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CAYLING Joseph - 1880 - 05/04/1880 – Age 25 – Collier. Middleton, Middleton Coal Co., Leeds, Yorkshire. Explosion of firedamp. 4 killed.

CELMENTS John (non-fatal) - 1889 - 15/02/1889 – Miner. Govan No.5, William Dixon Ltd., Glasgow, Lanarkshire. Fall of coal.

CHADWICK A. - 1888 - 19/04/1888 – Engineer. Norton, R Heath and Sons, Stoke, Staffordshire. Putting in wire guidelines. One slipped and knocked him into sump.

CHADWICK George - 1885 - 04/08/1885 – Age 23 – Loader. Silver Hill, Teversal, Stanton Iron Co., Mansfield, Nottinghamshire Fall of roof.

CHADWICK J. - 1886 - 12/08/1886 – Age 50 – Collier. Talke, New North Staffordshire. Co., Stoke, Staffordshire. Fall of roof.

CHADWICK James - 1880 - 10/12/1880 – Age 25. Naval Steam, Naval Steam Co., Penycraig, Glamorgan. Explosion of gas 101 killed.

CHADWICK Jesse - 1886 - 21/12/1886 – Age 41 – Miner. Snydale Hall, Col. Le Gendre Starkie, Lancashire. By breakage of rope on the engine brow which allowed the tubs to run down. The capping at the end had been removed that day and the breakage was close to capping. Some other men escaped into manholes but these two men were a moment too late. 2 killed.

CHADWICK S. - 1881 - 26/09/1881 – Age 32 – Deputy. Sharlston, Sharlston Coal Co., Normanton, Yorkshire. Fall of coal.

CHADWICK William (injured) - 1887 - 13/04/1887 – Age 25 – Miner. Arley No.1, Fletcher Burrows & Co., Lancashire. Breast bone broken by coal falling suddenly and knocking him against a prop as he was passing in front after taking out the supports and trying unsuccessfully to lever it down.

CHALDER John - 1883 - 14/09/1883 – Age 40 – Shifter. Haswell, Haswell Shotton and Easington Coal and Coke Co. Ltd., Fence Houses, Co. Durham. Fall of roof while taking down some stone to repair a gateway.

CHALDER John - 1888 - 04/04/1888 – Age 46 – Stoneman. Adelaide, Pease and Partners Ltd., Auckland, Co. Durham. While engaged renewing timber some side stone came over knocking out some props causing a large fall of stone.

CHALLANGER or CHALLENGER Charles - 1881 - 07/11/1881 – Age 43 – Deputy. Oakenshaw, Strakers and Love, Willington, Co. Durham. Fall of stone while drawing out a jud in the broken.

CHALLENGER Joseph - 1887 - 19/03/1887 – Age 14 – Driver. Brancepeth, Strakers and Love, Durham, Co. Durham. While engaged setting a chock a large stone fell from the roof and crushed him to death.

CHALLINGER Thomas - 1885 - 19/03/1885 – Age 22 – Trimmer. Abercanaid, Mortgagees of Plymouth Works, Merthyr, Glamorgan. Fell down pit.

CHALMERS Charles (non-fatal) - 1889 - 29/03/1889 – Age 28 – Banksman. Newbattle, Marquis of Lothian, Edinburgh. Fell from scaffold. 9 days off.

CHALMERS Walter (non-fatal) - 1888 - 03/09/1888 – Miner. Blackstone, Blackstone Mineral Co., Paisley, Lanarkshire. Fall of roof at face.

CHALMERS William - 1880 - 05/04/1880 – Age 40 – Brusher. Huttonhill No.1, Huttonhill Coal Co. Bothwell, Lanarkshire. While charging a hole the powder exploded.

CHAMBERS Charles - 1884 - 04/9/1884 – Age 31 – Miner. Ashton Moss, Ashton Moss Colliery Co., Lancashire. Tubs escaping from top of ginney. Died 7th.

CHAMBERS Edward - 1888 - 21/05/1888 – Age 13 - Incline boy. Birley, West Sheffield Coal Co., Sheffield, Yorkshire. Crushed by train of loaded tubs.

CHAMBERS George - 1888 - 03/12/1888 – Age 60 – Pumpman. Wallbottle, Wallbottle Coal and Fire Brick Co. Wallbottle, Northumberland. Fell from intermediate hanging on to bottom of pit.

CHAMBERS Henry - 1885 - 02/03/1884 – Age 28 – Stallman. Whitwick, Whitwick Colliery Co., Coalville, Leicester. Fall of roof.

CHAMBERS William - 1882 - 04/01/1882 – Age 45 – Miner. Chamber, Chamber Colliery Co., Oldham, Lancashire. Fall of roof from 3 slips.

CHANCE Robert - 1882 - 04/07/1882 – Age 67 – Pikeman. Shepherd’s Brook (fireclay), King Bros and Co., Stourbridge, Worcester. Injured July 1st, died this day from the effects of a fall of roof when driving his headway.

CHANT William - 1884 - 14/10/1884 – Age 21 – Collier. Caedu, Llynvi and Tondu Coal Co. Ltd., Bridgend, Glamorgan. Fall of coal.

CHAPMAN A. (injured) - 1883 - 27/09/1883 – Age 15 – Waggoner. Clifton Moss, Andrew Knowles and Sons Ltd., Lancashire. Tubs on level.

CHAPMAN George - 1884 - 17/12/1884 – Age 13 - Flat boy. Seaham, Marquess of Londonderry, Sunderland, Co. Durham. Head crushed between tubs while coupling them. Died on 23rd.

CHAPMAN Isaac - 1883 - 16/06/1883 – Age 31 – Collier. Dinas Joha, Daniel Thomas and Co., Penygraig, Glamorgan. Fall of roof.

CHAPMAN J. - 1884 – 21/07/1884 – Age 15 – Driver. Hemsworth, Hemsworth Coal Co., Pontefract, Yorkshire. Struck against bar when riding on a water tub.

CHAPMAN John - 1880 - 02/08/1880 – Age 40 – Miner. Eston, Bolckow Vaughan and Co. Ltd., Middlesbrough, Yorkshire. While drilling a hole some top stone fell on him.

