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TOMPKIN Edward (injured) - 1894 - 15/12/1894 – Age 40 – Collier. Highley, Highley Mining Co. Ltd., Highley, Shropshire. Fall of coal from slip while holing sprag knocked out. Thigh broken.

TOMSON John - 1897 - 29/10/1897 – Age 63 – Miner. Shieldhill, Carron Co., Stirling. While proceeding inbye, with a tub and when near his working place the roof suddenly fell, part striking the tub and part striking deceased.

TONAR Arthur - 1891 - 23/07/1891 – Age 24 – Miner. Addiewell, Youngs Paraffin Light & Mineral Oil Co. Ltd., Edinburgh. Explosion of firedamp.

TONAR Peter (non-fatal) - 1891 - 23/07/1891 – Age 22 – Filler. Addiwell, Youngs Paraffin Light & Mineral Oil Co. Ltd., Edinburgh. Explosion of firedamp. 3 injured.

TONEY Pat - 1893 - 20/11/1893 – Age 28 – Haulier. Merthyr Navigation, Nixons Navigation Co. Ltd., Mountain Ash, Glamorgan. Fall of roof on road which was not timbered. Died 23rd Nov.

TONG Joseph - 1894 - 01/05/1894 – Age 35 - Filler. Donnington, Lilleshall Co. Ltd., Donnington, Shropshire. Fall of stone in gateway near working face. Shoulder and hip injured.

TONGE James - 1894 - 19/10/1894 – Age 53 – Collier. Ellesmere, Bridgewater Trustees, Worsley, Lancashire. Fall of roof in working place from pothole which ought to have been seen and supported.

TONGUE John (injured) - 1894 - 01/03/1894 – Age 35 – Getter. Foxfield, Foxfield Colliery Co., Cheadle, Cheshire. Injured by coal falling over sprags at working face in Woodhead Seam.

TONKISS John - 1896 - 20/06/1896 – Age 26 – Driver. Hawne, Garratt and Son, Worcestershire. Found dying under full tub.

TONNER Neil (non-fatal) - 1892 - 26/12/1892 – Age 33 – Sinker. Newbattle, Lothian Coal Co. Ltd., Edinburgh. Fell off scaffold. Still off.

TOOLE Henry (non-fatal)T - 1894 - 28/06/1894 – Age 36 – Sinker. Kelty, Fife Coal Co. Ltd., Fife. Explosion of gelignite. 3 injured.

TOOLE John (non-fatal) - 1892 - 21/03/1892 – Age 57 – Collier. Newbattle, Lothian Coal Co. Ltd., Edinburgh. Fall of roof. 112 days off.

TOOMEY Jeremiah - 1898 - 01/09/1898 – Age 48 – Quarryman. Litchard Quarry, Charles Jenkins and Sons, Glamorgan. A fall of soil (overburden) while he was holing under, it knocked him off the ledge he stood on and he rolled down to the bottom a depth of 18 feet. The overbusrden was 6 feet thick.

TOONE F. - 1898 - 01/04/1898 – Age 16 – Driver. Mitchell Main, Mitchell Main Coal Co., Yorkshire. Found under corf of train he was driving. Not known how he got there.

TOONEY P. - 1898 - 16/12/1898 – Age 21 - Coke drawer. Wharncliffe Woodmoor, Wharncliffe Woodmoor Coal Co., Yorkshire. Was filling a waggon on the night of the 15th and was found next morning crushed between the waggon and a wall.

TOOZER James - 1894 - 23/06/1894 – Age 37 – Labourer. Albion, Albion Steam Coal Co. Ltd., Pontypridd, Glamorgan. By an explosion. 290 killed.

TOPLAS John - 1892 - 10/06/1892 – Age 28 - Pusher on. Deep, St. Helens Collieries Co. Ltd., St. Helens, Lancashire. Inspection made and inquest attended. Deceased was trying to get a tub on the rails, when the pony started he was crushed by the tub which was coupled to two others.

TOPLIS John - 1892 - 12/03/1892 – Age 14 - Washer boy. Clay Cross, Clay Cross Iron and Coal Co., Chesterfield, Derbyshire. Accident occurred at the coal crusher connected with the Coke ovens.

TOPP Frank - 1894 - 23/06/1894 – Age 22 – Labourer. Albion, Albion Steam Coal Co. Ltd., Pontypridd, Glamorgan. By an explosion. 290 killed.

TOPPING Richard - 1892 - 10/08/1892 – Age 50 – Collier. The Park, R and J Stone, Ashton-in-Makerfield, Lancashire. Inspection made and inquest attended. Deceased was working the coal, on the upper side of the road to a fault, when a stone fell from the roof upon him, from between two slips and fault. He had his props too far from slip of fault.

TORBIT James - 1895 - 06/07/1895 – Age 47 – Miner. Kames, William Baird and Co., Ayrshire. Fall of coal.

TORR George - 1892 - 29/08/1892 – Age 25 – Loader. Birley, West Sheffield Coal Co., Sheffield, Yorkshire. Fall of roof. Deceased was at work loading coals under the roof from which the coal had recently been taken down. The roof fell from a slip which could not be seen before the fall. Died 5th Oct.

TORR Thomas - 1897 - 05/03/1897 – Age 50 – Dataller. Southgate, Shire Oaks Colliery Co., Derbyshire. Fall of roof. The two deceased were repairing a roadway and preparing for the timber when a large fall of roof occurred knocking out the timber and killing both persons. 2 killed.

TORRANCE Abraham (non-fatal) - 1894 - 20/02/1894 – Age 22 – Miner. Bog & Home Farm, Hamilton, McCulloch and Co., Lanarkshire. Fall of stone 42 days off.

TORRANCE Robert - 1896 - 29/04/1896 – Age 20 – Screenman. Bathville, James Wood Ltd., Linlithgow. Deceased attempted to sprag the front wheel of a moving waggon with a pit prop. The prop was twisted backwards and knocked the deceased in front of the rear wheel, which caused compound fractures of both legs. He died seven hours afterwards.

