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EADES John - 1882 - 01/12/1882 – Age 40 – Miner. Pendlebury, Andrew Knowles and Sons Ltd., Pendlebury, Lancashire. Roof from a slip in drawing props.

EADES William - 1882 - 30/05/1882 – Age 22 - Hooker-on. Great Wood, Denton Colliery Co. Ltd., Denton, Lancashire. Roof stone which slid 150 yards down the engine brow.

EADIE Alexander (non-fatal) - 1885 - 12/09/1885 - Pony driver. Gateside, Flemington Coal Co., Cambuslang, Lanarkshire. Fell on hutch on which he was sitting and was run over.

EARDLEY Charles - 1887 - 27/04/1887 – Age 36 – Labourer. Ashton Moss, Ashton Moss Colliery Co., Lancashire. In getting cinders from the heap he undermined too far causing the face to fall upon him. He was too venturesome. Died 20th. May.

EARDLEY J. - 1888 - 02/11/1888 – Age 36 – Collier. Newcastle, Madeley Coal Co., Newcastle, Staffordshire. Fall of coal.

EARDLEY T. - 1887 - 29/04/1887 – Age 23 – Loader. Talke, North Staffordshire Co., Stoke, Staffordshire. Lump of coal fell off a sprag on to him.

EARDLEY William Henry (injured) - 1885 - 12/06/1885 – Age 33 – Underlooker. Bar Gap, Hiram Robinson, Lancashire. Injured by falling down a staple air pit 9 or 10 yards deep. He intended sliding down the windlass rope in order to travel the airway but apparently he did not make the windlass fast before putting his weight on the rope, which caused the rope to unwind.

EARL Andrew (non-fatal) - 1886 - 12/04/1886 – Engineman. Dykes No.1, Eglinton Iron Co., Cumnock, Lanarkshire. Arm cut by broken window.

EARLEY John - 1886 - 13/01/1886 – Age 23 - Bottom shooter. Montagu Main, William Benson and Son, Northumberland. Explosion of gunpowder.

EARLIE John - 1885 – 22/01/1885 – Age 53 – Brusher. Lumphinnans, Cowdenbeath Coal Co., Lochgelly, Fife. Fall of roof while repairing drawing road, long wall.

EARLY Andrew (non-fatal) - 1885 – 20/01/1885 – Miner. Gartshore No.9, William Baird and Co., Kilsyth, Stirling. Fall of ironstone.

EARNSHAW J. - 1884 – 10/10/1884 – Age 32 – Collier. Emley Moor, Jaggar and Co., Wakefield, Yorkshire. Fall of coal.

EASINGWOOD J. - 1881 - 26/02/1881 – Age 50 – Banksman. West Riding, Pope and Pearson, Normanton, Yorkshire. Fell from gangway. Died 28th.

EASTERBROOK Archibald (non-fatal) - 1884 - 11/09/1884 – Miner. Busiehead No.4, James Dunlop and Co., Kilmarnock, Ayrshire. Explosion of gunpowder.

EASTHAM Jane - 1884 - 21/02/1884 – Age 20 – Screener. Hindley Green, J Scowcroft and Co., Wigan, Lancashire. Inquest attended. The deceased and some other girls were passing between the buffers of some waggons which were standing a few feet apart when some other waggons where were being lowered ran standing waggons knocked them over the scotches. The manager promised to make such arrangements that it would not be necessary for the girls to cross the line in future. Female.

EASTON Robert - 1882 - 30/05/1882 – Age 24 - Horse leader. Challoner (ironstone), Blocklow Vaughan and Co. Ltd., Guisborough Yorkshire. Crushed between a horse and wall side while coming down a board the horse refused to hold the tub down the bank and turned out of the way.

EASTON William (non-fatal) - 1889 - 21/10/1889 – Age 39 – Brusher. Addiewell, Youngs Paraffin Light & Mineral Oil Co. Ltd., Edinburgh. Explosion of firedamp 2 injured Not resumed work.

EATON Peter - 1880 - 22/04/1880 – Age 64 – Boatman. Canal Wharf, Tyldesley Coal Co., Astley, Lancashire. Arm crushed between two waggons on the branch railway. Not comprised.

EATON Thomas - 1887 - 02/06/1887 – Age 47 – Collier. Castle, Crawshay Bros., Merthyr, Glamorgan. Fall of coal and clod at lace of stall. The seam was only three and a half feet thick and the clod 11 inches there was a sprag set up but the coal and clod burst out from a slip.

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

EAVES Samuel - 1885 - 18/06/1885 – Age 27 – Daywageman. Clifton Hall, Andrew Knowles and Sons Ltd., Lancashire. Fatal great explosion. 178 killed.

ECCLES Abraham (injured) - 1885 - 28/01/1885 – Age 45 – Miner. Lower Darwin, Lower Darwin Colliery Co., Lancashire. Injured slightly by fall of loose roof stone which uncapped two props.

ECCLES Richard Henry (injured) - 1885 - 31/10/1885 – Age 38 – Miner. Little Harwood, EM Sharp and Co., Lancashire. Injured by a stone from the roof at a fault and where he and others were engaged repairing. The stone knocked a bar out which was partly under it.

ECCLES Robert * - 1880 - 24/03/1880 – Age 81. Lindal Moor, Harrison Ainslie and Co., Lancashire.

ECCLESTON Joseph (injured) - 1888 - 16/01/1888 – Age 16 - Taker off. Shakerley Wellington, William Ramsden, Lancashire. Thigh broken in the engine brow the tubs having left the rails as he was riding up.

ECCLESTON William (injured) - 1886 - 06/10/1886 – Age 18 – Miner. Shakerley Wellington, William Ramsden, Lancashire. Injured by coal from a slip which fell over two sprags as he was working with his father.

ECKERSLEY James - 1880 - 22/03/1880 – Age 56 – Stoneman. Ellerbeck, Hic-bibi Coal and Cannel Co. Ltd., Coppull, Lancashire. Roof falling from a slip where he was drawing a prop. King coal.

ECKERSLEY James - 1887 - 19/01/1887 – Age 16 - Taker off. Wharton No.1, Bridgewater Trustees, Lancashire. Killed by an escaped tub on gig brow. He was at the gig at the second landing when a full tub standing at the landing above being struck by empty tub, was pushed over the stop blocks.

