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GORDON Thomas (non-fatal) - 1894 - 16/02/1894 – Age 20 – Miner. Climpy, Climpy Coal Co., Lanarkshire. Fall of coal at face 90 days off.

GORDON William (non-fatal) - 1892 - 17/10/1892 – Age 37 – Collier. Tillicoultry, Alloa Coal Co., Clackmannan. Fall of roof. Still off.

GORDON William - 1894 - 08/10/1894 – Age 55 - Pony driver. Corby Craigs No. 4, Dalmellington Iron Co., Dalmellington, Ayrshire. Crushed between front hutch of race and roadside.

GORE George - 1897 - 29/12/1897 – Age 53 - Furnace filler. Kettering Farm Ironstone (quarry), Kettering Iron and Coal Co., Northampton. An empty iron barrow was blown by a high wind, from the descending cage of a skeleton hoist at the furnace. The barrow fell a distance of 44 feet to the ground and struck the deceased. He died the same day.

GORE Margaret - 1891 - 04/05/1891 – Age 14 - Coal cleaner. Blainscough Hall Siding, Blainscough Hall Colliery Co., Coppull, Lancashire. Fatally injured. Arm ran over by a railway waggon that was moved when she was getting down. Inspection and inquiry. Died 8th at Wigan Infirmary. Arm amputated 7th. Attention at the inquest was called to time being scarcely allowed for her to get clear and to the danger of delay in amputating in such cases. Inquest attended. Female.

GORE Thomas - 1895 - 19/10/1895 – Age 20 - Loco. Cleaner. North Blaina, J and W Stone, Blaina, Monmouth. While engaged shunting on branch railway for some unknown reason he got between the buffers of two wagons and in doing so received injuries which resulted fatally. In consequence of the absence of the regular shunter he was working overtime.

GORIE James - 1899 - 27/01/1899 – Age 71 – Signalman. Balognie, CB Balfour, Fife. Deceased was employed as a signal man, a private railway, at a point where after a sharp curve on a falling gradient it passed under an over bridge on the further side of which there was a public footpath. After signalling that the road was clear an order to prevent anyone approaching by the public footpath he crossed the railway in front of some trucks which were being pushed round the curve and was run down by them and killed instantly.

GORMAN Charles - 1899 - 16/05/1899 – Age 52 – Miner. Cadzow, Cadzow Coal Co. Ltd., Lanarkshire. Deceased was engaged withdrawing the props from under the head coal, it suddenly fell on him.

GORMAN Thomas - 1898 - 23/05/1898 – Age 47 – Hewer. East Hetton, Walter Scott Ltd., Co. Durham. When bringing a pillar back they had got 15 yards of goaf on and a very large stone fell and canted four rows of props out and killed these three men instantly.

GORMAN William - 1897 - 30/04/1897 – Age 19 – Drawer. Bathville, James Wood Ltd., Lanarkshire. Deceased was running inbye, along his drawing road, after taking breakfast and is supposed to have fallen. Death was supposed to have resulted from syncope produced by shock.

GORMLEY John - 1891 - 20/01/1891 – Age 27 – Hewer. Wearmouth, Wearmouth Coal Co., Wearmouth, Co. Durham. Inspection made and inquest attended. Deceased was found on the engine plane under a small fall of stone. Several men had passed the place and had not noticed anything particularly wrong. 10.0 am.

GORMON William - 1899 - 19/01/1899 – Age 22 - Pony driver. Eglinton No. 1, William Baird and Co. Ltd., Ayrshire. Found dead under the front hutch of a race of ten full hutches which he was taking out of a level.

GORNAL or GORMAL Richard - 1891 - 05/12/1891 – Age 41 - Iron ore dresser. Crossgates (metalliferous), Askham and Millom Iron Co., Crossgates, Lancashire. The deceased and his mate, in going into their working place, found several sets of timbers out and a large quantity of ore down. Before making the place secure they sent the ore out and left the place. Deceased afterwards returned for an axe when a large fall occurred, burying him. Inspection made and inquest attended. 11.0 am.

GORTON Ralph - 1894 - 22/03/1894 – Age 24 – Drawer. Agecroft, A Knowles and Sons Ltd., Pendleton, Lancashire. Struck by chain end of rope, a full tub attached to other end of rope and on a windlass the full tub overpowered deceased and ran down the brow, 51 yards, drawing up the other end of rope which was free, at great speed. Died from fractured skull on 25th.

GORTON Richard - 1899 - 26/01/1899 – Age 65 – Wasteman. Murton, South Hetton Coal Co. Ltd., Co. Durham. While travelling on the engine plane, to his work, he fell down and died from heart disease.

GOUDIE John (non-fatal) - 1894 - 03/04/1894 – Age 20 – Drawer. Mosside & Riddockhill, Gavin Paul and Sons, Linlithgow. Breaking of false link in chain.

GOUGH Richard - 1890 - 06/02/1890 – Age 60 – Collier. Llanerch, Partridge Jones and Co. Ltd., Pontypool, Monmouth. Explosion of firedamp at naked lights in the No. 4 heading, off Cooke's slope, about 8.30 a.m. after the men had been at work in their places two to two and a half hours. 176 killed.

GOULAY Robert - 1898 - 05/02/1898 – Age 47 – Engineman. Neilston, James Wood Ltd., Stirling. He fell off a scaffold, apparently while tightening up a steam joint.

GOULD John - 1894 - 23/06/1894 – Age 24 – Labourer. Albion, Albion Steam Coal Co. Ltd., Pontypridd, Glamorgan. By an explosion. 290 killed.

GOULD Sydney (non-fatal) - 1894 - 14/02/1894 – Age 20 – Miner. East Blue Hills (metalliferous), East Blue Hills Mine Adventurers, St. Agnes, Cornwall. Stones blown into his place from a shot drilled at the other side of a piece of ground. There was carelessness connected with the accident.