TORRANCE Samuel - 1896 - 06/05/1896 – Age 19 – Brusher. Common, William Baird and Co. Ltd., Ayrshire. A shot was being fired and he turned too soon when it went off. He thought the fuse had not lighted.

TOTTEN John (non-fatal) - 1894 - 27/09/1894 – Age 35 – Miner. Monkland, Calderbank Steel & Coal Co. Ltd., Lanarkshire. Explosion of firedamp.

TOULE Alfred - 1892 - 05/07/1892 – Age 60 – Labourer. Birley, Sheffield Coal Co., Sheffield, Yorkshire. Deceased, with two other men, were widening a railway cutting of the railway sidings near the colliery.

TOULMIN John - 1897 - 05/01/1897 – Age 38 – Collier. Broadoak, Samuel Thomas, Glamorgan. Explosion of firedamp and coal dust. 5 killed.

TOWERS John (non-fatal) - 1892 - 14/04/1892 – Miner. Castelcary, Castelcary Fireclay Co., Cumbernauld, Lanarkshire. Fall of fireclay from working face.

TOWERS John - 1893 - 09/10/1893 – Age 27 – Collier. Hole In Bank, George Hargreaves and Co., Accrington, Lancashire. Taking a prop out in working place, the roof knocked heavy and there was a pronounced slip visible. Two props were set to enable the one desired to be taken to be drawn safely, nevertheless the stone came down as he knocked the prop out.

TOWEY James - 1892 - 14/12/1892 – Age 26 – Collier. Bamfurlong, Cross Tetley and Co. Ltd., Wigan, Lancashire. Inspection made and inquest attended. Underground fire. (James Towey died on the 15th Dec) 16 killed.

TOWLMAN A. - 1897 - 21/10/1897 – Age 25 – Stoneman. Bruntcliffe, Joseph Haigh, Yorkshire. Struck by a piece of stone blown from a shot through a door blown open, died from concussion.

TOWNS Philip - 1897 - 12/11/1897 – Age 12 – Trapper. Silksworth, Marquis of Londonderry, Co.Durham. He was riding a pony outbye when it fell and his skull was fractured against a rail.

TOWNSEND Henry (injured) - 1890 - 05/12/1890 – Age 53 – Miner. Hole House, Cliviger Coal Co., Cliviger, Lancashire. Scalp wound by riding too high on his riding tram.

TOWNSEND James - 1891 - 02/12/1891 – Age 40 – Hewer. Trimdon Grange, Walter Scott, Trimdon Grange, Co.Durham. While some unruly crushing was going on, at the pit bottom, he was pushed under the cage. 11.30 am.

TOWNSLEY William (non-fatal) - 1894 - 06/02/1894 – Age 35 – Oversman. Redding, Redding Colliery Co., Stirling. Fell off ladder. 8 days off.

TOWNSLEY William - 1890 - 14/10/1890 – Age 38 – Miner. Rankinstone No. 2, Merry and Cuninghame, Ayrshire. Fall of roof at working face.

TOY Evan T. - 1896 - 28/09/1896 – Age 22 – Collier. George, Powell Duffryn Steam Coal Co. Ltd., Glamorgan. Fall at face, clod and coal, which appeared to have been spragged.

TOY Richard (non-fatal) - 1894 - 12/08/1894 – Age 55 – Miner. South Condurrow (metalliferous), South Condurrow Mine Adventurers, Camborne, Cornwall. Fall of ground from the corner of his place while returning after blasting.

TOY Thomas - 1894 - 17/11/1894 – Age 15 – Labourer. Birks No. 7 (metalliferous), Frizington Mining Co. Ltd., Frizington, Cumberland. Inspection made and inquest attended. Irruption of water from the workings of an old adjoining pit. 3 killed.

TOY William - 1896 - 14/12/1896 – Age 45 – Miner. Dolcoath Tin (metalliferous), Dolcoath Mine Ltd., Cornwall. While descending by the main engine he slipped off the step and falling a distance of 72 feet was killed.

TOY William - 1898 - 08/11/1898 – Age 57 – Miner. Dolcoath Tin, Dolcoath Mine Ltd., Cornwall. Ruptured a blood vessel, near the heart, when pulling a heavy chain from under his pile of work, on the surface, and died shortly afterwards. As the result of a post-mortem examination the doctor assigned his death to this cause and I have therefore included it with the list of fatal accidents.

TRACEY Andrew - 1899 - 12/02/1899 – Age 29 – Dataller. Moss Hall, Moss Hall Coal Co. Ltd., Wigan, Lancashire. Inspection made. The deceased and the fireman were pulling a wooden baulk into the mouthing, which was attached by a chain to the bottom of cage, and as the cage was lowered the end, they had hold of, the baulk jerked, striking the deceased under the chin and breaking his jaw and causing his death.

TRAFFORD A. - 1898 - 17/08/1898 – Age 16 – Horsedriver. Walsall Wood, Walsall Wood Colliery Co. Ltd., Staffordshire. Crushed between railway waggon and the upright of the bridge.

TRAGETT William - 1898 - 08/11/1898 – Age 33 - Master haulier. Deep Navigation, Ocean Coal Co. Ltd., Glamorgan. Knocked down and run over by journey of loaded trams.

TRAIN John (non-fatal) - 1894 - 15/10/1894 – Age 27 – Stoker. Earnock, John Watson Ltd., Lanarkshire. Explosion in boiler flues. 2 injured. 15 days off.

TRAIN William - 1896 - 11/11/1896 – Age 15 – Driver. Dinnington Augusta, John Bowes and Partner Ltd., Northumberland. Inspection made and inquest attended. He was travelling on an incline when the tubs were running and got caught. There are plenty of refuge holes but in future no one will be allowed to travel when the tubs are running.

