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SENNETT James - 1885 01/04/1885 – Age 30 - Mine agent. Bulthy (metalliferous). While greasing the cog wheels of a byrites mill he was caught by them and received fatal injuries.

SEPHTON Thomas - 1889 - 21/03/1889 – Age 16 – Waggoner. Bridgewater, Bridgewater Trustees, Lancashire. Fatal fall of roof in widening a tunnel to 22 feet in width to 8 feet in height. Inspection and inquest attended.

SEPTON James - 1881 - 30/09/1881 – Age 19 – Drawer. Bickershaw, Ackers Whitley and Co. Ltd., Wigan, Lancashire. Inspection made. Deceased was assisting to build a pack when stone came away knocking out the supporting timber. The place was well propped, but there was no timber under the end of the stone in the goaf and it appeared to have overbalanced.

SETTLE John - 1882 - 30/08/1882 – Age 14 – Drawer. Woodshaw, Wigan Coal and Iron Co. Ltd., Wigan, Lancashire. Inquiries made. Deceased was returning from his work, and in getting over some empty tubs, which were in his way, he slipped and to save himself from falling caught hold of the tail rope, and his hand was drawn into the pulley. The injuries were slight, but lockjaw set in, and he died on the 18th September.

SETTLE Richard (injured) - 1880 - 02/10/1880 – Age 19 – Dayman. Bradley Fold, Thomas Fletcher and Sons, Little Lever, Lancashire. Flash of gas at his open light. It came out of a crack in a bay, No.1, Gingham Mine. He seems to have been a trespasser looking for a candle. Died, 27th November.

SEVERNS Samuel - 1882 - 15/05/1882 – Age 13 - Screen boy. Newstead, Newstead Colliery Co., Nottingham, Nottinghamshire. Fell from the screens on to the railway siding.

SEVILLE James - 1884 - 27/01/1884 – Age 49 – Ostler. Naval, Naval Steam Coal Co., Penygraig, Glamorgan. Explosion of firedamp. 14 killed.

SEWARD William - 1886 - 02/01/1886 - Engine tenter. Duckworth Hall, Thomas Simpson & Company, Lancashire. Not comprised by the Act. Hanged himself in the engine house, he having first locked the door. Verdict of unsound mind.

SEWELL Bennett - 1882 - 30/11/1882 – Age 41 – Hewer. Sherburn, Earl of Durham, Durham, Co. Durham. Fall of roof while working in his board.

SEWELL Henry - 1884 - 09/12/1884 – Age 56 – Labourer. Lofthouse (ironstone), Pease and Partners Ltd., Loftus, Yorkshire. Broken leg by falling timber bogy. Died 26th.

SEWELL James (injured) - 1888 – 01/10/1888 – Age 32 – Miner. Bower Great, James William and Robert, Marland, Lancashire. Back hurt by roof from slips falling suddenly from between two pairs of couplings as he was filling a tub.

SEWELL Richard - 1887 – 17/03/1887 – Age 63 – Horsekeeper. Willington, Strakers and Love, Durham, Co. Durham. Was struck by an engine set in the pit, in May 1884 and is supposed to have died from the effects. No inquest held. Not comprised.

SEYMOUR D. - 1881 – 06/01/1881 – Age 35 – Collier. Tyning, Countess Waldegrave, Tyning, Somerset. Suffocated by gas. He was measuring up a road which had been abandoned near an old loose. It is supposed a squeeze had come on and some carbonic acid gas found its way, from the gob, through the cracks in the coal and suffocated him before he could be removed.

SEYMOUR Harry - 1889 – 11/07/1889 – Age 32 – Miner. Todmorden Moor, James Griffiths, Dearden, Lancashire. Fatally in roof falling from a slip in his place. Died 12th. Inquest attended.

SHAFTOE John - 1884 – 14/08/1884 – Age 57. Keeker Wardley, John Bowes and Partners, Wardley, Co. Durham. Fell into empty waggons.

SHAKELTON J. - 1884 – 07/10/1884 – Age 49 – Screener. Manvers Main, Manvers Main Coal Co., Rotherham, Yorkshire. Crushed by waggon.

SHAKESPEARE John - 1882 – 12/07/1882 – Age 66 – Dataler. Birch Coppice, Morris and Shaw, Tamworth, Staffordshire. Piece of iron pyrites being thrown into a waggon caught him; mortification set in, and he died.

SHANKS David - 1886 – 27/01/1886 – Age 15 – Driver. Springbank, Springbank Coal Co., Airdrie, Lanarkshire. Fell in front of tubs. Died 11th. Feb.

SHANKS David - 1887 – 28/05/1887 – Age 45 – Miner. Udston, Udston Coal Co. Ltd., Hamilton, Lanarkshire. Explosion of gas 73 killed.

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

SHARKEY Charles - 1880 - 25/06/1880 – Age 50 – Brusher. Lucknow, Eglington Iron Co., Stevenston, Ayrshire. Fall of roof.

SHARP A. - 1889 - 15/08/1889 – Age 22 – Collier. Mitchell Main, Mitchell Main Coal Co., Barnsley, Yorkshire. Fall of roof.

SHARP Alexander - 1889 - 26/01/1889 – Age 30 – Bottomer. Newliston No.29, Youngs Paraffin Light & Mineral Oil Co. Ltd., Linlithgow. Crushed by carriage.

SHARP Frank (non-fatal) - 1889 - 25/05/1889 – Age 45 – Miner. Blairhill, Coltness Iron Co. Ltd., Perth. Fall of coal. 62 days off.

