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ANDERTON Thomas - 1870 - 08/08/1870 – Age 25 - Collier. Hindley, Wigan Coal and Iron Co., Wigan, Lancashire. Falling out of cage while ascending.

ANDREW Samuel - 1872 – 27/09/1872 – Coalminer. Hard Mine, Thomas Shaw and Sons, Haughton, Lancashire. Dirt and coal falling sprags not set.

ANDREW W. - 1874 – 20/11/1874 – Age 33 – Overman. Brynhurgan, Jones and Saunders, Cwmtwrch, Glamorgan. Killed by falling down sinking shaft.

ANDREWS A - 1870 - 08/01/1870 – Age 22 – Hitcher. Vochriw No.1, Dowlais Iron Co., Merthyr Tydfil, Glamorgan. Killed by shaft rope falling off drum. 5 killed.

ANDREWS Joseph - 1870 - 24/05/1870 – Age 29 - Hooker-on. Low Hall, Moss Hall Co., Wigan, Lancashire. He was riding outside the cage and was caught by a beam.

ANDREWS William - 1873 - 17/01/1873 – Age 18 Putter. Midgeholme, M Thompson and Sons, Haltwhistle, Northumberland Fall of coal and stone.

ANDREWS William - 1877 - 21/11/1877 – Age 34 – Enginewright. Beamish Second, James Joicey and Co., Beamish, Durham. Repairing the shaft fell from scaffold 47 fathoms.

ANDREWS William - 1877 - 29/11/1877 – Age 56 – Shot Lighter. Bamfurlong, Cross Tetley & Co. Ltd., Wigan, Lancashire. Fall of roof.

ANGLESEA George - 1876 - 05/07/1876 – Age 22 - Collier. Brynn Moss, Blackrod and Brynn Moss Coal Co. Ltd., Wigan, Lancashire. Fall of roof.

ANGOVE Thomas Henry - 1874 - 18/12/1874 – Age 23 - Miner. Cook’s Kitchen (metalliferous), Cook’s Kitchen Mining Co., Camborne, Cornwall. Fall of a piece of ground that he and others were about to take down and which was known to be dangerous.

ANGROVER William - 1877 - 01/09/1877 – Age 41 - Miner. Wheal Jane (metalliferous) Colliery, Wheal Jane (metalliferous), Truro, Cornwall. Blown stone from blast fired in some neighbouring workings.

ANKERS J. - 1870 - 17/07/1870 – Age 35 - Collier. Bunkers Hill, Rigby and Co., Newcastle, Stafford. Fall of coal.

ANKLE W. - 1872 - 18/01/1872 – Age 47 – Stoneman. Wearmouth, Stobart and Co., Sunderland, Durham. Fall of stone. 2 killed.

ANSON B. - 1873 - 24/01/1873 – Age 29 - Hooker-on. Rookery,  Stephen Cole and Co., Bilston, Stafford. Injured whilst improperly standing at the shaft bottom 22nd. Died this day.

ANTHER Frank - 1874 - 18/07/1874 – Age 50 – Dataler. Ince Hall, Ince Hall Coal and Cannel Co. Ltd., Wigan, Lancashire. Explosion of gas in Wigan, 9 feet mine. 13 bodies recovered, one in Dec and one in Feb - 1874. 15 killed.

ANTHONY D - 1872 - 18/10/1872 33 - Collier. Glinea, Williams Neville and Co., Llanelly, Carmarthen Killed by fall of roof.

ANTHONY David - 1878 - 11/09/1878 - Collier. Abercarn, Ebbw Vale Iron Co., Abercarn, Monmouthshire. Explosion of firedamp. 268 killed.

ANTHONY Elijah - 1871 - 21/03/1871 – Age 20 - Collier. Cinder Hill, J Wright, Nottingham. Fall of roof.

ANTHONY William (survivor) - 1878 - 11/09/1878 - Collier. Abercarn, Ebbw Vale Iron Co., Abercarn, Monmouthshire. Explosion of firedamp. 268 killed.

ANTHONY William - 1877 - 17/02/1877 – Age 61 - Labourer. Abercarn, Ebbw Vale Co., Monmouth. Killed by railway trucks on surface.

ANTONY Matthew - 1879 - 06/01/1879 – Age 30 - Dataler Wollaton, Wollaton Colliery Co., Nottingham. Fall of roof. Bar timber gave way.

ANTY John - 1870 - 09/02/1870 – Age 65 – Banksman. Dewsbury Moor, G and J Haigh, Dewsbury, Yorkshire. Fell off gangway.

APLIN G.H. - 1874 - 30/11/1874 – Age 22 - Collier. Lightmoor, Crawshay and Sons, Forest of Dean, Gloucester. Fall of coal Died 2nd Dec.

APPLEBY John - 1874 - 27/01/1874 – Age 31 – Shaftsman. Castle Eden, Castle Eden Coal Co., Ferry Hill, Durham. Fell down pit. Had one foot on cage when rope broke.

APPLEBY Peter - 1876 - 23/05/1876 – Age 69 – Shifter. Sherburn West, Earl of Durham, Durham. Fall of stone.

