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LAADEN Patrick (non-fatal) - 1886 - 24/12/1886 – Collier. Newton No.1, James Dunlop and Co., Cambuslang, Lanarkshire. Explosion of firedamp 4 injured.

LACEY G. - 1881 - 16/03/1881 – Age 50 - Clay Miner. Crews Hole, RF Ring, Gloucester. Injured by falling over the back of an iron tram. He died of dislocated spine on the 18th.

LACY Dennis - 1887 - 04/07/1887 – Age 47 – Collier. George Powell, Duffryn Steam Coal Co. Ltd., Mountain Ash, Glamorgan. Fall of top coal which had been worked under for 5 feet and propped. While knocking out a prop a piece of the coal from between two slips dropped out upon him. 9-ft. seam.

LACY George - 1881 - 04/05/1881 – Age 24 – Loader. Plumptree, Butterley Iron and Coal Co., Langley Mill, Derbyshire. Heavy weight came on the stall causing large fall of coal and roof. 2 killed.

LAFFERTY Henry - 1881 - 13/08/1881 – Age 20 – Collier. Calderbank No.2, P Hall Coal Co., Baillieston, Lanarkshire. Explosion of firedamp.

LAFFERTY Samuel - 1884 - 25/06/1884 – Miner. Burntisland (shale), Burntisland Oil Co. Ltd., Burntisland, Fife. Explosion of shot which he thought had missed fired.

LAGGON Edward - 1881 - 10/10/1881 – Age 14 – Driver. Castle Eden, RS Johnson and Co., Castle Eden, Co. Durham. Fell off limmers and was crushed between tubs and a door.

LAGOR James - 1882 - 01/11/1882 – Age 47 – Miner. Duchy Peru (metalliferous), Duchy Mining Co., Newlyn, East Cornwall. Small unexpected fall of ground.

LAIDLER Joseph - 1885 - 03/06/1885 – Shifter. Newbottle, Margaret Fence Houses, Co. Durham. Killed in Maudlin Seam by an eruption of water and gas. 13 killed. Single.

LAING John - 1882 - 01/06/1882 – Age 42 – Collier. Grangemouth, Grangemouth Coal Co., Bothkennar, Stirling. Fall of roof at face long wall.

LAIRD Alexander - 1885 - 14/04/1885 – Age 18 – Collier. Motherwell, John Watson, Motherwell, Lanarkshire. Fall of roof at face, longwall.

LAIRD James - 1888 - 27/12/1888 – Age 31 – Collier. Woodend, Coltness Iron Co. Ltd., Torphichen, Linlithgow. Fall of side at face, longwall.

LAIRD Thomas - 1887 - 15/04/1887 – Age 58 – Collier. Eddlewood, Eddlewood Colliery Co. Ltd., Hamilton, Lanarkshire. Fall of roof at stoops.

LAKE David - 1885 - 23/12/1885 – Age 35 – Collier. Mardy Lockets, Merthyr Steam Coal Co., Pontypridd, Glamorgan. Explosion of gas. 81 killed.

LAKE James - 1888 - 08/06/1888 – Age 31 – Hewer. Leasingthorne, Bolckow Vaughan and Co. Ltd., Auckland, Co. Durham. Severely crushed by fall of coal while kirving did not use proper sprags. Died on 26th.

LAKE Walter - 1885 - 10/02/1885 – Age 30 - Miner Challoner (ironstone), Bolckow Vaughan and Co. Ltd., Guisborough, Yorkshire. Fall of top stone while working on a board.

LAKE William - 1882 - 04/05/1882 – Age 22 – Rider. Weighfach, Worcester Coal Co., Swansea, Glamorgan. Killed by falling down though pit.

LAKE William - 1884 - 16/01/1884 – Age 29 – Collier. Garnant, Garnant Collieries Co., Cwmaman, Glamorgan. Breakage of rope. 10 killed.

LAKIN John - 1886 - 06/10/1886 – Age 60 – Owner. Staunton, John Larkin, Ashby-de-la-Zouch, Leicester. Underground accident. 4 killed.

LAKIN William - 1886 - 06/10/1886 – Age 35 – Underviewer. Staunton, John Larkin, Ashby-de-la-Zouch, Leicester. Underground accident. 4 killed.

LAMB George F. - 1880 - 08/09/1880 – Age 36 – Shifter. Seaham, Marquess of Londonderry, Sunderland, Co. Durham. Explosion of gas 164 killed.

LAMB George Thomas - 1881 - 29/11/1881 – Age 23 – Hewer. Etherley, George Henry Stobart and Co., Bishop Auckland, Co. Durham. Fall of stone on travelling way while he was going to work.

LAMB John * - 1881 - 24/04/1881 – Age 33. Walbottle, Kirton Rowell and Dodd, Durham.

LAMB Joseph - 1881 - 26/05/1881 – Age 40 – Deputy. Page Bank, Bell Bros Ltd., Willington, Co. Durham. Fall of stone drawing a prop out of a jud.

LAMB Thomas - 1882 - 25/03/1882 – Age 26 - Mill tenter. Adelaide (metalliferous), Joseph Verdin and Sons, Northwich, Cheshire. Falling between the rollers of the crushing mill.

LAMB William - 1889 - 05/09/1889 - Age 22 – Miner. Pencuick, Shotts Iron Co. Ltd., Edinburgh. Suffocation by smoke. 63 killed.

LAMBERT G. - 1885 - 04/08/1885 – Collier. East Ardsley, R Holliday Bros., Wakefield, Yorkshire. Explosion of gas. Died 16th Aug.

