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FISHER J. - 1890 - 10/02/1890 – Age 38 - Capstan attdnt. West Riding, Pope and Pearson, Normanton, Yorkshire. Crushed by capstan.

FISHER J. - 1893 - 28/04/1893 – Age 49 – Collier. Sharlston, New Sharlston Coal Co., Normanton, Yorkshire. Fall of stone.

FISHER J. - 1897 - 13/03/1897 – Age 19 – Hurrier. Sharlston, New Sharlston Coal Co. Normanton, Yorkshire. In bringing out a full corf, out of the face, it struck against an empty one and crushed his head against the pack wall.

FISHER James (non-fatal) - 1891 - 29/04/1891 – Drawer. Barrwood No. 2, William Baird and Co., Kilsyth, Ayrshire. Fall of roof at working face.

FISHER James - 1894 - 02/03/1894 – Age 55 – Miner. Postlethwaite’s Moor Row No. 5 (metalliferous), Miles Postlethwaite, Moor Row, Cumberland. Inspection made and inquest attended. Fall of stone from a damp parting. The place had been inspected, by an official, previous to the men commencing work and the men themselves had examined this particular pillar lump and considered it safe. He died on the 2nd April.

FISHER John Thomas - 1893 - 20/11/1893 – Age 12 - Asst. horse driver. Watnall, Barber Walker and Co., Nottingham, Nottinghamshire. Fall of side whilst travelling along a roadway behind a train of full tubs.

FISHER Joseph - 1890 - 17/05/1890 – Age 14 – Driver. Beamish Air, James Joicey and Co. Ltd., Beamish, Co. Durham. Fell in front of tub he was driving.

FISHER William (non-fatal) - 1891 - 20/03/1891 – Miner. Ellismuir No. 2, Glasgow Iron and Steel Co., Baillieston, Lanark. Fall of coal.

FISHER William - 1890 - 26/06/1890 – Age 14 - Door boy. Westminster, Westminster & Brymbo Coal and Coke Co. Ltd., Wrexham, Denbigh. Inspection made and inquest attended. The roadway had just been re-timbered by the deceased’s father, who had apparently left it safe, but a small stone fell as the boy was passing and caught him on the head.

FISHER William - 1895 - 29/10/1895 – Age 37 – Labourer. Brockham (quarry), Brockham Brick Co. Ltd., Surrey. Shot by a fellow workman who pointed a gun at him in a joke and pulled the trigger thinking it unloaded.

FITTS Samuel - 1892 - 30/06/1892 – Age 48 – Miner. Eston (ironstone), Bolckow Vaughan and Co. Ltd., Middlesbrough, Yorkshire. Both legs broken by a fall of stone while assisting to bar it down. Died 1st August.

FITZGERALD Dan - 1892 - 26/08/1892 – Age 18 – Trammer. Park Slip, North’s Navigation Collieries (1889) Ltd., Tondu, Glamorgan. Explosion of firedamp. 112 killed.

FITZGERALD E.T. - 1895 - 20/09/1895 – Age 37 – Roadsman. Morfa, Vivian and Sons, Glamorgan. Crushed by empty journey, at a branch road off main dip, the journey intended to go straight down the dip, having left the rails and struck against the lower side of branch road where deceased was sitting.

FITZPATRICK M. - 1898 - 05/01/1898 – Age 39 – Roadsman. Park Hall, Park Hall Collieries Ltd., Weston Coney, Staffordshire. He was going down an engine dip, with a journey of tubs riding on the rope, and was thrown off at a curve near shunt in level, either by the tubs getting off the rails or by his head striking a bar. Skull fractured.

FITZPATRICK Michael (non-fatal) - 1892 - 05/04/1892 – Miner. Bardykes No 1, Merry and Cuninghame, Cambuslang, Lanarkshire. Jammed between two hutches.

FITZPATRICK Peter - 1899 - 16/05/1899 – Age 33 - Pit bottomer. Foulford, Fife Coal Co. Ltd., Fife. Deceased, whose usual work was bottomer, was a handy man and for the shift he was engaged as dook runner. The rake which usually consisted of twelve tubs ran at an average speed of four miles an hour and the runner had permission to ride in front of the loaded rake when ascending the dook and behind in the empty rake when descending. No one saw the accident but the attention of a driver was drawn by the rope striking the roof and on examination part of the rake was found to be overturned at the top of the dook and deceased under it. He had apparently fallen off the front tub on which he sat.

FITZSIMMONS Charles - 1897 - 07/07/1897 – Age 60 – Oiler. Lochgelly, Lochgelly Iron and Coal Co. Ltd., Edinburgh. While attending to his duties, on an endless rope haulage road, a take of fall hutches became detached from the rope and ran back to the deceased and crushed him.

FITZSIMMONS Charles - 1897 - 22/03/1897 – Age 60 – Filler. Prestongrange, Summerlee & Mossend Iron and Steel Co. Ltd., Haddington. Deceased was riding down a dook on a bogie behind an empty descending rake when four empty tubs ran away from the top of the dock and overtook him.

FITZWILLIAM John - 1893 - 10/07/1893 – Age 62- Miner. No. 5 (metalliferous), Hodbarrow Mining Co. Ltd., Millom, Lancashire. Inspection made. Deceased had lighted the fuse of a shot and thinking it had misfired returned to the place when it exploded and killed him.

FITZWILLIAM John - 1893 - 10/07/1893 – Age 62 – Miner. No. 5 Millom, Hodbarrow Mining Co. Ltd., Millom, Lancashire. Inspection made and inquest attended. When the locomotive and a waggon were crossing the points the waggon got off the rails and crushed the deceased (who was holding the lever) against a gatepost.