APPLETON David - 1875 - 14/10/1875 – Age 44 - Collier. Sutton Heath, James Bradley, St. Helens, Lancashire. Fall of roof.

APPLETON John - 1870 - 08/02/1870 – Age 32- Hewer. Byers Green, Bolckow, Vaughan and Co., Bishop Auckland, Durham. Fall of stone.

APPLEYARD T. - 1874 - 11/03/1874 – Age 18 – Hurrier. West Ardsley, West Yorkshire Iron and Coal Co., Leeds, Yorkshire. Crushed by - Waggons on surface.

ARCHBOLD Thomas - 1871 - 23/06/1871 – Age 21- Hewer. Cowpen, Straker Cookson and Co., Blyth, Northumberland. Fall of stone.

ARCHER Charles - 1871 - 28/04/1871 – Age 22 - Collier. Foley, Goddard and Sons, Longton, Stafford. Fall of roof.

ARCHER G. - 1874 - 09/04/1874 – Age 45 - Collier. Harecastle, Harecastle Co., Newcastle, Stafford. Fall of coal.

ARCHER George - 1871 - 06/09/1871 – Age 15 - Drawer. Ince Moss, Pearson and Knowles, Wigan, Lancashire. Explosion of gas. 70 killed.

ARCHER Isaac - 1870 - 09/02/1870 – Age 22 - Miner. Linnyshaw, Bridgewater Trust, Worsley, Lancashire. Roof coal falling in 7-ft mine.

ARCHER James - 1871 - 06/07/1871 – Age 29 – Deputy. Tudhoe Grange, Weardale Iron and Coal Co., Durham. Looking into the shaft from the surface and the cage caught his head.

ARCHER John - 1871 - 06/09/1871 – Age 19 - Drawer. Ince Moss, Pearson and Knowles, Wigan, Lancashire. Explosion of gas. 70 killed.

ARCHER John - 1877 - 22/05/1877 – Age 59 - Shiftman. Bowden Close, Joseph Pease and partners, Willington, Durham. Fall of roof while making place ready. Stone fell from between slips.

ARCHER R. - 1877 - 03/02/1877 – Age 46 - Collier. Wombwell Main, Wombwell Main Coal Co., Barnsley, Yorkshire. Fall of coal.

ARCHER Samuel - 1871 - 06/09/1871 – Age 21 - Collier. Ince Moss, Pearson and Knowles, Wigan, Lancashire. Explosion of gas. 70 killed.

ARCHIBALD John - 1879 - 20/02/1879 – Age 30 – Banksman. Muiredge No.1, Bowman and Co., Wemyss, Fife. They were turning the handles of an old crane heaving up a bucket when the framework gave way. 2 killed.

ARCHIBALD William - 1877 - 22/10/1877 – Manager. Blantyre, William Dixon and Co., Blantyre, Lanarkshire. Explosion of firedamp. 207 killed.

ARDEN James (injured) - 1879 - 27/05/1879 – Chargeman. Ashton Moss Colliery, Ashton Moss Colliery Co., Ashton-under-Lyne, Lancashire. Shoulder hurt by stone falling from below the brickwork in No.1 sinking shaft.

ARDEN John - 1876 - 21/06/1876 – Age 54 – Coalminer. Coppicefield, Bridgewater Trust, Worsley, Lancashire. Coal falling.

ARGYLE William - 1872 - 06/07/1872 – Age 13 – Driver. Hamsteels, Johnson Reay and Johnson, Durham. Caught by prop and his tub.

ARKWRIGHT Anthony - 1874 - 14/02/1874 – Age 14 – Flatter. Washington, W Stobart, Newcastle, Northumberland. Killed jumping off set of tubs in motion.

ARMIRAGE O – 1870 - 21/11/1870 – Age 16 – Hurrier. Edmunds Main, Mitchell and Co., Barnsley, Yorkshire. Run over by tub.

ARMITAGE George - 1875 - 06/12/1875 – Age 52. Swaithe Main, Mitchell and Co., Barnsley, Yorkshire. Explosion of gas 143 Killed.

ARMITAGE J - 1874 - 12/05/1874 – Age 23 – Waggoner. Park, Park Coal Co., Barnsley, Yorkshire. Explosion of gas.

ARMITAGE James - 1870 - 30/01/1870 – Age 64 – Furnaceman. Shincliffe, Joseph Love, Durham. Killed whilst descending shaft.

ARMITAGE Joseph - 1872 - 07/10/1872 – Age 41. Morley, W Ackroyd Bros., Leeds, Yorkshire. Explosion of gas. 34 killed.

ARMOUR Charles - 1875 - 10/11/1875 – Age 30 - Collier. Drumlemble, Drumlemble Coal Co., Campbeltown, Argyll. Fall of coal.

ARMSTEAD William - 1878 - 15/03/1878 – Age 17 - Labourer. Bamfurlong Cross, Tetley and Co. Ltd., Wigan, Lancashire. When lowering the Waggons under the screens his foot caught between the points and the Waggons went over his legs.

