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WADDEL James - 1867 - 21/10/1867 – Age 43 - Collier. Netherton, Scott and Gilmour, Wishaw, Lanarkshire. Fall of coal.

WADDLETON Edward - 1869 - 10/06/1869 – Age 30. Ferndale, David Davies and Sons, Pontypridd, Glamorgan. Explosion of gas from a blower. 53 killed.

WADE A. - 1865 - 14/10/1865 – Age 39 - Miner. Millbank (ironstone), Harvey and Pearson, Newcastle, Staffordshire. Fall of stone.

WADE George - 1860 - 08/10/1860 – Age 55 - Hewer. West Job’s Hill, Joseph Pease and Co., Darlington, Durham. Fall of coal.

WADE George - 1862 - 17/01/1862 – Age 31. New Hartley, Messrs. Carrs, Seaton Delaval, Durham. Entombment due to breaking of engine beam. 204 killed. Left a wife and a two month old son.

WADSWORTH James - 1866 - 13/12/1866 – Coal cleaner. Venture. John Blundell, Pemberton, Wigan. Run over on the surface by a coal truck.

WADSWORTH John - 1865 - 19/05/1865 – Age 24 - Collier. Legh, Richard Evans and Co., Haydock, St. Helens, Lancashire. Fall of roof in Main Delph.

WADSWORTH Thomas - 1863 - 12/02/1863 – Age 40 - Collier. Laffack, John and Thomas Johnson, St. Helens, Lancashire. Fall of roof.

WAFFINGTON William - 1861 - 23/02/1861 – Age 21 - Collier. New Marsh, William Frayne and Co., Bristol, Somerset. Heavy fall of coal.

WAGGETT Richard - 1863 - 12/09/1863 – Age 21 - Sinker. Auckland Park, South Black Boy Coal Co., Auckland, Durham. Killed by falling down sinking shaft owing to upsetting of a cradle upon which they were working. Too many of them were on the edge of the cradle and it overbalanced. 4 killed.

WAGGOT John - 1860 - 12/12/1860 – Age 22 - Hewer. Iveston, Derwent Iron Co., Iveston, Durham. Fall of stone.

WAGGOT William - 1868 - 12/08/1868 - Onsetter. Bowburn West, South Hetton Coal Co., Ferry Hill, Durham. Crushed by tubs near shaft.

WAGNELL S - 1867 - 21/12/1867 – Age 13 - Drawer. Queen Colliery, Richard Evans and Co., Haydock, St. Helens, Lancashire. Fall of roof in Main Delf mine.

WAGSTAFF Jonathan - 1864 - 03/08/1864 – Age 13. Hollinwood, Staveley Iron and Coal Co., Chesterfield, Derbyshire. Crushed by tubs.

WAGSTAFF Jonathan - 1864 - 18/07/1864 – Age 13. Stavely, Staveley Iron and Coal Co., Chesterfield, Derbyshire. Crushed by tubs.

WAGSTAFF Joseph - 1863 - 09/07/1863 – Age 26 - Stoneman Westerton N Wood and Co., Auckland, Durham. Fall of stone.

WAGSTAFF William - 1867 - 13/05/1867 – Age 44 - Collier. Portland, Butterley Iron Co., Alfreton, Derbyshire. Fall of roof.

WAINWRIGHT ? - 1867 - 24/11/1867 – Age 13 - Driver. Plumptree, Butterley Iron Co., Heanor, Nottinghamshire. Run over on level.

WAINWRIGHT B. - 1860 - 06/02/1860 – Age 19 - Collier. Poynton, Lord Vernon, Stockport, Cheshire. Fall of roof.

WAINWRIGHT T - 1867 - 26/09/1867 – Age 30 - Collier. Sneyd, C and J May, Burslem, Staffordshire. Fall of coal.

WAKEFIELD, E. - 1861 - 18/12/1861 – Age 17 - Collier. Wednesbury Oak, P. Williams and Sons, Tipton, Staffordshire. Fall of roof and timber settings in the thick coal which he accidentally displaced.

WALDREN John - 1869 - 07/10/1869 – Age 13 – Switchkeeper. Denaby Main, Denaby Main Coal Co., Rotherham, Yorkshire. Crushed by tubs.

WALKDEN J. - 1862 - 30/04/1862 - Miner. Holebottom Leeses, Jones and Co., Oldham, Lancashire. Fall of shale from the roof of the Rhodes Bank pit. Died 3rd May.

WALKDEN James - 1867 - 11/01/1867 – Age 55 - Waggon shunter. Park Hall, Arley Main Co., Blackrod, Lancashire. Caught between buffers whilst shunting.

WALKER Benjamin - 1862 - 16/01/1862 – Age 21. New Hartley, Messrs. Carrs, Hartley, Durham. Entombment due to the breaking of an engine beam which fell down the single shaft. 204 killed.

