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THOMAS William - 1894 - 31/08/1894 – Age 23 – Shackler. Pentre, Cory Bros. and Co. Ltd., Pentre, Glamorgan. Run over by a runaway empty tram on an engine dip, the shackle having become detached through jerking caused by some of the other trains leaving the rails at a turn 800 yards higher up. 2 killed.

THOMAS William - 1895 - 17/01/1895 – Age 23 – Collier. Llanbradach, Cardiff Steam Coal Collieries Ltd., Glamorgan. When engaged filling a tram with coal near the face of heading a large stone fell from the roof and struck him on the back causing injuries which terminated fatally on Feb. 12th 1895.

THOMAS William - 1895 - 20/04/1895 – Age 24 – Collier. South Tunnel, Dowlais Iron Co., Glamorgan. Fall of roof on main road while passing in to work. Road double timbered, 4 feet apart and lagged stone 5 feet x 3 feet x 18 inches thick, discharged one pair of timbers. Little seam.

THOMAS William - 1895 - 23/08/1895 – Age 49 - Slate getter. Graig Ddu (quarry), TM Whittaker, Merioneth. Explosion of 75 lbs. of gunpowder which he had put into a hole in which three smaller charges had already been fired successively in order to enlarge the cavity and produce cracks, he was using an iron scraper in the hole to measure the height to which the powder rose and it is likely that a spark from it caused the ignition of the charge. Intervals of half an hour had been allowed between the successive firings. He was killed on the spot and another man, Vaughan, was injured.

THOMAS William - 1896 - 15/08/1896 – Age 32 – Collier. Hendreforgan, Gwaun Cae Gurwen Colliery Co. Ltd., Glamorgan. Fall at face, clift Brass Vein. Died 19th September.

THOMAS William - 1896 - 27/02/1896 – Age 44 – Collier. Worcestershire, Philip Richard, Glamorgan. Run over by trams while passing out at end of his shift.

THOMAS William - 1898 - 05/07/1898 – Age 30 – Dataller. Moston, Platt Bros. and Co. Ltd., Lancashire. Struck by a stone rolling down brow when riding.

THOMAS William - 1899 - 19/08/1899 – Age 22 – Rider. Llest, Llest Coal Co. Ltd., Glamorgan. Explosion of gas. 19 killed.

THOMAS William Henry - 1892 - 31/12/1892 – Age 16 - Door boy. Risca, United National Collieries Ltd., Risca, Monmouth. While engaged doing the hauliers work, putting in sprags into the tram wheels, he stumbled and caused an abrasion of the skin on his arm. He continued to work up to 3rd Jan. when he further strained his arm. Pymaenia supervened and he died 9th Jan. The doctors evidence distinctly attributes the pymaenia to the accident.

THOMAS William John - 1893 – Age 15 – Wheeler. 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.

THOMAS William Reynold - 1895 - 02/05/1895 – Age 29 – Collier. Llwynypia No. 2, Glamorgan Coal Co. Ltd., Glamorgan. Fall of clod, 9 foot long, 2 foot. 10 inches wide 1 foot 5 inches thick, which was entirely undermined and unsupported. Five feet seam.

THOMASON Hugh (non-fatal) - 1890 - 04/12/1890 – Age 24 – Miner. Cowdenbeath, Cowdenbeath Coal Co., Fife. Fall of coal and stone. Not yet returned.

THOMASSON Richard (injured) - 1891 - 27/08/1891 – Age 31 – Miner. Chequerbent, Executors of Col. Hargreaves, Over Hulton, Lancashire. Injured by roof from near his face of work. Inspection and inquiry.

THOMPSON Alexander (non-fatal) - 1892 - 09/12/1892 – Age 60 – Collier. Rosebank, John Nimmo and Son, Fife. Fall of roof. Still off.

THOMPSON Alfred - 1893 - 03/01/1893 – Age 44 – Fireman. Holmside, Hedley Bros., Chester-le-Street, Co.Durham. He had a cage suspended on a chock until he cleared away some ice, the timber broke and the cage fell upon him.

THOMPSON Andrew (non-fatal) - 1890 - 18/09/1890 – Roadsman. Craighead No. 1, William Baird and Co., Kilsyth, Ayrshire. Struck by a runaway hutch which had not been snibbled.

THOMPSON Daniel - 1898 - 10/03/1898 – Age 28 – Labourer. Aresey Stanton Works, Clay Quarry, Eastwood and Co., Bedford. Deceased and others were removing a cutting table and when passing unfenced machinery a revolving shaft caught his clothes and killed him.

THOMPSON David (non-fatal) - 1891 - 17/07/1891 – Age 28 – Collier. Muiredge, Bowman and Co. Fife. Fall of roof. 42 days off.

THOMPSON David (non-fatal) - 1892 - 25/02/1892 – Age 17 – Wheeler. Little Raith, Lochgelly Iron and Coal Co. Ltd., Fife. Explosion of detonator.

THOMPSON G. - 1896 - 06/11/1896 – Age 24 – Shunter. Garforth, Garforth Coal Co., Yorkshire. Crushed by loco. on sidings.

THOMPSON George (injured) - 1894 - 25/09/1894 – Age 13 - Asst. examiner. Podmore Hall Colliery, Minnie Pit, Midland Coal Coke and Iron Co. Ltd., Halmerhead, Stafford. Head crushed between tubs while unhooking horse.

THOMPSON George - 1895 - 14/01/1895 – Age 17 - Taker-off. Audley, W Rigby and Co., Audley, Staffordshire. Irruption of water from old working. 77 killed.