LAMBERT John Woods - 1884 - 15/03/1884 – Age 14 - Black Moss. Baxenden, Lancashire. An inquest was held on Monday afternoon at the Railway Hotel, Baxenden, on the body of John Woods Lambert, aged 14 son of Thomas and Sarah Lambert of Crow street, Baxenden, and formerly of Bury. On Sunday afternoon the 2nd instant, after getting his dinner, the lad went out for a walk-in company of his brother William who is three years older. They were joined by other youths, Thomas Chadwick, Thomas Alston, and they rambled together on Pen Moss and Black Moss. The others wished the deceased to return, and when he left them, he made towards home. He, however, never reached home. A search was made everywhere, but nothing could be heard of him after leaving his companions. The police were informed, and notices were issued, but for a week no tidings reached the parents of the missing youth. On Saturday afternoon, Mr. George Smith, undermanager at Baxenden Collieries, in company with Thomas Beckett a miner were examining the workings, and among others they went to the air shaft, and there were horror struck at finding the mangled form of the missing youth on the pit floor. The body was conveyed home. An examination on the surface of the ground by police constable Jennings showed marks on the wall surrounding the pit mouth. The pit is in a field behind Baxenden House, and is walled around with a wall eight feet high. The jury returned a verdict of "accidental death". (Accrington Times).

LAMBETH D. - 1880 - 12/01/1880 – Age 35 – Blower. Cop Hall, J Bagnall and Sons, West Bromwich, Staffordshire. Explosion of firedamp. Injured on the 10th inst. Died this day.

LAMBETH L. - 1886 - 02/01/1886 – Age 48 – Collier. Whitwood, H Briggs Son and Co., Normanton, Yorkshire. Fall of roof.

LAMBSDALE Samuel - 1880 - 21/01/1880 - Hooker-on. Leycett Crewe Coal Co., Newcastle, Staffordshire. Explosion of firedamp. 62 killed.

LAMBTON John Jarvis - 1882 - 18/04/1882 – Age 17. Tudhoe, Weardale Iron and Coal Co. Ltd., Durham, Co. Durham. Explosion of gas in Brockwell Seam. 37 killed.

LAMBTON William - 1882 - 18/04/1882 – Age 21. Tudhoe, Weardale Iron and Coal Co. Ltd., Durham, Co. Durham. Explosion of gas in Brockwell Seam. 37 killed. Married.

LAMOND John (non-fatal) - 1889 - 26/04/1889 – Miner. Cleland Townhead No.4, Cleland Coal Co., Newarthill, Lanarkshire. A chain broke and a cuddie ran over him.

LAMONT John (non-fatal) - 1885 - 11/11/1885 – Collier. Netherhouse, John Young and Sons, Baillieston, Lanarkshire. Was overpowered by his hutch upon a steep part of his road.

LAMPSHIRE John (injured) - 1888 – Age 37 – Miner. East Pool (metalliferous), Carn Brea, Cornwall. While at work at the 180 fathom level a small stone fell from the hanging wall on to the man's shoulder, injuring him, but not severely. Occurred in October.

LANCASTER Christopher - 1881 - 22/02/1881 – Age 35 – Hewer. Allhallows, Allerdale Coal Co., Aspatria, Cumberland. Fall of coal.

LANCASTER Joseph (injured) - 1885 - 20/02/1885 – Age 22 – Miner. Scot Lane, William Woods and Son., Lancashire. Leg broken by coal from the face in the Arley Mine. Having slipped he failed to get clear after knocking the sprags out.

LANCASTER Thomas - 1881 - 24/09/1881 – Age 21 – Collier. Norley, Norley Coal and Cannel Co., Wigan, Lancashire. Inspection made and inquest attended. A fall of top coal over the sprag as deceased was holing. Died - 18th October.

LANCASTER William (injured) - 1884 - 21/02/1884 – Age 26 – Miner. Gin, Astley & Tyldesley Coal & Salt Co. Ltd., Lancashire. Fall of coal in his place, 6 feet.

LANCASTER William - 1886 - 15/03/1886 – Age 30 – Brakesman. Winstanley, Executors of late Meyrick Bankes, Wigan, Lancashire. Inspection made. A defective rail appears to have thrown the waggon in which deceased was riding off the road when it overturned and fell on him as he was jumping off owing to his foot slipping.

LANCE R. - 1881 - 28/06/1881 – Age 27 - Journey rider. Clay Level, Rhymney Iron Co., Monmouth. Fall of stone. A bogie he was on got off the way and knocked out a prop and some stone fell upon him.

LANDSOLES John (non-fatal) - 1885 - 05/09/1885 – Collier. Kames, Eglington Iron Co., Muirkirk, Ayrshire. Fall of roof.

LANE Alphonso - 1885 - 14/08/1885 – Age 28 – Collier. Low Hall, Moss Hall Coal Co., Wigan, Lancashire. Inspection made and inquest attended. A piece of coal burst off the face and fell over the sprags on to deceased.

LANE E. - 1883 - 30/03/1883 – Age 31 – Collier. Fryston, Fryston Coal Co., Pontefract, Yorkshire. Fall of roof.

LANE E. - 1884 - 11/08/1884 – Age 30 – Collier. Clough Hall, Kinnersley and Co., Kidsgrove, Staffordshire. Fall of coal after removing sprags.

LANE John - 1880 - 28/08/1880 – Age 50 – Banksman. Merrill’s Hole, Chillington Iron Co., Willenhall, Staffordshire. Pushed empty tub into shaft and followed it. He had left the fence gate up and the shaft unprotected.

LANE John - 1885 - 18/02/1885 – Age 34 – Collier. Bamforlong, Cross Tetley and Co. Ltd., Wigan, Lancashire. Inspection made and inquest attended. A piece of bat was forced off the face by a sudden weight in the roof and rolled on to deceased.

LANE Richard - 1880 - 19/06/1880 – Age 26 – Miner. Cragg’s Hall (Ironstone), JW Pease and Partners, Saltburn, Yorkshire. Explosion of a shot while stemming it; using copper gear; had got some inches of stemming in.

LANG Andrew (non-fatal) - 1886 - 11/11/1886 – Collier. Lanemark No.2, Lanemark Coal Co., New Cumnock, Lanarkshire. Explosion of firedamp. 2 killed.

LANG Andrew - 1886 - 28/07/1886 – Age 30 – Brusher. Govan No.5, William Dixon Ltd., Glasgow, Lanarkshire. Fall of roof.