FLAHERTY Donald - 1893 - 26/01/1893 – Age 69 – Labourer. Ferndale No. 4, D Davis and Sons Ltd., Ferndale, Glamorgan. While cleaning the rails, about the screens, a wagon moved forward a little and he fell with his leg under the wheel. Died 12th March.

FLAHERTY Patrick - 1895 - 01/03/1895 – Age 46 – Collier. Pewfall, Richard Evans and Co. Ltd., Ashton-in-Makerfield, Lancashire. Inspection made. The deceased went into his working place and commenced to draw a prop, which was in the way of his tub getting to the face. He must have misjudged the security of the roof which fell upon him.

FLAHERTY Thomas - 1890 - 13/06/1890 – Age 34 – Hewer. Coxlodge, Burradon & Coxlodge Coal Co. Ltd., Coxlodge, Northumberland. Fall of coal and stone after a shot had been fired. 8.0 pm.

FLAHERTY Thomas - 1893 - 11/01/1893 – Age 33 – Sinker. Park Lane, Garswood Coal and Iron Co. Ltd., Wigan, Lancashire. Inspection made and inquest attended. The deceased was struck on the head by a brick falling down the shaft, most probably from where there was some unfinished walling at the ingate of the shaft at the surface.

FLANNAGHAN Hugh - 1891 - 18/08/1891 – Age 45 – Dataler. Garswood Hall, Garswood Coal and Iron Co. Ltd., Ashton-in-Makerfield, Lancashire. Inspection made and inquest attended. The deceased men were clearing up some metal roofing, which had been blown down some hours previously, when a quantity of metal from the sides of the roadway fell upon them and before they could get away a second fall took place and buried them. 2 killed. 6.15 am.

FLANNIGHAN Philip - 1891 - 30/07/1891 – Age 16 – Driver. Deaf Hill, Trimdon Coal Co. Ltd., Trimdon Grange, Co. Durham. Crushed by tub siding over on to him. He neglected to use sprags. Died on 5th August. 3.50 pm.

FLATHERS R. - 1895 - 27/05/1895 – Age 17 – Dataller. Hoyland Silkstone, Hoyland Silkstone Coal Co. Yorkshire. Thrown down by rope underneath corves on endless haulage road.

FLECK John (non fatal) - 1891 - 02/11/1891 – Miner. Wanlockhead (metalliferous), Duke of Buccleuch, Sanquhar. Fell off a ladder.

FLEMING Alexander (non-fatal) - 1892 - 06/10/1892 – Age 28 – Miner. Broadrigg, John Nimmo and Son, Stirling. Overcome by dynamite fumes. 2 injured. 3 days off.

FLEMING Alexander (non-fatal) - 1893 - 28/08/1893 – Age 32 – Miner. Philpstoun, James Ross and Co., Linlithgow. Struck by shot.

FLEMING Andrew - 1890 - 30/03/1890 – Age 28 - Engineman. Glorat, Gilbert Pitcairn and Co., Kirkintilloch, Dumbarton. Explosion of boiler. 2 killed 1 injured.

FLEMING Hamilton - 1892 - 16/06/1892 – Age 35 – Miner. Newton No. 2, James Dunlop and Co., Cambuslang, Lanarkshire. Run over by empty race on dook while stepping out of the way of a full race.

FLEMING James - 1891 - 01/01/1891 – Age 27 – Miner. Glenclelland, Kerr and Mitchell, Wishaw, Lanarkshire. Fall of coal at stoops.

FLEMING John (non-fatal) - 1893 - 06/10/1893 – Age 33 – Driver. Coltness, Coltness Iron Co. Ltd., Lanarkshire. Caught by engine rake.

FLEMING Thomas (non-fatal) - 1890 - 13/03/1890 – Miner. Trabboch, John Galloway and Co., Ayrshire. Fall of roof at face.

FLEMING William (non-fatal) - 1893 - 28/08/1893 – Age 45 – Miner. Loganlea, John McCulloch, Edinburgh. Fall of coal. 42 days off.

FLEMING William - 1893 - 16/05/1893 – Age 38 – Roadsman. Lochgelly, Lochgelly Iron and Coal Co. Ltd., Fife. Stone fell down brae.

FLEMING William - 1898 - 10/06/1898 – Age 16 – Miner. Barncluith, Archibald Russell, Lanarkshire. Deceased was engaged holing coal, suddenly burst off for a distance of 15 foot the tall end striking him and killing him instantaneously. The fall extended into adjoining place.

FLETCHER Ben - 1891 - 14/07/1891 – Age 45 – Pikeman. Himley, Garratt and Son, Dudley, Worcestershire. Fall of coal from working face which knocked out the sprags and cockers.

FLETCHER C. - 1891 - 01/04/1891 – Age 16 - Rope guider. Manvers Main, Manvers Main Coal Co., Rotherham, Yorkshire. Crushed by engine drum. Died 14th.

FLETCHER CW - 1894 - 17/04/1894 – Age 13 – Waggoner. Audley, W Rigby and Co., Audley, Staffordshire. Fall of roof from slips in main level in 10 foot seam. Head cut and thigh crushed.

FLETCHER Edward - 1893 - 16/03/1893 – Age 43 – Collier. Brynn Hall, Brynn Hall Colliery Co. Ltd., Wigan, Lancashire. Inspection made and inquest attended. The deceased, while bringing his tub down a brow, was overtaken and crushed by another tub, the scotch having come out and overpowered the other drawer. The road was narrow in the lower part where the accident occurred and the jury recommended the road to be made wider on one side.