SHARP George (non-fatal) - 1887 - 07/10/1889 – Age 23 – Miner. Bog, Hamilton McCulloch and Co., Lanarkshire. Explosion of firedamp. 7 injured. 35 days off.

SHARP George - 1880 - 08/09/1880 – Age 39 – Stoneman. Seaham, Marquess of Londonderry, Sunderland, Co. Durham. Explosion of gas 164 killed.

SHARP J. - 1887 - 24/03/1887 – Age 45 – Collier. Rooks, Hird Dawson and Hardy, Bradford, Yorkshire. Fall of roof.

SHARP James (non-fatal) - 1887 - 07/10/1889 – Age 26 – Miner. Bog, Hamilton McCulloch and Co., Lanarkshire. Explosion of firedamp. 7 injured. 84 days off.

SHARP James - 1880 - 30/05/1880 – Age 54 – Engineman. Carronhill No.5, Carron Co., Bothkennar, Stirling. Scalded by hot water and steam while cleaning out the overflow pipe from hot-well during the time the engine was working.

SHARP John (non-fatal) - 1888 - 25/07/1888 – Reddsman. Newton No.2, James Dunlop and Co., Cambuslang, Lanarkshire. Fall of roof.

SHARP John - 1881 - 27/09/1881 – Age 33 – Stallman. Whitwick, Whitwick Colliery Co., Coalville, Leicester. Standing on a loaded tub with a naked light which ignited some firedamp causing him to fall and break his leg from which he died.

SHARP Richard - 1883 - 17/03/1883 – Age 13 - Office boy. Glenclelland, Kerr and Mitchell, Dalzell, Lanarkshire. Fell off a waggon, on which he was riding for amusement, and was run over.

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

SHARP Robert - 1889 - 15/03/1889 – Age 33 – Hewer. Featherstone, Thompson and Sons, Northumberland. Fall of coal.

SHARP Thomas - 1882 - 16/02/1882 – Age 42. Trimdon Grange, Walter Scott, Trimdon Grange, Co. Durham. Killed by explosion of gas in Harvey Seam. 74 killed. Buried in Kelloe Cemetery, Single man.

SHARP W. - 1887 - 20/10/1887 – Age 24 - Iron miner. Crosses (ironstone), Bowling Iron Co., Bradford, Yorkshire. Fall of limestone. Died 22nd Nov.

SHARP William (non-fatal) - 1889 - 05/06/1889 – Age 40 – Contractor. Greenfield (Whitehill), Archibald Russell, Lanarkshire. Fall of stone. 100 days off.

SHARP William (non-fatal) - 1889 - 20/12/1889 – Age 20 – Clerk. Townhill, Townhill Coal Co., Fife. Finger crushed by waggon. Not yet resumed.

SHARPE Henry - 1887 - 30/03/1887 – Age 35 – Sawyer. Cannock & Rugeley, Cannock & Rugeley Colliery Co., Hednesford, Staffordshire. Died after amputation of injured leg, which was broken by a donkey pump falling upon it from a bogie as it was being drawn through the colliery yard.

SHARPE J. - 1888 - 09/03/1888 – Age 41 – Collier. Waterloo Main, Brooks and Pickup, Leeds, Yorkshire. Fall of roof.

SHARPE John - 1888 - 07/08/1888 – Age 51 – Collier. Stanton, Stanhope J and N Nadin and Co., Burton-on-Trent, Derbyshire. Injured his foot when turning a tub over. Died from mortification of the foot.

SHARPLES James (injured) - 1886 - 04/06/1886 – Age 14 - Pulley attender. Sovereign, Wigan Coal and Iron Co., Lancashire. Injured against a crossbar supporting the roof as he was riding on a tub in an endless chain brow.

SHARPLES John - 1888 - 02/11/1888 – Age 20 – Miner. Chequerbent No.1 Three Quarters, Hulton Colliery Co. Ltd., Lancashire. Roof falling where they were widening to form an endless rope road. 1 killed 1 injured.

SHARPLES John - 1888 - 31/07/1888 – Age 13 – Waggoner. Newton No.1, Clifton and Kersley Coal Co. Ltd., Lancashire. Fatally hurt by an empty tub running on him as he was holding it at the top of a steep brow to allow another waggoner to pass along the level with his tub.

SHARPLES Ralph (injured) - 1880 - 05/06/1880 – Age 29 – Miner. Agecroft, Andrew Knowles and Sons, Ltd., Pendlebury, Lancashire. Hurt. Top coal falling as he was taking it down. Doe Mine.

SHARPLES Robert - 1882 - 21/11/1882 – Age 29 – Miner. Bradley Field No.1, Thomas Fletcher and Sons, Little Lever, Lancashire. Fall of coal, he having eased his sprags returned for his pick.

SHARPLES Robert - 1889 - 13/05/1889 – Age 27 – Dayman. Duxbury Park, Duxbury Park Colliery Co., Lancashire. Killed by roof falling after he and the fireman had drawn props. Inspection and inquest attended.

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

SHARPLES Thomas - 1885 - 23/02/1885 – Age 34 – Daywageman. Spindlepoint, Clifton and Kersley Coal Co. Ltd., Lancashire. Fatal fall of roof in Cannel Mine while drawing a chock between two pack walls 8 or 9 yards apart. The roof owing to the great thickness of the stone, 3 feet, sounded solid on being knocked before it fell and in falling it knocked out three props which deceased had set for his own safety while taking out the chock.

SHARRATT John - 1884 - 22/01/1884 – Age 25 – Holer. Boythorpe, Tupton Boythorpe Colliery Co., Chesterfield, Derbyshire. Fall of coal while holing.