ECKERSLEY John (injured) - 1888 - 17/01/1888 – Age 16 - Asst at engine brow. Shakerley Nelson, William Ramsden, Lancashire. Hand and fingers crushed as he was foolishly allowing the ascending rope to run though his hand.

ECKERSLEY John - 1885 - 18/06/1885 – Age 33 – Miner. Clifton Hall, Andrew Knowles and Sons Ltd., Lancashire. Fatal great explosion. 178 killed.

ECKERSLEY Joseph - 1881 - 19/12/1881 – Age 31 – Collier. Abram, Abram Coal Co., Wigan, Lancashire. Explosion of gas. 48 killed.

ECKERSLEY T. (injured) - 1883 - 08/06/1883 – Age 38 – Miner. Cleworth Hall, Tyldesley Coal Co. Ltd., Lancashire. Cartridges testing fuse.

ECKERSLEY T. (injured) - 1883 - 31/01/1883 – Age 30 – Miner. Manor, Clifton and Kersley Coal Co., Lancashire. Fall of coal from a slip.

ECKERSLEY William - 1886 - 13/08/1886 – Age 54. Woodend, John Speakman, Lancashire. Explosion of firedamp in the north-west workings. 38 lost.

ECLEY J. - 1887 - 26/12/1887 – Driver. Harecastle, Sir George Elliot and Co., Stoke, Staffordshire. Stumbled and fell and was run over by tubs.

EDDLESTON Richard - 1885 - 05/02/1885 – Age 15 – Engineman. Low Hall, Moss Hall Coal Co., Wigan, Lancashire. Inspection made and inquest attended. The boy was in charge of an air engine drawing tubs up brow and he appears to have gone round to the front of the drum whilst the engine was running for some purpose not evident and got caught by the rope and dragged against the drum and crushed. There were some broken wires in the rope which would make it more likely to catch his clothing.

EDDLESTON Thomas - 1882 - 21/10/1882 – Age 55 – Pitman. Ravenhead, St. Helens Collieries Co. Ltd., St. Helens, Lancashire. Inspection made and inquest attended. Deceased was riding on the edge of a sinking hoppet and was thrown off through the guider of the hoppet catching in the shaft for an instant. The hoppet then fell suddenly for 2 or 3 yards, and he was jerked off.

EDDLESTONE E. - 1888 - 25/09/1888 – Age 31 – Collier. Dukinfield, Dukinfield Coal Co., Stockport, Cheshire. Fall of roof.

EDDY Henry - 1885 - 31/08/1885 – Age 37 – Timberman. Botallock (metalliferous), Botallock Mining Co., St. Just, Cornwall. Deceased whilst engaged putting in a skip road in the old engine shaft stood on one of the dividing which was improperly footed. It gave way precipitating him in the shaft. Deceased had himself put in this dividing.

EDDY John (injured) - 1889 - 01/07/1889 – Age 40 – Shaftsman. Cook’s Kitchen (metalliferous), Camborne, Cornwall. Eddy was engaged at the bottom of the engine shaft 6 fathom's below the 394 level sending up stuff which was being drawn by his comrades. The latter not observing after emptying one kibble that there was a good deal of slack rope threw the kibble back into the shaft. The sudden jerk broke the rope and the kibble fell on the man below inflicting a severe cut on his back and breaking two of his ribs.

EDDY John - 1885 - 16/12/1885 – Age 45 – Miner. Wheal Owles (metalliferous), Wheal Owles Mining Co., St. Just, Cornwall. Unexpected fall of ground.

EDDY Thomas (injured) - 1888 - 26/06/1888 – Age 16 – Labourer. Great Works, Consolidated (metalliferous) Breage, Helston, Cornwall. While waiting on the masons fell from the scaffold 6 feet and broke his arm.

EDDY William - 1885 - 07/12/1885 – Age 32 – Sinker. Penrhiwfer, Glamorgan Coal Co., Penygraig, Glamorgan. Fell down pit. 2 killed.

EDDY William H. - 1888 - 22/08/1888 – Age 37 - Mine agent. Clogau (metalliferous). He went on to the top of a small windmill used for working the pumps and after sitting there for 25 minutes watching it work he stood up in order to come down. Unfortunately, he slipped fell into the gearing and was so badly crushed that he died.

EDEN Daniel - 1888 - 24/11/1888 – Age 16 - Horse driver. Pelsall, Pelsall Coal and Iron Co., Pelsall, Staffordshire. Died 25th November. Found lying dead in front of an empty tub to which the horse was attached.

EDEN Robert - 1884 - 10/04/1884 – Age 48 – Hewer. Wardley, John Bowes and Partners, Wardley, Durham. Crushed by tubs on engine plane.

EDGAR Henry - 1884 - 12/04/1884 – Age 40 – Collier. Cadzow, Cadzow Coal Co., Hamilton, Lanarkshire. Fall of roof at face, removing stoops.

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

EDGE J. - 1882 - 16/12/1882 – Age 24 – Collier. Ubberley, Chatterley Coal and Iron Co., Bucknall, Staffordshire. Fell out of cage.

EDGE John (injured) - 1888 - 07/08/1888 – Age 53 – Miner. Newton No.2, Clifton and Kersley Coal Co. Ltd., Lancashire. Leg broken by roof stone falling where he was cutting to make a turn place for tubs.

EDGE John (injured) - 1888 - 29/07/1888 – Age 28 – Dayman. Tong, Executors of Jethro Scowcroft, Lancashire. Ankle crushed by falling from the roof in an old road which he was preparing for a gig brow.

EDGE John - 1883 - 07/11/1883 – Age 16 – Moorfield, Altham Colliery Co. Ltd., Lancashire. Explosion of gas 68 killed.

EDGE John Henry - 1880 - 30/06/1880 – Age 14 - Screen boy. No.5 Clay Cross, Clay Cross Coal and Iron Co., Clay Cross, Derbyshire. Assisting to move railway waggons and was crushed between the buffers.

EDGE Leigh - 1888 - 23/11/1888 – Age 43 – Filler. Pendlebury, Andrew Knowles and Sons Ltd., Lancashire. Back hurt roof falling a prop having been knocked out in turning a tub.

