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ROGERS Henry T. - 1893 - 25/03/1893 – Age 23 – Hewer. St. Helens, St. Helens Colliery and Brickworks Co. Ltd., St. Helens, Cumberland. Inspection made and inquest attended. Deceased, with other men, was working at the coal face near the goaf when a lump of coal fell and killed him instantly. This accident might not have happened if sprags or short props had been used to support the undercut coal but it appears the men did not consider it necessary to use them.

ROGERS John - 1890 - 03/04/1890 – Age 50 - Gang rider. New Broughton, Thomas Clayton, Wrexham, Denbigh. Inspection made and inquest attended. He was bringing the last gang of tubs up the brow when he caught his head against a bar and was knocked off falling under the tubs.

ROGERS Lewis - 1890 - 06/02/1890 – Age 29 – 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.

ROGERS Simon - 1895 - 26/04/1895 – Age 52 – Collier. Moss, Pearson and Knowles Coal and Iron Co. Ltd., Wigan, Lancashire. Inquiry made. A fall of roof, from between two slips, fell upon the deceased as he was working at the face. There was a row of chocks about 4 feet from the face and the stone fell from slips between the chocks and the face. He succumbed to injuries received May 8th.

ROGERS Thomas (non-fatal) - 1894 - 03/09/1894 – Age 21 – Miner. Wheal Agar (metalliferous), Wheal Agar Adventurers, Illogan, Cornwall. Thumb crushed in cogwheel of an air winch due to thoughtlessness on his own part.

ROGERS Watkin - 1890 - 06/02/1890 - Age 36 - Glandman. 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.

ROGERS William - 1890 - 06/02/1890 - Age 13 - Knocker-boy. 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.

ROGERS William - 1891 - 18/03/1891 – Age 50 – Labourer. Fforchaman, Powell Duffryn Steam Coal Co. Ltd., Aberdare, Glamorgan. Crushed by the tram of a small coal apparatus while cleaning out the hopper.

ROGERS William - 1892 - 04/05/1892 – Age 53 – Roadsman. Kay’s Slope, Blaenavon Co. Ltd., Blaenavon, Monmouth. Fall of roof as they were walking up the slope at the end of their shift. Some of the timbers were broken while others were discharged by it. 2 killed.

ROGERS William - 1893 - 14/12/1893 – Age 36 - Shoer Naval, Naval Colliery Co. Ltd., Penygraig, Glamorgan. Fell out of cage. 4 killed.

ROGERS William - 1894 - 23/06/1894 – Age 23 – Haulier. Albion, Albion Steam Coal Co. Ltd., Pontypridd, Glamorgan. By an explosion. 290 killed.

ROGERSON John - 1896 - 13/04/1896 – Age 66 - Master shifter. Brancepeth, Strakers and Love, Co.Durham. Killed in the 1896 explosion.

ROHERS Thomas (injured) - 1894 - 08/01/1894 - Age 34 - Collier. Mossfield, W Rigby and Co., Longton, Staffordshire. Fall of roof between two posts at working face in hard mine. Leg broken.

ROHUN Denis - 1898 - 17/06/1898 – Age 33 – Stallman. Bestwood, Bestwood Coal and Iron Co. Ltd., Nottinghamshire. Fall of roof. Deceased was warned, while laying rails in the stall, when a heavy fall of roof took place and killed him.

ROLAND David - 1895 - 18/04/1895 – Age 53 - Quarry man. Myreton (quarry), Langlands Ltd., Fofar. While loading a bogie the chain broke and a stone crushed him.

ROLAND John - 1892 - 24/05/1892 – Age 18 – Drawer. Niddrie, Niddrie and Benhar Coal Co. Ltd., Edinburgh. Fell down the incline.

ROLLIE John - 1896 - 29/02/1896 – Age 34 – Miner. Lanemark No. 2, Lanemark Coal Co., Ayrshire. Firedamp accumulated in the stooped waste and ignited when he entered the place to commence work.

ROLLINSON A. - 1891 - 24/01/1891 – Age 16 – Driver. Rothwell Haigh, J and J Charlesworth, Leeds, Yorkshire. Injured by tub.

ROLLINSON S. - 1899 - 23/12/1899 – Age 51 – Dataller. South Kirkby, South Kirkby Coal Co., Yorkshire. Fall of side.

ROLLO William (non-fatal) - 1890 - 29/01/1890 – Age 17 – Miner. Wemyss, RGE Wemyss, Fife. Fall of Myslen stone. 150 days off.

RONEY Leonard - 1892 - 05/03/1892 – Age 42 - Sett rider. Crosby No. 1, Lonsdale Haematite Iron and Steel Co. Ltd., Crosby, Cumberland. Inspection made and inquest attended. Whilst attempting to jump on to the sett he slipped and fell in front of the tubs.

RONEY Thomas - 1897 - 06/05/1897 – Age 58 – Shifter. East Hetton, Walter Scott Ltd., Co.Durham. Inundation of water in Cassop way of Harvey seam, owing to holing into old workings in Cassop Colliery. 10 killed.

ROOK Barnet - 1895 - 29/10/1895 – Age 55 – Shifter. Broughton Moor, Flimby & Broughton Moor Coal & Firebrick Co., Broughton Moor, Cumberland. Inspection and inquest attended. Deceased and a labourer were sent into the workings to remove a large stone, which was temporarily supported by props. Unfortunately in removing these, which he knew would result in the fall of some stone, he went under the stone instead of standing at the edge of it.

ROONEY John (non-fatal) - 1891 - 04/11/1891 – Age 23 – Collier. Quarter, Colin Dunlop and Co., Lanarkshire. Fall of coal. 32 days off.

ROONEY John (non-fatal) - 1893 - 30/11/1893 – Age 21 – Brusher. Quarter, Colin Dunlop and Co., Lanarkshire. Fall of roof.

ROONEY Thomas (non-fatal) - 1892 - 19/09/1892 – Brusher. Orbiston No. 3, Summerlee and Mossend Iron and Steel Co., Bellshill, Lanarkshire. Explosion of firedamp caused by a shot of gunpowder. 9 injured.

ROPER J. - 1898 - 05/02/1898 – Quarryman. Ringby Sandstone Quarry, J Charnock and Sons, Yorkshire. Fall of ground from place beyond his control. Died 7th Feb.

