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WEEKS Joseph - 1890 - 10/03/1890 – Age 26 – Hitcher. Morfa, Vivian and Sons, Port Talbot, Glamorgan. Explosion of firedamp. 87 Killed.

WEIGHTMAN Hiram - 1891 - 21/12/1891 – Age 25 – Collier. Ryefield Salterwood, Denby Iron and Coal Co., Denby, Derbyshire. Whilst descending the shaft the rope of the ascending empty cage broke when nearly at the surface. The falling cage got out of the conductors and struck the cage in which the deceased was descending the shaft and fatally injured him. 6.30 am.

WEIR Alexander (non-fatal) - 1894 - 20/07/1894 – Age 29 – Drawer. Linlithgow, Linlithgow Oil Co. Ltd., Linlithgow. Crushed by back balance.

WEIR Edward - 1894 - 13/12/1894 – Age 48 – Miner. Auchenharvie No. 1, Glengarnock Iron and Steel Co., Stevenston, Ayrshire. Fall of roof at working face.

WEIR J.T. - 1895 - 04/05/1895 – Age 34 – Hewer. Whitburn, Harton Coal Co. Ltd., Co.Durham. Inspection and inquest attended. A large fall of stone occurred when the deceased, and two other men, were taking some side coal off in their working place which caught the deceased. The stone fell from slips or jacks in the roof which were not detected beforehand.

WEIR James (non-fatal) - 1891 - 06/02/1891 – Age 60 – Collier. Mauldslie, Waddell and Son, Lanarkshire. Fall of coal. 115 days off.

WEIR James (non-fatal) - 1892 - 03/05/1892 – Roadsman. Bredisholm No. 2, Glasgow Iron and Steel Co., Uddingston, Lanarkshire. Fall of roof in airway.

WEIR James (non-fatal) - 1894 - 05/03/1894 – Age 30 – Roadsman. Wilsontown, William Dixon Ltd., Lanarkshire. Jammed by pump back balance.

WEIR James (non-fatal) - 1894 - 28/05/1894 – Age 17 – Miner. Rawyards, Rawyards Colliery Co. Ltd., Lanarkshire. Explosion of firedamp. 15 days off.

WEIR John (non-fatal) - 1891 - 30/03/1891 – Roadsman. Stepends No. 1, Eglinton Iron Co., Cumnock, Ayrshire. Fall of roof while putting up a prop.

WEIR Robert (non-fatal) - 1891 - 14/01/1891 – Miner. Neilston No. 3, Neilston Coal Co., Kilsyth, Ayrshire. Fall of coal.

WEIR Robert (non-fatal) - 1892 - 17/02/1892 - Pithead runner. North Motherwell No. 2, Merry and Cuninghame, Motherwell, Lanarkshire. Fell from pithead while larking about outside a window.

WEIR Robert - 1890 - 08/05/1890 – Age 31 – Manager. Dalzell, Wishaw Coal Co., Motherwell, Lanarkshire. Suffocated by gases from an underground fire. 2 killed.

WEIR Thomas (non-fatal) - 1894 - 20/06/1894 – Age 40 – Miner. Monkland, Calderbank Steel & Coal Co. Ltd., Lanarkshire. Explosion of blasting gelatine through defective fuse.

WEIR William (non-fatal) - 1891 - 11/05/1891 – Age 40 – Pitheadman. Barncluith, Archibald Russell, Lanarkshire. Fell down drop pit. 75 days off.

WEIR William (non-fatal) - 1891 - 12/03/1891 – Miner. Woodhall, Barr and Higgins, Airdrie, Lanarkshire. Hand crushed between two waggons.

WEIR William (non-fatal) - 1893 - 31/05/1893 – Age 42 – Fireman. Philpstoun, James Ross and Co., Linlithgow. Explosion of gas. 48 days off.

WEIR William - 1891 - 13/10/1891 – Age 18 – Putter. Backworth, Owners of Backworth & West Cramlington Collieries, Backworth, Northumberland. Inspection made and inquest attended. In jumping on to his tub, in the main rolleyway, his candle ignited some gas which was lying in a small hole in the roof. 4.15 pm.

WELBURN Thomas - 1891 - 06/01/1891 – Age 35 – Miner. Brotton (ironstone), Morrison and Co., Marske, Yorkshire. Dislocated thigh and other bruises by a fall of stone. Died on 7th, 7.0 am.

WELCH James - 1890 - 06/06/1890 – Age 28 – Hewer. North Seaton, Cowpen Coal Co. Ltd., North Seaton, Northumberland. Crushed by fall of coal.

WELDON John - 1898 - 01/11/1898 – Age 32 – Miner. Claderbank, Glasgow Iron and Steel Co. Ltd., Lanarkshire. Fall of roof at brushing face.

WELDON John - 1898 - 01/12/1898 – Age 32 – Miner. Blantyre, William Dixon Ltd., Lanarkshire. Fall of roof at brushing face.

WELDON Thomas - 1894 - 04/01/1894 – Age 40 – Hewer. East Hetton, Walter Scott Ltd., Coxhoe, Co.Durham. Crushed by fall of stone. Died on 10th instant.

WELLARVIZE H. - 1899 - 17/04/1899 – Age 24 – Collier. Deep Navigation, Ocean Coal Co. Ltd., Glamorgan. Fall of side at face top coal 3 feet x 3 feet x 2 feet thick while filling. His partner pulled down some coal which rolled against and knocked out a sprag and liberated the top coal. New seam.

WELLS Alfred - 1898 - 23/06/1898 – Age 40 – Collier. Broomstair, Dukinfield Coal and Cannel Co. Ltd., Dukinfield, Cheshire. Fall of coal from face. Insufficiently spragged at loose end no sprags as required by rules.

WELLS F. - 1892 - 30/03/1892 – Age 53 – Engineman. Low Moor, Low Moor Steel Co., Bradford, Yorkshire. Run over by waggons, died 31st.

WELLS William (non-fatal) - 1894 - 24/06/1894 – Age 36 – Bottomer. Pentland & Straiton, Clippens Oil Co. Ltd., Edinburgh. Thrown off set. 21 days off.