GOULD William - 1894 - 23/06/1894 – Age 37 - Asst. timberman. Tymawr,  Great Western Colliery Co. Ltd., Pontypridd, Glamorgan. Fall of roof near face of stall while clearing a fall. A pair of old timbers, at edge of fall, was accidentally knocked out by deceased throwing some timber towards the face and a large stone resting on the collar fell on him. Five feet seam.

GOULDIE John (non-fatal) - 1890 - 23/01/1890 – Boilerman. Lightshaw No. 1, Eglinton Iron Co., Muirkirk, Ayrshire. Jammed between winding drum and engine seat.

GOULDING James - 1897 - 29/07/1897 – Age 34 – Hewer. Leasingthorne, Bolckow Vaughan and Co. Ltd., Co. Durham. While kirving in a band, 27 inches thick in the seam, he pricked a slip and the stone fell and killed him. He had been warned by the hewer next to him that the stone was dangerous.

GOULDING M. - 1890 - 25/11/1890 – Age 67 – Collier. Low Hall, Moss Hall Coal Co. Ltd., Wigan, Lancashire. Inspection made and inquest attended. A fall of a pot hole, which capped a prop the man had just set under it.

GOULDSBRO George - 1890 - 16/12/1890 – Age 22 – Shifter. North Biddick, Sir G Elliot MP, North Biddick, Co. Durham. Suffocated by gasses from old workings. 3 killed.

GOURD John (injured) - 1890 - 05/02/1890 – Age 50 – Miner. Phoenix United (metalliferous), Phoenix United Mining Co., Liskeard, Cornwall. A small quantity of decomposed granite fell from the back of the 40 fathom level whilst Gourd and his comrades were engaged in timbering the place and struck the former on the area just above the elbow causing a fracture.

GOURDIE Alexander (non-fatal) - 1891 - 07/09/1891 – Age 37 – Sinker. Wellwood, Thomas Spowart and Co. Ltd., Fife. Explosion of shot. 2 injured. 38 days off.

GOURLAY Alexander - 1893 - 12/03/1893 – Engineman. Croby Craigs No. 4, Dalmellington Iron Co., Dalmellington, Ayrshire. Struck by tumbling crank of pumping engine.

GOURLAY Robert (non-fatal) - 1892 – 05/12/1892 – Age 35 – Collier. Wemyss REG, Wemyss, Fife. Fall of coal, 2 injured. Still off.

GOURLEY J. - 1890 – 08/10/1890 – Age 36 – Collier. Nostell, Lord St Oswald, Wakefield, Yorkshire. Fall of stone.

GOVAN George (non-fatal) - 1890 – 01/05/1890 – Fireman. Glenclelland No. 2, Kerr and Mitchell, Motherwell, Lanarkshire. Fall of coal on road.

GOWANS James - 1890 – 06/08/1890 – Age 46 – Sinker. Eddlewood, John Watson Ltd., Lanarkshire. Fell from kettle. 11.50 pm.

GOWANS William (non-fatal) - 1890 – 10/06/1890 – Age 38 – Miner. Holmes, Holmes Oil Co. Ltd., Linlithgow. Explosion of firedamp. 7 injured 79 days off.

GOWLAND John - 1891 – 10/02/1891 – Age 56 – Master stoneman. Beamish Second, James Joicey and Co. Ltd., Beamish, Co. Durham. Inspection made and inquest attended. Both men went into some old workings to seek some rails, Gowland carrying a safety lamp and Dick a candle. When near the place they wanted to be and Gowland went in first to see if there was any gas but Dick following in too soon ignited some gas which was lying in the roof at his candle. 2 killed. 6.15 am.

GOYNES John - 1894 – 30/11/1894 – Age 26 – Deputy. Wingate Grange, Owners of Wingate Grange Colliery, Wingate, Co. Durham. Fall of stone while drawing timber out of a broken jud.

GRACIE James (non-fatal) - 1891 – 28/12/1891 – Age 32 – Roadsman. Calderhead, Shotts Iron Co., Lanarkshire. Fall of stone. 40 days off.

GRACIE Thomas - 1897 – 26/04/1897 – Age 22 – Miner. Lanemark No. 1, Afton Lanemark Coal Co. Ltd., Ayrshire. Fall of roof at stoops.

GRAHAM Alexander - 1894 - 18/06/1894 – Age 46 – Miner. Auchlochan, WCS Cunninghame, Lanarkshire. Fall of stone.

GRAHAM Arthur - 1893 - 16/01/1893 – Age 13 - Screen boy. Broompark North, Brancepeth Coal Co. Ltd., Co. Durham. He climbed over a rail fence, on pit heap, and fell on to truck way. Died a few hours after.

GRAHAM Charles (non-fatal) - 1894 - 05/11/1894 – Age 26 – Brusher. Brownlee, Archibald Russell, Lanarkshire. Arm crushed by stone against prop. Not yet returned.

GRAHAM David - 1894 - 08/05/1894 – Age 38 – Sinker. Kelty, Fife Coal Co. Ltd., Fife. Knocked off kettle while ascending shaft. 3 killed.

GRAHAM Douglas - 1892 - 12/05/1892 – Age 15 - Pony driver. Fauldhouse, William Dixon Ltd., Linlithgow. Run over by waggons after work.

GRAHAM George - 1893 - 28/06/1893 – Age 27 – Hewer. Allerdale, William Allerdale Coal Co. Ltd., Allerdale, Cumberland. Inspection made and inquest attended. After firing a shot, in the roof, the deceased began dressing the loose stone when a large stone fell on to him. An examination showed that the stone had fallen from between slips which were not noticed until after the fall.

GRAHAM George - 1899 - 30/12/1899 – Age 30 – Hewer. North Walbottle, North Walbottle Coal Co. Ltd., Northumberland. Inspection made and inquest attended. He was hewing in a newly opened longwall face when the first setting of the roof took place causing a sudden fall which canted out six or seven props. The place was well timbered.