TRAINOR John (non-fatal) - 1891 - 07/08/1891 – Age 26 – Collier. Hill of Beath, Fife Coal Co. Ltd., Fife. Fall of coal. 62 days off.

TRAINOR John (non-fatal) - 1892 - 22/03/1892 – Brusher. Dechmont No. 1, Dechmont Colliery Co., Cambuslang, Lanarkshire. Fall of side on road.

TRANTER Henry - 1897 - 06/08/1897 – Age 57 – Dataller. Hall End 7 Feet Coal, Morris and Shaw Ltd., Warwick. Fall of roof. Whilst repairing the roof of a roadway a large piece of stone fell from a faulty part of the roof and fatally injured the deceased. He died upon reaching the surface.

TRANTER John - 1895 - 06/02/1895 – Age 62 – Pikeman. Freezland, Richard Lett, Staffordshire. Fall of coal. 2 killed.

TRAPWELL Francis James - 1899 - 10/08/1899 – Age 17 – Handwincher. Lands, Henry Stobart and Co. Ltd., Co.Durham. He was struck on the forehead by the handle of a winch and fatally injured.

TRATTLES Thomas H. - 1892 - 22/02/1892 – Age 35 – Shifter. Liverton (ironstone), Cargo Fleet Iron Co. Ltd., Loftus, Yorkshire. Died from the effects of a fall of shale, while assisting a deputy to set some timbers on the 9th October last.

TRAVIS Henry - 1896 - 23/10/1896 – Age 38 – Loader. South Normanton, South Normanton Colliery Co., Derbyshire. Fall of roof. Deceased was passing across the roadway of the stall to get some tools when a quantity of roof fell and killed him.

TREDENNICK John William - 1899 - 06/03/1899 – Age 35 - Loco. Guard. Brancepeth, Starkers and Love, Co.Durham. While engaged in shunting he put a sprag or prop into the wheel of the truck, and was trying to take it out again when it jerked him in front of the truck and he was killed.

TREHARNE Richard - 1898 - 24/05/1898 – Age 36 – Labourer. Craig-yr-Hesg Quarry, Macay and Davies, Glamorgan. While clearing refuse from a ledge, 10 feet wide and 80 feet above floor of the quarry, a fall of stone from above struck him and knocked him off the ledge. The stone fell from a faulty piece near which a shot had just been fired, and the place had not been carefully examined by the foreman before sending deceased up to clear the rubbish, as should have been done.

TREHARNE Thomas - 1896 - 24/03/1896 – Age 15 – Labourer. Great Mountain, Great Mountain Colliery Co. Ltd., Carmarthen. Killed by a tram, which was being hauled out of a dip getting off the rails at a junction. It is supposed he was riding on the rope, in front of the tram, after assisting to drag the rope down the face of the dip.

TRELOAR John (non-fatal) - 1894 - 19/04/1894 – Age 28 – Miner. South Frances United (metalliferous), South Wheal Frances Mine Adventurers, Illogan, Cornwall. While signalling to the surface, by means of a level connected to a knocker, the tip of the level broke causing him to fall.

TRELOAR William - 1894 - 14/08/1894 – Age 16 - Tributer’s lad. Dolcoath (metalliferous), Dolcoath Mine Adventurers, Camborne, Cornwall. When descending by ladder in a gunnis, in order to get to his place of work below the 266 fathom level, or while climbing back from the ladder in the gunnis, he seems to have lost his balance and fallen 7 or 8 fathoms on to the sollar, over the level below where he was found. The ladders upon inspection seemed in good order.

TRELOR William (non-fatal) - 1893 - 18/08/1893 – Age 20 – Miner. South Frances United (metalliferous), South Frances United Adventurers, Illogan, Cornwall. He fell about 7 feet into the platt having apparently slipped when lifting the tram on to the rails.

TREMBATH James - 1896 - 11/02/1896 – Age 34 – Miner. Levant Tin (metalliferous), Levant Mining Co., Cornwall. Sudden fall of ground, at which he was working, caused injuries from which he died in about 20 minutes.

TRENGROVE Thomas (non-fatal) - 1894 - 05/11/1894 – Age 18 – Miner. East Pool (metalliferous), East Pool Mining Co., Illogan, Cornwall. A scale from the breast fell and injured his left hand.

TRENHOLM Charles - 1891 - 07/08/1891 – Age 14 – Driver. Wearmouth, Wearmouth Coal Co., Wearmouth, Co.Durham. Inspection made and inquest attended. Deceased caught his head against the roof and falling off the limmers the pony put its foot on his temple. 4.00 am.

TRESIDDER Alfred - 1890 - 16/04/1890 – Age 33 – Miner. West Basset (metalliferous), West Basset Mining Co., Camborne, Cornwall. Deceased and his comrades went to their work in the 154 stope at 8 a.m. They bored three holes and blasted them. Having spent half an hour at lunch, they returned to the pitch and commenced boring again, after having first shot a hole that had not torn on the previous day. The hole they were now boring was about 7 inches deep when deceased's comrade left him for a few minutes. The latter however had not got more than about 15 fathoms away before he heard an explosion, and on returning immediately found deceased with a large hole in his throat. He died in two or three minutes. The inference was that Tresidder, when his comrade left, must have put a borer or piece of iron into the bottom of the old hole, that had failed to tear properly, in which there was probably part of an unexploded dynamite cartridge and thus caused the explosion but there was no evidence given at the inquest proving that this was so.

TRESIDDER Joseph (non-fatal) - 1891 - 12/05/1891 – Age 18 – Miner. West Wheal Frances (metalliferous), West Wheal Frances Mining Co., Camborne, Cornwall. A rock from the side of the 140-fathom level, in which he was working, bruised his foot and ankle.

TRESIZE Joseph - 1897 - 21/08/1897 – Age 57 – Collier. North’s No. 9, North’s Navigation Collieries (1889) Ltd., Glamorgan. Killed by full journey while walking out.

