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DIVENS John - 1889 - 18/02/1889 – Age 36 – Miner. No.1 Pit Bank, William Dixon Ltd., Coatbridge, Lanarkshire. Fall of roof at working face.

DIVINE Patrick (non-fatal) - 1889 - 31/01/1889 – Age 18 – Drawer. Woodmuir, Woodmuir Colliery Co., Edinburgh. Breaking chain. 18 days off.

DIX Jonah - 1888 - 15/05/1888 – Collier. Farrington, Farrington Colliery Co., Farrington, Somerset. Fall of roof from slips over the working face.

DIX Jonah - 1888 - 26/07/1888 – Age 50 – Collier. Llandavel, Monmouth and Cwm Collieries Co., Aberbeeg, Monmouth. Influx of water from old workings which were cut into. The boreholes were not kept in advance in accordance with the requirements of the general rule.

DIX S. - 1880 - 15/07/1880 – Age 50 – Timberman. Risca Black Vein, London and South Wales Coal Co., Risca, Monmouth. Explosion of firedamp 120 killed.

DIX Samuel - 1889 – 28/01/1889 – Age 52 – Collier. Greyfield, Earl of Warwick, Clutton, Somerset. His head and back were seriously injured by a fall of roof and he died within the course of a few days.

DIX Thomas - 1880 – 15/07/1880 – Age 25 – Timberman. Risca Black Vein, London and South Wales Coal Co., Risca, Monmouth. Explosion of firedamp 120 killed.

DIXON Adam - 1881 – 23/12/1881 – Age 36 – Labourer. Royal George No.3, Coltness Iron Co., Cambusnethan, Lanarkshire. He and six others were taking down a pit head frame. They lost control of the crane, and deceased was struck by the handle.

DIXON Charles - 1882 – 15/01/1882 – Age 45 – Overman. Risca Black Vein, London and South Wales Coal Co., Risca, Monmouth. Explosion of firedamp. 4 killed.

DIXON George - 1880 – 08/09/1880 – Age 47 – Shifter. Seaham, Marquess of Londonderry, Sunderland, Co. Durham. Explosion of gas 164 killed.

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

DIXON George - 1881 – 20/09/1881 – Age 14 – Driver. Wearmouth, Wearmouth Coal Co., Sunderland, Co. Durham. Run over on engine plane. 2 killed.

DIXON George - 1884 – 05/07/1884 – Age 27 – Miner. Gillfoot Park (metalliferous), Gillfoot Mining Co., Cumberland. Fall of roof.

DIXON George H. - 1885 – 17/01/1885 – Age 19 – Blacksmith. Etherley, Henry Stobart and Co., Bishop Auckland, Co. Durham. Killed by fall of an arching in travelling drift.

DIXON James (non-fatal) - 1888 – 24/02/1888 – Miner. Bogside, Eglinton Iron Co., Kilwinning, Ayrshire. Fall of clay from working face.

DIXON John (non-fatal) - 1889 – 05/04/1889 – Brusher. Wellshot No.1, David G Dunn, Cambuslang, Lanarkshire. Explosion of firedamp.

DIXON John - 1882 – 22/12/1882 – Age 34 – Hewer. Vane’s, Hartley R Summerson and Co., Sunderland, Co. Durham. Fall of coal while holing a jud.

DIXON John - 1883 – 16/01/1883 – Age 52 – Ironstone miner. Greetwell (ironstone), Mid Lincoln Iron Co., Lincoln, Lincolnshire. Fall of ironstone from tramway.

DIXON John - 1887 – 29/08/1887 – Age 40 – Stoneman. Walker, Walker Coal Co., Northumberland. Explosion of coal dust firedamp and air.

DIXON John - 1888 – 19/01/1888 – Age 22 – Shiftman. Sherburn, House Earl of Durham, Durham, Co. Durham. Fall of roof while making a place ready.

DIXON Joseph - 1882 - 27/07/1882 – Age 41 – Deputy. Newbottle, Dorothea Earl of Durham, Fence Houses, Co. Durham. Legs severely crushed by fall of stone while drawing a jud. Died 1st August.

DIXON Lees Ball - 1880 - 08/09/1880 – Age 26 – Hewer. Seaham, Marquess of Londonderry, Sunderland, Co. Durham. Explosion of gas 164 killed.

DIXON Matthew * - 1888 - 05/04/1888 – Age 29. Hebburn, Tyne Coal Co., Durham.

DIXON R. - 1881 - 22/08/1881 – Age 51 – Collier. Garforth, Garforth Coal Co., Leeds, Yorkshire. Fall of roof. Died 4th Sept.

DIXON Robert - 1888 - 09/02/1888 – Age 13 - Flat boy. Seaham, Marquess of Londonderry, Seaham, Co. Durham. He took away a putter’s horse and tub, a thing he had no right to do and was crushed to death.

DIXON T. - 1886 - 20/12/1886 – Age 44 – Collier. Whitwood, H Briggs Son and Co., Normanton, Yorkshire. Fall of roof.

DIXON Thomas - 1889 - 08/07/1889 – Age 12 - Shaft boy. Hazard, North Hetton Coal Co., Fence Houses, Co. Durham. Crushed between tubs. The hauling rope broke and the set ran amain and joined the empty tubs at the shaft siding.

DIXON Thomas - 1889 - 11/07/1889 – Age 27 – Engineman. Eppleton, Hetton Coal Co. Ltd., Fence Houses, Co. Durham. Whilst riding outbye on a set of full tubs contrary to rules he was crushed to death.

DIXON W. - 1888 - 10/09/1888 – Age 37 – Collier. Lofthouse, Lofthouse Coal Co., Wakefield, Yorkshire. Fall of roof died 23rd Jan 1889.

DIXON William - 1888 - 19/04/1888 – Age 23 – Shiftman. St. Helens, St. Helens Colliery and Brick Co., St. Helens, Cumberland. Explosion of gas. 35 killed.