GRAHAM Henry - 1890 - 11/03/1890 – Age 31 – Hewer. South Benwell, William Cochrane Carr, South Benwell, Northumberland. Killed by blown out shot. 10.0 am.

GRAHAM Henry - 1891 - 24/03/1891 – Age 28 – Hewer. Dearham, Owners of Dearham Colliery, Dearham, Cumberland. Inspection made and inquest attended. Deceased was working in a part of the pit where safety lamps were used and he seems to have contrived to open his lamp and use candles which he had concealed about him and at which the gas ignited. 2.0 pm.

GRAHAM J. - 1892 - 08/06/1892 – Age 18 – Filler. Greetwell (ironstone), Mid Lincoln Iron Co., Lincoln. Fall of ironstone.

GRAHAM James (non-fatal) - 1892 - 25/03/1892 – Trimmer. Parkhead, Glasgow Iron and Steel Co., Motherwell, Lanarkshire. Fall of coal.

GRAHAM James - 1897 - 22/01/1897 – Age 34 – Fireman. Little Raith, Lochgelly Iron and Coal Co. Ltd., Fife. The winding rope broke while deceased were descending the shaft. The rope was made of steel wires and 1.5 inch diameter and had been in use since August 1894. The shaft is 100 fathoms deep and the rope broke 20 fathoms from the cage. The shaft was warm, from the presence of steam pipes. Tests made after the accident gave a breaking strain of 21 tons but torsional tests showed that the quality of wire had much deteriorated. 2 killed.

GRAHAM John (non-fatal) - 1892 - 25/10/1892 – Undermanager. Eddlewood, John Watson Ltd., Lanarkshire. Explosion of gas. 3 injured.

GRAHAM John (non-fatal) - 1892 - 26/07/1892 – Age 44 – Oversman. Eddlewood, John Watson Ltd., Lanarkshire. Scalded by steam. 2 injured 8 days off.

GRAHAM John (non-fatal) - 1893 - 25/04/1893 – Age 45 – Reddsman. Little Raith, Lochgelly Iron and Coal Co. Ltd., Fife. Run down by haulage set. 21 days off.

GRAHAM John - 1893 - 10/10/1893 – Age 33 – Miner. Tannochside No. 1, Calderbank Steel and Coal Co., Uddingston, Lanarkshire. Fall of roof at working face.

GRAHAM John - 1894 - 28/11/1894 – Age 13 - Screen lad. Croft, Whitehaven Colliery Co., Whitehaven, Cumberland. Inspection made and inquest attended. It is supposed that the deceased was crossing over the railway and got crushed between the trucks. No one appears to have seen the accident.

GRAHAM John - 1895 - 13/04/1895 – Age 55 – Repairer. Lanemark, Afton Lanemark Coal Co., Ayrshire. Fall of roof on road while repairing.

GRAHAM John - 1897 - 10/12/1897 – Age 39 – Fireman. Hartwoodhill, Shotts Iron Co. Ltd., Lanarkshire. Deceased entered a longwall place for the purpose of making his second inspection for the day. He crawled under the brushing and had just reached the face when a large stone suddenly fell upon him, killing him instantly.

GRAHAM Joseph - 1898 - 14/11/1898 – Age 58 – Shifter. Medmosley, Consett Iron Co. Ltd., Co. Durham. While at work, in the pit, he was seized with an apoplectic fit and died the following morning.

GRAHAM Peter Robert - 1898 - 02/08/1898 – Age 14 – Coupler. Brayton Domain No. 3, Joseph Harris, Cumberland. Inspection made and inquest attended. His duty was to make up the set of empty tubs, at the shaft bottom, prior to its being driven away and after he had, on this occasion, coupled the last two together and given the driver the usual signal he attempted to pass between the last two tubs for some purpose or other, and slipping he was crashed against a wooden upright. There was no necessity for him to cross between the tubs.

GRAHAM Robert (non-fatal) - 1890 - 20/05/1890 - Lamp carrier. Bothwell Park No. 2, William Baird and Co., Bothwell, Lanarkshire. He fell and got his leg broken by a race of hutches on a horse road.

GRAHAM Thomas - 1890 - 24/05/1890 – Age 21 – Banksman. No. 6 (metalliferous), Cleator Iron Ore Co., Cleator, Cumberland. Crushed by the flywheel of the winding engine. While assisting the engineman to get this engine off the centre the wheel suddenly revolved and carried him into the wheel pit killing him.

GRAHAM William (non-fatal) - 1892 - 19/02/1892 – Age 13 - Coal picker. Auchlochan, WCS Cunningham, Lanarkshire. Arm crushed on picking table. 97 days off.

GRAHAM William (non-fatal) - 1892 - 26/05/1892 – Age 22 – Brusher. Longriggend, James Nimmo and Co., Lanarkshire. Fall of roof. Still off.

GRAHAM William - 1890 - 08/08/1890 – Age 16 - Office boy. Eddlewood, Lanarkshire. Crushed between waggons on private branch railway. 12.30 pm.

GRAHAM William - 1894 - 23/10/1894 – Age 32 – Carpenter. Buckhill, Allerdale Coal Co. Ltd., Cumberland, Inspection made and inquest attended. Whilst engaged in the shaft the winding rope broke and he fell to the bottom.

GRAHAM William - 1897 - 10/07/1897 – Age 27 – Brusher. Allhallows, Allerdale Coal Co., Cumberland. Inspection made and inquest attended. Fall of stone. Two other men were with the deceased at the time. It appears a shot had been fired and they were breaking up the stone, for packing, when a large stone fell. The roof had been carefully examined by the men and a deputy after the shot and no danger was apprehended. It was not a place where props were considered necessary but there were plenty at hand if required. The stone, which would weigh nearly one ton and a half came away from an ordinary longwall break thick at one end and tapering to nothing.

GRAHAM William - 1897 - 23/12/1897 – Age 54 – Hewer. West Thornley, Weardale Iron and Coal Co. Ltd., Co. Durham. Head severely cut, collar bone broken from the roof of his working place and spine injured by a fall of stone. Died on the 25th.