SHARRATT John - 1885 - 19/03/1885 – Age 25 – Holer. Bestwood, Bestwood Coal and Iron Co., Nottingham, Nottinghamshire. Fall of coals whilst holing.

SHARRETT Joseph (injured) - 1885 - 16/04/1885 – Age 34 – Collier. Ellerbeck, Ellerbeck Collieries Ltd., Lancashire. Injured by a stone falling out from between two slips, in the roof near a fault, which he was stripping. The place was well propped.

SHARROCK Henry - 1886 - 02/08/1886 – Age 45 – Fireman. Eatock No.2, Wigan Coal and Iron Co., Lancashire. Found drowned in the sump at bottom of shaft after making his morning's inspection of the mine. He, with help, had removed the cover from the sump on the Saturday for water to be wound and he was apparently giving the signal for help on the Monday to put it on again when he fell in. Verdict of accidental death.

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

SHAW Albert (injured) - 1886 - 16/02/1886 – Age 16 - Taker off. Victoria, Darcy Lever Coal Co., Lancashire. Leg caught by a coil of rope at a gin brow. Accidental.

SHAW David - 1888 - 20/01/1888 – Age 64 – Dataler. High Park, Barber Walker and Co., Eastwood, Nottinghamshire. Fall of roof while repairing a roadway.

SHAW Enoch (injured) - 1885 – 27/05/1885 – Age 40 – Miner. Bower, James William and Robert Marland and Co., Lancashire. Leg broken by a piece of coal which burst off from the face of his 12 yard bay in consequence of a grump.

SHAW Francis Malbon - 1889 – 16/10/1889 – Age 21 – Loader. Mossfields, Hawley and Bridgwood Ltd., Longton, Staffordshire. Explosion 64 killed.

SHAW Frank - 1885 – 28/05/1885 – Age 48 – Collier. Birley, West Sheffield Coal Co., Sheffield, Yorkshire. Run over by a train of loaded tubs whilst travelling down an engine plane.

SHAW Frank - 1886 - 07/03/1886 – Age 47 - Dataler. Clay Cross No.3, Clay Cross Iron and Coal Co., Clay Cross, Derbyshire. Fall of roof whilst repairing a roadway.

SHAW G. - 1885 - 27/08/1885 – Age 18 – Hurrier. Thrybergh Hall, J and J Charlesworth, Rotherham, Yorkshire. Fall of coal.

SHAW George - 1882 – 15/04/1882 – Age 13 – Bogie boy. Merryton, Merryton Coal Co., Hamilton, Lanarkshire. Fell off bogie and was run over by loaded hutches. The train had just started and it is supposed the jerk had caused him to fall off.

SHAW George - 1882 – 22/03/1882 – Age 47 – Roadsman. Haugh, William Baird and Co., Kilsyth, Ayrshire. Fall of roof. Injured 15th.

SHAW H. - 1889 – 29/03/1889 – Age 17 – Corporal. East Gawber, R Craik and Co., Barnsley, Yorkshire. Crushed by corves.

SHAW Henry - 1889 – 25/04/1889 – Age 40 – Miner. Carberry, Deans and Moore, Linlithgow. Fall of coal. 23 days off.

SHAW Isaac (non-fatal) - 1888 – 20/10/1888 – Overman. Broomhouse, Haughead Coal Co., Broomhouse, Lanarkshire. Fell from scaffold.

SHAW Isabella (non-fatal) - 1889 - 18/08/1889 – Age 22 – Runner. Balbardie, Walker and Cameron, Linlithgow. Struck by waggon when shifting it. Female. 44 days off.

SHAW J. - 1889 – 24/03/1889 – Age 46 – Sinker. Kiveton Park, Kiveton Park Coal Co., Sheffield, Yorkshire. Fell down shaft.

SHAW James - 1884 – 16/05/1884 – Age 20 – Stallman. Bestwood, Bestwood Coal and Iron Co., Nottingham, Nottinghamshire. Fall of coal breaking over sprags.

SHAW James - 1889 – 08/06/1889 – Age 43 – Miner. Habergam, Executors of Col. Hargreaves, Lancashire. Injured by roof falling from a slip where they were pillaring. Shaw was told by the miner that it wanted a prop but he knocked at the roof and said ‘No’. Inspection and inquest attended. 1 killed 1 injured.

SHAW John - 1884 – 23/09/1884 – Age 36 – Miner. Montcliffe, Adam Mason and Son, Lancashire. Hand caught with boring rods in the mine. Died 9th Oct.

SHAW Nicholas - 1887 – 14/01/1887 – Age 18 – Trailer. No.2 Stank (metalliferous), Barrow Haematite Steel Co., Stank, Lancashire. The deceased got on the cage at the 120 fathom level to ride to the 105 fathom level, it is supposed he got off at the 105 fathom level and lost his light, then the cage was signalled away and deceased must have stepped into the open side of the shaft as his body was found under the cage which had descended.

SHAW or SHORN James - 1882 - 18/04/1882 – Age 49. Tudhoe, Weardale Iron and Coal Co. Ltd., Durham, Co. Durham. Explosion of gas in Brockwell Seam. 37 killed. Wife and 6 children.

SHAW R. - 1885 – 14/09/1885 – Age 40 – Age Byeworkman. Car House, John Brown and Co. Rotherham, Yorkshire. Fall of roof.

SHAW R. - 1885 – 29/05/1885 – Age 53 – Collier. St. Johns, Locke and Co., Normanton, Yorkshire. Fall of coal.

