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M’BRIDE John (non-fatal) - 1889 - 12/03/1889 – Age 33 – Undermanager. Rawyards, Rawyards Coal Co. Ltd., Lanarkshire. Fall of loose bunton in shaft. 21 days off.

M’CAIG George (non-fatal) - 1889 - 17/07/1889 – Age 25 – Miner. Brownyside, William Black and Sons, Lanarkshire. Fall of roof at face. 2 injured. 197 days off.

M’CALLAM John - 1887 - 22/01/1887 – Age 28 – Screenman. Law, John Wilson, Carluke, Lanarkshire. Fell in front of waggons.

M’CANN Hugh (non-fatal) - 1889 - 22/02/1889 – Age 22 – Miner. Wishaw, Archibald Hood, Lanarkshire. Fall of head coal. 220 days off.

M’CARTHY George - 1888 - 02/07/1888 – Age 28 – Hewer. Pegswood Drift, H Gibson and Sons, Pegswood, Northumberland. Fall of top coal.

M’CARTNEY Michael (non-fatal) - 1889 - 12/02/1889 – Age 46 – Miner. Motherwell, John Watson, Lanarkshire. Crushed by tub. 19 days off.

M’CUSHING John - 1887 - 14/05/1887 – Age 30 – Collier. Ince Hall, Crompton and Shawcross, Wigan, Lancashire. Inspection made. The empty tubs had got off the road on a self-acting incline and deceased, who was going out from his work attempted to pass the full tubs although warned not to do so when the journey started and he was crushed against the bar.

M’EWEN William (non-fatal) - 1889 - 17/04/1889 – Age 30 – Drawer. Mosside, Gavin Paul and Sons, Linlithgow. Fall of roof. 47 days off.

M’GEACHIN James (non-fatal) - 1889 - 26/06/1889 – Age 32 – Miner. Dalmeny, Dalmeny Oil Co. Ltd., Linlithgow. Fall of roof. Not resumed work.

M’GEECHAN Peter - 1886 - 06/08/1886 – Collier. Legbrannock, Legbrannock District Collieries Co. Ltd., Holytown, Lanarkshire. Fall of roof at face, longwall.

M’GHEE Peter - 1886 - 11/08/1886 – Roadsman. Millburn, Cornsilloch Coal Co., Larkhill, Lanarkshire. Fall of roof while repairing drawing road, stoop and room.

M’GOURTY Edward (non-fatal) - 1889 – 20/02/1889 - Boiler fireman. Dalmeny, Dalmeny Oil Co. Ltd., Linlithgow. Scalded slightly by steam.

M’GREGOR Gregor - 1886 - 08/04/1886 – Collier. Dunysyston, Summerlee Iron Co., Airdrie, Lanarkshire. Fall of roof at face of brushing, longwall.

M’GUFFY William (non-fatal) - 1889 - 22/03/1889 – Age 37. Reddsman Kinglaw, Shotts Iron Co. Ltd., Lanarkshire. Struck by cage while crossing shaft. 117 days off.

M’GUIGAN Patrick (non-fatal) - 1884 - 01/11/1884 – Roadsman. Quarter, J Wallace and Co., Denny. Caught on a hutch on drawing road.

M’INALLY Edward - 1887 - 03/10/1887 – Age 30 – Collier. Thankerton, Monkland Iron Co. Ltd., Bothwell, Lanarkshire. Fall of roof at face. Died 12th Jan 1888.

M’INTOSH Robert (non-fatal) - 1889 - 30/10/1889 – Age 55 – Miner. Newbattle, Marquis of Lothian, Edinburgh. Fall of coal and stone. Not yet resumed.

M’IVOR Neil (non-fatal) - 1889 - 17/09/1889 – Age 35 – Miner. Rawyards, Rawyards Coal Co. Ltd., Lanarkshire. Fall of roof. 74 days off.

M’KAY Francis - 1888 - 25/12/1888 – Age 24 – Bottomer. Bothwell Castle, William Baird and Co., Bothwell, Lanarkshire. Rope slipped off pulley and cage fell 14 feet. He was thrown off.

M’KENDRICK Hugh - 1887 - 26/09/1887 – Age 25 – Bottomer. Bathville, James Wood, Bathgate, Linlithgow. Mistake of signals. Engineman raised cage and man ran tub into shaft.

M’KENNA Bernard (non-fatal) - 1889 - 08/07/1889 – Age 19 – Drawer. Broxburn, Broxburn Oil Co. Ltd., Linlithgow. Crushed riding on water chest. Not resumed work.

M’KENNA Peter - 1883 - 12/04/1883 – Age 50 – Labourer. Hindley Hall, Pearson and Knowles Coal & Iron Co. Ltd., Wigan, Lancashire. Inspection made and inquest attended. He was knocked down by some waggons on the surface railway. The accident was due to want of proper precautions on the part of the low driver and his assistants. The driver did not open his whistle as he backed the waggons into the siding, and his assistants did not see that the road was clear. The approach of the wagons was unnoticed by the deceased.

M’KENRDICK Alexander (non-fatal) - 1889 - 04/06/1889 – Age 12 – Drawer. Southfield, William Black and Sons, Stirling. Fall of roof. 65 days off.