EDGE Lot - 1884 - 01/02/1884 – Age 46 - Engine tenter. Botany Bay, Clifton and Kersley Coal Co., Lancashire. Steam crane breaking off the pivot and falling into the canal.

EDGE Richard - 1888 - 05/07/1888 – Age 30 – Proptaker. Crow Orchard, White Moss Coal Co. Ltd., Skelmersdale, Lancashire. Inspection made and inquest attended. He had drawn 17 or props and was knocking out another with his hammer when a large slab fell suddenly and caught him before he could get away. The roof was apparently very good and he does not appear to have taken as much care as usual in consequence.

EDGE Samuel - 1884 - 09/01/1884 – Age 12 - Door boy. Caedu, Llynvi and Tondu Coal and Iron Co. Ltd., Bridgend, Glamorgan Knocked down by trams.

EDGE Thomas - 1883 - 07/11/1883 – Age 14 – Moorfield. Altham Colliery Co. Ltd., Lancashire. Explosion of gas 68 killed.

EDGE Walter (injured) - 1887 - 27/12/1887 – Age 25 – Miner. Tong, Executors of Jethro Scowcroft and Sons Ltd., Lancashire. Arm broken by fall of roof on the waggon road, his tub having knocked out a prop.

EDGER Thomas - 1887 - 14/02/1887 – Age 40 – Hewer. South Medmosley, Owners of South Medmosley, South Medmosley, Co. Durham. Explosion of shot.

EDIS Isaac - 1880 - 19/09/1880 – Age 13 - Lamp cleaner. Denaby Main, Denaby Main Coal Co., Rotherham, Yorkshire. Burned from clothes taking fire at colzaline lamp.

EDIS J. - 1886 - 11/03/1886 – Age 22 - Loco driver. Sharlston, New Sharlston Coal Co., Normanton, Yorkshire. Run over by loco.

EDMISTON John (injured) - 1883 - 05/02/1883 – Collier. Stonelaw, FR Reid, Rutherglen, Lanarkshire. Fall of roof.

EDMONDSON Charles - 1882 - 13/07/1882 - Age 35 – Miner. Skelton (ironstone), Bell Bros Ltd., Guisborough, Yorkshire. Died from the effects of a severe blow on head by fall of stone while bringing it down on the 1st Oct. last.

EDMUNDS C.L. - 1880 - 15/07/1880 – Age 50 - Bottom cutter. Risca Black Vein, London and South Wales Coal Co., Risca, Monmouth. Explosion of firedamp 120 killed.

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

EDMUNDS John - 1887 - 03/11/1887 – Age 64 – Collier. Kay’s Slope, Blaenavon Iron and Steel Co. Ltd., Blaenavon, Monmouth. Fall of roof which occurred between the props and the face a space of about three to four feet.

EDMUNDS Lewis - 1881 - 22/07/1881 – Age 34 – Collier. Tynewydd, Troedyrhiw Coal Co., Porth, Glamorgan. Fall of roof.

EDMUNDS S. - 1889 - 02/07/1889 – Age 65 - Coal picker. Black Lake, Black Lake Colliery Co., West Bromwich, Staffordshire. Run over by tubs on the tramway.

EDMUNDS Walter - 1887 - 13/06/1887 – Age 21 – Collier. Harris’ Navigation, Harris’ Navigation Colliery Co., Treharris, Glamorgan. Fall of top coal while, holing out the bottom. Six-feet seam. Long wall. Died 24th November.

EDMUNDSTON William (non-fatal) - 1889 - 25/11/1889 – Miner. Stonelaw, FR Reid, Rutherglen, Lanarkshire. While firing a shot he failed to retire far enough.

EDSON C. - 1883 - 13/03/1883 – Age 30 – Collier. Monk Bretton, Monk Bretton Coal Co., Barnsley, Yorkshire. Fall of roof.

EDWARD Charles - 1886 - 11/09/1886 – Age 16 months. Hastings Whiston, Wigan and Whiston Coal Co. Ltd., St Helens, Lancashire. The child was left by its nurse on the railway 500 yards from the colliery when it was run over by a train of waggons.

EDWARD David (injured) - 1881 - 14/02/1881 – Age 60 - Engine driver. Oakeley Upper (slate), Festiniog. He was shutting the sliding door of the mill house when it fell upon him, owing probably to there being ice and snow underneath which caused the wheels, by which it was hung, to get off the rail. 2 weeks off.

EDWARDS Abraham - 1885 - 16/01/1885 – Age 55 – Collier. Cymmer, G Insole and Son, Pontypridd, Glamorgan. Fall of stone.

EDWARDS Adam - 1884 - 25/04/1884 – Age 72 – Fireman. Gatewen, Broughton and Plas Power Coal Co. Ltd., Wrexham, Denbigh. Found dead in the stables underground supposed to have been from heart disease.

EDWARDS Albert J - 1889 - 16/10/1889 – Age 28 – Collier. Mossfields, Hawley and Bridgwood Ltd., Longton, Staffordshire. Explosion 64 killed.

EDWARDS Arthur - 1880 - 10/05/1880 – Age 17 - Door boy. Nantmelyn, Executrix of late M Jones, Aberdare, Glamorgan. Fall of roof.

EDWARDS Arthur - 1881 - 11/01/1881 – Age 18 - Collier’s boy. Taibach, Aberdare and Plymouth Co., Merthyr Tydfil, Glamorgan. Fall of clod.

EDWARDS Benjamin (injured) - 1888 - 13/06/1888 – Age 36 – Miner. Halkin (metalliferous). Some rock which he was endeavouring to dislodge after blasting fell on to the platform upon which he was standing and tilting it up caused him to drop 10 or 11ft. into the level below. 4 weeks off.

EDWARDS Benjamin - 1887 - 23/04/1887 – Age 57 – Collier. Wrexham, Wrexham and Acton Colliery Co. Ltd., Wrexham, Denbigh. Inspection made and inquest attended. Deceased was resetting a bar which had been blown out by a shot and was driving up the prop under it when it sprang back and the bar with a small quantity of dirt fell on him.

EDWARDS Daniel T. - 1882 - 20/11/1882 – Age 12 - Collier’s boy. Bargedhoug Work, Dowlais Iron Co., Dowlais, Glamorgan. Fall of coal.