ARMSTRONG Joseph - 1874 - 03/10/1874 – Age 24 - Labourer. Walbottle, RO Lamb, Newcastle, Northumberland. Crushed by pit pullies whilst greasing them.

ARMSTRONG A. - 1877 - 12/10/1877 – Age 24 - Collier. Medmosley, Consett Iron Co. Ltd., Consett, Durham. Burnt on face by explosion of shot he had too short a fuse.

ARMSTRONG Benjamin - 1875 - 07/07/1875 – Age 13. Beamish, J Joicey and Co., Chester-le-Street, Durham. Crushed Low Main seam 2nd Pit.

ARMSTRONG David - 1873 - 24/06/1873 - Collier. Overtown Station, James Waddell, Cambusnethan, Lanarkshire. Fall of coal at the face.

ARMSTRONG George - 1870 - 30/03/1870 – Age 35- Hewer. Ellenborough, Representative of J Harris, Maryport, Cumberland Spark from pricker firing shot.

ARMSTRONG J.T. - 1878 - 25/07/1878 – Age 42 - Truck shunter. Prudhoe, Mickley Coal Co., Prudhoe, Durham. Crushed between trucks and screens.

ARMSTRONG James - 1877 - 26/06/1877 – Age 28 - Hewer. Walbottle, Union RO Lamb, Walbottle, Northumberland. Fall of stone.

ARMSTRONG John - 1870 - 18/03/1870 – Driver. Kepier Grange, Kepier Grange Coal Co., Durham. Crushed by tubs.

ARMSTRONG John - 1875 - 25/01/1875 – Age 33- Hewer. Cowpen, Cowpen and North Seaton Coal Co., Blyth, Northumberland. Fell on a block of coal.

ARMSTRONG John - 1877 - 31/07/1877 – Age 30 - Collier. Solesgirth, Kilsyth Coal Co., Kirkintilloch, Ayrshire. Fall of roof at face.

ARMSTRONG Oliver - 1875 - 20/05/1875 – Age 15 – Putter. Lumley, 6th. Earl of Durham, Fence Houses, Durham. Fall of stone.

ARMSTRONG Peter - 1876 - 09/08/1876 – Age 22 – Coalminer. Stand Lane, Stand Lane Colliery Co., Radcliffe, Lancashire. Burned by an explosion of firedamp in 8 yard mine. Died in Manchester Infirmary. The gas fired at their candles which they were using instead of safety lamps in approaching a place likely to contain firedamp. 3 killed.

ARMSTRONG Thomas - 1870 - 16/12/1870 – Age 14 – Driver. Flimby, Flimby Coal Co., Maryport, Cumberland Fall of coal.

ARMSTRONG Thomas - 1877 - 30/11/1877 – Age 13 – Driver. South Hetton, South Hetton Coal Co., Fence Houses, Durham. Fell off his set of tubs and was run over on main road.

ARMSTRONG Thomas - 1879 - 18/06/1879 – Age 15 – Driver. Blenkinsop, M Thompson and Sons, Haltwhistle, Northumberland. Crushed by tubs on inclined plain.

ARMSTRONG Thomas - 1879 - 24/06/1879 – Age 22 – Putter. Midgeholme, M Thompson and Sons, Haltwhistle, Northumberland. Crushed by tubs on inclined plain.

ARMSTRONG William - 1872 - 05/08/1872 – Age 13 - Coal cleaner. South Durham, Henderson Straker and partners, Bishop Auckland, Durham. Run over by laden waggons.

ARNOLD James - 1877 - 28/11/1877 – Age 12 – Driver. East Hetton, East Hetton Coal Co., Coxhoe, Durham. Crushed against side of cage at pit bottom during a panic of the workmen caused by a false alarm that water had burst in.

ARNOLD Stephen - 1877 - 05/12/1877 – Age 16 – Runrider. Wearmouth, B Wearmouth Coal Co., Wearmouth, Durham. Got off his run of tubs near meeting point the run having been stopped. When it was started again he had evidently forgotten the run in the opposite direction which went over him.

ARNOLD Thomas - 1878 - 07/06/1878 – Age 25 - Drawer. Wood Colliery, Richard Evans and Sons, Haydock, Lancashire. Explosion of firedamp after a sudden outburst. 189 killed.

ARNOLD William - 1870 - 29/01/1870 – Age 42 – Back-overman. Wearmouth Bell, Stobart and Co., Monkwearmouth, Durham. Run over by set of tubs on engine plane. 2 killed.

ARNOLD William - 1878 - 11/09/1878 - Collier. Abercarn, Ebbw Vale Iron Co. Abercarn, Monmouthshire. Explosion of firedamp. 268 killed.

ARNOT Alexander - 1875 - 12/11/1875 – Age 20 – Sinker. Drumchapel No.2, Merry and Cunningham, Duntocher, Dumbarton. Was driven off scaffold in the shaft by the breakage of a clack piece whilst engaged working at it.

ARNOT Andrew - 1876 - 30/07/1876 – Age 40 – Engineman. Fordell, GWM Henderson, Dalgety, Fife. Boiler bursting. 5 killed.

