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1875 - 1881
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Date Name Age Colliery How Caused
12- Jan -1875 John Hebb 27 Mapperley Fall of coal
18- Jan -1875 William Mather 30 Campbell Fell down the shaft
30- Jan -1875 Henry Green 24 Dunston Fall of coal
09- Mar -1875 Joseph Green 34 Cally Fall of roof
11- Mar -1875 Thomas Greaves 41 Bretby Fall of roof
22- Mar -1875 E B Patrick 13 Tibshelf Run over by tubs
23- Mar -1875 George Berrisford 16 Blackwell A Fall of roof
03- Apr -1875 John Butler 20 Morton Explosion of methane
08- Apr -1875 Isaac Smith 58 Peacock Tub fell down the shaft
14- Apr -1875 James Green 28 Mapperley Fall of coal
01- May -1875 Ceophas Hoskins 33 Cutthorpe Overcome by blackdamp
14- May -1875 William Clarke 21 Blackwell A Fall of coal
28- May -1875 John Whitworth 19 Grassmoor Fall of roof
16- Jun -1875 William Brown 15 Morton Crushed by tubs
21- Jun -1875 Anthony Eames 28 Stanton Fell out of the cage
07- Jul -1875 John Slater 47 Berristow Lane Fell down the shaft
23- Jul -1875 Peter Gyte 48 Holbrook Fell down the shaft
30- Jul -1875 Thomas Allsop 12 Unstone Crushed by wagon on surface
25- Aug -1875 William Wilshaw 21 Speedwell Run over by tubs
06- Sep -1875 Thomas Sims 21 Albert Cages collided
13- Sep -1875 John Stacey 17 Clay Cross No 4 Run over by tubs
02- Oct -1875 Benjamin Dixey 31 Pleasley Fell down shaft from a hoppit
02- Oct -1875 Thomas Brindley 40 Pleasley Fell down shaft from a hoppit
22- Oct -1875 Frederick Keeping 43 Oakerthorpe Drowned in an old shaft
05- Nov -1875 James Sims 50 Campbell Crushed by the cage
11- Nov -1875 John Domelo 44 Bretby       Fall of roof
18- Nov -1875 Thomas Geeson 21 Swanwick Fall of roof
29- Nov -1875 Martin Carter 43 Dunston Fall of roof
03- Dec -1875 Miles Mason 58 Unstone Caught in machinery on surface
04- Dec -1875 William Rogers 20 Blackwell A Burnt by paraffin lamp on surface
19- Dec -1875 George Hassall 32 Woodville Fell down the shaft pulling a rope
04- Jan -1876 Edward Marshall 68 Hundall
Run over by tubs on surface Belinda-2
04- Jan -1876 James Wilson 37 Campbell Fall of coal
11- Jan -1876 Joseph Pogmore 19 Renishaw Park Fall of roof
22- Jan -1876 Enoch Stephenson 21 Shipley Fall of coal
22- Jan -1876 John Wethers 30 Hornthorpe Fall of roof
05- Jan -1876 David Potter 21 Tapton Caught in machinery on surface
17- Feb -1876 Tomas Bettison 31 Park House Fall of roof
29- Feb -1876 Enoch Payton 30 Park House Fall of roof
11- Mar -1876 Thomas Hogg 34 Cadley Hill Fall of roof
12- Mar -1876 Richard Mellor 66 Kilburn Fell down shaft
22- Mar -1876 George Roworth 39 Foxley Oaks Fell down shaft
30- Mar -1876 William Henson 17 Swanwick Deep Fall of roof
05- May -1876 George Foreman 30 Stanton Explosion of powder
11- May -1876 George Slater 40 Mapperley Fall of coal
24- May -1876 Joseph Cross 24 Park House Run over by tubs
17- Jun -1876 Joseph Beeston 26 Norwood Fall of roof
24- Jun -1876 Thomas West 58 Kilburn Coal fell off a tub
28- Jun -1876 Charles Wooley 23 Mapperley Fall of roof
25- Jul -1876 John Ady 37 Church Gresley Fall of roof
26- Jul -1876 George Chamberlain 36 Birchwood Crushed by hoist on surface
12- Aug -1876 George Stephenson 14 Old Hollingwood Crushed by tubs
26- Aug -1876 John Machin 35 Birchwood Fall of roof
