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Date

1883

Date Name Age Colliery Cause of Accident

06-01-1883

W Hurst

60

Roundwood

Fell down surface steps 11-12-1882

08-01-1883

W Wilcox

50

Snydale

Fall of roof

10-01-1883

W Pullman

 

Mitchell Main

Fall of roof

11-01-1883

E Rivington

58

Kiveton Park

Fall of coal

23-01-1883

William Brooks

14

Woolley

Unknown

24-01-1883

A Durham

38

Wombwell Main

Crushed by tubs 23-01-1883

25-01-1883

S Sykes

28

Sharlston

Crushed by the cage

26-01-1883

B Booth

45

Kiveton Park

Fall of roof 18-12-1882

29-01-1883

James Green

35

Robin Hood

Fall of roof 25-01-1883

31-01-1883

Samuel Rowbottom

15

Darfield Main

Crushed by tubs

01-02-1883

James Corker

13

Birley South

Crushed by tubs

16-02-1883

W Baxter

54

Church Lane

Run over by wagons on the surface

20-02-1883

C McCray

 

Whitwood

Fall of roof

21-02-1883

John Oune

34

Park Hill

Overcome by gas and water

22-02-1883

F Leather

49

Denby Grange

Fall of roof 30-10-1882

26-02-1883

Joseph Swift

59

Tankersley

Crushed by wagons on the surface

28-02-1883

W Backhouse

48

Hemsworth

Fall of roof 27-02-1883

02-03-1883

Thomas Smee

20

Barrow

Fall of roof

02-03-1883

John Kilbride

30

Norfolk

Fall of roof

07-03-1883

F Thornton

26

Barrow

Crushed by wagons on the surface

08-03-1883

Mark Guy

17

Park Farm

Explosion of gunpowder

10-03-1883

A Ramsden

14

Roundwood

Crushed by tubs

13-03-1883

C Edson

30

Monk Bretton

Fall of roof

15-03-1883

Thomas Briscoe

38

St John’