THOMPSON George - 1895 - 23/09/1895 – Age 60 – Wasteman. Auckland Park, Bolckow Vaughan and Co. Ltd., Auckland, Co.Durham. Died at work from natural causes.

THOMPSON George - 1899 - 17/01/1899 – Age 20 - Loco. Fireman. Newburgh, Radcliffe Coal Co. Ltd., Northumberland. Inspection made and inquest attended. Deceased was riding on the fore end buffer of the first of four trucks, which were being shunted, and in jumping off he fell over the rails and five wheels passed over him.

THOMPSON H. - 1897 - 14/06/1897 – Age 30 – Collier. Garforth, Garforth Coal Co., Yorkshire. Fall of roof.

THOMPSON Henry - 1894 - 06/01/1894 – Age 14 – Driver. Pegswood, Bentink West Hartley Colliery Co., Pegswood, Northumberland. Inquiries made and inquest attended. The deceased fell in front of some tubs, he was improperly lowering down an incline without sprags.

THOMPSON J. - 1895 - 17/05/1895 – Age 35 – Collier. Wombwell Main, Wombwell Main Coal Co., Yorkshire. Fall of side.

THOMPSON James (injured) - 1890 - 12/04/1890 – Age 46 – Miner. Demesne, Arley Brooks and Pickup, Towneley, Lancashire. Fingers injured by running on his riding tram against another riding tram, which a boy without a light had left on the level.

THOMPSON James (non-fatal) - 1891 - 13/07/1891 – Age 22 – Driver. Redding, Redding Colliery Co. Ltd., Stirling. Crushed by horse. 34 days off.

THOMPSON James - 1894 - 04/12/1894 – Age 28 – Hewer. Blackhill, Consett Iron Co. Ltd., Consett, Co.Durham. Fall of stone from between two slips.

THOMPSON James - 1899 - 20/02/1899 – Age 16 – Drawer. Bold, Collins 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 downbrow, 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.

THOMPSON John - 1892 - 14/10/1892 – Age 24 – Hewer. Ryhope, Ryhope Coal Co. Ltd., Sunderland, Co.Durham. Injury to back and legs by fall of stone. Died November 8th.

THOMPSON John - 1898 - 10/09/1898 – Age 52 – Shaftsman. Clara Vale, Stella Coal Co., Co.Durham. Inspection made and inquest attended. Another shaftman and deceased were engaged in removing a bunton, attached by a chain to a rope out of the shaft. The deceased was standing on a temporary scaffold, steadying the rope, when he overbalanced himself and fell a distance of 18 feet.

THOMPSON Jonah - 1893 - 04/11/1893 – Age 26 – Stower. South Duffryn, Hills Plymouth Co. Ltd., Merthyr Tydfil, Glamorgan. Run over by an empty journey while coming out of the shaft.

THOMPSON Joseph - 1898 - 03/02/1898 – Age 17 – Screener. Swalwell, Swalwell Garesfield Coal Co., Co.Durham. Inspection made. Deceased was replacing a full truck with an empty one, instead of passing outside one of the screen uprights, he attempted to go between it and the moving waggon, when he was crushed and received injuries from which he died on the following day.

THOMPSON Joseph - 1898 - 22/09/1898 – Age 54 – Stallman. Cannock Chase, Cannock Chase Colliery Co. Ltd., Cannock, Staffordshire. Fall of coal face when in the act of pulling it down.

THOMPSON or THOMSON Alexander - 1895 - 31/05/1895 – Age 31 – Fireman. Kinneddar, Fifeshire Main Collieries Ltd., Fife. Underground fire. 9 killed.

THOMPSON or THOMSON Thomas - 1892 - 15/11/1892 – Age 24 - Pithead worker. Wellsgreen, Fife Coal Co. Ltd., Fife. Fell from scaffold.

THOMPSON Peter - 1895 - 17/01/1895 – Age 23 – Labourer. Albert Derbyshire, Silkstone Colliery Co. Ltd., Derbyshire. The two deceased were crushed whilst passing between the buffers of two railway wagons at the time that shunting operations were going on. 2 killed.

THOMPSON Richard - 1895 - 02/07/1895 – Age 16 – Driver. Ashington, Ashington Coal Co. Ltd., Ashington, Northumberland. Inspection made. Apparently a simple accident due to the neglect of deceased in putting in his cotter. The tubs had been off the road and the pony loosed off. After the tubs were put right the deceased unhooked his pony and got on to the limbers and started off the road, being on a decline. On coming to the bend, of the road where the pony would have to pull, the limbers came away and deceased fell under the tubs.

THOMPSON Robert - 1897 - 05/01/1897 – Age 52 - Clay getter. Bell’s Close Clay Quarry, Walter Scott Ltd., Northumberland. Inspection made. Deceased at completion of his shift and after the quarry men had left the quarry ascended to a ledge, 7 feet or 8 feet high to get his jacket. According to the evidence he suffered from a weak heart and within the previous hour complained of a feeling of dizziness. Apparently he had a recurrence of this dizziness and had fallen from the ledge while in that state, as there was nothing in the condition of the quarry to account for the accident.

THOMPSON S. - 1890 - 10/11/1890 – Age 15 – Driver. Rockingham, Newton Chambers, Sheffield, Yorkshire. Fell from cage.

THOMPSON Samuel - 1893 - 16/03/1893 – Age 21 – Collier. Clydach Rhondda, William Perch and Co., Tonypandy, Glamorgan. Fall of side (coal) at face (6 foot in length) which was holed and not spragged. No. 2 Rhondda seam. Pillar and stall.

THOMPSON Samuel - 1894 - 11/06/1894 – Age 30 – Hewer. Rough Lea, North Bitchburn Coal Co. Ltd., Auckland, Co.Durham. Died in his work place from heart disease. The ventilation was good.

