1874 - 20/01/1874 – Age 14 – Haulier. Fforchamon, Powell Duffryn Steam Coal Co., Aberdare, Glamorgan. Killed by trams.

WYNN J. - 1871 - 23/11/1871 – Boy. Wombridge, Executors of the late J Bennett, Wellington, Shropshire. Caught hold of the hook and was drawn part way up the pit.

WYNN Richard - 1876 - 08/03/1876 – Age 25 - Collier. Plaskynaston Buckley, Bradford and Buckley, Ruabon, Denbigh. Fall of roof.

WYNN William - 1876 - 21/01/1876 – Age 35 - Collier. Plaskynaston, Buckley Bradford and Buckley, Ruabon, Denbigh. Fall of roof.

WYNNE Griffith - 1879 - 02/07/1879 – Age 24 - Labourer. Oakley Upper, WE Oakley Esq., Merionethshire. A blow from a stone while he was tramming on the surface of the mine.

WYNNE John - 1877 - 05/01/1877 – Age 16 – Screenman. Usworth, Elliot and Johnassohn, Usworth, Co. Durham. Head crushed between waggon buffers on surface.

WYNNE Samuel - 1870 - 21/07/1870 – Age 11 - Drawer. Hafod, Ruabon Coal Co., Ruabon, Denbigh. Fall of roof.

WYNNE William - 1873 - 02/12/1873 – Age 25 - Collier. 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.

WYPER James - 1870 - 25/05/1870 – Age 13 - Drawer. Ellismuir, Provanhall Coal Co., Baillieston, Lanarkshire. Fell from mid-working 17 fathoms.

WYPER Robert - 1876 - 19/09/1876 – Age 22 - Collier. Maryville, John Hendrie, Bothwell, Lanarkshire. Holed on a place containing gas which ignited at his naked light. 2 killed.