SHAW Richard - 1888 – 29/12/1888 – Age 14 – Drawer. Orrell, Orrell Coal and Cannel Co. Ltd., Wigan, Lancashire. Inspection made and inquest attended. They were bringing out a full tub when, on passing along a wide place in the main road, a large slab of rock fell on them. There was no timber set although the place was 16 feet wide and they had commenced to get a pillar alongside. 2 killed.

SHAW Robert (non-fatal) - 1889 – 31/01/1889 – Miner. Haugh No.1, William Baird and Co., Kilsyth, Ayrshire. Explosion of firedamp 2 injured.

SHAW Thomas (non-fatal) - 1889 – 29/07/1889 – Age 30 – Oversman. Craigneuk, Owners of Chapelhall, Fife. Explosion of firedamp. 34 days off.

SHAW Thomas - 1881 – 14/11/1881 – Age 31 – Loader. Netherseal, Netherseal Colliery Co., Burton-on-Trent, Derbyshire. Travelling down an incline and was run over by a tub that had broken away from the horse taking it up the incline.

SHAW Thomas - 1888 – 29/12/1888 – Age 17 – Drawer. Orrell, Orrell Coal and Cannel Co. Ltd., Wigan, Lancashire. Inspection made and inquest attended. They were bringing out a full tub when on passing along a wide place in the main road a large slab of rock fell on them. There was no timber set although the place was 16 feet wide and they had commenced to get a pillar alongside. 2 killed.

SHAW Thomas - 1889 - 18/01/1889 – Age 50 – Collier. Hyde, Hyde and Houghton Colliery Co., Hyde, Cheshire. Explosion 23 killed.

SHAW Walter - 1883 – 08/12/1882 – Age 21 – Loader. Unstone, Unstone Coal and Coke Co., Chesterfield, Derbyshire. Fall of roof. Injured 24th Oct.

SHAW William (injured) - 1888 – 06/11/1888 – Age 19 – Dayman. Broomstair Great, Hyde and Haughton Colliery Co., Lancashire. Leg broken by a windless which was dragged out of place as he applied the brake suddenly when lowering a steep brow.

SHAW William (injured) - 1888 – 31/01/888 – Age 23 – Dayman. Black Mine, Ashton Moss Co. Ltd., Lancashire. Ankle broken by fall of stone from two slips in the roof in an air road undergoing repairs.

SHAW William (non-fatal) - 1885 – 10/04/1885 – Miner. Barrwood No.2, William Baird and Co., Kilsyth, Stirling. Premature explosion of powder while preparing to blast.

SHAW William - 1883 – 12/10/1883 – Age 54. Wharncliffe, Carlton, Barnsley, Yorkshire Explosion of gas. 20 killed.

SHAW William - 1885 – 07/05/1885 – Age 50 – Miner. Dalton (metalliferous), Askam and Mouzell Iron Co. Ltd., Lancashire. Piece of ore fell from between timbers and striking him suddenly fell off and to the bottom of a slope rise about 30 feet.

SHAW William - 1888 – 03/12/1888 – Age 45 – Sinker. Sheeprakes (metalliferous), Sheeprakes Mining Co., Lindal in Furness, Lancashire. Fell down shaft. While putting up some boarding, to protect the workmen from the storm of wind and rain raging at the time, the wind caught a board, deceased was carrying, and knocked him down the shaft.

SHAWCROSS Matthew - 1884 - 04/11/1884 – Age 32 – Miner. Parker, Bradford Colliery Co., Lancashire. Fall of roof. Died in the Infirmary.

SHAWCROSS William J. - 1880 - 05/02/1880 – Age 25 – Miner. Ashton’s Field No.2, Bridgewater Trust, Little Hulton, Lancashire. Roof dirt falling from a slip. It knocked out his props. Trencherbone Mine.

SHEA Patrick - 1884 - 20/06/1884 – Age 45 – Pitheadman. Mauricewood (ironstone), Shotts Iron Co., Penicuik, Edinburgh. Crushed by haulage machinery on surface.

SHEARD John (injured) - 1889 - 18/12/1889 – Age 48 – Miner. Bankhouse, Oldham Middleton & Rochdale Coal Co. Ltd., Lancashire. Slightly burned by a flash of firedamp at his candle at the face of his upbrow place a small quantity of gas having accumulated between his worked coal and the face. Inspection and inquiry.

SHEARD Thomas - 1883 - 06/08/1883 – Age 43 – Manager. Woodhouse Lane, George Sheard, Wakefield, Yorkshire. Was going down sinking shaft, and being suffocated by damp, fell out to the bottom.

SHEARER Charles (non-fatal) - 1884 - 03/10/1884 – Collier. Woodyetts, R Addies and Sons, Denny. Explosion of firedamp.

SHEARER James (non-fatal) - 1886 - 20/02/1886 – Collier. Redburn No.2, Eglinton Iron Co., Kilwinning, Ayrshire. Got his leg broken by being jammed with a hutch.

SHEARER Samuel (non-fatal) - 1885 - 09/02/1885 – Collier. Enterkine No.11, George Taylor and Co., Ayr, Ayrshire. Fall of coal.

SHEARS William - 1887 - 16/11/1887 – Age 50 – Stoneman. Elemore Hetton Coal Co. Ltd., Fence Houses, Co. Durham. Fall of stone in a headway while setting some timber.

SHEEN Thomas - 1884 - 13/12/1884 – Age 30 – Sinker. Harris’ Navigation, Harris’ Navigation Coal Co., Treharris, Glamorgan. Killed in shaft 4 killed.