M’KENZIE Alexander (non-fatal) - 1889 - 08/04/1889 – Age 18 – Bottomer. Champfleurie & Ochiltree, Linlithgow Oil Co. Ltd., Linlithgow. Crushed by tub. 20 days off.

M’KENZIE George (non-fatal) - 1889 - 23/05/1889 – Age 36 – Miner. Leven, Fife Coal Co. Ltd., Fife. Fall of roof, leg fractured. Not yet resumed.

M’KIE George (non-fatal) - 1889 - 03/09/1889 – Age 30 - Miner. Hassockrig, Coltness Iron Co. Ltd., Lanarkshire. Explosion of firedamp. 7 days off.

M’KIE George (non-fatal) - 1889 - 30/03/1889 – Age 30 – Bottomer. Fauldhouse, William Dixon Ltd., Linlithgow. Crushed under cage. 48 days off.

M’KILLOP Alexander - 1886 - 22/06/1886 – Age 60 – Collier. Rosehall, Robert Addie and Sons, Bothwell, Lanarkshire. Fall of roof at face longwall.

M’KINLAY Richard (non-fatal) - 1889 - 11/12/1889 – Age 22 – Miner. Lochgelly, Lochgelly Iron and Coal Co. Ltd., Fife. Struck by cage at shaft bottom. Not yet resumed.

M’KITTEN Daniel - 1888 - 14/09/1888 – Age 26 – Hewer. Clifton, William Allerdale Coal Co., Cumberland. Jud of coal which he was making fell on him.

M’LEAN Andrew (non-fatal) - 1889 - 07/01/1889 – Age 23 – Miner. Dalmeny, Dalmeny Oil Co. Ltd., Linlithgow. Fall of roof, leg fractured. Not yet resumed.

M’LEAN Angus (non-fatal) - 1889 - 14/11/1889 – Age 43 – Sinker. Lochgelly, Lochgelly Iron and Coal Co. Ltd., Fife. Explosion of shot. Not yet resumed.

M’LEISH John (non-fatal) - 1889 - 16/12/1889 – Age 50 – Joiner. Drumshangie, Drumshangie Coal Co., Lanarkshire. Waggon brake level falling arm fractured. Not yet resumed.

M’LURE William - 1887 - 05/08/1887 – Age 32 – Collier. Woodend, Coltness Iron Co. Ltd., Torphichen, Linlithgow. Fall of roof at face, longwall.

M’MAHON Philip (non-fatal) - 1889 - 30/11/1889 – Age 33 – Roadsman. Denend, Denend Coal Co., Fife. Fall of stone from roadside. Not yet resumed.

M’MAHON Robert (non-fatal) - 1889 - 04/03/1889 – Age 19 – Miner. Garriongill, Coltness Iron Co. Ltd., Lanarkshire. Fall of roof. 35 days off.

M’MANNUS Patrick (non-fatal) - 1889 - 27/02/1889 – Age 14 – Drawer. Fauldhouse, William Dixon Ltd., Linlithgow. Jammed between tubs. 130 days off.

M’MILLAN Hugh (non-fatal) - 1889 - 30/10/1889 – Age 40 – Brusher. Rawyards, Rawyards Coal Co. Ltd., Lanarkshire. Explosion of firedamp. 2 injured. 14 days off.

M’MILLAN John (non-fatal) - 1889 - 07/01/1889 – Age 30 – Drawer. Broxburn, Broxburn Oil Co. Ltd., Linlithgow. Struck by tub. 14 days off.

M’MILLAN Robert (non-fatal) - 1889 - 30/10/1889 – Age 33 – Brusher. Rawyards, Rawyards Coal Co. Ltd., Lanarkshire. Explosion of firedamp. 2 injured. 14 days off.

M’MURDO James (non-fatal) - 1889 - 05/10/1889 – Age 42 – Miner. Braidenhill, Ferrier and Strain, Lanarkshire. Fall of roof 17 days off.

M’QUESTION James - 1886 - 08/07/1886 – Age 31 – Brusher. Woodend, Coltness Iron Co. Ltd., Bathgate, Linlithgow. Fall of roof on drawing road, longwall.

M’SHEE Benjamin (non-fatal) - 1889 - 21/01/1889 – Age 16 - Pony driver. Greenfield, Archibald Russell, Lanarkshire. Crushed by horse against roadside. 42 days off.

M’SHERRY Charles (non-fatal) - 1889 - 07/08/1889 – Roadsman. Pentland, Clippens Oil Co. Ltd., Edinburgh. Fall of roof. Not yet resumed.

MACALLISTER Andrew (non-fatal) - 1889 - 10/12/1889 – Age 33 – Miner. Glebe, Thomas Grerson, Lanarkshire. Fall of coal. Not yet at work.

MACDONALD Joseph - 1885 - 12/08/1885 – Age 47 – Stallman. Hartington Staveley, Staveley Iron and Coal Co., Staveley, Derbyshire. Fall of roof whilst getting coals. Stall insufficiently timbered.

MacDONALD James - 1880 - 11/03/1880 – Age 13 – Driver. Bewicke Main, EM Perkins and Partners, Co. Durham. Crushed by tubs on Rolleyway.