CHAPMAN John - 1885 - 31/03/1885 – Age 35 – Miner. Robin Hood, Clifton and Kersley Coal Co. Ltd., Lancashire. Fatal fall of roof coal, a Rams Mine Bay, from a slip close to the face and a break two and a half feet down where it broke off at the props.

CHAPMAN Jonah (injured) - 1880 - 29/10/1880 – Age 37 – Carpenter. Pendleton, Andrew Knowles and Sons, Ltd., Pendleton, Lancashire. Hurt by a circular saw. His hand slipped in cutting boards for tub waggons.

CHAPMAN Joseph - 1880 - 08/09/1880 – Age 35 – Deputy. Seaham, Marquess of Londonderry, Sunderland, Co. Durham. Explosion of gas 164 killed.

CHAPMAN T. (injured) - 1883 - 04/04/1883 – Age 26 – Miner. Victoria, Darcy Lever Coal Co., Lancashire. Explosion of firedamp.

CHAPMAN Thomas - 1880 - 17/02/1880 – Age 26 – Haulier. Risca, Black Vein London and South Wales Coal Co., Risca, Monmouth. Fall of stone. He was taking some props into the mine with the ends projecting over the front of the tram, and they knocked out a collar which caused the roof to fall.

CHAPMAN Thomas - 1884 - 30/04/1884 – Age 40 – Fireman. Boldon, Harton Coal Co., Boldon, Co. Durham. Explosion of steam boiler. 2 killed.

CHAPMAN William - 1886 - 14/10/1886 – Age 45 – Collier. Bankhead, Cairntable Gas Coal Co., Muirkirk, Ayrshire. Fall of coal.

CHAPPEL Thomas - 1882 - 07/11/1882 – Age 22 – Labourer. Clay Cross No.7, Clay Cross Iron and Coal Co., Clay Cross, Derbyshire. Explosion of gas 48 killed.

CHARLES David - 1885 - 08/06/1885 – Age 53 – Manager. Grind Rhos, Messrs Charles, Swansea, Glamorgan. Fall of coal.

CHARLES Frank (injured) - 1886 – 14/05/1886 – Age 25 – Drawer. Tyldesley Brassy, Astley and Tyldesley Coal & Salt Co. Ltd., Lancashire. Injured by dirt falling from a pack wall. Accidental.

CHARLES John - 1887 - 18/02/1887 – Age 22 – Collier. National, National Colliery Co., Pontypridd, Glamorgan. Explosion of gas and dust caused by a shot. 39 killed.

CHARLES W. - 1880 – 15/07/1880 – Age 45 – Labourer. Risca Black Vein, London and South Wales Coal Co., Risca, Monmouth. Explosion of firedamp 120 killed.

CHARLESWORTH W. - 1881 - 18/10/1881 – Age 23 – Collier. Foxholes, W Wood, Leeds, Yorkshire. Fall of roof.

CHARLTON Frederick - 1883 - 18/01/1883 – Age 23 – Hitcher. Great Western, Great Western Colliery Co., Pontypridd, Glamorgan. Fall of coal down shaft.

CHARLTON G.F. - 1888 – 03/12/1888 – Age 43 – Engine fitter. Shildon Lodge, Bolckow Vaughan and Co. Ltd., Auckland, Co. Durham. While engaged removing the drum of an underground incline it fell over and crushed him to death.

CHARLTON Matthew - 1880 – 08/09/1880 – Age 29 – Furnaceman. Seaham, Marquess of Londonderry, Sunderland, Co. Durham. Explosion of gas 164 killed.

CHARLTON Thomas (rescued) - 1886 – 02/12/1886 – Master wasteman. Elemore, Hetton Coal Co. Ltd., Fence Houses, Co. Durham. Explosion 28 killed.

CHARLTON Thomas - 1888 – 21/02/1888 – Age 14 – Driver. Black Boy, Bolckow Vaughan and Co. Ltd., Auckland, Co. Durham. Killed at a junction by upsetting the engine-set of tubs coming outbye.

CHARLTON William - 1884 – 17/01/1884 – Age 30 – Miner. New Watergate, James Roscoe, Lancashire. Breakage of rope in engine brow. Died 22nd.

CHARLTON William Henry (injured) - 1888 - 03/05/1888 – Age 21 – Labourer. Ashtonfield No.2, Bridgewater Trustees, Lancashire. Hand crushed by a railway waggon two other waggons with brakes having been set in motion by a gust of wind and come against it.

CHARNOCK J. (injured) - 1883 - 23/02/1883 – Age 22 – Miner. Fisher’s, B and R Fisher and Co., Lancashire. Fall of side.

CHARNOCK James - 1880 - 25/08/1880 – Age 35 – Underlooker. Low Hall, Moss Hall Coal Co., Wigan, Lancashire. Deceased was examining the roof, which fell upon him, owing to the bars giving way.

CHARNOCK William - 1883 - 09/02/1883 – Age 42 – Collier. Orrell, Orrell Coal & Cannel Co Ltd., Wigan, Lancashire. Inspection made and inquest attended. The deceased was getting down top coal and was in the act of cutting the side when it suddenly fell, knocking out the props set under it.

CHATER George - 1881 - 21/10/1881 – Age 49 – Loader. Hange, Round Bros., Tipton, Staffordshire. Explosion of firedamp through a sudden emission of gas from an old unknown working on 17th. Died this day.

CHATWIND Thomas - 1881 - 04/05/1881 – Age 37 – Stallman. Aldridge, Aldridge Colliery Co., Walsall, Staffordshire. Accidental fall of rock roof in yard coal seams at way end which the deceased was trying to pull down.

CHATWOOD T. - 1880 - 30/11/1880 – Age 40 – Stallman. Aldridge, Aldridge Colliery Co., Walsall, Staffordshire. Fall of rock roof at way end. Deceased was pulling this rock down to make the roadway higher, when it suddenly fell, and slipping forward he fell under it.