FLETCHER Edward - 1893 - 31/07/1893 – Age 17 – Driver. Wearmouth, Wearmouth Coal Co., Wearmouth, Co. Durham. Inspection made and inquest attended. It was the deceased's duty to stop the set at the top of a bank, put two sprags in and then start again, but it is supposed on this occasion he did not stop the pony and was running alongside to get on the limmers when he was caught against a prop which was much nearer to the tubs than the others.

FLETCHER George - 1898 - 04/10/1898 – Age 24 – Labourer. Sneyd, Sneyd Colliery and Brickworks Co. Ltd., Staffordshire. Crushed by boiler rolling off, it was insecurely packed for haulage. Died 10th October.

FLETCHER H. - 1897 - 19/02/1897 – Age 30 – Filler. Monk Bretton, Monk Bretton Coal Co., Yorkshire. Fall of side.

FLETCHER Isaac - 1896 - 17/04/1896 – Age 40 – Tunneller. Brynn Hall, Brynn Hall Colliery Co. Ltd., Lancashire. Inspection made. A shot had been fired, in the face of a tunnel, and the deceased had drawn some loose stone down from the roof, a stone fell from a step in the side, which they had not been able to secure, crushing the deceased. He succumbed to the injuries received May 1st.

FLETCHER John - 1893 - 05/09/1893 – Age 47 – Sinker. Tibshelf No. 3, Babbington Coal Co., Alfreton, Derbyshire. He was descending the shaft, in a tub, when the tub caught a scaffold in the shaft and he was thrown out and fell to the bottom.

FLETCHER Joseph - 1899 - 08/08/1899 – Age 17 - Incline braker. Robin Hood, Flimby & Broughton Moor Coal & Iron Co. Ltd., Cumberland. Inspection made and inquest attended. Fletcher and others were trying to land an empty set of four tubs which had failed to reach the bank (Fletcher being in front of the tubs) when a set of eight full tubs, attached to the other end of the set, were in motion, thereby causing the empty tubs and deceased to be dashed against the incline wheel.

FLETCHER Joseph Samuel - 1898 - 24/08/1898 – Age 42 – Header. Granville No. 1, Granville Colliery Co., Derby. Fall of coal. The deceased was in a heading, when the lower portion of the seam fell upon him. He had set a long sprag to the upper portion of the coal but neglected to set one to the lower part.

FLETCHER Philip - 1894 - 23/06/1894 – Age 18 - Door boy. Albion, Albion Steam Coal Co. Ltd., Pontypridd, Glamorgan. By an explosion. 290 killed.

FLETCHER S. - 1897 - 08/04/1897 – Age 57 - Hanger on. Grimesthorpe, John Denton and Co., Yorkshire. Crushed between Corves and wall on engine plane.

FLETCHER Samuel - 1894 - 19/04/1894 – Age 28 – Banksman. Bank Farm, H Brown and Co., Harecastle, Cheshire. Arm deeply cut by cotter axle of tub while he was tipping it.

FLETCHER Samuel - 1895 - 22/01/1895 – Age 56 – Dataller. Stanton, J and N Nadin, Derbyshire. Fall of roof. Deceased was engaged repairing a roadway and should, by the rules of the mine, have set a prop to protect himself while setting bars to support the roof. He neglected to set the prop, although cautioned of the danger.

FLETCHER Thomas - 1893 - 23/02/1893 – Age 58 – Deputy. Pye Hill Low Main, James Oakes and Co., Riddings, Alfreton. Nottinghamshire. Deceased was firing a shot in the gate ripping and did not go far enough away. Some piece of rocks were blown down the gate and hit the deceased. Died 25th.

FLETCHER William - 1892 - 17/11/1892 – Age 18 – Putter. South Moor, South Moor Coal Co. Ltd., Chester-le-Street, Co. Durham. Passed a fence, contrary to orders, and commenced to hew coal when a fall took place killing him on the spot.

FLETCHER William - 1895 - 04/03/1895 – Age 52 – Miner. Rosedale (Ironstone), Carlton Iron Co. Ltd., Rosedale, North Yorkshire. Died in his working place from apoplexy while working with his son. Ventilation all right.

FLETCHER William - 1895 - 30/03/1895 – Age 16 - Rope lad. Beamish ‘Air’, James Joicey and Co. Ltd., Beamish, Co. Durham. Inspection and inquest attended. The deceased was waiting at the bottom of the shaft to go to the surface. Evidently some misunderstanding had taken place with the signals given by the onsetter to the banksman and the engineman, at the surface, for on attempting to enter the cage it was moved away and the deceased fell into the shaft.

FLEW George - 1893 - 19/02/1893 – Age 30 – Labourer. Bryndu & Cefn, Bryndu Coal and Coke Co. Ltd., Pyle, Glamorgan. While moving loaded trucks and walking backwards he was crushed between a truck and the retaining wall.

FLICK James (injured) - 1894 - 15/01/1894 – Age 45 – Getter. Donnington, Granville Lilleshall Co. Ltd., Donnington, Shropshire. Fall of coal while drawing a sprag at working face in Randle Coal. Two ribs broken and leg slightly injured.

FLINT. Thomas - 1899 - 27/03/1899 – Age 26 – Shunter. Clifton, Clifton Colliery Co., Nottinghamshire. Deceased was coupling two waggons together, while they were in motion and being pushed under the screens. He got crushed between a waggon and one of the supports at the picking platform attached to the screens.