GRAINGER Alfred - 1897 - 11/03/1897 – Age 40 – Sinker. Himley, Earl of Dudley, Staffordshire. Injured by a shot exploding when being rammed in the bottom of a sinking pit. Died 12th Mar.

GRAINGER Benjamin William - 1898 - 22/07/1898 – Age 51 – Holer. Clifton, Clifton Colliery Co., Nottinghamshire. He died suddenly from natural causes while at work in the mine.

GRAINGER D. - 1893 - 04/10/1893 – Pikeman. Coneygre, Earl of Dudley, Dudley, Staffordshire. Premature explosion of powder. Died 7th Oct.

GRAINGER Frank - 1893 - 11/04/1893 – Age 28 – Inclineman. Great Western, Great Western Colliery Co. Ltd., Pontypridd, Glamorgan. By an underground fire. 63 killed.

GRAINGER R. - 1896 - 18/09/1896 – Age 44 – Collier. West Riding, Pope and Pearson, Yorkshire. Was taking off a piece of coal, with a crowbar. He slipped and knocked a bar out and the coal fell on him. Died next day.

GRAINGER Robert - 1898 - 09/12/1898 – Age 16 - Mainroad boy. Cinderhill, Babbington Coal Co., Nottinghamshire. He was found dead on an engine plane but there was no evidence to show how he came by his death. He was probably run over by a train of full tubs.

GRANACHAN John (non-fatal) - 1892 - 25/08/1892 – Age 14 - Pony driver. Eddlewood, John Watson Ltd., Lanarkshire. Jammed by tubs. 14 days off.

GRANGE John - 1890 - 20/01/1890 – Age 29 – Miner. Lumpsey (ironstone), Bell Bros. Ltd., Brotton, Yorkshire. Fall of side stone which had been shaken by previous shot and was not observed.

GRANGER Joseph - 1891 - 10/03/1891 – Age 31 – Contractor. Oldfield, Lane End Works Ltd., Longton, Staffordshire. Tubs got off rails in jig dip, while they were being replaced a draw-bar broke and deceased was severely crushed. Died 15th March.

GRANT Brewin - 1896 - 09/11/1896 – Age 22 - Loader. Plumbley, J and G Wells Ltd., Derbyshire. Fall of roof. Deceased was loading coal when a piece of roof, from a pot hole, fell from the timber supports and fatally injured him. Died 11th November.

GRANT Fergus (non-fatal) - 1890 - 21/04/1890 – Miner. Gilmilnscroft No. 3, Gilmours Wood and Anderson, Auchinleck, Lanarkshire. Explosion of powder by a spark from a lamp while breaking a cartridge. 2 injured.

GRANT Issac - 1897 - 20/01/1897 – Age 64 – Oiler. Nixon’s Navigation, Nixon’s Navigation Collieries (1889) Ltd., Glamorgan. Knocked down by runaway trams on rubbish tip incline.

GRANT James (non-fatal) - 1891 - 17/02/1891 – Age 28 – Collier. Mosside, Gavin Paul and Sons, Linlithgow. Jumped off cage. 14 days off.

GRANT James (non-fatal) - 1892 - 30/08/1892 – Age 19 – Collier. Bog Hamilton, McCulloch and Co., Lanarkshire. Overcome by foul air. 2 days off.

GRANT John (non-fatal) - 1890 - 10/07/1890 – Age 14 – Trapper. Pentland, Clippens Oil Co. Ltd., Edinburgh. Foot jammed by trap door. Left work.

GRANT John - 1892 - 01/04/1892 – Age 14 - Pony driver. Garturk Bank No. 1, William Dixon Ltd., Coatbridge, Lanarkshire. Kicked by a pony.

GRANT John - 1895 - 18/03/1895 – Age 22 – Miner. Gilmilnscroft No. 3, Gauchland Coal Co., Ayrshire. Fall of coal while stooping.

GRANT John - 1898 - 12/02/1898 – Age 45 – Miner. Tannochside No. 1, Calderbank Steel and Coal Co. Ltd., Lanarkshire. Fall of roof on horse road while enlarging it.

GRANT Michael (non-fatal) - 1893 - 10/10/1893 – Age 30 – Miner. Newliston, Youngs Paraffin Light & Mineral Oil Co. Ltd., Linlithgow. Brushed by hutches. 17 days off.

GRANT Peter (non-fatal) - 1890 - 27/06/1890 – Miner. Springside No. 11, A Kenneth and Sons, Dreghorn, Ayrshire. Explosion of firedamp.

GRANT Thomas (non-fatal) - 1891 - 09/09/1891 – Age 36 – Oversman. Deans, West Lothian Oil Co. Ltd., Linlithgow. Injured by pump. Still off.

GRANT William (non-fatal) - 1890 - 21/04/1890 – Miner. Gilmilnscroft No. 3, Gilmours Wood and Anderson, Auchinleck, Lanarkshire. Explosion of powder by a spark from a lamp while breaking a cartridge. 2 injured.

GRANT William (non-fatal) - 1894 - 04/04/1894 – Age 24 – Miner. Shieldhill, Carron Co., Stirling. Fall of coal. 179 days off.

GRANT William - 1895 - 26/12/1895 – Age 21 – Hewer. Holmside, Hedley Bros., Co. Durham. Working in broken jud, he met a slip in the roof, which caused a heavy fall canting out several props.

GRANT William - 1897 - 26/03/1897 – Age 22 – Haulageman. Devon, Alloa Coal Co., Clackmannan. Rupture of door or valve in a dam. 6 killed.

GRANVILLE John - 1892 - 26/08/1892 – Age 32 – Collier. Park Slip, North’s Navigation Collieries (1889) Ltd., Tondu, Glamorgan. Explosion of firedamp. 112 killed.