ARNOTT Andrew - 1876 - 30/09/1876 – Age 36. William Pit, Fife. Steam boiler burst.

ARNSBY John - 1876 - 17/02/1876 – Age 30 – Sinker. Ellistown, JJ Ellis, Bagworth, Leicester. Engineman drew Cole over the pulley and he fell to the bottom of the pit fatally injuring Arnsby who was at work for two shifts and was asleep. Tried at Leicester Assizes and sentenced to 10 days imprisonment. 2 killed.

ARROWSMITH ? - 1870 - 19/08/1870. Bryn Hall, W and J Crippin, Wigan, Lancashire. Explosion of gas. 20 killed.

ARSTERS S. - 1870 - 09/09/1870 – Age 40 - Collier. Shorthill, J Atherton, Shrewsbury, Shropshire. Fall of roof.

ARTCLIFF James - 1871 - 27/12/1871 – Age 63 - Collier. Langton, Coke and Co., Alfreton, Derbyshire. Fall of coal.

ARTHUR E - 1870 - 26/08/1870 – Age 38 - Collier. Thorncliffe, Newton Chambers and Co., Sheffield, Yorkshire. Explosion of gas. They went with candles where they had no business to go. 2 killed.

ARUNDEL J - 1874 - 16/07/1874 – Age 54 – Shotlighter. Wheldale, Wheldale Coal Co., Castleford, Yorkshire. Fall of roof.

ARUNDEL J. - 1877 - 05/05/1877 – Age 70 – Byeworker. Stanley, R Hudson and Co., Wakefield, Yorkshire. Fall of stone from side.

ARUNDELL James - 1879 - 12/03/1879 – Age 51 - Collier. Wheldale, Wheldale Coal Co., Pontefract, Yorkshire. Crushed by Waggons.

ASHALL John - 1876 - 20/06/1876 – Age 24 - Collier. Pewfall, Richard Evans and Co., Haydock, Lancashire. Fall of coal.

ASHALL Thomas - 1877 - 15/01/1877 – Age 35 – Dataler. Pewfall, Richard Evans and Co., Haydock, Lancashire. Back injured while loading tram. Injured 10th July 1876.

ASHBOURNE J. - 1872 - 24/12/1872 – Banker. Werfa Heath, Evans and Co., Aberdare, Glamorgan. Killed by falling down the pit.

ASHBOURNE J. - 1874 - 16/03/1874 – Age 14 – Driver. Berry Hill, W Bowers, Stoke, Stafford. Waggon went over him in the level.

ASHCROFT James jnr. - 1878 - 07/06/1878 – Age 16 - Drawer. Wood Colliery, Richard Evans and Sons, Haydock, Lancashire. Explosion of firedamp after a sudden outburst. 189 killed.

ASHCROFT James snr. - 1878 - 07/06/1878 – Age 53 - Collier. Wood Colliery, Richard Evans and Sons Haydock Lancashire. Explosion of firedamp after a sudden outburst. 189 killed.

ASHCROFT John - 1874 - 18/07/1874 – Age 28 – Fireman. Ince Hall, Ince Hall Coal and Cannel Co. Ltd., Wigan, Lancashire. Explosion of gas in Wigan 9 feet mine. 13 bodies recovered one in Dec and one in Feb - 1874. 15 killed.

ASHCROFT Ralph - 1878 - 07/06/1878 – Age 21 - Drawer. Wood Colliery, Richard Evans and Sons, Haydock, Lancashire. Explosion of firedamp after a sudden outburst. - 189 killed.

ASHCROFT Robert - 1877 - 15/01/1877 – Age 22 - Collier. Greengate, Greengate Colliery Co., St. Helens, Lancashire. Fall of roof injured 9th May 1876.

ASHCROFT Thomas - 1872 - 23/05/1872 – Age 24 – Brakesman. Blackeyhurst, WH Robinson, St. Helens, Lancashire. Run over by - Waggons on railway.

ASHCROFT Thomas - 1876 - 08/08/1876 – Age 42 – Coalminer. Stopes 10 Feet, Thomas Fletcher and Sons, Little Lever, Lancashire. Coal falling as he was holing without the required sprags.

ASHDEN or ASPIN James - 1871 - 25/10/1871 – Age 41- Hewer. Seaham No.3, Earl Vane, Sunderland, Durham. Explosion of gas. 26 killed.

ASHER Joseph - 1870 - 13/10/1870 – Age 40 - Miner. Denton Lane, Chamber and Co., Denton, Lancashire. A stone falling from the roof of the Bent mine rolling 248 yards down a brow where it caught him.

ASHFORTH Joseph - 1870 - 21/09/1870 – Age 35 – Banksman. Nunnery, B Huntsman, Sheffield, Yorkshire. Crushed by tub on surface.

ASHLEY G - 1871 - 14/12/1871 – Age 22 - Miner. Lilleshall (ironstone), Lilleshall Co., Wellington, Shropshire. Fall of roof.

