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Date

1897

Date Name Age Colliery Cause of Accident

05-01-1897

J Sykes

33

Carlton Main

Fall of roof

05-01-1897

E Jones

56

Car House

Fall of roof

05-01-1897

J Crew

16

Darfield Main

Crushed by tubs

07-01-1897

J Lebrond

49

Kiveton Park

Fall of roof

07-01-1897

J Swift

52

Kiveton Park

Fall of roof

11-01-1897

J Richford

31

Orgreave

Fall of roof

12-01-1897

J Burrows

49

Middleton

Fell from a wagon on the surface 10-01-1897

20-01-1897

J T Holmes

23

Wombwell Main

Fall of roof

22-01-1897

C Cusworth

56

Wath Main

Fall of roof 23-12-1896

05-02-1897

W Rimmer

34

Nostell

Crushed by a wagon on surface

12-02-1897

M Layne

30

Snydale

Fall of roof

17-02-1897

J Parker

35

Fryston

Fall of roof 15-02-1897

19-02-1897

H Fletcher

30

Monk Bretton

Fall of side

20-02-1897

J Schofield

68

Thrybergh Hall

Run over by tubs 17-02-1897

01-03-1897

J Porter

15

Cadeby Main

Caught in machinery on surface

03-03-1897

J Grayson

59

Tinsley Park

Injured on the surface

05-03-1897

T Fairhurst

54

West Riding

Crushed by a wagon on surface 04-03

09-03-1897

T Oxley

15

Woodthorpe

Run over by tubs

11-03-1897

W Brockhouse

16

Woolley

Crushed by tubs 10-03-1897

13-03-1897

J Fisher

19

Sharlston

Crushed by a tub

15-03-1897

J Ogle

30

Barrow

Run over by wagons  on surface

19-03-1897

P Lidgett

47

Rotherham Main

Fall of roof

20-03-1897

W Barker

31

Fence

Fall of roof

20-03-1897

W Allford

41

Fence

Fall of roof

23-03-1897

J Stanley

59

Park Hill

Run over by tubs

26-03-1897

A Walker

14

Soothill Wood

Run over by tubs

03-04-1897

John Lee

48

Strafford

Strained lifting a tub 11-03-1897

03-04-1897

S Barraclough

42

Allerton Bywater

Injured by a tub 00-04-1897

08-04-1897

S Fletcher

57

Grimethorpe

Crushed by tubs

09-04-1897

J Machin

34

Warren Vale

Fall of side

15-04-1897

W Clayton

30

Cadeby Main

Fall of roof

15-04-1897

T Thompson

35

Garforth

Fall of roof

03-05-1897

John Clay

46

Middleton

Fall of roof

05-05-1897

C Foster

44

Snydale

Fall of roof

13-05-1897

R Quinn

28

Barrow

Fall of roof

19-05-1897

G Chambers

32

Cadeby Main

Crushed by tubs

20-05-1897

C Turner

43

Wheldale

Fall of roof

25-05-1897

T Lister

28

Acton Hall

Fall of roof 21-05-1897

30-05-1897

A Radford

16

Manvers Main

Dragged by a pony

04-06-1897

J Jubb

65

Wharncliffe Silkstone

Fall of side

10-06-1897

W West

39

Monk Bretton

Fall of roof

14-06-1897

H Thompson

30

Garforth

Fall of roof

14-06-1897

E Stead

22

Tankersley

Caught in machinery on surface

16-06-1897

Joseph Greaves

60

Drift Thorncliffe

Fall of roof

17-06-1897

F Sanderson

15

Cadeby Main

Fall in a roadway

05-07-1897

J Brett

17

Bruntcliffe

Crushed by tubs

06-07-1897

T Evans

21

Carlton Main

Fall of roof

08-07-1897

W Chirlow

42

Nunnery

Fall of roof

09-07-1897

G Jones

28

Nunnery

Fall of side

10-07-1897

W White

27

Barrow

Tub fell onto him on the surface

17-07-1897

James Smith

22

Rockingham

Fall of roof

20-07-1897

George Hampton

26

Hodroyd

Fall of roof

26-07-1897

J Winstanley

45

Acton Hall

Fall of roof

30-07-1897

L Berridge

44

West Riding

Fall of roof

30-07-1897

T Harrison

40

Glass Houghton

Fell down the shaft

04-08-1897

W Broom

32

Fleetingley Beck

Fall of roof

07-08-1897

W Allerton

28

Conyers

Fall of roof

09-08-1897

E Mawson

38

Calder

Explosion of methane

09-08-1897

C Durkin

29

Calder

Explosion of methane

09-08-1897

M Herran

42

Calder

Explosion of methane

12-08-1897

H Faulkner

52

Aldwarke Main

Crushed by tubs

20-08-1897

E Lockyer

49

Wheldale

Fall of side

23-08-1897

F Wilson

23

Whitwood

Crushed by wagons on the surface

25-08-1897

C Knight

37

Orgreave

Fall of roof

25-08-1897

T Bamforth

27

Thrybergh Hall

Run over by wagons  on surface

26-08-1897

J Lumb

17

Old Roundwood

Caught in machinery

30-08-1897

W Holmes

70

Helm

Fall of roof

02-09-1897

T Dutton

16

Featherstone Main

Crushed y tubs

06-09-1897

M McKeon

24

Mitchell Main

Fall of side

07-09-1897

W Lloyd

16

Cadeby Main

Run over by tubs

07-09-1897

A Taylor

18

Woodthorpe

Fall of roof

10-09-1897

J Hardy

62

Snydale

Crushed by wagons on the surface

13-09-1897

Samuel Sowerby

66

Carlton Main

Strained lifting

13-09-1897

W Goodall

18

Wheldale

Crushed by tubs 10-09-1897

15-09-1897

W Nichols

23

Car House

Crushed by tubs

15-09-1897

G Burton

35

Whitwood

Strained lifting a stone 30-07-1897

23-09-1897

T Bates

56

St John’s

Fall of roof

24-09-1897

A Smart

47

Foxholes

Fall of roof 09-09-1897

29-09-1897

J Smith

13

Denaby Main

Run over by tubs

05-10-1897

F Pearce

13

Aldwarke Main

Fall of side

10-10-1897

W Cheeseborough

45

Allerton Bywater

Fall of side

21-10-1897

A Towlman

25

Bruntcliffe

Shotfiring accident

23-10-1897

J Smithson

17

Allerton Bywater

Crushed by tubs

27-10-1897

J Swallow

63

Ingham

Knocked into the sump

30-10-1897

J Robinson

50

Sharlston

Fall of roof

12-11-1897

T Marshall

50

Strafford

Strained lifting a tub

16-11-1897

G Watson

47

Oaks

Fall of roof

23-11-1897

R Chorlton

17

Mitchell Main

Crushed by tubs

31-11-1897

Henry Ward

68

Barrow

Fall of side  30-11-1897

09-12-1897

E Allen

44

Acton Hall

Fall of roof

13-12-1897

J Butler

42

Woolley

Fall of side

20-12-1897

D Wood

31

South Hiendley

Fall of roof

20-12-1897

J Whitworth

46

South Hiendley

Fall of roof

20-12-1897

O Buffin

17

South Hiendley

Fall of roof

23-12-1897

F Jennings

13

Shaw Cross

Run over by tubs

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