THOMPSON T. - 1897 - 15/04/1897 – Age 35 – Collier. Garforth, Garforth Coal Co., Yorkshire. Fall of roof.

THOMPSON T.W. - 1890 - 17/08/1890 – Age 4 – Child. Middle Beechburn, Middle Beechburn Coal Co., Crook, Co.Durham. Strayed on to a tramway and was run over and killed by a set of tubs. Not comprised.

THOMPSON Thomas (non-fatal) - 1891 - 19/08/1891 – Age 23 – Chainer. Pentland Clippens Oil Co. Ltd., Edinburgh. Crushed by bogie. Still off.

THOMPSON Thomas - 1890 - 06/03/1890 – Age 20 – Miner. Denbeath, Bowman and Co., Fife. Fall of coal. 10.00 am.

THOMPSON Thomas - 1893 - 12/01/1893 – Age 56 – Collier. Parkfield, Kingswood and Parkfield Collieries Co. Ltd., Mangotsfield, Gloucester. Fall of clod. It fell over on them owing to an unseen slip at the back, and discharged two sprags which they had set before commencing to hole the coal. 2 killed.

THOMPSON Thomas - 1894 - 27/02/1894 – Age 16 – Driver. South Durham, South Durham Coal Co. Ltd., Auckland, Co.Durham. He was waiting for another driver and thinking the pony was coming, too quickly, he flashed his light which made the pony cross out and he was knocked under the tubs. Died 13th Mar.

THOMPSON Thomas - 1897 - 02/01/1897 – Age 44 – Hewer. Medmosley, Consett Iron Co. Ltd., Co.Durham. He was holing a lift when a fall of roof took place and breaking over timber killed him.

THOMPSON W. - 1898 - 24/03/1898 – Age 53 – Byeworkman. Primrose Hill, T and RW Bower, Yorkshire. Injured his finger when filling a corf and died from blood poisoning on 17th Apr.

THOMPSON William - 1892 - 25/01/1892 – Age 42 – Collier. Podmore Hall Colliery, Minnie Pit, Midland Coal Coke and Iron Co. Ltd., Newcastle, Staffordshire. Fall of top coal while removing pillars in Bullhurst Seam.

THOMPSON William - 1897 - 31/08/1897 – Age 60 – Shifter. Usworth, J Bowes and Partners Ltd., Co.Durham. Inquest attended. He was engaged clearing up the road near the face. It appeared he was possibly going in front of the tub, down a slight incline, when his head caught against a caunch. He had worked on the road for some time and it is inexplicable why he should have made so serious a mistake.

THOMPSON William - 1898 - 12/01/1898 – Age 14 – Wailer. Lumley, Lambton Collieries Ltd., Co.Durham. He was running across the branch railway when he slipped on the rails, just as two full trucks were being lowered down from under the screens, and the first wheel of the first truck passed over his leg. Died from shock the same day after the leg had been amputated.

THOMPSON William - 1898 - 17/01/1898 – Age 27 – Engineman. Choppington, Bebside Coal Co. Ltd., Northumberland. Inspection made and inquest attended. The deceased was about to fill lubricators, attached to the screening machinery, but instead of stopping the engine or going around, he went over the screen belt and slipped on the cog wheels.

THOMPSON William - 1899 - 10/06/1899 – Age 39 – Quarryman. Middle Park, Limestone Quarry, Bowne and Shaw, Derbyshire. Deceased was recharging a shot hole a few minutes after it had been fired a spent awhile pouring grain gunpowder into the hole, it fired and exploded the whole of the gunpowder in his powder can. Two others were injured. Deceased died on the 14th instant.

THOMSON Alexander (non-fatal) - 1894 - 02/06/1894 – Age 54 – Sinker. Bathville, James Wood Ltd., Linlithgow. Fell down shaft. 2 injured. Did not return.

THOMSON Alexander (non-fatal) - 1894 - 06/01/1894 – Age 64 – Miner. Motherwell, John Watson Ltd., Lanarkshire. Fall of roof. 256 days off.

THOMSON Alexander - 1894 - 19/05/1894 – Age 53 – Miner. Riddochhill, Gavin Paul and Sons, Linlithgow. Fall of roof.

THOMSON Andrew (non-fatal) - 1892 - 24/08/1892 – Ponydriver. Bredisholm No. 3, Glasgow Iron and Steel Co., Uddingston, Lanarkshire. Fall of roof on road.

THOMSON Archibald - 1898 - 25/10/1898 – Age 55 – Miner. Nethercoy No. 1, Carron Co., Dumbarton. Explosion of firedamp, evidently caused by the son of the deceased unlocking his safety lamp to relight it by striking a match. 4 others injured.

THOMSON Claud (non-fatal) - 1894 - 05/01/1894 – Age 50 – Borer. Blairhill, Coltness Iron Co. Ltd., Fife. Explosion of firedamp. 2 injured, 1 day off.

THOMSON Gavin (non-fatal) - 1893 - 29/12/1893 – Age 23 – Bogieman. Bog & Home Farm, Hamilton McCulloch and Co., Lanarkshire. Jammed by hutch 15 days off.

THOMSON George - 1898 - 27/05/1898 – Age 34 – Quarryman. Annanlea Sandstone Quarry, DK and H Symington, Dumfries. Struck by a stone which, unobserved by any one, had adhered to an empty boxes which was being swung round over the quarry.

THOMSON Harry (non-fatal) - 1894 - 17/02/1894 – Age 30 – Miner. Mosside & Riddockhill, Gavin Paul and Sons, Linlithgow. Fall of roof. 48 days off.