DOBB John - 1883 - 13/01/1883 – Age 61 – Miner. Sydney Cove (metalliferous), Mount’s Bay Consols Ltd., Breage, Cornwall. Whilst climbing the ladders in an adit shaft in order to get to surface he slipped and fell a distance of about 3 fathoms on to a sollar receiving injuries from which he died a few hours afterwards.

DOBBINS Alexander - 1882 - 11/10/1882 – Age 45 – Collier. Craighead, William Baird and Co., Blantyre, Lanarkshire. The fireman, in passing along a road kindled gas lying in a hole above the air current.

DOBBINSON Robert - 1880 - 08/09/1880 – Age 39 – Deputy. Etherley, George H Stobart and Co., Bishop Auckland Co., Co. Durham. While setting timber in a narrow board a ‘horse back’ fell out from between props and crushed them. Dobbinson survived till 15th September. 2 killed.

DOBBS John - 1880 - 02/02/1880 – Age 66 – Banksman. Cinder Hill, C Seeley and Co., Nottingham, Nottinghamshire. Crushed by loaded wagons whist opening a swing bridge on the bank.

DOBBS John - 1887 - 10/12/1887 – Age 15 - Landing boy. Morley, Andrew Mein Evenwood Co., Durham. By the breaking of an incline rope the tubs ran back and crushed him between sets.

DOBING John - 1889 - 02/12/1889 – Age 27 – Hewer. Eppleton, Hetton Coal Co. Ltd., Fence Houses, Co. Durham. Broken leg by fall of stone Died on the 14th. Jan 1890.

DOBISON Lancelot - 1889 - 06/09/1889 – Age 6 - School boy. Cornsay, Fernes and Love, Durham, Co. Durham. He strayed on to incline on surface and was run over by a set of tubs. Not comprised under the Act.

DOBSON George - 1882 - 16/02/1882 – Age 26. Trimdon Grange, Walter Scott, Trimdon Grange, Co. Durham. Killed by explosion gas in Harvey Seam. 74 killed. Buried in Trimdon Cemetery Single man.

DOBSON George - 1889 - 09/05/1889 – Age 45 – Wasteman. Eppleton, Hetton Coal Co. Ltd., Fence Houses, Co. Durham. Injury to side and face by fall of side stone. Died 10th.

DOBSON J - 1883 - 03/09/1883 – Miner. Barons Quay (rock salt), Joseph Verdin and Sons, Cheshire. Another man’s pick.

DOBSON J. - 1882 - 13/04/1882 – Age 62 – Manager. Thornton, Isaac Wopod and Sons, Bradford, Yorkshire. Piece of iron fell on him in shaft. Died 29th Apr.

DOBSON Mark - 1880 - 14/08/1880 – Age 48 – Collier. Tudhoe Grange, Weardale Iron and Coal Co. Ltd., Spennymoor, Co. Durham. Slipped his foot while at work in the pit on the 12th. Died this day from obstruction of the bowels, doctor reports, caused by the shock.

DOBSON Mathew - 1886 - 25/02/1886 – Age 64 – Waterman. Tudhoe, Weardale Iron Co. Ltd., Spennymoor, Co. Durham. Died from natural causes while following his work along some other workmen. Ventilation all right.

DOBSON R. - 1886 - 29/05/1886 – Age 42 – Engineman. Etherley, H Stobart and Co., Auckland, Co. Durham. Died from heart disease after coming out of a hot underground boiler which he had been cleaning.

DOBSON Thomas - 1885 - 18/03/1885 – Age 18 - Boiler fireman. Usworth, John Bowes and Partners, Usworth, Co. Durham. Explosion in Maudlin Seam. 42 killed.

DOBSON William - 1887 - 09/02/1887 – Age 49 – Hewer. Stanley Drift, Pease and Partners Ltd., Crook, Co. Durham. Severe injury to back by fall of stone. Died 24th.

DOCHERTY Charles (non-fatal) - 1884 - 22/09/1884 – Collier. West Burn No.1, West Burn Coal Co., Cambuslang, Lanarkshire. Fall of roof.

DOCHERTY Charles - 1883 - 26/05/1883 – Age 32 – Sinker. Clamps (limestone), Coltness Iron Co. Ltd., Kirknewton, Edinburgh. Struck by water barrel falling down pit.

DOCHERTY Edward (non-fatal) - 1887 - 10/06/1887 – Miner. Gartshore No.9, William Baird and Co., Kilsyth, Ayrshire. Fall of ironstone.

DOCHERTY Edward * - 1888 - 21/08/1888 – Age 42. Ryhope, Ryhope Coal Co. Ltd., Sunderland, Co. Durham.

DOCHERTY Edward - 1882 - 01/07/1882 – Age 35 – Collier. Capringstone, Bourtree Coal Co., Dreghorn, Ayrshire. Fall of roof at face.

DOCHERTY Edward - 1888 - 21/08/1888 – Age 42 – Hewer. Ryhope, Ryhope Coal Co. Ltd., Sunderland, Co. Durham. He was employed on this day as a putter and got crushed to death between a tub and the side.

DOCHERTY James (non-fatal) - 1884 - 30/04/1884 – Collier. Bredisholm No.6, Provenhall Coal Co., Baillieston, Lanarkshire. Fall of roof.

DOCHERTY James - 1882 - 31/01/1882 – Age 40 – Fireman. Bothwell Castle, William Baird and Co., Bothwell, Lanarkshire. A door at the foot of a room had been left open. When the fireman shut it the current brought the gas out on his naked light. Died 11th Feb.

DOCHERTY James - 1884 - 26/06/1884 – Age 50 – Brusher. Bredisholm, Provanhall Coal Co., Bothwell, Lanarkshire. Fall of roof at face while taking down brushing.