TREVARTHEN James (injured) - 1890 - 09/01/1890 – Age 28 – Shaftman. Dolcoath (metalliferous) Dolcoath Mining Co., Camborne, Cornwall. A large fire was found to have broken out just below the 264 fathom level, near the man engine shaft rendering the pumping engine unmanageable. The four shaftmen mentioned went underground with a view to ascertain what had occurred but several hours elapsed without any alteration in the working of the engine or the reappearance of the men and it was then feared that they had been suffocated by the volumes of smoke that were issuing from the shaft. Tom Eva, another shaftman gallantly volunteered to descend in the skip to search for the men if someone would accompany him. He found a ready helper and worthy comrade in John Rule and both these men were quickly on their way to the 80 plat, where it was believed the men were to be found. The rescuers had not been long gone when a signal was given to draw them to the surface with the almost lifeless body of Weeks. The two men again descended, this time accompanied by another miner named Williams, and shortly returned with Trevarthen who was not quite so much overpowered. The rescuers made a third descent and ultimately discovered Sowden and Wake in the 80 level, so weak and exhausted that they were unable to signal to stop the skip. Under the treatment of the mine doctor the men soon recovered however, and the fire was prevented from spreading to other parts of the mine, as it was feared at first, it might and subsequently be extinguished by the pouring of water down the shaft As it happened comparatively little damage was done but it was only by the narrowest chance that a serious disaster to the mine from a financial point of view was prevented. 4 injured.

TREVARTHEN Joseph (non-fatal) - 1891 - 01/01/1891 – Age 60 – Pitman. West Wheal Frances (metalliferous), West Wheal Frances Mining Co., Camborne, Cornwall. While attending to his ordinary work, a little below the 174 fathom level, he fell against the main rod of the engine and broke his collar bone.

TREVILLIAN W.J. (non-fatal) - 1893 - 01/08/1893 – Age 26 – Miner. Tincroft (metalliferous), Tincroft Mine Adventurers, Carn Brea, Cornwall. Fall of ground at the 150-fathom level, injured his back.

TREVITHICK William Josiah (injured) - 1890 - 16/09/1890 – Age 21 – Miner. Wheal Basset (metalliferous) Wheal Basset Mining Co. Redruth, Cornwall. Received shock to his kidneys by an explosion of nitro-glycerine which occurred after blasting. The explosive had probably exuded from a previous charge.

TREWHELLA James (non-fatal) - 1893 - 06/03/1893 – Age 36 – Miner. East Pool (metalliferous), East Pool Mine Adventurers, Illogan, Cornwall. Leg broken by a loose stone at the side of the ladder, which he and his comrade were ascending on a pass from the 200 to the 180 fathom level. The stone was disturbed by his comrade who was in advance of him.

TREWICK John Thomas - 1894 - 08/02/1894 – Age 17 – Putter. Tanfield Lea, James Joicey and Co. Ltd., Tanfield Lea, Co.Durham. Inquest attended. Deceased was diving along a road when one of his tubs got off the way and knocked out some props and planks causing a fall of stone to take place.

TREZONA Josiah (non-fatal) - 1891 - 18/06/1891 – Age 48 – Miner. Dolcoath (metalliferous), Dolcoath Mining Co., Camborne, Cornwall. When ascending to the surface, by the man-engine, the step above him broke and fell on his head causing him to fall a distance of 12 feet by which his collar bone was fractured.

TRICKETT Samuel - 1896 - 17/11/1896 – Age 77 – Labourer. Outwood, Thomas Fletcher and Sons, Lancashire. Fell into a lime hole whilst slaking off. Died on 19th.

TRIFFETT William - 1890 - 18/10/1890 – Age 47 – Hewer. Murton, South Hetton Coal Co. Ltd., Sunderland, Co.Durham. While walking along the main road, carrying a pick in his hand, he met the set of tubs and by some means he was crushed by the side of the way and the pick was forced into his abdomen causing instant death.

TRIGG William J. - 1895 - 23/01/1895 – Age 16 – Miner. Wheal Bassett (metalliferous), Wheal Bassett Mine Adventurers, Cornwall. When about to resume work, after croust, he overbalanced and fell about 5 feet from a scaffold sustaining injuries to the head from which he died the same evening.

TRODDEN James - 1891 - 04/09/1891 – Age 25 - Pony driver. Bank No. 1, New Bank Coal Co., Dreghorn, Ayrshire. Crushed against the roof while riding on front hutch of a race.

TROLLOPE Frank - 1890 - 06/02/1890 – Age 40 – 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.

TROLLOPE George - 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.

TROLLOPE George - 1897 - 05/01/1897 – Age 35 – Timberman. New Duffryn, Rhymney Iron Co. Ltd., Glamorgan. While setting timber in a heading a piece of side gave way, partially burying him and inflicting fatal injuries.

TROMANS Edward - 1899 - 22/07/1899 – Age 42 – Pikeman. Rowley Hall, W Bassans and Co., Staffordshire. Fall of coal and timber in a gateroad when repairing.

TROTH John William - 1899 – 28/07/1899 – Age 32 – Stallman. Ibstock Lower Main, Ibstock Colliery Co., Leicester. Fall of coal. Deceased was holing and had gone too far under without setting short sprags to the bottom bed of the seam. Sprags were properly set to the upper portion but the lower portion was unsupported and fell away from a parting in the seam.

TROTTER Joseph - 1891 – 27/11/1891 – Age 14 – Driver. North Seaton, Cowpen Coal Co. Ltd., North Seaton, Northumberland. Inspection made and inquest attended. He fell off the tub and was crushed. He appears to have been leaning forward to get hold of the reins and overbalanced himself. 10 am.

TRUAN Mark (non-fatal) - 1891 – 30/12/1891 – Age 26 – Sinker. Wheal Agar (metalliferous), Wheal Agar Mining Co., Redruth, Cornwall. He failed to observe the kibble descending until it struck him and broke his leg. Notice it appears was given of the descending of the kibble but he either did not hear it or took no notice of it. He was only a substitute for a sinker who was off work and was chosen because he had had sinking experience.