SHEEN W. - 1880 - 15/07/1880 – Age 43 – Labourer. Risca Black Vein, London and South Wales Coal Co., Risca, Monmouth. Explosion of firedamp 120 killed.

SHEFFIELD Joseph (injured) - 1884 - 03/04/1884 – Age 27 – Metalman. Ellerbeck, Ellerbeck Collieries Ltd., Lancashire. Fall of roof he was taking down. 1 killed 1 injured.

SHELDON J. - 1883 - 21/09/1883 – Age 14 – Driver. Monk Bretton, Monk Bretton Coal Co., Barnsley, Yorkshire. Run over by corves.

SHELDON J. - 1887 - 15/06/1887 – Age 15 – Hurrier. Denaby Main, Denaby Main Coal Co., Rotherham, Yorkshire. Run over by corves.

SHELDON Joshua - 1881 - 27/01/1881 – Age 58 – Contractor. Lings Wingerworth, Wingerworth Coal Co., Chesterfield, Derbyshire. Cleaning water barrel, when the engine crept away, and the cage crushed him.

SHELDON M. - 1882 - 03/10/1882 – Age 63 – Collier. Glass Houghton, JD Thorps executors, Pontefract, Yorkshire. Fall of coal Died 24th Oct.

SHELTON J. - 1889 - 12/10/1889 – Age 38 – Collier. St. John’s, Locke and Co., Normanton, Yorkshire. Fell out of cage while descending a shaft. 3 killed.

SHELTON James - 1881 - 22/09/1881 – Age 40 – Filler. Denaby Main, Denaby Main Coal Co., Rotherham, Yorkshire. Fall of coal Died 9th Oct.

SHELTON William - 1882 - 07/11/1882 – Age 21 – Stallman. Clay Cross No.7, Clay Cross Iron and Coal Co., Clay Cross, Derbyshire. Explosion of gas 48 killed.

SHENTON E. - 1887 - 07/02/1887 – Chargeman. Upper House, GA Mitcheson, Longton, Staffordshire. Fell off bowk while riding up shaft.

SHENTON G (injured) - 1883 - 27/01/1883 – Age 27 – Miner. Meadow Bank (rock salt), HE Falk, Cheshire. Shot while tamping.

SHENTON John - 1889 - 16/10/1889 – Age 15 - Horse driver. Mossfields, Hawley and Bridgwood Ltd., Longton, Staffordshire. Explosion 64 killed.

SHEPHERD A. - 1887 - 22/11/1887 – Age 15 - Incline boy. Tinsley Park, B Huntsman, Rotherham, Yorkshire. Run over by corves. Died 4th Dec.

SHEPHERD Frederick (injured) - 1885 - 21/05/1885 – Age 15 – Waggoner. Moorfield, Altham Colliery Co., Lancashire. Leg broken. A tub overtook him which the drawer following let go on an inclined road in consequence of having stumbled.

SHEPHERD James - 1884 - 09/05/1884 – Age 38 – Miner. Cob-House Lane, ED Miles and Bro., Lancashire. Fall of roof from joints.

SHEPHERD Joseph - 1887 - 04/03/1887 – Age 23 – Coupler. Fishley, Fishley Colliery Co., Bloxwich, Staffordshire. Died 10th March. Explosion of a steam receiver underground.

SHEPHERD S. - 1886 – 05/07/1886 – Age 45 – Collier. West Riding, Pope and Pearson, Normanton, Yorkshire. Fall of roof.

SHEPPARD A. - 1883 – 05/09/1883 – Age 41 – Collier. Glass Houghton, Executors of J Thorp, Pontefract, Yorkshire. Fall of roof.

SHEPPARD David - 1887 - 07/05/1887 – Collier. Stonehead, Peter Thornton, Whitburn, Linlithgow. Fall of side at face, longwall.

SHEPPARD Herbert - 1883 - 18/05/1883 – Age 13 – Driver. East Howle, Carlton Iron Co. Ltd., Ferry Hill, Co. Durham. Fractured skull by falling off and being run over by his set of tubs. Died 30th.

SHEPPARD Jacob - 1889 - 23/10/1889 – Age 65 – Labourer. Ocean, Maindy Ocean Coal Co Ltd., Treorky, Glamorgan. A lump of coal fell off a waggon on to his foot. Died 25th March.

SHEPPARD Thomas - 1881 – 02/08/1881 – Age 44 – Hewer. Harrington No.7. Sir James Bain and Co., Whitehaven, Cumberland. Fall of stone.

SHEPPARD William - 1880 – 06/09/1880 – Age 28 – Sinker. Avon, Sir Daniel Gooch and others, Maesteg, Glamorgan. One of the ropes to which the walling stage is suspended broke, canted the stage and the men were thrown down the pit into water which had accumulated during walling. 4 killed.

SHEPPARD William - 1880 – 22/03/1880 – Age 12 – Driver. Hazard North, Hetton Coal Co., Fence Houses, Co. Durham. Run over by his set of tubs. Supposed to have fallen off.

SHEPSTONE William - 1889 – 24/04/1889 – Age 61 – Collier. Ynysfeio, Troedyrhiw Coal Co., Treherbert, Glamorgan. Run over by runaway trams on engine plane while returning from his work. A shackle pin had come out and the bar hook having been neglected by the rider 11 trams ran back a distance of 350 yards.

SHERIFF William - 1887 – 05/12/1887 – Age 53 – Labourer. Herrington, Earl of Durham, Fence Houses, Co. Durham. Crushed between apparatus tub and frame while examining the filling place no fence.