CHEADLE James (injured) - 1886 - 01/08/1886 – Age 26 – Dayman. Ladyshore, John Fletcher, Lancashire. Burned by an explosion of firedamp as they were cleaning out the sough between Victoria and Owl Hole Pits. They were incautiously using open lights with respect to which arbitration Mr. Herbert Fletcher, the managing owner, was in process. 4 injured.

CHEADLE Richard - 1885 - 18/06/1885 – Age 24 – Miner. Clifton Hall, Andrew Knowles and Sons Ltd., Lancashire. Fatal great explosion. 178 killed.

CHEADLE W. - 1882 - 09/05/1882 – Age 32 - Horse driver. Longton Hall, J and A Glover, Longton, Staffordshire. Fell off tub.

CHEDDY Thomas - 1880 - 15/07/1880 – Age 30 – Collier. Risca Black Vein, London and South Wales Coal Co., Risca, Monmouth. Explosion of firedamp 120 killed.

CHEDGY A.J. - 1883 - 04/01/1883 – Age 17 – Labourer. Clandown, C Hollwey, Clandown, Somerset. He was ordered to assist some men in filling rubbish on a heading but he undid the safety chain at the top of an incline intending to down a tub of coal he got it over the bank head and it dragged him down 30 yards and killed him.

CHEDZOY Henry - 1886 - 17/03/1886 – Age 24 – Collier. Mardy Locketts, Merthyr Steam Coal Co. Ltd., Pontypridd, Glamorgan. Fall of stone.

CHEESEY Alfred - 1882 - 31/10/1882 – Age 37 – Deputy. Brandon, Strakers and Love, Durham, Co. Durham. Fall of stone while drawing chocks out of a broken jud while working with other three deputies.

CHEETHAM J. - 1884 - 27/08/1884 – Age 33 – Labourer. Park Hill, Victoria Coal and Coke Co., Wakefield, Yorkshire. Crushed by waggons. Died 30th Aug.

CHELLEW William - 1887 - 20/01/1887 – Age 42 – Engineman. Loanhead, Shotts Iron Co., Lasswade, Midlothian. Rope broke. It had only been in use six months.

CHERRY or CURRY William - 1882 - 18/04/1882 – Age 46. Tudhoe, Weardale Iron and Coal Co. Ltd., Durham, Co. Durham. Explosion of gas in Brockwell Seam. 37 killed. Wife and 2 children.

CHERRY or KERRY John - 1882 - 18/04/1882 – Age 63. Tudhoe, Weardale Iron and Coal Co. Ltd., Durham, Co. Durham. Explosion of gas in Brockwell Seam. 37 killed. Wife and 2 children.

CHERRY Thomas - 1889 - 28/12/1889 – Age 17 – Putter. East Hetton, Walter Scott Coxhoe RSO, Co. Durham. Head crushed between tub and side of road by a tub leaving the line at a switch.

CHERRY William - 1884 - 17/09/1884 – Age 42 – Chockman. Cramlington, Cramlington Coal Co., Cramlington, Northumberland. Fall of stone.

CHESNEY William - 1888 - 03/04/1888 – Age 17 - Putter. South Durham, South Durham Coal Co., Auckland, Co. Durham. When bringing a stow tub down an incline he got into it contrary to orders. It ran amain and injured him so he died 7th.

CHESTER Charles (non-fatal) - 1886 - 05/08/1886 – Fireman. Saracen No.2, Saracen Coal Co., Possilpark. Got four fingers taken off by column of pipes dropping on them.

CHESTNEY William O. - 1887 - 28/01/1887 – Age 12 - Coal cleaner. Marsden, Whitburn Coal Co., Marsden, Co. Durham. Crushed between waggon and screen support.

CHETHAM James - 1880 - 20/11/1880 – Age 29 – Fireman. Carrs, Carrs Colliery Co. Ltd., Prescot, Lancashire. Deceased was acting as Gangrider, and was crushed between a loaded tub and the roof of the incline.

CHICKEN John - 1885 - 12/03/1885 – Age 20 – Hewer. Cambois, Cowpen Coal Co. Ltd., Northumberland. Fall of stone at slip.

CHILCOTT William - 1883 - 24/07/1883 – Age 23 – Collier. Cribbwr Main, William and Davis, Bridgend, Glamorgan. Fall of roof.

CHILDS John - 1884 - 08/01/1884 – Age 14 - Road cleaner. Gawn, Noah Hingley, Old Hill, Staffordshire. Died 9th January. Fall of coal in a roadway from between two previously unseen slips.

CHILDS John - 1886 - 16/09/1886 – Age 16 - Haulier. Bonvilles Court, Bonvilles Court Coal Co., Saundersfoot, Pembroke. Explosion of firedamp. He took his lamp top off as they worked with naked lights generally. He had been cautioned not to do so in consequence of a small quantity of gas being present. They always went to work with unlocked safety lamps. He died Nov. 4th.

CHILTON John (injured) - 1886 - 18/10/1886 – Age 19 – Waggoner. Wharton Hall, White Mine, Bridgewater Trustees, Lancashire. Injured by fall of coal, 20 feet in length coming over sprags and props. Accidental.

CHILTON S - 1882 - 20/02/1882 – Miner. Brownhills (ironstone), Brownhills Co., Tunstall, Staffordshire. Fall of roof. 2 killed.

CHISHOLM James (non-fatal) - 1886 - 21/08/1886 – Drawer. Commondyke No.1, Eglinton Iron Co., Cumnock, Lanarkshire. Injured by the cage coming down while he was in the cage seat.

CHIVERS E. - 1883 - 21/11/1883 – Age 18 – Blacksmith. Penybont, Tillery Coal Co., Monmouthshire. Fell down the pit through the cage being overwound.

CHIVERS George - 1880 - 25/07/1880 – Age 19 – Collier. Llwynpia, Glamorgan Coal Co., Pontypridd, Glamorgan. Fall of roof.

CHRICH Joseph - 1882 - 22/08/1882 – Age 33 – Stallman. Wollaton, Wollaton Coal Co., Nottingham, Nottinghamshire. Fall of roof while building a gate end pack.

CHRISTIAN W.A. (injured) - 1886 - 24/03/1886 – Age 16 – Miner. Foxdale (metalliferous). He went to the shaft without a light and after getting over the fence he fell through a small through which the capstan rope had been let down. Still unable to work March 1887.