TRUDGEON Joseph (non-fatal) - 1891 – 14/04/1891 – Age 16 – Miner. Carn Brea (metalliferous), Carn Brea Mining Co., Carn Brea, Cornwall. Was working in a stope, in the 150-fathom level, when some ground fell from the hanging wall and struck him on the head and also broke his leg. There were no previous indications of weakness noticed.

TRUELOCK William - 1897 – 27/03/1897 – Age 30 – Gatewayman. Witton, Charlaw and Sacriston Collieries Co. Ltd., Co.Durham. While stowing a pack wall a large stone fell from the roof and killed him.

TRUSCOTT Charles - 1894 – 21/02/1894 – Age 36 – Hewer. Wingate Grange, Owners of Wingate Grange Colliery, Wingate, Co.Durham. Right thigh fractured and face and head cut caused by a fall of stone. Died 13th March.

TRUSCOTT Francis - 1896 – 10/06/1896 – Age 48 – Miner. Hodbarrow (metalliferous), Hodbarrow Mining Co. Ltd., Millom, Cumberland. Inspection made and inquest attended. He and his mates were employed in an ordinary soft ore working, and were putting in a course of timber when about half a ton of ore fell from the forebreast and struck deceased. The working place had been visited immediately prior to the accident, by an official who considered the place in good order. The fall came from a shale parting not previously visible.

TRUSCOTT Samuel - 1895 – 11/12/1895 – Age 30 – Boring machinist. Dolcoath (metalliferous), Dolcoath Mine Ltd., Cornwall. Explosion of unconsumed gelignite in a hole which was fired with two others and it was believed to have gone off. They appear to have commenced drilling at the bottom part of the hole in which the unconsumed explosive existed. Deceased died from the injuries he received on Jan. 11th, 1898. Special Rule 79 had evidently not been complied with.

TUBBY Charles - 1894 - 16/10/1894 – Age 40 – Deputy. Skelton (metalliferous), Bell Bros. Ltd., Guisborough, Yorkshire. While engaged putting in a balk of timber it fell and crushed his neck against the edge of an empty tub.

TUBMAN John - 1896 - 12/10/1896 – Age 58 – Waggoner. Whitehaven Croft, Whitehaven Colliery Co., Whitehaven, Cumberland. Inspection made and inquest attended. It appeared that he had charge of a pair of points to where waggons were going the wrong way and he fell in before them, they then passed over him.

TUBMAN William - 1897 - 25/11/1897 – Age 57 – Shiftman. Whitehaven Willington, Whitehaven Colliery Co., Whitehaven, Cumberland. Inspection made and inquest attended. Deceased and his marrow were cutting baulk holes against a dip hitch at the face of a cross-cut being driven for an engine plane. A large stone came away at a slip, at the left side, and killed the deceased. The place had been examined by the undermanager that morning.

TUCK William - 1899 - 21/08/1899 – Age 60 – Miner. Brotton Ironstone, Morrison and Co., N. Yorkshire. Fall of shale from roof, at a natural glassy slip, which caught the deceased and so severely injured him that he died in the hospital two hours afterwards.

TUCKER Benjamin - 1894 - 23/06/1894 – Age 20 – Haulier. Albion, Albion Steam Coal Co. Ltd., Pontypridd, Glamorgan. By an explosion. 290 killed.

TUCKER Edward - 1899 - 07/04/1899 – Age 17 – Collier. South Duffryn Hills, Plymouth Co. Ltd., Glamorgan. Fall of roof at face cliff, 9 feet x 6 feet x 3 foot thick, it fell crushing out a framing which was said to have been well stood. Nine feet seam.

TUCKER John - 1894 - 04/09/1894 – Age 13 – Coupler. South Pontop, UA Ritson and Sons, Annfield Plain, Co.Durham. Fell from one shaft mouthings on to the top of the cage, a distance of 75 feet, receiving such injuries that he died in a few hours.

TUCKER Thomas - 1899 - 18/05/1899 – Age 59 – Hewer. Wearmouth, B Monkwearmouth Coal Co. Ltd., Wearmouth, Co.Durham. Inquest attended. The deceased and his son were engaged in taking out a pillar of coal when a fall of stone suddenly took place from slips. The deputy was in the place two hours previously and after timbering it, close up to the face, he left it apparently safe. Some of the timber was knocked out by the fall.

TUCKER Thomas Henry - 1891 - 11/08/1891 – Age 20 – Miner. Dolcoath (metalliferous), Dolcoath, Camborne, Cornwall. While clearing away some of the foot wall, to make room for timber which they were about to set at the 314-fathom level, some rocks came away killing Tucker, breaking Thomas's leg and slightly injuring two of their comrades. The jury returned a verdict of "Accidental Death." 1 killed, 1 injured.

TUCKER W.H. (non-fatal) - 1892 - 13/04/1892 – Age 16 – Miner. Tincroft (metalliferous), Tincroft Mining Co., Carn Brea, Cornwall. While engaged filling a barrow in the 130-fathom level a small stone struck him and fractured his ribs. It is unknown whence the stone came from.

TUCKER William Henry - 1899 - 07/06/1899 – Age 24 - Crane tenter. Lee Sandstone Quarry, Executors of R Siddall, Lancashire. Loading flags into a waggon, he fell back over from the waggon, flag falling upon him.

TUDGAY James - 1890 - 06/02/1890 – Age 46 – 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.

TUDGAY Joseph - 1890 - 06/02/1890 – Age 22 – 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.

TUDGAY William - 1890 - 06/02/1890 – Age 32 – Hitcher. 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.

TUDOR William - 1893 - 23/01/1893 – Age 34 – Sinker. Dowlais, Cardiff Dowlais Iron Co., Aberdare, Glamorgan. Killed by a large fall from the side of sinking pit. 8 killed.