ASHLEY J. - 1870 - 21/04/1870 – Age 60 – Sinker. Finney Well (ironstone), W and J Sparrow, Bilston, Stafford. Overwinding at the sinking pit.

ASHLEY J. - 1873 - 08/12/1873 – Age 30 - Collier. Timsbury, Timsbury Coal Co., Timsbury, Somerset. Fall of stone.

ASHLEY Joseph - 1874 - 24/12/1874 - Collier. Bignall Hill, Representatives of the late John Wedgewood, Newcastle, Stafford. Explosion of gas 17 killed.

ASHLEY S. - 1870 - 30/06/1870 – Age 23 - Collier. Granville, Lilleshall Co., Wellington, Shropshire. Explosion of firedamp.

ASHMAN George (survivor) - 1878 - 11/09/1878 - Master haulier. Abercarn, Ebbw Vale Iron Co., Abercarn, Monmouthshire. Explosion of firedamp. 268 killed.

ASHMAN George - 1872 - 03/12/1872 – Age 13 – Driver. Clandown, Charles Hollwey, Clandown, Somerset. One of the traces of a horse working underground got hitched to a rope the boy had round his waist. The horse ran away and he was dragged about 200yds and was killed.

ASHMAN James - 1872 - 21/02/1872 – Age 21 - Collier. Huish, Writhlington Co., Somerset. After getting into the cage he put his head out too far and when the engine started he was caught between the flat sheets and the top ring of the cage whereby his head was cut in two. A verdict of manslaughter was given against the banksman who it was proved had committed a breach of the rules. He was allowed bail, £100 himself, two sureties of £50 each and sent for trial at the next Somerset Assizes.

ASHMAN R. - 1877 - 12/01/1877 – Age 50 - Collier. Hanllis, Hill and Co., Hanllis, Monmouth. Fall of coal. Died 11th Feb.

ASHMAN Thomas - 1878 - 11/09/1878 - Collier. Abercarn, Ebbw Vale Iron Co. Abercarn, Monmouthshire. Explosion of firedamp. 268 killed.

ASHMAN Thomas - 1872 - 26/11/1872 – Age 38 - Miner. Nantyglo (ironstone), Nantyglo Co. Ltd., Brecon. Fall of roof.

ASHMAN Thomas - 1876 - 18/12/1876 – Age 33. South Wales Colliery, South Wales Coal Co., Monmouth. Explosion of firedamp 23 killed.

ASHMAN William - 1878 - 19/03/1878 - Collier. Edford, Edford Colliery Co., Somersetshire Fall of roof.

ASHMORE George - 1877 - 09/10/1877 – Sinker. Wortling (metalliferous), H Bradwell and Co. Bradwell, Derbyshire. Iron drill fell from pit top.

ASHMORE J. - 1872 - 31/03/1872 – Age 16 – Loader. Lawton, Bidder and Elliott, Newcastle, Stafford. Fall of roof.

ASHOUGH Wilson - 1874 - 16/04/1874 – Age 30 - Miner. Brotton, Morrison and Co., Saltburn-by-the-Sea, Yorkshire. Fall of stone.

ASHTON Edward - 1870 - 16/11/1870 – Age 42 - Collier. Edge Green, Richard Evans and Co., Golborne, Wigan, Lancashire. Riding on coal boxes below ground.

ASHTON John - 1876 - 11/08/1876 – Age 24 - Collier. New Tredegar, Powells Duffryn Co., Monmouth. Suffocated by gas.

ASHTON John - 1878 - 16/12/1878 - Hauliers boy. Western, Ocean Steam Coal Co., Pontypridd, Glamorgan. Killed by falling under trams.

ASHTON John - 1879 - 22/03/1879 – Age 42 - Prop-taker. John Wigan, Coal and Iron Co. Ltd., Standish, Lancashire. He foolishly went under a part of the roof from which he had drawn the props in order to draw the last one when the roof fell on him.

ASHTON Joseph - 1870 - 06/02/1870 – Age 14 – Waggoner. Pendleton, Andrew Knowles and Sons, Pendleton, Lancashire. Explosion. Shot blew out the stemming. 9 killed.

ASHTON Joseph - 1873 - 25/10/1873 – Age 20 - Collier. St. Helens, Pilkington Bros., St. Helens, Lancashire. Fall of roof.

ASHURST James - 1874 - 11/02/1874 – Age 17 – Putter. Castle Eden, Castle Eden Coal Co., Ferry Hill, Durham. Fall of stone.

ASHWELL James - 1878 - 23/03/1878 – Age 37 - Collier. Coton Park, Coton Park Colliery Co., Gresley Derbyshire. Fall of roof.

ASHWORTH A. - 1873 - 19/09/1873 – Age 14 – Driver. Victoria, E Sutcliffe, Barnsley, Yorkshire. Got entangled in tracing gear and dragged on the ground.

ASHWORTH George - 1872 – 26/02/1872 – Age 24 – Coalminer. Kearsley, Samuel Scowcroft, Kearsley, Lancashire. Top coal falling in 5 Quarters mine.