EDWARDS David (injured) - 1886 - 14/01/1886 – Age 33 – Miner. Braichgoch (slate). A stone rolled down a heap of rubbish onto to his foot. 8 days off.

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

EDWARDS David - 1882 - 16/02/1882 – Age 17 - Trimdon Grange, Walter Scott, Trimdon Grange, Co. Durham. Killed by explosion gas in Harvey Seam. 74 killed.

EDWARDS David - 1882 - 18/12/1882 – Age 44 – Rockman. Oakley Upper (slate), Festiniog, Merioneth. Explosion while ramming in the 2nd. layer of tamping with an iron bar upon a charge of one cartridge of guncotton and 4oz. of gunpowder. He supposes that he took the head of a match out of his pocket with the tamping. It was a pillaring hole, and required Only 1 inch of tamping rammed in gently. 15 days off.

EDWARDS David - 1886 - 29/12/1886 – Age 77 - Lamp examiner. Llwynypia, Glamorgan Coal Co. Ltd., Llwynypia, Glamorgan. Caught by a journey of empty trams as he was walking up an engine plane which was roomy and provided with manholes.

EDWARDS David - 1887 - 24/02/1887 – Age 52 – Shifter. Brynkinalt, Brynkinalt Collieries Ltd., Chirk, Flint. Inquest attended. He was helping the gang rider to put two loaded tubs on the road which had got off in the engine plane when a piece of the side fell off and got down a bar with some roof on to deceased. The side was evidently loosened by the tubs bumping violently against it.

EDWARDS David - 1888 - 05/09/1888 – Age 35 – Sinker. Gorseinon John Glasbrook, Swansea, Glamorgan. Fell off scaffold while screwing a bolt in rising column of 14in. pipes. Sinking pit.

EDWARDS Ebenezer (injured) - 1884 - 20/10/1884 – Age 41 – Miner. South Darren (metalliferous), Aberystwith, Cardigan. Blow on the head from the handle of a crab winch while assisting to lift some pump-rods underground. 12 days off.

EDWARDS Edward (injured) - 1885 - 07/11/1885 – Age 30 – Labourer. Oakeley Upper (slate). He was tramming a load of rubbish when the waggon capsized and caught him against the rock at the side of the road. 12 weeks off.

EDWARDS Edward (injured) - 1888 - 18/05/1888 – Age 17 – Slate dresser. Braichgoch (slate). While dressing slate with a guillotine machine he accidentally slipped and put his hand under the knife two fingers cut off. 13 weeks off.

EDWARDS Edward (injured) - 1889 - 14/05/1889 – Age 50 – Miner. Minera (metalliferous). He was a tributer looking for a better pitch. While working down a piece of the side of a stope with a crowbar, some of the rock fell on his leg and broke the small bone just above the ankle. 4 months off.

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

EDWARDS Edward - 1883 - 01/01/1883 – Age 34 – Haulier. Letty Shenkin, Burnyeat Brown and Co., Aberdare, Glamorgan. Died from injuries received Dec 22nd 1882.

EDWARDS Edward - 1883 - 15/03/1883 – Age 17 – Miner. South Darren (metalliferous), Aberystwith, Cardigan. Fell down the shaft while trying to put some borers into a descending skip. The shaft was fenced. Possibly while leaning over he was struck by the descending skip.

EDWARDS Edward - 1885 - 23/12/1885 – Age 52 – Contractor. Mardy Lockets, Merthyr Steam Coal Co., Pontypridd, Glamorgan. Explosion of gas. 81 killed.

EDWARDS Edward - 1886 - 25/08/1886 – Age 17 – Haulier. Tylor’s, A Tylor and Co. Ltd., Tylorstown, Glamorgan. Fall of roof in a heading where the roof was strong clift and was not thought to require timber.

EDWARDS Edward - 1888 - 26/11/1888 – Age 21 - Hooker on. Bailey Hill, Bailey Hill Colliery Co Ltd., Mold, Flint. Inquiries made. He had knocked the journey off and just as it started a coat rolled off the road side, when be attempted to reach it between the tubs and he was caught against a low bar.

EDWARDS Edward jnr. - 1885 - 23/12/1885 – Age 17 – Stoneman. Mardy Lockets, Merthyr Steam Coal Co., Pontypridd, Glamorgan. Explosion of gas. 81 killed.

EDWARDS Evan (injured) - 1886 - 09/04/1886 - Age 49 – Miner. Bridgewater No.1, Bridgewater Trustees, Lancashire. Fatal fall of dirt from under a bed of coal where they were widening out a tunnel. The chargeman had shortly before examined the place as: he thought safely. An error of judgement on the chargeman's part. 1 killed 1 injured.

EDWARDS Evan - 1882 - 02/12/1882 – Age 26 – Rider. Dunraven, Mortgagees of Thomas Joseph, Treherbert, Glamorgan. Killed by falling under trams on engine plane.

EDWARDS Frederick - 1886 - 10/09/1886 – Age 15 - Putter on. Wrexham, Wrexham and Acton Colliery Co. Ltd., Wrexham, Denbigh. Inspection made and inquest attended. The lad was sent down the brake with a message and on returning went into a refuge place until the empty journey had passed him. He then jumped on the last tub and rode nearly to the top, when he endeavoured to get out (knowing it was a breach of the rules) and his back caught against a bar causing injuries from which he died on 10th Sept.

EDWARDS George - 1886 - 16/07/1886 – Age 21 - Hooker on. Llay Hall, ET Clarke, Wrexham, Denbigh. He was engaged at the bottom of a self-acting incline about 16 yards long. He called out to the man at the top to go on when having omitted to hook on the empty tub at the bottom the full tub came down and caught him.

EDWARDS George - 1889 - 16/10/1889 – Age 42 – Collier. Mossfields, Hawley and Bridgwood Ltd., Longton, Staffordshire. Explosion 64 killed.

EDWARDS Griffiths - 1889 - 07/06/1889 – Age 29 – Hitcher. National, National Steam Coal Co Ltd., Pontypridd, Glamorgan. He pushed a full train into the shaft at the Two Feet Nine landing and fell to the bottom.

EDWARDS Gwm. - 1889 - 18/09/1889 – Age 28 – Haulier. Lewis’ Merthyr, Havod Lewis’ Merthyr Navigation Colliery Co. Ltd., Pontypridd, Glamorgan. Fell off empty train the horse having run away frightened by some falling roof. Died 1st January 1890.