FLITCROFT James - 1890 - 03/06/1890 – Age 61 – Dataler. Hindley Green, J Scowcroft and Co. Ltd., Wigan, Lancashire. Inspection made and inquest attended. He had been drawing some chocks and was taking out a prop when a stone fell and caught him. The jury expressed an opinion that timber should not be drawn while the Colliers were at work.

FLITCROFT William (injured) - 1890 - 21/10/1890 – Age 44 – Miner. Pendlebury Crumbouke, Andrew Knowles and Sons Ltd., Pendlebury, Lancashire. Injured by roof coal falling, it being burst off by a cramp or subsidence.

FLOOK ? - 1898 - 10/03/1898 – Labourer. Hollybrook Brickworks, Stoke Gifford. Killed on the 10th March by falling under a traction engine, of which he was in charge, on the highway near Stoke Gifford, some miles away from the works.

FLOOK Robert - 1894 - 14/12/1894 – Age 73 – Packer. Parkfield, Kingswood and Parkfield Collieries Co. Ltd., Bristol, Gloucester. A scale of roof 1.5 foot. x 2 feet x 4 inches thick on one side thinning to a feather edge on the other side, it fell on the back of his neck while engaged packing rubbish near the face. He died in the Bristol Infirmary two days later from exhaustion resulting from bronchitis and delirium following the injuries which alone would not have been sufficient to cause his death had he been a healthy man.

FLORY George - 1892 - 26/07/1892 – Age 30 – Stallman. Pleasley, Stanton Iron Co., Mansfield, Nottinghamshire. The deceased stated that he had strained himself by lifting a full tub on the rails. He died from spinal and brain disease presumably caused by the strain. Died 5th August.

FLOWER George (survivor) - 1895 - 06/02/1895. Timsbury, Samborne Smith and Co., Timsbury, Somerset. A shot, which proved to be over charged with powder, ignited coal dust and thus caused an extensive explosion. The overcharge resulted from an unseen joint lessening the work which it was intended to do. 7 killed. Widower with a grown up family.

FLOWER James - 1894 - 06/10/1894 – Age 13 - Door boy. Griffin No. 1. John Lancaster and Co., Blaina, Monmouth. While engaged opening the door on the engine plane, which he was in charge of, the gang struck it, carried it away and killed him. The boy seems too young and weak to have been put at the place. An almost similar accident occurred about two years previously in one of this company’s pits. Doors should not, and need not, be put in engine planes.

FLOWERS James - 1892 - 03/05/1892 – Age 27 – Hewer. Ashton Vale, Ashton Vale Iron Co. Ltd., Bristol, Gloucester. Sudden irruption of water, from an unknown and unsuspected old shaft, no record of which had even now been found. It was only sunk through tile coal and it is supposed to have been 130 to 150 years ago. The seam had not been opened out upon. 2 killed.

FLOWERS John - 1891 - 04/12/1891 – Age 63 – Watchman. Llwynypia No. 2, Glamorgan Coal Co., Llwynypia, Glamorgan. Knocked down by journey of trams, while cleaning road after being warned to stand clear.

FLOYD Edward - 1890 - 10/03/1890 – Collier. Morfa, Vivian and Sons, Port Talbot, Glamorgan. Explosion of firedamp. 87 Killed.

FLYNN James - 1898 - 27/09/1898 – Age 19 – Carter. Hailes Sandstone Quarry, Edinburgh. Deceased was proceeding up the narrow side of a rising tram road, from the quarry, with two horses hauling a loaded cart of sandstone, and falling in front of the cart it passed over him. The horses were going at half a gallop.

FLYNN Philip (non-fatal) - 1894 - 02/05/1894 – Age 28 – Miner. Elphingstone, R and J Drurie, Haddington. Fall of coal. 173 days off.

FLYNN Thomas - 1892 - 14/01/1892 – Age 18 – Putter. Hutton Henry, Hutton Henry Coal Co. Ltd., Wingate, Co. Durham. Fall of large stone, at turn, while he was waiting for a tub being filled.

FOGG G. - 1893 - 12/12/1893 – Age 42 – Labourer. Nunnery, Nunnery Coal Co., Sheffield, Yorkshire. By machinery, died 13th.

FOGGERTY Philip - 1899 - 20/02/1899 – Age 23 - Drawer. Bold, Collin Green Colliery Coal Co., Lancashire. Inspection made and inquest attended. The chain, attaching two full boxes to the endless rope, going upbrow slipped and the boxes in running down brow collided with an empty tub at the level shunt causing a bar to be displaced, which liberated the portion of which fell upon the three drawers who were having their breakfast at the time. The road was rough in places and ought to have been more substantially timbered. 3 killed.

FOLEY Daniel (non-fatal) - 1894 - 09/07/1894 – Age 31 - Miner. Philipstoun, James Ross and Co., Linlithgow. Explosion of gunpowder. 60 days off.

FOLEY Edward - 1890 - 11/04/1890 – Age 19 – Dataller. Himley, R Mills and Co., Dudley, Worcestershire. Fall of clod roof which he was ripping down.

FOLEY Stephen (non-fatal) - 1893 - 21/01/1893 – Age 33 – Fireman. Cowdenbeath, Cowdenbeath Coal Co. Ltd., Fife. Overwinding. 231 days off.

FOOT Henry - 1891 - 31/08/1891 – Age 33 – Repairer. Malgo, Bristol Collieries Co. Ltd., Bristol, Gloucester. Explosion of firedamp at naked 10 lights, which were prohibited at the place. 10 killed.

FOOTE Joseph - 1899 - 15/11/1899 – Age 45 - Labourer. Furzeyground Clay Quarry, Pike Bros., Dorset. When riding on a full truck, inside the clay pit, the break lever flew up and struck his throat. He died on the 8th December under an operation for tracheotomy.