LANG John - 1880 - 21/05/1880 – Age 27 – Labourer. Dorothea, Earl of Durham, Fence Houses, Co. Durham. Head crushed between two waggons. Died 27th May.

LANG Thomas - 1885 - 03/09/1885 – Age 40 – Collier. Limerigg, Limerigg Coal Co. Ltd., Slamannan, Stirling. Fall of roof at face, longwall.

LANGDON William - 1882 - 03/11/1882 – Age 37 – Shaftsman. East Pool (metalliferous), East Pool Mining Co., Redruth, Cornwall. Deceased, with others, was engaged fixing a plunger lift at the 200 fathoms level, he was standing on a plunger case stay, handing boards to his comrades, who were cutting some ground from the side of the shaft about 6 feet above him, to make room for the columns, on crossing over to the ladder read he inadvertently stepped under the main rod the end of which struck him on the head and fractured his skull.

LANGLEY George - 1889 - 04/01/1889 – Age 19 – Collier. Henwain, John Lancaster and Co Ltd., Blaina, Monmouth. Fall of roof from unseen slips. The place was fairly well secured with props.

LANGMEAD W. - 1888 - 21/02/1888 – Age 32 – Collier. Carlton Main, Yorkshire and Derbyshire Coal and Iron Co., Barnsley, Yorkshire. Fall of coal. Died 21st Apr.

LANGTON Samuel - 1886 - 20/04/1886 – Age 49 – Miner. Burton Nook, Roger Denton Colliery Co., Lancashire. Fatal fall of roof when taking the roof down. He should have waited until his fellow workman came, it being the custom that such work should not be done by one person.

LANKIN George - 1886 - 06/10/1886 – Age 30 – Deputy. Staunton, John Larkin, Ashby-de-la-Zouch, Leicester. Underground accident. 4 killed.

LAPPIN John (non-fatal) - 1885 - 27/06/1885 – Brusher. Barrwood No.1, William Baird and Co., Kilsyth, Stirling. Explosion of firedamp. 2 injured.

LAPWORTH John - 1887 - 14/04/1887 – Age 57 – Collier. Bedworth, Bedworth Coal and Iron Co. Ltd., Bedworth, Leicester. Travelling on engine plane he was crushed by empty tubs which had run away from the top of the incline.

LARDER George - 1881 - 13/04/1881 – Age 24 – Onsetter. Slapeworth (ironstone) B, Samuelson and Co., Guisborough, Yorkshire. Crushed by cage at pit bottom he attempted to clear away some stone lying in pit. bottom while the cage was descending.

LARKIN George - 1880 - 13/05/1880 – Age 19 – Trammer. Hoyland Silkstone, Wells Birch Ryde and Co., Barnsley, Yorkshire. Fall of roof.

LATCHFORD Robert (injured) - 1880 - 10/03/1880 – Age 37 – Dayman. Priestner’s No.1, Wigan Coal and Iron Co. Ltd., Westleigh, Lancashire. Leg broken by roof falling as he was putting up a bar for support.

LATCHFORD Thomas - 1881 - 30/07/1881 – Age 21 – Shotlighter. Cleworth Hall, Tyldesley Coal Co. Ltd., Shakerley, Lancashire. A shot, which he had lighted, blew through the pillar into the place where he had gone for safety.

LATHAM Albert - 1886 - 10/09/1886 – Age 18 – Filler. Dean Lane, Bedminster Coal Co., Somerset, Explosion of firedamp. 10 killed.

LATHAM Henry - 1882 - 07/08/1882 – Age 39 – Hewer. Castle Eden, Messrs Lambton and Co., Castle Eden, Co. Durham. Injury to back by fall of stone. Died on 23rd.

LATHAM James - 1884 - 10/04/1884 – Age 41 – Hewer. Sherburn West, Earl of Durham, Durham, Co. Durham. Fall of a large stone while cutting up a fault slip.

LATHAM Joseph - 1881 - 24/05/1881 – Age 41 – Deputy. Bellsmoor, Richard Burgess, West Bromwich, Staffordshire. Fall of roof in thin mine, brought about through the deceased neglecting to set a timber prop.

LATHAM Peter - 1889 - 16/01/1889 – Age 44 – Dayman. Newton No.2, Clifton and Kersley Coal Co., Lancashire. Fatal by roof falling from between slips as he was knocking out a prop. Inspection and inquest attended.

LATHOM Joseph - 1881 - 12/03/1881 – Age 42 – Miner. Lancashire. Apparently died from injuries received 23rd. or 24th Feb by a blow on the head from a missile thrown by persons unknown as he was going to work during collier’s turn out. Not Comprised.

LATHOMAGE William - 1880 - 06/09/1880 – Age 14 - Pony driver. Brinsop Hall, Brinsop Hall Coal Co. Ltd., Westhoughton, Lancashire. Gaskell and Lathomage killed and Bushell injured by a heavy fall of roof on the main road near No. 6 shaft, which broke eight bars and came down without any warning. 2 killed 1 injured.

LATIMER William - 1888 - 30/04/1888 – Age 56 – Hewer. Blenkinsop, Thompson and Sons, Blenkinsop, Northumberland. Fall of roof.

LATTA Robert - 1884 - 11/03/1884 – Age 45 – Collier. Earnock, John Watson, Hamilton, Lanarkshire. It was supposed that he lighted the squib instead of the match while firing a shot in coal.

LAUCHIE James (injured) - 1883 - 12/01/1883 – Miner. Tweechar No.1, William Baird and Co., Kilsyth, Ayrshire. Injured on incline by runaway hutch.

LAUDER John (non-fatal) - 1886 - 30/09/1886 – Miner. Common No.15, Eglinton Iron Co., Cumnock, Lanarkshire. Fall of roof.

LAUGHLAND James (non-fatal) - 1889 - 11/01/1889 – Miner. Southhook, Merry and Cunninghame, Kilmarnock, Ayrshire. Fall of roof at face.