MacDONALD James - 1880 - 19/07/1880 – Age 17 – Rollyhooker. Douglas Bank, Rose Bridge & Douglas Bank Colliery Co. Ltd., Wigan, Lancashire. Deceased was found dead under the front tub of a train. It is supposed that he had been asleep, and on hearing the train approaching had run out of his cabin and was knocked down.

MacDONALD James - 1885 - 20/06/1885 – Age 41 – Hewer. Whitehaven Croft, Earl of Lonsdale, Whitehaven, Cumberland. Fall of bearing top coal.

MACHELL A. - 1887 - 31/01/1887 – Age 14 – Driver. Ridings, Crawshaw and Warburton, Dewsbury, Yorkshire. Run over by corves.

MACHIN J. - 1889 - 31/07/1889 – Age 43 – Hurrier. Warren Vale, J and J Charlesworth, Rotherham, Yorkshire. Finger crushed while hurrying. Died 22nd Aug.

MACK William (injured) - 1888 - 24/08/1888 – Age 21 – Miner. Wet Earth Doe, Clifton and Kersley Coal Co. Ltd., Lancashire. Head hurt by roof falling where he had drawn a prop so as to remove a gigging machine.

MACKAY James - 1883 - 23/08/1882 – Age 31 – Brusher. Balbardie, Henry Walker, Auchertool, Fife. Fall of roof at face of brushing; long wall.

MACKAY William (non-fatal) - 1889 - 20/03/1889 – Age 29 – Miner. Newbattle, Marquis of Lothian, Edinburgh. Fall of coal at face. 73 days off.

MACKERAL James (injured) - 1887 - 16/06/1887 – Age 44 – Fireman. Pemberton House, James Barker and Sons, Lancashire. Slightly burned by a little firedamp in a lodge level when seeing if water was accumulating behind a fall. Incautious.

MACKERALL H. - 1882 - 12/04/1882 – Age 35 – Byeworker. Lofthouse, Lofthouse Coal Co., Wakefield, Yorkshire. Crushed by corf. Died 18th Apr.

MACKIE John - 1887 - 26/04/1887 – Age 50 – Collier. Balbirnie, John Balfour, Markinch, Fife. Fall of roof at face, longwall.

MACKIE Robert - 1888 - 22/11/1888 – Age 32 - Brusher. Alloa, Alloa Coal Co., Alloa, Clackmannan. Fall of roof at face building, longwall.

MACKIE Thomas - 1880 - 03/12/1880 – Age 21 – Collier. Springside, A Kenneth and Son, Dreghorn, Ayrshire. Fall of coal.

MACKIE William - 1883 - 07/12/1883 – Age 15 – Driver. Blantyre, William Dixon Ltd., Blantyre, Lanarkshire. Fall of roof while passing among coal face, where he had no business to be.

MACKINTOSH J. - 1882 - 09/02/1882 – Age 14 – Driver. Kippax, Locke and Co., Leeds, Yorkshire. Crushed by corves.

MACKRELL William - 1883 - 07/11/1883 – Age 21 – Moorfield, Altham Colliery Co. Ltd., Lancashire. Explosion of gas. 68 killed.

MACLEAN Philip - 1881 - 01/10/1881 – Age 33 – Miner. Crossfield (metalliferous), Crossfield Iron Ore Co., Cumberland. Fall of roof. 2 killed.

MACRAY C. - 1883 - 20/02/1883 – Collier. Whitwood, H Briggs Son and Co., Normanton, Yorkshire. Fall of roof.

MADDEN George (injured) - 1880 – 13/04/1880 – Age 15 – Waggoner. Anderton Hall, B and R Fisher and Co., Blackrod, Lancashire. Leg broken by his tub, which he did not put far enough out of the road for a train drawn by a pony to pass.

MADDERN Robert - 1888 – 14/06/1888 – Age 17 – Miner. Botallock (metalliferous), St. Just, Cornwall. While tamping a hole containing a mixed charge of dynamite and powder a premature explosion took place Maddern being killed on the spot and Tregear being very badly injured losing one hand. I had previously spoken of the danger of using mixed charges and the men had been warned about it. An iron tamping bar was used but not until after a second layer of tamping had been gently rammed with a wooden bar. The jury returned a verdict of accidental death and added a rider to the effect that a regulation should be enforced and the same read to every man in the Botallock Mine that mixed charges should not in future be used. 1 killed 1 injured.

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

MADDICOR J (injured) - 1883 - 09/04/1883 – Foreman. Father Hey (stone), JP Entwistle, Lancashire. Rock tilting.

MADDIGAN Joseph - 1886 - 24/09/1886 – Age 40 – Shifter. Seaton Delaval, AE Burdon and Partners, Seaton Delaval, Northumberland. Fall of stone.

MADDISON George - 1881 - 01/08/1881 – Age 61 – Hewer. Lumley, 6th. Earl of Durham, Fence Houses, Co. Durham. Injury to knee by fall of stone. Died 15th.

MADDISON John - 1881 - 18/05/1881 – Age 39 - Miner. Bollyhope (metalliferous), London Lead Co., Forsterley, Durham. Explosion of a charge of dynamite, he went back before a second shot had exploded (separate holes).

MADDISON John - 1888 - 31/08/1888 – Age 47 – Hewer. Croxdale, Weardale Iron Co. Ltd., Durham, Co. Durham. Severely crushed by fall of roof. Died 2nd Sept.