GRAPPER Benjamin - 1897 - 21/08/1897 – Age 76 – Labourer. Timber Hill Gravel (quarry), Lyme Regis Urban District Council, Dorset. Fall of overhanging ground in a gravel pit. He was excavating gravel improperly and dangerously, with the result which must be expected sooner or later under such circumstances. He worked for a contractor under the Lyme Regis Urban District Council.

GRATTAN Joseph - 1890 - 17/05/1890 – Age 14 - Horse driver. Shelton Deep, Shelton Iron and Steel Co. Ltd., Hanley, Staffordshire. Run over by tubs drawn by a horse, no one saw how it occurred.

GRAVELL W.J. - 1897 - 02/08/1897 – Age 15 - Rope sheave, Glyncorrwg, Glyncorrwg Coal Co., Glamorgan. Found dead on drum of small hauling engine, with rope coiled round his body. He had been working the engine in the absence of the engine man.

GRAVELL William - 1897 - 14/04/1897 – Age 15 - Collier’s boy. Caepompren, H and HE Smart, Carmarthen. Fall of roof at face, a large fall over a cog and two pairs of double timbers. Brasslyd seam.

GRAVES Charles Frederick - 1893 - 21/10/1893 – Age 24 – Shunter. Pleasley, Stanton Iron Co., Mansfield, Nottinghamshire. He went between two railway waggons to uncouple them, instead of using the shunting pole, when the engine driver moved the waggons before deceased was clear of the rails. Deceased had a foot fast in the points or would probably have been out from between the waggons. He died the same day.

GRAY Alexander - 1896 - 03/02/1896 – Age 19 - Pump attdnt. Kenmuirhill No. 2, Dunn Bros., Lanarkshire. Fall of steam pump and pipes, hung in the shaft, owing to the chain giving way. 2 killed.

GRAY Andrew (non-fatal) - 1890 - 16/06/1890 – Age 53 – Platelayer. Motherwell, John Watson Ltd., Lanarkshire. Struck by snibble. 61 days off.

GRAY Archibald (non-fatal) - 1894 - 26/01/1894 – Age 21 – Trimmer. Broadrigg, John Nimmo and Son, Stirling. Fell from mid working. 45 days off.

GRAY Henry - 1894 - 13/02/1894 – Age 29 – Hewer. Brancepeth, Strakers and Love, Willington, Co. Durham. Fall of stone, in a lift from a slip, the fracture was caused by the working of a previous lift and the fall was quite unexpected.

GRAY James (non-fatal) - 1891 - 24/03/1891 – Age 15 – Drawer. Lochgelly, Lochgelly Iron and Coal Co. Ltd., Fife. Crushed by tub. 90 days off.

GRAY James (non-fatal) - 1893 - 11/02/1893 – Age 77 – Roadsman. Coltness, Coltness Iron Co. Ltd., Lanarkshire. Struck by hutch. 106 days off.

GRAY James - 1891 - 21/02/1891 – Age 58 – Collier. Greenfield, Archibald Russell, Lanarkshire. Fall of head coal.

GRAY John - 1894 - 12/01/1894 – Age 55 – Miner. Whitehill Greenfield, Archibald Russell, Lanarkshire. Sudden death. Not comprised in the Act.

GRAY John Martin - 1899 - 31/08/1899 – Age 38 – Fireman. Peathill, Granite Quarry, William Davidson, Aberdeen. Fall of about one ton of granite from a face which had stood for 15 years. Deceased and others had fired a shot near it.

GRAY John William - 1894 - 26/12/1894 – Age 20 – Putter. Hebburn, A Wallsend and Hebburn Coal Co. Ltd., Co. Durham. Enquiries made. Whilst getting on to the pony limmers he slipped and his head was crushed between a tub and a prop. He died on the 1st Jan. 1895.

GRAY Martin (non-fatal) - 1894 - 15/10/1894 – Age 35 – Brusher. Sheardale, Robert McAllister and Sons, Clackmannan. Fall of roof.

GRAY Peter - 1894 - 27/01/1894 – Age 23 – Miner. Eston (metalliferous), Bolckow Vaughan and Co. Ltd., Middlesbrough, Yorkshire. While barring stone down, after a shot, a large piece fell and killed him.

GRAY Philip - 1898 - 01/02/1898 – Age 26 - Horse driver. Seaton Delaval, Forster Seaton Delaval Coal Co. Ltd., Seaton Delaval, Northumberland. Inspection made and inquest attended. The deceased, when driving a horse attached to a truck of timber went the wrong side and was crushed quay-wall.

GRAY Robert (non-fatal) - 1890 - 02/07/1890 – Bottomer. Douglas No. 3, Merry and Cunninghame, Paisley, Lanarkshire. Struck on the head by something falling down the shaft.

GRAY Robert (non-fatal) - 1893 - 10/04/1893 – Age 52 – Miner. Lochgelly, Lochgelly Iron and Coal Co. Ltd., Fife. Fall at face. 57 days off.

GRAY Thomas - 1895 - 07/01/1895 – Age 57 – Shifter. Shire Moor, Shire Moor Coal Co. Ltd., Northumberland. Inquest attended. He was proceeding to his work underground when it appears he hit his head against a baulk which stunned him. He however went inbye and worked out the shift but he was unable to go to the pit afterwards and died on the 19th July.

GRAY William - 1896 - 17/11/1896 – Age 16 – Helper up. Esh, Pease and Partners Ltd., Co. Durham. He was attempting to push an empty tub up a gradient, that was too heavy for him, the tub ran back and his head was crushed against a prop. Died the following day.

GRAYSON J. - 1897 - 03/03/1897 – Age 59 – Banksman. Tinsley, Tinsley Coal Co., Yorkshire. He was jinneying a full tub, from the pit hill level, to the flat sheets below and forgot to put the chain round the pulley wheel. He was caught and fell with his head on the flat sheets.

GREARY N. - 1893 - 18/01/1893 – Age 29 – Pikeman. Nagers Field, G King Harrison, Brettell Lane, Staffordshire. Fall of roof (broad earth) in fireclay pit. Died 19th Jan.