CHRISTIAN William (injured) - 1885 - 19/12/1885 – Age 44 – Miner. Great Laxey (metalliferous), Premature explosion of a charge of gunpowder while he was ramming in the stemming with an iron bar. Corkill says he was ramming in the third or fourth layer of tamping; the other men say that not so much had been put in. He has lost the sight of one eye. 3 injured Corkhill still unable to work March 1886, the other 2 weeks off.

CHRISTIAN William (injured) - 1889 - 21/01/1889 – Age 19 – Miner. Foxdale (metalliferous). Fall of a lump of ore which he his partner were trying to get it down. Leg broken. 6 months off.

CHRISTIE James (non-fatal) - 1888 - 10/12/1888 - Engineman. Bardykes, Merry and Cunninghame, Cambuslang, Lanarkshire. Scalded by water from a boiler while being blown off.

CHRISTIE Patrick (non-fatal) - 1886 - 12/03/1886 – Drawer. Gartshore No.7, William Baird and Co., Kilsyth, Ayrshire. Explosion of firedamp. 2 injured.

CHRISTIE Robert - 1885 - 11/06/1885 – Roadsman. Pentland (shale), Clippens Oil Co Ltd., Loanhead, Edinburgh. Fall of roof while brushing road.

CHRISTIE T. - 1887 - 03/05/1887 – Age 42 – Collier. Wharncliffe Silkstone, Wharncliffe Silkstone Coal Co., Barnsley, Yorkshire. Fall of coal.

CHRISTOPHER John (injured) - 1880 - 07/05/1880 – Age 13 – Waggoner. Heskin Hall, Rev. William, Michell Heskin, Lancashire. Injured by stone falling from slips between props.

CHUBB John (injured) - 1889 - 09/08/1889 – Age 35 – Miner. Stopes No.3, Thomas Fletcher and Sons, Lancashire. Thigh and back injured by roof falling where he was riding up a roadway. Inspection and inquiry.

CHUBB John - 1882 - 23/11/1882 – Age 24 - Journey rider. Risca, London and South Wales Coal Co., Monmouthshire. He was riding on the front end of a journey of trams, and fell off and was run over. A man who was in the rear of the journey said nothing unusual had occurred and he could not account for deceased falling.

CHUBB John - 1883 - 21/08/1883 – Age 44 – Undermanager. Gelli, Thomas Griffith, Ystrad, Glamorgan. Explosion of gas 5 killed.

CHUNEY Lewis (injured) - 1883 - 02/03/1883 – Age 30 – Trammer. East Darren (metalliferous). His waggon got off the rails as he was turning a corner and he had his hand crushed between the waggon and the side of the level. Ten and a half weeks off.

CHURCHILL J. - 1885 - 14/07/1885 – Age 15 – Driver. Park Hill, Victoria Coal and Coke Co., Wakefield, Yorkshire. Run over by corf. Died 21st July.

CHURM John - 1889 - 16/09/1889 – Age 64 – Collier. Grove, Grove Colliery Co., Wellington, Shropshire. While assisting to raise one of the legs for pulley frames a rope broke and the leg fell on to him. Died 21st September.

CHYNOWETH Joseph - 1888 - 27/08/1888 – Age 54 - Mine agent. Dolcoath (metalliferous), Camborne, Cornwall. Whilst going up in the man engine the main rod broke not however injuring anyone. The deceased then walked to another shaft and climbed the ladders and when he got to within 20 fathoms of the surface, he fell on a sollar and died. It was at first thought that the shock might have had something to do with his death but from the medical evidence it appeared that he died from failure of the heart's action due from over exertion in climbing. The breakage of the man engine rod was owing to oil having got into the wood by an unobserved crack. The rod apparently was quite sound.

CHYNOWITH James - 1880 - 25/07/1880 – Age 34 – Sinker. Llwynpia, Glamorgan Coal Co., Pontypridd, Glamorgan. Crushed between cage and wood work near top of shaft.

CINNAMOND James (injured) - 1889 - 28/06/1889 – Miner. Bothwell, Castle No.2, William Baird and Co., Bothwell, Lanarkshire. While descending the shaft the engineman failed to shut off the steam in time and they were injured by the cage striking the seat. 5 injured.

CLACK James - 1885 - 07/09/1885 – Age 70 – Stower. Risca, London and South Wales Coal Co. Ltd., Risca, Monmouthshire. Run over by a journey of trains. He was coming out of No.2 district and a journey was going into No.1. At the junction the man in charge of the signals told him to wait but he went on and got caught by the first tram and was killed.

CLAGUE Henry (injured) - 1888 - 23/10/1888 – Age 45 – Miner. Rushen (metalliferous). A knot joining two ropes gave way and a sweep rod, which was being hoisted up, fell upon the two men and cut their heads. Clague 2 weeks off, Creer 3 weeks off.

CLAMP George - 1884 - 25/04/1884 – Age 28 – Stallman. Coton Park, Coton Park Colliery Co., Burton-on-Trent, Derbyshire. Gunpowder, supposed to have lighted the german of a shot instead of the match.

CLAMP Herbert - 1887 - 04/03/1887 – Age 30 – Stallman. Swadlincote, Hall and Boardman, Burton-on-Trent, Derbyshire. Fall of coal while holing.

CLAMP John - 1881 - 28/02/1881 – Age 55 – Stallman. Linby, Linby Coal Co., Nottingham, Nottinghamshire. Holing coals when a piece fell from the face, breaking over the sprags.

CLAMP Joseph (injured) - 1884 - 19/12/1884 – Age 40 – Dayman. Clifton Hall, Andrew Knowles and Sons Ltd., Lancashire. Fall of roof he was taking down.

CLAMP Joseph - 1885 - 18/06/1885 – Age 44 – Miner. Clifton Hall, Andrew Knowles and Sons Ltd., Lancashire. Fatal great explosion. 178 killed.

CLARE Peter - 1887 - 26/05/1887 – Age 45 – Shotlighter. Bryn, Richard Evans and Co., Ashton, Lancashire. Inspection made and inquest attended. Explosion of gas. 3 killed.