DOCHERTY John (non-fatal) - 1888 - 09/10/1888 – Brusher. Drumpeller No.4, Drumpeller Coal Co., Coatbridge, Lanarkshire. Explosion of firedamp going into unexamined workings with naked lights. 4 injured.

DOCHERTY John (non-fatal) - 1889 - 14/09/1889 – Age 21 – Miner. Earnock, John Watson, Lanarkshire. Explosion of firedamp. 67 days off.

DOCHERTY John (non-fatal) - 1889 - 16/05/1889 – Brusher. Newton No.2, James Dunlop and Co., Cambuslang, Lanarkshire. Spray from his lamp ignited powder with which he was making a squib.

DOCHERTY Michael (non-fatal) - 1886 - 17/08/1886 – Collier. Govan No.6, William Dixon Ltd., Glasgow, Lanarkshire. Fall of coal.

DOCHERTY Michael - 1882 - 16/02/1882 – Age 19 – Trimdon. Grange, Walter Scott, Trimdon Grange Co., Durham. Killed by explosion gas in Harvey Seam. 74 killed. Buried in Trimdon Cemetery Single man.

DOCHERTY Patrick (non-fatal) - 1884 - 03/10/1884 – Miner. Stonebriggs No.2, Eglington Iron Co., Lugar, Ayrshire. Fall of roof.

DOCHERTY Robert (non-fatal) - 1884 - 10/04/1884 – Chainman. Braehead No.6, Eglington Iron Co., Lugar, Ayrshire. Got entangled with a hutch upon an incline.

DOCHERTY Robert (non-fatal) - 1888 - 19/04/1888 – Miner. Rosehall No.5, Robert Addie and Sons, Coatbridge, Lanarkshire. Caught by runaway hutch on an incline.

DOCHERTY Thomas - 1881 - 03/01/1881 – Screenman. Baton Shotts, Shotts, Lanarkshire. Jammed between two empty waggons at screens.

DOCHERTY Unity (non-fatal) - 1886 - 16/06/1886 – Runner. Gartshore No.2, William Baird and Co., Kilsyth, Ayrshire. Was jammed between an empty and full hutch at the foot of the Blaes Bing. Female?

DOCHERTY William (non-fatal) - 1884 - 06/09/1884 – Collier. Auchinharvie, Merry and Cunninghame, Saltcoats, Lanarkshire. Fall of coal and roof.

DOCHERTY William (non-fatal) - 1884 - 16/09/1884 – Collier. Gartshore No.2, William Baird and Co., Kilsyth, Ayrshire. Explosion of firedamp. 2 injured.

DOCHERTY William (non-fatal) - 1889 - 13/05/1889 – Roadsman. Calderbank No.2, Provenhall Coal Co., Baillieston, Lanarkshire. Fell in front of a loaded hutch on incline.

DOCHERTY William (non-fatal) - 1889 - 15/04/1889 – Miner. Gateside No.2, Flemington Coal Co., Cambuslang, Lanarkshire. Fall of coal.

DOCKRAY John - 1887 - 02/05/1887 – Age 31 – Hewer. East Hetton, Walter Scott, Coxhoe, Co. Durham. Fall of stone which broke off at a slip close to working place in a broken jud.

DODD Charles - 1889 - 07/02/1889 – Age 15 - Hooker on. Audley, W Rigby and Co., Audley, Staffordshire. Head injured while jumping on to a loaded waggon in a brake dip. Died 7th March.

DODD George William - 1880 - 04/10/1880 – Age 28 – Hewer. Howard, M Thompson and Sons, Howard, Cumberland. Fall of coal.

DODD John - 1888 - 16/08/1888 – Age 36 – Collier. Brynkinalt, Brynkinalt Collieries Ltd., Chirk, Flint. Inspection made and inquest attended. He was pulling down some coal with a bar when a large quantity of roof coal fell upon him. This accident was entirely due to carelessness as deceased had neglected to set any props though there were plenty at hand.

DODD Robert (injured) - 1885 - 22/01/1885 – Age 25 – Miner. Shakerley, William Ramsden, Lancashire. Leg injured by a piece of clod which fell while he was preparing to set sprags.

DODD Robert - 1880 - 06/05/1880 – Age 26 – Loader. Bunkers Hill, William Rigby and Co., Stoke, Staffordshire. Fall of roof. 2 killed.

DODD Thomas - 1880 - 03/12/1880 – Age 47 – Collier. Llay Hall, Llay Hall Coal & Firebrick Co. Ltd., Wrexham, Denbigh. The deceased were descending the shaft to their work in the morning when the cage caught against the underground haulage rope and by some means slipped out of the wooden pipe through which it was connected down the pit and the men were thrown out falling 80 yards to the bottom. 4 killed.

DODDS John - 1885 - 24/04/1885 – Age 12 – Driver. Cowpen, Cowpen Coal Co. Ltd., Cowpen, Northumberland. Fall of stone.

DODDS John - 1887 - 28/05/1887 – Age 14 – Miner. Udston, Udston Coal Co. Ltd., Hamilton, Lanarkshire. Explosion of gas 73 killed.

DODDS John - 1889 - 28/11/1889 – Age 67 – Hewer. Cowpen, Cowpen Coal Co., Cowpen, Northumberland. Fall of roof.

DODDS Robert - 1882 - 27/04/1882 – Age 21 – Pumper. Team, AE Burdon, Durham. Crushed by tubs on engine plane.

DODGE or DOIDGE Thomas - 1881 - 30/11/1881 – Age 36 – Miner. Hodbarrow (metalliferous), Hodbarrow Mining Co., Cumberland. Fall of roof.

DODGIN James - 1880 - 08/09/1880 – Age 62 – Shifter. Seaham, Marquess of Londonderry, Sunderland, Co. Durham. Explosion of gas 164 killed.

DODSON John - 1880 - 05/12/1880 – Age 13 - Asst. jenny boy. Wombwell Main, Wombwell Main Coal Co., Barnsley, Yorkshire. Drawn into drum at top of jenny.