GREASLEY C. - 1890 - 28/06/1890 – Age 47 – Collier. Mitchell Main, Mitchell Main Coal Co., Barnsley, Yorkshire. Fall of roof.

GREASLEY George (survivor) - 1898 - 19/04/1898 – Age 21 – Stallman. Whitwick No. 5, Whitwick Colliery Co., Leicester. A fire broke out, on the main airway of the mine, and developed rapidly so that only six men, including the deputy, out of a total of 41, who were at work beyond the fire, were able to escape. The bodies of the first nine mentioned in the list were shortly afterwards got out but 25 bodies had not been recovered by the end of the year. 35 killed.

GREASLEY James - 1890 - 06/02/1890 – Age 23 – Collier. Llanerch, Partridge Jones and Co. Ltd., Pontypool, Monmouth. Explosion of firedamp at naked lights in the No. 4 heading, off Cooke's slope, about 8.30 a.m. after the men had been at work in their places two to two and a half hours. 176 killed.

GREASLEY Samuel - 1890 - 06/02/1890 – Age 37 – Collier. Llanerch, Partridge Jones and Co. Ltd., Pontypool, Monmouth. Explosion of firedamp at naked lights in the No. 4 heading, off Cooke's slope, about 8.30 a.m. after the men had been at work in their places two to two and a half hours. 176 killed.

GREASLEY Thomas - 1890 - 06/02/1890 – Age 19 – Collier. Llanerch, Partridge Jones and Co. Ltd., Pontypool, Monmouth. Explosion of firedamp at naked lights in the No. 4 heading, off Cooke's slope, about 8.30 a.m. after the men had been at work in their places two to two and a half hours. 176 killed.

GREASLEY Thomas - 1896 - 03/11/1896 – Age 46 – Collier. Manor, Clifton and Kerlsey Coal Co. Ltd., Lancashire. Fall of roof coal in working place for want of support.

GREASLEY Thomas - 1898 - 19/04/1898 – Age 29 – Stallman. Whitwick No. 5, Whitwick Colliery Co., Leicester. A fire broke out, on the main airway of the mine, and developed so rapidly that only six men, including the deputy, out of a total of 41 who were at work beyond the fire were able to escape. The bodies of the first nine mentioned in the list were shortly afterwards got out but 25 bodies had not been recovered by the end of the year. 35 killed.

GREASLEY William - 1898 - 19/04/1898 – Age 60 – Stallman. Whitwick No. 5, Whitwick Colliery Co., Leicester. A fire broke out, on the main airway of the mine, and developed so rapidly that only six men, including the deputy, out of a total of 41 who were at work beyond the fire were able to escape. The bodies of the first nine mentioned in the list were shortly afterwards got out but 25 bodies had not been recovered by the end of the year. 35 killed.

GREATRICK G. - 1895 - 20/11/1895 – Age 16 – Screener. Darfield Main, Mitchell Main Coal Co., Yorkshire. Crushed between waggons.

GREAVES John - 1899 - 06/06/1899 – Age 66 – Bandsman. Bankhouse, Oldham Middleton & Rochdale Coal Co. Ltd., Lancashire. Fell with tub off pit brow, a distance of 7 foot, whilst tipping a tub.

GREAVES Joseph - 1897 - 16/06/1897 – Age 60 – Dataller. Drift, Thorncliffe Newton Chambers and Co., Yorkshire. Fall of roof.

GREEN Charles - 1892 - 09/03/1892 – Age 47 – Deputy. Trimdon Grange, Walter Scott Ltd., Trimdon Grange, Co. Durham. While engaged, with another man, drawing chocks out of a jud a large stone fell from a slip in the roof.

GREEN Daniel - 1890 - 24/07/1890 – Age 48 – Collier. Parr No. 1, Richard Evans and Co. Ltd., St. Helens, Lancashire. At the inquest he lived in Hardshaw Street, it was heard that he was working and had died from injuries received the Friday before. He was attended by the assistant to Doctor Heywood who stated that death was due to consumption accelerated by inflammation of the leg caused by the accident. Charlotte Williams, sister of the deceased, said he was taken to hospital on 11th. May as he had a piece of stone between his knee and his trousers and the wound had gathered. The Doctor thought that this condition had accelerated his death. It was stated that the man was a member of the Miners’ Association. The corner said that it was s an unsatisfactory case and the cause of death could not be stated exactly. The jury returned a verdict of Accidental Death.

GREEN Fairley - 1894 - 07/05/1894 – Age 30 – Pikeman. Nagersfield, G King Harrison, Brierley Hill, Staffordshire. Fall of overhanging face in fireclay seam.

GREEN George - 1893 - 29/06/1893 – Age 17 - Horse driver. Denby, W Drury-Lowe, Derby, Derbyshire. Crushed against a door, by the horse he was driving, as he was unable to open it for the horse to pass through.

GREEN George - 1894 - 12/04/1894 – Age 58 – Stoneman. Cowpen, Mill Cowpen Coal Co. Ltd., Cowpen, Northumberland. Inquest attended. The chargeman had examined and then sent the deceased in, to make the place safer, by setting props and when doing so a stone fell and killed him.

GREEN H. - 1894 - 19/12/1894 – Age 29 – Collier. Carlton Main, Yorkshire and Derbyshire Coal Co., Barnsley, Yorkshire. Fall of coal.

GREEN J.H. - 1898 - 11/01/1898 – Age 58 – Labourer. Rockingham, Newton Chambers and Co., Yorkshire. Was greasing pullies, on a tram road, when some full tubs crushed him against a side wall. Died 12th Jan.

GREEN James - 1891 - 13/03/1891 – Age 28 – Collier. North Griffin, John Lancaster and Co. Ltd., Blaina, Monmouth. He had shortly before fired a shot in the coal and was engaged getting down some top coal when the roof gave way and fell upon him.