RORKE Martin - 1894 - 19/04/1894 – Age 28 – Brusher. Polton, Lothian Coal Co. Ltd., Edinburgh. Fall of roof.

ROSCOE Alfred - 1892 - 31/08/1892 – Age 36 – Collier. Silverdale No. 6, Butterley Co. Ltd., Newcastle, Staffordshire. Fall of roof coal at the face of his working place in 10 foot seam. L 45 degrees.

ROSCOE James - 1893 - 09/06/1893 – Age 35 – Shunt minder. Lea Green, Sutton Heath & Lea Green Collieries Co. Ltd., St. Helens, Lancashire. Inspection made and inquest attended. The deceased was in the act of sending a journey out of shunt when a portion of rock, which was spragged on the side of the road fell. The witnesses stated there was no sign of it giving way previous to the accident.

ROSCOE Josiah - 1892 - 22/06/1892 – Age 27 – Collier. Pendleton, Andrew Knowles and Sons Ltd., Pendleton, Lancashire. Knocking a prop out, as the prop fell a quantity of roof fell burying him. Fall 9 foot long, 9 foot broad, 15 inches thick. An error in judgement, on the part of deceased, the roof was resting on the prop settled.

ROSE Samuel - 1894 - 24/12/1894 – Age 60 – Enginewright. St. John’s, St. John’s Colliery Co., Staveley, Derbyshire. Fall of roof. Deceased with other men were fixing a beam, for machinery, when a large fall of roof occurred, probably due to the timber not being firmly fixed. Three other men were injured at the same time and place.

ROSEBERRY Mary - 1898 - 22/11/1898 – Age 14 – None. Harraton, Lambton Collieries Ltd., Co.Durham. When two waggons were passing her she slipped her foot on the ice and was thrown in front of the last waggon which ran over her and broke both thighs and the left arm. Died five hours afterwards. Female.

ROSS Alexander (non-fatal) - 1893 - 10/04/1893 – Age 13 – Drawer. Lumphinnans, Cowdenbeath Coal Co. Ltd., Fife. Jammed by tub. 42 days off.

ROSS Alexander - 1893 - 23/06/1893 – Age 21 – Drawer. Springbank, Springbank Colliery Co. Ltd., Lanarkshire. Crushed by hutches.

ROSS Andrew (non-fatal) - 1891 - 22/09/1891 – Age 16 – Driver. Shawfield, John Wilson, Lanarkshire. Fell before tub. 90 days off.

ROSS David - 1891 - 21/05/1891 – Age 63 – Screenman. Bog, Hamilton McCulloch and Co., Lanarkshire. Fell from coal cleaner.

ROSS Henry - 1899 - 10/11/1899 – Age 45 – Collier. Great Lever, Earl of Bradford, Lancashire. Roburite shot fired in place approaching and nearly through to the place where deceased worked, projected coal caught the deceased, as he was going into his place. Want of care on the part of the shot lighter, he ought to have clearly warned the deceased and fenced off the place.

ROSS Hugh (non-fatal) - 1894 - 05/11/1894 – Age 16 – Driver. Eddlewood, John Watson Ltd., Lanarkshire. Jammed by tub. 12 days off.

ROSS James - 1896 - 18/05/1896 – Age 16 - Rope minder. Boldon, Harton Coal Co., Boldon, Co.Durham. Inspection made and inquest attended. It was the deceased's duty to guide the ropes on the drums. Taking advantage of the engine man’s temporary absence he had left his place and walked over the fencing into the working parts of the engine and on the rope being pulled by a pony near the shaft bottom he was drawn in between some spur gearing and the brick wall. Everything in connection with the engine was in good order.

ROSS John (non-fatal) - 1892 - 21/12/1892 - Asst. bottomer. Portland No. 4, Allan Gilmour, Kilmarnock, Ayrshire. Struck by piece of coal falling down the shaft.

ROSS John (non-fatal) - 1893 - 16/08/1893 – Age 14 – Labourer. Climpy, Climpy Coal Co., Lanarkshire. Pulled off pithead scaffold. 28 days off.

ROSS John (non-fatal) - 1893 - 25/08/1893 – Age 21 – Miner. Shawfield, Wilsons and Clyde Coal Co. Ltd., Lanarkshire. Explosion of gunpowder. 8 days off.

ROSS Robert - 1896 - 14/10/1896 – Age 24 – Miner. Dalbeath, Fife Coal Co. Ltd., Fife. Fall of roof stone at longwall face.

ROSS Thomas (non-fatal) - 1892 - 02/03/1892 – Miner. Portland No. 2, Allan Gilmour, Kilmarnock, Ayrshire. Explosion of firedamp. 4 injured.

ROSS Thomas - 1895 - 26/09/1895 – Age 64 – Engineplaneman. Lofthouse (ironstone), Pease and Partners Ltd., Lofthouse, North Yorkshire. Engaged oiling a return wheel, he did not give notice, the engine started and he was dragged in by the rope and killed.

ROSS William (non-fatal) - 1892 - 22/012/1892 – Age 13 - Coal picker. Niddrie, Niddrie and Benhar Coal Co. Ltd., Edinburgh. Injury by machinery. Still off.

ROSSER David - 1890 - 08/09/1890 – Age 17 – Collier. Nant Merthyr, Nant Merthyr Coal Co., Neath, Glamorgan. Fall of roof rock, 10 feet x 3 feet, from a slip running along the face in front of the roadway, inside of gob walls, 6 feet from the coal face. No props where the stone fell. Peacock vein, 2 feet 9 inches thick. Longwall.

ROSSER David - 1896 - 27/01/1896 – Age 41 – Fitter. Ferndale Nos 7 & 8, D Davis and Sons Ltd., Glamorgan. Explosion of firedamp. 57 killed.

ROSSER Evan - 1890 - 26/04/1890 – Age 44 – Repairer. Cefn, Brynbu Coal and Coke Co., Bridgend, Glamorgan. Fall of roof (rock, 10 feet x 5 feet) on a level where deceased and others were repairing. Cribbwr vein Pillar and stall.

ROSSER James - 1890 – Age 42 – Collier. Coleford, Forest of Dean, Gloucester. While being drawn up the shaft (a depth of 22 yards) the rope broke and he fell to the bottom. Gross irregularities and recklessness were shown to have existed. The owner was found guilty of manslaughter before Mr. Justice Cave, at the Gloucester Summer Assizes, and he was sentenced to three months imprisonment.