WELSBY John Robert - 1890 - 19/06/1890 – Age 13 - Pony driver. Mosley Common 7 Foot, Bridgewater Trustees, Tyldesley, Lancashire. Killed by the front tub as he was unhooking the pony with the train in motion.

WELSBY Robert - 1896 - 16/10/1896 – Age 26 - Coal washer. Spindlepoint, Clifton and Kerlsey Coal Co. Ltd., Lancashire. Belt wheel, in connection with coal crusher, collapsed deceased was struck by one of the pieces. Wheel was of cast iron.

WELSH Alexander (non-fatal) - 1890 - 12/06/1890 – Brusher. Newton No. 2, James Dunlop and Co., Cambuslang, Lanarkshire. Explosion of powder from a spark from a lamp. 2 injured.

WELSH Daniel James - 1893 - 03/06/1893 – Age 16 – Collier. New Tredegar, Powell Duffryn Steam Coal Co. Ltd., New Tredegar, Monmouth. Fall of roof in the Yard Vein, result of insufficient timbering. There are numerous slips in this roof and in this case, although the officials had been in the place during the shift, they appear to have taken no particular notice and might as well have not been there. I was much dissatisfied with supervision in this case.

WELSH Edward - 1890 - 04/08/1890 – Age 27 – Stoker. Sneyd, Sneyd Colliery and Brick Works Co. Ltd., Burslem, Staffordshire. Scalded by taking manhole door off a boiler before the steam was out. Died 12th August.

WELSH James - 1897 - 12/11/1897 – Age 28 – Brusher. Bannockburn No. 1, Alloa Coal Co., Stirling. Fall of roof on road while sitting waiting for a shot to go off. Nov. 12th 1896, died March 24th 1897.

WELSH John (non-fatal) - 1890 - 21/02/1890 – Brusher. Bredisholm No. 1, Provanhall Coal Co., Baillieston, Lanarkshire. Fall of roof while taking down a stone.

WELSH John - 1899 - 18/04/1899 – Age 24 – Hewer. Montagu Main, William Benson, Northumberland. Inspection made and inquest attended. Deceased and his marrow were working in a broken jud when a large stone fell away from some slips. The men considered the place safe and there was plenty of loose timber beside them but unfortunately it had not been made use of.

WELSH Patrick (non-fatal) - 1892 - 10/03/1892 – Age 38 – Miner. Pentland, Clippens Oil Co. Ltd., Edinburgh. Explosion of gas. 2 days off.

WELSH William (non-fatal) - 1894 - 30/10/1894 – Age 19 – Wheeler. Balognie, CB Balfour, Fife. Struck by tub. Not yet returned.

WERRET Charles - 1892 - 01/07/1892 – Age 70 – Labourer. Parkfield, Kingswood and Parkfield Collieries Co. Ltd., Mangotsfield, Gloucester. He was engaged on a ladder, trimming a hedge along the railway sidings. A truck which was allowed by the shunter to gravitate down the siding struck the ladder and knocked him to the ground causing shock from which the old man died in a short time. The shunter had not noticed him at the place at the time and could not see him owing to there being a curve in the line and as it was an idle day he did not anticipate anyone being there.

WEST George - 1890 - 28/02/1890 – Age 43 – Collier. Newbury, Mackintosh Westbury Iron Co. Ltd., Coleford, Somerset. Seeing that the place had taken a weight and that the timbers were being broken, etc., he tried to save it by setting additional timber (middle props) under the couplings and remained at it too long. A fall occurred and the roof rubbish ran in almost like sand and broke down a timber which falling across his foot prevented his escape. Before he could be released a further fall occurred causing his death. The roof in this seam is such that the roof and sides have to be lagged closely with brushwood faggots, known locally as "rice".

WEST George - 1895 - 14/05/1895 – Age 37 – Dataller. Chell, Chell Colliery Co., Chell, Staffordshire. Fall of roof while repairing return airway in Rowhurst Seam.

WEST John - 1891 - 21/12/1891 – Age 42 - Waggon lowerer. Bryn Hall, EF and HH Crippin, Ashton-in-Makerfield, Lancashire. Inquiry made. Deceased was caught between two waggons whilst attempting to spring in with a prop the end door of a loaded slack waggon. 9.45 am.

WEST W. - 1897 - 10/06/1897 – Age 39 – Collier. Monk Bretton, Monk Bretton Coal Co., Yorkshire. Fall of roof.

WEST William - 1893 - 23/12/1893 – Age 37 – Collier. Nixons Navigation, Nixons Navigation Co. Ltd., Mountain Ash, Glamorgan. Fall of roof at face. In taking down a slip of coal the coal, in falling, knocked out a prop and the roof fell. Two feet seam.

WESTERMAN Robert - 1896 - 30/04/1896 – Age 36. Micklefield, Joseph Cliffe and Sons, Yorkshire. Explosion of firedamp. 63 killed.

WESTHEAD John - 1892 - 07/11/1892 – Age 37 – Collier. Kirkless, Kirkless Colliery Co. Ltd., Wigan, Lancashire. Inspection made and inquest attended. While getting the clod down the roof fell from between two steps capping a prop. The stone had been examined a short while previously when it appeared quite safe. 2 killed.

WESTHEAD John - 1898 - 22/12/1898 – Age 32 – Drawer. Sovereign, Wigan Coal and Iron Co. Ltd., Lancashire. Crushed between tub and low bar in endless rope brow; lashing chain slipped allowing two tubs to run away. Deceased was getting over other tubs to a place of refuge when the runaway tubs dashed into them.

WESTON Edward - 1897 - 18/03/1897 – Age 30 – Pikeman. Knowle, Knowle Colliery Co., Staffordshire. Explosion of firedamp.

WESTON Frederick - 1894 - 12/12/1894 – Age 46 – Stallman. Denby, W Drury-Lowe, Denby, Derbyshire. He died suddenly in the mine from natural causes. No inquest was held.