LAUGHLIN M. (injured) - 1883 - 31/12/1883 – Age 17 - Pony driver. Ashton Moss, Ashton Moss Colliery Co., Lancashire. Tub on level.

LAUGHTON Charles (injured) - 1889 - 15/03/1889 – Age 31 – Shotlighter. Moston No.4, Platt Brothers and Co. Ltd., Lancashire. Back injured by coal falling from the face as he was preparing to fire a shot in a face of work rising nearly 2 in 3. Inspection and inquiry.

LAURENCE Walter (injured) - 1889 - 09/09/1889 – Age 21 – Miner. Tincroft (metalliferous), Carn Brea, Cornwall. A temporary stage which Laurence had fixed gave way carrying him with it a distance of three and a half fathoms. In addition to a fractured skull be received severe cuts about the head and for some time his life was almost despaired of. I wrote to the agents suggesting that it would be well that in future older men should inspect stages before lads be allowed to work on them.

LAURIE John - 1884 - 28/05/1884 – Age 33 – Collier. Burnbank, Boyd Gilmour and Co., Galston, Ayrshire. Fall of coal.

LAVERICK C. * - 1883 - 25/05/1883 – Age 41 – Seaham, Marquess of Londonderry, Seaham Harbour, Co. Durham.

LAVERICK John George - 1886 - 02/12/1886 – Age 22 – Stoneman. Elemore, Hetton Coal Co. Ltd., Fence Houses, Co. Durham. Explosion, 28 killed. Buried in the Churchyard of St. Michael and All Angels Lyons.

LAVERY Hugh - 1880 - 08/03/1880 – Age 61 - Collier. Waldridge, Thiedemann and Wallis, Chester-le-Street, Co. Durham. Fall of stone from roof while working in a jud.

LAVERY Peter (non-fatal) - 1889 - 17/12/1889 – Age 30 – Miner. Grangemouth, Grangemouth Coal Co., Stirling. Fall of coal and stone. 5 days off.

LAVIN Henry - 1886 - 16/03/1886 – Age 18 – Miner. Carn Brea (metalliferous), Carn Brea Mining Co., Carn Brea, Cornwall. Was with two others riding to surface on top of a skip full of stull when his head came in contact with the lap at shaft brace and he was killed. Neither the engineman or lander knew that anyone was in the skip.

LAVIN John (injured) - 1888 - 28/01/1888 – Miner. Wheal Agar (metalliferous), Redruth, Cornwall. Whilst going out with a waggon of stuff slipped his foot. His shoulder came down against the rail and he broke his collar bone.

LAVIN T. - 1888 - 23/11/1888 – Age 55 – Collier. Houghton Main, Houghton Main Coal Co., Barnsley, Yorkshire. Fall of coal.

LAW Charles - 1881 - 05/03/1881 – Age 43 – Collier. Carfin No.2, Carfin Coal Co., Bothwell, Lanarkshire. Fall of roof at face long wall.

LAW James (non-fatal) - 1889 - 08/01/1889 – Brusher. Rosehall No.13, R Addie and Sons, Bothwell, Lanarkshire. Fall of roof at brushing face.

LAW James - 1886 - 08/03/1886. Nitshill, Eglinton Iron Co., Nitshill, Lanarkshire. Explosion of firedamp.

LAW Robert (non-fatal) - 1889 - 25/11/1889 – Age 20 – Miner. Ladylands, Coltness Iron Co. Ltd., Lanarkshire. Fall of roof. 21 days off.

LAW S. - 1884 - 22/02/1884 – Age 51 – Collier. Wath Main, Wath Main Coal Co., Rotherham, Yorkshire. Fall of roof.

LAW Samuel (non-fatal) - 1885 - 05/09/1885 – Miner. Tewchar No.2, William Baird and Co., Kilsyth, Stirling. Fall of roof.

LAW Thomas - 1884 - 06/11/1884 – Age 50 – Truckloader. Cannock & Rugeley, Cannock & Rugeley Colliery Co., Hednesford, Staffordshire. Died 9th November. At the loading stage. He fell from the top of a truck which he was loading.

LAWLER Hugh - 1880 - 06/12/1880 – Age 21 – Trimmer. Addiewell No.2 (shale), Youngs Paraffin Light & Mineral Oil Co. Ltd., West Calder, Edinburgh. Struck by a train of empty wagons which was passing the screens.

LAWLER James - 1888 - 24/07/1888 – Age 42 – Collier. Calderhead, Shotts Iron Co., Shotts, Lanarkshire. Fall of side at face, longwall.

LAWLEY Edward - 1884 - 06/09/1884 – Age 30 – Pikeman. Hall End, Hall End Colliery Co., West Bromwich, Staffordshire. Explosion of gas in a sinking pit.7 killed 5 injured. Died 18th September.

LAWLEY William (injured) - 1884 - 21/07/1884 – Age 22 – Miner. Bridgewater No.2, Bridgewater Trustees, Lancashire. Leg broken caught putting his tub on the rails.

LAWRENCE Edwin - 1884 - 11/12/1884 – Age 44 – Collier. Ty Trist, Tredegar Iron and Coal Co., Monmouth. Injured by a fall of coal and died on the 31st.

LAWRENCE James - 1880 - 24/02/1880 – Age 28 – Stallman. Brinsley, Barber Walker and Co., Langley Mill, Derbyshire. Coals burst over the sprags whilst being holed.

LAWRENCE John - 1886 - 29/06/1886 – Age 55 – Collier. Celynen Newport-Abercarn, Black Vein Steam Coal Co. Ltd., Monmouth. Fall of stone. A wedge-shaped stone fell from the roof the place was properly timbered.

LAWRENCE Joshua - 1888 - 11/04/1888 – Age 19 – Drawer. Parr, Richard Evans and Co., St. Helens, Lancashire. Inspection made. A stone fell from the roof as he was going along the drawing road which was apparently safe.

LAWRENSON Henry - 1880 - 10/12/1880 – Age 50 – Collier. Sutton Heath, James Radley, St. Helens, Lancashire. Deceased was working out a pillar, when a heavy fall came capping all the timber. The roof had begun to weight some time previously, and deceased had sent his drawer out of the place, intending to follow him but the fall came before he could get out.