ROSSER John - 1892 - 26/08/1892 – Age 22 – Collier. Park Slip, North’s Navigation Collieries (1889) Ltd., Tondu, Glamorgan. Explosion of firedamp. 112 killed.

ROSSER Thomas - 1890 - 09/06/1890 – Age 25 – Collier. Llwynpia, Glamorgan Coal Co. Ltd., Tonypandy, Glamorgan. Fall of roof, strong clift 9 foot long, 4 foot wide, between a row of props and coal face. He and his partner were putting in a Cog, 6 foot seam. Nottinghamshire longwall.

ROSSER Thomas - 1898 - 11/03/1898 – Age 50 – Collier. Gadlys Graig, Waynes Merthyr Co. Ltd., Glamorgan. Fall of roof at face, fireclay 4.5 feet x 2 feet and from 6 inches to nothing thick in a heading, while filling his curling box, from between props 2.5 feet from toe of slip and face, about 5 feet from props. Seven feet seam.

ROSSER Thomas - 1899 - 21/03/1899 – Age 13 - Door boy. Cwrt-y-Bettws, Hendleys Colliery Co., Glamorgan. Found fatally injured on road. It was thought that two empty trams had passed over him. He was away from his post.

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

ROSSETTER George - 1890 - 06/02/1890 – Age 31 - 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.

ROSSINGTON William - 1891 - 24/09/1891 – Age 30 – Miner. Normanby (ironstone), Cargo Fleet Iron Co. Ltd., Middlesbrough, Yorkshire. In firing a shot he accidentally lighted the squib, instead of the match, when the charge exploded killing him on the spot. 1.45 pm.

ROSTRON John - 1890 - 18/07/1890 – Age 19 – Shunter. Bradley Fold Sidings, Thomas Fletcher and Sons, Little Lever, Lancashire. Killed between the colliery locomotive engine and a railway waggon, which was being shunted. It was an empty foreign waggon, which proved to have one of the tie rods bent and the wheels out of true line and it went off the rails in going slowly round a slight curve. The rails being in good order and the gauge right.

ROTHERHAM George - 1897 - 02/02/1897 – Age 40 – Stallman. Holbrook Top Hard Coal, J and G Wells Ltd., Derbyshire. Fall of roof. Deceased withdrew the timber, supporting the coal face, when the coal fell a large piece of the roof also fell and crushed him.

ROTHWELL James - 1892 - 29/08/1892 – Age 23 - Boiler stoker. Westleigh, Westleigh Colliery Co. Ltd., Westleigh, Lancashire. Flue of boiler collapsed from weakness caused by the removal of bowling hoops during repairs.

ROTHWELL Joseph - 1899 - 29/03/1899 – Age 39 – Collier. Florence No. 2, Florence Coal and Iron Co. Ltd., Staffordshire. Fall of roof in waste at longwall face in yard seam. He went into the waste from which the timber had been drawn and where he had no business to go for some unknown reason.

ROTHWELL Mark (injured) - 1891 - 07/10/1891 – Age 18 – Drawer. Manor Doe, Clifton and Kersley Coal Co. Ltd., Kersley, Lancashire. Crushed and leg broken by tub waggons, a train on the engine brow became unhooked and ran back into the shunt. Inspection and inquiry.

ROTHWELL Nathan (injured) - 1891 - 03/06/1891 – Miner. Outwood No. 2, Thomas Fletcher and Sons. Pilkington. Lancashire. Leg and arm broken by coal which he was taking down. Inspection and inquiry.

ROTHWELL Thomas - 1893 - 13/04/1893 – Age 19 – Drawer. Billinge Lane, Winstanley Collieries Co. Ltd., Wigan, Lancashire. Inspection made and inquest attended. The deceased was drawing along a road, 4 yards wide, with only a middle row of props in it set 4 feet to 9 feet apart, when the roof fell at the slip running parallel with the road. The jury said they considered more timber was necessary, they will bar the roads in future that are this width.

ROTTENBERG William - 1895 - 21/11/1895 – Age 49 – Collier. Cwmaman, Cwmaman Coal Co., Glamorgan. Fall of coal, 4.5 feet x 8 feet x 2 feet 3 inches, that fell from between two slips meeting side and between face and Cog 4.5 feet thick. Nine feet seam.

ROUGHLEY Thomas - 1891 - 19/09/1891 – Age 31 – Collier. Bickerstaffe, Bromilow Foster and Co. Ltd., Skelmersdale, Lancashire. Inspection made and inquest attended. Deceased was drawing some back props but whilst doing so, sat under the unsupported roof which suddenly fell and buried him. 12 am.

ROUGHLEY William (injured) - 1890 - 12/08/1890 – Age 16 – Drawer. Arley, Fletcher Burrows and Co., Atherton, Lancashire. Injured by coal from the face knocking him against a prop.

ROUGHVIE James (non-fatal) - 1894 - 23/01/1894 – Age 36 – Miner. Balognie, CB Balfour, Fife. Fall of stone at face. 10 days off.

ROUND Edward - 1896 - 04/01/1896 – Age 41 – Pikeman. Knowle, Knowle Colliery Co., Staffordshire. Died 11th Jan. Crushed by a full tub which ran down a steep incline.

ROUND J.H. - 1898 - 06/08/1898 – Age 13 - Clay carrier. Northywood Brick Quarry, J Beddow and Sons, Staffordshire. Killed by fall of brick wall in a brick shed.

ROUND Marshall - 1893 - 19/01/1893 – Age 37 – Pikeman. Netherton Old, M and W Grazebrook, Dudley, Worcestershire. Fall of coal from brow at Thick Coal opening.

ROUND Moses - 1898 - 17/10/1898 – Age 33 – Roadman. Rowley Hall, W Bassano, Staffordshire. Run over by loaded timber trolly on endless plane.

ROUNDHILL J. - 1895 - 24/07/1895 – Age 34 – Foreman. Middleton, Middleton Estate and Coal Co., Yorkshire. Coal screen fell on him.

ROUTLEDGE James - 1897 - 12/06/1897 – Age 65 – Hewer. Brayton Domain No. 3, Joseph Harris, Cumberland. Inspection made and inquest attended. This accident occurred by a fall coal and following band coming on to him. He had evidently just started to kirve when the coal, which was overhanging a little, came away from a slip. There was plenty of timber in the place had he had chosen to set a sprag.