MADDISON Thomas - 1889 - 31/03/1889 – Age 71 – Shifter. Leasingthorne, Bolckow Vaughan and Co. Ltd., Auckland, Durham. Severe injuries by falling off gangway. Died 6th Apr.

MADDISON Whitfield - 1885 - 12/08/1885 – Age 44 – Deputy. Waterhouses, Pease and Partners, Durham, Co. Durham. Back broken by fall of a large stone while he was putting timber under it. Died 10th Oct.

MADDISON William - 1885 - 10/04/1885 – Age 55 – Deputy. Burnopfield, John Bowes and Partners, Burnopfield, Co. Durham. Drawing last prop in jud, a large stone fell on him.

MADDOCKS John - 1880 - 13/05/1880 – Age 62 – Collier. Jersey, Jersey Coal and Brock Co., Briton Ferry, Glamorgan. Fall of roof.

MADDON George - 1885 - 18/06/1885 – Age 21 – Wagoner. Clifton Hall, Andrew Knowles and Sons Ltd., Lancashire. Fatal great explosion. 178 killed.

MADDEN Patrick - 1886 - 11/11/886 – Age 19 – Labourer. Norley, Norley Coal and Cannel Co., Wigan, Lancashire. Inspection made. Deceased jumped into a hopper full of slack, to make it run quicker out of the shoot, when the slack slipped away with him and he was buried and smothered. The man had no business to go into the hopper but should have used a bar.

MADDOX Jacob (injured) - 1884 - 09/07/1884 – Age 57 - Asst. sawyer. Wotherton (metalliferous). Through inadvertence he had the tips of two fingers cut off by a circular saw while assisting the man in charge. 9 weeks off.

MADDOX John - 1883 - 17/09/1883 – Age 42 – Stallman. West Cannock, West Cannock Colliery Co., Hednesford, Staffordshire. Fall of coal. Injured 1st Sept.

MADDRELL William - 1882 - 16/02/1882 – Age 40. Trimdon Grange, Walter Scott, Trimdon Grange, Co. Durham. Killed by explosion gas in Harvey Seam. 74 killed. Buried in Kelloe Cemetery. Left a wife.

MADDRON Oliver - 1886 - 02/11/1886 – Fireman. Bickershaw, Ackers Whitley and Co Ltd., West Leigh, Lancashire. Inspection made. He was the person appointed to fire the shots in a stone drift. After lighting a shot he retired to a
distance of 27 yards in a line with the hole when a piece of stone from the shot struck him. There was a refuge place made purposely for the men to retire in, but he failed to use it.

MADEN J. (injured) - 1883 - 27/12/1883 – Mason. Winney Hill, Altham Colliery Co. Ltd., Lancashire. Building above ground.

MAGEE James - 1888 - 31/01/1888 – Age 34 – Hewer. Silksworth, Marquess of Londonderry, Sunderland, Co. Durham. In bringing a full tub down an incline it overpowered him and he was thrown down and run over.

MAGGS George - 1882 - 11/09/1882 – Age 45 – Collier. Harris’s Navigation, Harris’s Navigation Coal Co. Ltd., Treharris, Glamorgan. Fall of roof.

MAGNALL J.W. - 1884 - 16/12/1884 – Age 41 – Fireman. New Lester, James Roscoe, Lancashire. Fall of dirt while repairing. Died 5th.

MAGRAM Daniel - 1881 – 21/07/1881 – Age 40 – Miner. Crossfield (metalliferous), Crossfield Iron Ore Co., Cumberland. Fall of ore from roof.

MAHON John - 1883 – 07/11/1883 – Age 15 – Moorfield. Altham Colliery Co. Ltd., Lancashire. Explosion of gas, 68 killed.

MAHON Michael - 1883 – 07/11/1883 – Age 13 – Moorfield, Altham Colliery Co. Ltd., Lancashire. Explosion of gas 68 killed.

MAHON William - 1885 – 14/08/1885 – Age 20 – Drawer. Moor No.5, Wigan and Whiston Coal Co. Ltd., Wigan, Lancashire. Inspection made. Deceased had brought out a tub and for some reason had slopped between two cloths to pull out a scotch it was supposed. The man following not knowing he was there ran into him. The deceased had no business to stop between the cloths nor did he call out to the man following him.

MAHONEY Patrick - 1880 – 02/11/1880 – Age 12 – Collier’s boy. Deep Duffryn Mountain Ash, Nixon Taylor and Cory, Glamorgan. Fall of coal.

MAIDEN William - 1889 – 10/10/1889 – Age 14. Old Park, Heybridge Iron Co. Ltd., Dawley, Shropshire. A piece of coal bumped from the working face at a slip and fell on his head.

MAILLE Neil (non-fatal) - 1887 – 21/05/1887 – Miner. Douglas No.3, Merry and Cunninghame, Paisley, Lanarkshire. Injured by runaway hutch.

MAIN Andrew - 1887 – 10/09/1886 – Age 40 – Collier. Portland No.8, Eglinton Iron Co., Hurlford, Ayrshire. Fall of roof at face.

MAIN Edward (non-fatal) - 1886 – 15/09/1886 – Brusher. Tollcross, James Stokes, Tollcross, Lanarkshire. Fall of roof.