THOMSON Hugh - 1897 - 22/01/1897 – Age 28 – Engineman. 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 the wire had much deteriorated. 2 killed.

THOMSON James (non-fatal - 1892 - 05/04/1892 – Age 35 – Miner. Auchren (metalliferous), W and R Waddell, Lanarkshire. Fall of roof.

THOMSON James (non-fatal) - 1893 - 13/11/1893 – Age 33 – Roadsman. Manuelrigg, Manuelrigg Coal Co., Stirling. Fell down shaft.

THOMSON James (non-fatal) - 1893 - 21/12/1893 – Age 20 – Drawer. Whitehill, Lothian Coal Co. Ltd., Edinburgh. Crushed by tub.

THOMSON James (non-fatal) - 1894 - 16/01/1894 – Age 25 - Loco. Brakesman. Bog & Home Farm, Hamilton McCulloch and Co., Lanarkshire. Run over by waggon. 150 days off.

THOMSON James (non-fatal) - 1894 - 16/04/1894 – Age 28 – Miner. Binniehill & Lodge, John Watson Ltd., Stirling. Fall of stone at face. 30 days off.

THOMSON James - 1894 - 08/09/1894 – Age 28 – Miner. Saline, Saline Valley Coal Co., Fife. Fall of coal.

THOMSON James - 1899 - 24/10/1899 – Age 14 - Stone picker. Carfin No. 7, William Dixon Ltd., Lanarkshire. While amusing himself he was caught between the pulley and the belt of a conveyor.

THOMSON John (non-fatal) - 1890 - 13/01/1890 – Age 30 – Roadsman. Brownlee, Archibald Russell, Lanarkshire. Caught by roof while riding tub. 60 days off.

THOMSON John (non-fatal) - 1890 - 18/08/1890 – Age 25 – Miner. Lumphinnans, Cowdenbeath Coal Co. Fife. Fall of coal. 47 days off.

THOMSON John (non-fatal) - 1891 - 16/05/1891 – Age 32 – Drawer. Balbardie Walker and Cameron, Linlithgow. Fall of brushing. 106 days off.

THOMSON John (non-fatal) - 1893 - 27/07/1893 – Age 40 – Miner. Balblues, A and G Anderson, Lanarkshire. Fall of stone. 21 days off.

THOMSON John - 1894 - 13/06/1894 – Age 26 – Repairer. Lochgelly, Lochgelly Iron and Coal Co. Ltd., Fife. Fall of roof. 2 killed.

THOMSON Joshua - 1897 - 15/10/1897 – Age 30 – Loader. Darby’s Hill Basalt Quarry, Alfred Allen, Staffordshire. Fall of rock from face from a height of 80 feet.

THOMSON Peter - 1891 - 02/07/1891 – Age 36 – Collier. Little Raith, Lochgelly Iron and Coal Co. Ltd., Fife. Fall of roof.

THOMSON Robert - 1898 - 20/01/1898 – Age 38 – Miner. Carfin No. 7, William Dixon Ltd., Lanarkshire. While drawing props below the head coal the coal fell on him.

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

THOMSON Walter (non-fatal) - 1892 - 11/02/1892 – Age 16 – Wheeler. Little Raith, Lochgelly Iron and Coal Co. Ltd., Fife. Struck by tub. 8 days off.

THOMSON Walter - 1898 - 19/01/1898 – Age 17 – Drawer. Muiredge, Bowman and Co., Fife. Deceased and another were filling a tub, at a roadhead, when the roof burst out. Deceased tried to escape past the tub but was caught and completely buried. The other lad escaped along the face.

THOMSON William (non-fatal) - 1892 - 05/02/1892 - Pithead runner. Auchinrath No. 1, Merry and Cuninghame, Blantyre, Lanarkshire. Fell down a scree.

THOMSON William (non-fatal) - 1892 - 05/05/1892 – Age 19 - Asst. loco. Driver. Arniston, Arniston Coal Co. Ltd., Edinburgh. Fell before loco. 179 days off.

THOMSON William (non-fatal) - 1892 - 17/05/1892 – Age 27 – Collier. Greenfield, Archibald Russell, Lanarkshire. Fall of coal. 4 days off.

THOMSON William (non-fatal) - 1893 - 30/12/1893 – Age 45 – Miner. Allanshaw, Allanshaw Coal Co., Lanarkshire. Fall of coal.

THOMSON William - 1898 - 13/09/1898 – Age 30 – Miner. Blantyre Farm, AG Moore and Co., Lanarkshire. Fall of roof at working face.

THOMSON William - 1899 - 21/07/1899 – Age 34 – Miner. Gilbertfield No. 2, Cambuslang Coal Co., Ltd., Lanarkshire. Fall of coal owing to want of sprags. Another man was injured.

THOMSPON Thomas (non-fatal) - 1892 - 12/09/1892 – Age 28 – Brusher. Buckhaven, Bowman and Co., Fife. Struck by crane handle. 10 days off.

THORNE Arthur - 1893 - 11/04/1893 – Age 16 – Collier. Great Western, Great Western Colliery Co. Ltd., Pontypridd, Glamorgan. By an underground fire. 63 killed.

THORNE George - 1893 - 11/04/1893 – Age 31 – Collier. Great Western, Great Western Colliery Co. Ltd., Pontypridd, Glamorgan. By an underground fire. 63 killed.

THORNE John - 1891 - 10/12/1891 – Age 35 – Engineplaneman. Whitworth Drift, Tredegar Iron and Coal Co. Ltd., Tredegar, Monmouth. About 300 yards from the mouth of the drift he was engaged cleaning between the rails. At this point there is a curve but not a very sharp one. He either did not notice the approach of the first journey out, in consequence of the noise made by the rollers for carrying the rope or he misjudged its distance and continued at work too long. He was dragged about 60 yards before he was noticed and the engine stopped. He was then found dead under the train. There was at least 6 feet clear from the side of the rails besides large manholes 20 yards apart.