DOHERTY John (injured) - 1883 - 06/03/1883 – Miner. Robroystone, J Dunlop and Co., Bishopbriggs, Lanarkshire. Explosion of firedamp.

DOHERTY T. - 1888 - 06/02/1888 – Age 30 – Drifter. Aldwarke Main, John Brown and Co., Rotherham, Yorkshire. Struck by something when firing a shot. Died 14th Feb.

DOIDGE John - 1883 - 07/09/1883 – Age 36 – Miner. Kit Hill, Great Consols (metalliferous), Kit Hill, Great Consols Mining Co., Callington, Cornwall. Deceased was engaged, with others, driving a tunnel into Kit Hill by means of boring machinery. On the 13th August, at 2 p.m. a miner named Richard Daniell charged seven holes in the back with dynamite, and fired them, but only five exploded. John Doidge, the head man of the next core was informed of this. He said, ‘All right,’ and made an arrangement with Daniell to change cores for the next day (the 14th), as he Daniell wanted to attend a prayer meeting in the afternoon. Doidge then worked till 10p.m. and with his comrades, who also knew that there were unexploded holes in the back, bored and fired several holes in the bottom. The next core, which worked till 6 am. of the 14th, were cautioned by Doidge about the unexploded holes in the back. They did nothing to them, but bored several holes in the bottom and having fixed the machinery for boring in the back, left work. In accordance with the arrangement made previous day with Daniell, Doidge came to the tunnel at 6 a.m., and at once commenced boring in the back. After working for about one and a quarter hour an explosion took place, resulting in the death of Doidge, and serious injury to the two men with him. The borer had, probably, either penetrated into one of the unexploded charges, or had encountered some nitro-glycerine exuded from them, and conveyed perhaps some little distance away through a crack in the rock.

DOIDGE or DODGE Thomas - 1881 - 30/11/1881 – Age 36 – Miner. Hodbarrow (metalliferous), Hodbarrow Mining Co., Cumberland. Fall of roof.

DOLAN James (non-fatal) - 1885 - 11/06/1885 – Collier. Drumpeller, Summerlee Iron Co., Coatbridge, Lanarkshire. Fall of roof.

DOLAN John (non-fatal) - 1889 - 07/01/1889 – Age 26 – Drawer. Earnock, John Watson, Lanarkshire. Fell before tubs leg fractured. 64 days off.

DOLEMAN Arthur - 1882 - 11/08/1882 – Age 31 – Collier. Milfraen, B Jayne and Co., Monmouth. Fall of coal.

DOLEY James - 1887 - 02/04/1887 – Age 57 – Miner. No.5 (metalliferous), Gillfoot Park Co., Egremont, Cumberland. The deceased was stemming a hole with a copper stemmer, when the charge exploded causing injuries which resulted in his death. This hole had been charged with blasting powder and as the hole was in hard blue ore and was very much shattered by a previous shot it is probable that two small pieces of metal were knocked together, causing a spark to ignite the loose powder in the shot hole.

DOLLAN Thomas (non-fatal) - 1887 - 26/07/1887 – Drawer. Bank No.2, William Dixon Ltd., Coatbridge, Lanarkshire. Cage came down on his leg while drawing a hutch.

DOLLERY William - 1888 - 30/11/1888 – Age 35 – Miner. Eston (ironstone), Bolckow Vaughan and Co. Ltd., Middlesbrough, Yorkshire. Severe injury to head and spine by a fall of stone from the face of his place which bad been shaken by a shot fired previously. Died 2nd Dec.

DONACHIE Peter - 1888 - 25/10/1888 – Age 17 – Drawer. Harthill (ironstone,) Coltness Iron Co., Shotts, Lanarkshire. Stone fell from tub while it was being raised to surface and struck him in pit bottom.

DONACHIE Robert - 1888 - 21/11/1888 – Age 44 – Collier. Auchinraith, Merry and Cunningham, Blantyre, Lanarkshire. Fall of side at face, stoop and room.

DONALD John - 1883 - 13/08/1883 – Age 35 – Hewer. Stobswood, JH Burn, Northumberland. Fall of band stone.

DONALD Jonathan - 1882 - 25/03/1881 – Age 18 – Trailer. Dearham, John Osmaston, Dearham, Cumberland. Explosion of firedamp.

DONALD William - 1882 - 05/11/1882 – Age 52 – Furnaceman. Dearham, James Osmaston, Cumberland. Fell down shaft from seam.

DONALDSON Hugh (non-fatal) - 1884 - 15/01/1884 – Labourer. Cloverhill, Monkland Iron Co., Maryhill, Lanarkshire. Caught by haulage rope.

DONALDSON James (non-fatal) - 1888 - 09/03/1888 – Miner. Wester Gartshore, J and AF Wallace, Kirkintilloch, Dumbarton. Explosion of gunpowder.

DONALDSON James (non-fatal) - 1889 - 16/03/1889 – Age 27 - Loco guard. Fordell, Fordell Trust, Fife. Run over by waggon on private railway. 264 days off.

DONALDSON John - 1882 - 04/04/1882 - Age 40 – Labourer. Bredisholm, Provanhall Coal Co., Bothwell, Lanarkshire. Fell over the scaffold while a hutch of stones over screen.

DONALDSON Robert (non-fatal) - 1884 - 04/01/1884 – Collier. Govan, WS Dixon Ltd., Glasgow, Lanarkshire. Ankle broken by cage at shaft bottom.

DONALDSON Robert (non-fatal) - 1889 - 24/05/1889 – Fireman. Dalzell No.1, Wishaw Coal Co., Motherwell, Lanarkshire. Fall of roof on road.

DONALDSON Thomas (non-fatal) - 1889 - 26/06/1889 – Age 20 – Miner. Pirnie, Fife Coal Co. Ltd., Fife. Fall of roadside. 116 days off.