FOOTE Robert (non-fatal) - 1890 - 18/10/1890 – Age 55 – Miner. Lochhead, Lochhead Fireclay Co., Edinburgh. Fall of clay. 36 days off.

FORBER James - 1890 - 13/06/1890 – Age 34 – Miner. Agecroft Doe, Andrew Knowles and Sons Ltd., Pendlebury, Lancashire. Killed by top coal falling unexpectedly from slips as they were taking it down. 2 killed.

FORBES Andrew (non-fatal) - 1891 - 18/09/1891 – Age 29 – Collier. Donibristle, Donibristle Colliery Co., Fife. Fall of coal. Still off.

FORBES Charles - 1898 - 11/03/1898 – Age 41 – Foreman. Braehead Sandstone Quarry, Turners Ltd., Linlithgow. Two masses of tirr, consisting of clay and small stones were being broken up by firing simultaneously a shot of gelignite in each, and a small stone appears to have been projected, which struck the deceased on the head. He was standing on the quarry top, 150 yards away.

FORBES George - 1897 - 09/04/1897 – Age 17 – Putter. Auckland Park, Bolckow Vaughan and Co. Ltd., Co. Durham. While going inbye, with an empty tub, a fall of stone from the roof took place, a piece of which hit him on the left side temple and killed him instantly.

FORBES George William - 1890 - 24/04/1890 – Age 17 – Waggonman. Whitehaven, Whitehaven Colliery Co., Whitehaven, Cumberland. Fell off a waggon which was in motion. 11.0 pm.

FORBES Peter - 1894 - 01/11/1894 – Age 34 – Oncostman. Lassodie, Thomas Spowart and Co. Ltd., Fife. Fell down shaft, rope broke.

FORBES Thomas (non-fatal) - 1890 - 01/03/1890 – Miner. Hamilton Place No. 1, Bent Colliery Co., Bothwell, Lanarkshire. While attempting to step off the cage, at pit mouth, just as it started to descend, he was caught by it.

FORBES Thomas (non-fatal) - 1891 - 02/12/1891 – Trapper. Rosehall No. 13, Robert Addie and Sons, Bellshill, Lanarkshire. Struck by runaway hutches at foot of incline.

FORD Albert (non-fatal) - 1893 - 07/11/1893 – Miner. Farleigh (metalliferous), Bath Stone Firms Ltd., Monckton Farleigh, Somerset. When running a loaded tram gravitation down the tram road on the surface his foot slipped from the brake level which flying up struck his head.

FORD Arthur - 1890 - 19/08/1890 – Age 20 – Grassmoor. Grassmoor Colliery Co. Chesterfield, Derbyshire. He was supposed to have been injured by straining himself in the mine but the doctor certified that he died from a chronic pelvic abscess. No accident happened to the man and he appears to have been in bad health for some time.

FORD Arthur - 1899 - 18/04/1899 – Age 22 – Haulier. Merthyr Vale No. 1, Nixons Navigation Co. Ltd., Glamorgan. Crushed between a tram and an arm of pair of timbers which was discharged while clearing a fall on road.

FORD George (injured) - 1894 - 21/02/1894 – Age 27 – Collier. Silverdale No. 6, Butterley Co. Ltd., Newcastle, Staffordshire. Slightly burnt at back by blown out shot of ammonite.

FORD J. W. - 1897 - 26/02/1897 – Age 21 – Repairer. Apedale Burley, Midland Coal and Coke Iron Co. Ltd., Staffordshire. Large fall of roof while they were repairing a jig dip in the Bullhurst seam. Inclination, 38 deg. 2 killed.

FORD John - 1896 – 05/12/1896 – Age 71 – Holer. Griff, Clara Griff Colliery Co., Warwick. A loaded tram ran off the rails 10 yards down a self acting incline and the deceased went to put it on to the top of the incline but it ran down and fatally injured the deceased. The stop blocks had not been closed or the tram would not have run away. Died 1st Mar 1897.

FORD Patrick (injured) - 1891 – 12/03/1891 – Age 16 – Drawer. Bankhouse Mountain Oldham, Middleton and Rochdale Coal Co. Ltd. Shaw, Lancashire. Burned by firedamp igniting at their candles on resuming work after a short cessation for breakfast. Inspection and inquiry. Lamps have since been used. 2 injured.

FORD W. - 1899 – 06/01/1899 – Age 40 – Hitcher. Mardy No. 2, Lockets Merthyr Collieries (1894) Ltd., Glamorgan. He was either crossing through the shaft or he leaned too far towards the cage as it descended and was struck on the head by it.

FORD William (non-fatal) - 1891 – 08/04/1891 – Age 13 – Collier. Barncluith, Archibald Russell, Lanarkshire. Crushed by tub.

FORD William (non-fatal) - 1892 – 14/09/1892 – Age 50 – Engineman Fordell, Fordell Trustees, Fife. Fell before waggon. Still off.

FORDHAM William - 1891 – 19/08/1891 – Age 27 – Sinker. Abbots Ripton (metalliferous), GT Clark, Huntingdon. Killed by something falling upon his head whilst working in the bottom of the shaft. Probably something fell from the ascending tub.

FORDYCE James (non-fatal) - 1891 – 30/05/1891 – Age 20 – Collier. Castlehill, Shotts Iron Co., Lanarkshire. Fall of stone. 53 days off. 2 injured.