ROUTLEDGE John - 1898 - 08/12/1898 – Age 47 – Screener. Axwell Park, Hannington and Co., Co.Durham. Inspection made. The deceased was walking past a truck, unknown to the waggon-picker, when he was struck on the head by a piece of ironstone, which the latter had thrown out in the course of his duties.

ROUTLEDGE Michael (injured) - 1894 - 26/07/1894 – Age 50 – Collier. Talk o’th’ Hill, Talk o’th’ Hill Colliery Co., Talk o’th’ Hill, Staffordshire. While pulling down a stump he slipped and the coal caught him.

ROW Henry - 1896 - 10/11/1896 – Age 30 – Miner. Carlin How Ironstone, Bell Bros. Ltd., North Yorkshire. Leg broken by a fall of stone. He was wedging the stone at the time but it fell before he could get out of the way. Died Jan. 10th 1897, after the leg had been amputated.

ROWAN John (non-fatal) - 1891 - 12/08/1891 – Age 25 – Driver. Bent, Bent Colliery Co. Ltd., Lanarkshire. Fall of coal. 2 injured. 54 days off.

ROWAN John - 1890 - 05/11/1890 – Age 17 – Putter. Heworth, Owners of Heworth Colliery, Heworth, Co.Durham. Got his head crushed between a prop and a tub. 9.0 am.

ROWAN John - 1897 - 04/08/1897 – Age 56 – Roadsman. Clyde, Wilsons Clyde Coal Co. Ltd., Lanarkshire. Deceased was engaged alone doing some repairs on a disused horse road and while so engaged the roof fell and pinned him to the ground. He was discovered alive about fifteen hours afterwards. A fireman passed near to the place while he was under the stone but did not hear his cries for help.

ROWBOTTON William - 1897 - 27/08/1897 – Age 24 - Incline man. Baddesley, Baddesley Colliery Trustees, Warwick. Deceased was employed in the incline to see that the trams passed safely round a bend in the roadway. He was found dead under some full trams which were going up the engine plane.

ROWE Edward - 1892 - 04/10/1892 – Age 38 – Hewer. Trimdon Grange, Walter Scott Ltd., Trimdon Grange, Co.Durham. Fall of large stone while at work.

ROWE George (non-fatal) - 1894 - 10/12/1894 – Agent. Gawton (metalliferous), Gawton Mining Co. Ltd., Tavistock, Devon. He was sitting down in a stope, booking his measurements, when a piece of ground came away, a few feet above, and injured his shoulder.

ROWE Henry - 1891 - 15/05/1891 – Age 28 – Shaftman. Bertha Consols (metalliferous), Bertha Consols Ltd., Leverton, Cornwall. He fell down the shaft, together with a scaffold, which he had his comrade had erected for the purpose of doing some repairs in the skip read. The only explanation to account for it was that he was removing the stage and that in some manner it slipped way.

ROWE James (non-fatal) - 1892 - 15/02/1892 – Age 63 – Pitman. Levant (metalliferous), Levant Mining Co., St. Just, Cornwall. He and others were engaged disconnecting the connecting rod of the engine (owing to the crook having broken) and while doing so it slipped and broke his leg.

ROWE James - 1893 - 10/01/1893 – Age 22 – Miner. Wheal Owles (metalliferous), Thomas Bolitho Sons and Others, St. Just, Cornwall. Irruption of water from Old Wheal Drea workings which belong to the same mine. The plan being inaccurate misled the agent as regards the relative position of the workings. 20 killed.

ROWE James - 1894 - 23/06/1894 – Age 25 – Hitcher. Albion, Albion Steam Coal Co. Ltd., Pontypridd, Glamorgan. By an explosion. 290 killed.

ROWE James - 1898 - 30/08/1898 – Age 67 - Clay washer. Trelaver, China Clay Quarry, GF Tracey, Beale, Cornwall. A stone of about 14 lbs. weight, from the overburden about 50 feet above where he was working, becoming loosened and rebounding from the ledge to ledge, struck him and caused fatal injuries.

ROWE Thomas - 1895 - 16/05/1895 – Age 48 – Hewer. North Beechburn, North Beechburn Coal Co. Ltd., Co.Durham. Received a slight injury to his shoulder by a fall of stone 25th Sept 1894. He resumed work shortly afterwards and worked over three months but eventually died from the effects of influenza.

ROWELL Charles (survivor) - 1898 - 19/04/1898 – Age 31 – 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.

ROWILL John (injured) - 1890 - 08/05/1890 – Age 30 – Miner. Wheal Crebor (metalliferous), Wheal Crebor Mining Co., Tavistock, Devon. A rock fell out from the side and struck Rowill inflicting severe bruises on his body and legs.

ROWLANDS Edward - 1894 - 17/11/1894 – Age 33 – Collier. Dowlais No. 2, Dowlais Iron Co., Bedlinog, Glamorgan. Fall of roof (rock 50 square feet area from 6 to 12 inches thick) between the face and a row of props 8 to 10 foot back. It fell off at a slip which could have been seen before. Rowlands died November 21. Four feet seam. 2 killed.

ROWLANDS John (injured) - 1890 - 23/05/1890 – Age 65 – Tipman. Llechwedd (slate). He was using a crowbar to unload a big stone from a trolley, as it fell he tumbled backwards caught his foot and broke his leg. Nine and three quarter months off.

ROWLANDS John (injured) - 1894 - 02/11/1894 – Age 53 – Underlooker. Glebe, J Challinor and Co. Ltd., Fenton, Staffordshire. Fall of roof while examining roof of crut. Left hand and foot hurt. Fall of coal from face while holing in Ash Seam. Leg broken.

ROWLANDS John - 1892 - 08/08/1892 – Age 22 – Sinker. Cambrian Navigation, Thomas Riches and Co., Clydach Vale, Glamorgan. Fall of brickwork from arching in shaft. 2 killed.

ROWLANDS John - 1892 - 19/05/1892 – Age 46 – Collier. Lewis Merthyr Bertie, Lewis Merthyr Navigation Colliery Co. Ltd., Pontypridd, Glamorgan. Fall of roof at road end while knocking out props for the night men to rip it down.

ROWLANDS John - 1896 - 27/01/1896 – Age 21 – Collier. Ferndale Nos 7 & 8, D Davis and Sons Ltd., Glamorgan. Explosion of firedamp 57 killed.