EDWARDS Hugh - 1880 - 11/11/1880 – Age 44 – Carpenter. Plas Power, Plas Power Coal Co., Wrexham, Denbigh. Fell from the top of a roof which he was erecting over the pit bank, on to the iron plates.

EDWARDS Hugh - 1884 - 08/04/1884 – Age 44 – Slate. Sawyer Braichgoch (slate). While they were endeavouring to raise a tram of rubbish, which had got off the rails a stone fell and killed them on the spot. 2 killed.

EDWARDS James - 1882 - 07/11/1882 – Age 32 – Stallman. Clay Cross No.7, Clay Cross Iron and Coal Co., Clay Cross, Derbyshire. Explosion of gas 48 killed.

EDWARDS James - 1887 - 08/04/1887 – Age 25 – Collier. Bedwellty No.2, Tredegar Iron and Coal Co. Ltd., Tredegar, Monmouth. Fall of roof. He and two others were coming out from work when the first man noticed that the top was working and told the others about it. The roof fell directly afterwards killing Edwards and injuring another man. The survivors think the deceased was trying to pull the stone down thinking only a small fall was coming. Three pairs of timbers were broken.

EDWARDS James - 1889 - 08/05/1889 – Age 24 – Loader. Alma, Thomas Holdsworth, Clay Cross, Derbyshire. Fall of coal from roof whilst getting down the coals. The stall was passing through very fault ground.

EDWARDS John (injured) - 1885 - 01/07/1885 – Age 56 – Rockman. Bryneglwys (slate). He slipped and fell while going to his work by an improper path. 4 weeks off.

EDWARDS John - 1881 - 29/09/1881 – Age 30 – Sinker. Barrow, Barrow Haematite Steel Co. Ltd., Bridgend, Glamorgan Killed by falling brickwork in sinking shaft. 4 killed.

EDWARDS John - 1882 - 08/02/1882 – Age 18 – Labourer. Eastern Ocean, D Davies and Co., Ystrad, Glamorgan Killed by falling under trucks on surface incline.

EDWARDS John - 1883 - 21/12/1883 – Age 47 – Metalman. Bickershaw, Ackers Whitley and Co. Ltd., Leigh, Lancashire. Inspection made and inquest attended. Deceased was engaged in getting the bottom and timbering the road. He had done some work under a thin piece of rock top and had put one prop under it but this was not sufficient to support it and it fell upon him. The fireman who visited him shortly before the accident ought to have seen the danger and instructed him to get the stone down.

EDWARDS John - 1883 - 23/04/1883 – Age 51 – Collier. Vochview, Dowlais Iron Co., Dowlais, Glamorgan. Fall of roof.

EDWARDS John - 1884 - 06/11/1884 – Age 66 – Dataler. Vron, Vron Colliery Co., Wrexham, Denbigh. Inspection made and inquest attended. Deceased was sent to enlarge a small airway and after taking down some roof was shovelling it up, when he appears to have disturbed the foot of a prop which displaced a stone it was supporting.

EDWARDS John - 1885 - 12/06/1885 – Age 19 – Lampman. Cwmneol, Powell Duffryn Co., Aberdare, Glamorgan. Riding on trams and rope broke.

EDWARDS John - 1885 - 18/06/1885 – Age 29 – Miner. Clifton Hall, Andrew Knowles and Sons Ltd., Lancashire. Fatal great explosion. 178 killed.

EDWARDS John - 1885 - 23/12/1885 – Age 13 – Collier. Mardy Lockets, Merthyr Steam Coal Co., Pontypridd, Glamorgan. Explosion of gas. 81 killed.

EDWARDS John - 1886 - 05/01/1886 – Age 31 – Ripper. Ynisfaio, Troedyrhiw Coal Co., Treherbert, Glamorgan. Fall of roof while ripping in a head.

EDWARDS John - 1886 - 10/01/1886 – Age 64 – Collier. Cethin No.2, Crawshay Bros., Merthyr Tydfil, Glamorgan. Run over by tram.

EDWARDS John - 1888 - 21/01/1888 – Age 66 – Labourer. Wimblebury, Cannock and Rugeley Colliery Co., Hednesford, Staffordshire. Killed by fall of a brick wall which he was taking down.

EDWARDS John Martin - 1880 - 11/03/1880 – Age 17 – Miner. Dolcoath (metalliferous), Dolcoath Mining Co., Camborne, Cornwall. Blow on the head while standing on a sollar in the man-engine shaft.

EDWARDS Joseph - 1889 - 16/10/1889 – Age 57 – Collier. Mossfields, Hawley and Bridgwood Ltd., Longton, Staffordshire. Explosion 64 killed.

EDWARDS Joshua - 1883 - 08/03/1883 – Age 28 – Haulier. Gellia, Evans and Bevan, Neath, Glamorgan. Crushed by trams.

EDWARDS Llewellyn - 1882 - 26/09/1882 – Age 43 – Collier. Abermanan, Powell Duffryn Steam Coal Co., Aberdare, Glamorgan Fall of roof.

EDWARDS Martin - 1889 - 14/10/1889 – Age 43 – Stone miner. Clydach Rhondda, William Perch and Co., Tonypandy, Glamorgan. He went back to a shot which had missed fire and put in the copper needle when the shot exploded killing him and injuring his partner.

EDWARDS Morgan (injured) - 1881 - 05/02/1881 – Age 27 – Shaftman. Pantanhirion (North Grogwinion, metalliferous), Devils Bridge A kibble which was being lowered by a windlass caught in the side of the shaft, and then fell away suddenly striking Edwards on the head and shoulder. 2 weeks off.

EDWARDS Morgan - 1885 - 11/11/1885 – Age 35 – Haulier. Abercarn, Abercarn Coal Co., Monmouthshire. His horse took fright at a stone falling near him and pulled the tram off the road the haulier got crushed against a door and died next day from his injuries.

EDWARDS Owen (injured) - 1885 - 08/05/1885 – Age 36 – Rockman. Maen Offeren (slate). He was standing upon rock which he knew to be loose when it slipped down and caused him to fall down the face of his bargain. 6 weeks off.