WESTON Thomas - 1893 - 29/08/1893 – Age 16 - Office boy. South Leicestershire, South Leicestershire, Coalville, Leicestershire. He attempted to put a sprag between the wheels of a moving waggon loaded with bricks. The sprag flew out and threw the deceased under the waggon. Deceased had been cautioned not to interfere with the waggon.

WESTON William - 1892 - 12/10/1892 – Age 48 – Collier. Kilburne, Kilburne Colliery Co., Derbyshire. Fall of stone from the roof of a roadway being driven at it on a very steep inclination on the side of a fault slip. Died 21st Oct.

WESTWATER Alexander (non-fatal) - 1893 - 26/07/1893 – Age 35 – Miner. Wemyss, RGE Wemyss, Fife. Fall of roof. 80 days off.

WESTWOOD A. - 1893 - 20/01/1893 – Age 24 – Collier. Glass Houghton, TH Thorp, Normanton, Yorkshire. Fall of roof, died 22nd.

WESTWOOD David - 1897 - 31/07/1897 – Age 48 – Miner. Cowdenbeath, Fife Coal Co. Ltd., Fife. Fall of coal at face of heading.

WESTWOOD J. - 1892 - 12/04/1892 – Age 49 – Collier. Featherstone Main, Featherstone Main Coal Co., Pontefract, Yorkshire. Fall of coal.

WESTWOOD Joseph - 1890 - 22/11/1890 – Age 17 – Driver. Haden Hill, Bassano Son and Hawkes, Oldhill, Staffordshire. Died 28th November. In the early morning (night shift) he was crushed between two full tubs.

WETHERALL James - 1896 - 31/01/1896 – Age 40 – Miner. Dumbreck No. 2, William Baird and Co., Stirling. Fall of coal owing to the want of a sprag.

WETNALL George - 1891 - 02/04/1891 – Age 19 - Taker-off. Apedale Sladderhill, Midland Coal Coke and Iron Co. Ltd., Newcastle, Staffordshire. Explosion. 10 killed.

WETTON Robert - 1898 - 09/11/1898 – Age 21 – Hewer. Black Prince, Weardale Iron and Coal Co. Ltd., Co.Durham. While engaged hewing, some top stone fell away at a feather edge, near the coal café, and broke his back and bruised his head. Died on the way out of the pit.

WEY Henry (non-fatal) - 1894 - 26/04/1894 – Age 22 – Miner. Dolcoath (metalliferous), Dolcoath Mine Adventurers, Camborne, Cornwall. Fall of ground.

WHALE Ben - 1892 - 23/09/1892 – Age 60 – Pikeman. Sandwell Park, Sandwell Park Colliery Co., West Bromwich, Staffordshire. Fatally injured by rate of coal from side. Cause, a bump.

WHALLEY James (injured) - 1890 - 14/07/1890 – Age 40 – Miner. Anderton Hall No. 6, Arley B and R Fisher and Co., Blackrod, Lancashire. Leg broken by coal which he was taking down.

WHALLEY John T. - 1898 - 13/09/1898 – Age 33 – Screener. Pemberton, J Blundell and Sons, Wigan, Lancashire. Inspection made and inquest attended. It appears they were taking a tub of dirt down the gangway, towards the dirt heap, omitting however to scotch up the tub behind them, which subsequently followed them, the road dipped about an inch per yard, the tub crushing the deceased against the other tub. He succumbed to the injuries received at the Infirmary on the 16th instant.

WHEAR Thomas - 1892 - 09/09/1892 – Age 19 – Miner. East Pool (metalliferous), East Pool Mining Co., Carn Brea, Cornwall. Suffocated by fumes from 15 dynamite shots which had been fired in a rise and into which they returned without making use of the means at their disposal for ventilating the place. His comrade, Parsons, after several hours of unconsciousness recovered.

WHEATLEY George - 1895 - 21/10/1895 – Age 45 – Hewer. Hebburn C Pit, Wallsend and Hebburn Coal Co., Ltd., Hebburn Co.Durham. Inquest attended. Deceased appears to have slipped off the bottom cauch and sprained himself. 12:30 p.m., 3rd hour of his shift. He died 2nd Feb. 1896.

WHEATLEY George - 1897 - 02/07/1897 – Age 41. Oakwell, Ilkeston Colliery, Derbyshire. It was stated that a piece of pyrites from the coal struck deceased in the eye, but it was found that he died from "heart disease, not accelerated by any accident. The verdict of the jury was "died from natural causes."

WHEATLEY Jacob - 1896 - 30/03/1896 – Age 59 – Stallman. Kilburn Coal, Cossall Colliery Co., Nottinghamshire. Fall of coal whilst holing. The accident was so trivial that it was not reported but at the inquest the doctor stated that the shock set up "cardiac heart disease," and the jury returned a verdict in accordance with the doctor's evidence. He died 4th February 1897.

WHEATLEY John - 1897 - 23/11/1897 – Age 45 – Hewer. Eppleton, Hetton Coal Co. Ltd., Co.Durham. On going to his working place he met a pony and tub standing in the middle of the way. There was room for him to pass on the side he was on instead of walking round the pony’s head to get to the other side, he attempted to step across the limmers, between the pony and tub, while doing so the pony moved away and his head was crushed against the roof.

WHEATLEY William - 1897 - 30/01/1897 – Age 35 – Fireman. Worsley Menses, Worsley Menses Colliery Co., Wigan, Lancashire. Inquiry made. He was assisting to draw some bars out from under the roof and was holding his safety lamp when a fall of ley occurred causing a prop to strike the deceased in the stomach. He walked home and the injury was considered slight at the time but it afterwards proved fatal on February 17th 1897.

WHEATMAN Charles - 1899 - 19/10/1899 – Age 56 – Labourer. Toker’s Green, Caversham Gravel Quarry, GW Talbot and Son, Oxford. Fall of gravel and sand. Deceased was holing or undercutting the quarry face when it fell over, from a pot-hole, and fatally injured him. The greatest depth of quarry face is 12 feet 6 inches.