26- Aug -1876 William Gosling 44 Plumbley Fall of roof
12- Sep -1876 Thomas Hendy 60 Tibshelf Fall in a roadway
14- Sep -1876 John Checklin 41 Park House Fall of roof
09- Oct -1876 George Rhodes 50 Kilburn Fall of coal
16- Oct -1876 William Hunt 13 Holmewood Run over by tubs
19- Oct -1876 Joseph Simpson 24 Birchwood Fall of coal
19- Oct -1876 Job Peat 40 Renishaw Park Fall of coal
24- Oct -1876 Thomas Dennis 66 Church Gresley Fall of roof
27- Oct -1876 George Amos 22 Birchwood Fall of roof
09- Nov -1876 Moses Milward 15 Campbell Fall in a roadway
21- Nov -1876 John Chewin 21 Holbrook Stone fell down the shaft
29- Nov -1876 Thomas Jolley 31 Renishaw Park Fall of roof
04- Dec -1876 Robert Blazey 20 Bretby       Fall of roof
19- Jan -1877 William Stocks 20 Tibshelf Fall of roof
20- Jan -1877 William Hadfield 13 Pilsley Crushed by wagon on surface
26- Jan -1877 William Moody 16 Seymour Run over by tubs
10- Feb -1877 George Wilkinson 29 Dunston Fall of roof  06- Sep -1876
12- Feb -1877 Levi Ray 21 Tibshelf Fall of roof
16- Feb -1877 George Gibbons 42 Handley Wood Caught in machinery
20- Feb -1877 Richard White 22 Kilburn Fall of roof
03- Apr -1877 James Gothard 23 New Brampton Fall of coal
30- Apr -1877 John English 17 Dunston Fall of roof
04- May -1877 Luke Kilduff 21 Clay Cross No 1 Fall of roof
08- May -1877 Benjamin Brooks 37 Blackwell A Fall of coal
28- Jun -1877 Joseph Smith 30 Pilsley Fall of coal
26- Jul -1877 Samuel Danner 40 Blackwell A Crushed by wagon on surface
02- Aug -1877 John Davis 47 Granville Run over by tubs
08- Aug -1877 Alexander Hardwick 20 Stanton Fall of roof
11- Aug -1877 Joseph Booth 15 Renishaw Park Crushed by the cage
26- Aug -1877 John Tomlinson 38 Manners Stone fell down the shaft
02- Oct -1877 William Wheeldon 16 Britain Coal fell down the shaft
06- Oct -1877 John Birch 18 Pilsley Run over by tubs
08- Oct -1877 John Wright 21 Park House Fall of roof
27- Oct -1877 Joseph Jepson 52 Clay Cross No 8 Rope broke and cage fell
31- Oct -1877 John Cornell 26 Campbell Fall of roof
08- Nov -1877 Edward James 50 Seymour Fall of coal
05- Dec -1877 William Poskett 20 Hundall Fall of coal
19- Dec -1877 James Hughes 30 Renishaw Park Fall of coal


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Date Name Age Colliery How Caused
02- Jan -1878 Edward Edwards 31 Britain Fall of roof
02- Jan -1878 George Riley 44 Albert Fall of roof
07- Jan -1878 John Whitlam 62 Norwood Fall of roof
07- Jan -1878 Charles Mallender 53 Norwood Fall of roof
22- Jan -1878 Gabriel Cole 43 Renishaw Park Fall of roof
11- Mar -1878 Jacob Crooks 34 Holbrook Pipes fell down the  shaft
11- Mar -1878 James Gilbert 32 Holbrook Pipes fell down the shaft
15- Mar -1878 William Revill 48 Seymour Fall of coal
23- Mar -1878 James Ashwell 37 Coton Park Fall of roof
18- Apr -1878 William Beswick 45 New Langley Fall of roof
09- May -1878 William Dove 18 Grassmoor Fall of roof
25- May -1878 Edward Watts 16 Boythorpe Scalded by steam on surface
39- Jun -1878 William Pheasant 21 Dale Rope broke fell down the shaft
01- Jul -1878 William Mew 23 Southgate Fall of roof
03- Jul -1878 William Shufflebottom 39 Clay Cross No 2 Fall of roof
20- Jul -1878 Jonathan Piggford 42 Hollingwood Pipes fell down the shaft
20- Jul -1878 Thomas Mason 32 Hollingwood Pipes fell down the shaft