TUDOR William - 1898 - 24/10/1898 – Age 41 – Haulier. Letty Shenkin, Burnyeat Brown and Co. Ltd., Glamorgan. Crushed between tram and side, his horse having started while he was attempting to pass the tram.

TUFEY John (non-fatal) - 1892 - 04/05/1892 – Age 18 – Labourer. Callington United (metalliferous), Callington United Mines Ltd., Callington, Cornwall. He slipped and falling into a buddle on the surface broke his arm.

TUGBY John William - 1898 - 19/04/1898 – Age 16 – Driver. 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.

TUGBY Joseph (survivor) - 1898 - 19/04/1898 – Age 23 – 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.

TULLAGE George - 1890 - 08/12/1890 – Age 52 – Banksman. Upleatham (ironstone), Pease and Partners Ltd., Marske, Yorkshire. While engaged loosing a tub which had stuck in a tippler, another full tub van ran amain and crushed him between it and the tip frame.

TULLEY John - 1890 - 04/01/1890 – Age 58 – Wasteman. Silksworth, Marquess of Londonderry, Sunderland, Co.Durham. Received an injury from a fall of stone in May 1889. He worked from October to end of December and died from inflammation of the bowels, the result of cold and not of the accident. Not comprised.

TULLEY Robert - 1891 - 24/02/1891 – Age 15 – Driver. Broomhill, Sowerby and Andrews, Broomhill, Northumberland. Inquest attended. Found crushed by fall between a tub and the coal wall side. 2.0 pm.

TULLIS Walter - 1896 - 22/01/1896 – Age 14 – Miner. Earnock, John Watson Ltd., Lanarkshire. Fall of roof stone at face of working place on returning after two shots had exploded.

TULLY Peter - 1895 - 26/04/1895 – Age 27 – Bencher. Quarter No. 1, William Baird and Co. Ltd., Stirling. Explosion of coal dust or of firedamp and coal dust. The cause has not been definitely ascertained. 13 killed.

TUNNICLIFFE George (injured) - 1894 - 19/06/1894 – Age 37 – Collier. Northwood, Hanley Colliery Co., Hanley, Staffordshire. Fall of coal from working face while taking sprag out in Holly Lane Seam. Leg broken.

TUNSTALL Thomas - 1890 - 13/12/1890 – Age 60 – Dataler. Strangeways Hall, Crompton and Shawcross, Wigan, Lancashire. Inspection made. A piece of top coal fell out from between the props, in a roadway, and caught deceased on the head as he was putting on his clothes.

TURNBULL James - 1892 - 27/12/1892 – Age 16 – Putter. Ashington, Ashington Coal Co., Ashington, Northumberland. Inquest attended. He is said to have been kicked by a pony but continued for some time at his work. He afterwards became ill and died on 21st April 1893.

TURNBULL James - 1896 - 14/05/1896 – Age 39 – Brusher. Bellsdyke, Bellsdyke Coal Co., Lanarkshire. Fall of roof stone at longwall face.

TURNBULL John - 1897 - 25/09/1897 – Age 50 - Horse driver. Hamsterley, Owners of Hamsterley Colliery, Co.Durham. He was pulling up a truck to join another, and after loosing the chain stepped in between the buffers but was too long in getting through and was crushed. Died on the 27th.

TURNBULL Peter - 1898 - 22/01/1898 – Age 19 – Drawer. Oakbank Oil Shale, Oakbank Oil Co. Ltd., Edinburgh. While guiding a rake of hutches into a side road, off a dook, the gabble broke and the hutches ran forward and crushed the deceased.

TURNBULL Robert - 1892 - 17/08/1892 – Age 14 – Driver. Cramlington, Cramlington Coal Co. Ltd., Cramlington, Northumberland. Inquiries made. In some way he received a slight bruise on his leg but went on working for some days. Blood poisoning set in and he died on the 7th Sept.

TURNBULL Thomas - 1893 - 16/06/1893 – Age 58 – Hewer. Cramlington, Cramlington Coal Co. Ltd., Cramlington, Northumberland. Inspection made and inquest attended. A piece of stone had fallen in a gateway from jacks, cutting the deceased's head and knocking him out of the way, and from the appearance of the body it is supposed that he bled to death before anyone found him.

TURNCOCK Hugh (injured) - 1894 - 16/10/1894 – Age 39 – Fireman. Harecastle & Woodshutts, Moss Bidder and Elliot, Harecastle, Stafford. Explosion of firedamp caused by gob fire. 1 killed 12 injured.

TURNCOCK Jesse - 1898 - 10/10/1898 – Age 33 – Collier. Jammage, Representative of late John Wedgwood, Staffordshire. Fall of top coal forming roof at working face in pillar workings in Bullhurst seam. There were slips at one side and one at the end of the fall. Another post should have been set under the coal which fell otherwise the place was well timbered. There was no loose timber at the place but there was a supply 60 yards from it.

TURNER Albert - 1897 - 30/09/1897 – Age 29 – Horsekeeper. Stockfield, Chamber Colliery Co. Ltd., Lancashire. Kicked on left side by thirteen hands pony. Suffered from heart disease. Said to have died from shock. Died 21st October.

TURNER C. - 1897 - 06/05/1897 – Age 43 – Collier. Wheldale, Wheldale Coal Co., Yorkshire. Fall of roof. Died 20th May.

TURNER Emanuel - 1894 - 02/06/1894 – Age 48 – Holer. Overton’s Lilleshall Co. Ltd., Donnington, Shropshire. Fall of roof at working face in Flint Coal. Died next day.

TURNER Francis - 1890 - 22/01/1890 – Age 39 – Collier. Glyn, Ebbw Vale Steel Iron and Coal Co. Ltd., Pontypool, Monmouth. Where two timbermen were engaged repairing in the engine plane (the main intake air road) they ignited some firedamp with their naked lights, being an issue through broken ground it continued burning and set the timbers on fire resulting in the suffocation of these men. 5 killed.