DONALDSON Thomas (non-fatal) - 1889 - 26/12/1889 – Age 24 - Sinker. Kinneddar, W Paterson, Fife. Fell down shaft. Not yet resumed.

DONALDSON William (non-fatal) - 1889 - 24/05/1889 – Age 21 – Miner. Mosside, Gavin Paul and Sons, Linlithgow. Fall of coal. 47 days off.

DONALDSON William - 1880 - 16/08/1880 – Age 35 – Fireman. Redburn, Eglington Iron Co., Irvine, Ayrshire. Explosion of firedamp. 2 killed.

DONALDSON William Steel - 1888 - 02/07/1888 – Age 19 – Putter. Cramlington, Amelia Cramlington Coal Co., Cramlington, Northumberland. A full tub which he was bringing outbye left the way drawing a prop which caused the roof to fall.

DONE John - 1885 - 18/06/1885 – Age 34 – Miner. Clifton Hall, Andrew Knowles and Sons Ltd., Lancashire. Fatal great explosion. 178 killed.

DONELLY James - 1883 - 05/01/1883 – Age 33 – Fireman. Craighead, William Baird and Co., Blantyre, Lanarkshire. Explosion of a shot before they had time to retire after lighting the match. 2 killed.

DONEVAN Robert (injured) - 1881 - 28/02/1881 – Miner. Glandore, Glandore Mines Ltd., Leap Co., Cork, Ireland. Hurt by a large stone breaking down a stage on which they were at work after firing a shot. 2 injured.

DONEY Daniel - 1880 - 04/09/1880 – Age 40 – Filler. Holmbush (metalliferous), New Holmbush Mining Co., Callington, Cornwall. Was in the plat at the 60 fathoms level, engaged in filling the skip, and fell into the shaft.

DONEY James - 1880 - 19/03/1880 – Age 44 – Miner. Holmbush (metalliferous), Liquidators of the Credit Co. Ltd., Callington, Cornwall. Unexpected fall of a portion of the lode.

DONEY Luke - 1880 - 07/04/1880 – Age 24 – Stoneman. Cramlington, Joseph Lamb and Partners, Cramlington, Northumberland. Fall of stone.

DONHUE Michael - 1884 - 04/08/1884 – Age 42 – Labourer. Prospect, Wigan Coal and Iron Co. Ltd., Wigan, Lancashire. The man fell off a waggon from which he was assisting to unload timber, and died shortly after from shock. He had apparently received no injury.

DONNACHIE James - 1885 - 29/12/1885 – Age 52 – Collier. Duchray, J and J Gilmour, Coylton, Ayrshire. Fall of roof at face.

DONNACHIE William (non-fatal) - 1888 - 10/01/1888 – Miner. Woodhill No.16, Merry and Cunninghame, Kilmarnock, Ayrshire. Fall of roof at face.

DONNACHY Michael - 1880 - 26/11/1880 – Age 16 – Drawer. Loanhead, Shotts Iron Co., Lasswade, Edinburgh. Fell from a level onto the incline. Edge seam.

DONNALLEY Hugh (non-fatal) - 1884 - 29/08/1884 – Collier. Douglas, Walkinshaw Oil Co., Inkerman. Explosion of firedamp. Others injured.

DONNALLY M. - 1887 - 21/01/1887 – Chargeman. Shelton, Lord Granville, Stoke, Staffordshire. Fall of roof while loading tub.

DONNELLY James - 1882 - 13/03/1882 – Age 40 – Labourer. Montreal (metalliferous), John Stirling, Cumberland. Crushed by frame of windlass falling.

DONNELLY Patrick (non-fatal) - 1886 - 22/01/1886 – Miner. Blackhill No.9, Summerlee Iron Co., Bishopbriggs, Lanarkshire. Fall of roof.

DONNELLY Thomas - 1882 - 25/05/1882 – Age 25 – Proptaker. Priestner’s No.2, Wigan Coal and Iron Co. Ltd., Atherton, Lancashire. Roof in drawing props.

DONNELY or DONNELLY Elias - 1885 - 18/03/1885 – Age 41 - Back overman. Usworth, John Bowes and Partners, Usworth, Co. Durham. Explosion in Maudlin Seam. Suffocated by afterdamp explosion, after the explosion. 42 killed.

DONNISON Thomas - 1886 - 29/11/1886 – Age 30 – Collier. Haswell, Haswell Coal Co. Ltd., Fence Houses, Co. Durham. Fall of stone from roof of longwall face.

DONNOCHIE Pat (non-fatal) - 1884 - 24/01/1884 – Collier. Wellshot, James Dunn, Cambuslang, Lanarkshire. Explosion of firedamp.

DONOGHUE Michael (injured) - 1889 - 14/05/1889 – Age 45 – Miner. Dunreen Bay (metalliferous), J Cameron Swan and Co., Co. Cork, Ireland. Face and hands scorched by a shot going as he without waiting as required by the Special Rules returned thinking it had missed fire. Inspection and inquiry.

DONOVAN M. - 1886 - 23/12/1886 – Age 58 – Stower. George, Powell Duffryn Steam Coal Co. Ltd., Mountain Ash, Glamorgan. Fall of stone from the roof on his leg which had not healed from a previous injury. Erysipelas supervened.

DOONE L. (injured) - 1880 - 11/09/1880 - Labourer. Mondubeagh, Leinster Colliery Co., Queen’s County, Ireland. Hurt Ribs broken &c. slipping through a hole used for a hoist on the stage of the pit.

DOOTSON Henry - 1886 - 17/05/1886 – Age 16 – Dataler. Abram, Abram Coal Co., Wigan, Lancashire. Inspection made and inquest attended. The journey got off the road at top of incline and the last tub becoming uncoupled ran down the brow and caught deceased before he could get away. Deceased had taken the drag off the journey as it passed him to put on his own gang otherwise the accident would not have occurred.