WHEATMAN G. - 1898 - 14/08/1898 – Age 24 – Dataller. Cannock & Leascroft, Cannock & Leascroft Colliery Co. Ltd. Struck by lever of an inclined wheel. Died 15th Aug.

WHEATS George (injured) - 1894 - 16/10/1894 – Age 27 – Collier. Harecastle & Woodshutts, Moss Bidder and Elliot, Harecastle, Staffordshire. Explosion of firedamp caused by gob fire. 1 killed, 12 injured.

WHEELAN James (non-fatal) - 1892 - 30/06/1892 – Age 30 – Brusher. Loganlea, John McCulloch, Edinburgh. Fall of roof. 2 injured, 42 days off.

WHEELAN John - 1890 - 23/06/1890 – Age 27 – Drawer. Pentland Clippens Oil Co. Ltd., Edinburgh. Crushed by tubs. 11.00 pm.

WHEELER F. (injured) - 1894 - 23/01/1894 – Age 18 – Driver. Highley, Highley Mining Co. Ltd., Highley, Shropshire. Kicked on back by mare which he was driving.

WHEELER W. - 1898 - 21/12/1898 – Age 37 – Collier. Greasborough, Greasborough Coal Co., Yorkshire. Fall of side. Died 25th Dec.

WHEELER William - 1891 - 16/05/1891 – Age 17 - Door boy. Cambrian Navigation, Thomas Riches and Co., Clydach Vale, Glamorgan. Caught by a journey on the engine plane as it was passing the door which he attended. He appeared to have neglected to open the door in time to get clear.

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

WHETTON Arthur - 1899 - 08/05/1899 – Age 38 - Stone header. Donisthorpe No. 2, Checkland Son and Williams, Leicestershire. Fall of roof. Deceased and three others were setting a bar in a stone heading, driven through faulty ground, when a fall of roof occurred and instantly killed him. The other men were injured.

WHETTON Henry - 1894 - 12/12/1894 – Age 55 – Banksman. Stanton, J and N Nadin and Co., Swadlincote, Derbyshire. He died suddenly from "syncope" while at work.

WHETTON John - 1899 - 07/02/1899 – Age 44 – Stallman. Netherseal, Netherseal Colliery Co., Leicestershire. Fall of side. Deceased was working in a very steep place when a large piece of coal fell from the face and knocked out two props one of which struck the deceased and killed him.

WHEWELL James (injured) - 1890 - 22/05/1890 – Age 35 – Miner. Taylor Green, Thomas Knowles, Over Darwen, Lancashire. His finger crushed, having to be amputated, he having put it into the crank space of a small engine which was drawing a tub up the incline drift.

WHIGHAM Robert (non-fatal) - 1891 - 24/11/1891 – Age 25 – Pitheadrunner. Broxburn, Broxburn Oil Co. Ltd., Linlithgow. Fall of scaffold. 21 days off.

WHIGHAM William - 1891 - 06/06/1891 – Age 35 – Miner. Camps (metalliferous), William Torrance, Edinburgh. Fall of limestone.

WHILEY William W. - 1892 - 26/04/1892 – Age 19 – Hewer. Seaton Delaval, Seaton Delaval Coal Co., Seaton Delaval, Northumberland. Inspection made and inquest attended. In order to make out a tub of coal he left his own working place and went into the adjoining airway where he could get a bit of soil coal. After working a short time a stone fell from some "slips" on to him.

WHILTSHIRE Charles - 1895 - 06/03/1895 – Age 44 – Collier. Risca, United National Collieries Ltd., Risca, Monmouth. A stone (feather-edged) within 9 inches of a prop fell breaking off near the face and killed him. The place appeared to have been well timbered and there were plenty of spare props at hand.

WHISTON Thomas - 1890 - 16/12/1890 – Age 21 - Dip runner. Adderley Green, Stirrup and Pye, Longton, Staffordshire. Crushed by tub while lowering them over the top of an engine dip. He had forgotten to couple the tubs and was improperly in front of them in the dip.

WHITAKER Amos - 1896 - 30/04/1896 – Age 32 – Micklefield. Joseph Cliffe and Sons, Yorkshire. Explosion of firedamp. 63 killed.

WHITAKER George - 1896 - 30/04/1896 – Age 22. Micklefield, Joseph Cliffe and Sons, Yorkshire. Explosion of firedamp. 63 killed.

WHITAKER Harold - 1895 - 11/09/1895 – Age 36 – Sinker. Kingsbury, Hockley Hall and Whateley Colliery Co. Ltd., Warwick. Suffocated by being lowered into a sinking shaft containing noxious gases. No examination of the shaft was made before the deceased descended and it was unventilated. 2 killed.

WHITAKER John - 1892 - 29/02/1892 – Age 44 – Roadsman. Penrhiwfer, Glamorgan Coal Co. Ltd., Penygraig, Glamorgan. By explosion of dynamite which the deceased fireman was thawing at a paraffin lamp, in the cabin near the shaft bottom. 3 killed.

WHITAKER Joseph - 1896 - 30/04/1896 – Age 55. Micklefield, Joseph Cliffe and Sons, Yorkshire. Explosion of firedamp. 63 killed.

WHITAKER William Naylor - 1896 - 30/04/1896 – Age 32. Micklefield, Joseph Cliffe and Sons, Yorkshire. Explosion of firedamp. 63 killed.

WHITAKER William Naylor - 1896 - 30/04/1896. Micklefield, Joseph Cliffe and Sons, Yorkshire. Explosion of firedamp. 63 killed.

WHITBORNE John - 1895 - 12/12/1895 – Age 17 – Pitman. Rudy Merthyr, Mortgagees of Rudy Merthyr, Glamorgan. He was riding (contrary to rules) on the journey in the engine plane when the bull chain broke. The trams running back he was thrown off and killed. A roadman William Stroodley who was in a manhole was also seriously injured. 1 killed, 1 injured.

WHITE A. - 1894 - 05/10/1894 – Age 42 – Dataler. Cortonwood, Cortonwood Coal Co., Barnsley, Yorkshire. Fall of roof.