ASHWORTH Henry - 1873 – 25/11/1873 – Age 54 – Carter. Stoneclough, Knowles and Stott, Kersley, Lancashire. Cart-wheel passing over him as he was trying to stop a horse.

ASHWORTH J. - 1875 – 19/04/1875 – Age 35 – Hanger-on. Willow Bank, Doles and Lumb Wood Co. Leeds, Yorkshire. Run over by corves on incline.

ASHWORTH James - 1878 - 04/05/1878 – Age 23 - Miner. Knowl, James Butterworth and Son, Wolstenholme, Lancashire. Died from injuries received by roof falling 6th Nov last.

ASHWORTH James - 1878 - 10/01/1877 – Age 29 - Miner. Old Clough, George Hargreaves and Co., Bacup, Lancashire. Top coal falling where he had drawn props.

ASKEW Joseph - 1876 - 28/11/1876 – Blacksmith. Kibblesworth, J Bowes and Partners, Gateshead, Durham. Explosion of a steam boiler. 2 killed.

ASKEW Samuel - 1871 - 04/08/1871 – Age 21 – Hurrier. Aldwarke Main, Aldwarke Main Co., Rotherham, Yorkshire. Fall of roof.

ASKEW Stephen - 1875 - 11/01/1875 – Age 33 - Miner. Park Furness (metalliferous), Barrow Haematite Steel Co., Furness, Lancashire. Falling down a rise in which he was working. He had fired a hole and was preparing to descend into a place of safety when it is supposed his candle went out and that he having git confused made a false step in trying to find the ladder.

ASKINS S - 1870 - 03/11/1870 – Age 17 – Collierboy. Wallows, Earl of Dudley, Kingswinsford, Stafford. Whilst holing in the upper workings of the thick coal about 5cwt fell and knocked out a timber prop and deprived the man of his life.

ASPDEN William - 1872 - 24/08/1872 – Age 40 – Coalminer. Hapton Valley, Executors of J Hargreaves, Burnley, Lancashire. Roof falling as he was removing his props.

ASPEN E. - 1873 - 04/04/1873 – Age 34 - Collier. Poynton, Lord Vernon, Stockport Cheshire Fall of roof.

ASPEY James - 1873 - 05/12/1873 – Age 30 - Collier. Bold, Fairhurst and Co., Orrell Post, Lancashire. Falling through cage bottom while descending.

ASPEY Joseph - 1876 - 10/11/1876 – Age 36 – Fireman. Orrell, Orrell Coal and Cannel Co. Ltd., Wigan, Lancashire. Explosion of gas. 2 killed.

ASPIN John - 1872 - 15/10/1872 – Age 29 – Coalminer. Broadfield, Thomas Simpson and Co., Oswaldtwistle, Lancashire. Roof falling as he and the underlooker were preparing to prop an old working. An inquest was held at the Sough Inn before Mr. Hargreaves coroner on the body of John Aspin, aged 24 years, who met with his death under the following circumstances. The deceased was employed by Messrs Thomas Simpson and Co. at the colliery on Broadfield Moor. On Tuesday the underlooker, James Yates was pointing out certain work which would have to be done on the morrow, near some pillars. Without any warning whatsoever, a huge stone fell bringing down a portion of rough stuff with it and burying Aspin beneath it. Yates escaped with slight injuries only, being slightly grazed. The jury recorded a verdict of "accidental death". The deceased leaves a wife and three or four little children. (Accrington Times).

ASPIN or ASHDEN James - 1871 - 25/10/1871 – Age 41- Hewer. Seaham No.3, Earl Vane, Sunderland, Durham. Explosion of gas. 26 killed.

ASPINAL Thomas - 1870 - 12/01/1870 - Collier. Orrell, William H Brancker, Wigan, Lancashire. Fall of roof.

ASPINALL Henry - 1877 - 07/02/1877. Foggs, Andrew Knowles and Sons Ltd., Darcy Lever, Lancashire. Suffocation. The mine became on fire either from an explosion of firedamp or the ignition of brattice cloth. 10 killed.

ASPINALL John (injured) - 1879 - 07/10/1879 – Age 17 – Waggoner. Priestners, Wigan Coal and Iron Co., Westleigh Lancashire. Head hurt by a large gig wheel rolling over as it was being removed by three men. No.2 Pit.

ASPINALL Peter - 1879 - 22/10/1879 – Age 32 - Collier. Alexandra, St. Helens Colliery Co Ltd., St. Helens, Lancashire. The engineman started the engine the wrong way and the cage was taken up into the pulley when the rope broke and the cage with the men fell to the pit bottom. 7 killed.

ASPINALL Thomas - 1878 - 21/01/1878 – Age 48 – Dataler. Abram, Abram Coal Co., Wigan, Lancashire. Fall of roof while building a pack.

ASPINALL William - 1875 - 26/08/1875 – Age 20 – Banksman. Crow Orchard, Crow Orchard Colliery Co. Ltd., Skelmersdale, Lancashire. Fell down sinking shaft.