WALKER George - 1864 - 22/10/1864 – Age 33 - Miner. Foggs, Andrew Knowles and Sons, Little Lever, Lancashire. Burned in an explosion of firedamp in Cannel mine. Died 2nd Nov. He omitted to take a safety lamp on going into an upbrow which had been clear of firedamp a short time previously.

WALKER George - 1867 - 04/05/1867 – Age 12 - Waggoner. Brotherod, HH Fishwick and Co., Rochdale, Lancashire. Drawn by the rope against the drum of an underground incline. He was guiding the rope with his hand lest it might slip off at one of the horns. Flags, instead of horns were recommended for future use.

WALKER H. - 1864 - 08/09/1864 – Age 19 - Collier. Herbert’s Park, D Jones, Darlaston, Staffordshire. Fall of fireclay from the side of the gateroad in a thin coal pit.

WALKER Henry - 1860 - 25/01/1860 - Collier. Rochsolloch, George Cowie, Airdrie, Lanarkshire. Fall of roof at face of working.

WALKER J. - 1861 - 31/10/1861 - Collier. Pendlebury, Andrew Knowles and Sons, Pendlebury, Lancashire. Explosion of firedamp in Rams Mine. Died 14th.

WALKER James - 1860 - 06/08/1860 – Age 45 - Roadsman. Warwickhill, Merry and Cunningham, Dreghorn, Ayrshire.  Fall of roof in drawing road while engaged securing it.

WALKER James - 1860 - 20/12/1860 – Age 32 - Deputy. Minor Pit, South Hetton Coal Co., Hetton, Durham. Explosion of gas supposed to have been generated from the coals of the engine or boiler fire and not from gas generated in the workings of the mine. 22 killed.

WALKER James - 1862 - 16/01/1862 – Age 16. New Hartley, Messrs. Carrs, Hartley, Durham. Entombment due to the breaking of an engine beam which fell down the single shaft. 204 killed.

WALKER John - 1860 - 06/11/1860 – Age 35 - Sinker. Ryhope, Ryhope Coal Co. Ltd., Durham. Fell down pit buried in Ryhope, St. Pauls.

WALKER John - 1860 - 06/11/1860 - Sinker. Ryhope, Hugh Taylor and partners, Ryhope, Durham. Fell down shaft.

WALKER John - 1860 - 08/03/1860 – Age 64 - Collier. Farnworth, William Crompton, Halshaw Moor, Lancashire. Breakage of a wire rope at the entrance to the socket of the Coupling chain. 2 killed.

WALKER Joseph - 1862 - 08/12/1862. Edmunds Main, Mitchell and Co., Barnsley, Yorkshire. Explosion of inflammable gas and vapours which were given off by a burning coal seam. 59 killed.

WALKER Joseph - 1864 - 13/05/1864 – Age 17 - Waggoner. Ladyshore, John Fletcher, Little Lever, Lancashire. Struck by the handle of the windlass which broke off on being violently turned by a tub-waggon which he had not securely landed running back down brow.

WALKER Samuel - 1860 - 17/02/1860 – Age 27 - Pikeman. Groveland, Bagnalls Tipton, Staffordshire. Fall of ‘John’ Coal above the ‘stown coal’ occasioned by two slips or joints.

WALKER Thomas - 1863 - 19/02/1863 – Age 15 - Pony driver. Quarry Pit, Calder (ironstone), WS Dixon, Coatbridge, Lanarkshire. Fell out of the cage apparently when attempting to step off it at mid-working.

WALKER Thomas - 1863 - 28/09/1863 – Age 20 - Hewer. Shincliffe, Spark and Love, Durham. Fall of stone.

WALKER W. - 1867 - 27/08/1867 - Horsedriver. Greet’s Green, J Batson, West Bromwich, Staffordshire. He was travelling along gateroad with a skip when it accidentally struck the timber setting and knocked it out.

WALKER William - 1861 - 20/07/1861 – Age 35 - Apparatus man. Seaham, Marchioness of Londonderry, Seaham, Durham. Riding on apparatus tub against orders.

WALKER William - 1862 - 16/01/1862 – Age 12. New Hartley, Messrs. Carrs, Hartley, Durham. Entombment due to the breaking of an engine beam which fell down the single shaft. 204 killed.

WALKER William - 1863 - 13/07/1863 – Age 11 - Boy. Curriemire No.2 (ironstone), W Baird and Co., Kilsyth, Stirling. Was jammed between empty and full road.

WALKER William - 1865 - 01/04/1865 – Age 39 - Hewer. Sherburne House, Earl of Durham, Durham. Fall of stone.

WALKER William - 1869 - 14/01/1869 – Age 26 – Stoker. Alma, Thomas Holdsworth, Chesterfield, Derbyshire. Bursting of a steam boiler. 4 killed.

WALKER Wright - 1869 - 12/10/1869 – Age 21 - Collier. Cotes Park, James Oakes and Son, Alfreton, Derbyshire. Fall of bind.

WALL G - 1864 - 02/05/1864 – Age 26 - Collier. Old Brownhills, W Harrison, Walsall, Staffordshire. Explosion of firedamp. 2 killed.