LAWRENSON Robert - 1885 - 21/07/1885 – Age 63 – Collier. Prescot, Wigan and Whiston Coal Co. Ltd., Prescot, Lancashire. Inspection made and inquest attended. Deceased was working without properly timbering the place although the fireman had warned him that at a certain stage of the work it would be necessary to put up two bars. Fall of roof.

LAWS Anthony - 1888 – 21/03/1888 – Age 46 – Engine plane man. Victoria, Garesfield Priestman and Peile, Durham. On engine plane. A set had drawn some timber end caused a fall. When deceased and others were clearing it away a second fall took place.

LAWS Edward - 1888 – 12/04/1888 – Age 49 – Hewer. North Biddick, Sir G Elliott, North Bidduck, Co. Durham. Fall of roof.

LAWSON Adam - 1880 – 08/09/1880 – Age 14 – Driver. Wearmouth, Wearmouth Coal Co., Wearmouth, Co. Durham. Crushed by tub.

LAWSON Alexander - 1881 – 23/05/1881 – Age 39 – Shaftsman. Newbattle Engine, Marquis of Lothian, Newbattle, Edinburgh. Jammed between cage and landing at mid-working. His foot slipped when in the act of signalling.

LAWSON Andrew (non-fatal) - 1884 – 24/04/1884 – Fireman. Cadder No.14, Carron Iron Co., Bishopbriggs, Lanarkshire. Explosion of firedamp.

LAWSON Andrew - 1887 - 28/05/1887 – Age 21 – Miner. Udston, Udston Coal Co. Ltd., Hamilton, Lanarkshire. Explosion of gas 73 killed.

LAWSON B. - 1888 - 26/01/1888 – Age 30 – Collier. Monk Bretton, Monk Bretton Coal Co., Barnsley, Yorkshire. Fall of roof.

LAWSON Hugh - 1881 - 30/08/1881 – Age 27 – Metalman. Woodshaw, Wigan Coal and Iron Co. Ltd., Wigan, Lancashire. Inspection made and inquest attended. The deceased and a changeman were blowing down the roof in a roadway, and after the shot was prepared deceased knocked out a prop to allow the roof to fall, when a portion of it fell unexpectedly upon him.

LAWSON John (non-fatal) - 1888 - 29/11/1888 – Miner. Lanemark No.2, Lanemark Coal Co., New Cumnock, Lanarkshire. Explosion of powder.

LAWSON John - 1882 - 18/04/1882 – Age 16. Tudhoe, Weardale Iron and Coal Co. Ltd., Durham, Co. Durham. Explosion of gas in Brockwell Seam. 37 killed. Buried in Holy Innocents Church, Low Spennymoor.

LAWSON John - 1885 - 06/07/1885 – Age 27 – Collier. Abram, Abram Coal Co., Wigan, Lancashire. Inspection made and inquest attended. The straight face of cannel about 7 feet high fell over striking the end of an iron bar which deceased was carrying and forcing the other end against the lower part of his body injuring him fatally.

LAWSON Jonathan - 1888 - 06/07/1888 – Age 37 – Miner. Honeywell Lane, Chamber Colliery Co. Ltd., Lancashire. Fatal fall of a stone which he was taking down in a gig brow.

LAWSON Ralph - 1886 - 02/12/1886 – Age 44 – Engineman. Elemore, Hetton Coal Co. Ltd., Fence Houses, Co. Durham. Explosion 28 killed.

LAWSON Robert - 1880 - 27/11/1880 – Age 20 – Collier. Ryhope, Ryhope Coal Co. Ltd., Sunderland, Co. Durham. Fall of top stone, from a slip close to the face of his board; it topped two pairs of gears, knocking them out and he could not escape.

LAWSON Robert - 1883 - 06/02/1883 – Age 66 – Screener. South Derwent, R Dickinson and Partners, Co. Durham. Run over by waggons on surface.

LAWSON Robson - 1880 - 08/09/1880 – Age 14 – Driver. Seaham, Marquess of Londonderry, Sunderland, Co. Durham. Explosion of gas 164 killed.

LAWSON William (non-fatal) - 1889 - 02/10/1889 – Age 35 - Night foreman. Allanton, William Barr and Sons, Lanarkshire. Caught in machinery, leg fractured. 75 days off.

LAWSON William - 1883 - 12/10/1883 – Age 49. Wharncliffe, Carlton, Barnsley, Yorkshire. Explosion of gas 20 killed.

LAWSON William - 1887 - 28/05/1887 – Age 42 – Miner. Udston, Udston Coal Co. Ltd., Hamilton, Lanarkshire. Explosion of gas 73 killed.

LAWSON William - 1889 - 30/09/1889 – Age 52. West Stanley, JH Burn, Stanley RSO, Co. Durham. While watching a coal tank being emptied, he fell down and expired. Not comprised under the Act.

LAWTON F. - 1884 - 21/10/1884 – Age 23 – Banksman. Higham, Silkstone and Dodworth Coal and Iron Co., Barnsley, Yorkshire. Fell down upcast shaft.

LAWTON H. - 1882 - 05/08/1882 – Age 15 – Driver. Victoria Bruntcliffe, J Haigh and Sons, Leeds, Yorkshire. Fall of roof.

LAWTON James - 1885 - 20/03/1885 – Age 53 – Dayman. Bradley Fold, Thomas Fletcher and Sons, Lancashire. Fatal strain while lifting a tub onto the rails in a brow.

LAWTON John - 1880 - 21/01/1880 – Bratticeman. Leycett Crewe Coal Co., Newcastle, Staffordshire. Explosion of firedamp. 62 killed.

LAWTON Thomas (injured) - 1880 - 18/08/1880 – Age 21. Ashton’s Field, Bridgewater Trust, Little Hulton, Lancashire. Arm fractured. It caught, in passing, a projecting mouthing whilst he was descending the shaft.