ROWLANDS John. - 1898 - 19/03/1898 – Age 18 – Collier. Llwynypia No. 1, Glamorgan Coal Co. Ltd., Glamorgan. Fall of side coal, 8 foot long 4.5 foot wide, from 18 to 6 inches thick in a Nottingham face said to have been spragged. Six feet seam.

ROWLANDS Moses T. - 1895 - 16/10/1895 – Age 64 – Undermanager. Penycraig, Penycraig Coal Co., Glamorgan. He got into an empty journey and started down the drift without warning the engineman. At that moment the drift drum was out of gear and another drum was being used by the same engine to haul rubbish up on surface. After the journey had run some distance deceased jumped out and was injured. Died 26th Nov.

ROWLANDS Richard - 1897 - 21/09/1897 – Age 41 – Slate getter. Penrhyn Slate Quarry, Lord Penrhyn, Carnarvon. He was prizing off a block of slate, with his crowbar, when other portions of the rock unexpectedly gave way and wedged the tail end of his suspending rope, thus preventing his getting out of the way; he was caught by some of the blocks, the injuries from which he died on the following day.

ROWLANDS Richard - 1898 - 24/03/1898 – Age 52 Shaftman. Pudley Hill, Stritchley Coal and Iron Co., Shropshire. Slipped off a stay, on which he was sitting while repairing a garland curb in pumping shaft, and fell 30 yards.

ROWLANDS Rowland - 1893 - 21/03/1893 – Age 20 – Loader. Great Wyrley, Great Wyrley Colliery Co., Cannock, Staffordshire. Crushed against a tree by fall of coal from working face.

ROWLANDS William (injured) - 1894 - 11/10/1894 – Underlooker. Greenfield, W Adams and Co., Tunstall, Staffordshire. Crushed under the cage at the bottom of the shaft.

ROWLANDS William - 1890 - 11/03/1890 – Age 58 – Collier. Vochriw, Dowlais Iron Co., Dowlais, Glamorgan. Fall of roof (part of rippings) 5 feet x 3 feet x 22  inches, from a slip. There was only one prop under it, although the slip had been exposed by a previous fall adjoining. Big Coal, Longwall.

ROWLEY Daniel - 1895 - 14/01/1895 – Age 25 – Crutter. Audley, W Rigby and Co., Audley, Staffordshire. Irruption of water from old working. 77 killed.

ROWLEY Elizabeth - 1898 - 18/06/1898 – Age 23 - Wagon setter. Princess, Richard Evans and Co. Ltd., Haydock, Lancashire. Inspection made and inquest attended. The locomotive was pushing waggons past the screens. The deceased was walking up the line and apparently did not hear the wagons coming and was run over. The driver did not whistle but the brakesman was between the two tail waggons and although he stated he was looking out he never saw her until she was under the wagons. Female.

ROWLEY Frederick - 1898 - 13/07/1898 – Age 30 – Pikeman. Mud Hall, Dudley Colliery Co., Dudley, Worcestershire. Fall of coal in brooch waste when cutting tops.

ROWLEY G. - 1891 - 31/12/1891 – Age 22 – Trammer. Woolley, Woolley Coal Co., Barnsley, Yorkshire. Fall of roof. 2 killed.

ROWLEY George - 1898 - 11/03/1898 – Age 35 – Collier. Snyed No. 2, Snyed Colliery and Brickworks Co. Ltd., Staffordshire. Injured by a fall of roof at longwall working face in Holly Lane seam. The roof was bad where he was working and he should have set another post before the fall occurred. There was timber close at hand. Died 22nd Mar.

ROWLEY J. - 1899 - 26/10/1899 – Age 45 – Labourer. West Melton Clay Quarry, W and H Hallett, Yorkshire. Strained himself fatally when lifting a stone near the quarry face where he was working. Died 28th Oct.

ROWLEY William (non-fatal) - 1891 - 06/07/1891 – Drawer. Auldhouseburn, Cairntable Gas Coal Co., Muirkirk, Ayrshire. Got his leg broken on an incline by runaway hutch.

ROWLINSON W. - 1892 - 07/04/1892 – Age 35 – Collier. Prince of Wales, J Rhodes, Pontefract, Yorkshire. Fall of stone, died 27th June.

ROWNE Edward - 1891 - 03/11/1891 – Age 18 – Putter. Bedlington, A Bedlington Coal Co. Ltd., Bedlington, Northumberland. Inquiry made. He was riding on a pony, alongside an endless rope haulage, when the pony stumbled and deceased was thrown in front of some tubs and run over. 3.30 am.

ROWNTREE John G. - 1893 - 22/11/1893 – Age 15 – Driver. Eppleton, Hetton Coal Co. Ltd., Fence Houses, Co.Durham. Run over by a set of full tubs on a self-acting incline. He left the refuge too soon where he would have been safe.

ROWSON Jesse (injured) - 1890 - 22/09/1890 – Age 35 – Miner. Snailbeach (metalliferous). He was ramming down the first layer of tamping, with a copper tipped stemmer, upon a charge of loose powder when a few grains, in a cavity of the side of the hole, took fire, he had time to drop down before the charge exploded and simply got dirt in his eye. 1 week off.

ROWSON Samuel (injured) - 1890 - 14/01/1890 – Age 37 - Tributer. Snailbeach (metalliferous). He was with the timberman and agent, examining an old disused winze, when a rotten platform gave way and he fell 6 yards with the ladder on which he was standing and sprained his ankle. 19 weeks off.

ROXBURGH John - 1890 - 16/12/1890 – Age 68 – Furnaceman. Cambois, Cowpen Coal Co., Cowpen, Northumberland. Caught an ascending cage and pulled into the shaft.

ROXBY Edward - 1899 - 06/04/1899 – Age 24 – Hewer. Houghton, Lambton Collieries Ltd., Co.Durham. While working in the face of his place a fall of stone from the roof took place and killed him.

ROY David - 1896 - 13/06/1896 – Age 46 – Sinker. Shields, Glasgow Iron and Steel Co., Motherwell, Lanarkshire. A plank placed in the water barrel, while ascending, caught buntons broke and fell on him. The barrel displaced three buntons which also fell down the shaft.

ROY John - 1892 - 12/02/1892 – Age 35 – Miner. Bredisholm No. 4, Glasgow Iron and Steel Co., Motherwell, Lanarkshire. Fall of head coal at stoops while knocking out props.

