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Date

1881

Date Name Age Colliery Cause of Accident

08-01-1881

Robert Grainger

40

Birley Vale

Crushed by wagons on the surface

10-01-1881

W Backhouse

51

Wentworth Main

Fall of roof

11-01-1881

E Dakar

24

Aberford Road

Fall of side in shaft

14-01-1881

W Jagger

44

Shuttle Eye

Fall of stone in shaft

15-01-1881

W Roberts

55

Calder

Fall of roof

16-01-1881

G Brown

52

Swaithe Main

Fell from the cage 15-01-1881

16-01-1881

A Jackson

16

Woodthorpe

Run over by wagons on the surface 16-12-1880

20-01-1882

James Taylor

30

Hemingfield

Crushed by wagons on the surface

22-01-1881

W Knowles

21

Wombwell Main

Fall of coal

22-01-1881

A Penny

40

Ryhill

Fall of roof

27-01-1881

G Lind

17

Allerton Bywater

Crushed by tubs

30-01-1881

D Roberts

37

Bank Foot

Rope broke 20-01-1881

01-02-1881

W Willoughby

65

Savile

Fell from a wagon on the surface

12-02-1881

J Evans

38

Oaks

Fall of roof

21-02-1881

J Nutton

35

Streethouse

Fall of coal 12-02-1881

26-02-1881

Thomas Dagnall

17

Denaby Main

Crushed by tubs

26-02-1881

Thomas Bell

36

Park

Fall of roof

26-02-1881

Joseph Crossley

39

Goodhope

Fall of roof

28-02-1881

J Easingwood

50

West Riding

Fell from gangway surface 26-02-1881

09-03-1881

John White

63

Streethouse

Injured by circular saw surface

10-03-1881

B Freeman

18

Holmes

Crushed by tubs

24-03-1881

Joseph Robinson

46

Flockton

Crushed by tubs

28-03-1881

B Kershaw

30

Bank Foot

Crushed by machinery

30-03-1881

Joseph Bedford

51

Wrenthorpe

Fall of roof

21-03-1881

W Orange

25

Conyers

Fall of roof

12-04-1881

J Pillington

40

Simon Wood

Crushed by wagons on the surface 11-04-1881

13-04-1881

W White

63

Featherstone Main

Crushed by tubs 13-04-1881

14-04-1881

W Grice

31

S John’s

Fall of roof 14-04-1881

07-05-1881

James Norris

14

Middleton

Crushed by tubs

09-05-1881

J Saunders

22

Waleswood

Fall of roof 07-05-1881

10-05-1881

J Keeling

33

Nunnery

Fell down a drift

15-05-1881

J Armstrong

30

Monk Bretton

Fall of coal 28-04-1881

27-05-1881

Ezra Kellett

21

Hill

Fell down the shaft

28-05-1881

Joseph Lofthouse

42

Oakenshaw

Caught in machinery

01-06-1881

W Waring

50

Kiveton Park

Fall of roof 25-05-1881

14-06-1881

C Favell

18

Thorncliffe

Fall of roof

14-06-1881

Walter Hurst

14

Birley Vale West

Run over by tubs

18-06-1881

James Naylor

17

Middleton

Crushed by tubs

20-06-1881

W Haigh

54

Lundhill

Fall of coal

30-06-1881

Joseph Clegg

42

Hoyland

Fall of roof

07-07-1881

John Bowley

55

Wombwell Main

Fall of roof 05-07-1881

26-07-1881

J Higgins

47

Swaithe Main

Fall of roof

27-07-1881

Joseph Morgan

17

Denaby Main

Crushed by tubs

06-08-1881

S Horbury

61

Ryhill Main

Fall of roof

25-08-1881

W Fletcher

15

Houghton Main

Crushed by tubs

30-08-1881

Thomas Gallagher

35

Oaks

Fall of roof

02-09-1881

M Burke

25

Denaby Main

Crushed by tubs 01-09-1881

04-09-1881

R Dixon

51

Garforth

Fall of roof 28-08-1881

07-09-1881

James Hargreaves

58

Low Stubbin

Fall of roof

16-09-1881

M Bircumshaw

38

Monk Bretton

Fall of coal

22-09-1881

James Shelton

40

Denaby Main

Fall of coal