ASPINWELL William - 1877 - 27/08/1877 – Age 42 - Collier. Blaguegate, Lord Skelmersdale, Skelmersdale, Lancashire. Fall of roof.

ASQUITH S. - 1873 - 18/06/1873 – Age 29 - Collier. West Ardsley Colliery, West Yorkshire Iron and Coal Co. Leeds, Yorkshire. Fall of roof.

ASQUITH William - 1879 - 10/11/1879 – Age 40 - Collier. Fryston, Fryston Coal Co., Pontefract, Yorkshire. Fall of coal. Died 14th Nov.

ASTBURY Joshua - 1875 - 16/04/1875 – Age 17 - Hooker-on. Spon Green, William Hancock, Buckley, Flint. Struck by piece of metal from side of pit.

ASTILL Thomas - 1874 - 20/11/1874. Rawmarsh, J and J Charlesworth, Rotherham, Yorkshire. Explosion of gas. 23 killed.

ASTLE John - 1873 - 20/02/1873 – Age 19 - Collier. Bretby, Countess of Chesterfield, Burton-on-Trent, Derbyshire. Fall of roof. 2 killed.

ASTON B - 1872 - 19/07/1872 – Age 15 - Slack carrier. Salt Well, Earl of Dudley, Willenhall, Stafford. Explosion of firedamp. Injured - 18th. Died this day. He removed a fence and wandered into a gateroad not in work.

ASTON E. - 1873 - 21/01/1873 – Age 45 – Pickman. Upper Gornal, Messrs Cartwright, Dudley, Worcester. Accidental fall of roof in a headway. Timber prop sprang out.

ASTON Elam - 1871 - 13/01/1871 35 - Collier. St. John’s, Locke and Co., Normanton, Yorkshire. Fall of coal.

ASTON J - 1870 - 04/05/1870 – Age 28 – Pikeman. Salt Well, Earl of Dudley, Dudley, Worcester. Injured by fall of coal whilst reducing a pillar in thick coal pit 3rd, result of a bump. Died this day.

ASTON R. - 1870 - 05/01/1870 – Bondsman. Lower Delph, Marper and Moor, Cradley, Worcester Accidental fall of coal in thick coal pit.

ATHERTON Abraham - 1873 - 23/01/1873 – Age 31 - Collier. Hanmer, Eyton and Elliot, Mostyn, Flint, Fall of stone.

ATHERTON Annie (injured) - 1879 - 04/12/1879 – Age 19 – Screener. Hewlett, Wigan Coal and Iron Co. Ltd., Westhoughton, Lancashire. Foot crushed by being caught in machinery on surface. No.1 Pit. Female.

ATHERTON George - 1876 - 26/02/1876 – Age 37 – Dataler. Havannah, Richard Evans and Co., Haydock, Lancashire. Fall of roof.

ATHERTON James - 1872 - 10/12/1872 – Age 51 – Dataller. Norley, Thomas Walley and others, Wigan, Lancashire. From mine taking fire, shut in mine. 4 killed.

ATHERTON John - 1877 - 11/10/1877 – Age 32 - Collier. Pemberton, Jonathan Blundell and Sons, Wigan, Lancashire. Explosion of gas 36 killed.

ATHERTON Joseph - 1879 - 06/07/1879 – Age 78 – Horsekeeper. Ashton Green, Henry Bramall and Co., St. Helens Lancashire. When ascending the pit he, by some unexplained means, caught his head against a bearer and was decapitated.

ATHERTON R. - 1872 - 08/08/1872 – Age 32 - Collier. Whitwell Main, Ellison and Broadbent, Pontefract, Yorkshire. Explosion of gas.

ATHERTON Samuel - 1878 - 19/06/1878 – Age 24 - Collier. Halsnead, Thomas Lea and Sons, Prescot, Lancashire. Neglected to sprag his coals. The top coals fell on him while cutting them.

ATHERTON Thomas - 1872 - 13/01/1872 – Age 67 – Day labourer. Norley, Thomas Whalley, Wigan, Lancashire. From injuries received above ground.

ATHRY James - 1874 - 22/05/1874 – Age 34 – Deputy. Townley & Stella, A Potter and Co., Gateshead, Durham. Fall of stone.

ATKIN S - 1872 - 06/12/1872 – Age 26 - Collier. Nunnery, Duke of Norfolk, Sheffield, Yorkshire. Fall of roof.

ATKINS H. - 1876 - 24/07/1876 – Sinker. Cwm Carn, Ebbw Vale Iron Co., Monmouth. Explosion of gas 3 killed.

ATKINS John - 1873 - 30/01/1873 – Age 50 - Collier. Boedryngallt, Boedryngallt Coal Co., Pontypridd, Glamorgan. Fall of roof.

ATKINS W. - 1879 - 16/05/1879 – Age 14 – Driver. North Gawber, Thorps Gawber Hall Co., Barnsley, Yorkshire. Crushed by corves.

ATKINS William - 1871 - 22/09/1871 – Age 25 - Collier. Amington, Glascote Colliery Co., Tamworth. Stafford. Explosion of gunpowder.