THORNE William - 1895 - 18/10/1895 – Age 18 – Brakeman. Ferndale No. 8, D Davis and Sons Ltd., Glamorgan. Crushed between a beam at screens and a wagon which he was placing under the screens, he was riding on the buffer with one foot on the brake level. Space only 6 inches.

THORNHILL John - 1899 - 04/06/1899 – Age 15. Grassmoor, Grassmoor Co., Derbyshire. He was drowned while bathing in the colliery reservoir.

THORNLEY Adam - 1896 - 11/06/1896 – Age 22 – Collier. Foggs, A Knowles and Sons Ltd., Lancashire. Crushed by tub on drawing road, ran into by another drawer following too close behind.

THORNLEY Joseph - 1895 - 30/07/1895 – Age 24 – Tipper. East Cannock, East Cannock Colliery Co. Ltd., Staffordshire. Fall from top to bottom of steam lift at screens with a tub, a depth of 12 feet. Died 12th Aug.

THORNLEY Robert - 1897 - 13/09/1897 – Age 17 - Gang rider. St. George’s, Astley and Tyldesley Coal & Salt Co. Ltd., Lancashire. Crushed by tubs on main rope haulage road. Riding on chain at front of empty tubs he slipped off.

THORNTON A. - 1891 - 24/09/1891 – Age 46 – Fitter. Mitchell Main, Mitchell Main Coal Co., Barnsley, Yorkshire. Injured by rope.

THORNTON John - 1896 - 29/10/1896 – Age 21 – Hewer. Malton, SA Sadler, Co.Durham. Spine injured by lifting a full tub away from the plate ends in face of working place. Died on November 3rd

THORNTON L. - 1896 - 22/04/1896 – Age 32 – Labourer. Scout (quarry), Moses Briggs, Yorkshire. Struck by piece of stone when firing a shot.

THORNTON R. - 1891 - 25/08/1891 – Age 28 – Sinker. Rotherham Main, John Brown and Co., Rotherham, Yorkshire. Trunk struck him in shaft. Died 26th Jan - 1892.

THORNTON Richard - 1896 - 26/05/1896 – Age 46 – Collier. Mount Pleasant, JB Gregory and Co., Flint. Inspection made and inquest attended. While his partner was engaged pulling down a piece of coal, off the face, a fall of roof occurred between two slips capping three or four props and killing the deceased.

THOROUGHGOOD Thomas - 1890 - 06/01/1890 – Age 27 – Waggonman. Ravensworth, Charles Perkins and Partners, Ravensworth, Co.Durham. Fell before waggons at screen 4.0 pm.

THORP Peter (injured) - 1891 - 14/09/1891 – Age 17 - Engine tenter. Cleworth Hall, Black and White Tyldesley Coal Co. Ltd., Shakerley, Lancashire. Injured by the Cog wheels of the engine that was used for drawing mineral only along a plane. Inspection and inquiry.

THORPE H. - 1895 - 16/01/1895 – Age 30 – Byeworker. Soothill Wood, Soothill Wood Coal Co., Yorkshire. Crushed by Corves on engine plane.

THORPE Herbert - 1895 - 10/01/1895 – Age 14 – Horsedriver. Portland No. 4, Butterley Co. Ltd., Nottinghamshire. He attempted to lower an empty tub down an inclined roadway by going in front. The tub overpowered the deceased and ran over him.

THORPE James - 1890 - 16/09/1890 – Age 43 – Miner. Victoria 7 foot, Fletcher Burrows and Co., Atherton, Lancashire. Died 17th from injuries by top coal falling where he was working.

THORPE John (injured) - 1890 - 06/03/1890 – Age 35 – Drawer. Ashton Moss 6 Foot, Ashton Moss Colliery Co., Audenshaw, Lancashire. Thigh broken by roof falling from slips where he was filling coal that had been taken down the day before.

THORPE William - 1890 - 14/06/1890 – Age 52 – Stallman. Manners, Manners Colliery Co., Ilkeston, Derbyshire. Fall of roof. Whilst he was holing coals a piece of roof fell upon him.

THURKETTLE William - 1898 - 03/06/1898 – Age 35 – Hewer. Kimblesworth, Charlaw and Sacriston Collieries Co. Ltd., Co.Durham. He was hewing in a broken jud when the roof fell right across it at slips without any warning and killed him. The stone measured 18 feet long by 6 feet wide by 3 feet thick.

THURSBAY Lovel - 1893 - 30/06/1893 – Age 14 – Miner. Herbertshire No. 3, Robert Addie and Sons, Denny, Stirling. Explosion of firedamp caused by a miner opening his safety lamp. 2 killed.

TIBBETTS Benjamin - 1891 - 06/03/1891 – Age 23 – Loader. Spingfield, Spingfield Colliery Co., Rowley Regis, Staffordshire. Fall of coal from roof caused by a bump.

TIBBETTS Joseph - 1893 - 23/10/1893 – Age 65 – Watchman. Bournchills, Bournchills and Withymoor Colliery Co., Netherton, Staffordshire. Fell down shaft from surface. 2 killed.

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

TICKLE James - 1895 - 27/07/1895 – Age 21 – Miner. Killifreth (metalliferous), Killifreth Mine Adventurers Cornwall. Along with a comrade he was being wound up about 80 fathoms by an underground compressed air engine, from the bottom of sinking shaft after lighting some shots. The candles, being extinguished, deceased was caught under the pump cistern which although only or 10 inches clear from the side of the kibble was not protected with sliding boards as it should have been.

