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WILLIAMS William Henry - 1890 - 06/02/1890 – Age 18 – 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.

WILLIAMS William R. (non-fatal) - 1893 - 31/08/1893 – Age 43 – Rockman. New Welsh Slate. When running to escape from a stone rolling down the working face he caught his hand in a waggon and broke one of the bones. Four and a half weeks off.

WILLIAMS William Thomas - 1890 - 16/12/1890 – Age 42 – Timberman. Naval, Naval Colliery Co. Ltd., Penycraig, Glamorgan. When sitting down, after dinner, a lump of brass and coal (about 60 lbs.) fell off the top of a prop and injured him internally. Died 19th December.

WILLIAMS William Thomas - 1893 - 09/08/1893 – Age 14 – Driver. Seaham, Marquess of Londonderry, Sunderland, Co.Durham. A pony's limbers became detached on an incline and the tubs ran amain crushing the deceased against a prop. It transpired one boy neglected to put in his cotteril and deceased to put in a chock.

WILLIAMS Willliam - 1896 - 30/10/1896 – Age 15 – Driver. Shankhouse, Cramlington Coal Co. Ltd., Northumberland. Inspection made and inquest attended. He was found dead in front of a set of tubs on the main horse road and it is supposed he fell from the top of the front tub and was killed.

WILLIAMSON Abraham - 1892 - 27/09/1892 – Age 25 – Collier. Rowley, Executors of Col. Hargreaves, Burnley, Lancashire. Fall of roof in working place from slip, not discernible.

WILLIAMSON Alexander - 1895 - 11/09/1895 – Age 55 - Pithead foreman. Oakbank (shale), Oakbank Oil Co. Ltd., Edinburgh. Rope broke.

WILLIAMSON Alexander - 1898 - 25/04/1898 – Age 38 – Contractor. Armdale Clay Quarry, R Muir and Co. Ltd., Linlithgow. Deceased, in taking a short cut past a pan mill, was caught by the machinery.

WILLIAMSON Alfred - 1895 - 17/03/1895 – Age 24 – Engineman. Plumbley, J and G Wells Ltd., Derbyshire. He was drowned whilst attempting to rescue children who had fallen through the ice on the colliery engine-pond. All the children and deceased were drowned.

WILLIAMSON G. - 1899 - 30/01/1899 – Age 36 – Quarryman. Hambleton Sandstone Quarry, John Green and Son, Yorkshire. Fall of ground from place beyond his control.

WILLIAMSON George - 1890 - 05/07/1890 – Age 14 – Driver. Lumley, 6th. Earl of Durham, Fence Houses, Co.Durham. While driving a set of tubs outbye, the pony fell, which caused three tubs to leave the rails and one of them caught the boy's foot crushing it badly and he died from lockjaw on 12th inst.

WILLIAMSON James (non-fatal) - 1890 - 25/06/1890 – Age 50 – Miner. Armadale, Owners of Chapelhall, Linlithgow. Fall of roof, leg fracture.

WILLIAMSON James (non-fatal) - 1893 - 05/04/1893 – Age 28 – Miner. Leven, Fife Coal Co. Ltd., Fife. Fall of roof, 24 days off.

WILLIAMSON James - 1899 - 30/03/1899 – Age 56 – Labourer. Wilsontown, William Dixon Ltd., Lanarkshire. Deceased was engaged clearing debris from a tramway, leading to the boiler fire-doors, when a bogie filled with dross ran him down.

WILLIAMSON John - 1893 - 08/08/1893 – Age 44 – Hewer. Sherburn House, Earl of Durham, Durham, Co.Durham. Fall of a very large stone whilst at his work in an ordinary bord.

WILLIAMSON Peter (non-fatal) - 1894 - 13/12/1894 – Age 30 – Brusher. Benhar, Niddrie and Benhar Coal Co. Ltd., Lanarkshire. Explosion of shot. Not yet returned.

WILLIAMSON Peter - 1899 - 06/01/1899 – Age 30 - Pithead labourer. Townhill, Townhill Colliery Co. Ltd., Fife. A pony was being sent down the pit in a net and while it was being lifted off the shuts, by the winding engine, the deceased was steadying it and was pulled forward and fell down the shaft.

WILLIAMSON Rob (non-fatal) - 1891 - 03/04/1891 – Age 24 – Collier. Dalbeath, Fife Coal Co. Ltd., Fife. Injured by incline chains. 94 days off.

WILLIAMSON Thomas (non-fatal) - 1893 - 30/05/1893 – Age 22 – Miner. Calderhead, Andrew Darling, Lanarkshire. Finger broken while loading tub.

WILLIAMSON Thomas - 1897 - 15/02/1897 – Age 24 - Taker off. Harecastle, Birchenwood Colliery Co. Ltd., Staffordshire. Crushed by tub at bottom of jig dip. Jig post broke.

WILLIAMSON William - 1891 - 01/06/1891 – Age 23 – Miner. Bridgewater No. 3, Bridgewater Trustees, Worsley, Lancashire. Killed by coal falling suddenly, after he had tried to get it down. Inspection and inquest attended.

WILLIAMSON William - 1892 - 15/01/1892 – Age 24 – Pitheadman. Machan, Howie and Train, Lanarkshire. By machinery.

WILLIAMSON William - 1897 - 03/07/1897 – Age 26 – Oncostman. Dalmeny, Dalmeny Oil Co. Ltd., Linlithgow. Deceased and another Oncostman went though a fence, into an abandoned rising road to get rails, when gas was kindled by their naked lights.

WILLIE Robert - 1896 - 30/11/1896 – Age 52 – Shifter. Usworth, John Bowes and Partner Ltd., Co.Durham. Inquest attended. Deceased and another man were sent by the master shifter to remove a fall of stone, and whilst so engaged another fall occurred at a slip which completely buried him. Both were experienced men and the deputy had visited the place thrice during the night.