EDWARDS Peter - 1888 - 10/08/1888 – Age 38 – Collier. Plas Power, Broughton and Plas Power Coal Co. Ltd., Wrexham, Denbigh. Inspection made and inquest attended. He was knocking out his last sprag and foolishly stood in front of the coal which falling suddenly against a prop knocked it out and against deceased killing him on the spot.

EDWARDS R. - 1887 - 20/12/1887 – Age 15 – Driver. Fryston, Fryston Coal Co., Pontefract, Yorkshire. Kicked by horse. Died 31st Dec.

EDWARDS Richard (injured) - 1881 - 06/09/1881 – Age 52 – Shaftman. Lisburne (metalliferous), Devils Bridge. He was sending his pick up in the kibble from the bottom of the engine shaft to the level, a distance of seven fathoms. It fell out and struck him, breaking the left collar bone. Four and half months off.

EDWARDS Richard (injured) - 1888 - 13/06/1888 – Age 39 – Rockman. Braichcoch (slate). A piece of slate rock fell on his head while he was removing a ladder. Two and a half weeks off.

EDWARDS Richard (injured) - 1889 - 23/05/1889 – Age 45 – Miner. Pwll-gwyn-llan (metalliferous). On the afternoon of the 22nd May, some mischievous boys had thrown large stones some weighing half a cwt. down the footway and broke some of the ladders and platforms. Richard Edwards, the first man to go down on the following morning, had a severe fall, owing to the first ladder giving way just as he began to descend. 5 weeks off.

EDWARDS Richard - 1884 - 04/09/1884 – Age 17 – Driver. Leasingthorne, Bolckow Vaughan and Co. Ltd., Bishop Auckland, Durham. Head crushed between top of tub and a cross plank.

EDWARDS Richard - 1888 - 16/02/1888 – Age 48 – Trammer. Oakley (slate). In contravention of the rules of the mine they trammed three loaded waggons on to a bridge which only one was allowed to pass at a time. The bridge broke and they fell 60 feet and were killed. 5 killed.

EDWARDS Robert - 1882 - 16/02/1882 – Age 17 – Trimdon Grange, Walter Scott, Trimdon Grange, Co. Durham. Killed by explosion gas in Harvey Seam. 74 killed. Buried in Kelloe Cemetery Single man.

EDWARDS Robert - 1886 - 01/04/1886 – Age 43 – Hewer. Rainton, Alexandrina Marquess of Londonderry, Fence Houses, Co. Durham. Fall of stone, jud came on.

EDWARDS Samuel - 1885 - 07/03/1885 – Age 55 – Collier. Plaskynaston, Plaskynaston Coal Co., Ruabon, Denbigh. Inquest attended. Deceased was slightly injured by a stone which he neglected to pull down when told by the manager. He walked home and had a poultice put on but going on soon after in the cold inflammation of the lungs set in.

EDWARDS Samuel - 1887 - 23/04/1887 Age - 15 – Collier. Abercarn, Abercarn Coal Co. Ltd., Abercarn, Monmouth. He was coming out to the shaft with a tram riding on the front end of it. The pony was going fast and at the points the tram got off the rails he jumped but was caught and dragged some distance and his spine injured. He died May 1st.

EDWARDS Simon - 1887 - 07/07/1887 – Age 45 - Miner agent. Van Consols (metalliferous), Montgomery. Breaking of a wire rope while he was ascending a shaft in a kibble. With the exception of the pumping machinery the mine bad been at a standstill for a long time; the deceased had gone down to see the pumps and was being drawn up to save the labour of climbing. The rope broke because of extreme corrosion of the wires for a length of 4 or 5 feet where it was standing in a hole of the roof of the engine house. If proper examination the state of the rope would have been discovered. The deceased ought to have examined the rope himself.

EDWARDS Solomon - 1884 - 27/01/1884 – Age 42 – Ostler. Naval, Naval Steam Coal Co., Penygraig, Glamorgan. Explosion of firedamp. 14 killed.

EDWARDS T. - 1880 - 15/07/1880 – Age 24 – Labourer. Risca Black Vein, London and South Wales Coal Co., Risca, Monmouth. Explosion of firedamp 120 killed.

EDWARDS T. - 1886 - 06/08/1886 – Age 56 – Contractor. Adderley Green, Stirrup and Pye, Longton, Staffordshire. Suffocated by firedamp.

EDWARDS Thomas (injured) - 1883 - 27/01/1883 – Age 48 – Engineman. North Grogwinion (metalliferous). Stumbled over a rubbish heap; shoulder bruised. 3 days off.

EDWARDS Thomas (injured) - 1885 - 04/08/1885 – Age 50 - Slate maker. Oakeley Middle (slate), Finger cut off by a revolving slate dressing machine while dressing slate. Still unable to work March 1886.

EDWARDS Thomas (injured) - 1889 - 02/12/1889 – Age 32 – Miner. Snailbeach (metalliferous). While he was using a pick a stone rolled on his foot. 2 weeks off.

EDWARDS Thomas (injured) - 1889 - 08/10/1889 – Miner. Lisburne (metalliferous). They were working in some overhand stopes when the top of an adjacent pass (mill) collapsed causing the stuff upon which they were standing to run. They were carried down and entangled with the stuff receiving severe bruising and some flesh wounds. The pass was one which they themselves had built with large stones. 2 injured. Four and half weeks off.

EDWARDS Thomas - 1880 - 10/12/1880 – Age 59. Naval Steam, Naval Steam Co., Penycraig, Glamorgan. Explosion of gas 101 killed.

EDWARDS Thomas - 1880 - 21/01/1880 – Collier. Leycett, Crewe Coal Co., Newcastle, Staffordshire. Explosion of firedamp. 62 killed.

EDWARDS Thomas - 1883 - 23/07/1883 – Age 35 – Collier. Harwarden, Harwarden Collieries Co Ltd., Buckley, Flint. Inspection made and inquest attended. Deceased was driving a narrow place when a piece of coal rolled out from a fault on the lower side of the level. This appeared to be purely accidental.

EDWARDS Thomas - 1884 - 04/09/1884 – Age 28 – Ripper. Level Forest, Nixons Navigation Co., Mountain Ash, Glamorgan. Fall of stone.