MAIN William - 1888 – 14/03/1888 – Age 54 – Bottomer. Morningside, Morningside Coal Co., Cambusnethan, Lanarkshire. Fell from mid working pushing tub into shaft.

MAINS Adam - 1881 – 31/03/1881 – Age 18 – Driver. Stonecraigs No.4, Coltness Iron Co., Cambusnethan, Lanarkshire. Hutches went off rail at a curve, and he was jammed, against side. He had neglected to put in all the snibbles (bar of wood or iron used as a brake or drag on a waggon or hutch in mining.)

MAINS Peter - 1881 – 01/07/1881 – Age 45 – Miner. Commondyke No.1, Eglington Iron Co., Lugar, Ayrshire. Fall of ironstone.

MAINWARING Evan - 1886 – 26/05/1886 – Age 50 – Collier. Ferndale No.2, D Davis and Sons, Ferndale, Glamorgan. Killed by a fall of stone at face of stall.

MAINWARING Hopkin - 1889 – 13/01/1889 – Age 34 – Repairer. Havod Lewis’, Merthyr Navigation Colliery Co. Ltd., Pontypridd, Glamorgan. Fall of roof (30ft. x 9ft. x 6ins. thick) in a road in which 2ft. had been ripped to raise the road. There was one side prop within the length and another was about to be set near the other end which was an open one. Strong cliff ground with a smooth bed 6ins. up from which the stone fell. 4-ft. seam. Long wall.

MAINWARING John - 1881 – 08/12/1881 – Age 65 – Signalman. Worcester, Worcester Coal Co., Swansea, Glamorgan. Struck by journey of trams through giving wrong signal.

MAIR Alexander (non-fatal) - 1886 – 08/12/1886 – Drawer. Daldowie, Dunn Bros., Mount Vernon. Explosion of firedamp.

MAITLAND Robert - 1882 - 16/02/1882 – Age 46. Trimdon Grange, Walter Scott, Trimdon Grange, Co. Durham. Killed by explosion of gas in Harvey Seam. 74 killed. Buried in Shadforth. Left a wife and 3 children.

MAKEPEACE James - 1889 - 27/11/1889 – Age 21 – Weighman. Marsden, Whitburn Coal Co., Marsden, Co. Durham. Crushed by waggons.

MAKEPEACE John - 1885 - 16/06/1885 – Age 36 – Keeker (An inspector of the hewers in a coal mine).  Bewicke Main, EM Perkins and Partners, Durham. Uncoupling waggons whilst being drawn out from under screens.

MAKER Hugh - 1885 – 14/08/1885 – Age 36 – Hitcher. Penydarren No.1, Dowlais Iron Co., Dowlais, Glamorgan. Cage chains broke falling on him.

MAKIN John - 1884 – 26/09/1884 – Age 40 – Underlooker. Ashtons Green, Bromilow Foster and Co. Ltd., St. Helens, Lancashire. Inquest attended. Deceased had been superintending the removal of a fall, and after it was completed examined the place and reported it all right. Directly afterwards however, a further fall took place, by which he was killed.

MAKIN John - 1884 – 26/09/1884 – Age 40 – Underlooker. Ashtons Green, Bromilow Foster and Co. Ltd., St. Helens, Lancashire. Inquest attended. Deceased had been superintending the removal of a fall, and after it was completed examined the place and reported it all right. Directly afterwards however, a further fall took place, by which he was killed.

MAKIN Moses (injured) - 1888 – 09/07/1888 – Age 35 – Miner. Gin 6 Foot, Astley & Tyldesley Coal & Salt Co. Ltd., Lancashire. Back hurt by roof falling as he was wedging it down at the loose end of the face.

MAKIN Richard (injured) - 1886 – 31/03/1886 – Age 19 – Gigger. Peelwood, Tyldesley Coal Company Ltd., Lancashire. Leg broken by a tub which a drawer was turning on the plates to set it ready for gigging.

MAKINSON E. - 1882 – 01/05/1882 – Collier. Victoria Bruntcliffe, J Haigh and Sons, Leeds, Yorkshire. Explosion of gas 7 killed.

MAKINSON John - 1883 – 19/04/1883 – Age 25 – Dayman. Lancashire. Dropped dead in main airway. In weak health. Not comprised.

MAKINSON William - 1886 - 01/07/1886 – Age 77 – Pitman. Blainscough Hall, Arley Blainscough Hall Colliery Co., Lancashire. Overbalanced himself and fell 300 yards down shaft whilst engaged with another man in changing a bucket. He had been accustomed to the work for 20 years and on account of his age other work was offered him but he declined it.

MALBON E - 1882 - 07/09/1882 – Age 21 – Miner. Chatterley (ironstone), Chatterley Co., Tunstall, Staffordshire. Fall of roof when drawing timber.

MALBOURNE E. - 1884 - 08/09/1884 – Age 45 – Collier. Clough Hall, Kinnersley and Co., Kidsgrove, Staffordshire. Fall of roof.

MALCOLM Gavin - 1887 - 28/05/1887 – Age 15 – Miner. Udston, Udston Coal Co. Ltd., Hamilton, Lanarkshire. Explosion of gas, 73 killed.

MALCOLM James - 1886 - 12/10/1886 – Age 24 – Reddsman. Govan No.5, William Dixon Ltd., Glasgow, Lanarkshire. Fall of roof. Died 21st.