WHITE A. - 1896 - 11/03/1896 – Age 47 - Clay getter. Shareston West (quarry), New Sharlston Coal Co., Wakefield, Yorkshire. Fall of ground from place within his control.

WHITE A. - 1898 - 21/03/1898 – Age 38 – Collier. Carlton Main, Yorkshire and Derbyshire Coal and Iron Co., Yorkshire. A knocked out prop, in falling, struck him and so injured him that he died two days after.

WHITE Alexander (non-fatal) - 1891 - 15/08/1891 – Miner. Nethercoy No3, Carron Co., Kilsyth, Ayrshire. Struck by stone from a shot while looking to see if the fuse was burning.

WHITE Alexander (non-fatal) - 1893 - 19/06/1893 – Age 41 – Miner. Camelon, John Dunn, Stirling. Fall of coal, 21 days off.

WHITE Arthur - 1893 - 10/03/1893 – Age 15 - Horse driver. Woodside, EM Mundy, Shipley, Derbyshire. Died from mortification due to a strain to his bowels but no evidence to show how it occurred.

WHITE Charles - 1893 - 20/09/1893 – Age 58 – Timberman. Dolcoath (metalliferous), Dolcoath Mine Adventurers, Camborne, Cornwall. Owing to a large run of ground the stull, in the back of the 412 fathom level, carried away and caught these men under it, as well as entombing another for 36 hours when he was released. They and others were at the time engaged strengthening it. 8 killed.

WHITE Edward - 1893 - 10/01/1893 – Age 44 – 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.

WHITE George - 1890 - 18/10/1890 – Age 56 – Crutter. Apedale Watermills, Midland Coal Coke and Iron Co. Ltd., Newcastle, Staffordshire. Explosion of a gunpowder shot while inserting a cartridge of compressed powder with a wood rammer with a copper end. 2 killed.

WHITE George - 1894 - 10/10/1894 – Age 22 – Hewer. Norwood, Norwood Coal Co. Ltd., Evenwood, Co.Durham. Fall of stone which canted out some timber.

WHITE George - 1895 - 22/07/1895 – Age 32 – Deputy. Tudhoe, Weardale Iron and Coal Co., Tudhoe, Co.Durham. Severe back injuries by a fall of stone. Died 31st Aug.

WHITE J. - 1893 - 13/12/1893 – Age 41 – Collier. Low Moor, Low Moor Iron Works, Bradford, Yorkshire. Fell out of cage.

WHITE James (non-fatal) - 1891 - 28/11/1891 – Age 18 – Driver. Cowdenbeath, Cowdenbeath Coal Co., Fife. Fall of roof. Still off.

WHITE James (non-fatal) - 1893 - 17/01/1893 – Age 42 – Pitman. Dolcoath (metalliferous), Dolcoath Mine Adventurers, Camborne, Cornwall. Fall of loose stone from the side of main engine shaft while repairing the timber. 3 injured.

WHITE James (non-fatal) - 1894 - 25/12/1894 – Age 15 – Miner. Greyrigg, Greyrigg Coal Co., Stirling. Fall of stone. 6 days off.

WHITE James - 1890 - 19/02/1890 – Age 47 – Engineman. Southfield No. 1, William Black and Son, Stirling. Crushed while repairing machinery. 9.30. am.

WHITE James - 1892 - 07/12/1892 – Age 22 – Loader. New Chapel, R Heaty and Sons, Tunstall, Staffordshire. Fall of roof at working face in Burnwood Ironstone. Died 10th December.

WHITE James - 1897 - 13/05/1897 – Age 53 – Repairer. Darngavil, Darngavil Coal Co. Ltd., Lanarkshire. Deceased men, and others including the undermanager, were engaged in the pit on an idle day, engaged connecting two places but in one there was firedamp, after endeavouring unsuccessfully to expel the firedamp by "waffing" and running a hutch backward and forward, they decided to fire a charge of gunpowder, near the gas, to break it up and in so doing an explosion took place. 2 killed.

WHITE James - 1899 - 14/10/1899 – Age 28 – Miner. Gawton Arsenic, Devon Gawton Co. Ltd., Devon. A hole which had been blasted, with gelatine, not having been blown off to the socket or end of the hole, they resumed drilling it without putting off a cap to make sure that all the explosive had been consumed with the result that some gelignite, which had not been consumed, exploded.

WHITE John (non-fatal) - 1893 - 23/10/1893 – Age 25 – Miner. Loanhead, Shotts Iron Co., Edinburgh. Explosion of shot while lighting another.

WHITE John - 1890 - 06/02/1890 – Age 28 – Repairer. 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.

WHITE John - 1891 - 12/01/1891 – Age 50 – Repairer. Coalbrook Vale, Coalbrook Vale Colliery Co., Nantyglo, Monmouth. He was engaged getting out a prop, to enable him to stow rubbish in a pack wall, when a stone fell upon him from the roof.

WHITE John - 1898 - 09/09/1898 – Age 55 – Miner. Ayr Drumley No. 1, George Taylor, Ayrshire. A sudden outburst of firedamp rendered the air current explosive and it ignited in the airway at the naked light of the fireman who was not aware of what had taken place. 7 killed 6 injured.

WHITE John - 1899 - 21/12/1899 – Age 37 – Miner. Castlecary Limestone, Castlecary Fireclay Co., Dumbarton. Fall of roof while redding a large fall of road.

WHITE John - 1899 - 22/05/1899 – Age 21 – Miner. 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. White contravened the Special Rule in riding. 2 killed.

WHITE Joseph jnr. - 1890 - 13/08/1890 – Age 28 – Hewer. Tudhoe, Weardale Iron Co. Ltd., Spennymoor, Co.Durham. Sudden fall of stone canting out of some props in a broken jud.

WHITE Moses - 1892 - 04/03/1892 – Age 44 – Collier. Whitemoss, Whitemoss Coal Co. Ltd., Skelmersdale, Lancashire. Inspection made and inquest attended. In this case a driving was carried forward against old works, in which water had accumulated, without the precaution of boring, as required by the Act of Parliament. The water suddenly burst in and drowned one of the workmen. The excuse for not boring was that in the officials' judgement, the old works were entirely closed up and could not contain water. An examination after the accident showed quite the contrary to be the case some of the old places being found standing open just as they had been left some years before.