WILLIS Cyris (non-fatal) - 1892 - 13/05/1892 – Age 17 – Smith. Devon Great Consols (metalliferous), Devon Great Consols Co. Ltd., Tavistock, Devon. The end of his fore finger was cut off by a drilling machine in the fitting shop.

WILLIS William - 1893 - 06/11/1893 – Age 32 – Sinker. Framwellgate, Framwellgate Coal Co. Ltd., Durham, Co.Durham. While descending the shaft, with some deals on the top of the cage, it struck the side overbalancing him and he fell to the bottom, about 120 yards.

WILLIS William - 1894 - 19/04/1894 – Age 14 - Landing boy. Ashington, Ashington Coal Co., Ashington, Northumberland. Inspection made and inquest attended. He was standing with his back against a large sheave, and alongside a rope running over another sheave, when the large sheave began to move and in trying to get out of the way he was in some way drawn in between the two sheaves.

WILLLIAMS Isaacher - 1894 - 23/06/1894 – Age 49 – Labourer. Albion, Albion Steam Coal Co. Ltd., Pontypridd, Glamorgan. By an explosion. 290 killed.

WILLOCK George (non-fatal) - 1890 - 03/03/1890 – Drawer. Grange No. 2, R Yates and Co., Kilmarnock, Ayrshire. Ran a hutch into the cage seat, as the cage descended, and he was injured.

WILLOUGHBY Robert - 1895 - 16/07/1895 – Age 55 - Coke burner. Pemberton, J Blundell and Sons, Wigan, Lancashire. Inspection and inquiry made. Deceased was the foreman Coke-burner, and was lowering a wagon, it appears to have slipped off the brake between the wagon and a wall and he was crushed.

WILLS James - 1891 - 19/02/1891 – Age 23 – Timberman. East Pool (metalliferous), East Pool Mining Co., Carn Brea, Cornwall. He was engaged putting in timber in the 212 fathom level, when the stage on which he was standing gave way. He fell to the 228 level and sustained a compound fracture of the skull from which death ensued. There was nothing to account for the breaking of the stage.

WILLS Thomas (injured) - 1890 - 24/11/1890 – Age 50 – Miner. West Kitty (metalliferous), West Kitty Mining Co., St. Agnes, Scorrier, Cornwall. About a dozen men were on the plat at the adit level, among them being Wills and Evans. Winding was in operation in the same shaft and through the engine driver having apparently lost control of the engine the rope became over wound and broke. The kibble then fell back into the shaft and the debris struck the men on the adit plat. Evans was only slightly injured but Wills' leg was so badly fractured that it had to be amputated.

WILLS William (non-fatal) - 1891 - 08/12/1891 – Age 63 – Miner. Dolcoath (metalliferous), Dolcoath Mining Co., Camborne, Cornwall. While engaged, stopping on a stage in the 314-fathom level, a small quantity of ground fell from the side and caused him to fall about 12 feet.

WILMAN S. - 1895 - 05/03/1895 – Age 30 – Collier. Tong No. 1, Bowling Iron Co., Yorkshire. Fall of roof.

WILMOT Samuel - 1897 - 06/03/1897 – Age 38 – Chargeman. Dover, Kent Collieries Corporation Ltd., Kent. Whilst engaged sinking a shaft water burst through the bottom. The hoppet was at the surface. The water rose rapidly only allowing six of the fourteen men in the shaft to escape. 8 killed.

WILMOTT Joseph - 1898 - 04/08/1898 – Age 29 – Labourer. Twenty Mile Gravel Quarry, Josiah Smart, Hertford. Deceased was removing sand and gravel from under a bed of earth. This overburden gave way and the deceased was killed. Another man was injured.

WILSEA S. - 1891 - 15/10/1891 – Age 37 – Joiner. Glass Houghton, TH Thorpe, Pontefract, Yorkshire. Struck by piece of wood. Died 21st.

WILSON Alexander (non-fatal) - 1891 - 18/03/1891 – Miner. Sundrum No. 3, George Taylor and Co., Ayrshire. Explosion of firedamp. 2 injured.

WILSON Alexander (non-fatal) - 1892 - 20/05/1892 – Age 29 – Sinker. Pentland, Clippens Oil Co. Ltd., Edinburgh. Explosion of gas. 2 injured. Did not return.

WILSON Alexander (non-fatal) - 1893 - 16/03/1893 – Age 23 – Miner. Haywood, Haywood Gas Coal Co., Lanarkshire. Run over by tub.

WILSON Alexander (non-fatal) - 1894 - 18/12/1894 – Age 48 – Fireman. Oakbank, Oakbank Oil Co. Ltd., Edinburgh. Explosion of firedamp. 14 days off.

WILSON Alexander Jnr. (non-fatal) - 1891 - 18/03/1891 – Miner. Sundrum No. 3, George Taylor and Co., Ayrshire. Explosion of firedamp. 2 injured.

WILSON Alfred - 1896 - 30/04/1896 – Age 19. Micklefield, Joseph Cliffe and Sons, Yorkshire. Explosion of firedamp. 63 killed.

WILSON Andrew (non-fatal) - 1892 - 23/11/1892 – Reddsman. Pennyvenie No. 2, Dalmellington Iron Co., Dalmellington, Lanarkshire. Fall of roof at roadhead. (another man killed).

WILSON Andrew - 1890 - 19/09/1890 – Age 41 – Hewer. St. Helens, St. Helens Colliery & Brick Work Co. Ltd., St. Helens, Cumberland. Fall of coal.

WILSON Archibald (non-fatal) - 1890 - 27/03/1890 – Reddsman. Lanemark No. 2, Lanemark Coal Co., New Cumnock, Ayrshire. Explosion of firedamp. 3 injured.