MALE Daniel - 1888 - 06/09/1888 – Age 15 - Lamp cleaner. Aldridge, Aldridge Colliery Co., Aldridge, Staffordshire. Crushed by a railway waggon.

MALKIN J. - 1885 - 01/01/1885 – Pitman. Shelton (ironstone), Earl Granville, Hanley, Staffordshire. Fall off cage while changing bucket.

MALLABONE Samuel - 1880 - 08/04/1880 – Age 42 – Banksman. No.4 Griff, C Newdigate, Nuneaton, Warwick. Caught by descending cage.

MALLANBY Thomas - 1888 - 24/07/1888 – Age 22 - Traffic manager. Leasingthorne, Bolckow Vaughan and Co. Ltd., Auckland, Durham. Crushed to death between trucks on the branch railway.

MALLEN John - 1887 - 19/09/1887 – Age 35 – Hewer. Team, C Pewrkins and Partners, Durham. Fall of stone.

MALLEN Joseph - 1880 - 22/03/1880 – Age 26 – Collier. Monckton Main, Monckton Main Coal Co., Barnsley, Yorkshire. Fall of roof.

MALLENDEN Samuel (injured) - 1880 - 28/07/1880 – Age 37 – Miner. Town Lane, Denton Colliery Co. Ltd., Denton, Lancashire. Slightly burned. Explosion of firedamp. Flash of gas in a thrill where he was using an open light.

MALLINDER J. - 1889 - 09/09/1889 – Age 27 – Collier. Treeton, Rother Vale Coal Co., Rotherham, Yorkshire. Fall of roof.

MALLINDER W. - 1885 - 23/06/1885 – Collier. Kiveton Park, Kiveton Park Coal Co., Sheffield, Yorkshire. Fall of roof.

MALLINSON B. - 1880 - 01/05/1880 – Age 35 – Trammer. Rosa, William Day, Barnsley, Yorkshire. Fall of coal. Died 19th June.

MALLOY Edward - 1885 - 23/11/1885 – Collier. Whitehall, Archibald Hood, Rosewell, Edinburgh. Fall of roof at face, fall of ‘falling’.

MALLOY P. - 1886 - 19/10/1886 – Age 35 – Screener. Nunnery, Nunnery Coal Co., Sheffield, Yorkshire. Crushed by waggons.

MALLOY Thomas (injured) - 1887 - 25/03/1887 – Foreman. Father (metalliferous), James P Entwistle, South Darwen, Lancashire. Leg grazed by stone falling from a waggon which he was assisting to fill in the mine.

MALONEY Edward - 1884 - 06/05/1884 – Age 17 – Collier. Heathery Knowle, J McNaughton and Son, Baillieston, Lanarkshire. Fall of roof and coal.

MALONEY James - 1880 - 16/12/1880 – Age 17 - Train rider. Car House, John Brown and Co., Rotherham, Yorkshire. Crushed by corves.

MALONEY Oliver (injured) - 1887 - 27/10/1887 – Age 20 – Dayman. Whitebirk, Over Darwen Industrial Co-operative Society Ltd. Lancashire. Back hurt by falling off his tram when riding down a slope.

MALTBY Aaron - 1882 - 11/09/1882 – Age 22 – Miner. Silence Mine (metalliferous), Mill Dam Mining Co., Great Hucklow, Eyam, Derbyshire. Went into another workman’s place of work, and whilst standing under a stone, being drilled for a Shot, it fell upon him.

MALTON William - 1884 - 09/05/1884 – Age 44 – Hewer. Bromhill, Sowerby and Andrews, Bromhill, Northumberland. Fall of coal.

MANHENNETT Richard (injured) - 1888 - 17/04/1888 – Miner. Tolgullow United (metalliferous), Scorrier, Cornwall. One of the shot passes, having got choked, in order to clear it Manhennett ignited a cartridge which taking longer than he thought it should do to explode, he concluded had missed fired and returned to the place. An explosion took place, injuring him in the face and eyes, but not seriously.

MANLEY Thomas - 1880 - 11/06/1880 – Age 17 – Jigger. Moss Pearson, Knowles Coal and Iron Co. Ltd., Pemberton, Lancashire. Deceased was riding on a loaded tub, contrary to rules, and was thrown off and crushed owing to the tub getting off the road.

MANLEY William (injured) - 1889 - 09/10/1889 – Age 20 – Miner. Phoenix United (metalliferous), Liskeard, Cornwall. The men were sinking a new shaft and had just commenced boring a hole when an explosion took place injuring them severely about the head and face. Both were temporarily deprived of their sight. As there was no dynamite in the shaft and no hole had missed previously the accident was unaccountable to the agents but in my opinion was due to the exudation of nitro-glycerine from a hole previously exploded. 2 injured.

MANN John - 1886 - 16/10/1886 – Age 43 – Miner. Mosley Common No.1 Seven Feet, Bridgewater Trustees, Lancashire. Fatal fall of roof coal as he was drawing a prop. Accidental.

MANN Joseph (injured) - 1884 - 09/12/1884 – Age 22 – Miner. Wellington, William Ransden, Lancashire. Fall of side in taking down side.