20- Jul -1878 Edward Holmes 51 Hollingwood Pipes fell down the shaft
20- Jul -1878 James Marrion 25 Hollingwood Pipes fell down the shaft
12- Sep -1878 John George Coupe 19 Tibshelf Run over by wagon on surface
12- Sep -1878 Henry Bone 43 Barlborough Crushed by wagon on surface
22- Sep -1878 Joseph Colley 30 Oakwell Fall of roof
30- Oct -1878 Herbert Collumbine 16 Manners Fall of coal
31- Oct -1878 Isaac Jones 37 Blackwell A Fall of roof
05- Nov -1878 James Smith 04-11 23 Shirebrook Crushed by machinery surface
12- Nov -1878 Richard Clark 38 Waingroves Fall of roof
16- Nov -1878 Walter Phillips 19 Brands Crushed by a hoist
19- Nov -1878 John Cain 24 Plumbley Crushed by wagon on surface
20- Nov -1878 Charles Cooper 42 Langwith Fall of coal
01- Dec -1878 Thomas Edwards 36 Stanton Fall of coal
16- Dec -1878 Stephen Scarston 19 Tibshelf Shotfiring  accident
23- Dec -1878 Samuel Kilby 23 Gresley Fall of coal
28- Jan -1879 Hosea Marriott 15 Clay Cross No 3 Caught in machinery on surface
16- Feb -1879 John Elliott 14 Renishaw Park Crushed by a pony
20- Feb -1879 George Taylor 46 Swanwick Fall in a roadway
04- Mar -1879 Anthony May 50 Grassmoor Fall of coal
07- Mar -1879 Samuel Spencer 64 Clay Cross No 2 Fall of roof
28- Mar -1879 William Ball 48 Swadlincote Explosion of methane
25- Apr -1879 Frederick Laurence 24 Mapperley Fall of coal
26- Apr -1879 Edward Laurence 26 Heather Mortar board fell down the shaft
05- Jun -1879 John William Riley 16 Oakwell Fell into the sump
15- Jul -1879 Benjamin Pearce 26 Grassmoor Fall of roof
25- Jul -1879 John Cox 28 Coton Park Fall of coal 21- Apr -1879
28- Jul -1879 Charles Beardsley 27 Manners Fall of roof
29- Jul -1879 George Potter 41 Hollingwood Fall of coal
31- Jul -1879 James Moore 38 Dunston Fall of roof
18- Aug -1879 Joseph Bennett 25 Aspenshaw Fall of roof
20- Aug -1879 James Firth 15 Hollingwood Caught in machinery on surface
21- Aug -1879 Joseph James 19 Pilsley Fall of coal
18- Sep -1879 Israel Knowles 35 Grassmoor Fall of roof
20- Sep -1879 Luke French 18 Renishaw Park Fall of roof
26- Sep -1879 Daniel Townsend 46 Boythorpe Run over by tubs on surface
13- Oct -1879 John Hudson 42 Springwell Fall of roof
14- Oct -1879 George Frost 24 Holbrook Shotfiring  accident
01- Nov -1879 William Ward 17 Boythorpe Crushed by a slack bucket surface
23- Nov -1879 Joseph Nichols 24 Langwith Shotfiring  accident
25- Nov -1879 Herbert Farnsworth 15 Grassmoor Fell out of wagon on surface
31- Dec -1879 Isaac Radford 36 Chisworth Fall of roof
07- Jan -1880 James Hibbert 38 Seymour Crushed by tubs
21- Feb -1880 John Bramley 48 Seymour Fall of roof
24- Feb -1880 James Lawrence 28 Ripley Road Fall of roof 15- Sep -1879
04- Mar -1880 Isaac Gaskin 33 Pinxton Fall of roof
04- Mar -1889 George Deakin 34 Seymour Fall of roof
04- Mar -1880 Thomas Clives 22 Seymour Fall of roof
20- Mar -1880 William Brindley 21 Ripley Fall of roof
20- Mar -1880 Charles Stanley 20 Ripley Fall of roof
12- Apr -1880 Lewis Frederick Bacon 22 Cottam Tub wheel fell down the shaft
16- Apr -1880 Thomas Hartley 54 Unstone Crushed by wagon on surface
04- May -1880 George Hadfield 50 Lings Fall of coal
05- May -1880 Alexander Amable 57 Kilburn Run over by tubs
07- May -1880 William Moseley 30 Pilsley Fall of roof
11- May -1880 Thomas Ash 36 Highfield Fall of roof