EDWARDS Thomas - 1885 - 05/03/1885 – Age 17 – Filler. Hafod-y-bach, Ruabon Coal Co. Ltd., Ruabon, Denbigh. Inspection made and inquest attended. Deceased was pulling down some coal which had been hole when a large piece rolled over bringing with it some roof from a slip. The place was well timbered.

EDWARDS Thomas - 1885 - 18/06/1885 – Age 27 – Miner. Clifton Hall, Andrew Knowles and Sons Ltd., Lancashire. Fatal great explosion. 178 killed.

EDWARDS Thomas - 1885 - 31/07/1885 – Age 16 – Filler. Westminster, Westminster & Brymbo Coal & Coke Co. Ltd., Wrexham, Denbigh. Inspection made and inquest attended. A fall of top coal knocking out two props. This happened at the spot where the men got their meals and had been examined by the fireman an hour before the accident.

EDWARDS Thomas - 1886 - 07/05/1886 – Age 50 – Filler. Elms, George Watkinson and Sons, Ltd., Buckley, Flint. Inspection made and inquest attended. Deceased was filling his tub at the entrance to a new opening which had just been started out of the level when a piece of top coal fell capping two bars under which he was working.

EDWARDS Thomas - 1887 - 10/02/1887 – Age 46 – Ripper. Abercaid, Plymouth Works Co., Merthyr, Glamorgan. Fall of roof which he was ripping at the time.

EDWARDS Thomas - 1887 - 15/11/1887 – Age 19 – Collier. Llwynapia Glamorgan Coal Co., Llwynapia, Glamorgan. Fall of clod near face. A prop was accidentally knocked out while the haulier was taking away a loaded tram which caused the roof to fall. Died 21st November.

EDWARDS Uriah - 1880 - 15/07/1880 – Age 37 – Overman. Risca Black Vein, London and South Wales Coal Co., Risca, Monmouth. Explosion of firedamp 120 killed.

EDWARDS William (injured) - 1883 - 16/06/1883 – Age 35 – Rockman. Braichgoch (slate). Unexpected fall of slate while he was removing a rock after blasting. 1 week off.

EDWARDS William (injured) - 1889 - 28/11/1889 – Age 19 – Quarryman. Oakeley (slate). Forefinger of right hard cut off by knife of revolving slate dressing machine while he was dressing slate. Four and a half weeks off.

EDWARDS William - 1881 - 20/06/1881 – Age 26 – Haulier. Llwynpia, Glamorgan Coal Co., Pontypridd, Glamorgan. Fall of roof.

EDWARDS William - 1882 - 11/05/1882 – Age 28 – Labourer. Votty & Bowydd (slate), Festiniog, Merioneth. A piece of stone rolled down the heap of rubbish from which he was loading and struck him on the knee. Still unable to work March 1883.

EDWARDS William - 1885 - 01/09/1885 – Age 51 – Collier. Long Lane, Swan Lane Coal & Brick Co. Ltd., Wigan, Lancashire. Deceased fell down in the road on his way home and died from heart disease. As the deceased had been injured the November previously it was considered advisable to hold an inquest.

EDWARDS William - 1886 - 26/03/1886 – Age 39 – Haulier. Werfa, James Evans and Co. Ltd., Abercarne, Glamorgan. Explosion of firedamp. 4 killed.

EDWARDS William - 1887 - 13/10/1887 – Age 42 – Collier. Bettisfield, Bettisfield Colliery Co. Ltd., Bagillt, Flint, Inspection made and inquest attended. They were working out a pillar next to the waste when a sudden gulch came and the top coal fell in drawing road capping 4 or 5 props and a bar and falling on the deceased who had been filling a tub. Recommended them to use bars in similar places in future.

EDWARDS William Henry - 1885 - 18/06/1885 – Age 20 – Miner. Clifton Hall, Andrew Knowles and Sons Ltd., Lancashire. Fatal great explosion. 178 killed.

EDWARDS William Thomas - 1887 - 15/02/1887 – Age 22 – Haulier. No.5, Victoria Ebbw Vale Steel Iron and Coal Co. Ltd., Ebbw Vale, Monmouth. He missed the hook when coupling some trams on a double parting and got crushed.

EDWARDS Z. - 1887 - 22/12/1887 – Age 58 - Limestone getter. Castle Fields (metalliferous), Trustees of the Earl of Dudley, Dudley, Worcester. He was in the act of drilling for a shot when a huge mass of limestone 20 tons in weight fell from the side above him and killed him. Cause encircling joints or slips.

EELY Charles H. - 1883 - 05/03/1883 – Age 25 – Pitman. Cwm Neol, Powell Duffryn Steam Coal Co. Ltd., Aberdare, Glamorgan. Chain broke suspending them in shaft. 2 killed.

EGAN Thomas - 1880 - 04/10/1880 – Age 40 - Collier. Park Lane, Garswood Coal and Iron Co. Ltd., Wigan, Lancashire. Fall of roof. Place well timbered.

EGERTON Joseph - 1882 - 24/06/1882 – Age 54 – Stallman. Cannock Chase, Cannock Chase Colliery Co., Brownhills, Staffordshire. Injured on 21st June when pulling a large piece of coal from a fast end of the working face near a fault, it suddenly burst off and struck him. Died this day.

EGGLESTON E. (rescued) - 1886 - 02/12/1886 – Fitter. Elemore, Hetton Coal Co. Ltd., Fence Houses, Co. Durham. Explosion 28 killed.

EGGLESTONE E. * - 1886 - 03/12/1886 – Elemore, Hetton Coal Co., Fence Houses, Co. Durham.

EGLEY George - 1883 - 12/10/1883 – Age 65 – Wharncliffe. Carlton, Barnsley, Yorkshire. Explosion of gas 20 killed.

EGLIN James - 1881 - 18/06/1881 – Age 49 – Miner. West Burton (metalliferous), Henry Pease, Besdale, Co. Durham. Fell from scaffold in shaft while removing collar of pumps Died 28th.

EILBECK George - 1886 – 22/03/1886 – Age 52 – Miner. Ehen (metalliferous), Ehen Mining Co., Egremont, Cumberland. Fall of shale from side. Engaged driving a shale drift. The manager was in the place on the Saturday morning and ordered Eilbeck to place two sets of timbers. On visiting the place on the Monday morning, the manager found the place not timbered he immediately set the miners to put the timber in while engaged, a piece of shale fell and fractured Eilbeck's leg, from which he died.