TURNER George (rescued) - 1896 - 30/04/1896. Micklefield, Joseph Cliffe and Sons, Yorkshire. Explosion of firedamp. 63 killed.

TURNER George - 1893 - 28/02/1893 – Age 13 - Picking slag. Blaenavon, Blaenavon Co. Ltd., Blaenavon, Monmouth. Fell about 16 feet from a gangway, leading from the pit bank down to the screens. It was covered with ice at the time and had a hand rail at each side.

TURNER George jnr. (non-fatal) - 1893 - 24/01/1893 – Age 16 – Miner. Devon Great Consols (metalliferous), Devon Great Consols Ltd., Tavistock, Devon. While ascending the shaft, by the ladders, he slipped and fell 5 fathoms.

TURNER J. - 1891 - 06/05/1891 – Age 29 – Collier. South Kirkby, South Kirkby Coal Co., Pontefract, Yorkshire. Fall of roof.

TURNER James - 1895 - 11/01/1895 – Age 17 – Putter. Cowpen Straker, Cowpen Coal Co. Ltd., Cowpen, Northumberland. Inspection made and inquest attended. Fall of stone whilst sitting in what was considered a safe place, the stone fell without warning.

TURNER John - 1899 - 05/01/1899 – Age 35 - Shaft sinker. Church Greasley, Derbyshire. Fall of roof. Deceased was setting a prop to some loose stone in the roof when a piece of the stone fell and fatally injured the deceased. He died the same day.

TURNER Joseph - 1898 - 23/12/1898 – Age 28 – Sawyer. South Wingfield, South Wingfield Colliery Co., Derbyshire. While sawing a piece of wet wood the circular saw lifted the timber over. It struck deceased in the stomach and from this injury he died the next day.

TURNER Michael - 1896 - 13/04/1896 – Age 50 – Shifter. Brancepeth, Strakers and Love, Co.Durham. Killed in the 1896 explosion.

TURNER Patrick - 1891 - 23/06/1891 – Age 27 – Hewer. South Durham, South Durham Coal Co., Auckland, Co.Durham. Head badly crushed between tub and roof, he attempted to get out of a set in motion, where some tubs had got off the way. Died on 24th. 10.0 pm.

TURNER Reuben - 1896 - 24/02/1896 – Age 33 – Stallman. Holbrook Deep Hard Coal, J and G Wells Ltd., Derbyshire. Fall of roof. Whilst repairing the roof of a roadway, near the coal face, after two shots had been fired, a large piece of stone fell from the roof and fatally injured the man. He died 18th January 1897.

TURNER Richard (injured) - 1890 - 02/07/1890 - Engine tenter. Bank House Mountain, Oldham Middleton and Rochdale Coal Co. Ltd., Shaw, Lancashire. Both hands lacerated by a pulley at top of the engine brow, he having slipped on plates and in falling caught hold of the driving rope which drew his hands in.

TURNER Richard - 1893 - 04/03/1893 – Age 18 – Loader. Eagle, Eagle Colliery Co., Old Hill, Staffordshire. Crushed by empty tubs in a dip plane. Died 7th Mar.

TURNER Sylvester - 1898 - 09/05/1898 – Age 18 – Driver. Himley, Earl of Dudley, Himley, Worcestershire. Fall of coal from side caused by a bump.

TURNER Thomas (non-fatal) - 1892 - 27/12/1892 - Pony driver. Blantyre No. 3, William Dixon Ltd., Blantyre, Lanarkshire. Fell and was injured by the front hutch of his race.

TURNER Thomas - 1892 - 12/09/1892 – Age 34 – Deputy. Cowpen, Isabella Cowpen Coal Co. Ltd., Cowpen, Northumberland. Inquest attended. In going his round, he struck his head against the roof, causing a slight wound. He followed his occupation till the 8th November, without informing any of his superiors of the accident, when he had to cease work and on the 29th December died from an abscess in the head the result of the injury.

TURNER Thomas - 1893 - 30/01/1893 – Age 29 – Stallman. Hartington, Staveley Coal and Iron Co., Staveley, Derbyshire. Fall of roof. He was repairing the gate end when some roof fell upon him. He died suddenly on the 1st Feb.

TURNER Thomas - 1899 - 01/06/1899 – Age 38 – Banksman. Stank Iron Ore, Barrow Haematite Steel Co. Ltd., Lancashire. Inspection made and inquest attended. Deceased’s body was found lying at the top of one of the cages, which was fast in the shaft 200 yards from the surface. No one witnessed the accident but presumably he had opened the surface gate to look down, out of curiosity, towards the cage and in so doing fell into the shaft.

TURNER W. - 1893 - 12/01/1893 – Age 28 – Stallman. Orgreave, Rother Vale Coal Co., Rotherham, Yorkshire. Fall of coal. 2 killed.

TURNER W. - 1899 - 08/02/1899 – Age 31 – Collier. Waleswood, Skinner and Holford Ltd., Yorkshire. When descending and about half way down the shaft he fell out of the cage.

TURNER William - 1892 - 26/09/1892 – Age 52 – Collier. Cyfartha Castle, Crawshay Bros. Ltd., Merthyr Tydfil, Glamorgan. Fall of roof clod, 7 feet x 4 foot, from face road end. Insufficient propping.

TURNER William - 1893 - 11/09/1893 – Age 57 – Collier. Gristlehurst, Pickford and Diggle, Birtle, Lancashire. Piece of roof coal, 23 lbs. weight, fell on to the back of his neck, injuring his spine. Died on 15th October.

TURNER William - 1895 - 25/07/1895 – Age 48 – Collier. North’s Wyndham, North’s Navigation Co. Ltd., Glamorgan. Died 31st July, from meningitis, apparently the result of a blow on the head by a small stone falling from the roof in his working place. Six feet seam.