TIDSWELL William - 1897 - 12/11/1897 – Age 31 – Dayman. Newstead Top Hard Coal, Newstead Colliery Co., Nottinghamshire. Fall of roof. Deceased was setting a prop, to secure the safety of the stall, when a quantity of roof fell upon him. He died the next day.

TIER George (non-fatal) - 1894 - 11/05/1894 – Age 48 – Miner. Loanhead, Shotts Iron Co., Edinburgh. Fall of coal.

TIERNEY John (non-fatal) - 1890 - 14/02/1890 – Age 27 – Miner. Burntisland, Burntisland Oil Co. Ltd., Fife. Fall of shale. 49 days off.

TIERNEY John - 1898 - 25/06/1898 – Age 30 – Hewer. North Bitchburn, North Bitchburn Coal Co. Ltd., Co.Durham. He was finishing taking out part of a pillar of coal when a fall of roof took place and killed him.

TIFFIN Edward - 1897 - 06/04/1897 – Age 56 – Engineman. Allhallows, Allerdale Coal Co. Ltd., Cumberland. Inspection made and inquest attended. He descended the shaft, about 5 p.m., and signalled that he was all right. About 10 o'clock some workmen were being lowered and, on nearing the bottom felt the cage strike something, which turned out to be the deceased whose head was partly under the cage. It is thought that he had taken a fit. Everything was in order at the bottom.

TIGGART James (non-fatal) - 1893 - 28/10/1893 – Age 24 – Miner. Pumpherston, Pumpherston Oil Co. Ltd., Edinburgh. Explosion of gunpowder. 4 days off.

TIGGERDINE W. - 1895 - 10/05/1895 – Age 44 - Coke burner. Carlton Main, Yorkshire and Derbyshire Iron and Coal Co., Yorkshire. Fell from waggon. Died 12th May.

TILCOCK George - 1898 - 24/02/1898 – Age 17 - Horse driver. Sewell, Chalk Quarry, BJ Forder and Son, Bedford. The deceased was driving a horse, after freeing it from the waggon, he stepped in front of a loaded wagon, running along the tramway and over. He died the following day.

TILEY James - 1895 - 23/12/1895 – Age 31 – Collier. Ebbw Vale Marine, Ebbw Vale Steel Iron and Coal Co. Ltd., Ebbw Vale, Monmouth. Fall of roof from slips in the Old Coal. It fell from between supports while he was wedging down coal from the face.

TILEY Joseph (non-fatal) - 1893 - 18/11/1893 – Age 39 – Quarryman. Kingsdown (metalliferous), Bath Stone Firms Ltd., Farleigh, Somerset. In jumping to get clear of a detached piece of stone, which he was assisting to roll out from its place, he alighted unfortunately and fractured his leg.

TILEY W. - 1891 - 08/12/1891 – Age 22 – Collier. Wheldale, Wheldale Coal Co., Castleford, Yorkshire. Fire in engine plane. 5 killed.

TILLEY Edward - 1897 - 15/06/1897 – Age 74 – Wagonshifter. Rowlands Gill, Lily Joseph Cowpen and Co., Co.Durham. Inspection made and inquest attended. He was helping with the arrangement of the wagons near the screens. He drove his horse too near the wagons, which were standing, and attempting to cross from one side to the other he was caught and knocked down by the buffers.

TIMBS Arthur - 1894 - 23/06/1894 – Age 30 – Labourer. Albion, Albion Steam Coal Co. Ltd., Pontypridd, Glamorgan. By an explosion. 290 killed.

TIMMINS Joseph - 1890 - 29/04/1890 – Age 26 – Loader. Wednesbury Oak, P Williams and Sons, Tipton, Staffordshire. Fall of coal. Cause, a bump, and a mass of converging slips.

TIMMS R. - 1895 - 06/08/1895 – Age 38 - Engine fitter. Swallow Hill, Fountain and Burnley Ltd., Yorkshire. Scalded by steam pipe blowing out. Died 6th Sept.

TIMPENNY David (non-fatal) - 1890 - 11/09/1890 – Miner. Bogside No. 1, Eglinton Iron Co., Irvine, Ayrshire. Fall of roof at face.

TIMSON Thomas - 1898 - 19/04/1898 – Age 30 – Stallman. Whitwick No. 5, Whitwick Colliery Co., Leicestershire. 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.

TINDALE John - 1893 - 04/07/1893 – Age 34 – Coombs, ET Ingham, Dewsbury, Yorkshire. Explosion of gas. 139 killed.

TINKLER Robert - 1898 - 08/01/1898 – Age 45 – Rolleywayman. Murton, South Hetton Coal Co. Ltd., Co.Durham. Died today from the effects of an accident caused by a fall of stone in March 26th 1889.

TINLIN Martin - 1896 - 15/09/1896 – Age 24 – Labourer. Grimshaw Stone Quarry. Executors of John Makinson, Lancashire. The face of clay cover was 22 feet high in two steps or benches. The top bench had been holed under and some piles had been partly driven behind to get the clay down but it failed to come, and the men went on working below, when a portion fell and struck the deceased.

TINSLEY D. - 1891 - 29/04/1891 – Age 19 – Dataler. Harrison & Woodburn, Madeley Coal and Iron Co. Ltd., Leycett, Staffordshire. Crushed by tubs while lowering them down engine dip.

TINSLEY John - 1899 - 23/02/1899 – Age 38 – Collier. Hewlett No. 1, Arley Wigan Coal and Iron Coal Co. Ltd., Lancashire. Fall of roof in working place up to pronounced fault, two more props set would have saved his life.