GREEN James - 1893 - 02/08/1893 – Age 56 – Deputy. Grinkle (metalliferous), Palmer and Co. Ltd., Mulgrave, Yorkshire. While barring down some loose top stone the bar slipped and he felt the stone falling, which caught him and fractured his skull.

GREEN James - 1895 - 11/07/1895 – Age 49 – Stoneman. Eppleton, Hetton Coal Co. Ltd., Eppleton, Co. Durham. While moving his tub his head caught a plank which knocked him down and a fall of stone took place striking his head.

GREEN James - 1896 - 12/08/1896 – Age 21 – Drawer. Croftside, Darcy Lever Coal Co., Lancashire. Ran into by another drawer, recklessly following close behind.

GREEN James - 1897 - 13/05/1897 – Age 40 – Collier. Birley, East Sheffield Coal Co., South Yorkshire. He died from angina pectoris but an inquest was held and the jury returned a verdict that his death was accelerated by inflammation of the second toe of his left foot supervening upon his having accidentally injured that toe some time previously in the mine. No details of the accident could be ascertained. He was supposed to have been injured on either 14th April or 13th May. He died on 27th August.

GREEN John - 1897 - 14/05/1897 – Age 28 – Pikeman. Himley, Earl of Dudley, Staffordshire. Fall of Coal. Cause, an unnoticed slip. Died 16th May.

GREEN Joseph (injured) - 1891 - 13/05/1891. Britannia No. 2, Brooks and Brooks, Bacup, Lancashire. Injured on the forehead by a crane handle that slipped from his hand. Inspection and inquiry.

GREEN Joseph - 1896 - 13/04/1896 – Age 31 – Miner. Netherjohnstone, Lord Belhaven, Lanarkshire. Fall of roof at working face.

GREEN Matthew - 1893 - 19/02/1893 – Age 34 – Banksman. Skegby, New Skegby Colliery Co., Mansfield, Nottinghamshire. Committed suicide by jumping down the shaft. It is supposed that an illness caused his mind to be deranged.

GREEN Michael - 1899 - 11/03/1899 – Age 24 – Drawer. Roman Camp Oil Shale, Broxburn Oil Co. Ltd., Linlithgow, While travelling up a cuddy brae, behind the empty hutch, it became disconnected from the rope and ran back carrying deceased with it and crushing him against the stoop side.

GREEN Robert - 1892 - 14/10/1892 – Age 55 – Deputy. Sacriston, Charlow & Sacriston Collieries Co. Ltd., Co. Durham. Took a fit while at work in the pit and died from cerebral haemorrhage after having suffered for some days.

GREEN Thomas (injured) - 1891 - 19/01/1891 – Age 45 – Miner. Manor, White Clifton and Kersley Coal Co. Ltd., Kersley, Lancashire. Head cut by a scale from the roof which he was dressing. Inquiry.

GREEN Thomas (non-fatal) - 1892 - 29/09/1892 – Miner. Rosehall No. 5, Robert Addie and Sons, Coatbridge, Lanarkshire. Fall of roof at working face.

GREEN Thomas - 1891 - 25/04/1891 – Age 32 – Fireman. Meadow, Wigan Coal and Iron Co. Ltd., Haigh, Lancashire. Inspection made. Deceased was sent in charge of set of men, to take out some bars on a main level. They had got out three or four when the remainder, for some seven or eight yards in length, fell bodily, burying him and others. They said they had middle-legged those that fell in order to steady them. 2.0 am.

GREEN Tom - 1894 - 17/11/1894 – Age 40 – Stallman. Clay Cross No. 2, Clay Cross Colliery Co., Clay Cross, Derbyshire. Fall of coal. Deceased was holing the coal when it rolled over three sprags killing him.

GREEN W. - 1891 - 17/06/1891 – Age 20 – Trammer. Lidgett, Lidgett Coal Co., Barnsley, Yorkshire. Fell from cage.

GREEN William (non-fatal) - 1890 - 07/02/1890 – Age 30 – Miner. Loanhead, Shotts Iron Co. Ltd., Edinburgh. Fall of coal at face. 4 days off.

GREEN William (non-fatal) - 1892 - 04/10/1892 – Age 28 – Miner. Pentland, Clippens Oil Co. Ltd., Edinburgh. Explosion of gas. 2 injured, 10 days off.

GREEN William (non-fatal) - 1893 - 13/05/1893 – Age 28 – Miner. Balognie, CB Balfour, Fife. Fall of coal and stone. 73 days off.

GREEN William - 1893 - 28/03/1893 – Age 50 – Examiner. Main Cross, Tetley and Co. Ltd., Wigan, Lancashire. Inquiry made. He was examining the brake of the haulage engine, and had taken a bolt out of same, when he instructed the engineman to bring the journey up, and remained inside the fencing, when his clothes got entangled with the rope and he was crushed with the drum. He succumbed to the injuries received on March 30, 1893.

GREENALL Henry - 1891 - 18/12/1891 – Age 48 – Miner. Hewlett No. 2, Westleigh Colliery Co. Ltd., Westhoughton, Lancashire. Fatally injured by dirt from face. Inspection and inquiry.

GREENALL Moira - 1890 - 16/01/1890 – Age 24 – Screener. Orrell, Orrell Coal and Cannel Co. Ltd., Wigan, Lancashire. Inquest attended. She was passing across the line to her work and was going between two waggons when the engine suddenly backed and she was crushed to death. Female. Noon.

GREENAN John (non-fatal) - 1894 - 15/01/1894 – Age 52 – Miner. Clyde, Wilsons and Clyde Coal Co. Ltd., Lanarkshire. Fall of coal. 50 days off.

GREENAWAY G. - 1891 - 07/07/1891 – Age 38 – Sinker. Rotherham Main, J Brown and Co., Rotherham, Yorkshire. Stay broke to which was suspended one of the chains of the scaffold causing it to tilt when the men fell off. 4 killed.