FORESTER or FORSTER Henry - 1898 – 01/02/1898 – Age 24 – Hewer. Derwent, Consett Iron Co. Ltd., Co. Durham. He was hewing when a piece of stone fell from the roof and broke his back. Died April 7th.

FORQUHARY Joseph (non-fatal) - 1890 – 30/12/1890 – Age 40 – Sinker. Eddlewood, John Watson Ltd., Lanarkshire. Struck by deal falling in shaft. Not yet returned.

FORREST Andrew (non-fatal) - 1890 – 07/03/1890 – Age 21 – Miner. Tranent, James Waldie and Sons, Haddington. Fall of roof. 62 days off.

FORREST George (non-fatal) - 1890 – 01/09/1890 – Age 22 – Waggon trimmer. Fauldhouse, William Dixon Ltd., Linlithgow. Fell before waggon. Not yet returned.

FORREST George - 1898 – 28/02/1898 – Age 32 – Dataller. Ashton Moss, New Moss Colliery Co. Ltd., Lancashire. Crushed by tubs on engine plane, riding not allowed. Bolt connecting D link to drawbar came out, allowing several tubs to run back, deceased was thrown upward against a bar, the single tub bounding forward when load reduced.

FORREST James (non-fatal) - 1894 – 22/10/1894 – Age 40 – Miner. Glebe, Thomas Grierson, Lanarkshire. Fall of roof. 2 days off.

FORREST James - 1895 – 10/10/1895 – Age 26 – Miner. Law, Wilsons and Clyde Coal Co. Ltd., Lanarkshire. Fall of stone.

FORREST John - 1894 – 16/10/1894 – Age 36 – Waggoner. Shields, Glasgow Iron and Steel Co., Motherwell, Lanarkshire. Run over by waggon while improperly spragging it.

FORREST Robert - 1899 - 20/10/1899 – Age 45 - Brigade fireman. Dalquharran, JC Kennedy, Ayrshire. While attempting to put out an underground fire he was overcome by the fumes. Other men, who were besides him, were hardly affected.

FORRESTER Alexander (non-fatal) - 1893 - 15/04/1893 – Age 38 – Miner. Kelty, Fife Coal Co. Ltd., Fife. Fall of roof coal. 70 days off.

FORRESTER James (non-fatal) - 1892 - 16/02/1892 – Drawer. Hallhill No. 1, William Baird and Co., Baillieston, Lanarkshire. While ridding on a hutch he was jammed against the roof.

FORRESTER John - 1898 - 21/12/1898 – Age 74 - Waggon trimmer. Wellsgreen, Fife Coal Co. Ltd., Fife. While deceased was supposed to be climbing a fence he appears to have placed his foot at return wheel of conveyor, and his leg was drawn in.

FORRESTER Thomas (non-fatal) - 1893 - 01/02/1893 – Age 21 – Drawer. Drum, Bonnybridge Silica and Fireclay Co., Stirling. Fall of roof. 2 injured, 150 days off.

FORRESTER William - 1890 - 19/02/1890 – Age 14 - Fan boy. Polbeth No. 11, Youngs Paraffin Light & Mineral Oil Co., Edinburgh. Drowned by inundation of the mine. 10.50 am.

FORRESTER James - 1895 - 25/09/1895 – Age 14 – Driver. Kelty Fife Coal Co. Ltd., Fife. Chain broke.

FORSHAW David - 1892 - 17/09/1892 – Age 27 – Collier. Tawd Vale, Tawd Vale Colliery Co. Ltd., Skelmersdale, Lancashire. Inspection made, and inquest attended. The deceased was working in face of a down brow when a stone fell from a pot hole in the roof, he succumbed to the injuries received December 14th.

FORSHAW Edward - 1898 - 16/09/1898 – Age 16 - Haulage hand. Old Boston, Richard Evans and Co. Ltd., Haydock, Lancashire. Inspection made. He was in the act of attaching the trail bar behind the haulage sett, in the bottom shunt in the Higher Florida Mine where the roadway was about 12 feet wide, when a portion of the roof fell upon him from a slip. The roof in that part had been considered strong and not timbered. It was recommended that it should be barred for safety.

FORSHAW James - 1897 - 30/11/1897 – Age 21 - Hooker on. Tawd Vale, Tawd Vale Colliery Co. Ltd., Skelmersdale, Lancashire. Inquiry made. The two deceased were drowned by the flooding of Tawd Vale Colliery, caused by a fall occurring into some old crop workings into which the River Tawd found its way and passing through the old workings and down the shafts drowning the two men who were the only persons below at the time. 2 killed.

FORSHAW James - 1899 - 29/05/1899 – Age 26 – Dataller. Moss No. 4, Pearson & Knowles Coal and Iron Co. Ltd., Wigan, Lancashire. Inspection made and inquest attended. A part of the mine had been worked out and these two men (one being the fireman of the district) were getting out the rails and other things. They found firedamp had accumulated but they nevertheless, having put their safety lamps back, ventured into it to get an iron flat sheet which they had forgotten. They were both suffocated before they were got out. 2 killed.

FORSHAW Robert - 1899 - 19/04/1899 – Age 26 – Hewer. Bebside, Bebside Coal Co. Ltd., Bebside, Northumberland. Inspection made and inquest attended. A shot had been fired in the coal and dislodged some timber, which deceased and his marrow were engaged renewing, when a large stone fell from some slips. The roof was known to be bad and consequently had been well timbered previously.

FORSTER D.J.L. - 1898 - 04/05/1898 – Age 16 - Engine cleaner. Naval Pandy, Naval Colliery Co. (1897) Ltd., Glamorgan. Fatally injured by haulage drum moving while he was screwing up the grease cups fixed on shaft inside the drum. Died 3rd June.