TIPLADY James - 1898 - 04/07/1898 – Age 39 – Hewer. Harraton, Lambton Collieries Ltd., Co.Durham. While hewing in a bord, a piece of stone fell away and caught him on the head and body, from the effects of which he died within a few minutes.

TIPPENY James (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.

TIPPETT Albert - 1897 - 09/07/1897 – Age 23 – Labourer. Hanham, Briston United Collieries Co., Gloucester. Fall of roof. He was sent to fetch some timber for a place where he and another were repairing and is supposed to have gone back into a roadway and knocked out some timber and he was found with the fall above him. He died from the effects of the accident on the 21st January 1898.

TIPPETT Alfred Jabez - 1897 - 08/07/1897 – Age 24 - Hanham Pit, Bristol, Gloucester. Of Longwell Green. Tippett was making a wind hole on Jubilee Deep Side, with Thomas Stone and Thomas Hillman, both of St. George. Hillman went to get timber and heard a cry. He found Tippett lying in the road with a stone across his legs and another across his back. Tippett was admitted to the Infirmary with a broken back. It seems that he tragically lingered, for the inquest was not reported until the 29/01/1898.

TIPPETT James - 1891 - 22/01/1891 – Age 14 - Collier’s boy. New Tredegar, Powell Duffryn Steam Coal Co. Ltd., New Tredegar, Monmouth. Fall of coal from the face. It came off at a slip and fell upon his head while in a stooping position. There was a sprag set within a yard of the lump but the slip rendered it ineffective.

TIPPETT Thomas (non-fatal) - 1892 - 02/03/1892 – Age 26 – Miner. Cooks’ Kitchen (metalliferous), Cooks’ Kitchen Mining Co., Camborne, Cornwall. Fell off a scaffold or staging on which he was working in a stope.

TIPPINS Samuel - 1894 - 12/05/1894 – Age 66 – Repairer. Waun Llwyd, Ebbw Vale Steel Iron and Coal Co. Ltd., Ebbw Vale, Monmouth. He tripped over the hauling rope while engaged cleaning the road. He injured his elbow lightly but continued his work. An abscess it appears formed subsequently which resulted in his death. Nothing was known of the case at the Colliery as he had not reported it, and his absence was taken no notice of in consequence of his having previously lost a great deal of time owing to ill health.

TIPPOTT James - 1890 - 10/03/1890 – Age 17 – Haulier. Morfa Vivian and Sons, Port Talbot, Glamorgan. Explosion of firedamp. 87 Killed.

TIPTON John (injured) - 1894 - 26/01/1894 – Age 50 – Timberer. Glebe, J Challinor and Co. Ltd., Fenton, Staffordshire. Fall of roof at working face in Moss Seam. Injury to hip and ankle.

TITLEY Jesse - 1893 - 11/04/1893 – Age 19 – Collier. Great Western, Great Western Colliery Co. Ltd., Pontypridd, Glamorgan. By an underground fire. 63 killed.

TITTLE Thomas - 1895 - 14/01/1895 – Age 15 – Loader. Audley, W Rigby and Co., Audley, Staffordshire. Irruption of water from old working. 77 killed.

TOBIN Richard (non-fatal) - 1891 - 24/12/1891 – Age 15 – Miner. Westwood, Youngs Paraffin Light & Mineral Oil Co. Ltd., Linlithgow. Fall of roof. Still off.

TODD Adam - 1898 - 22/06/1898 – Age 13 – Driver. Brandon, Strakers and Love, Co.Durham. He was standing by the side of the way, putting a sprag into his set, when a stone fell from between two slips in the roof and killed him.

TODD James jnr. (non-fatal) - 1890 - 11/06/1890 – Miner. Wellshot No. 1, David G Dunn, Cambuslang, Lanarkshire. Fall of roof at working face.

TODD John (non-fatal) - 1891 - 27/02/1891 – Miner. Stonelaw, FR Reid, Rutherglen, Lanarkshire. Fall of coal.

TODD John (non-fatal) - 1894 - 03/12/1894 – Age 28 – Miner. Greyrigg, Greyrigg Coal Co., Stirling. Fall of stone 6 days off.

TODD John - 1897 - 21/03/1897 – Age 42 – Deputy. Asby, Asby Colliery Co. Ltd., Cumberland. Inspection made and inquest attended. The deceased was a night shift deputy and as he had only a few men in the pit was working temporally at the pit top with the tubs. The mouth of the shaft is protected by moving bars and it was his duty to see that they were down after the cage had left the top. He appears to have worked for some time and had neglected to put one of these bars down and in shoving a tub towards the shaft, for the cage, he found himself at the wrong side and he and the tub went to the bottom. The accident happened at night but it was said that there was sufficient light at the place. The bars were in working order.

TODD John - 1899 - 08/06/1899 – Age 24 – Borer. Cragwood Whinstone Quarry, R Summerson and Co., Co.Durham. Killed by a stone from a gelatine shot. A quarryman was charging a shot hole and was using a steel tool for a rammer which caused a premature explosion.

TODD John - 1899 - 14/11/1899 – Age 35 – Miner. Fordell, Fordell Trustees, Fife. Deceased carrying some of his tools was ascending the shaft along with other miners and he fell off the cage.

TODD Joseph - 1890 - 08/09/1890 – Age 39 – Stoneman. Castle Eden, Castle Eden Coal Co., Castle Eden, Co.Durham. Died today from effects of sprain said to have been received slipping when loading timber in the pit on 9th of December last.

TODD Joseph - 1895 - 05/07/1895 – Age 16 – Driver. Herrington, Earl of Durham, Co.Durham. While unyoking his pony in an engine landing a fall of roof took place.