WHITE Robert - 1890 - 05/05/1890 – Age 20 – Enginewright. Pooley Hall, Pooley Hall Colliery Co., Tamworth, Staffordshire. Changing the bucket of a set of pumps. Forcing the bucket into the working barrel by starting the engine, the dry rods broke and falling down the shaft killed the deceased.

WHITE Robert - 1890 - 26/02/1890 – Age 78 – Undermanager. Whitelea Drift, Pease and Partners Ltd., Crook, Co.Durham. Caught by set of tubs in drift and severely crushed. Died on 6th March.

WHITE T. - 1890 - 06/12/1890 – Age 22 - Collier. Lowoods Wharn, Lowoods Grayson and Co., Sheffield, Yorkshire. Dynamite, 21st.

WHITE T. - 1891 - 10/09/1891 – Age 48 – Collier. West Riding, Pope and Pearson, Leeds, Yorkshire. Fall of coal. Died 11th.

WHITE Thomas (non-fatal) - 1891 - 01/10/1891 – Screeman. Kirkwood No. 1, Kirkwood Coal Co., Coatbridge, Lanarkshire. Hand caught between the buffers of waggons.

WHITE Thomas - 1894 - 23/06/1894 – Age 21 – Labourer. Albion, Albion Steam Coal Co. Ltd., Pontypridd, Glamorgan. By an explosion. 290 killed.

WHITE Thomas - 1896 - 19/11/1896 – Age 23 - Waggon man. Derwent, Consett Iron Co. Ltd., Co.Durham. He was riding between two waggons when the locomotive got off the way and the sudden jerk caused both his feet to be severely injured by the buffers. He was taken to a hospital and both feet were amputated but he died about two hours afterwards.

WHITE Thomas - 1896 - 30/09/1896 – Age 58 - Crane driver. Fletcher Bank Stone (quarry), R Wild and Co., Lancashire. Jaw fractured by end of rope breaking from the fastening on the drum, it was a weak and bad form of attachment and too heavy a load on the rope. Died October 9th.

WHITE Thomas - 1897 - 05/01/1897 – Age 45 – Collier. Broadoak, Samuel Thomas, Glamorgan. Explosion of firedamp and coal dust. 5 killed.

WHITE Thomas - 1898 - 14/11/1898 – Age 16 – Wailer. Springwell, John Bowes and Partners Ltd., Springwell, Co.Durham. Inspection made and inquest attended. Instead of attending to his work, the deceased had got over a fence and was looking down the small coal lift when the cage, on being lowered, crushed his head.

WHITE Thomas - 1898 - 26/05/1898 – Age 52 – Carter. New Hailes Sand Quarry, John Downie, Edinburgh. Deceased was filling a cart in a sand quarry. He had slightly undermined the bank, which slipped in and buried him, causing injuries to which he succumbed eleven days afterwards.

WHITE Thomas - 1899 - 09/08/1899 – Age 31 – Miner. Craighead No. 1, William Baird and Co. Ltd., Lanarkshire. Fall of roof at working face. Several props were knocked out by the fall.

WHITE W. - 1897 - 10/07/1897 – Age 27 – Labourer. Barrow, Barrow Haematite Steel Co., Yorkshire. He was taking an empty tub out of the cage, at the bottom of a drop, when a full tub fell on him from the gangway level.

WHITE Walter H. - 1895 - 06/11/1895 – Age 18 – Collier. Powell Duffryn Aberaman, Powell Duffryn Steam Coal Co. Ltd., Glamorgan. Fall of weak clift or clod, 11 feet x 3 feet x 10 inches thick, at the face not more than one prop within this area. He was working alone that day. Seven feet seam.

WHITE William (non-fatal) - 1890 - 26/03/1890 – Overman. Douglas No. 3, Merry and Cunningham, Paisley, Lanarkshire. Explosion of firedamp. 3 injured.

WHITE William (non-fatal) - 1892 - 09/08/1892 – Age 26 – Miner. Grange Clay (metalliferous), North Devon Clay Co., Torrington, Devon. Knocked down by a bucket or gig which in some unexplained manner became loose on the inclined plane.

WHITE William - 1891 - 25/06/1891 – Age 16 - Pony driver. Grangemouth, Grangemouth Coal Co., Stirling. Fall of stone.

WHITE William - 1894 - 08/05/1894 – Age 25 – Repairer. Darngavil, Darngavil Coal Co. Ltd., Lanarkshire. Fall of stone.

WHITEFIELD William - 1890 - 30/08/1890 – Age 73 – Engineman. Kinneil, Kinneil Coal and Coke Co., Linlithgow. Explosion of firedamp. 2 killed. 5.40 am.

WHITE FOOT Richard - 1896 - 15/12/1896 – Age 20 – Hitcher. Ocean Park, Ocean Coal Co. Ltd., Glamorgan. Fell from the lower seam landing into the sump from which water was about to be raised by barrel. He apparently forgot that the stage had been removed.

WHITEFORD Archibald G. - 1892 - 02/06/1892 – Age 26 – Miner. Orbiston No. 3, Summerlee and Mossend Iron and Steel Co., Bellshill, Lanarkshire. Explosion of a shot of gelatine to which he returned before it went off.

WHITEHALL Louis - 1893 - 04/05/1893 – Age 27 – Stallman. Newhall Field, Newhall Field Colliery Co., Swadlincote, Derbyshire. A lever, working the signal, wore and fell down the shaft and struck him as he was entering the cage at the pit bottom. Died 9th May.

WHITEHEAD J. - 1893 - 13/01/1893 – Age 19 – Trammer. Thrybergh Hall, J and J Charlesworth, Rotherham, Yorkshire. Fall of roof, died 24th Mar.