Fall of coal

17-03-1883

James Morris

60

Denaby Main

Fall of roof

19-03-1883

C Lunn

16

Featherstone Lane

Run over by tubs

26-03-1883

W Caddy

45

Fleetingley Beck

Fall of roof

30-03-1883

E Lane

31

Fryston

Fall of roof

06-04-1883

E Simmons

40

Rothwell Haigh

Fall of roof 04-06-1883

09-04-1883

J Rowley

51

West Riding

Object fell down the shaft

10-04-1883

J Smales

42

Fryston

Fall of coal

19-04-1883

G Mott

40

Hemsworth

Fall of coal

24-04-1883

L Ogley

19

Denby Lane

Fall of coal

05-05-1883

J Dawson

14

Church Lane

Fall of roof

05-05-1883

John Redgate

43

Smithies

Crushed by tubs

11-05-1883

M Smith

45

Fleetingley Beck

Crushed by wagons on the surface

17-05-1883

Edward Brook

23

Ravels

Fall of roof

22-05-1883

T Jackson

13

Wharncliffe Silkstone

Fall of roof

24-05-1883

Thomas Hirst

55

Aldwarke Main

Fall of roof

28-05-1883

A Pennington

16

Fryston

Run over by tubs

05-06-1883

H Spencely

30

Wharncliffe Silkstone

Fall of roof

06-06-1883

H Nutter

29

Morley Main

Fall of coal 01-06-1883

07-06-1883

H Jackson

15

Thornhill

Fall of side

10-06-1883

W Hartshorne

37

Manvers Main

Fall of coal 09-06-1883

20-06-1883

Thomas Stephenson

43

Snowden-Farnley

Run over by wagons on the surface

22-06-1883

A Waller

17

Aston Main

Fall of coal 21-06-1883

25-06-1883

George Dyson

21

Ridings

Fall of roof

30-06-1883

Alfred Price

22

Hemsworth

Crushed by tubs

04-07-1883

W Haigh

35

Morley Main

Fell out of the cage

20-07-1883

John Wall

13

Denaby Main

Crushed by tubs

25-07-1883

S Walker

15

Hartley Bank

Run over by tubs

27-07-1883

John Crowther

15

Park

Fall of roof

03-08-1883

John Bell

13

Orgreave

Run over by tubs

06-08-1883

Thomas Sheard

43

Woodhouse Lane

Overcome by blackdamp

18-08-1883

John Jackson

55

Barrow

Run over by a loco surface

18-08-1883

S Butterfield

23

Pidacre

Fell down the shaft

20-08-1883

R Leach

35

Wharncliffe Carlton

Suffocated by coal slack surface

24-08-1883

S Holdsworth

35

Sharlston

Fall of roof

27-08-1883

Alfred Steele

15

Featherstone Manor

Fall of coal

04-09-1883

J Davis

14

St John’s

Fall of roof 03-09-1883

05-09-1883

W Moore

14

Cortonwood

Run over by wagons on the surface

05-09-1883

A Sheppard

41

Glass Houghton

Fall of roof

07-09-1883

George Taylor

40

Oaks

Fall of roof

03-09-1883

Thomas Barber

14

Car House

Crushed by a pony

21-09-1883

J Sheldon

14

Monk Bretton

Run over by tubs

05-10-1883

Walter Burton

14

Strafford

Crushed by tubs

12-10-1883

A Ashton

60

Wrenthorpe

Fall of roof

12-10-1883

John Addison

48

Waterloo

Fall of roof

15-10-1883

W Briggs

49

Hoyland Silkstone

Fall of roof

Wharncliffe Carlton   Barnsley 18th October, 1883

18-10-1883

James Flatney

14

Wharncliffe Carlton

Explosion of methane

18-10-1883

George Mason

16

Wharncliffe Carlton

Explosion of methane

18-10-1883

Albert Button

32

Wharncliffe Carlton

Explosion of methane

18-10-1883

William Goulding

40

Wharncliffe Carlton

Explosion of methane

18-10-1883

William Mason

40

Wharncliffe Carlton

Explosion of methane

18-10-1883

William Fisher

41

Wharncliffe Carlton

Explosion of methane

18-10-1883

Richard Garbutt

49

Wharncliffe Carlton

Explosion of methane

18-10-1883

Charles Phillips

54

Wharncliffe Carlton

Explosion of methane

18-10-1883

William Shaw

54

Wharncliffe Carlton

Explosion of methane

18-10-1883

George Egley

65

Wharncliffe Carlton

Explosion of methane

18-10-1883

Eli Ambler

58

Wharncliffe Carlton

Explosion of methane

18-10-1883

Thomas Wood

55

Wharncliffe Carlton

Explosion of methane

18-10-1883

John Hallam

41

Wharncliffe Carlton

Explosion of methane

18-10-1883

Charles Starkey

36

Wharncliffe Carlton

Explosion of methane

18-10-1883

Henry Fisher

54

Wharncliffe Carlton

Explosion of methane

18-10-1883

George Phillips

17

Wharncliffe Carlton

Explosion of methane

18-10-1883

John Wright

46

Wharncliffe Carlton

Explosion of methane

18-10-1883

William Lawson

49

Wharncliffe Carlton

Explosion of methane

18-10-1883

Frederick Holland

25

Wharncliffe Carlton

Explosion of methane

18-10-1883

Edward Weller

28

Wharncliffe Carlton

Explosion of methane

25-10-1883

J Foster

40

Micklefield

Fall of roof

06-11-1883

J W Wood

17

Denaby Main

Crushed by tubs

06-11-1883

William Henry Walkden

23

Hoyland Silkstone

Fall of roof 04-10-1883

07-11-1883

James Lunn

18

Monk Bretton

Run over by tubs

13-11-1883

W Hartley

50

Mitchell Main

Crushed by wagons on the surface

13-11-1883

Joseph Holloway

31

Hoyland Silkstone

Fall of roof

19-11-1883

E Dawes

42

Manor

Crushed by the cage

30-11-1883

W Brazier

63

Sharlston

Crushed by pipes surface 18-11-1883

04-12-1883

John Lee

35

Brightside

Fall of roof

07-12-1883

H Hobson

55

North Gawber

Fell from the cage

17-12-1883

Thomas Hirst

40

Carlton Main

Crushed by wagons on the surface

18-12-1883

James Hall

44

Neville Hill

Overcome by fumes u/g fire

18-12-1883

John Roebuck

35

Neville Hill

Overcome by fumes u/g fire

22-12-1883

George Heakin

40

Dodworth

Fall of roof

22-12-1883

M Walker

49

Manvers Main

Fall of coal

28-12-1883

R Jefferson

65

Flatts

Fell from pit hill

28-12-1883

George Tate

49

Allerton Bywater

Crushed by tubs 21-12-1883

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