CLARK Archibald (non-fatal) - 1887 - 28/10/1886 – Miner. Woodhill No.14, Merry and Cunninghame, Kilmarnock, Ayrshire. Fall of coal.

CLARK Benjamin - 1885 - 21/05/1885 – Age 17 – Driver. Markham, Staveley Iron and Coal Co., Staveley, Derbyshire. Run over by loaded tubs whilst trying to steady them into the pit bottom.

CLARK C. - 1889 - 02/10/1889 – Age 25 – Carpenter. Denaby Main, Denaby Main Coal Co., Rotherham, Yorkshire. Tub fell on him on private branch railway.

CLARK David (non-fatal) - 1887 - 26/12/1887 – Miner. Holmes No.3, John Horne and Sons, Galston, Ayrshire. Explosion of gunpowder while unramming a shot.

CLARK Emanuel - 1882 - 07/11/1882 – Age 43 – Stallman. Clay Cross No.7, Clay Cross Iron and Coal Co., Clay Cross, Derbyshire. Explosion of gas 48 killed.

CLARK George - 1881 - 21/10/1881 – Age 27 – Miner. Eston (ironstone), Blocklow Vaughan and Co. Ltd., Middlesbrough, Yorkshire. Severe injury to back and foot by fall of stone from top of seam. Died on 22nd.

CLARK H. - 1885 - 21/01/1885 – Age 52 - Hanger on. Aldwarke Main, John Brown and Co., Rotherham, Yorkshire. Crushed by corves at pit bottom.

CLARK Henry (injured) - 1887 - 29/11/1887 – Banksman. Priestners No.2, Wigan Coal and Iron Co. Ltd., Lancashire. Strained himself while lifting a bar 11 feet long to send down the pit.

CLARK Hugh (non-fatal) - 1886 - 30/12/1886 – Collier. Bank No.1, William Dixon Ltd., Coatbridge, Lanarkshire. Fall of coal.

CLARK Hugh - 1888 - 17/03/1888 – Age 27 – Miner. Galawhistle, Cairntable Gas Coal Co., Muirkirk, Ayrshire. Fall of coal.

CLARK J. (injured) - 1883 - 14/03/1883 – Banksman. Crumbuke, Fletcher Burrows and Co., Lancashire. Waggons on siding.

CLARK J. - 1885 - 31/12/1885 – Age 17 - Incline boy. West Riding, Pope and Pearson, Normanton, Yorkshire. Drawn into pulley on endless chain.

CLARK J. - 1889 - 13/09/1889 – Age 14 – Driver. South Kirkby, South Kirkby Coal Co., Pontefract, Yorkshire. Run over by corves.

CLARK James (non-fatal) - 1885 - 30/06/1885 – Miner. Balgrochan, John Kirk, Campsie. While blasting, iron needle used.

CLARK James (non-fatal) - 1886 - 25/08/1886 – Collier. Pennyvenie No.2, Dalmellington Iron Co., Dalmellington, Lanarkshire. Fall of coal.

CLARK James (non-fatal) - 1886 - 27/07/1886 – Waggoner. Nitshill, Eglinton Iron Co., Hurlet, Lanarkshire. Injured by horse trampling on him.

CLARK James, jnr. - 1880 - 08/09/1880 – Age 20 – Hewer. Seaham, Marquess of Londonderry, Sunderland, Co. Durham. Explosion of gas 164 killed.

CLARK James, snr. - 1880 - 08/09/1880 – Age 47 – Hewer. Seaham, Marquess of Londonderry, Sunderland, Co. Durham. Explosion of gas 164 killed.

CLARK James - 1881 - 16/02/1881 – Age 24 – Hewer. Townley Stella, Emma Stella Coal Co., Newcastle-on-Tyne, Northumberland. Fall of stone.

CLARK James - 1882 - 21/12/1882 – Age 27 – Collier. Blantyre, William Dixon Ltd., Blantyre, Lanarkshire. Fall of side while holing at stooping.

CLARK John (non-fatal) - 1889 - 04/04/1889 – Age 17 – Miner. Quarter, Colin Dunlop and Co., Lanarkshire. Fall of head coal.

CLARK John (non-fatal) - 1889 - 12/04/1889 – Age 21 – Drawer. Burntisland, Burntisland Oil Co. Ltd., Fife. Crushed by tub. 174 days off.

CLARK John - 1882 - 19/04/1882. West Stanley, JH Burn, Chester-le-Street, Co. Durham. Explosion of gas in Busty Seam. 13 killed.

CLARK John - 1884 - 14/03/1884 – Age 42 – Stoneman. Walker, Walker Coal Co., Northumberland. Fall of stone.

CLARK John - 1885 - 07/10/1885 – Age 66 – Screener. Castle Eden, Castle Eden Coal Co. Ltd., Castle Eden, Co. Durham. Died from the effects of an injury to bowels received while spragging a waggon in Dec. 1880. (not comprised).

CLARK John - 1887 - 01/04/1887 – Age 42 – Pikeman. Rookery, John Bryan, Bilston, Staffordshire. Killed by rate of coal from a working face which was rising 30 inches to the yard. He had foolishly stood in front of the shot loosened coal.

CLARK John - 1887 - 18/06/1887 – Age 27 – Collier. Western, Ocean Coal Co., Ogmore Valley, Glamorgan. Injured by fall or roof at edge of ripping. Died 22nd June.

CLARK John - 1888 - 31/07/1888 – Age 38 – Quarryman. Lawn’s Delf (metalliferous), John Laithwaite, Upholland, Lancashire. Inspection made. The men were holing under the stone a length of 12 feet to a slip at either side and had got about 6 feet wide when it fell to another slip at the back. They were not using a sprag or nan as they should have done. 2 killed.

CLARK John - 1889 - 27/03/1889 – Age 65 – Fireman. Shelton Deep, Earl Granville, Hanley, Staffordshire. Run over by tubs on a horse road. Died 28th March.

CLARK John S - 1882 - 19/04/1882 – Age 19.  West Stanley, JH Burn, Chester-le-Street, Co. Durham. Explosion of gas in Busty Seam. 13 killed.