LAWTON Thomas - 1885 - 18/11/1885 – Age 51 – Miner. Ashton Moss, Ashton Moss Colliery Co., Lancashire. Leg broken. Fall of coal at face while he was cutting. It was soft and faulty coal and broke over a sprag which he had set.

LAWTON William - 1888 - 13/08/1888 – Age 38 – Miner. Pendleton Rams, Andrew Knowles and Sons Ltd., Lancashire. Fatal by roof falling between chocks in wide work.

LAWTON William - 1889 - 16/10/1889 – Age 18 - Taker-off. Mossfields, Hawley and Bridgwood Ltd., Longton, Staffordshire. Explosion 64 killed.

LAX E. - 1886 - 23/07/1886 – Age 14 - Screen boy. Waleswood, Skinner and Holford, Sheffield, Yorkshire. Run over by waggons.

LAX Ernest - 1887 - 22/07/1887 – Age 17 – Hurrier. North Gawber, Mapplewell, Darton, Yorkshire. Son of Luke Lax Coal Miner. Accidentally fell against a Corf which he was pushing. Head injured. Instant Death. Inquest held 23rd July 1887. Buried at Darton on 25 July 1887.

LAX William - 1889 - 30/07/1889 – Age 27 – Hewer. Middridge, Weardale Iron and Coal Co., Shildon, Co. Durham. Fall of coal while preparing to sprag his jud.

LAY Frederick - 1883 - 13/06/1883 – Age 23 – Haulier. Tylors, Alfred Tylor and Co., Pontypridd, Glamorgan. Fell under trams.

LAYBOURN Robert - 1888 - 19/04/1888 – Age 22 – Shiftman. St. Helens, St. Helens Colliery and Brick Co., St. Helens, Cumberland. Explosion of gas. 35 killed.

LAYCOCK D. - 1889 - 07/01/1889 – Age 49 – Collier. Whitley Clough, W and J Cardwell, Huddersfield, Yorkshire. Fall of roof.

LAYHE Samuel - 1880 - 19/05/1880 – Age 24 – Trammer. Kiveton Park, Kiveton Park Coal Co., Sheffield, Yorkshire. Explosion of firedamp. 4 killed.

LAYLAND Thomas - 1884 - 04/02/1884 – Age 65 – Collier. Brynn Hall, W and EF Crippin, Wigan, Lancashire. Inquest attended. Injured on 16th August 1888 by a piece of top coal falling from between two slips and capping two props.

LAZENBY William * - 1883 - 16/08/1883 – Age 6. Trimdon Grange, Walter Scott, Durham.

LEA William - 1881 - 19/12/1881 – Age 42 – Collier. Abram, Abram Coal Co., Wigan, Lancashire. Explosion of gas. 48 killed.

LEACH J. (injured) - 1883 - 03/10/1883 – Age 42 – Miner. Entwistle, JP Entwistle, Lancashire. Fall of roof.

LEACH James - 1884 - 14/08/1884 – Age 46 – Miner. Oak, Chamber Colliery Co. Ltd., Lancashire. Fall of roof on a shunt as they were riding in tubs. 4 killed.

LEACH Joseph - 1884 - 14/08/1884 – Age 58 – Miner. Oak, Chamber Colliery Co. Ltd., Lancashire. Fall of roof on a shunt as they were riding in tubs. 4 killed.

LEACH R. - 1883 - 20/08/1883 – Age 35 – Labourer. Wharncliffe, Carlton R Craik and Co., Barnsley, Yorkshire. Found suffocated under the waggon of smudge which he was emptying.

LEACH S. - 1889 - 17/06/1889 – Age 36 – Deputy. North Gawber, Fountain and Burnley, Barnsley, Yorkshire. Suffocated by gas. 2 killed.

LEACH Samuel - 1885 - 18/06/1885 – Age 37 – Miner. Clifton Hall, Andrew Knowles and Sons Ltd., Lancashire. Fatal great explosion. 178 killed.

LEADBETTER J. - 1882 - 25/05/1882 – Age 31 – Collier. Featherstone Manor, George Bradley, Pontefract, Yorkshire. Fall of roof.

LEADBETTER James - 1887 - 28/05/1887 – Age 40 – Ostler. Udston, Udston Coal Co. Ltd., Hamilton, Lanarkshire. Explosion of gas 73 killed.

LEADBETTER William - 1887 - 08/04/1887 – Age 53 – Deputy. Renishaw Park No.1, J and G Wells Ltd., Eckington, Leicester. Run over by train of loaded tubs on engine plane.

LEADBITTER Joseph - 1887 - 27/09/1887 – Age 30 – Shifter. East Holywell, East Holywell Coal Co., East Holywell, Northumberland. Crushed between tub and roof.

LEADER Charles - 1880 - 26/10/1880 – Age 21 – Collier. Cornsay, Ferens and Love, Lanchester, Co. Durham. Fall of stone in face of a broken jud.

LEAH Henry - 1889 - 21/05/1889 – Age 34 – Miner. South Wheal, Crofty (metalliferous), Carn Brea, Cornwall. Deceased and his comrade, Hannibal Eathorne were engaged in driving an end at the 225 fathom level and were blasting with dynamite. Three holes were fired and as many reports distinctly heard. After about half an hour had elapsed the men returned to the end. Eathorne first worked in shovelling back the loose stuff for about a quarter of an hour, and then went back to rest a little while deceased with a pick began to loosen such of the holes’ burdens as had not been thrown out by the shots when an explosion occurred and blew off his head. It is supposed that the explosion was the result of the careless way in which dynamite was accustomed to be taken about in this mine. At the inquest Eathorne admitted that previously to firing the holes he took some of the cartridges from his locker into the end loose in his hand and laid them on the ground while waiting to put in the charges. Some of the dynamite, therefore, may have been left about and when struck with the pick by deceased exploded. In connection with this case the Mining Act was contravened in several particulars and I brought an action against the agent of the mine in consequence. The magistrates imposed a fine of £1 and costs in each of the informatious laid.