ROY Robert (non-fatal) - 1890 - 07/02/1890 – Age 40 – Reddsman. Quarter, Colin Dunlop and Co., Lanarkshire. Fall of stone. 45 days off.

ROYSTON D. - 1893 - 15/06/1893 – Age 21 – Trammer. Elsecar, Earl Fitzwilliam, Barnsley, Yorkshire. Fall of roof.

RUBY Richard - 1894 - 23/11/1894 – Age 37 – Collier. Chapel House, Executors of Edward Smith, Skelmersdale, Lancashire. Inspection made and inquest attended. The deceased had his foot crushed by a fall of ley from a slip, the injury was only considered slight, but blood poisoning set in and he died on the 28th.

RUCK John - 1892 - 28/05/1892 – Age 31 – Haulier. Nixon’s Navigation, Nixon’s Navigation Co. Ltd., Mountain Ash, Glamorgan.

RUCK Thomas - 1890 - 06/02/1890 – Age 21 - 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.

RUCK William - 1890 - 10/09/1890 – Age 15 – Trammer. Pillowell Level, Forest of Dean Patent Fuel Co., Whitecroft, Forest of Dean. Crushed on a siding, at the bottom of an engine plane, by a runaway tram due to the breakage of a coupling link.

RUDD James - 1894 - 17/08/1894 – Age 37 – Hewer. Black Boy, Bolckow Vaughan and Co. Ltd., Auckland, Co.Durham. Burnt by an explosion of gas, he went through a fence with a naked light. Died on the 20th instant.

RUDD John - 1898 - 26/08/1898 – Age 41 – Deputy. East Castle, East Pontop Coal Co. Ltd., Co.Durham. Inspection made and inquest attended. The deceased had been drawing out timber, out of an old place, and as he was preparing to take out the last prop a stone fell on him.

RUDD John Thomas or James Thornton - 1899 - 30/06/1899 – Age 19 – Putter. Hetton, Hetton Coal Co. Ltd., Co.Durham. While going inbye with an empty tub his head was caught between the top of the tub and the roof and he was killed.

RUDD Jonathan - 1890 - 13/10/1890 – Age 33 – Hewer. Auckland Park, Bolckow Vaughan and Co. Ltd., Auckland, Co.Durham. Caught by the engine set which got off the way where he was waiting by the roadside waiting to go outbye with it.

RUDD Joseph - 1894 - 05/01/1894 – Age 21 – Waggoner. Brackley, Bridgewater Trustees, Middle Hulton, Lancashire. Crushed by tub he left standing in an inclined road with a sprag behind, the deceased disturbed it, to allow him to take his tub down the road, the disturbed tub crept away and came into him when 20 yards down.

RUDDINGS W. - 1890 - 21/04/1890 – Age 43 – Collier. Aldwarke Main, J Brown and Co., Rotherham, Yorkshire. Fall of coal.

RUDDY James - 1890 - 02/05/1890 – Age 14 - Horse driver. Park House, JH Pearson, Newcastle, Staffordshire. Crushed between the buffers of two trucks while assisting to shunt one.

RUDGE G. - 1898 - 08/12/1898 – Age 25 – Collier. Sharlston, New Sharlston Coal Co., Yorkshire. Explosion of powder while firing a shot. 2 killed. Died 10th Dec.

RUDGE George - 1890 - 06/02/1890 – Age 27 - Haulier. 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.

RUE Walter - 1895 - 08/01/1895 – Age 38 – Collier. Meiros, Welsh Slate and Property Co. Ltd., Glamorgan. Died 31 July from injuries received by fall of rock, roof 3 feet x 2.5 feet x 6 inches thick, close to face while working out the coal. Pillar and stall Cannel seam.

RULE Henry - 1891 - 05/06/1891 – Age 22 – Miner. West Wheal Seton (metalliferous), West Wheal Seton Mining Co., Camborne, Cornwall. He and others were engaged in the shaft, sending up some metal pipes, one of which catching in a staple broke and he was either struck by the falling pieces or in attempting to get out of the way tumbled back, receiving severe injuries to his spine from which he died three days after. Evidence given at the inquest showed that a sufficiently large staff were engaged about the work and that the men were experienced and careful miners.

RULE James (injured) - 1890 - 08/03/1890 – Age 25 – Miner. South Wheal Crofty (metalliferous), South Wheal Crofty Mining Co., Carn Brea, Cornwall. The man was engaged in working a winch when the chain slipped and the handle of the winch came round inflicting a cut on the head but not of a serious character.

RUNDELL William Henry - 1893 - 19/07/1893 – Age 35 – Pitman. Drakewells (metalliferous), Drakewells Mining Co. Ltd., Gunnislake, Cornwall. Being engaged in shaft work, with others, he was ascending part way in the skip when a stretcher (4.5 feet and 6 inches x 8 inches) fell down and struck him resulting in his death next day. The shaft was in a scandalous condition and might well frighten anyone from keeping it going as a working shaft. I am glad to say that extensive repairs have been effected and I hope it will be thoroughly secured before much other work is carried out.

RUNDLE Charles - 1891 - 25/06/1891 – Age 25 – Miner. Killifreth (metalliferous), Killifreth Mining Co., Scorrier, Cornwall. He and his comrades, having charged two holes in a sinking shaft, he remained to fire them. After having lit them he was wound up about 10 fathoms in a kibble and then got on to the ladder, intending to climb the remaining 10 fathoms to the surface, he had however only climbed about three fathoms when he fell to the bottom and was killed instantaneously. It appears that he had been subject to giddiness, which may account for the accident.

RUNDLE Stephen (non-fatal) - 1891 - 31/08/1891 – Age 59 – Timberman. Phoenix United (metalliferous), Phoenix United Mining Co., Liskeard, Cornwall. Had his leg broken by a piece of timber falling on it.

RUSBY Charles - 1893 - 04/07/1893 – Age 40 – Coombs, ET Ingham, Dewsbury, Yorkshire. Explosion of gas. 139 killed.

RUSBY Fred - 1893 - 04/07/1893 – Age 17 – Coombs, ET Ingham, Dewsbury, Yorkshire. Explosion of gas. 139 killed.

RUSCOE James - 1891 - 11/04/1891 – Age 55 – Dayman. Mosley Common No. 4, Bridgewater Trustees, Tyldesley, Lancashire. Fatally hurt by roof falling when re-timbering a main road east side. Inspection and inquest attended.