WILSON Archibald - 1897 - 21/08/1897 – Age 40 – Fireman. Sanquhar Gateside, JI McConnell, Dumfries. Fall of roof while drawing props at stoops.

WILSON C. - 1896 - 03/12/1896 – Age 13 - Screen boy. Denaby Main, Denaby and Cadeby Coal Co., Yorkshire. He was engaged at a coal spout raking coal down into waggons and fell to the ground between two waggons.

WILSON Charles (non-fatal) - 1893 - 29/06/1893 – Age 22 – Miner. Donibristle, Donibristle Colliery Co., Fife. Fall of stone, 113 days off.

WILSON Charles - 1899 - 13/07/1899 – Age 21 – Miner. Douglas, Coltness Iron Co., Lanarkshire. After firing and working off a bursting shot, in a 10 foot room, holed across its whole width, the deceased appeared to have gone under the holed coal to better the holing, preparatory to firing a cut shot. A large block of coal came away suddenly and killed him instantly. No gibs or holing props appeared to have been set.

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

WILSON Edward - 1890 - 09/05/1890 – Age 38 - Waiter on. Wearmouth, Wearmouth Coal Co., Wearmouth, Co.Durham. Died from injury to leg.

WILSON Edward - 1894 - 16/11/1894 – Age 23 – Hewer. North Seaton, Cowpen Coal Co. Ltd., North Seaton, Northumberland. Inspection made and inquest attended. Deceased, when going to his work, was killed by a fall of stone which occurred on a main road. Many men had passed the place previously without observing any danger.

WILSON Edward - 1896 - 24/04/1896 – Age 26 – Waggoner. Stank Iron Ore (metalliferous), Barrow Haematite Steel Co. Ltd., Barrow, Lancashire. Inspection made and inquest attended. He and another man moved a truck to an old level which they were filling with rubbish. They both got off the rails and deceased having lighted a light said he would go down and test the main level for damp. As he walked into the landing he unaccountably walked into the side of the shaft lifted the fence and walked straight into the shaft falling a distance of 44 yards.

WILSON Edward - 1899 - 28/06/1899 – Age 35 – Brusher. Bent, Bent Colliery Co. Ltd., Lanarkshire. Deceased was taking out some props, under the brushing, at a longwall roadhead, preparatory to blasting it down when a large stone fell from between two parallel slypes converging overhead killing him instantly.

WILSON F. - 1897 - 23/08/1897 – Age 23 – Screener. Whitwood, H Briggs Sons and Co., Screener, Yorkshire. He was lowering an empty waggon when other waggons followed and crushed him.

WILSON Frederick Blackett - 1899 - 13/01/1899 – Age 32 – Hewer. Randolph, North Bitchburn Coal Co. Ltd. He was finishing the kirving of a jud when it fell away and caught and killed him. Durham.

WILSON George (non-fatal) - 1891 - 26/02/1891 – Age 14 – Collier. Earnock, John Watson Ltd., Lanarkshire. Fall of stone.

WILSON George (non-fatal) - 1892 - 06/10/1892 – Age 30 – Brusher. Little Raith, Lochgelly Iron and Coal Co. Ltd., Fife. Fall of roof. Still off.

WILSON George (non-fatal) - 1892 - 13/08/1892 – Age 14 – Drawer. Mauldslie, Waddell and Son, Lanarkshire. Crushed by carriage. 107 days off.

WILSON George (non-fatal) - 1893 - 10/07/1893 – Age 18 – Drawer. Balognie, CB Balfour, Fife. Fall of coal and stone. 11 days off.

WILSON George (non-fatal) - 1894 - 10/07/1894 – Age 30 – Oversman. Blairhill, Coltness Iron Co. Ltd., Fife. Explosion of firedamp. 56 days off.

WILSON George - 1896 - 13/04/1896 – Age 62 - Rapper man. Brancepeth, Strakers and Love, Co.Durham. Killed in the 1896 explosion.

WILSON George - 1898 - 26/11/1898 – Age 29 – Miner. Roanhead Iron Ore, Kennedy Bros., Lancashire. Inspection made and inquest attended. Deceased had improperly gone into an old working to take out a fork or prop when the place suddenly collapsed. Whether his action caused the fall or not is uncertain but his working place was unaffected thereby and he would have been perfectly safe had he remained therein.

WILSON Gilbert (non-fatal) - 1894 - 27/06/1894 – Age 29 – Miner. Pentland & Straiton, Clippens Oil Co. Ltd., Edinburgh. Struck by shale from shot. 82 days off.

WILSON Gilbert - 1893 – 01/06/1893 – Age 53 – Overman. Portland No. 4, Portland Colliery Co., Kilmarnock, Ayrshire. Caught by bell crank while attempting to pass it.

WILSON Harry - 1895 – 10/09/1895 – Age 37 – Collier. Wombwell Main, Wombwell Main Coal Co., Yorkshire. Fall of side.

WILSON Henry - 1897 - 29/05/1897 – Age 39 – Dataller. Bolsover Top Hard Coal, Bolsover Colliery Co., Bolsover, Derbyshire. Fall of roof. The men were at work at the junction of two roadways when the timber above them gave way and a large fall of roof occurred killing Wilson on the spot and Bramley, who died after undergoing an operation. Four injured by the fall. 2 killed.

WILSON Horace - 1894 - 24/05/1894 – Age 13 - Motor attdnt. Pleasley, Stanton Iron Co., Pleasley, Derbyshire. Deceased was found in the wheels of a haulage engine worked by an electric motor. He appears to have got through the fence for some purpose unexplained.

WILSON J. - 1894 - 19/01/1894 – Age 16 – Stoker. Rotherham Main, J Brown and Co., Rotherham, Yorkshire. Crushed by waggon.