LEAHY Daniel (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.

LEAK C. - 1886 - 06/09/1886 – Age 16 – Shunter. Manvers Main, Manvers Main Coal Co., Rotherham, Yorkshire. Crushed by waggons.

LEAN John - 1884 - 08/03/1884 – Age 31 – Miner. Woodclose (metalliferous), Lyell and Hannan, Sticker, St. Austell, Cornwall. Died from the effects of the excessive inhalation of fumes arising from dynamite accidentally ignited underground.

LEAR Richard - 1880 - 21/01/1880 – Braker. Leycett, Crewe Coal Co., Newcastle, Staffordshire. Explosion of firedamp. 62 killed.

LEAR Thomas (injured) - 1885 - 20/06/1885 – Age 36 – Collier. Apedale, Stanier and Co., Newcastle, Staffordshire. Killed by an explosion. 9 killed.

LEAR William - 1880 - 21/01/1880 – Bratticeman. Leycett, Crewe Coal Co., Newcastle, Staffordshire. Explosion of firedamp. 62 killed.

LEARMONT William - 1883 - 17/11/1883 – Age 25 – Sinker. Chapelhall, Monkland Iron Co. Ltd., New Monkland, Lanarkshire. He was riding along when a working barrel fell off.

LEATHAM Osaac - 1880 - 29/09/1880 – Age 24 – Trammer. Edmunds Main, Swaithe and Edmunds Coal Co., Barnsley, Yorkshire. Fall of roof coal Died 30th.

LEATHER F. - 1883 - 22/02/1883 – Age 49 – Collier. Denby Grange, Miss E Leister Kaye, Wakefield, Yorkshire. Fall of coal on 30th Oct 1882. Died this day.

LEATHER James (injured) - 1889 - 25/02/1889 – Age 27 – Miner. Priestner’s, Wigan Coal and Iron Co., Lancashire. Back injured by fall of stone as he was standing near where a shunt was being repaired. Inspection and inquiry.

LEATHER John (injured) - 1886 - 14/04/1886 – Age 22. Sawyer Clifton, Hall Andrew Knowles and Sons Ltd., Lancashire. Little finger cut off by circular saw. A curve in the wood and the wood being wet caused his hand to slip.

LEATHER John (injured) - 1887 - 27/05/1887 – Age 50 – Miner. Broomstair, Hyde and Haughton Colliery Co., Lancashire. Chest and arms slightly burned by powder while he and another miner were wrongfully undrilling a missed shot.

LEATHERBARROW E. - 1883 - 04/05/1883 – Age 32 – Miner. Mosley Common, Bridgewater Trustees, Lancashire. Fall of coal while holing.

LECKIE Alexander (non-fatal) - 1889 - 10/05/1889 – Miner. Cleland Townhead No.5, Cleland Coal Co., Newarthill, Lanarkshire. Fall of coal while holing caused by want of gibs.

LEDBURY Mary (injured) - 1880 - 02/12/1880 – Age 22 - Waggon trimmer. Hewlett No.1, Wigan Coal and Iron Co. Ltd., Westhoughton, Lancashire. Shaken. Falling off a railway waggon in the siding. Female.

LEDWARD William (injured) - 1884 - 25/03/1884 – Dayman. Lower Hall, Westleigh Colliery Co. Ltd., Lancashire. Shoulder dislocated, cross bar springing as he struck it.

LEDWARDS ? - 1882 - 02/01/1882 – Age 50 – Engineman. Tunstall, Tunstall Colliery Co., Tunstall, Staffordshire. Fell out of bowk whilst repairing pit.

LEDWITCH James - 1884 - 31/07/1884 – Age 47 – Labourer. Abercarn, Abercarn Coal Co., Monmouth. Fell off a plank near the boilers and injured his head, he died the next day.

LEE ? - 1883 - 04/12/1883 – Collier. Brightside, Denton and Co., Sheffield, Yorkshire. Fall of roof.

LEE A. - 1882 - 12/10/1882 – Age 40 – Byeworker. Victoria, R Hudson and Co., Wakefield, Yorkshire. Fall of roof.

LEE Adam - 1885 - 18/09/1885 – Age 50 – Collier. Pemberton, Jonathan Blundell and Sons, Wigan, Lancashire. Inquest attended. He was working a ribbing and barring every three feet as he advanced. His last bar was four feet from the face when a stone fell out from a slip, of which he was aware. The collier working next to him said he should have had another bar set but that he had postponed doing so although the props and bars had been brought in some time previously. Died 23rd Oct.

LEE Charles (non-fatal) - 1889 - 02/03/1889 – Age 25 – Labourer. Holmes, Holmes Oil Co. Ltd., Linlithgow. Foot crushed by engine crank. Not yet resumed.

LEE G. - 1887 - 17/12/1887 – Age 48 – Collier. Prince of Wales, John Rhodes, Pontefract, Yorkshire. Fall of roof.

LEE George Henry - 1888 - 01/11/1888 – Age 16 - Coal cleaner. Ashton Moss, Ashton Moss Co. Ltd., Lancashire. Fatally caught by the coal machinery at the pit.

LEE Gerard (injured) - 1887 - 11/10/1887 – Age 21 – Miner. Anderton Hall No.6, B and R Fisher and Co., Lancashire. Ankle broken. In descending the cage stopped at a mouthing when he thinking he was at the bottom stepped out and would have fallen 126 yards but he caught hold of the signal wire rope and slid down it, he reached a protecting cover for the hooker-on which threw him off into the sump at the bottom.

LEE John - 1880 - 13/04/1880 – Age 22 - Trammer. Carlton Main, Yorks and Derby Coal Co., Barnsley, Yorkshire. Fall off roof.

LEE John H. - 1884 - 07/04/1884 – Age 12 – Driver. Blaydon Burn, Joseph Cowen and Co., Blaydon Burn, Co. Durham. Crushed by tubs.