MANN Michael (injured) - 1886 - 08/02/1886 – Sinker. Lower Hall, Westleigh Colliery Co. Ltd., Lancashire. Injured in the No.2 sinking pit by the falling of a piece of fireclay from the side a few yards up and just below the bed of coal but the bricking was nearly up to it. The sufferer was in charge at the time and said that he thought he had pulled off all that was loose.

MANNERING James (injured) - 1889 - 13/09/1889 – Age 17 - Day labourer. Ashton Moss, Black Ashton Moss Colliery Co., Lancashire. Injured by roof falling from between slips when being enlarged. Inspection and inquiry.

MANNERS A. - 1883 - 10/10/1883 – Age 30 – Repairer. Ynishir, Ynishir Steam Coal Co., Porth Glamorgan. Fall of roof.

MANNING Dennis - 1886 - 04/02/1886 – Age 39 – Collier. Harris’ Navigation, Harris’ Navigation Colliery Co. Ltd., Treharris R.S.O. Glamorgan. Killed by a stone falling on his head.

MANNION John - 1885 - 18/06/1885 – Age 25 – Miner. Clifton Hall, Andrew Knowles and Sons Ltd., Lancashire. Fatal great explosion. 178 killed.

MANNION Luke (injured) - 1889 - 12/12/1889 – Age 36 – Sinker. Westleigh Sinking, Westleigh Colliery Co., Lancashire. Injured by stone falling from the side of sinking pit. Inspection and inquiry.

MANTELL William - 1881 - 06/12/1881 – Age 43 – Pikeman. Wallows, Earl of Dudley, Brierley Hill, Staffordshire. A sudden rush of roof and shutt (gob) took place and buried the deceased which suffocated him before he could be reached.

MANTLE John - 1887 - 18/02/1887 – Age 45 – Repairer. No.4 Ferndale, David Davis and Sons, Ferndale, Glamorgan. A large fall of roof on a double parting, which was being repaired, caused apparently by a sudden crush which discharged six or seven pairs of double timber. About 150 tons fell. Died 24th February. 2 killed.

MARCH John - 1882 - 18/04/1882 – Age 61. Tudhoe, Weardale Iron and Coal Co. Ltd., Durham, Co. Durham. Explosion of gas in Brockwell Seam. 37 killed. Married.

MARCH Miles - 1888 - 23/01/1888 – Age 20 – Hewer. Stanley Drift, Pease and Partners Ltd., Crook, Co. Durham. Fall of stone and coal when turning a place away he met with a breaker in roof.

MARION Stephen - 1888 - 13/10/1888 – Age 14 – Screener. Edmonsley, Edmonsley Coal Co., Chester-le-Street, Co. Durham. This boy, long after his day's work was over, was trespassing in the coke yard when he was knocked down and run over by the trucks.

MARKEY Patrick - 1887 - 13/05/1887 – Age 20 – Shifter. Haswell, Haswell Shotton & Easington Coal & Coke Co. Ltd., Fence Houses, Co. Durham. Received a blow in the abdomen with a crown tree while following his work inflammation set in and he died on the 15th.

MARKS Thomas (non-fatal) - 1888 - 27/11/1888 – Brusher. Carmyle No.1, James Dunlop and Co., Tollcross, Lanarkshire. Explosion of powder. 2 injured.

MARLAND James (injured) - 1884 - 22/12/1884 – Age 32 – Miner. Junction, Mountain Mine Coal Co Ltd., Lancashire. Fall of roof stone in taking down.

MARLAND Joshua - 1887 - 11/01/1887 – Age 44 - Night fireman. Bower, W and R Marland, Lancashire. Fatal fall of roof stone from the side which he was attending to. Died 22nd.

MARLEY John (non-fatal) - 1888 - 28/12/1888 – Miner. Bardykes No.1, Merry and Cunninghame, Cambuslang, Lanarkshire. Fall of roof at brushing place.

MARR William (non-fatal) - 1889 - 05/02/1889 – Age 36 – Miner. Pentland, Clippens Oil Co. Ltd., Edinburgh. Explosion of firedamp. 10 days off.

MARRION H. (injured) - 1884 - 04/04/1884 – Age 19 – Waggoner. Pendleton, Andrew Knowles and Sons Ltd., Lancashire. Crane slipped out of his hand.

MARRIOTT Benjamin - 1886 - 13/03/1886 – Age 56 – Collier. Birley Vale, West Sheffield Coal Co., Sheffield, Yorkshire. Fall of roof.

MARRIOTT Joseph - 1886 - 19/07/1886 – Age 21 – Dataler. Grassmoor, Barnes Bros., Chesterfield, Derbyshire. Fall of roof at work repairing the roadway.

MARRIOTT Thomas - 1882 - 04/11/1882 – Age 64 – Dataler. Garswood Park, David Bromilow and Co., St. Helens, Lancashire. Inspection made and inquest attended. Deceased was allowed to work at the pit bottom whilst water was being wound up the shaft, when something fell from the tank and struck him.

MARRIOTT Thomas - 1887 - 28/05/1887 – Age 46 – Holer. Clay Cross No.6, Clay Cross Coal and Iron Co., Clay Cross, Derbyshire. Fall of coal while holing.

MARRIOTT William - 1882 - 07/11/1882 – Age 32 – Stallman. Albert Derbyshire, Silkstone Coal Co., Chesterfield, Derbyshire. Fall of roof while cutting top coal down.