CLARK Joseph - 1880 - 08/09/1880 – Age 23 – Stoneman. Seaham, Marquess of Londonderry, Sunderland, Co. Durham. Explosion of gas 164 killed.

CLARK Joseph - 1882 - 18/09/1882 – Age 14 - Hooker-on. Bradford, Bradford Colliery Co., Manchester, Lancashire. Caught while uncoupling tubs drawn by a pony.

CLARK Matthew (non-fatal) - 1884 - 01/04/1884 – Collier. Annbank No.9, George Taylor and Co., Ayr, Ayrshire. Fall of coal.

CLARK Patrick - 1888 - 05/04/1888 – Age 48 – Dataler. Strangeways Hall, Crompton and Shawcross, Wigan, Lancashire. Inquest attended. He was filling and on raising himself his back caught against a projecting piece of timber on a prop which probably injured his spine. He went on working for six hours but was afterwards taken ill and died 23rd.

CLARK Patrick - 1889 - 31/10/1889 – Age 43 – Hewer. Walbottle, Walbottle Coal Co., Walbottle, Northumberland. Fall of roof.

CLARK Richard - 1881 - 22/07/1881 – Age 18 – Miner. Eston (ironstone), Blocklow Vaughan and Co. Ltd., Middlesbrough, Yorkshire. Severe injuries to head by fall of stone from roof while filling a tub under it, the stone was supposed to have been shaken by a shot. Died on 25th.

CLARK Richard - 1883 - 30/03/1883 – Age 54 – Collier. Portland No.8, Eglington Iron Co., Hurlford, Ayrshire. Fall of roof at face.

CLARK Richard - 1885 - 10/02/1885 – Age 24 – Collier. Broomhouse, John Hendrie, Broomhouse. Fall of roof.

CLARK Robert (non-fatal) - 1888 - 06/04/1888 – Miner. Portland No.5, Eglington Iron Co., Hurlford, Ayrshire. Fall of coal.

CLARK Robert - 1880 - 08/09/1880 – Age 71 – Shifter. Seaham, Marquess of Londonderry, Sunderland, Co. Durham. Explosion of gas 164 killed.

CLARK Robert - 1888 - 16/11/1888 – Age 53 – Shaftsman. Newbattle, Marquis of Lothian, Newbattle, Edinburgh. Slipped from bunton and fell down shaft.

CLARK Robert - 1888 - 19/04/1888 – Age 40. St. Helens, St. Helens Colliery and Brick Co., St. Helens, Cumberland. Explosion of gas. 35 killed.

CLARK Robert - 1888 - 28/11/1888 – Age 47 – Miner. Clifton, Executors of Colonel Hargreaves, Burnley, Lancashire. Killed by falling down shaft, he having come up in the cage, with other men, was slow in getting out and it being a furnace shaft, very smoky at the time the banksman did not see him and started the cage he was getting out. An additional banksman has been appointed to assist.

CLARK Thomas - 1882 - 16/02/1882 – Age 24. Trimdon Grange, Walter Scott, Trimdon Grange, Co. Durham. Killed by explosion gas in Harvey Seam. 74 killed. Buried in Trimdon Cemetery. Left a wife and 2 children.

CLARK Thomas - 1886 - 02/12/1886 – Age 51 – Deputy. Elemore, Hetton Coal Co. Ltd., Fence Houses, Co. Durham. Explosion 28 killed. Buried in the Churchyard of St. Michael and All Angels, Lyons.

CLARK William (injured) - 1883 - 12/02/1883 – Engineer. West Thornton, A Finnie and Son, Kilmarnock, Ayrshire. By derrick of a crane falling on him.

CLARK William - 1880 - 10/05/1880 – Age 48 – Miner. Boosbeck (Ironstone), Stevenson Jacques and Co., Guisborough, Yorkshire. Severely injured by the explosion of a shot in a wall nearly holed into his board; he was warned by his partner as well as by the man who fired the shot in the wall, but heeded neither. Died 11th May.

CLARK William - 1882 - 07/11/1882 – Age 20 – Loader. Clay Cross No.7, Clay Cross Iron and Coal Co., Clay Cross, Derbyshire. Explosion of gas 48 killed.

CLARK William - 1888 - 07/05/1888 – Age 60 – Miner. Greenside (metalliferous), Greenside Mining Co., Patterdale, Cumberland. Severely cut and bruised about face, hands, and body by the premature explosion of a shot while charging a hole with powder, he died on the 22nd.

CLARKE C. * - 1889 - 02/10/1889 – Age 25. Denaby Main, Denaby Main Coal Co., Rotherham, Yorkshire.

CLARKE Charles - 1885 - 24/08/1885 – Age 13 - Horse driver. Chesterton, Chesterton Coal Co., Newcastle, Staffordshire. Crushed between loaded tub and doors.

CLARKE Henry - 1884 - 25/07/1884 – Age 37 – Hitcher. Dunraven, Mortgagees of Thomas Joseph, Treherbert, Glamorgan. Fell under tram.

CLARKE James (injured) - 1880 - 12/01/1880 – Age 40 – Brakesman. Rocher, Rocher Colliery Co. Ltd., Park Bridge, Lancashire. Crushed by railway waggon getting off the rails on the siding.

CLARKE James - 1882 - 20/02/1882 – Age 46 – Cager. Fly, New British Iron Co., Old Hill, Staffordshire. Found dying under cage at shaft bottom, it is conjectured that he was crossing the cage hole instead of passing by the side, when descending cage caught him.

CLARKE James - 1885 - 18/03/1885 – Age 60 – Shifter. Usworth, John Bowes and Partners, Usworth, Co. Durham. Explosion in Maudlin Seam. 42 killed.

CLARKE James - 1888 - 25/09/1888 – Age 32 – Fireman. Meadows, Lamb and Moore, Wigan, Lancashire. Inspection made and inquest attended. He was taking down some brattice and as the roof appeared to be sound was apparently knocking out a prop when a stone suddenly fell from a slippy parting. There was no necessity to draw the prop.