WALL J. - 1860 - 19/06/1860 – Age 22 - Miner. Birchwood, Butterley Co., Alfreton, Derbyshire. Fall of roof.

WALL Thomas - 1865 - 26/11/1865 – Age 17 - Drawer. Standish, Standish and Shevington Cannel Co., Wigan, Lancashire. Run over by loaded tubs.

WALLACE David - 1861 - 09/02/1861 – Age 35 - Sinker. Thornton, Archibald Finnie, Kilmarnock, Ayrshire.  A seizing of pipes gave way while he was engaged connecting the Column of pumps with a lodgement.

WALLACE George - 1865 - 23/08/1865 – Age 41 – Shaftsman. Thornley, Thornley Coal Co., Ferry Hill, Durham. Explosion of firedamp in downcast shaft. 3 killed.

WALLACE Liddle - 1865 - 23/08/1865 – Age 31 – Shaftsman. Thornley, Thornley Coal Co., Ferry Hill, Durham. Explosion of firedamp in downcast shaft. 3 killed.

WALLACE William - 1865 - 01/04/1865 – Age 16 - Miner. Glengorn (ironstone), Eglington Iron Co., Cumnock, Ayrshire.  Fall of roof right along the face wall. 3 killed.

WALLER Edward - 1861 - 23/04/1861. Altofts, Pope and Co., Normanton, Yorkshire. Falling down the shaft.

WALLER John - 1861 - 05/12/1861 – Age 40 - Sinker. Heathery, Knowe Blochairn Iron Co., Baillieston, Lanarkshire. A stone fell from the side of the shaft.

WALLET J. - 1864 - 17/08/1864 - Sinker. Rough Hills, J Cadman and Co., Wolverhampton, Staffordshire. Fell part way down the shaft. He was pulling some loose rock from off the side of the shaft which knocked him out of the skip.

WALLETT Edward - 1864 - 27/09/1874. Madeley Wood (ironstone), John Anstice and Co., Ironbridge, Shropshire. Skip became detached whilst coming up shaft. 9 killed.

WALLEY William - 1864 - 19/12/1864 – Age 26 - Collier. Swadlincote, Hall and Boardman, Burton-on-Trent, Derbyshire. Suffocated in trying to put out a fire.

WALLIS Eliza - 1866 - 21/02/1866 – Age 11 - Not employed. Monkwood, Plevins and Co. Ltd., Chesterfield, Derbyshire. Run over while gathering Coal on the heap. Female.

WALLS George - 1869 - 01/03/1869 - Drawer. Taylor, Wigan Coal and Iron Co., Hindley, Lancashire. Coal tubs running against him.

WALLS James - 1869 - 01/04/1869 – Age 25 - Collier. High Brooks, Mercer and Evans, Wigan, Lancashire. Explosion of gas. 37 killed.

WALLS Robert - 1869 - 15/11/1869 – Age 15 - Runner-in. Low Hall, Moss Hall Coal Co., Wigan, Lancashire. Explosion of gas. 27 killed.

WALLWORK John - 1868 - 22/01/1868 – Age 46 - Prop Drawer. Hindley Hall, Pearson and Knowles, Hindley, Wigan, Lancashire. Fall of roof. 2 killed.

WALLWORK Roger - 1867 - 09/10/1867 - Miner. Pendleton, Andrew Knowles and Sons, Pendleton, Manchester, Lancashire. Earth falling from roof in Albert Mine.

WALLWORK Thomas - 1864 - 08/11/1864 – Age 61 - Miner. Kearsley, Trustees of the late Ellis Fletcher, Kearsley, Lancashire. Coal falling in Trencherbone mine.

WALLWORK William - 1862 - 23/01/1862 – Age 31 - Hooker-on. Magnall’s Bridgewater Trustees Worsley, Lancashire. Knocked out of the tub on coming up the shaft with timber.

WALLWORK William - 1868 - 23/05/1868 - Bricklayer’s Labourer. Pendlebury, Andrew Knowles and Sons, Pendlebury, Lancashire. Killed by getting his arm drawn over the pulley as he was attempting to attach a balance weight without the engine being stopped.

WALMESLEY John - 1868 - 21/01/1868 – Age 32 - Fireman. Ladies Lane, Thomas Gidlow, Hindley, Wigan, Lancashire. Fall of roof.

WALPOLE Patrick - 1862 - 17/01/1862 – Age 30. New Hartley, Messrs. Carrs, Seaton Delaval, Durham. Entombment due to breaking of engine beam. 204 killed. Left a wife from which payment of relief was withheld. This was the only one of the sufferers to which this happened. No reason, was given.

WALSH Edward - 1865 - 05/05/1865 – Age 27 - Labourer. Blackeyhurst, Samuel Stock, St. Helens, Lancashire. Foster and Walsh were employed to take down and rebuild an arch near the eye of the pit and Cunliffe was showing them how to proceed when it fell upon them. 3 killed.