SHERRATT Thomas - 1880 – 25/09/1880 – Loader. Harecastle, Harecastle Co., Stoke, Staffordshire. Fall of coal.

SHERRETT J. - 1885 – 12/02/1885 – Collier. Whitfield, Chatterley Co., Tunstall, Staffordshire. Knocked down by cage when in motion while trying to get into it.

SHERRICK James - 1884 – 09/10/1884 – Age 56 – Hewer. Wardley, John Bowes and Partners, Wardley, Co. Durham. Crushed by tubs on engine plane.

SHERRY Hugh - 1880 – 29/03/1880 – Age 21 – Collier. Blantyre No.1, Ell William Dixon Ltd., Blantyre, Lanarkshire. Fall of side of face while holing, longwall.

SHERWIN Charles - 1889 – 16/10/1889 – Age 21 – Taker-off. Mossfields, Hawley and Bridgwood Ltd., Longton, Staffordshire. Explosion 64 killed.

SHERWIN Samuel - 1889 – 16/10/1889 – Age 18 – Horse driver. Mossfields, Hawley and Bridgwood Ltd., Longton, Staffordshire. Explosion 64 killed.

SHERWIN Thomas - 1889 – 16/10/1889 – Age 25 – Loader. Mossfields, Hawley and Bridgwood Ltd., Longton, Staffordshire. Explosion 64 killed.

SHEWERY John - 1881 – 01/05/1881 – Age 24 – Repairer. Llwynpia, Glamorgan Coal Co., Pontypridd, Glamorgan. Fall of roof. 2 killed.

SHEWRY Albert - 1887 - 18/02/1887 – Age 24 – Pump engineman. National, National Colliery Co., Pontypridd, Glamorgan. Explosion of gas and dust caused by a shot. 39 killed.

SHIELDS Edward - 1880 – 23/06/1880 – Age 22 – Run rider. Ryhope, Ryhope Coal Co. Ltd., Sunderland, Co. Durham. Severely injured by set running over him, on knocking the rope off. Died 9th October.

SHIELDS George - 1880 – 08/09/1880 – Age 23 – Hewer. Seaham, Marquess of Londonderry, Sunderland, Co. Durham. Explosion of gas 164 killed.

SHIELDS James - 1880 – 08/09/1880 – Age 25 – Hewer. Seaham, Marquess of Londonderry, Sunderland, Co. Durham. Explosion of gas 164 killed.

SHIELDS James - 1886 – 13/04/1886 – Age 18 – Bogieman. Balquhatston, John Watson, Slamannan, Stirling. Fell in front of bogie.

SHIELDS John - 1884 – 26/06/1884 – Age 54 – Shifter. South Durham, South Durham Coal Co., Bishop Auckland, Co. Durham. Fall of side stone in a drift while he was sitting under it.

SHIELDS Joseph (non-fatal) - 1884 – 05/07/1884 – Boy. Kilgramie, Couper and McHarrie, Maybole, Lanarkshire. Injured by breakage of dook chain.

SHIELDS Robert - 1880 – 08/09/1880 – Age 52 – Shifter. Seaham, Marquess of Londonderry, Sunderland, Co. Durham. Explosion of gas 164 killed.

SHILTON John - 1881 – 10/11/1881 – Age 33 – Overman. Harrington No. 7, Sir James Bain and Co., Whitehaven, Cumberland. Fell out of loop down shaft.

SHIMMIN John (injured) - 1882 – 28/04/1882 – Age 30 – Pitman. Glen Darragh (metalliferous), Isle of Man, Isle of Man. While putting in stays to the column of pumps, his arm was struck by a bolt on the main road and his wrist was broken. 6 weeks off.

SHIMMIN Samuel - 1883 – 11/01/1883 – Age 28 – Miner. Townshead (metalliferous). He had to fire a hole, charged with tonite, and it is supposed after firing the snuff and going away that not hearing the fuse spit he returned to put up a new snuff when the hole exploded.

SHINFIELD Mias - 1880 – 22/06/1880 – Age 19 – Collier. Micklefield, Micklefield Coal Co., Leeds, Yorkshire. Fall of roof.

SHINGLER J. - 1884 – 21/08/1884 – Age 32 – Collier. Great Fenton, Staffordshire Coal Co., Stoke, Staffordshire. Fall of coal.

SHIPLEY George - 1882 – 06/12/1882 – Age 14 – Coupler. Heworth, Owners of Heworth Colliery, Heworth, Co. Durham. Crushed between tubs.

SHIPLEY T. - 1884 – 27/06/1884 – Age 59 – Miner. Apedale (ironstone), F Stanier, Newcastle, Staffordshire. Fall of roof.

SHIPMAN George - 1882 – 02/01/1882 – Age 35 – Collier. Birchwood, Butterley Iron and Coal Co., Alfreton, Derbyshire. Fall of bind from the side of the roadway.

SHIPPERTON James (injured) - 1885 – 13/01/1885 – Age 35 – Waggoner. Breightmet, Breightmet Colliery Co., Lancashire. Finger crushed between top of tub end and a bar in consequence of the front end of the tub getting off the rails.

SHIRKIE Michael (non-fatal) - 1889 – 12/10/1889 – Miner. Hindsward No.1, Eglington Iron Co., Cumnock, Ayrshire. Hutch went off the rails and broke his leg.

SHIRLAW John (non-fatal) - 1889 – 30/10/1889 – Miner. Lauchope No.1, Lauchope Coal Co., Holytown, Lanarkshire. Explosion of firedamp.