CLARKE John - 1880 - 18/02/1880 – Age 18 – Driver. Lofthouse (Ironstone), JW Pease and Partners, Saltburn, Yorkshire. In coming portion outbye he lost his light and fell off the set of tubs which ran over him.

CLARKE John - 1888 - 09/06/1888 – Age 51 – Collier. Fernhill, George Watkinson and Sons, Ltd., Treherbert, Glamorgan. Fall of roof (cliff) 4ft. x 24ft x 6ins thick at face in front of road. He had just pulled down a slip of coal and the stone breaking off close to the face followed. 2ft seam. Longwall.

CLARKE John - 1889 - 17/10/1889 – Age 52 – Shotfirer. Himley, Richard Mills and Co., Dudley, Worcester. Explosion of gunpowder. Died October 22nd. Careless handling of the explosive.

CLARKE Joseph - 1888 - 20/03/1888 – Age 35 – Sinker. Resolven, Cardiff & Swansea Smokeless Steam Coal Co. Ltd., Resolven, Glamorgan. Struck by a stone falling from bowk which had caught the collar board at surface. Sinking pit, 227 yds. deep.

CLARKE Richard - 1882 - 26/08/1882 – Age 28 – Bandsman. Saltwells, Earl of Dudley, Dudley, Worcester. Injured on 24th. Aug. by a fall of roof in a stall 12 feet wide. Died this day.

CLARKE Robert - 1884 - 11/12/1884 – Age 47 – Corporal. Portland, Butterley Iron and Coal Co., Alfreton, Derbyshire. Injured 14th Nov by fall of roof.

CLARKE Samuel - 1886 - 21/07/1886 – Age 60 – Miner. Tregurtha Downs (metalliferous), Tregurtha Downs Mining Co., St. Hilary, Cornwall. Received severe injuries from a kibble falling on him that was being drawn to surface from which he subsequently died. The clamp connecting the whip rope to the horse trace was of faulty construction and gave way. Deceased was engaged filling the empty kibble but need not have been standing underneath the full one going up.

CLARKE William - 1886 - 19/02/1886 – Age 33 – Hewer. Eston, Leonard Boult and Co., Gloucester. Killed by explosion of firedamp. 8 killed.

CLARKSON George - 1886 - 22/04/1886 – Age 17 – Waggonman. East Howle, Carlton Iron Co. Ltd., Ferry Hill, Co. Durham. Died from blood poisoning, the result of injuries received in Nov. last by being crushed between waggons and screen legs.

CLARKSON James - 1882 - 19/07/1882 – Age 19 – Drawer. Crow Orchard, Crow Orchard Colliery Co. Ltd., Skelmersdale, Lancashire. Inquiries made it appear from the evidence given at the inquest, that the deceased injured his leg slightly by knocking it against his tub. He however finished his day’s work, but gradually got worse, and eventually died of inflammation.

CLARKSON Thomas - 1889 - 25/01/1889 – Age 51 – Shifter. Broomside, Broomside Coal Co., Durham. Co. Durham. Died from natural causes whilst following his ordinary work. Nothing wrong with the ventilation. Not comprised under the Act.

CLARKSON William - 1885 - 08/04/1885 – Age 25 – Drawer. New Boston, Richard Evans and Co., Haydock, Lancashire. Inspection made. The weight was thrown over the main drawing road from the long wall workings and two men were engaged in timbering the road when as deceased passed under, a stone fell on to him. The drawing ought to have been stopped till the timber was fixed.

CLATWORTHY Tom J. - 1883 - 20/11/1883 – Age 19 – Putter. Etherley, George H Stobart and Co., Bishop Auckland, Co. Durham. Limbers bolt came out and he fell and was run over by tubs.

CLAY Joseph - 1882 - 02/05/1882 – Age 52 – Underviewer. Addesley, WS Dugdale, Atherstone, Nottinghamshire. Explosion of gas 31 killed.

CLAYTON J. - 1886 - 22/11/1886 – Age 17 – Banksman. Aldwarke Main, John Brown and Co., Rotherham, Yorkshire. Fell out of cage in shaft. 2 killed.

CLAYTON James (non-fatal) - 1887 - 03/10/1887 – Collier. Kirkwood No.2, Kirkwood Coal Co., Coatbridge, Lanarkshire. Caught by hutches on self-acting incline.

CLAYTON John (injured) - 1884 - 15/04/1884 – Age 40 – Sinker. Tyldesley No.3, Astley & Tyldesley Coal & Salt Co. Ltd., Lancashire. Leg broken caught it ascending with it out of tub.

CLAYTON Joseph - 1880 - 07/12/1880 – Age 35 – Collier. Birley Vale, Jeffcock Dunn and Co., Sheffield, Yorkshire. Fall of roof.

CLAYTON R. - 1887 - 24/10/1887 – Age 45 – Millwright. Poynton, Lord Vernon, Stockport, Cheshire. Fell off cage while repairing shaft.

CLAYTON Richard - 1889 - 06/12/1889 – Age 33 – Loader. Coneygre, Earl of Dudley, Dudley, Worcester. Fall of roof coal when widening a road.

CLAYTON Thomas - 1883 - 22/06/1883 – Age 34 – Pikeman. Cradley Heath, Parsons and Cooper, Cradley Heath, Staffordshire. Explosion of gas. Injured 9th. June.

CLAYTON Thomas - 1886 - 13/08/1886 – Age 25 – Woodend. John Speakman, Lancashire. Explosion of firedamp in the north-west workings. 38 lost.

CLAYTON William (non-fatal) - 1886 - 20/10/1886 – Trapper. Rosehall No.12, Robert Addie and Sons, Coatbridge, Lanarkshire. Injured by race of hutches.

CLAYTON William - 1883 - 09/10/1883 – Age 50 – Shotfirer. Seymour, Staveley Coal and Iron Co., Staveley, Derbyshire. Shot exploded before he had time to get clear away.

CLAYTON William - 1885 - 08/04/1885 – Age 52 – Pikeman. Wednesbury Oak, Phillip Williams and Sons, Tipton, Staffordshire. Died l5th April. He had charged a blast hole with loose powder and had spilled a large quantity in doing so. This and the charge he by some means ignited and was fatally burned.