FORSTER Frederick - 1895 - 27/11/1895 – Age 22 – Hewer. Blackett, Blackett Coal Co., Northumberland. Inspection made and inquest attended. In a place which the deputy had twice during the shift passed as safe. The deceased was working when some stone fell from slips in the roof and crushed him.

FORSTER Isaac - 1893 - 15/11/1893 – Age 42 – Overman. Ocker Hill, Addenbrookes and Co., Tipton, Staffordshire. Fall of roof while examining workings.

FORSTER John - 1890 - 26/12/1890 – Age 54 – Hewer. Prudhoe, Mickley Coal Co., Prudhoe, Northumberland. Fall of roof. 1.30 pm.

FORSTER Jopling - 1894 - 20/10/1894 – Age 42 – Hewer. Westwood, Consett Iron Co. Ltd., Medmosley, Co. Durham. While walking inbye he fell and hurt his knee, erysipelas set in and he died 7th November.

FORSTER Joseph - 1896 - 13/04/1896 – Age 40. Brancepeth A Pit, Strakers and Love, Co. Durham.

FORSTER Joseph - 1896 - 13/04/1896 – Age 40 – Shifter. Brancepeth, Strakers and Love, Co. Durham. Killed in the 1896 explosion.

FORSTER M.H. - 1895 - 11/09/1895 – Age 25 – Blacksmith. Rainton, Marquis of Londonderry, Rainton, Co. Durham. Fall of large metal beam while moving an old pumping engine for a contractor, who was not connected with the Colliery.

FORSTER Robert - 1899 - 25/05/1899 – Age 28 – Hewer. Newfield, Bolckow Vaughan and Co. Ltd., Co. Durham. He fired a shot in the bottom, which undermined some props, and on going back some stone fell from the roof and caught and killed him.

FORSYTH Andrew - 1896 - 13/06/1896 – Age 54 – Shaftsman. Haughead, Haughead Coal Co., Lanarkshire. A piece of broken plunger fell on his foot. The casing was being taken out.

FORSYTH George - 1895 - 22/11/1895 – Age 40 – Miner. Stainton (shale), Clippens Oil Co. Ltd., Edinburgh. Fall of oil shale.

FORSYTH James (non-fatal) - 1891 - 27/10/1891 – Collier. Candie, James Nimmo and Co., Lanarkshire. Fall of stone. 21 days off.

FORSYTH James (non-fatal) - 1894 - 15/05/1894 – Age 26 – Miner. Clackmannan, Clackmannan Coal Co., Clackmannan. Fall of roof.

FORSYTH John (non-fatal) - 1891 - 30/04/1891 – Age 20 – Collier. Wellsgreen, Fife Coal Co., Fife. Explosion of shot. 41 days off.

FORSYTH John (non-fatal) - 1892 - 04/11/1892 – Age 15 – Drawer. Ormiston Station, Ormiston Coal Co. Ltd., Haddington. Crushed by tub. 31 days off.

FORSYTH John - 1896 - 28/07/1896 – Age 15 - Pony driver. Maddiston Brick Works (quarry), Maddiston Brick and Quarry Co., Stirling. Explosion of steam boiler. The boiler was weakened by corrosion on the line of brick support running lengthways under boiler. 2 killed.

FOSTER C. - 1892 - 02/05/1892 – Age 45 – Collier. Thorncliffe, Newton Chambers and Co. Sheffield, Yorkshire. Fall of roof.

FOSTER C. - 1897 - 05/05/1897 – Age 44 – Collier. Snydale, H Briggs Son and Co., Yorkshire. Fall of roof.

FOSTER E. - 1894 – 24/07/1894 – Age 23 – Filler. Denaby Main, Denaby Main Coal Co., Rotherham, Yorkshire. Injured by prop, died 30th.

FOSTER Frank - 1893 – 27/07/1893 – Age 17 – Dataler. Silverdale No. 6, Butterley Co. Ltd., Newcastle, Staffordshire. Fall of coal, forming roof of horse level in 10 foot seam, while he was cleaning the gutter.

FOSTER Henry - 1892 – 27/10/1892 – Age 44 – Collier. Low Hall, Moss Hall Coal Co., Wigan, Lancashire. Inspection made and inquest attended. Deceased was holing the coal when a large stone fell from the roof, knocking out the props. The pack wall should have been nearer the face.

FOSTER Isaac - 1892 – 13/06/1892 – Age 32 – Collier. Mossfield, Moss Hawley and Brigwood Ltd., Longton, Staffordshire. Fall of roof at working face (top of jig), in Moss Seam. Died 15th June.

FOSTER J. - 1894 – 02/08/1894 – Age 30 – Collier. Featherstone Main, Featherstone Main Coal Co., Pontefract. Yorkshire. Fall of Coal.

FOSTER James - 1891 - 24/06/1891 – Age 55 - Night overman. West Cannock, West Cannock Colliery Co., Hednesford, Staffordshire. Fall of roof rock in main road.

FOSTER James - 1896 - 30/11/1896 – Age 36 – Dataller. Outwood, Thomas Fletcher and Sons, Lancashire. Fall of roof in waste, 6 yards back from face, ought to have been pulled down. Died 11th December.

FOSTER James - 1898 - 27/10/1898 – Age 30 – Loader. Sandwell Park, Sandwell Park Colliery Co. Ltd., Staffordshire. Fall of coal in thick coal, opening upon the slope of the shutt, which rolled down on him.

FOSTER L. - 1896 - 07/01/1896 – Age 24 – Collier. Ackton Hall, Ackton Hall Coal Co., Yorkshire. Fall of roof. Died 10th Apr.