WILSON J.R. - 1890 - 28/02/1890 – Age 15 - Taker off. Bedford, Crumbouke, John Speakman, Bedford, Lancashire. Killed by roof falling at the bottom of the gig brow where he worked. It was his first day's work in the Colliery.

WILSON James (non-fatal) - 1890 - 13/02/1890 – Miner. Gilmilnscroft No. 2, Gilmour Wood and Anderson, Cumnock, Ayrshire. Fall of coal.

WILSON James (non-fatal) - 1891 - 13/02/1891 – Age 16 – Collier. Bridgehouse, Lanrigg Coal Co., Linlithgow. Crushed by tubs.

WILSON James (non-fatal) - 1892 - 02/05/1892 – Collier. Greenfield, Archibald Russell, Lanarkshire. Fall of coal. 2 injured 16 days off.

WILSON James (non-fatal) - 1892 - 04/11/1892 – Age 14 – Collier. Pirnie, Fife Coal Co. Ltd., Fife. Fall of side. Still off.

WILSON James - 1895 - 15/11/1895 – Age 28 – Miner. Hamilton Place, Bent Colliery Co. Ltd., Lanarkshire. Fall of roof at working face.

WILSON James - 1895 - 25/05/1895 – Age 58 – Shaftsman. Hamilton Place No. 2, Bent Colliery Co. Ltd., Lanarkshire. While ascending, on top of the water chest on the cage, he put his foot too close to a valve and was caught between the chest and the buntons.

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

WILSON James - 1899 - 08/09/1899 – Age 66 – Bottomer. Holytown No. 8, James Nimmo and Co. Ltd., Lanarkshire. He opened the gate at a midwork, when the cage was not there, and apparently pushed a loaded hutch into the open shaft and fell with it to the bottom.

WILSON Jeanie (non-fatal) - 1892 - 21/05/1892 - Stone picker. Dechmont No. 1, Dechmont Colliery Co., Cambuslang, Lanarkshire. Foot caught by a picking band. Female.

WILSON Jesse - 1891 - 27/04/1891 – Age 17 Asst. hitcher. North’s Navigation, Wyndham North’s Navigation Collieries (1889) Ltd., Maesteg, Glamorgan. Fell down the shaft from a landing, only being used for sending up debris from another shaft in the course of sinking. There were two chains intended to be used as a fence to the shaft but they had not been so used by the hitcher who was up the pit at the time.

WILSON John (non-fatal) - 1890 - 13/10/1890 – Age 26 – Miner. Swinhill, George Miller and Sons, Lanarkshire. Fall of roof. 7 days off.

WILSON John (non-fatal) - 1890 – 16/03/1890 – Age 41 – Sinker. Badallan, A and J Hamilton, Lanarkshire. Wood falling down shaft. 42 days off.

WILSON John (non-fatal) - 1891 – 07/01/1891 – Miner. Eastfield James, RG Buchanan, Cambuslang, Lanarkshire. Fall of roof.

WILSON John (non-fatal) - 1891 – 26/03/1891 – Miner. Wellwood No. 1, Eglinton Iron Co., Muirkirk, Ayrshire. Fall of roof.

WILSON John (non-fatal) - 1892 – 02/05/1892 – Age 48 – Collier. Greenfield, Archibald Russell, Lanarkshire. Fall of coal. 2 injured. 109 days off.

WILSON John - 1893 – 10/01/1893 – Age 28 – Miner. Barncluith, Archibald Russell, Barncluith, Lanarkshire. Fall of roof on engine plane. 2 killed.

WILSON John - 1896 – 19/03/1896 – Age 30 – Shiftman. Quarter, Colin Dunlop and Co., Lanarkshire. Deceased was repairing a cage seat at a midworking. While testing a plank, by standing upon it with one foot, it broke and he fell with it to the pit bottom, a distance of 11 fathoms.

WILSON John - 1898 – 30/07/1898 – Age 22 – Brusher. Lochgelly, Lochgelly Iron and Coal Co. Ltd., Fife. Deceased was drawing props, in preparation for a stone, which was to be shot down, he was brushing a road when the stone fell on him.

WILSON John Davidson - 1894 - 10/10/1894 – Age 35 – Manager. Urpeth Busty, Charles Perkins and Partners, Urpeth, Co.Durham. Inspection made and inquest attended. Deceased was examining the underground endless rope haulage sheave when the rope caught his hand and he was drawn amongst the machinery.

WILSON John jnr. - 1896 - 11/09/1897 – Age 27 – Miner. Cleland No. 3, William Dixon Ltd., Lanarkshire. Fall of coal. Injured on September 11th, 1896, and died on June 11th, 1897.

WILSON Jos. - 1896 - 30/04/1896 – Age 60. Micklefield, Joseph Cliffe and Sons, Yorkshire. Explosion of firedamp. 63 killed.

WILSON Joseph (non-fatal) - 1894 - 29/12/1894 – Age 54 – Pitheadman. Shieldhill Carron Co., Stirling. Jammed between safety gate and pithead roof.

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

WILSON Joseph - 1898 - 16/11/1898 – Age 48 – Stoneman. Herrington, Lambton Collieries Ltd., Co.Durham. He was sawing off the end of a baulk of timber, against which some stone was resting, and when the timber gave way the stone fell and caught him breaking some ribs against the rails. Died 18th.

WILSON Joseph - 1898 - 19/04/1898 – Age 43 – 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.

WILSON Joseph - 1899 - 10/02/1899 – Age 55 – Roadsman. Dalziel No. 1, Wishaw Coal Co. Ltd., Lanarkshire. While lifting rails in a haulage road, close to where the stoops were being extracted, the roof gave way crushing through the timbering.