CLEATOR John - 1882 - 29/06/1882 – Age 30 – Miner. Crossfield (metalliferous), Crossfield Iron Ore Co., Cumberland. Blow from winch handle.

CLEGG Abram (injured) - 1887 - 17/05/1887 – Age 49 – Miner. Mosley Common, Bridgewater Trustees, Lancashire. Head cut by coal falling. He incautiously went under after taking out the sprags to allow the coal to fall.

CLEGG George - 1883 - 07/11/1883 – Age 18. Moorfield, Altham Colliery Co. Ltd., Lancashire. Explosion of gas 68 killed.

CLEGG Henry William - 1883 - 07/11/1883 – Age 19. Moorfield, Altham Colliery Co. Ltd., Lancashire. Explosion of gas 68 killed.

CLEGG J. - 1883 - 10/04/1883 - Age 34 – Miner. Butterworth Hall, Platt Bros. Ltd., Lancashire. Fall of roof at slip.

CLEGG J.S. (injured) - 1880 - 22/10/1880 – Age 10 – Boy. Butterworth Hall, William Scott, Milnrow, Lancashire. Hurt by cage. Being a beginner, he ran under it as it was descending.

CLEGG Joseph - 1881 - 30/06/1881 – Age 42 – Collier. Hoyland Wells, Birch Ryde and Co., Barnsley, Yorkshire. Fall of roof.

CLEGG Thomas (injured) - 1883 - 07/11/1883. Moorfield, Altham Colliery Co. Ltd., Lancashire. Explosion of gas 68 killed.

CLEGG Thomas - 1884 - 21/02/1884 – Age 22 – Hewer. Herrington, Earl of Durham, Fence Houses, Co. Durham. Crushed by fall of stone from goaf while holing a jud. Buried in St. Cuthbert’s Churchyard, West Herrington. His father (Samuel) was killed in the same pit 11 years later.

CLEGG William Henry - 1886 - 18/06/1886 – Age 24 – Drawer. Little Harwood, EM Sharp and Co. Ltd., Lancashire. Head hurt against a cross bar whilst waggoning down a brow, he having raised his head to look if the road was clear.

CLEGHORN James - 1888 - 02/07/1888 – Age 20 – Shifter. Hutton Henry, Hutton Henry Coal Co., Wingate, Co. Durham. Severe internal sprain by slipping while pushing a tub up bank. Died from the effects on the 20th August.

CLELAND James - 1889 - 22/08/1889 – Age 45 – Miner. Bent, Bent Colliery Co. Ltd., Lanarkshire. Fall of roof.

CLEMENS George - 1883 - 15/08/1883 – Age 25 – Miner. Wheal Agar (metalliferous), Wheal Agar Mining Co., Redruth, Cornwall. Fracture of the capstan rope which was being used to draw the men to surface. 12 killed.

CLEMENT Alfred - 1882 - 27/09/1882 – Age 14 - Roller greaser. New Shildon, George Pears and Co., Bishop Auckland, Co. Durham. Foot torn off and otherwise injured by getting entangled in the return wheel on engine plane. Died on 30th.

CLEMENTS Oliver - 1887 - 18/02/1887 – Age 23 – Haulier. National, National Colliery Co., Pontypridd, Glamorgan. Explosion of gas and dust caused by a shot. 39 killed.

CLEMENTS Patrick - 1883 - 28/06/1883 – Age 18 – Drawer. Rosehill No.12, Robert Addie and Sons, Coatbridge Lanarkshire. Was struck by a balance weight.

CLEMENTS Thomas W. - 1884 - 10/06/1884 – Age 13 – Driver. Harton, Harton Coal Co., Harton, Co. Durham. Head crushed between tub and limbers.

CLEMMITT Daniel - 1889 - 26/04/1889 – Age 53 – Miner. Skelton Shaft (metalliferous), Bell Bros. Ltd., Skelton R.S.O., Yorkshire. Heavy fall of roof after firing a shot which had knocked out two props, he was attempting to set them when the roof gave way.

CLEMPSON Richard - 1888 - 01/03/1888 – Age 37 – Loader. Bretby, Earl of Carnarvon, Burton-on-Trent, Derbyshire. Fall of roof.

CLENNEL William - 1887 - 25/05/1887 – Age 45 – Deputy. Eppleton, Hetton Coal Co. Ltd., Fence Houses, Co. Durham. Fall of stone while drawing timber out of an old bord.

CLEWLOW Edward - 1881 - 03/05/1881 – Collier. Lillydale, Enoch Perrins, Bucknall, Staffordshire. Explosion of firedamp and interruption of water. 8 killed.

CLEWORTH Joseph (injured) - 1888 - 26/10/1888 – Age 13 – Boy. Agecroft Canal Dock, Andrew Knowles and Sons Ltd., Lancashire. Stepson of a boatman that was waiting for coal. Injured by one of the drop cages at canal descending on him as he crept through the rails at the back for one of his marbles. Not comprised by the Act.

CLEWS George - 1880 - 21/01/1880 – Labourer. Leycett, Crewe Coal Co., Newcastle, Staffordshire. Explosion of firedamp. 62 killed.

CLIBBERY Benjamin - 1883 - 08/11/1883 – Age 13 – Driver. Ellistown, JJ Ellis, Leicester, Leicestershire. Fall of bind.

CLIFFORD F. - 1886 - 06/04/1886 – Age 21 – Hurrier. East Gawber, R Craik and Co., Barnsley, Yorkshire. Fall of roof.

CLIFFORD Isaac - 1884 - 29/11/1884 – Age 15 – Driver. Manners, Manners Colliery Co., Ilkeston, Derbyshire. Explosion of gas repairing roadway.

CLIFFORD Jacob - 1889 - 03/04/1889 – Age 19 – Collier. Plumptree, Butterley Coal and Iron Co., Eastwood, Nottinghamshire. Fell from the cage whilst ascending the shaft.

CLIFFORD Robert (non-fatal) - 1884 - 26/09/1884 – Fireman. Farme, J Farie, Rutherglen, Lanarkshire. Explosion of firedamp.