WALSH J. - 1863 - 03/10/1863 - Fireman. Cliviger, Cliviger Coal Co., Burnley, Lancashire. Explosion of firedamp in the Union pit. A stopping had been left down and he incautiously and Contrary to the rules entered with an open light.

WALSH John - 1862 - 02/03/1862 – Age 61 – Dataller. Brynn Moss, Entwistle and Whitley, Wigan, Lancashire. Fall of roof whilst drawing props.

WALSH John - 1863 - 21/10/1863 – Age 20 - Miner. Kersland No.2 (ironstone), W Baird and Co., Dalry, Ayrshire.  Fall of ironstone while holing under it.

WALSH John - 1866 - 07/12/1866 – Age 34 – Smith. The Oak, James Speakman, Hindley Green, Lancashire. He was erecting a steam engine at the surface and he fell off the cylinder.

WALSH Joseph - 1866 - 29/12/1866 – Age 28 - Waggoner. Hoddleston, Joseph Place, Over Darwen, Lancashire. Explosion of firedamp. Died 23rd Jan. - 1867.

WALSH Richard - 1867 - 04/04/1867 – Age 15 - Driver. Whitehaven, Earl of Lonsdale, Whitehaven, Cumberland. Caught by arch whilst riding on tubs.

WALTERS Charles - 1860 - 25/10/1860 – Age 32 - Collier. Elled, Levick & Simpson, Cwm Celyn, Monmouth. Fall of coal on the 25th. Oct. Died 1st Nov.

WALTERS Daniel - 1862 - 19/02/1862 – Age 21. Cethin, William Crawshay, Merthyr, Glamorgan. Explosion of gas. 47 killed.

WALTERS J. - 1865 - 03/08/1865 – Age 55 – Chartermaster. Ettingshall, H Hill, Bilston, Staffordshire. Fell into shaft whilst landing a skip. Caused by the pulley frame breaking.

WALTERS Joel - 1865 - 27/02/1865 - Miner. Knutton (ironstone), WF Gordon, Newcastle, Staffordshire. Fall of roof.

WALTERS Joel - 1867 - 08/03/1867 – Age 22 - Collier. Newcastle, Thomas North, Nottinghamshire. Fall of roof.

WALTERS John - 1863 - 07/11/1863 – Age 22 - Haulier. No.2 (ironstone), Ebbw Vale Co., Sirhowy, Monmouth. Overpowered by trams on slope road.

WALTERS John - 1864 - 21/06/1864 – Age 13 - Doorboy. Dare, Rhys and Co., Aberdare, Glamorgan. Fall of stone from roof.

WALTERS John - 1867 - 08/11/1867 – Age 28. Ferndale, David Davies and Son, Pontypridd, Glamorgan. Explosion of gas through one of the deceased taking the top off his lamp and exposing a naked light. 178 killed.

WALTERS Thomas - 1864 - 02/08/1864 – Age 23 - Miner. Plymouth (ironstone), Plymouth Iron Co., Merthyr Glamorgan. Fall of stone.

WALTERS William - 1865 - 27/10/1865 – Age 76 - Collier. Clay Cross, William Jackson and Co., Chesterfield, Derbyshire. Run over on incline.

WALTERS William - 1867 - 08/11/1867. Ferndale, David Davies and Son, Pontypridd, Glamorgan. Explosion of gas through one of the deceased taking the top off his lamp and exposing a naked light. 178 killed.

WALTERS William - 1869 - 03/03/1869 – Age 20 - Collier. Bulwell Wright and Co., Nottinghamshire. Killed in shaft by the falling of a chain from surface. Manslaughter against Banksman.

WALTHO T. - 1867 - 22/08/1867 – Age 15 – Collier Boy. Coppice, J Hawkins, Cheslyn Hay, Staffordshire. Accidentally caught by the foot hook of the band chain and carried up the shaft to the top when the hook tore out of his clothes precipitating him to the bottom.

WALTON ? - 1863 - 06/03/1863 – Age 19 - Putter. Coxlodge, Coxlodge, Northumberland. Explosion of gas. 26 killed. Of Fawdon Square.

WALTON B. - 1861 - 05/07/1861 – Age 24 - Loader. Churchill, Lloyds and Foster, Wednesbury, Staffordshire. Fall of coal and roof in new mine and fireclay coals in a Broadway 3 feet wide. They had neglected to timber the roof which was unusually full of slips. 2 killed.

WALTON Charles - 1868 - 13/10/1868 – Age 21 - Collier. Adlington, Leigh, Macclesfield, Cheshire. Fall of roof.

WALTON Frederick - 1867 - 16/12/1867 – Age 36 - Day Labourer. William Day, Barnsley, Yorkshire. Crushed by Corves at pit bottom.

WALTON George - 1860 - 20/12/1860 – Age 16 - Putter. Minor Pit, South Hetton Coal Co., Hetton, Durham. Explosion of gas supposed to have been generated from the coals of the engine or boiler fire and not from gas generated in the workings of the mine. 22 killed.