ATKINSON J. - 1873 - 09/04/1873 - Collier. Swaithe Main, Mitchell and Co., Barnsley, Yorkshire. Slipped down drift while holing through a fault.

ATKINSON Job - 1879 - 22/04/1879 – Age 25 - Collier. Dam Head, T S Walsh, Halifax, Yorkshire. Fall of roof.

ATKINSON John - 1870 - 14/01/1870 – Age 15 – Driver. Cambois, Straker Cookson and Co., Blyth, Northumberland. Run over by tubs.

ATKINSON Joseph - 1871 - 14/02/1871 - Age10 – Trapper. Brandon, Strakers and Love, Durham. Improperly hewing coal and caused the roof to fall on him.

ATKINSON Joseph - 1871 - 14/02/1871 – Age 10 – Trapper. Oakenshaw, Strakers and Love, Durham. Improperly hewing coal and caused the roof to fall on him.

ATKINSON Joseph - 1878 - 24/06/1878 – Age 32 – Fireman. Holmside, Hedley Bros., Chester-le-Street, Durham. Head crushed by the slipping of a chock while putting in a new boiler.

ATKINSON Lawson - 1878 - 29/12/1878 – Age 42 - Collier. Seaham, Marquess of Londonderry, Seaham, Durham. Severe injuries by fall of stone to head, hip and foot. Died 5th Dec.

ATKINSON Michael - 1872 - 08/06/1872 – Age 35 – Shaftsman. New Brancepeth, Elswick Coal Co., Durham. The rope on which he was ascending the pumping shaft broke causing him to fall to the bottom of the pit 60 fathoms.

ATKINSON Nicholson - 1875 - 20/12/1875 – Age 18 – Shifter. Springwell, J Bowes and Partners, Gateshead, Durham. Fall of stone.

ATKINSON R. - 1879 - 04/03/1879 – Age 30 - Collier. Victoria, Robert Hudson and Co. Ltd., Wakefield, Yorkshire. Explosion of firedamp. 21 killed.

ATKINSON Thomas - 1873 - 26/11/1873 – Age 16 - Station boy. Peases, West Brandon, Straker and Love, Durham. Crushed by tubs while attempting jump into one from refuge hole.

AUCHERLONIE Hugh - 1877 - 22/10/1877 – Age 41 - Miner. Blantyre, William Dixon and Co., Blantyre, Lanarkshire. Explosion of firedamp. 207 killed.

AULD Archibald - 1877 - 23/04/1877 - Collier. Bathville, James Wood, Bathgate, Linlithgow. Fall of roof at face longwall.

AUSTEE Frederick - 1878 - 03/04/1878 – Age 14 - Collier. Old Mills, William Evans, Somersetshire. He was playing with some gunpowder which he took without the men’s knowledge and ignited it and was killed by the explosion.

AUSTEN William - 1875 - 07/04/1875 – Age 14 – Driver. Derwent, Consett Iron Co. Ltd., Medmosley, Durham. Crushed by tubs.

AUSTIN Alfred - 1874 - 08/09/1874 – Age 19 – Pikeman. Curbirch, HB Whitehouse and Son, Bilston, Stafford. Fall of rock in new mine coal.

AUSTIN Charles - 1878 - 01/07/1878 – Age 15 – Ponydriver. Garswood Park, David Bromilow and Co., St. Helens, Lancashire. Cassidy and another man were clearing away a fall which had just occurred in the level while Austin held a light for them. A large stone which they were turning over slipped out of their hands and fell against a prop knocking it out which caused more of the roof to fall upon them. 2 killed.

AUSTIN J. - 1870 - 08/04/1870 – Age 36 - Collier. Llantwit, Llantwit Coal Co., Pontypridd, Glamorgan. Killed by fall of stone.

AUSTIN Joseph - 1879 - 10/11/1879 – Age 29- Hewer. Asby, Executors of W Irving, Whitehaven, Cumberland Crushed by tubs.

AUTY Thomas - 1872 - 07/10/1872 – Age 43. Morley, W Ackroyd Bros., Leeds, Yorkshire. Explosion of gas. 34 killed.

AVEYARD S. - 1873 - 03/09/1873 – Age 20 - Collier. Howden Clough, Howden Clough Coal Co., Leeds, Yorkshire. Fall of roof.

AYACK or QUINN James - 1876 - 26/09/1876 – Age 23 - Collier. Wheatley Hill Original, Hartlepool Collieries Co. Ltd., Thornley, Durham. Killed by an explosion of gas in barrier way in main coal seam. Quinn holed his bord into an old drift which was full of gas and on the rise side of a 33 feet fault. Naked lights were being used at the time. 4 killed.

AYSON William - 1875 - 17/12/1875 – Age 46 - Labourer. Clifton, Saul Isaac MP, Nottingham. Ripping the roof when part of the bind fell on him.

AYTON John - 1878 - 06/08/1878 – Age 27 - Miner. Rowantree A (ironstone), Weardale Iron and Coal Co. Ltd., St. John’s Chapel, Durham. Fall of stone from roof. It came off a slip.