LEE John Thomas (injured) - 1885 - 10/02/1885 – Age 13 - Taker off. Crumbuke Day Eye, Fletcher Burrows and Co., Lancashire. Head injured on the pit brow between two tubs while stooping to uncouple them. He should not have had his head between them.

LEE Joseph - 1884 - 11/07/1884 – Age 13 - Taker off. Broomstair, Hyde and Broomstair Colliery Co., Lancashire. Fall of top coal from side where he was trespassing.

LEE Joseph - 1889 - 15/08/1889 – Age 57 – Platelayer. How Bridge Sidings, Lancashire. Killed by the colliery locomotive engine when on the siding after clipping the Railway Company's thorn hedge. Inquiry. Non-Comprised.

LEE Matthew - 1889 - 11/12/1889 – Age 23 – Blacksmith. Beamish, James Joicey and Partners, Beamish, Co. Durham. Crushed while erecting new screens.

LEE Peter (injured) - 1888 - 23/02/1888 – Age 56 – Miner. Atherton Victoria, Fletcher Burrows & Co., Lancashire. Ankle hurt by his slipping while lifting a tub on to the rails.

LEE Robert - 1884 - 13/08/1884 – Age 15 – Waggoner. Hewlett, Wigan Coal and Iron Co. Ltd., Lancashire. Fall of roof Yard Mine.

LEE Robert - 1888 - 09/07/1888 – Age 13 – Driver. Stobswood, JH Burn, Stobswood, Northumberland. Fell in front of pony and set of tubs and was crushed.

LEE Samuel (injured) - 1880 - 18/05/1880 – Age 42 – Miner. Victoria 7 Feet, Fletcher Borrows and Co., Atherton, Lancashire. Hurt. Top coal falling in a brow which they were driving. 2 injured.

LEE Thomas (1njured) - 1888 - 29/11/1888 – Age 30 – Miner. Victoria Seven Feet Mine, Fletcher Burrows & Co., Lancashire. Foot hurt and face cut by top coal falling, he having slipped in stepping out of the way after drawing the sprags.

LEE Thomas (injured) - 1882 - 29/12/1882 – Age 42 – Miner. West Holway (metalliferous), Holywell. After waiting 10 or 15 minutes he returned to look at a hole charged with dynamite, which had apparently missed fired, when it exploded and injured his arm. About 2 months off.

LEE Thomas - 1882 - 18/04/1882 – Age 19 – Waggoner. Crumbouke, Fletcher Burrows and Co., Atherton, Lancashire. Coal over sprags Died 22nd.

LEE W. - 1881 - 24/10/1881 – Age 33 – Labourer. Griffin, J Lancaster and Co., Monmouth. He was employed pumping on a Sunday morning and left his partner at work. The banksman received the proper number of raps, but on the cage coming to bank it was found empty, and the deceased was subsequently found dead under the other carriage.

LEE William (injured) - 1889 - 14/11/1889 – Age 35 – Miner. Lover’s Lane 5 Foot, Fletcher Burrows and Co., Lancashire. Injured by coal falling where he was working near a fault. Inspection and inquiry.

LEE William - 1880 - 18/11/1880 – Age 35 – Deputy. Rainton Alexandrina, Marquess of Londonderry, Fence Houses, Co. Durham. Fall of stone in a loose side jud while preparing for timber.

LEECH William - 1886 - 04/06/1886 – Age 18 – Drawer. Rose Bridge, Rose Bridge & Douglas Bank Collieries Co. Ltd., Wigan, Lancashire. Inspection made and inquest attended. Deceased was working with his father when a stone fell from a slip on to him. The place was well timbered.

LEEK C. - 1886 - 23/09/1886 – Age 50 – Collier. Leycett, Madeley Co., Newcastle, Staffordshire. Crushed by waggons in dip.

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

LEES David - 1882 - 01/02/1882 – Age 31 – Collier. Greenfield, Hamilton Coal Co., Hamilton, Lanarkshire. Fall of roof at face stooping.

LEES H. - 1884 - 17/03/1884 – Age 35 – Collier. Allerton Main, T and RW Bower, Leeds, Yorkshire. Fall of roof.

LEES John - 1880 - 12/02/1880 – Driver. Mid Cannock, Mid Cannock Colliery Co., Cannock, Staffordshire. Injured on the 20th January by tubs. Died this day.

LEES John Thomas - 1886 - 20/04/1886 – Age 34 - Miner. Withgins Lane, Andrew Knowles and Sons Ltd., Lancashire. Fatal fall of roof stone which he was taking down to enlarge an airway.

LEES Robert (injured) - 1885 - 03/03/1885 – Age 42 – Miner. Broad Oak No.3, Broad Oak Coal Co. Ltd., Lancashire. Slightly injured by a piece of Binn dirt that dropped out between the props in the Lees Mine. The place was well propped.

LEESE G. - 1888 - 14/09/1888 – Collier. Berry Hill, Henry Warrington, Stoke, Staffordshire. Fall of roof. 2 killed.

LEESON Joseph - 1883 - 07/11/1883 – Age 12. Moorfield, Altham Colliery Co. Ltd., Lancashire. Explosion of gas 68 killed.

LEESON S. - 1889 - 28/10/1889 – Age 45 – Collier. Darfield Main, Darfield Main Coal Co., Barnsley, Yorkshire. Fall of roof.

LEGGIE Hugh - 1887 - 28/04/1887 – Age 18 – Collier. Balbardie, Walker and Cameron, Bathgate, Linlithgow. Fall of roof at face, longwall. 2 killed.

LEIGH George - 1883 - 01/05/1883 – Age 35 – Collier. Orrell, Orrell Coal & Cannel Co. Ltd., Wigan, Lancashire. Inspection made and inquest attended. Deceased was working under the top coal, which was apparently well propped, when a piece broke off at the loose end from a slip capping the timber.

LEIGH Joseph - 1887 - 29/08/1887 – Age 72 – Underlooker. Peasley Cross, Whitecross Co. Ltd., St. Helens, Lancashire. Inquiries made. He was going up the engine plane to the shaft when he was struck by the rope which had caught under a sleeper and then sprang up.