WALTON George - 1868 - 11/04/1868 – Age 17 – Hurrier. Silkstone Fall, Silkstone Fall Co., Barnsley, Yorkshire. Fall of roof.

WALTON James - 1866 - 11/12/1866 – Age 12 – Oiler. Habergam, Executors of J Hargreaves, Padiham, Lancashire. Crushed by a waggon turnover falling on him.

WALTON John - 1864 - 30/07/1864 – Age 26 - Hewer. Eppleton, Jane pit, South Hetton Coal Co., Hetton, Durham. Fell down shaft Main Coal Seam.

WALTON Robert - 1864 - 16/06/1864 – Age 24 - Sinker. St. Helens, Wooley, Joseph Pease and Partners, Crook, Durham. Fall of stone in shaft.

WALTON Thomas - 1865 - 20/01/1865. Hall Royd, Haynes and Co., Barnsley, Yorkshire. Falling down shaft. 3 killed.

WALTON William - 1869 - 26/05/1869 – Age 14 - Driver. West Pelton, James Joicey and Co., Chester-le-Street, Durham. Run over by timber tram.

WALTON William Henry - 1866 - 30/11/1866 – Age 14 - Waggoner. Chain Hulton, Hulton Colliery Co., West Houghton, Lancashire. Stone falling from roof of waggon road in Yard mine.

WANLESS Christopher - 1862 - 17/01/1862 – Age 20. New Hartley, Messrs. Carrs, Seaton Delaval, Durham. Entombment due to breaking of engine beam. 204 killed.

WANLESS John - 1862 - 16/01/1862 – Age 14. New Hartley, Messrs. Carrs, Hartley, Durham. Entombment due to the breaking of an engine beam which fell down the single shaft. 204 killed.

WANLESS Thomas - 1862 - 17/01/1862 – Age 19. New Hartley, Messrs. Carrs, Seaton Delaval, Durham. Entombment due to breaking of engine beam. 204 killed.

WANLESS Thomas - 1869 - 22/10/1869 – Age 27 - Banksman. Hamsteels, RS Johnson and Co., Darlington, Durham. Fell down pit from kick of pony.

WARD Daniel - 1869 - 03/05/1869 - Collier. Tame Valley, E and J Knock, Tamworth, Staffordshire. Fall of roof.

WARD George - 1862 - 12/03/1862 - Boy. Park Gate, Earl Fitzwilliam, Rotherham, Yorkshire. Run over by Corves in the mine.

WARD George - 1864 - 22/11/1864. Fence, Fence Coal Co., Rotherham, Yorkshire. Explosion of firedamp. 2 killed.

WARD J. - 1860 - 26/09/1860 – Age 30 - Enginewright. Sheepbridge, Messrs. Fowler and Co., Chesterfield, Derbyshire. Struck by the pump connecting rod.

WARD James - 1860 - 17/10/1860. Rounds Green, W. Bennett, Oldbury, Worcestershire. Fell out of skip whilst ascending.

WARD John - 1863 - 22/12/1863 – Age 18 - Collier. Stevenson, Merry and Cunningham, Stevenson, Ayrshire.  Crushed by getting entangled with pumping crank.

WARD John - 1866 - 13/12/1866. Oaks, Messrs. Firth Bamber and Co., Barnsley, Yorkshire. Explosions of gas. The total number of victims was 334 by the first explosion of the 12th December 1866 and 26 by the second explosion the following day. Total 360. Seventy five bodies were recovered prior to the shafts being closed forty five were recovered during the first twelve months after the shaft was reopened and seventy during the past years making the total 190. This deducted from 360 leaves 17 bodies still in the Colliery. It is remarkable that all but two have been identified.

WARD John - 1868 - 09/04/1868 – Age 17 - Driver. Rothwell Haigh, Messrs. Charlesworth, Leeds, Yorkshire. Run over by tip waggon.

WARD John - 1868 - 10/07/1868 – Age 58 - Deputy. Norwood Green, J Baistow, Halifax, Yorkshire. Fall of roof.

WARD Joseph - 1867 - 07/08/1867 – Age 33 - Sinker. Park (sinking pit), Bailey and Dronsfield, Oldham, Lancashire. Explosion of firedamp under scaffold whilst brisking up the shaft the vent-space not being kept open. Died 14th. 2 killed 2 injured.

WARD Mark - 1861 - 02/08/1861. East Gawber, Craik and Co., Barnsley, Yorkshire. Explosion of firedamp. 2 killed.

WARD Michael - 1864 - 28/01/1864 – Age 39 - Collier. Bredisholm, John Young, Baillieston, Lanarkshire. Fall of roof at the face.

WARD Thomas - 1868 - 30/09/1868. Wynnstay, New British Iron Co., Ruabon, Denbigh. Explosion of gas. 10 killed 13 injured.

WARDHAUGH James - 1869 - 10/05/1869 – Age 54 - Sinker. Cleator Moor, Cleator Moor Co., Whitehaven, Cumberland. Falling part way down sinking pit.