SHIRT Charles - 1889 – 07/10/1889 – Age 31 – Collier. Poynton & Worth, Lord Vernon, Stockport, Cheshire. Fall of roof in working place. Died 8th November.

SHIRT E. - 1883 – 12/11/1883 – Age 20 – Waggoner. Ashton Moss, Ashton Moss Colliery Co., Lancashire. Tubs on gig brow.

SHONE Edward - 1882 – 02/06/1882 – Age 19 – Collier. Neston, Neston Colliery Co., Chester, Cheshire. Fall of roof. 2 killed.

SHONE George - 1882 – 02/06/1882 – Age 22 – Collier. Neston, Neston Colliery Co., Chester, Cheshire. Fall of roof. 2 killed.

SHONE Samuel - 1889 – 02/12/1889 – Age 40 – Miner. Chequerbent No.2, Hulton Colliery Co. Ltd., Lancashire. Injured by a stone falling near his working face. Inspection and inquiry.

SHOOTER George - 1882 – 14/06/1882 – Age 55 – Screenman. New Hucknall, New Hucknall Colliery Co., Mansfield, Nottinghamshire. Run over by railway waggons.

SHORN or SHAW James - 1882 - 18/04/1882 – Age 49. Tudhoe, Weardale Iron and Coal Co. Ltd., Durham, Co. Durham. Explosion of gas in Brockwell Seam. 37 killed. Wife and 6 children.

SHORROCK Henry - 1882 – 16/05/1882 – Age 18 – Waggoner. Towneley, Brooks and Pickup, Burnley, Lancashire. Ran away with him on his riding tram.

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

SHORROCK Thomas (injured) - 1884 - 06/08/1884 – Age 15 – Waggoner. Ashworth, Ashworth Colliery Co., Lancashire. Fall of roof stone, hand cut.

SHORT Edward - 1883 - 09/03/1883 – Age 36 – Hewer. Hamsteels, Joseph Johnson, Durham, Co. Durham. Fall of stone from between two slips.

SHORT Henry (injured) - 1886 - 18/12/1886 – Age 29 – Miner. Lovers Lane 5 Feet, Fletcher Burrows and Co., Lancashire. Head hurt against an iron railway rail which was set as a bar to support roof in the level. Apparently accidental.

SHORT John - 1880 - 08/09/1880 – Age 18 – Shifter. Seaham, Marquess of Londonderry, Sunderland, Co. Durham. Explosion of gas 164 killed.

SHORT John - 1883 14/08/1883 – Age 29 - Master shifter. Coxlodge, NG Lambert and Co., Coxlodge, Northumberland. Crushed by tubs on engine plane.

SHORT John - 1884 - 02/08/1884 – Age 33 – Overman. Ellenborough, Maryport Haematite Iron and Steel Co., Ellenborough, Cumberland. Fall down staple.

SHORT John - 1884 - 23/08/1884 – Age 38 – Shifter. Cowpen, Cowpen Coal Co., Cowpen, Northumberland. Fall of stone.

SHORT John - 1887 - 07/06/1887 – Age 47 – Pitheadman. Dalzell, John M’Andrew and Co., Dalzell, Lanarkshire. Engine got out of gear while men were descending. It had not been properly secured. Engineman convicted. 4 killed.

SHORT Joseph - 1887 - 28/04/1887 – Age 34 – Collier. Balbardie, Walker and Cameron, Bathgate, Linlithgow. Fall of roof at face, longwall. 2 killed.

SHORT Samuel - 1889 - 26/12/1889 – Age 37 - Night examiner. Peggy’s Pit, Coalbrook Vale Coal Co. Ltd., Coalbrook Vale, Monmouth. Thrown out of the cage while descending through its having caught on the catches at the surface and slipping therefrom with slack rope on it two other men who were with him in the cage escaped with slight injuries.

SHOVELTON Allen - 1886 - 13/08/1886 – Age 26. Woodend, John Speakman, Lancashire. Explosion of firedamp in the north-west workings. 38 lost.

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

SHREAVES H. - 1889 - 08/04/1889 – Age 30 - Incline boy. Mitchell Main, Mitchell Main Coal Co., Barnsley, Yorkshire. Run over by corves.

SHUCK Edward - 1887 - 05/05/1887 – Age 16 – Collier. Whitworth Drift, Tredegar Iron and Coal Co. Ltd., Tredegar, Monmouth. Fall of roof. He and others were making a new parting when the roof suddenly fell. It was a rock roof strong and well timbered. The working of another seam, about 11 yards below, probably caused the place to move and caused the accident.

SHUFFLEBOTTOM J. - 1888 - 16/04/1888 – Age 55 – Fireman. Diglake, Audley Colliery Co., Newcastle, Staffordshire. Fall of roof rock while drawing timber.

SHUFFLEBOTTOM M. - 1883 - 04/01/1883 – Loader. Berry Hill, Warrington, Stoke, Staffordshire. Fall of roof.

SHUTTLEWORTH Thomas - 1884 - 11/12/1884 – Age 43 – Carpenter. Donisthorpe, Checkland and Williams, Ashby-de-la-Zouch, Leicester. Engineman overwound.

SHUTTLEWORTH W. - 1886 - 21/09/1886 – Age 36 – Stoneman. Lofthouse, Lofthouse Coal Co., Wakefield, Yorkshire. Fall of roof. Died 14th Jan 1887.

SIBBALD Henry - 1882 - 04/03/1882 – Age 58 – Bottomer. Kerse, Merry and Cunninghams, Patna, Ayrshire. Was caught by the cage when removing a piece of coal out of the cage seat.