WILSON Joseph jnr. (non-fatal) - 1890 - 21/08/1890 - Pony driver. Blackhill Nos. 8 & 9, Summerlee & Mossend Iron and Steel Co. Ltd., Maryhill, Lanarkshire. Crushed against a prop by his pony while turning.

WILSON Peter (non-fatal) - 1891 - 08/05/1891 – Age 18 – Drawer. Edgehead, Robert Johnstone, Edinburgh. Fall of stone. 119 days off.

WILSON Richard (non-fatal) - 1891 13/02/1891 – Age 19 – Drawer. Pentland Clippens Oil Co. Ltd., Edinburgh. Crushed by carriage.

WILSON Richard - 1897 - 18/06/1897 – Age 14. Flatter Heworth, Owners of Heworth Colliery, Co.Durham. Inquiries made. He is supposed to have been riding between two tubs, of the full set coming outbye on to a bank head, and to have slipped down between them as he was found between the wheels of the fourth tub and no sign of his having been dragged.

WILSON Robert (non-fatal) - 1892 - 25/11/1892 – Age 19 – Collier. Townhill, Townhill Coal Co., Fife. Fell before tub. Still off.

WILSON Robert - 1890 - 17/09/1890 – Age 34 – Bricklayer. Hayes, Earl of Shrewsbury, Rugeley, Staffordshire. Night shift. Thrown from a scaffold slung in the shaft, upon which they, with three others, were at work. 2 killed.

WILSON Robert - 1891 - 02/01/1891 – Age 45 – Hewer. North Beechburn, North Beechburn Coal Co. Ltd., Crook, Co.Durham. While going inbye he was run over by the engine set, although warned to get into a refuge hole close by. 10.20 am.

WILSON Robert - 1891 - 14/08/1891 – Age 55 – Stoneman. Eppleton, Hetton Coal Co. Ltd., Fence Houses, Co.Durham. Crushed to death by a fall of side stone at a slip while preparing to put in timber. 3.30 pm.

WILSON Robert - 1891 - 18/07/1891 – Age 57 – Miner. Ormesby (ironstone), Cargo Fleet Iron Co. Ltd., Middlesbrough, Yorkshire. While boring stone down, after a shot, it fell unexpectedly breaking his thigh, jaw and several ribs. Died the following day. 7.0 am.

WILSON Robert - 1895 - 06/09/1895 – Age 39 – Miner. Bellfield, William Barr and Sons, Lanarkshire. Fall of coal.

WILSON Robert - 1895 - 29/05/1895 – Age 31 – Stoneman. West Cramlington, Owners of Backworth & West Cramlington Collieries, Cramlington, Northumberland. Inspection and inquest attended. Wilson had been timbering off a gateway, ready for a shot, and apparently, while altering some timber just on the outbye side of the caunch, the stone fell on him and crushed him to death.

WILSON Robert - 1898 - 21/11/1898 – Age 50 – Labourer. Wickham Chalk Quarry, Martin Earle and Co. Ltd., Kent. While he was at work, inside a kiln in the course of construction, a brick arch suddenly collapsed and fell upon him. He was so badly injured that he died in a few hours. The faulty material used in the construction aided by heavy rain caused the arch to give way.

WILSON Samuel (non-fatal) - 1892 - 19/04/1892 – Age 38 - Machine driver. Gartness, Gartness Coal Co., Lanarkshire. Injured by machinery. 110 days off.

WILSON Samuel (non-fatal) - 1893 - 12/05/1893 – Age 39 – Machineman. Gartness, Gartness Coal Co., Lanarkshire. Fall of coal and roof. 30 days off.

WILSON Squire - 1891 - 05/05/1891 – Age 23 - Hooker on. Within’s Lane, Andrew Knowles and Sons Ltd., Radcliffe, Lancashire. Killed by falling in the shaft from the top of the cage, where he was piecing the signal wire. Inspection and inquiry.

WILSON Thomas (non-fatal) - 1890 - 24/11/1890 – Miner. Gateside No. 2, Flemington Coal Co., Cambuslang, Lanarkshire. He went back too soon to a shot which had hung fire.

WILSON Thomas (non-fatal) - 1891 - 04/03/1891 – Age 24 – Collier. Donibristle, Donibristle Colliery Co., Fife. Fell down incline. 50 days off.

WILSON Thomas (non-fatal) - 1891 - 05/02/1891 – Age 23 – Collier. Alloa, Alloa Coal Co., Clackmannan. Explosion of shot. 36 days off.

WILSON Thomas (non-fatal) - 1891 - 05/04/1891 – Age 32 – Collier. Springbank, Springbank Coal Co. Ltd., Lanarkshire. Explosion of gunpowder. 42 days off.

WILSON Thomas (non-fatal) - 1892 - 31/03/1892 – Miner. Bothwell Park No. 2, William Baird and Co., Bothwell, Lanarkshire. Explosion of firedamp, caused by fireman firing a shot in the vicinity of an accumulation of firedamp. 4 injured.

WILSON Thomas (non-fatal) - 1893 - 18/12/1893 – Age 17 – Miner. Earnock, John Watson Ltd., Lanarkshire. Fall of head coal.

WILSON Thomas - 1890 - 17/11/1890 – Age 61 – Lampman. Newfields, Bolckow Vaughan and Co. Ltd., Spennymoor, Co.Durham. Took a fit and fell over a low wall and shortly afterwards died from apoplexy. Not comprised.

WILSON Thomas - 1899 - 28/06/1899 – Age 64 – Shifter. Blaydon Main, Stella Coal Co., Co.Durham. Inspection made and inquest attended. The deceased, and two others, were ridding a fall, in a return airway, when he was knocked down by a stone and before he could be extricated a larger fall of roof occurred. The use of timber would no doubt have averted this accident.