WARDLE John - 1868 - 11/06/1868 – Age 12 - Incline Boy. Harton Wood, Blackett and Co., South Shields, Durham. Crushed by tubs from rope breaking.

WARDLE William - 1868 - 26/12/1868 – Age 48. Queen Colliery, Richard Evans and Sons, Haydock, St. Helens, Lancashire. Explosion of gas 26 killed.

WARDLEY F. - 1861 - 24/04/1861 – Age 25 - Miner. Renishaw, Messrs. Appleby, Chesterfield, Derbyshire. Fall of roof.

WARDMAN William - 1865 - 24/07/1865. North Bierley (ironstone), Low Moor Iron Co., Bradford, Yorkshire. Fall of roof in mine.

WARDROP James - 1866 - 19/05/1866 – Age 19 - Drawer. Skellyton, Hamilton and McCulloch, Hamilton, Lanarkshire. Crushed by tubs running over him on incline.

WARDROPE Richard - 1860 - 20/06/1860 – Pitheadman. Armidale, Shotts Iron Co. Bathgate, West Lothian. Struck by a rope getting detached from winding drum.

WARE Joseph - 1866 - 03/12/1866 - Age 45 - Collier. Tredegar, Tredegar Iron Co., Tredegar, Monmouth. He was coming up the drift when the slope chain broke and the trams overwhelmed him before he could find shelter and inflicted such injuries that he died.

WARHURST John - 1861 - 02/08/1861. East Gawber, Craik and Co., Barnsley, Yorkshire. Explosion of firedamp. 2 killed.

WARING John - 1864 - 06/04/1864 - Labourer. Ladies Lane, Thomas Gidlow, Hindley, Wigan, Lancashire. Fall of roof while setting props.

WARLON John - 1865 - 02/10/1865 – Age 25 - Collier. Nash and Sprinkle, Nash and Sprinkle Coal Co., Haverfordwest, Pembroke. Fall of stone.

WARNER Joseph - 1861 - 11/05/1861. Providence, Mr. J Marsland, Wakefield, Yorkshire. Fall of roof in the mine.

WARNER William - 1864 - 29/10/1864 – Age 20 - Shifter. Houghton, Earl of Durham, Houghton, Durham. Prop falling from pit top.

WARNERS John - 1864 - 01/01/1864 – Age 14 - Miner. Bottom Vein (ironstone), J and C Bailey, Beaufort, Monmouth. He was working with his father and a shot had been prepared in a stall in the red vein mine when in order to make room for the fuse he drove in the wire which passed beyond the powder and came in contact with some siliceous substance for the charge exploded and killed him on the spot. Another instance of death occasioned by making use of steel instead of copper.

WARR Joseph - 1866 - 08/10/1866 – Age 14 - Waggoner. Burton Nook, Trustees of the late Ellis Fletcher, Denton Lancashire. Crushed whilst getting into the cage to ascend. The signal had not been given back to show that all was right.

WARREN J. - 1866 - 09/11/1866 – Age 20 - Collier. Lawton, Bidder and Co., Tunstall, Staffordshire. Explosion of firedamp.

WARREN James - 1866 - 15/08/1866 – Age 61 - Collier. Bedwellty, Tredegar Iron Co., Tredegar, Monmouth. Fall of stone whereby he was so grievously hurt he barely lived an hour.

WARREN Luther - 1866 - 14/06/1866 – Age 13. Dukinfield, FDP Astley, Ashton-under-Lyne, Cheshire. Explosion of firedamp. 38 killed.

WARRINGTON J. - 1866 - 04/04/1866 - Boy. Walsall, Mrs. Botfield, Ludlow, Shropshire. Waggon went over him on road.

WARRIS George - 1865 - 13/12/1865. Elsecar, Earl Fitzwilliam, Rotherham, Yorkshire. Fall of roof in mine.

WARTON E. - 1869 - 28/09/1869 – Age 40 – Bondsman. Baptist End, Messrs. Dunn, Netherton, Staffordshire. Accidental fall of roof and timber the latter of which only struck him. Thick coal pit.

WARWICK Joseph - 1860 - 06/04/1860 - A Boy. Boyne Hill, Kaye and Co. Wakefield, Yorkshire. Fall of coal in the mine.

WASHINGTON T. - 1865 - 24/11/1865 - Collier. Lawton, Bidder and Elliott, Harecastle, Staffordshire. Fall of roof.

WASHINGTON William - 1866 - 13/12/1866. Talk o’th’ Hill, North Staffordshire. Co., Newcastle, Staffordshire. Explosion of gas. 92 killed.

WATERHOUSE J. - 1867 - 30/06/1867 - Pikeman. Rowley Hall, Wright and North, Rowley Regis, Staffordshire. Injured by fall of coal in thick coal pit 20th. Died this day.

WATERS A. - 1868 - 29/02/1868 – Age 32 - Sinker. Spring Vale (ironstone), Union Coal Co., Bilston, Staffordshire. Whilst descending the cotter belonging to the gin shafts fell out which allowed the gin wheel to revolve rapidly precipitating him to the bottom.