RUSHFORTH R. - 1894 – 13/06/1894 – Age 50 – Collier. Hoyland Silkstone, Hoyland Silkstone Coal Co., Barnsley, Yorkshire. Fall of stone.

RUSHLEY Thomas - 1896 - 13/07/1896 – Age 44 - Foreman carpenter. Podmore Hall, Midland Coal Coke and Iron Co. Ltd., Staffordshire. Crushed by trestle for making a tramway bridge while he and others were attempting to raise the trestle.

RUSHTON Benjamin - 1895 - 30/08/1895 – Age 17 – Driver. Priors Lee Dark Lane, Lilleshall Co. Ltd., Priors Lee, Shropshire. Fall of stone and timber from roof of horse road in Pennystone seam. Road not in good repair.

RUSHTON Charles - 1892 - 21/09/1892 – Age 51 - Butty Collier. Ubberley, Chatterley Whitfield Collieries Ltd., Bucknall, Staffordshire. Fall of roof at working face while holing over top in Cockshead Seam. Not properly timbered.

RUSHTON E. - 1890 - 11/09/1890 – Age 56 - Dataler. Low Moor, Low Moor Iron Co., Bradford, Yorkshire. Fall of roof.

RUSHTON James - 1898 - 10/05/1898 – Age 52 – Roadsman. Golborne Richard Evans and Co. Ltd., Golborne Lancashire. Inspection made and inquest attended. An empty tub got off the road and loose from the gang it ran some distance down the haulage brow. The gang-rider then lowered the set to couple it again, to the empty tubs, causing the tub to start again which struck the deceased who was attending to his work below. At the inquiry it was advised that a guard chain be used, attached to the whole sett. Collier Killed At Golborne. Mr. Brighouse, the County Coroner, held an inquest at the Railway Hotel, Golborne, on the body of James Rushton, aged 52 years, of 121, High Street, Golborne. He was injured on the 10th by a runaway tub at Golborne Colliery. Mr. Hall, the Inspector was also present and Mr. Watkinson and Mr. Cunliffe represented the Colliery. Albert Bassnett, the gangrider at the Colliery, said that on the 10th inst. he was in charge of a journey which was going to the pit eye down a brow. There were 18 tubs, 15 of them containing men and two empty ones at the back, with the pit tub at the front. There was a chain guard over the tub in front in which some men were riding. The journey had gone about 600 yards when someone shouted the witness to 'knock' as one of the tubs was off the line. The journey stopped 80-90 yards down the brow and the tub came off the line. He 'knocked' for the journey to be lowered down and caught the tub and sent it off again. Witness said that they found it over the deceased 50 yards further down. He was removed to the surface. Mr. Cunliffe, the certificated manager, said that the front tub was to carry the coupling so that it would not drag along the floor. The chain was fastened over one of the tubs. The first one was liable to tilt and so got off the roadway. Mr. Watkinson said that the decease was a gangrider for about two months and did not know a tub to go off before. William Turton, the fireman, had examined the brow before the incident and he was satisfied that it was safe. The journey that went before the fatal one had 17 tubs and this had the same number on. The Coroner said that the accident was not unavoidable and there were two points to consider. The state of the brow and the question of putting the chain guard over the whole journey. Verdict was 'Accidental Death' but they added the recommendation that the brow had not been kept perfectly clear and the chain should be attached to the first tub going down. (N&EG).

RUSHTON John George - 1899 - 04/08/1899 – Age 36 - Stone header. Hucknall No. 2, Hucknall Colliery Co., Nottinghamshire. Fall of side. The roof had been supported by old railway rails one of which suddenly broke and allowed a large piece of roof to fall.

RUSHWORTH Samuel (injured) - 1891 - 15/05/1891 – Age 23 – Miner. Nook Rowley, Broad Oak Colliery Co., Ashton-under-Lyne, Lancashire. Injured by a piece of roof stone falling. Inspection and inquiry.

RUSSEL Robert (non-fatal) - 1891 - 19/11/1891 – Miner. Aitkenhead, George Crookston and Son, Glasgow, Lanarkshire. Explosion of firedamp.

RUSSELL Alexander (non-fatal) - 1890 - 25/01/1890 – Age 25 – Miner. Redford, John Logan and Sons, Stirling. Fall of roof.

RUSSELL Alexander (non-fatal) - 1891 - 13/01/1891 – Age 16 – Driver. Batonrigg, Morningside Coal Co., Lanarkshire. Crushed by tub. 35 days off.

RUSSELL Andrew (non-fatal) - 1890 - 17/11/1890 – Age 27 – Shotfirer. Clyde, Clyde Coal Co. Ltd., Lanarkshire. Struck by stone from shot.

RUSSELL Frank - 1892 - 04/05/1892 – Age 23 – Collier. Dean Lane, Bedminster Coal Co., Bristol, Gloucester. On his way into his working place, in the morning, he came to where his father and others were clearing up a fall which had occurred during the night upon the level. He commenced, voluntarily, to assist them but while doing so a further fall took place and killed him.

RUSSELL Herbert - 1895 - 05/06/1895 - Age 33. Langwith, Sheepbridge Coal and Iron Co. Ltd., Derbyshire. The man received a slight injury on the 20th May. He was after taken ill and died from "pneumonia.” No inquest was held.

RUSSELL James (non-fatal) - 1893 - 15/03/1893 – Age 26 – Miner. Knownoble, Kerr and Mitchell, Lanarkshire. Explosion of gunpowder.

RUSSELL James (non-fatal) - 1894 - 24/01/1894 – Age 20 – Miner. Bankend & Weeton, Lesmahagow Coal Co. Ltd., Lanarkshire. Going back to a shot 35 days off.

RUSSELL James - 1894 - 27/01/1894 – Age 37 – Stallman. Langwith, Sheepbridge Coal and Iron Co., Langwith, Derbyshire. Fall of roof. Deceased was cutting the coal to liberate it when he cut through to a fault slip and a piece of roof fell and struck him.

RUSSELL James - 1899 - 22/05/1899 – Age 14 - Pony driver. Clackmannan, Clackmannan Coal Co., Clackmannan. While the deceased were riding on a rake of loaded hutches, drawn by a pony, the pony appears to have stepped across the road in a lye and the tail chain came in contact with a tree set, in the middle of the road and displaced it causing a heavy fall of roof. While contravened the Special Rule in riding. 2 killed.