WILSON Tom - 1896 - 24/10/1896 – Age 36 – Hewer. Pagebank, Bell Bros. Ltd., Co.Durham. Head and back injured by a fall of stone from the roof in his working place. Died on the 25th.

WILSON Walter (non-fatal) - 1891 - 26/09/1891 – Age 32 – Collier. Lodge, John Watson Ltd., Stirling. Fall of stone. Still off.

WILSON Walter (non-fatal) - 1894 - 07/02/1894 – Age 22 – Drawer. Mosside & Riddockhill, Gavin Paul and Sons, Linlithgow. Breaking of haulage rope hose. 36 days off.

WILSON William (non-fatal) - 1891 - 07/04/1891 – Age 60 - Dross washer. Wester Crosshill, Anthony Watson Lanarkshire. Crushed by tubs.

WILSON William (non-fatal) - 1891 - 20/11/1891 – Miner. Wellwood, Eglinton Iron Co., Muirkirk, Ayrshire. Fall of roof.

WILSON William (non-fatal) - 1891 - 21/10/1891 – Age 22 – Drawer. Birkrigg, Birkenshaw Coal Co., Lanarkshire. Explosion of gas. 15 days off.

WILSON William (non-fatal) - 1891 - 24/09/1891 – Miner. Bankhead, JI McConnell, Sanquhar. Fall of roof at working face.

WILSON William (non-fatal) - 1893 - 22/02/1893 – Age 50 – Miner. Greenhill, Robert Young, Lanarkshire. Explosion of firedamp. 42 days off.

WILSON William (non-fatal) - 1894 - 27/02/1894 – Age 28 – Miner. Donibristle, Donibristle Colliery Co., Fife. Hand crushed between tubs. 25 days off.

WILSON William - 1890 - 08/05/1890 – Age 42 – Hewer. Edmondsley, Edmondsley Coal Co., Chester-le-Street, Co.Durham. Fall of stone at slip in roof which knocked out some timber.

WILSON William - 1893 - 07/07/1893 – Age 26 – Hewer. Cramlington, Cramlington Coal Co. Ltd., Cramlington, Northumberland. Inspection made and inquest attended. He was working in the brokens and after finishing his kirving he nicked the jud, somewhere about the middle, leaving it standing with two loose ends when the coal and stone fell on to him. Stays or sprags should certainly have been used in this case.

WILSON William - 1894 - 19/12/1894 – Age 35 – Labourer. Southam (metalliferous), Southam Haematite Co. Ltd., Bigrigg, Cumberland. Inspection made and inquest attended. This accident was the result of a mistake, on the part of the Engineman, who, when he should have lowered the deceased raised them until they were crushed against the cross trees. 2 killed.

WILSON William - 1895 - 31/01/1895 – Age 16 – Ponydriver. Parkhead No. 17, Glasgow Iron and Steel Co. Ltd., Lanarkshire. Caught by runaway hutches on a dook caused by a hook breaking.

WILSON William - 1896 - 10/02/1896 – Age 34 – Hewer. Axwell Park, Hannington and Co. Ltd., Co.Durham. Inspection made and inquest attended. Explosion of gas owing to his going into the place, one with a safety lamp and the other with a naked light. 2 killed.

WILSON William - 1898 - 23/05/1898 – Age 57 – Carpenter. Narborough, Granite Quarry, Narborough & Enderley Granite Quarries Co., Leicestershire. Whilst standing on a plank, repairing the shoot to a stone breaking machine, he fell and struck his head against a bank of timber causing concussion of the brain from which he died on 22nd June.

WILSON William - 1899 - 26/10/1899 – Age 33 – Hewer. Thornley, Weardale Iron and Coal Co. Ltd., Co.Durham. A fall of top coal occurred and so severely injured his head that he died immediately.

WILSON William Anderson - 1899 - 16/05/1899 – Age 14 – Driver. Boldon, Harton Coal Co. Ltd., Co.Durham. Inquest attended. When deceased was driving a pony attached to four full tubs he improperly took the cotter out of the limbers while still sitting on them and probably the jolting of the tubs dethatched the limbers, and he was run over. He subsequently died of blood poisoning.

WILTON W. - 1896 - 15/012/1896 – Age 16 – Driver. Fryston, Fryston Coal Co., Yorkshire. Run over by Corves which he was bringing from face by a pony.

WILTON William - 1893 - 19/07/1893 – Age 68 – Banksman. Church Gresley, Moira Colliery Co., Burton-on-Trent, Derbyshire. He was crushed between two railway waggons whilst removing one from under the screens. Died 25 July.

WILTSHIRE Gomer - 1895 - 10/10/1895 – Age 19 - Asst. haulier. Cwmaman, Cwmaman Coal Co. Ltd., Glamorgan. Fatally injured by falling between haulage rope and curve on road, while attempting to jump, no rope beside the rider.

WILTSHIRE Henry - 1896 - 27/01/1896 – Age 17 – Collier. Ferndale Nos 7 & 8, D Davis and Sons Ltd., Glamorgan. Explosion of firedamp. 57 killed.

WILTSHIRE James - 1891 - 11/11/1891 – Age 21 – Waggonshifter. Ferndale No. 2, D Davis and Sons Ltd., Ferndale, Glamorgan. He attempted to pass in front of two loaded waggons, which he was letting down the siding against others, in order to couple them and was caught between the buffers.

WIMBS John - 1893 - 25/01/1893 – Age 45 – Daywageman. Collins Green, Collins Green Colliery Co. Ltd., Earlestown, Lancashire. Inspection made. The deceased, with other contractors, were taking some side off a haulage road when some of the roof fell upon him. They had drawn some props previously and plucked what was loose in the roof, without replacing the props.