MARRS Thomas - 1888 - 19/04/1888 – Age 32 – Shiftman. St. Helens St. Helens Colliery and Brick Co., St. Helens, Cumberland. Explosion of gas. 35 killed.

MARRS Thomas - 1889 23/04/1889 32 Brusher Little Raith Lochgelly Iron and Coal Co. Ltd., Fife. Fall of stone.

MARRYMAN John - 1884 - 03/12/1884 – Age 18 – Labourer. Abercwmboi, Powell Duffryn Co. Ltd., Aberdare, Glamorgan. Crushed by tram.

MARSAY John - 1883 - 18/01/1883 – Age 48 – Miner. Grinkle (ironstone), Palmers Shipbuilding and Iron Co. Ltd., Port Mulgrave, Yorkshire. Fall of stone from roof at working face after firing a shot. Died 16th. Jan. 1884.

MARSDEN John (injured) - 1889 - 06/07/1889 – Age 49 – Dayman. Green, Thomas Knowles, Lancashire. Wrist sprained when upsetting a tub of dirt in the mine. Inspection and inquiry.

MARSDEN Michael (injured) - 1887 - 12/07/1887 – Age 35 – Miner. Nook Bin Mine, Astley & Tyldesley Coal & Salt Co. Ltd., Lancashire. Leg broken by sudden fall of coal and dirt the sprags having slipped.

MARSDEN Peter (injured) - 1889 - 21/01/1889 – Age 31 – Fireman. Rishton, Peter Wright, Pickup, Lancashire. Strained while lifting a tub of fireclay on the road in the mine. Inspection and inquiry.

MARSDEN Robert (injured) - 1884 - 24/10/1884 – Age 15 – Waggoner. Burnt Hills, Executors of Col. Hargreaves, Lancashire. Tub which another boy let go on slope.

MARSDEN Robert (injured) - 1884 - 24/10/1884 – Age 15 – Waggoner. Burnt Hills, Executors of Col. Hargreaves, Lancashire. Tub which another boy let go on slope.

MARSDEN Thomas (injured) - 1884 - 26/09/1884 – Miner. Brackley Yard, Bridgewater Trustees, Lancashire. Burned in testing their fuse a spark ignited the bobbin powder. 3 injured.

MARSDEN W. - 1884 - 23/12/1884 – Age 54 – Sinker. Middleton, Middleton Estate Coal Co., Leeds, Yorkshire. Fell from scaffold in shaft.

MARSDEN William - 1889 - 12/11/1889 – Age 18 – Waggoner. Stopes No.3, 3 Yard, Thomas Fletcher and Sons, Lancashire. Fatally hurt by roof clod falling where roof coal had recently fallen and was beginning cleaning away. Inspection and inquest attended.

MARSH Henry - 1880 - 10/08/1880 – Age 29 – Loader. Hange, Round Bros., Tipton, Staffordshire. Fell off cage whilst ascending. Unaccounted for, except that he had a fainting fit.

MARSH Henry - 1880 - 15/07/1880 – Age 18 – Haulier. Risca, Black Vein London and South Wales Coal Co., Risca, Monmouth. Explosion of firedamp 120 killed.

MARSH J. - 1882 - 22/03/1882 – Age 30 – Collier. Whitwood, H Briggs Sons and Co., Normanton, Yorkshire. Fall of roof. Died 21st Oct.

MARSH James - 1881 - 16/11/1881 – Lampman. Linnyshaw, Lancashire. Died on pit bank from natural causes. Not comprised.

MARSH James - 1886 - 10/09/1886 – Age 34 – Hewer. Dean Lane, Bedminster Coal Co., Somerset. Explosion of firedamp. Left a wife and 7 children. 10 killed.

MARSH John - 1881 - 19/12/1881 – Age 17 – Drawer. Abram, Abram Coal Co., Wigan, Lancashire. Explosion of gas. 48 killed.

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

MARSH Joseph - 1887 - 23/02/1887 – Age 72 – Dataler. Ravenhead, St. Helens Collieries Co. Ltd., St. Helens, Lancashire. Inspection made and inquest attended. He and another man were sent to put up some bars at a point marked by the fireman and deceased commenced to pull some side off, against his mate's wish, when the roof fell suddenly on him.

MARSH Matthias - 1881 - 13/06/1881 – Age 40 – Collier. Bickerstaffe, Bromilow Foster and Co. Ltd., Skelmersdale, Lancashire. Inquiries made and inquest attended. A drawer brought his tub out and left it at the top of an incline without properly securing it. Another man ran his tub against it and started it off down the incline and it struck the deceased, who was travelling to the shaft. Died l3th. Sept. Proceedings were taken against the drawer for a breach of the Special rules but the case was dismissed.

MARSH Peter - 1880 - 08/04/1880 – Age 13 – Waggoner. Brinsop Hall, Brinsop Hall Coal Co. Ltd., Westhoughton Lancashire. Caught by his tub in No.5 Pit Yard Coal. He was lifting it on the rails, where it got off at angle caused by the rails slipping on a slope.

MARSH Thomas - 1880 - 12/01/1880 – Age 58 – Miner. Gatley, Bridgewater Trust, Tyldesley, Lancashire. Coal falling as he was wedging it down.

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