WHITEHEAD James (injured) - 1890 - 28/03/1890 – Age 58 - Enginebrow hooker, Bank House Mountain, Oldham Middleton and Rochdale Coal Co. Ltd., Shaw, Lancashire. Injured by a tub which became unhooked as he was going to assist the train having got off the rails.

WHITEHEAD Robert - 1892 - 29/01/1892 – Age 52 – Collier. Westleigh, Westleigh Colliery Co. Ltd., Westleigh, Lancashire. Piece of coal burst from the face of the working place, injured his ankle and hip. Pneumonia and bronchitis set in. Died 23rd Feb.

WHITEHEAD Thomas - 1897 - 08/01/1897 – Age 44 – Hewer. Whitehaven, William Whitehaven Colliery Co., Whitehaven, Cumberland. Inspection made. He was working with his marrow at the bottom coal, a short distance from the face, the deputy being present making his examination. Suddenly the top coal which had been left as a support to the roof fell from the slips which could not be seen before and killed him, the deputy and marrow escaping unhurt.

WHITEHOUSE W. - 1894 - 26/05/1894 – Age 37 – Stallman. Sandwell Park, Sandwell Park Colliery Co., West Bromwich, Staffordshire. Fall of roof in a stall.

WHITEHURST George - 1893 - 22/03/1893 – Age 46 – Collier. Harecastle Moss, Bidder and Elliot, Harecastle, Staffordshire. Fall of coal from the side of a narrow place at the working face in the Bullhurst Seam. The coal should have been spragged.

WHITEHURST Richard - 1894 - 10/09/1894 – Age 67 - Coal loader. Foxfield, Foxfield Colliery Co. Ltd., Cheadle, Cheshire. Crushed between trucks on colliery sidings.

WHITELAM J.H. - 1894 - 20/02/1894 – Age 28 – Trammer. Cortonwood, Cortonwood Coal Co., Barnsley, Yorkshire. Injured by tub, died 1st May.

WHITELAW George - 1890 - 20/02/1890 – Age 49 – Brusher. Ladyhall No. 2, Eglington Iron Co., Kilwinning, Ayrshire. Fall of roof at brushing face.

WHITELAW John (non-fatal) - 1890 - 19/03/1890 – Age 16 – Miner. Lassodie, Thomas Spowart and Co. Ltd., Fife. Fall of coal at face. 69 days off.

WHITELAW John (non-fatal) - 1891 - 24/12/1891 – Age 27 – Collier. Donibristle, Donibristle Colliery Co., Fife. Fall of coal. Still off.

WHITELAW Thomas - 1896 - 27/04/1896 – Age 22 – Miner. Ferniegair, Archibald Russell, Lanarkshire. Fall of coal at longwall face.

WHITEMAN J. - 1894 - 14/12/1894 – Age 34 – Collier. St. John’s, Locke and Co., Normanton, Yorkshire. Fall of coal.

WHITFIELD Edward - 1897 - 29/08/1897 – Age 62 – Stoneman. Brancepeth, C Strakers and Love, Co.Durham. He had charge of a bottom caunch and during the shift one of the officials visited the place and told him some of the top stone was in a bad condition and he was to take it down, he took some but not all and it fell afterwards and so severely injured him that he died on September 13th.

WHITFIELD James - 1898 - 21/11/1898 – Age 47 – Waggonwayman. Hamsterley, Owners of Hamsterley Colliery, Co.Durham. Died today from injuries received on December 27th, 1897 by being crushed between the top of a tub and a baulk when riding on a pony set.

WHITFIELD John - 1895 - 01/02/1895 – Age 30 - Surface foreman, Peasley Cross, Whitecross Co. Ltd., Lancashire. Inquiry made. The deceased went between two railway wagons to uncouple them and was run over as he came from between Them, the wheel passing over his ankle, he was acting temporary instead of the brakesman. He did not use the coupling pole which was on the loco. which was said to have been generally used. Blood poisoning set in and he died on the 7th instant.

WHITFIELD William - 1896 - 22/05/1896 – Age 25 – Foreman. Sherdley, Whitecross Co. Ltd., St Helens, Lancashire. Inspection made and inquest attended. He was lowering a waggon under the coal washing machine when he got crushed against one of the upright supports, there being only one foot of clearance. He died at the Liverpool Infirmary on October 23rd, 1896. A girder has now been placed there, making more room for the manipulating of the waggons.

WHITFIELD William - 1899 - 24/02/1899 – Age 31 – Wincher. Talk o’th’ Hill No. 2, Talk o’th’ Hill Colliery Ltd., Staffordshire. Fall of roof on a drawing road in the 7 feet Banbury Seam. The fall occurred on an anticlinal where the seam turned downward. The road had been widened, to form an engine house, and some of the rock roof was taken down. A post under the which fell and canted out. The stone fell from a fault leader on one side and broke off on the other side, where it broke there were many patches of white spar. It had probably been fractured here by a heavy goth three or four minutes before, it being too heavy on one side it canted the post.

WHITFORD John (non-fatal) - 1894 - 03/03/1894 – Age 58 – Pitman. West Kitty (metalliferous), West Kitty Mine Adventurers, St. Agnes, Cornwall. While engaged about the pumps he overbalanced and fell 10 or 12 feet in the shaft.

WHITFORD John - 1891 - 11/04/1891 – Age 55 - Asst. timberman. Killifreth (metalliferous), Killifreth Mining Co., Scorrier, Cornwall. Deceased was standing in the shaft, three fathoms below the adit level, while a piece of timber was being lowered to him, by some means it slipped through the lashing and knocked him off the sollar on which he was standing. He fell down the shaft about nine fathoms and was killed. A verdict of "Accidental Death" was returned but the jury added a rider that when lowering timber with a rope, made fast by a timber hitch, a "dog" should in future be used or the end seized.

WHITIKER H. - 1891 - 09/12/1891 – Age 60 – Chargeman. Sharlston, New Sharlston Coal Co., Normanton, Yorkshire. Injured when descending shaft.