DOOTSON Peter (injured) - 1884 - 21/04/1884 – Age 37 – Metalman. Bradford, Bradford Colliery Co., Lancashire. Bobbin cartridge exploded on being put into hole.

DORAN Arthur - 1886 - 17/08/1886 – Age 41 – Miner. No.2 Montreal (metalliferous), John Stirling, Cleator Moor, Cumberland. Fall of roof. After firing a shot in the roof of the working the deceased and his partner trimmed down what they considered unsafe shortly after a large stone fell and knocked the timber on him and crushing him to death.

DORAN Barnett - 1889 - 16/02/1889 – Age 19 – Dataler. John, Wigan Coal and Iron Co. Ltd., Wigan, Lancashire. Inspection made and inquest attended. He was assisting to draw the timber out of an old road when a stone suddenly fell knocking out a prop which had been set under it temporarily.

DORAN John - 1889 - 26/08/1889 – Age 40 – Miner. Meiklehill No.2, James Gardner and Sons, Kirkintilloch, Dumbarton. A shot went off before he retired from it.

DORAN Samuel * - 1880 - 06/07/1880 – Age 46. Chilton South, Durham Coal Co., Ferryhill, Co. Durham.

DORMAN John - 1889 - 22/10/1889 – Age 36 – Engineman. Vivian’s Morfa, Vivian and Sons, Port Talbot, Glamorgan. Entangled by the drum of engine (haulage) which he attended. It is supposed he had been oiling the indicator gearing or journal of drum while the machinery was in motion.

DORMAN or DORMAND Joseph - 1882 - 16/02/1882 – Age 14. Trimdon Grange, Walter Scott, Trimdon Grange, Co. Durham. Killed by explosion gas in Harvey Seam. 74 killed. Buried in Trimdon Cemetery.

DORRALD Henry - 1882 - 31/03/1882 – Age 31 - Stallman. Netherseal, Netherseal Colliery Co., Burton-on-Trent, Derbyshire. Fall of coal while getting them down.

DOUGAN Daniel - 1882 - 29/04/1882 – Age 27 – Miner. Hopetoun (shale), Uphall Oil Co. Ltd., Kirkliston, Linlithgow. Fall of shale while holing. Stooping.

DOUGAN John - 1882 - 23/11/1882 – Age 40 – Collier. Barton Hill, W Baird and Co., Baillieston, Lanarkshire. Fall of roof.

DOUGAN Thomas - 1885 - 16/03/1885 – Age 19 – Drawer. Addiewell (shale), Youngs Paraffin Light and Mineral Oil Co. Ltd., West Calder, Edinburgh. While descending in the morning the cage left the guides stuck in the shaft and then fell some fathoms. The deceased fell out but 2 others remained in the cage uninjured. 4 killed.

DOUGHTY Thomas - 1881 - 11/01/1881 – Age 26 – Stallman. Boythorpe Silkstone, Boythorpe and Chesterfield Colliery Co., Chesterfield, Derbyshire. Fall of coals. Holing after having liberated the holing sprags.

DOUGLAS David - 1881 - 28/12/1881 – Age 29 – Collier. Blackrigg No.1, John Watson, Slamannan, Stirling. Fall of roof while drawing the gibs from the coal the roof fell along with the coal. Longwall.

DOUGLAS John - 1882 - 16/02/1882 – Age 13. Trimdon Grange, Walter Scott, Trimdon Grange, Co. Durham. Killed by explosion of gas in Harvey Seam. 74 killed. Buried in Kelloe Cemetery.

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

DOUGLAS Thomas - 1888 - 01/02/1888 – Age 60 – Labourer. Sundrum No.2, Dalmellington Iron Co., Hurlford, Ayrshire. Jammed between waggons.

DOUGLAS William - 1883 - 14/05/1883 – Age 50 – Oversman. Loganlea, Loganlea Coal Co., West Calder, Edinburgh. Fall of roof while redding road to start a lift. 2 killed.

DOVE Daniel - 1882 - 25/03/1882 – Inclineman. Lingdale (ironstone), Pease and Partners, Guisborough, Yorkshire. Foot cut off by engine and truck running over. He fell as he was getting out while shunting into siding. Died on 17th April.

DOVE Henry - 1885 – 15/10/1885 – Age 49 – Stoker. No.9, Llynvi and Tondu Co., Maesteg, Glamorgan. Drawn into machinery.

DOVEY W.J. - 1880 – 15/07/1880 – Age 13 – Door boy. Risca Black Vein, London and South Wales Coal Co., Risca, Monmouth. Explosion of firedamp 120 killed.

DOW Allan - 1889 – 21/05/1889 – Age 40 – Drawer. Camps (metalliferous), Coltness Iron Co., Edinburgh. Crushed by tub.

DOW William (non-fatal) - 1887 – 02/09/1887 – Waggon shifter. Gilbertfield, Cambuslang Coal Co., Cambuslang, Lanarkshire. Crushed between waggons.

DOWD Patrick - 1880 – 22/10/1880 – Age 35 – Collier. Pemberton, J Blundell and Son, Wigan, Lancashire. Deceased was taking a tub down an incline, and was overtaken by another loaded tub, which had been left on the road by another collier, insufficiently scotched.

DOWEER Joseph * - 1889 - 18/06/1889 – Age 52. Castle Eden, Johnson and Raey, Castle Eden, Co. Durham.

DOWER Joseph - 1889 - 18/07/1889 – Age 52 – Hewer. Castle Eden, Castle Eden Coal Co. Ltd., Fence Houses, Co. Durham. Fall of stone from a slip at side of place.

DOWER William - 1886 - 13/09/1886 – Age 16 – Miner. West Bassett (metalliferous), West Bassett Mining Co., Redruth, Cornwall. Unexpected fall of ground.

DOWEY George - 1882 - 14/12/1882 – Age 40 – Deputy. Cowpen, Cowpen and North Seaton Coal Co., Cowpen, Northumberland. Fall of stone from roof.