12- May -1880 John Hardy 40 West Hallam Fall of coal
22- May -1880 Walter Hart 22 Stanley Kilburn Timber fell down the shaft
02- Jun -1880 Joseph Hall 34 Denby Crushed by the cage
30- Jun -1880 John Henry Edge 14 Morton Crushed by wagon on surface
04- Aug -1880 Amos Parker 17 Bretby Run over by tubs
17- Aug -1880 Robert Pike 38 Blackwell A Fall in a roadway
21- Aug -1880 Isaiah Morris 38 Bailey Brook Fall of roof
21- Sep -1880 Fred Stevenson 19 Dunston Hit by a windlass handle
24- Sep -1880 Joseph Hill 19 Beard @ Bugsworth Fall in a roadway
29- Sep -1880 George Jennings 14 Cottam Fall of roof
01- Nov -1880 George Banner 44 Clay Cross No 4 Fall of roof
01- Nov -1880 James Spencer 42 Holbrook Crushed by slack hoist on surface
17- Nov -1880 A Woodcroft 42 Foxley Oaks Fall of roof
08- Dec -1880 William Brookes 50 Blackwell Fall of roof
17- Dec -1880 John Conroy 25 Springwell Shotfiring  accident
23- Dec -1880 John Cotterill 45 Tibshelf Fall in a roadway
10- Jan -1881 Robert Grainger 40 Pinxton Fall in a roadway
11- Jan -1881 Thomas Doughty 26 Boythorpe Fall of coal
26- Jan -1881 William Robinson 33 Foxley Oaks Fall in a roadway
27- Jan -1881 Joshua Sheldon 58 Lings Crushed by the cage
22- Feb -1881 Henry Groves 42 Bailey Brook Shotfiring  accident
03- Mar -1881 William Walters 45 Springwell Fall of roof
21- Mar -1881 Alfred Eyre 15 Pilsley No 3 Run over by tubs
27- Mar -1881 George Mottishaw 50 Foxley Oaks Crushed by the cage on surface
30- Mar -1881 George Elliott 18 Renishaw Park Fall of roof
12- Apr -1881 Thomas Ensor 20 Bretby Fall in a roadway
12- Apr -1881 Edward Thornhill 22 Bretby Fall in a roadway
13- Apr -1881 Thomas Newey 40 Pilsley No 2 Run over by tubs
03- May -1881 William Davis 60 Clay Cross No 3 Fall of roof
26- May -1881 John Wilson 26 Pleasley Explosion of methane
27- May -1881 Samuel Fletcher 36 Bretby Shotfiring  accident
08- Jun -1881 William Bull 22 Pleasley Fall of roof
09- Jun -1881 Benjamin Wharton u/m 55 Brockwell Fall in a roadway
17- Jun -1881 James Searston 66 Clay Cross No 3 Fall in a roadway
30- Jun -1881 Joseph Grainger 50 New Main Butterley 7 Suffocated by gas
30- Jun -1881 Samuel Grainger 41 New Main Butterley 7 Suffocated by gas
27- Jul -1881 Thomas Adcroft 26 Clay Cross No 4 Fall of roof
16- Aug -1881 John Holmes 41 Albert Fall of coal
22- Aug -1881 William Bunting 36 Wingerworth No 6 Fall of coal
02- Sep -1881 Thomas Townsend 38 Hartington Explosion of methane
27- Sep -1881 James Cross 14 Granville Crushed by tubs
27- Sep -1881 John Ward 32 Boythorpe Fall of roof
03- Oct -1881 Samuel Smith 54 Foxley Oaks Fell down the shaft
05- Oct -1881 John Cook 14 Southgate Run over by tubs
20- Oct -1881 George Newbett 14 Shirland Crushed by wagon on surface
27- Oct -1881 George Thomas Orwin 26 Holbrook Fall of roof
29- Oct -1881 Elijah Rothwell 33 Holmewood Fall of roof
02- Nov -1881 Patrick Gannion 44 Clay Cross No 4 Crushed by wagon on surface
02- Nov -1881 John Wood 26 Clay Cross No 2 Crushed by wagon on surface
02- Nov -1881 Charles Unwin 34 Fallswood Fall of coal
01- Dec -1881 Samuel Wall 13 Ireland Crushed by wagon on surface
14- Dec -1881 William Mason 66 Seymour Run over by wagon on surface
28- Dec -1881 Thomas Bunney 28 Hollingwood Fall of coal


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