TODD Robert - 1892 - 22/08/1892 – Age 15 – Miner. Merryton, Merryton Coal Co., Lanarkshire. Crushed by hutch.

TODD Samuel - 1890 - 01/08/1890 – Age 15 – Driver. Urpeth, Charles Perkins and Partners, Urpeth, Co.Durham. Killed while driving pony tubs. 7.30 am.

TODHUNTER Isaac - 1891 - 24/04/1891 – Age 60 - Lead miner. Woodend (metalliferous), Threlkeld Mining Co., Threlkeld, Cumberland. Deceased had fired a shot and was dressing the ground down, when a piece of rock fell from a slip on to him causing injuries which proved fatal. Inspection made and inquest attended. 6.0 pm.

TOFT Thomas - 1890 - 15/08/1890 – Age 44 – Shotlighter. Edge Green, Richard Evans and Co., Golborne, Lancashire. Inspection made and inquest attended. He had charged three shots and after lighting the first two was evidently trying to light the third when those first ignited exploded, and he was found dead under the coal. This was a gross breach of the rules.

TOLLEY G.H. - 1897 - 06/04/1897 – Age 17 - Horse driver. Cannock & Leacroft, Cannock & Leacroft Colliery Co. Ltd., Staffordshire. Run over by tubs.

TOLMIE James - 1891 - 10/01/1891 – Age 17 – Drawer. Mauricewood, Shotts Iron Co., Edinburgh. Crushed by tub.

TOMBLIN Dennis - 1898 - 31/08/1898 – Age 40 - Engine driver. Barnstone Limestone Quarry, Barnstone Blue Lias Lime Co., Nottinghamshire. Deceased went down a well, to repair a pump, and was overcome by carbonic acid fumes which suffocated him.

TOMKINS Frederick - 1892 - 12/10/1892 – Age 15 - Taker off at bottom of jig. Bradford, Bradford Collieries Co., Manchester, Lancashire. Riding in last tub of empty train drawn by horse, along level the tub left the rail, knocked out two props causing the roof to fall on him.

TOMKINS Samuel - 1891 - 11/12/1891 – Age 24 – Collier. Vauxhall, Vauxhall Colliery Co. Ltd., Ruabon, Denbigh. Inspection made and inquest attended. The deceased was pulling coals off the face when a large piece of roof coal, 2 foot in thickness fell upon him and killed him. The roof was full of slips but a little more precaution, on the part of the deceased, and this accident might have been prevented. 10.30 am.

TOMKINSON James - 1897 - 06/09/1897 – Age 37 – Collier. Leycett Fair, Lady Madeley Coal and Iron Co. Ltd., Staffordshire. Fall of coal from working face in Seven feet Banbury seam. Died 20th 1897. He was working in front of a piece of underholed coal, which should have been spragged by him.

TOMKINSON John - 1895 - 25/07/1895 – Age 29 – Hewer. Wardley, John Bowes and Partners Ltd., Co.Durham. Inspection made. Deceased had prepared a shot in the top coal and whilst waiting for the deputy, who was in the other side of the double jud, he went recklessly under the coal to set a few shovels full to fill out his tub when the coal fell on him.

TOMKINSON Thomas - 1892 - 31/08/1892 – Age 36 – Crutter. Podmore Hall, Minnie, Midland Coal Coke and Iron Co. Ltd., Newcastle, Staffordshire. Fall of stone from side of engine dip while widening road (in a crut).

TOMLINSON Anthony Alexander - 1895 - 17/11/1895 – Age 28 – Chargeman. Whinney Hill, Altham Colliery Co., Lancashire. In haulage road being repaired. A stone, 6 foot long, 8 foot 6 inches wide, fell on him as he was walking underneath. There were bars under the roof, a foot from the end of the stone. There should have been a bar under the ley edge. A married man, residing at 47, Henry street, Clayton-le-Moors, he was engaged underground cutting a road, a stone measuring six feet by four slipped, and the deceased who was in a stooping position received the full weight of the great stone on his back. The stone was removed, and the man released by his comrades and removed to his home, and later to the Blackburn Infirmary. His injuries were of a very serious nature, and faint hopes were entertained of his recovery. Deceased lingered on until Thursday. An inquest was opened on Friday, and after the evidence of the medical surgeon, which was to the effect that the deceased died from a rupture, the inquest was adjourned to Thursday in order that Her Majesty's Mines Inspector might be present. The adjourned inquest was held at Blackburn on Thursday when the jury returned a verdict of accidental death. It was stated that the stone weighed 4 cwt. and required four men to lift it off the deceased. One of the witnesses stated that he tried the roof on the Saturday before the accident, and it seemed quite safe. (Accrington Observer).

TOMLINSON D. - 1891 - 28/02/1891 – Age 28 – Collier. Cortonwood, Cortonwood Coal Co., Barnsley, Yorkshire. Struck by broken conductor while descending shaft.

TOMLINSON James - 1892 - 19/03/1892 – Age 25 – Miner. Crossgates No. 2 (metalliferous), Harrison Ainslie and Co., Lindal, Lancashire. Inspection made and inquest attended. A sudden fall of a rock from a slip in the roof of his working place.

TOMLINSON John - 1899 - 08/02/1899 – Age 64 – Holer. Tibshelf No. 2, Babbington Coal Co., Nottinghamshire. Fall of roof. Deceased was withdrawing a prop out of a waste when the roof fell and killed him.

TOMLINSON W. - 1895 - 29/05/1895 – Age 18 – Dataller. Wheldale, Wheldale Coal Co., Yorkshire. Crushed by corf. He was in front of corf.