WATERS James - 1860 - 31/01/1860 – Age 19 – Screener, Thornley, T. Wood and Co., Hartlepool, Durham. Crushed between two waggons.

WATERS James - 1867 - 21/04/1867 – Age 11 – Wailer. Ryhope, Taylors and Co., Sunderland, Durham. Crushed by empty waggons at screen.

WATERS Richard - 1867 - 21/02/1867 - Miner. Bank Top, Knowles and Hall, Radcliffe, Lancashire. Coal falling on him. Died 3rd Mar.

WATERWORTH John - 1866 - 20/02/1866 - Sinker. Riding Lane, Cross Tetley and Co., Ashton-in-Makerfield, Lancashire. Falling into the shaft from the surface.

WATHERSPOON William - 1865 - 15/11/1865 – Age 45 - Collier. Opencast, William Baird and Co., Coatbridge, Lanarkshire. Fall of coal.

WATKIN J. - 1863 - 23/05/1863 – Age 22 - Collier. Lilleshall, Lilleshall Co., Wellington, Shropshire. Fall of roof.

WATKIN Lewis - 1868 - 04/08/1868 – Age 13- Doorboy. Morfa, Vivian and Sons, Taibach, Glamorgan. Killed by trams.

WATKIN Thomas - 1863 - 07/07/1863 – Age 21 - Collier. Cokeyard, J and C Bailey, Nantyglo, Monmouth. Heavy fall of coal killed him on the spot. Not enough sprags.

WATKIN Thomas - 1868 - 13/07/1868 – Age 21 - Collier. Garth, Brogden and Sons, Bridgend, Glamorgan. Killed by falling down shaft.

WATKINS Benjamin - 1863 - 17/06/1863 – Age 22 - Miner. Plymouth (ironstone), Executors of Anthony Hill, Merthyr, Glamorgan. Fall of roof.

WATKINS Daniel - 1869 - 17/07/1869 – Age 63 - Collier. Pontyclerc, John Lloyd, Llanelly, Carmarthen. Killed by an explosion of gas.

WATKINS David - 1862 - 07/03/1862 – Age 26 - Collier. Llwynvi, Llwynvi Iron Co., Bridgend, Glamorgan. Fall of roof (white vein).

WATKINS Edmund - 1865 - 16/06/1865 – Age 17. Tredegar, Tredegar Iron Co., Tredegar, Monmouth. Explosion of carburetted hydrogen gas in the Bedwellty New Colliery. Part of a cross heading had been permitted to fill with firedamp to the extent of between 50 and 60 yards lengthways and was thus allowed to remain for a certain number of days notwithstanding that people occasionally passed and repassed one mouthing of the heading and a lesser one called the ‘Cross hole’. I remark that the Colliers should have been taken from their work and the gas safely dislodged. 26 killed.

WATKINS Elias - 1868 - 02/05/1868 – Age 42 - Collier. California, Norton and Co., Llanelly, Carmarthen. Killed by fall of roof.

WATKINS G.W. - 1867 - 24/01/1867 – Age 48 - Collier. Dynevor, JN Moore, Neath, Glamorgan. Crushed by trucks on surface.

WATKINS George - 1861 - 02/03/1861 – Age 22 - Collier. No.19, Darby Brown and Co., Ebbw Vale, Monmouth. Fall of Elled Coal in consequence of a concealed slip or slant.

WATKINS H - 1868 - 13/03/1868 - Horsedriver. Cannock Chase, Cannock Chase Colliery Co., Lichfield, Staffordshire. Kicked by horse he was driving 12th. Died this day.

WATKINS John - 1863 - 21/05/1863 – Age 19 - Collier. Pantyffymon, David Lloyd, Llanelly, Carmarthen. Fall of roof.

WATKINS John - 1866 - 12/12/1866 – Age 30 - Collier. Risca, TW Rhodes, Risca, Monmouth. Killed by fall of coal from a face slip.

WATKINS John - 1868 - 23/03/1868 – Age 22 - Haulier. Glyn, Ebbw Vale Co. Ltd., Pontypool, Monmouth. Fall of rubbish from the roof.

WATKINS John - 1869 - 14/04/1869. Garn Pits, Blaenavon. Fall of a large stone.

WATKINS Nathaniel - 1860 - 01/12/1860. Black Vein, Risca Iron and Coal Co. Risca, Monmouth. Explosion of firedamp. This lamenatble calamity was occasioned by a sudden outburst of gas on most probably, a defective lamp. 142 persons, killed.

WATKINS Thomas - 1864 - 12/11/1864 – Age 27 - Collier. Lower Duffryn, Powell’s Steam Coal Co. Ltd., Aberdare, Glamorgan. Crushed by carriage whilst crossing bottom of shaft.

WATKINS Thomas - 1869 - 27/02/1869 – Age 65 - Collier. Black Vein, Thomas William Rhodes, Risca, Monmouth. Fall of coal 27th Feb. Died 913th Mar. 2 killed.