SIBBERING James - 1883 - 17/09/1883 – Age 59 – Collier. Sutton Heath, James Radley, St. Helens, Lancashire. Inspection made and inquest attended. A heavy fall of rock roof over 100 tons in weight carrying a chock and several props before it was caused through a metal parting above the rock and a slip crossing in front. This fall could not have been foreseen.

SIDDALL Robert - 1887 - 20/07/1887 – Age 21 – Miner. Outwood, Thomas Fletcher and Sons, Lancashire. Fatal fall of coal from a pillar off which a strip of three yards in width was being worked along level. It appeared that sprags should have been used.

SIDES William - 1886 - 29/03/1886 – Age 21 – Rolleywayman. Moresby, Moresby Coal Co., Moresby, Cumberland. Crushed by bogie on engine plane.

SIDWELL Frederick - 1880 – 12/03/1880 – Age 14 – Driver. Lofthouse, Leeds and York Coal Co., Wakefield, Yorkshire. Fall of roof.

SIGH William - 1880 – 08/09/1880 – Age 30 – Packer. Seaham, Marquess of Londonderry, Sunderland, Co. Durham. Explosion of gas 164 killed.

SILCOCK Hugh (injured) - 1885 – 10/01/1885 – Age 17 – Drawer. Whitebirk, Over Darwin Industrial Co-operative Soc. Ltd., Lancashire. Slight explosion of firedamp, ignited while giving a light at a lamp station which was wrongly situated. Inadequate ventilation. Proceedings were instituted by Inspector. 3 injured.

SILCOX Esau - 1884 – 12/05/1884 – Age 17 – Driver. Delph (fireclay), Harris and Pearson, Brierley Hill, Staffordshire. Died 13th by tubs.

SILLS R. - 1884 – 13/03/1884 – Age 31 – Collier. Oaks, C Cammell and Co., Barnsley, Yorkshire. Fall of roof.

SILVERWOOD T. - 1887 – 05/10/1887 – Age 24 – Collier. Denaby Main, Denaby Main Coal Co., Rotherham, Yorkshire. Fall of roof.

SILVESTER S. - 1883 – 08/01/1883 – Age 50. Chatterley (ironstone), Chatterley Coal and Iron Co., Tunstall, Staffordshire. Crushed by fall in slips.

SIMCOCK J. - 1881 – 07/10/1881 – Collier. Whitfield, Chatterley Co., Tunstall, Staffordshire. Fall of coal.

SIMCOCK John - 1887 – 08/02/1887 – Age 63 – Sheave oiler. Eston (ironstone), Blocklow Vaughan and Co. Ltd., Middlesbrough, Yorkshire. While repairing a sheave he was caught by the full set of tubs and run over on engine plane.

SIMM Abraham - 1885 – 13/10/1885 – Age 43 – Hooker on. Outwood, Thomas Fletcher and Sons., Lancashire. Fatal, at landing in engine brow, which dips about 1 in 3 and a half. The rope, three quarter inch in diameter, broke and he was caught by the tubs which ran back. A daily examination of the rope did not appear to have been made.

SIMMONDS Joseph Henry - 1884 - 04/12/1884 – Age 47 – Dataler. West Hallam, A and E Whitehouse, Ilkeston, Derbyshire. Supposed to have lost his way in the dark and passing beyond a fence was found suffocated in an old roadway.

SIMMONS Arthur - 1880 - 12/01/1880 – Age 22 – Driver. Lilleshall (Ironstone), Lilleshall Co., Wellington, Shropshire. Fall of roof.

SIMMONS E. - 1883 – 04/04/1883 – Age 40 – Collier. Rothwell, Haigh J and J Charlesworth, Leeds, Yorkshire. Fall of roof died 6th.

SIMMONS John - 1888 - 19/03/1888 – Age 40 – Hewer. Black Prince, Weardale Iron Co. Ltd., Tow Law, Co. Durham. Serious injures to back by fall of stone. Died on 24th April.

SIMMONS Thomas - 1889 - 06/06/1889 – Age 25 – Deputy. Marsden, Whitburn Coal Co. Ltd., Co. Durham. Fall of roof while drawing props.

SIMMS Ephraim (injured) - 1886 - 15/01/1886 – Age 35 – Miner. Wharton Hall, Bridgewater Trustees, Lancashire. Black and White Mine by a fall of roof coal and dirt which came from a slip three props which were set under it. Accidental. 2 injured.

SIMMS J. - 1886 - 24/09/1886 – Underlooker. Consall (ironstone), Consall Co., Stoke, Staffordshire. Knocked from scaffold by fall of rock from side.

SIMMS James - 1882 - 07/11/1882 – Age 41 – Stallman. Clay Cross No.7, Clay Cross Iron and Coal Co., Clay Cross, Derbyshire. Explosion of gas 48 killed.

SIMMS Robert - 1885 - 26/09/1885 – Age 55 – Labourer. Featherstone, Messrs Thompson and Sons, Northumberland. Excavating earthworks, a portion fell and knocked him down, his head falling on a rail.

SIMMS T. - 1883 - 19/12/1883 – Age 16 – Collier. Navigation, Nixons Navigation Steam Coal Co. Ltd., Mountain Ash, Glamorgan. Fall of coals down shaft.

SIMMS Thomas - 1889 - 17/01/1889 – Age 48 – Pikeman. Wallbutts, William Harper, Bilston, Staffordshire. Fall of roof coal over the timber.

SIMMS William - 1880 - 04/05/1880 – Age 18 – Collier. White Rose, Powells Duffryn Co., Monmouth. Fall of stone. He was holing under the coal when the stone fell.