FOSTER Slater - 1892 - 05/08/1892 – Age 37 – Deputy. Blaydon Burn, Joseph Cowpen and Co., Blaydon Burn, Co. Durham. Inspection made. When drawing a broken jud a heavy fall of stone came away from some slips and buried him.

FOSTER T. - 1895 - 30/12/1895 – Age 17 – Driver. Houghton Main, Houghton Main Coal Co., Yorkshire. Crushed between corf and prop.

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FOSTER Thomas (injured) - 1890 - 17/04/1890 – Age 38 – Miner. Victoria Arley, Thomas Brocklehurst, Rumworth, Lancashire. Leg broken by roof coal falling whilst he was holing.

FOSTER William (non-fatal) - 1891 - 17/04/1891 – Age 36 – Drawer. Rosie, Bowman and Co., Fife. Crushed by tub.

FOSTER William G. - 1896 - 12/12/1896 – Age 38 – Collier. Parr, Richard Evans and Co. Ltd., St Helens, Lancashire. Inspection made and inquest attended. Deceased was travelling down the endless rope brow to his work, which was rather steep, when a full tub ran down through a chain getting loose and striking the deceased before he could reach a manhole. It was suggested at the inquest that the haulage should not start until the colliers are clear the brow.

FOTHERINGHAM Thomas - 1895 - 15/01/1895 – Age 67 – Bottomer. Balquhatstone, John Nimmo and Son, Stirling. Struck by cage or material falling down shaft.

FOTHERINGHAM William (non-fatal) - 1893 - 13/12/1893 – Age 16 - Pony driver. Fairhill, Archibald Russell, Lanarkshire. Run over by hutches.

FOULKES Earnest - 1898 - 26/09/1898 – Age 29 – Collier. Pendleton, A Knowles and Sons Ltd., Lancashire. Caught by tubs, which ran away in engine brow owing to carelessness of drawer not seeing that tubs were coupled. Deceased went 60 yards up brow without a light, sat down to empty his clogs, waiting for the drawer to bring a lamp.

FOULKS Arthur - 1898 - 04/08/1898 – Age 14 - Coupling boy. Markham No. 1, Staveley Coal and Iron Co., Derbyshire. Deceased was coupling tubs, to an endless rope, and to do this he had to walk backwards until the clip was attached. He stumbled over a roller and fell under the tubs fatal injuries. He died the same day.

FOUNTAIN John - 1898 - 17/06/1898 – Age 27 – Quarryman. Sewell Chalk Quarry, BJ Forder and Son, Bedford. Fall of chalk. Deceased was working at the quarry face and after pulling a portion down a further quantity fell and killed him.

FOWER Bertram - 1891 - 02/05/1891 – Age 18 – Pumper. Snyed, Snyed Colliery and Brickworks Co. Ltd., Burslem, Staffordshire. Crushed against roof while riding up engine dip, contrary to rules.

FOWKE James - 1898 - 06/06/1898 – Age 56 – Banksman. Griff No. 4, Griff Colliery Co., Warwick. Whilst unloading the lower deck of a cage a water tub on the upper deck came out and fell upon the deceased. The catch, which should have held the water tub in the cage, was defective owing to some bolts coming loose.

FOWLER David - 1893 - 22/11/1893 – Age 15 - Stone picker. Dalbeith, Fife Coal Co. Ltd., Fife. Tub fell from hoist. Not employed at the time.

FOWLER George - 1895 - 05/06/1895 – Age 31 – Repairer. Cwrt-y-Bettws, Hedley Collieries Co. Ltd., Glamorgan. Fatally injured by falling down upcast shaft on to the cage, which was being raised at time.

FOWLER James (non-fatal) - 1890 - 04/12/1890 – Age 32 – Miner. Loanhead, Shotts Iron Co. Ltd., Edinburgh. Explosion of shot. Not yet returned.

FOWLER John - 1891 - 31/07/1891 – Age 39 – Hewer. Auckland Park, Bolckow Vaughan and Co. Ltd., Auckland, Co. Durham. Fall of stone from slip in roof in a broken jud. 3.0 pm.

FOWLER John - 1895 - 06/04/1895 – Age 21 – Drawer. Seafield (shale), Pumpherston Oil Co. Ltd., Linlithgow. Ignition of firedamp by naked light.

FOWLER Robert (non-fatal) - 1893 - 20/06/1893 – Age 58 – Pitwright. Lochgelly, Lochgelly Iron and Coal Co. Ltd., Fife. Fell down shaft. 82 days off.

FOWLER Thomas. (non-fatal) - 1890 - 19/09/1890 – Age 21 – Miner. Cowdenbeath, Cowdenbeath Coal Co. Fife. Fall of coal and stone. Not yet returned.

FOX Aaron Arthur - 1894 - 26/11/1894 – Age 16 - Horse driver. Markham No. 1, Staveley Coal and Iron Co., Chesterfield, Derbyshire. Died from exhaustion, consequent upon blood poisoning from acute inflammation of the left thigh bone. It was stated but not proved, that deceased met with an accident on 23rd October.

FOX Augustus - 1893 - 28/11/1893 – Age 38 – Collier. Leycett Fair, Lady Madeley Coal and Iron Co. Ltd., Newcastle, Staffordshire. Fall of coal from roof at working face in rearers. 7 foot Banbury Seam.

FOX George - 1894 - 11/01/1894 – Banksman. Birchwood, Babbington Coal Co., Alfreton, Derbyshire. Died of heart disease while going to his work. No inquest was held.