ELESBURY or ELSBURY Henry - 1880 – 08/09/1880 – Age 70 – Deputy. Seaham, Marquess of Londonderry, Sunderland, Co. Durham. Explosion of gas 164 killed.

ELLAM J.W. - 1880 – 15/12/1880 – Age 21 – Collier. Gregory Spring, Gregory Spring Coal Co., Dewsbury, Yorkshire. Fall of roof 2 killed.

ELLAM John - 1888 – 09/02/1888 – Age 30 – Collier. Bamfurlong, Cross Tetley and Co. Ltd., Wigan, Lancashire. Inquiries made and inquest attended. Deceased had a shot which failed to bring all the coal down. He reset his sprag and went on holing when a piece of top coal and clod fell over the sprag on to his foot. Two toes were amputated lockjaw set in and he died 19th.

ELIAS Thomas (injured) 1886 - 13/05/1886 – Age 28 – Miner. Grogwinion (metalliferous). He fell down a pass hole into which he had been tipping stuff. It is not known how he happened to fall into it. Spine fractured. Incurable.

ELLIOT Peter - 1889 – 01/03/1889 – Age 20 – Driver. Hutton, Henry Hutton, Henry Coal Co. Ltd., Wingate, Co. Durham. Fell off his set and was run over by a set of tubs.

ELLIOT Robert - 1889 – 09/09/1889 – Age 50 – Hewer. Hargill Hill, Joseph Proud, Witton-le-Wear, Co. Durham. Fall of roof at slip turning away a place by the side of an old pillar.

ELLIOT Thomas (non-fatal) - 1884 - 17/07/1884 – Miner. Skaterigg No.15, Monkland Iron Co., Maryhill, Lanarkshire. Explosion of firedamp.

ELLIOT William - 1884 - 21/06/1884 – Age 45 – Miner. Polkemmet (ironstone), Coltness Iron Co., Harthill. Fall of stone at face while redding a road through waste.

ELLIOTT E. - 1887 - 25/03/1887 – Age 21 – Collier. Corton Wood, Corton Wood Coal Co., Barnsley, Yorkshire. Fall of coal.

ELLIOTT F. - 1886 - 04/12/1886 – Age 41 – Collier. North Staveley, Aston Coal Co., Sheffield, Yorkshire. Fall of roof.

ELLIOTT George - 1881 - 30/03/1881 – Age 18 – Loader. Renishaw Park No.2, J and G Wells Ltd., Chesterfield, Derbyshire. Fall of roof while loading coals.

ELLIOTT John - 1886 - 12/10/1886 – Age 21 – Labourer. Scremerston, Scremerston and Shoreswood Coal Co., Scremerston, Northumberland. Fell down shaft affected by stythe.

ELLIOTT John - 1887 - 02/05/1887 – Age 43 – Wasteman. Boldon, Harton Coal Co., Boldon, Co. Durham. Fall of stone. 2 killed.

ELLIOTT Joseph - 1888 - 24/04/1888 – Age 21 – Putter. Felling, John Bowes and Partners, Felling, Co. Durham. Caught a prop as he was driving outbye.

ELLIOTT Ralph - 1883 - 28/09/1883 – Age 31 – Hewer. North Seaton, Cowpen and North Seaton Coal Co., North Seaton, Northumberland. Explosion of shot.

ELLIOTT Robert * - 1889 - 09/09/1889 – Age 59 – Hargill Hill, Joseph Proud, Witton-le-Wear, Co. Durham.

ELLIOTT Robert - 1886 - 13/08/1886 – Age 17. Woodend, John Speakman, Lancashire. Explosion of firedamp in the north-west workings. 38 lost.

ELLIOTT William - 1883 - 08/11/1883 – Age 40 – Banksman. Plumbley, Plumbley Colliery Co., Chesterfield, Derbyshire. Explosion of dynamite.

ELLIOTT William - 1883 - 18/07/1883 – Age 32 – Stallman. Grassmore No.4, Silkstone Barnes Bros., Chesterfield, Derbyshire. Fall of roof.

ELLIOTT William - 1889 - 13/05/1889 – Age 29 – Hewer. Willington, Starkers and Love, Willington, Co. Durham. Died from the effects of an accident caused by a fall of stone while at work on the 6th of April 1888. No inquest held. Not comprised under the Act.

ELLIS Aaron (injured) - 1884 - 25/04/1884 – Age 46 – Miner. Davenport, Darcy Lever Coal Co., Lancashire. Fall of dirt from face.

ELLIS David - 1885 - 09/04/1885 – Age 14 – Haulier. Naval, Naval Steam Coal Co., Penygraig, Glamorgan. Fall of roof.

ELLIS E. - 1884 - 27/08/1884 – Age 20 - Hanger on. Nunnery, Nunnery Coal Co., Sheffield, Yorkshire. Guide rod of gate fell on him at bottom of staple pit.

ELLIS E. - 1889 - 01/10/1889 – Age 51 – Miner. Bank Rocks (metalliferous), H and B Goddard, Holmfirth, Yorkshire. Fall of stone.

ELLIS George - 1880 - 09/04/1880 – Age 20 – Miner. Stonehill, Roscow and Lord, Farnworth, Lancashire. Dirt falling from between coal in the level which he was driving, Doe Mine. The props had been drawn, and lie was underneath chipping to make a shot bring more dirt down.

ELLIS James (injured) - 1888 - 12/09/1888 – Age 53 - Clay miner. Watts Blake (metalliferous), Newton Abbott, Cornwall. Was removing a piece of timber in one of the levels when a lump of clay fell out of the side and striking against his leg fractured it between the ankle and knee.

ELLIS John - 1881 - 11/03/1881 – Age 56 – Collier. Coedpoeth, Vron Colliery Co. Ltd., Wrexham, Denbigh. Inspection made and inquest attended. A stone fell from between two slips on to him. The place was well timbered the props being set from 3 to 4 feet apart.

ELLIS John - 1882 - 12/06/1882 – Age 21 – Miner. Prince Llewellyn (slate), Dolwyddelen, Caernarvon. Explosion of about 2lbs. of gunpowder, the contents of his tin canister, from his candle falling upon the powder as he was pouring it into a hole, in order to charge it for blasting. Compound fracture of the thigh. He died on 13th July.