WATKINS W. - 1866 - 30/04/1866 - Collier. Pontyfynon Colliery, D Lloyd and Son, Llanelly, Carmarthen. Explosion of gas.

WATKINS William - 1867 - 08/11/1867 – Age 22. Ferndale, David Davies and Son, Pontypridd, Glamorgan. Explosion of gas through one of the deceased taking the top off his lamp and exposing a naked light. 178 killed.

WATKINSON, Edward - 1867 - 20/12/1867 – Age 48 - Collier. High Brooks, Mercer and Evans, Wigan, Lancashire. Fall of coal in Orrell, 5-ft mine.

WATKINSON, John - 1866 - 29/08/1866 – Age 53 - Labourer. Hindley, Wigan Iron and Coal Co., Wigan, Lancashire. Fall of roof in No7 Pit Yard mine.

WATKISS T. - 1864 - 20/10/1864 – Age 38 - Pikeman. Brereton, Earl of Shrewsbury, Rugeley, Staffordshire. Fall of coal in thick coal. He was driving a wedge in the cutting of a headway when he brought down the Coal upon his head which fell from the end of a slip.

WATMOUGH Thomas - 1865 - 07/01/1865 - Miner. Anderton Hall, Dewhurst, Hoyle and Smethurst, Blackrod, Lancashire. Explosion of firedamp. Died 20th from burns. It appeared that gas had for the first time become accumulated and he although cautioned not to go in wrongfully sent his Waggoner in for some wedges by which the gas fired.

WATSON, Abraham - 1860 - 01/12/1860 – Age 32. Black Vein, Risca Iron and Coal Co., Risca, Monmouth. Explosion of firedamp. This lamenatble calamity was occasioned by a sudden outburst of gas on most probably, a defective lamp. 142 persons, killed.

WATSON, Alfred - 1863 - 14/12/1863 - Denby Grange, Sir J.L.L. Kaye, Wakefield, Yorkshire. Crushed by steam engine.

WATSON, Christopher - 1862 - 23/09/1862 – Age 30 - Hewer. Byers Green, West Hartlepool Co., Byers Green, Durham. Fall of stone.

WATSON, George - 1860 - 01/12/1860 – Age 10. Black Vein, Risca Iron and Coal Co., Risca, Monmouth. Explosion of firedamp. This lamenatble calamity was occasioned by a sudden outburst of gas on most probably, a defective lamp. 142 persons, killed.

WATSON, George - 1862 - 22/11/1862 – Wasteman. Walker, NG Lambert and Co., Durham. Explosion of gas 16 killed. Of New Pit, was a widower and leaves a daughter.

WATSON, George - 1865 - 14/07/1865 – Age 16. Coney Park, John Barr, Denny, Stirling. Fall of coal.

WATSON, Isaac - 1860 - 01/12/1860 – Age 12. Black Vein, Risca Iron and Coal Co., Risca, Monmouth. Explosion of firedamp. This lamenatble calamity was occasioned by a sudden outburst of gas on most probably, a defective lamp. 142 persons, killed.

WATSON, J. - 1863 - 05/06/1863 – Age 29 – Bondsman. Highfields, Fowler and Co., Bilston, Staffordshire. Fall of roof in thick coal from between 2 slips which had not been discovered. 2 killed.

WATSON, James - 1862 - 17/01/1862 – Age 38. New Hartley, Messrs. Carrs, Seaton Delaval, Durham. Entombment due to breaking of engine beam. 204 killed. Left a wife.

WATSON, James - 1863 - 05/03/1863 – Age 24 - Collier. Morningside No.1, Shotts Iron Co., Wishaw, Lanarkshire. A piece of roof stone 9’x4’x18’ at face, in Virtue, fell on him; no props.

WATSON, James - 1864 - 01/07/1864 – Age 25 - Hewer. Pease’s West, Job’s Hill, Joseph Pease and Partners, Crook, Durham. Fall of stone drawing timber.

WATSON, James - 1868 - 11/11/1868 – Age 30 - Collier. Cleugh, William Darling’s Trustees, Wilsontown, Lanarkshire. He worked in a place out of hearing of his neighbours. Some stones fell on him so that he could not extricate himself and he lay (not much injured) for 24 hours till relieved. Died from exposure next day.

WATSON, John - 1862 - 11/10/1862 – Age 16 - Trammer. Ripley Butterley Company, Ripley, Derbyshire. Fall of roof.

WATSON, John - 1862 - 13/05/1862 – Age 22 - Hewer. Bitchburn, Strakers and Love, Crook, Durham. Crushed by top coal. 3 killed.

WATSON, John - 1862 - 17/01/1862 – Age 39. New Hartley, Messrs. Carrs, Seaton Delaval, Durham. Entombment due to breaking of engine beam. 204 killed. Left a wife and four children.

WATSON, John - 1867 - 06/07/1867 – Age 31 - Collier. Townhead, Townhill Coal Co., Dunfermline, Fife. Fall of coal.