WINDERS William - 1899 - 10/10/1899 – Age 61 – Collier. Crop, St Helens Collieries Co. Ltd., St Helens, Lancashire. Inspection made and inquest attended. The deceased was getting coal in the lower side of his road when a fall of roof occurred between two slips, without any warning, capping three props and burying the deceased.

WINDERSON James - 1897 - 17/07/1897 – Age 42 – Labourer. Frodlingham (quarry), Lord St Oswald, Lincolnshire. Fall of ground from place beyond his control. Died 23rd July.

WINDLE J. - 1895 - 19/07/1895 – Age 21 – Driver. Thybergh Hall, J and J Charlesworth, Yorkshire. Kicked by horse.

WINDLE Joseph - 1893 - 19/01/1893 – Age 17 – Jigger. Clough Hall, Speedwell, Birchenwood Colliery Co. Ltd., Harecastle, Staffordshire. Fall of roof during repairs on a jig road in the 8 foot Banbusy Seam. Died 20th January.

WINDMILL Thomas - 1891 - 25/08/1891 – Age 54 – Fireman. Rhos Llantwit, Rhos Llantwit Coal Co. Ltd., Caerphilly, Glamorgan. Explosion of firedamp at a naked light. 2 killed.

WINDSOR Henry - 1890 - 29/10/1890 – Age 35 – Collier. Talk o’th’ Hill, Talk o’th’ Hill Colliery Ltd., Talk o’th’ Hill, Staffordshire. Injured by a fall of coal in his working place in the 8 foot Banbury seam, which induced pleurisy and pneumonia. Died 5th November.

WINFIELD C. - 1897 - 22/11/1897 – Age 18 – Gripper. Brownhills, William Harrison Ltd., Staffordshire. Run over by tubs on surface tramway.

WINFIELD Ernest - 1898 - 19/07/1898 – Age 15 - Rope boy. Denby, W Drury-Love, Derbyshire. Whilst travelling with a train of 9 loaded tubs along an endless ropeway he appears to have fallen in front of the trains. He died the same day.

WINFIELD Herbert - 1896 - 30/04/1896. Micklefield, Joseph Cliffe and Sons, Yorkshire. Explosion of firedamp. 63 killed.

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

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

WINFIELD Walter - 1896 - 30/04/1896. Micklefield, Joseph Cliffe and Sons, Yorkshire. Explosion of firedamp. 63 killed.

WINGATE John B. (non-fatal) - 1892 - 20/10/1892 – Age 29 – Surveyor. Milnquarter, John G Stein, Stirling. Struck by runaway tub. 10 days off.

WINGFIELD H. - 1894 - 10/12/1894 – Age 39 – Collier. Manvers Main, Manvers Main Coal Co., Rotherham, Yorkshire. Crushed by tubs. died 11th.

WINGFIELD W. - 1898 - 06/01/1898 – Age 14 – Driver. Manvers Main, Manvers Main Coal Co., Yorkshire. Crushed between corf and side of road.

WINKLE Isiah - 1890 - 15/09/1890 – Age 21 – Haulier. Lightmoor, Henry Crawshay and Co. Ltd., Cinderford, Forest of Dean. Taking his horse into the workings for some trains, it became restive and kicked him causing his death. He apparently must have been doing something to the animal which had worked in the mine for some years.

WINN Michael (non-fatal) - 1890 - 09/08/1890 – Age 25 – Miner. Pumpherston, Pumpherston Oil Co. Ltd., Edinburgh. Explosion of firedamp. 14 days off.

WINNARD William - 1890 - 23/06/1890 – Age 51 – Collier. Garswood Hall, Garswood Hall Collieries Co. Ltd., Wigan, Lancashire. Inspection made. A fall of coal from a slip, the place was well timbered.

WINNING Gavin - 1896 - 27/04/1896 – Age 20 - Waggon shifter. Fairholm, Hamilton Colliery Co., Lanarkshire. Deceased was running two loaded trucks from a screen down to the siding. He was hanging upon the brake lever, at the front end of the rear waggon with his legs swinging under the buffers, when his foot caught he fell upon the rail and both wheels passed over his legs and arm.

WINNING Henry (non-fatal) - 1890 - 24/11/1890 – Roadsman. Farm, Allan Farie, Rutherglen, Lanarkshire. Ignition of compressed powder while breaking it down to fill a squib. 2 injured.

WINNING James (non-fatal) - 1891 - 15/07/1891 – Brusher. Farme, Allan Farie, Rutherglen, Lanarkshire. When the shot was being fired he neglected to stand clear, and was struck by a piece of stone.

WINNING James - 1897 - 02/06/1897 – Age 37 - Night gaffer. Farme No. 3, Farme Coal Co. Ltd., Lanarkshire. Fall of roof on main haulage road while repairing it.

WINNING William - 1896 - 24/10/1896 – Age 40 – Brusher. Bogleshole No. 4, James Dunlop and Co. Ltd., Lanarkshire. Fall of roof while drawing props at stoops.

WINSKILL Thomas - 1891 - 07/04/1891 – Age 50 – Hewer. Auckland Park, Bolckow Vaughan and Co. Ltd., Auckland, Co.Durham. While running to catch the set, to ride outbye after his days work, he fell and died from the rupture of a blood vessel while at his work.

WINSTANLEY J. - 1897 - 26/07/1897 – Age 45 – Stoneman. Ackton Hall, Ackton Hall Coal Co., Yorkshire. Fall of roof.

WINSTANLEY James - 1892 - 08/08/1892 – Age 60 – Collier. Bamfurlong Cross, Tetley and Co. Ltd., Wigan, Lancashire. Inquiry made. Deceased was injured by a piece of coal striking him on the side. He commenced working in a fortnight's time but died from inflammation from the effects of the blow, 29th Nov.