22-09-1881

J Foote

24

Roundwood

Fall of roof

26-09-1881

S Ramsden

20

Pidacre

Explosion of methane

20-09-1881

Thomas Smith

40

Manvers Main

Crushed by tubs

03-10-1881

W Hawkins

50

Garforth

Fall of coal 28-09-1881

17-10-1881

H Burnley

28

Morley Main

Fall of roof 11-10-1881

18-10-1881

W Charlesworth

23

Foxholes

Fall of roof

28-10-1881

H Tillotson

13

Soothill Wood

Crushed by tubs 20-10-1881

29-10-1881

John Roscoe

44

West Allerton

Fall of coal 24-10-1881

05-11-1881

J Bedford

17

Soothill

Crushed by tubs 27-10-1881

11-11-1881

C Mathews

21

Oaks

Fall of coal

25-11-1881

W Siswick

54

Lofthouse

Fall of roof

26-11-1881

J Ripley

29

Flockton

Fall of coal

30-11-1881

A Fletcher

44

Blacker Main

Fall of roof

30-11-1881

S Fretwell

52

Kiveton Park

Fall of roof

05-12-1881

W Colley

14

Silkstone

Fall of side

12-12-1881

F Dewhurst

 

Darfield Main

Crushed by the cage

12-12-1881

G Taylor

53

Foxholes

Crushed by tubs 08-11-1881

14-12-1881

W Nutt

28

Featherstone Manor

Fall of coal

23-12-1881

J Hulme

14

Sharlston

Caught in machinery surface

30-12-1881

W Swinburn

14

Rockingham

Run over by tubs

Date Name Age Colliery Cause of Accident

03-01-1882

W McConnachie

40

West Riding

Hit by a wheel surface 17-12-1881

11-01-1882

Mark Robinson

29

Roundwood

Fall of roof

17-01-1882

Eli Davis

30

Wath Main

Fall of coal  28-12-1881

09-02-1882

J Macintosh

14

Kippax

Crushed by tubs

14-02-1882

T Mincher

15

Allerton

Crushed by tubs

18-02-1882

John Bryan

18

Roundwood

Crushed by tubs

07-03-1882

E Millington

28

West Riding

Crushed by wagons surface

14-03-1882

P Reynolds

38

Dom Pedro

Fall of roof 21-02-1882

17-03-1882

F Barker

15

Hoyland Silkstone

Crushed by tubs

29-03-1882

J Crossland

27

Dixon

Fall of roof

01-04-1882

C Cross

27

Darton Hall

Fall of coal

11-04-1882

T Hall

21

Low Stubbin

Fall of coal

14-04-1882

John Green

18

Manvers Main

Crushed by wagons on the surface

14-04-1882

R Hamer

25

Glass Houghton

Fall of roof 25-03-1882

15-04-1882

H Wraithman

21

Combs

Fall of roof

17-04-1882

E Arnold

27

Hoyland Silkstone

Fall of roof

18-04-1882

H Mackerall

35

Lofthouse

Crushed by tubs 12-04-1882

22-04-1882

Thomas Rogers

42

Birley Vale South

Fall of coal

29-04-1882

J Dobson

62

Thornton

Object fell down the shaft 13-04-1882

30-04-1882

G Schofield

56

Allerton Bywater

Fall of roof 10-03-1882

01-05-1882

G Bray

39

Victoria Bruntcliffe

Explosion of methane

01-05-1882

James Brookes

19

Victoria Bruntcliffe

Explosion of methane

01-05-1882

W Brooke

28

Victoria Bruntcliffe

Explosion of methane

01-05-1882

J Cain

34

Victoria Bruntcliffe

Explosion of methane

01-05-1882

E Mackinson

 

Victoria Bruntcliffe

Explosion of methane

01-05-1882

F Moss

57

Victoria Bruntcliffe

Explosion of methane

01-05-1882

C Purcer

57

Victoria Bruntcliffe

Explosion of methane

02-05-1882

L Jones

16

St John’s

Crushed by tubs

05-05-1882

S Fletcher

23

Monckton Main

Fall of roof

13-05-1882

J Hickling

38

Nunnery

Fall of coal

17-05-1882

J Kellett

14

Old Mill

Fall of roof

17-05-1882

F Ramsden

22

Rosa

Fall of roof

23-05-1882

Murgatroyd

 