DOWIE Gersham (non-fatal) - 1889 - 26/08/1889 – Age 32 – Miner. Addiewell, Youngs Paraffin Light & Mineral Oil Co. Ltd., Edinburgh. Explosion of firedamp. 63 days off work.

DOWLING John (injured) - 1887 - 07/06/1887 – Age 42 – Miner. Rock, Joseph Dobbs Co., Kilkenny, Ireland. Collar bone broken by coal from a break where he had fired two shots.

DOWLING John (injured) - 1889 - 09/05/1889 – Age 50 – Miner. Rock, Joseph Dobbs Co., Kilkenny, Ireland. Injured by a shot going off on being stemmed. Iron stemmers had been sent to the mine and wooden stemmers with a brass plate screwed on with a brass screw provided. If this stemmer was in use as alleged and not one of the steel drills the powder apparently lighted at a vein of iron pyrites which, on the hole being afterwards cut out was from 10 inches from the far end Inspection and inquiry. 2 injured.

DOWLING John - 1889 - 10/05/1889 - 45 – Collier. Dean Lane, Bedminster Coal Co., (Henry Bennett), Bristol, Somerset. Fall of roof while working with a naked light. He intended setting a prop but deferred it too long.

DOWLING Patrick (injured) - 1889 - 09/05/1889 – Age 16 – Miner. Rock, Joseph Dobbs Co., Kilkenny, Ireland. Injured by a shot going off on being stemmed. Iron stemmers had been sent to the mine and wooden stemmers with a brass plate screwed on with a brass screw provided. If this stemmer was in use as alleged and not one of the steel drills the powder apparently lighted at a vein of iron pyrites which, on the hole being afterwards cut out was from 10 inches from the far end Inspection and inquiry. 2 injured.

DOWN C.W. - 1880 - 22/07/1880 – Age 19 – Miner. Robin Hood, Clifton and Kersley Coal Co., Clifton, Lancashire. Coal &c., which was being taken down, falling.

DOWNEY Robert - 1889 - 30/05/1889 – Age 35 – Hewer. Montreal, John Stirling, Cumberland. Fall of coal.

DOWNIE John - 1884 - 08/04/1884 – Miner. Cults (limestone), James Martin, Ladybank, Fife. Fall of limestone.

DOWNIE Peter - 1884 - 08/04/1884 – Age 28 – Roadsman. Greenfield, Archibald Russell, Hamilton, Lanarkshire. Fall of roof while repairing main road, stoop and room.

DOWNIE Thomas - 1883 - 03/10/1883 – Age 30 – Coupler. Prince, Eglington Iron Co., Stevenston, Ayrshire. Injured upon 20th by the hutches getting off the rails. Died 3rd Oct.

DOWNIE Thomas - 1885 - 02/02/1885 – Age 52 – Collier. Blantyre, William Dixon Ltd., Blantyre, Lanarkshire. Fall of side while holing, long wall.

DOWNIE William (non-fatal) - 1889 - 27/01/1889 – Age 55 – Fireman. Pentland, Clippens Oil Co. Ltd., Edinburgh. Explosion of firedamp. 95 days off.

DOWNING G.H. - 1885 - 26/11/1885 – Age 15 – Carpenter. Leycett, Madeley Co., Newcastle, Staffordshire. Fell down shaft while signalling for men.

DOWNING J. - 1887 - 27/08/1887 – Age 39 – Collier. Silverdale, Butterley Co., Newcastle, Staffordshire. Fall of bass while setting a post.

DOWNING Joshua - 1888 - 01/11/1888 – Age 37 – Pikeman. Fish, Executors of John Raybould, Brierley Hill, Staffordshire. Incautiously passed under some roof coal which he had loosened. It fell and killed him.

DOWNS John - 1884 - 16/05/1884 – Age 33 – Miner. Clifton Hall, Andrew Knowles and Sons Ltd., Lancashire. Fall of roof coal Between slips. Doe Mine.

DOWSE Elven - 1886 - 29/03/1886 – Age 21 - Asst brakeman. Hewlett Sidings, Wigan Coal and Iron Co., Lancashire. While letting some waggons down near the weighbridge he fell in front. The waggons were moving slowly, and whether he stumbled at the side or was trying to pass between or under the buffers was unknown.

DOXEY David - 1885 - 18/06/1885 – Age 45 – Underlooker. Clifton Hall, Andrew Knowles and Sons Ltd., Lancashire. Fatal great explosion. 178 killed.

DOYLE Edward (injured) - 1880 - 04/10/1880 – Miner. Luganure (Metalliferous), Mining Co. of Ireland, Rathdrum Co., Wicklow, Ireland. Hurt Struck by windlass handle when winding water. The water barrels caught in the shaft and caused a jerk.

DOYLE M. - 1889 - 23/10/1889 – Age 55 – Labourer. Rockingham, Newton Chambers and Co., Barnsley, Yorkshire. Run over by train on private branch railway.

DOYLE Michael - 1887 - 03/01/1887 – Age 13 – Driver. Brandon, Strakers and Love, Durham, Co. Durham. Crushed to death by his pony falling on him.

DOYLE Thomas (injured) - 1882 - 21/10/1882 – Age 38 – Labourer. Minera (metalliferous), Wrexham, Denbigh. He slipped while carrying a plank and fell against a piece of timber. Shoulder broken. Still unable to work March 1883.

DRABBLE Henry - 1887 - 24/01/1887 – Age 40 – Collier. Pleasley, Stanton Iron Co., Mansfield, Nottinghamshire. Fall of roof while repairing the roadway. 2 killed.

DRAIN William - 1887 - 28/05/1887 – Age 19 – Miner. Udston, Udston Coal Co. Ltd., Hamilton, Lanarkshire. Explosion of gas 73 killed.