GREENER John - 1894 - 20/07/1894 – Age 39 – Screenman. Charlaw, Charlaw and Sacriston Collieries Co. Ltd., Sacriston, Co. Durham. Fall of stone in his working place.

GREENER John C. - 1893 - 19/05/1893 – Age 16 – Driver. Seaham, Marquess of Londonderry, Sunderland, Co. Durham. Died from rupture of one of the pulmonary arteries caused by a strain while lifting a tub on the way on 5th August 1892.

GREENER W.J. - 1897 - 01/02/1897 – Age 44 – Manager. Pemberton, J Blundell and Sons, Wigan, Lancashire. Inspection made and inquest attended. While proceeding along the main and tail rope haulage level, in the Pemberton Four Feet Mine, with the undermanager, the deceased was fatally injured by being run into by the full journey of tubs and the undermanager seriously injured before they were able to get to a refuge hole. It was a rule to have a red lamp in front of every journey but the light had been jerked out, and the jury, at the place of the inquiry, desired to offer the expression that in their opinion the lamp tended to do more harm than good.

GREENFIELD Thomas - 1892 - 06/12/1892 – Age 21 – Pikeman. Coneygre, Earl of Dudley, Dudley, Worcestershire. Avalanche of shutt.

GREENHALAGH John - 1891 - 31/10/1891 – Age 56 – Blacksmith. Foggs, Andrew Knowles and Sons Ltd., Darcy Lever, Lancashire. Died the same day, at Bolton Infirmary, from injury by the cage descending as he was getting out at the mouthing. A meddlesome boy, aged 14 who was thought by the jury to be too young to be held responsible, having given the signal to go on before the hooker-on could stop him. Inquest attended. Inspection.

GREENHALGH Daniel (injured) - 1890 - 11/12/1890 – Age 16 – Drawer. Newton No. 15 Quarter, Clifton and Kersley Coal Co. Ltd., Clifton, Lancashire. Skull fractured by roof falling where he was settling on the packs.

GREENHALGH Edward - 1894 - 09/03/1894 – Age 21 – Crutter. Shelton, Rowhurst Shelton Iron Steel and Coal Co. Ltd., Hanley, Staffordshire. Two Greenhalghs were killed and Dye injured internally by a large fall of roof, in a place they were preparing for making stables. 2 killed 1 injured.

GREENHALGH Henry (injured) - 1890 - 17/03/1890 – Age 49 – Miner. Tong 5 Quarter, Jethro Scowcroft, Tong, Lancashire Injured by coal falling from the level break as they were preparing to begin work. 3 injured.

GREENHALGH Joseph - 1894 - 08/06/1894 – Age 47 – Collier. Abram, Abram Coal Co. Ltd., Wigan, Lancashire. Inspection made. The deceased was working in a widework face, in the Arley Mine, and had propped the roof about ever four feet when a large fall occurred capping the props and crushing the deceased.

GREENHALGH William - 1894 - 09/03/1894 – Age 46 – Crutter. Shelton, Rowhurst Shelton Iron Steel and Coal Co. Ltd., Hanley, Staffordshire. Two Greenhalghs were killed and Dye injured internally by a large fall of roof in a place they were preparing for making stables. 2 killed 1 injured.

GREENHALGH William - 1894 - 27/08/1894 – Age 60 – Collier. Newton No. 2, Clifton and Kersley Coal Co. Ltd., Swinton, Lancashire. Fall of coal from face. In pulling down the coal he slipped and fell over loose coal, some of the face coal fell on his legs. Died October 3rd.

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GREENHALL John - 1892 - 02/08/1892 – Age 41 – Collier. Garswood Hall, Garswood Hall Collieries Co. Ltd., Ashton-in-Makerfield, Lancashire. Inspection made. Deceased was working a ribbing, in widework, and there were slips over this drawing road which he had not sufficiently secured when the roof fell from between two slips. He succumbed to the injuries on Apr. 17th, 1893.

GREENHILL Adam (non-fatal) - 1893 - 12/09/1893 – Age 63 – Miner. Donibristle, Donibristle Colliery Co., Fife. Fell over bench.

GREENHILL David (non-fatal) - 1893 - 10/07/1893 – Age 14 – Driver. Whitehill, Lothian Coal Co. Ltd., Edinburgh. Kicked by horse. 98 days off.

GREENHILL Herbert H. - 1898 - 07/02/1898 – Age 19 – Labourer. Westbury Slag Hole Quarry, Westbury Iron Co. Ltd., Wiltshire. Injured by hot blast furnace slag, while resting at the bottom of the slag heap, his presence there was unknown to the men above who were engaged tipping the slag from trucks. He died the following day.

GREENOUGH James - 1892 - 12/03/1892 – Age 62 – Shotlighter. Pendlebury, Andrew Knowles and Sons Ltd., Pendlebury, Lancashire. Crushed by tubs. Was riding on full tubs, up engine brow, his head caught a low part of the roof. Died 17th March.

GREENOUGH William - 1893 - 26/07/1893 – Age 21 – Collier. Ashtons Green, Bromilow Foster and Co. Ltd., St. Helens, Lancashire. Inspection made and inquest attended. The deceased was working at the face when a fall of roof occurred from between two slips, they had neglected to keep their props set near the face.

GREENSHIELDS Samuel (non-fatal) - 1893 - 02/10/1893 – Age 36 – Driver. Climpy, Climpy Coal Co., Lanarkshire. Fell off hutch 10 days off.

GREENSLADE Alexander - 1891 - 01/04/1891 – Age 41 – Miner. Eston (ironstone), Bolckow Vaughan and Co. Ltd., Middlesbrough, Yorkshire. Fall of a large quantity of stone from face of board. 11.30 am.

GREENWAY Joshua - 1890 - 25/09/1890 – Age 22 – Pikeman. Himley, Earl of Dudley, Dudley, Worcestershire. Fall of coal in a gateroad. Cause, two converging slips. 2 killed.