Flatts

Fall of roof 24-04-1882

24-05-1882

J Heminsley

25

St John’s

Fall of roof

25-05-1882

J Leadbeater

31

Featherstone Manor

Fall of roof

29-05-1882

John Batty

44

Sharlston

Fall of roof 01-10-1881

30-05-1882

Aaron Holmes

20

Birley Vale

Fall of coal

01-06-1882

M Creswell

42

Tinsley Park

Fall of roof

06-06-1882

R Rowarth

37

Nunnery

Crushed by tubs

12-06-1882

William Duffy

13

Darfield Main

Fall of roof

15-06-1882

J Gill

40

East Gawber

Fall of roof

25-06-1882

C Littlewood

53

Wentworth

Crushed by wagons on the surface 02-06-1882

01-07-1882

T Carr

16

Blacker Main

Crushed by tubs

04-07-1882

G Hadley

50

Cortonwood

Fall of roof

06-07-1882

J Heaton

38

South Kirkby

Fell down the shaft

10-07-1882

J Willan

33

South Kirkby

Fell down the shaft 06-07-1882

12-07-1882

M Wright

36

Warren Vale

Fall of roof

15-07-1882

J Garritty

15

Cortonwood

Crushed by tubs

19-07-1882

W Gillett

45

Robin Hood

Fall of roof

26-07-1882

John Duffy

26

Darfield Main

Fall of coal 24-07-1882

05-08-1882

H Lawton

15

Victoria Bruntcliffe

Fall of roof

15-08-1882

F Robinson

19

Rockingham

Fall of roof

21-08-1882

S Watson

50

Tinsley Park

Crushed by wagons on the surface 04-08-1882

28-08-1882

James Warrington

16

Thrybergh Hall

Crushed by tubs

04-09-1882

W Smith

37

West Allerton

Fall of roof

09-09-1882

J Scanton

50

Albert

Crushed by wagons on the surface

18-09-1882

R Briggs

43

Glass Houghton

Fall of roof

24-09-1882

George Barker

44

Cortonwood

Fall of coal 23-09-1882

25-09-1882

H Burgess

15

Rockingham

Crushed by tubs

25-09-1882

G Turton

25

Darfield Main

Fall of coal

03-10-1882

J Longley

74

High Moor Lane

Run over by wagons on the surface

05-10-1882

W Gomersall

18

Rockingham

Fall of roof

07-10-1882

Thomas Ford

23

Aldwarke Main

Fall of roof

12-10-1882

A Lee

40

Victoria

Fall of roof

15-10-1882

W Hunter

21

Coyers

Fall of roof 09-10-1882

18-10-1882

D Davis

44

West Riding

Fall of roof

19-10-1882

Charles Abson

67

Edmunds Main

Crushed by wagons on the surface

21-10-1882

T Conway

16

Sunny Bank

Explosion of methane 15-03-1882

21-10-1882

J Marsh

30

Whitwood

Fall of roof 22-03-1882

23-10-1882

B Lonsdale

30

West Riding

Fall of roof

24-10-1882

W Harris

62

Edmunds Main

Crushed by tubs 27-09-1882

24-10-1882

M Sheldon

63

Glass Houghton

Fall of coal 03-10-1882

28-10-1882

C Hopwood

33

Combs

Fall of side 27-10-1882

09-11-1882

W Pinder

54

Wheldale

Fall of roof

10-11-1882

T Wormersley

14

Scholes

Fall of roof

13-11-1882

J Hudson

53

Strafford

Fall of roof

13-11-1882

J Stoner

46

Hollingthorpe

Fall of roof 20-10-1882

13-11-1882

H Holling

52

Strafford

Fall of roof

14-11-1882

J Barker

40

Denaby Main

Fall of roof

18-11-1882

T Bowring

45

Strafford

Overcome by gas on screens surface

28-11-1882

J Cundy

13

Lundhill

Crushed by tubs 25-11-1882

30-11-1882

J Jackson

16

Fence

Fall of roof

01-12-1882

John Toole

42

St John’s

Fall of coal 29-11-1882

03-12-1882

Joseph Fletcher

28

Nunnery

Shaft fencing fell on him surface

04-12-1882

J Dennison

34

Monckton Main

Fell from a wagon on the surface 25-11-1882

07-12-1882

T Hatwood

44

Carlton Main

Run over by tubs

12-12-1882

W Sykes

40

St John’s

Fall of roof

21-12-1882

G Hemmingway

32

Cortonwood

Fall of coal 19-12-1882

21-12-1882

J Illingworth

52

Stanley

Crushed by a hoist surface

30-12-1882

T Fowler

25

Monk Bretton

Fall of roof

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