RUSSELL John (non-fatal) - 1890 - 09/01/1890 – Roadsman. Hallside, James Dunlop and Co., Cambuslang, Lanarkshire. Explosion of firedamp. 3 injured.

RUSSELL John (non-fatal) - 1890 - 18/09/1890 – Roadsman. Hallside, James Dunlop and Co., Newton, Lanarkshire. Fall of stone from side of road while taking it down.

RUSSELL John (non-fatal) - 1892 - 29/04/1892 – Drawer. Victoria No. 2, Eglinton Iron Co., Nitshill, Lanarkshire. Fall of roof at roadhead.

RUSSELL John (non-fatal) - 1894 - 19/10/1894 – Age 19 – Miner. Monkland, Calderbank Steel & Coal Co. Ltd., Lanarkshire. Explosion of firedamp.

RUSSELL Peter (non-fatal) - 1893 - 18/09/1893 – Age 50 – Pitheadman. Townhill, Townhill Coal Co., Fife. Run over by waggon.

RUSSELL Robert (non-fatal) - 1892 - 23/02/1892 – Age 36 – Brusher. Longrigg, James Nimmo and Co., Lanarkshire. Explosion of gelatine. 120 days off.

RUSSELL Robert (non-fatal) - 1892 - 30/03/1892 – Age 30 - Collier. Swinhill, George Miller and Sons, Lanarkshire. Fall of roof.

RUSSELL Thomas - 1897 - 06/04/1897 – Age 58 – Miner. Tannochside No. 1, Calderbank Steel and Coal Co. Ltd., Lanarkshire. Fall of roof at stoops.

RUSSEL Thomas - 1899 - 02/12/1899 – Age 43 – Labourer cover. Granite Quarry, Alexander Gordon, Co. Down, Ireland. Crushed by fall of granite.

RUSSELL William (non-fatal) - 1892 - 27/04/1892 – Age 32 – Brusher. Morningside, Morningside Coal Co. Lanarkshire. Fall of stone. 18 days off.

RUSSELL William (non-fatal) - 1894 - 07/07/1894 – Age 55 – Oversman. Shawfield, Wilsons and Clyde Coal Co. Ltd., Lanarkshire. Fell in engine house.

RUSSELL William - 1896 - 31/08/1896 – Age 32 – Miner. Hallside, James Dunlop and Co. Ltd., Lanarkshire. Fall of roof at working face.

RUSSELL William - 1897 - 31/07/1897 – Age 28 – Miner. Struther, Struther Coal Co., Lanarkshire. Deceased was engaged wedging down when the coal fall buried him and his neighbour. The roof suddenly fell and stone fell away from a lype unseen and the baring of the coal left it inadequately supported.

RUSSELL William - 1899 - 06/12/1899 – Age 43 – Brusher. Kinneil, Kinneil Cannel and Coking Coal Co. Ltd., Linlithgow. Deceased were brushing a branch road, in a section of the mine which was dry and somewhat dusty in which firedamp had frequently been reported and which was worked with lamps. The night fireman ,having absented himself from work, the overman, in the temporary absence of the certificated manager, took it upon himself to appoint a contractor, from another Section, as fireman and shot firer. The man so appointed failed to make any inspection of the scene of the accident and arranged with the deceased that they should light their own shots. They did so and an explosion took place resulting in the death of both men.

RUTHERFORD William - 1892 - 12/09/1892 – Age 23 – Brusher. Douglas Park No. 1, Wilsons and Clyde Coal Co., Bothwell, Lanarkshire. Fall of roof at brushing face.

RUTHVEN Robert - 1894 - 25/04/1894 – Age 19 – Bottomer. Brown Lee, Archibald Russell, Lanarkshire. Fell from midworking.

RUTLEDGE James - 1896 - 07/03/1896 – Age 13 – Drawer. Jelliston No. 2, Dalmellington Iron Co. Ltd., Ayrshire. While playing with another they fell across the rope, on the self acting incline, and he was carried up round the drum.

RYAN Catherine - 1896 - 13/01/1896 – Age 24 – Trimmer. Dowlais South Tunnel, Dowlais Iron Co., Glamorgan. Run over by waggons while cleaning the road under the small coal screens. Female.

RYAN Edward - 1890 - 15/08/1890 – Age 17 – Putter. Wearmouth, Wearmouth Coal Co. Ltd., Wearmouth, Co.Durham. Injured by falling off set of tubs.

RYAN John - 1896 - 04/01/1896 – Age 50 – Repairer. Ferndale No. 7, D Davis and Sons Ltd., Glamorgan. Fall on road rock where deceased was widening it. Six feet seam.

RYAN John - 1896 - 29/01/1896 – Age 13 - Collier’s boy. Werfa, James Evens and Co. Ltd., Glamorgan. Fall at face (rippings), 12 feet x 6 feet, which had three props under it. Seven feet seam.

RYAN Joseph - 1891 - 09/12/1891 – Age 27 – Rolleywayman. Montagu Main, William Benson and Sons, Montagu Main, Northumberland. Inspection made and inquest attended. They were engaged getting some rails out of an old part of the pit when some gas ignited at their lamps. 2 killed. 8 pm.

RYAN R. - 1890 - 21/05/1890 – Age 40 – Filler. Monk Bretton, W Pepper, Barnsley, Yorkshire. Caught by tubs.

RYCE Hugh (non-fatal) - 1894 - 20/02/1894 – Age 15 – Miner. Bent, Bent Colliery Co. Ltd., Lanarkshire. Fall of stone from roof. 3 injured. 3 days off.

RYDER John - 1899 - 31/10/1899 – Age 54 – Dataller. Digby, Digby Colliery Co., Nottinghamshire. He fell down dead when he reached the pit bottom after completing his work for the day. The Coroners returned a verdict that ‘his death was due to heart disease.’

RYDER R. - 1895 - 07/10/1895 – Age 49 – Labourer. Warren Bank (quarry), W Birkinshaw, Yorkshire. The jib of a crane fell on him.

RYLOTT J.T. - 1890 - 02/05/1890 – Age 23 – Collier. Thorncliffe, Newton Chambers, Sheffield, Yorkshire. Gassed. Died 5th. 2 killed.

RYSON Alfred - 1899 - 17/04/1899 – Age 26 – Haulier. Blaenclydach, Blaenclydach Colliery Co. Ltd., Glamorgan. Crushed between tram wheels and side of stall road while taking a loaded tram from the face.