TURNERCLIFFE P. - 1890 - 24/07/1890 – Age 30 – Deputy. Nostell, Lord St Oswald, Wakefield, Yorkshire. Fell down staple. Died 31st.

TURTON Charles - 1891 - 18/02/1891 – Age 36 – Collier. Rockingham, Newton Chambers and Co., Barnsley, Yorkshire. Fall of roof.

TURTON Henry - 1895 - 20/09/1895 – Age 24 – Drawer. Dukes, Crompton and Shawcross, Lancashire. Inspection made and inquest attend. He had reached his working place early, previous to the collier arriving, and commenced filling coal near the face where the collier had knocked the sprags out the previous night, when some top coal fell upon him which he had not drawn down or made secure.

TURTON James - 1899 - 16/01/1899 – Age 19 – Screenboy. Hornthorpe, J and G Wells Ltd., Derbyshire. Crushed between the buffers of two railway waggons while they were being placed under the screens, due to another waggon running into the back of the standing waggon.

TURTON Joshua - 1892 - 30/08/1892 – Age 22 – Collier. Gidlow, Wigan Coal and Iron Co. Ltd., Standish, Lancashire. Inspection made and inquest attended. Deceased was working in a wide work face and had propped up the ley stone, which was two feet thick, with props four feet apart when portion of same fell upon him.

TWADDELL George (non-fatal) - 1893 - 30/01/1893 – Age 20 – Drawer. Whitehill, Lothian Coal Co. Ltd., Edinburgh. Fall of roof. 2 injured, 84 days off.

TWADDELL William (non-fatal) - 1893 - 30/01/1893 – Age 60 – Miner. Whitehill, Lothian Coal Co. Ltd., Edinburgh. Fall of roof. 2 injured.

TWADDLE Thomas (non-fatal) - 1893 - 08/05/1893 – Age 42 – Oversman. Merryton, Merryton Coal Co., Lanarkshire. Explosion of shot. 3 injured, 7 days off.

TWAITS William - 1891 - 09/04/1891 – Age 24 – Haulier. Harris’s Navigation, Deep Navigation Collieries Ltd., Treharris, Glamorgan. Fall to piece of cliff, 2 feet x 1 foot x 1 foot, from the side close to where the men were ripping the roof, while he sat waiting for a tram being filled. The stone fell out at a slip apparently unnoticed. "Four-foot" seam. Long wall.

TWEEDY William - 1891 - 23/12/1891 – Age 40 – Collier. Hindley Green, John Scowcroft and Co. Ltd., Wigan, Lancashire. Inspection made. Deceased had holed his bottom coal, 1 foot 9 inches deep and 4 foot across setting, without any sprags and whilst filling away some loose coals, in front it rolled, over on to him baring a bright slip. 11.0 am.

TWIGG Isaac - 1891 - 17/07/1891 – Age 47 – Stallman. Salterwood, Denby Iron and Coal Co., Denby, Derbyshire. Fall of coal. Coal broke over the holing sprags, whilst he sat under the coal holing. Died the same day. 7.30 am.

TWYBY David - 1894 - 14/03/1894 – Age 37 – Stallman. Grassmoor No. 2, Grassmoor Colliery Co., Chesterfield, Derbyshire. Fall of roof. Deceased stood watching men get down top coal, when a portion of the roof fell upon him, coming away from a fault slip which was clearly visible for many yards along the stall and which ought to have been secured by timbering.

TYAS J. - 1891 - 25/10/1891 – Age 51 – Joiner. Monckton Main, Monckton Main, Barnsley, Yorkshire. Crushed by cage.

TYLDESLEY George - 1895 - 24/10/1895 – Age 68 – Dataller. Bridgewater, Bridgewater Trustees, Lancashire. While carrying a rail, down a jig brow, he slipped and hurt his side, worked three days afterwards. On 29th the doctor called in, he died on 9th November. The doctor said from peritonitis brought on from injury to his side. No external injury.

TYLDESLEY Thomas (injured) - 1891 - 04/06/1891 – Age 50 – Miner. Clifton Hall, Andrew Knowles and Sons Ltd. Clifton, Lancashire. Injured by the fall of an iron coupling, weighing nearly 2 cwt., that he and others were setting to support the roof. Inspection and inquiry.

TYLER A. - 1899 - 05/06/1899 – Age 27 – Collier. Car House, John Brown and Co., Yorkshire. In reaching, to put his motty on a tub, it tipped up and two full tubs forced it forward jamming him between the tub and a bar.

TYRELL Richard - 1892 - 06/12/1892 – Age 40 – Hewer. Cramlington, Cramlington Coal Co. Ltd., Cramlington, Northumberland. Inspection made. As he was stemming a shot a long narrow stone fell out from two slips and from between the props catching him on the back.

TYRER James - 1899 - 30/06/1899 – Age 43 – Foreman. Bargoed New Sinkings, Powell Duffryn Steam Coal Co. Ltd., Monmouth. When ascending the sinking pit, in a tram slung by chains, the tram struck a byatt and he was tipped out. He fell a distance of 130 yards.

TYRER William - 1892 - 29/07/1892 – Age 18 – Dataler. Abram, Abram Coal Co. Ltd., Bickershaw, Lancashire. Inspection made and inquest attended. He was assisting to lay a road when a stone fell from where they had just taken out two broken props. The man seemed to have been rather careless who he was working with not to see that the roof was weighting.

TYRRELL J. - 1894 - 29/10/1894 – Age 38 – Collier. Allerton, T and RW Bower, Leeds, Yorkshire. Fall of roof.

TYSON Henry - 1895 - 14/01/1895 – Age 34 - Rope splicer. Whitehaven William, Whitehaven Colliery Co., Whitehaven, Cumberland. Inquest made and inquest attended. Deceased was trying to uncouple a bogie from a set of tubs when in motion and slipped and fell and was run over.