WHITLAM George - 1899 - 01/11/1899 – Age 58 – Stallman. Norwood, Sheepbridge Coal and Iron Co., Derbyshire. Fall of side. Deceased was holing the coalface within two yards of the buttock where loading was going on. The sprags gave way and the coal fell and killed him.

WHITLAW Samuel - 1891 - 17/06/1891 – Age 20 – Miner. Maxwood No. 1, Eglinton Iron Co., Galston, Ayrshire. Fall of roof at face.

WHITLOCK John - 1895 - 08/04/1895 – Age 14 – Driver. Seaton Delaval Forster, Seaton Delaval Coal Co., Seaton, Delaval, Northumberland. Inquest made and inquest attended. He was seated in a tub, driving his horse, when he was suddenly thrown forward and injured his chest, owing to the tub getting off the way.

WHITMAN John (non-fatal) - 1892 - 15/08/1892 – Miner. Dykes No. 2, Eglinton Iron Co., Cumnock, Ayrshire. Explosion of firedamp. 2 injured.

WHITMORE Frederick Ernest - 1899 - 23/03/1899 – Age 14 - Horse driver. Morton No. 5, Clay Cross Co., Derbyshire. Deceased had a slight accident in the mine on 14th December 1898 and he died of acute consumption. He was a delicate boy and the accident did not appear to have been the cause of his death.

WHITMORE Samuel - 1898 - 19/02/1898 – Age 28 – Collier. Orrell No. 4, Orrell Coal Co., Wigan, Lancashire. Inspection made and inquest attended. A fall of roof occurred at the face of a ribbing in the Wigan Six Feet Mine capping three props and burying the deceased and causing serious injuries to his brother. At the inquiry it was brought in that the accident was caused by insufficiency of timber.

WHITNEY James - 1895 - 19/06/1895 – Age 71 – Platelayer. Himley, Earl of Dudley, Staffordshire. Found dead on Colliery branch railway having apparently been run over by loaded trucks.

WHITNEY William - 1894 - 09/08/1894 – Age 33 – Stallman. Bailey Brook, Butterley Co., Heanor Derbyshire. Fall of roof. He was repairing the gateway when a quantity of roof fell on him.

WHITTAKER James - 1899 - 22/12/1899 – Age 53 – Deputy. Rosedale East Ironstone, Carlton Iron Co. Ltd., N. Yorkshire. Right leg fractured below the knee, thigh dislocated and bruised about the body by being run over by empty tubs. He was coming out of his district as the tubs were going in but thinking they were going straight on he did not get out of the way.

WHITTAKER John - 1896 - 17/12/1896 – Age 41 – Collier. Newton, Clifton and Kerlsey Coal Co. Ltd., Lancashire. Said to have slipped whilst turning a waggon on a plate 12 yards from face. Bruised knee. Erysipelas set in and caused his death on 30th December.

WHITTAKER John - 1898 - 28/09/1898 – Age 65 – Dataller. Outwood No. 2, Thomas Fletcher and Sons Ltd., Lancashire. Fall of side on horse level whilst filling dirt.

WHITTAKER Walter - 1898 - 05/08/1898 – Age 28 – Engineman. Dairy, Wigan Iron and Coal Co. Ltd., Wigan, Lancashire. Inspection made and inquest attended. He had apparently been leaning over a revolving shaft, on the top of the boilers, to put the coal right in the fire bunkers, when his jacket was wrapped round and he was crushed fatally. This accident shows that all shafts and straps should be boxed up.

WHITTER George - 1894 - 13/04/1894 – Age 18 – Miner. Westburn No. 1, Westburn Colliery Co., Cambuslang, Lanarkshire. Fell down blind pit.

WHITTINGHAM Thomas - 1899 - 14/09/1899 – Age 52 – Collier. Long Lane, Garswood Coal and Iron Co. Ltd., Ashton-in-Makerfield, Lancashire. Inspection made and inquest attended. They had holed under the bottom coal and after loosening sprag, set against the coal, they stepped back waiting for it to fall when some top coal fell over with it crushing the deceased.

WHITTINGTON C.H. - 1893 - 14/03/1893 – Age 14 – Driver. Car House, J Brown and Co., Rotherham, Yorkshire. Injured by tubs, died 15th.

WHITTLE Henry - 1891 - 08/01/1891 – Age 34 – Miner. Ashton Moss 6 foot, Ashton Moss Colliery Co. Ltd., Audenshaw, Lancashire. Died 10th at Ashton Infirmary from injuries he received by loaded tub running back upon him in a turn brow caused by the steed wire rope breaking. Inspection and inquest attended.

WHITTLE James (injured) - 1891 - 04/05/1891 – Age 46 – Miner. Cleworth Hall, Tyldesley Coal Co. Ltd., Shakerley, Lancashire. Injured by coal from face when taking it down. Inspection and inquiry.

WHITTLE John - 1896 - 22/12/1896 – Age 22 – Collier. Ferndale No. 3, D Davis and Sons Ltd., Glamorgan. Fall of fireclay and rashes, 8 feet x 4 feet x 2 feet thick, between the face and a previous fall; he had been told to set more props but failed to do so. Two feet seam.

WHITTLE John - 1899 - 08/02/1899 – Age 28 - Pusher on. Pemberton, J Blundell and Sons, Wigan, Lancashire. Inspection made and inquest attended. Deceased was engaged getting empty tubs from the haulage rope when a portion of roof rock fell upon him, opposite an endway. The roof was generally strong and appeared in places. At the inquiry a more liberal use of bars at way ends was advised.

WHITTLE Peter - 1891 - 21/10/1891 – Age 42 – Fireman. John Wigan Coal and Iron Co. Ltd., Standish, Lancashire. Inspection made and inquest attended. Deceased went to finish some roofing down, which had been started the shift previous, but whilst standing under it and before commencing to work a large piece fell upon him from between two slips. 6.20 am.

WHITTLE William (injured) - 1891 - 27/11/1891 – Age 32 – Miner. Crumbouke Day Eye Brassy, Thomas Fletcher and Sons, Atherton, Lancashire. Leg broken by coal which he was pulling down. Inspection and inquiry.