DRAINER Richard - 1880 - 08/09/1880 – Age 56 – Shifter. Seaham, Marquess of Londonderry, Sunderland, Co. Durham. Explosion of gas 164 killed.

DRAKE Christopher - 1884 - 12/08/1884 – Age 22 – Miner. Grinkle (ironstone), Palmers Shipbuilding and Iron Co. Ltd., Mulgrave, Yorkshire. Killed by a shot blowing through holing a bord into a wall. No warning seems to have been given.

DRANSFIELD J. - 1887 - 02/03/1887 – Age 30 – Collier. Allerton, T and RW Bower, Leeds, Yorkshire. Fall of roof.

DRAPER Daniel - 1887 22/01/1887 – Age 49 – Miner. Eston (ironstone), Blocklow Vaughan and Co. Ltd., Middlesbrough, Yorkshire. While climbing over some full tubs of small coal where he had no business the set was started and he was crushed to death between tubs.

DRAPER T. - 1887 - 23/11/1887 – Age 26 – Dataller. Barrow, Barrow Haematite Steel Co., Barnsley, Yorkshire. Fall of roof. Died 11th.

DRAVEL J. (injured) - 1883 - 18/09/1883 – Screener. Burton Nook, Denton Colliery Co. Ltd., Lancashire. Killed on railway.

DREW James - 1888 - 23/08/1888 – Age 37 – Collier. Rhos Llantwit, Rhos Llantwit Coal Co. Ltd., Caerphilly, Glamorgan. Fall of roof stone, from unseen and unexpected slips near the face of his working place.

DRINKWATER George (injured) - 1889 - 18/10/1889 – Age 17 - Hooker on. Baron’s Quay, Salt Union Ltd., Cheshire. Foot injured by a lump of rock salt falling off the tub as he was hooking on. Inquiry.

DRISCOL Patrick - 1880 - 30/08/1880 – Age 15 – Driver. Backworth, JC Lamb and Co., Backworth, Northumberland. Crushed by tubs.

DRISCOLL John - 1880 - 10/08/1880 – Age 54 – Labourer. Cwm Neol, Powells Duffryn Co., Aberdare, Glamorgan. Fell under wagons of coal at screens.

DRIVER James - 1887 - 07/04/1887 – Age 59 – Labourer. Upleatham (ironstone), Pease Partners and Co. Ltd., Marske, Yorkshire. While engaged tipping coals from a truck at depot he fell a distance of 12 feet causing concussion of the brain.

DRIVER Thomas (injured) - 1887 - 24/01/1887 – Age 55 - Asst. fireman. Rose Hill Doe Mine, Samuel Scowcroft and Sons, Ltd., Lancashire. Face and arms burned by firedamp which ignited at his open light the gas having accumulated in consequence of brattice being down.

DROY Thomas - 1888 - 30/05/1888 – Age 59 – Pikeman. Himley, Earl of Dudley, Dudley, Worcester. Died 6th June. Fatally injured by fall of roof coal in a Thick Coal opening when incautiously cutting out a spurn with his pike.

DRURY Plenty - 1880 - 05/04/1880 – Age 47 – Deputy. Middleton, Middleton Coal Co., Leeds, Yorkshire. Explosion of firedamp. 4 killed.

DRURY Thomas - 1880 - 08/12/1880 - Age 46 – Labourer. Garswood Hall, Smethurst Hoyle and Grime, Wigan, Lancashire. Deceased was lowering a waggon under the screen; and was caught by a second waggon, which he had neglected to sprag before moving the first one.

DRURY William Henry - 1888 - 11/09/1888 – Age 21 – Dayman. Watnall, Barber Walker and Co., Eastwood, Nottinghamshire. Fall of roof while building a pack.

DRYSDALE Robert - 1882 - 08/05/1882 – Age 52 – Hewer. Widdrington, Widdrington Coal Co., Widdrington, Co. Durham. Fall of band stone.

DUBBS E. - 1887 - 12/07/1887 – Sinker. Clanway, Clive and Sons, Tunstall, Staffordshire. Crushed by loaded bowk through reversing engine.

DUCAN James (non-fatal) - 1884 - 09/10/1884 – Collier. Broomlands No.8, Bourtreehill Coal Co., Dreghorn. Explosion of firedamp. 2 injured.

DUCHERING Frederick - 1883 - 22/03/1883 – Age 29 – Miner. Eston (ironstone), Blocklow Vaughan and Co. Ltd., Middleborough, Yorkshire. Some stone fell off the side and knocked out some props, and both appear to have fallen on him.

DUCKENFIELD W. - 1889 - 26/08/1889 – Age 42 – Labourer. Manvers Main, Manvers Main Coal Co., Rotherham, Yorkshire. Crushed by waggons on private branch railway.

DUCKETT Enoch - 1886 - 02/01/1886 – Age 43 – Pikeman. Straits Green, Glaze and Co., Lower Gornal, Staffordshire. Died 3rd Jan. Fall of coal from edge of holing. Causes a bump and converging slips.

DUCKETT Henry - 1886 - 22/07/1886 – Collier. Wells Way, Trustees of the Countess Waldegrave, Somerset. Fall of stone. The stone ran out to thin edge all round a prop was under it but in the process of holing the edge of the slip was reached and it fell.

DUCKHOUSE William - 1888 - 01/03/1888 – Age 31 – Bandsman Bentley, G Williams and Son, Bentley, Staffordshire. Died 27th July. The concussion of a shot which he had just fired brought down a large piece of rock upon him and broke his back.

DUCKWOOD E. - 1886 - 06/09/1886 – Age 32 – Collier. Clough Hall, Kinnersley and Co., Stoke, Staffordshire. Fall of roof.

DUCKWORTH George (injured) - 1887 - 24/08/1887 – Age 14 - Taker off. Gravel Hole, Earl of Bradford, Lancashire. Arm caught against a pump hearer in ascending the shaft.