WINSTANLEY John - 1898 - 06/10/1898 – Age 30 – Drawer. Rainford, Rainford Colliery Co., Rainford, Lancashire. Inspection made and inquest attended. They were starting a road, off the airway, and had not secured the roof sufficiently when a stone fell from a break upon the deceased capping two props.

WINSTANLEY Peter - 1891 - 15/12/1891 – Age 17 – Drawer. Norley, Norley Coal and Cannel Co. Ltd., Wigan, Lancashire. Inspection made. The deceased jumped on a tram of full tubs, whilst in motion, and was crushed against a bar. Riding was well known to be against the rules of the colliery. 4.0 pm.

WINSTANLEY T. - 1895 - 08/01/1895 – Age 15 – Driver. North Gawber, Fountain and Burnley, Yorkshire. Fell down in front of full Corves and was run over.

WINSTANLEY Thomas - 1897 - 13/09/1897 – Age 38 – Labourer. Garswood Hall, Garswood Hall Collieries Co. Ltd., Ashton-in-Makerfield, Lancashire. Inspection made. The deceased was engaged wheeling cinders along a plank, 21 inches in width, when he accidentally fell off the plank into a wagon causing serious injuries to his head from which he succumbed on the 21st instant.

WINTER George - 1894 - 23/06/1894 – Age 31 – Haulier. Albion, Albion Steam Coal Co. Ltd., Pontypridd, Glamorgan. By an explosion. 290 killed.

WINTER James Sides - 1897 - 06/02/1897 – Age 19 – Hewer. Outfields, Outfields Colliery Co., Cumberland. Inquest attended. The deceased's father worked with him and was an eye witness of the accident. A piece of stone fell from the roof and crushed the legs and other portions of the deceased's body. From the evidence it appears the place was thought to be properly timbered up. Father and son were in the act of filling coal.

WINTER Joseph - 1898 - 08/12/1898 – Age 61 – Gatewayman. Wearmouth, Wearmouth Coal Co. Ltd., Wearmouth, Co.Durham. Inspection made and inquest attended. When taking down a caunch, in a longwall gateway, a large fall of roof suddenly occurred from slips not previously visible.

WINTER Thomas - 1894 - 23/06/1894 – Age 30 – Shackler. Albion, Albion Steam Coal Co. Ltd., Pontypridd, Glamorgan. By an explosion. 290 killed.

WINTER W - 1899 - 28/03/1899 – Age 30 – Lampman. Carlton Main, Yorkshire and Derbyshire Coal and Iron Co., Yorkshire. Cleaning lamps, standing on timber between hydraulic and winding cages, when the descending cage knocked him into the sump.

WINTERBOTTOM James (injured) - 1894 - 01/02/1894 – Age 50 - Pony driver. Bargoe, T Blocksage, Dukinfield, Cheshire. Fell from tippler on to the road below. Shoulder bone broken.

WINTERBOTTOM James - 1898 - 02/05/1898 – Age 63 – Collier. Dukinfield Dewsnap, Dukinfield (New) Coal and Cannel Co. Ltd., Cheshire. Fall of coal at working face in Great Mine. He failed to carry out the instructions of the fireman for securing the face before excavating further under the coal which fell and killed him.

WINTERBOTTOM Wellington (injured) - 1891 - 26/01/1891 – Age 38 – Miner. Limehurst 2 Foot, Limehurst Coal Co., Ashton-under-Lyne, Lancashire. Injured by roof falling from between two slips, it knocked out three props. Inspection and inquiry.

WINTERS John - 1898 - 30/03/99 – Age 50 – Collier. White Mine, Ballycastle (Antrim) Colliery Co. Ltd., Co. Antrim, Ireland. Fall of side while repairing.

WINTLE George - 1892 - 21/11/1892 – Age 42 – Pitman. Parkend Castle Pumping, Parkend Deep Navigation Collieries Ltd., Parkend, Forest of Dean. While, with a comrade William Watkins, examining the shaft and pit work in a hoppet or kibble, he upset the paraffin oil from a torch lamp which he was using, resulting in him being burnt severely. He then fell to the bottom about 60 yds. Paraffin in such lamp and especially for such purpose is both unsuitable and dangerous.

WINWOOD J. - 1897 - 13/09/1897 – Age 39 – Loader. Saltwells, Earl of Dudley, Staffordshire. Fall of roof upon back producing paralysis. Died 18th Sept.

WISE George (injured) - 1894 - 16/10/1894 – Age 43 – Dataler. Harecastle & Woodshutts, Moss Bidder and Elliot, Harecastle, Staffordshire. Explosion of firedamp caused by gob fire. 1 killed 12 injured.

WISEMAN William - 1895 - 01/07/1895 – Age 53 – Miner. Lofthouse (ironstone), Pease and Partners Ltd., Lofthouse, N. Yorkshire. Injury to back by fall of stone after a shot. Died 23rd.

WISHART Thomas (non-fatal) - 1894 - 27/01/1894 – Age 22 – Miner. Balbardie, H Walker and Camerson, Lilithgow. Fall of road at face. 90 days off.

WITCH John - 1898 - 12/10/1898 – Age 39 – Labourer. Wiveliscombe Slate Quarry, Wiveliscombe Slate Quarry Co. Ltd., Somerset. One of the sling chains, of a skip which was being hoisted on an aerial tram road, broke tipping the rubble etc. from the skip on to the men who were working below. Witch died in hospital the following day. One of his comrades was injured at the same time.

WITHERS W.W. - 1897 - 12/06/1897 – Age 28 – Collier. Llwynypia No. 2, Glamorgan Coal Co. Ltd., Glamorgan. Fall of roof at the face, on entering in the morning a stone 4 foot long fell over the roadway. Five feet seam.

WODDISON J. - 1895 - 24/09/1895 – Age 30 – Collier. Rockingham, Newton Chambers and Co., Yorkshire. Fall of side, died 25th Sept.