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Date	Name	Age	Colliery	How Caused
18- Mar -1800	Francis Rowley		Oakthorpe	Overcome by blackdamp
19- May -1800	Thomas Smith	9	Denby	Fell down the shaft
27- May -1800	Henry Barksby	18	West Hallam	Fell down the shaft
24- Jun -1800	John Jewsbury		Butterley pit	Rope broke
24- Jun -1800	Joseph Walton	Boy	Butterley pit	Rope broke
29- Oct -1800	Charles Straw	9	Ilkeston	Fell down the shaft
14- Oct -1801	Samuel Riley		Denby	Rope broke
07- Dec -1801	Unnamed		Chesterfield area	Explosion of methane
07- Dec -1801	Unnamed		Chesterfield area	Explosion of methane
12- Feb -1802	Francis Gregory	9	West Hallam	Fell down the shaft
00- Aug -1802	Boy		West Hallam	Fell down the shaft
20- Dec -1802	William Hallam		West Hallam	Stone fell down the shaft
30- Dec -1802	Unnamed		Denby	Rope Broke
30- Dec -1802	Unnamed		Denby	Rope Broke
00- Apr -1803	John Slack		Beighton	Fell down the shaft
12- May -1803	Samuel Higgott		Ripley	Fell down the shaft
02- Oct -1803	William Twells		Ilkeston area	Fell down the shaft 30- Sep -
06- Oct -1803	George Davis		Codnor Park	Rope Broke
17- Nov -1803	Thomas Stenson		West Hallam	Fell down the shaft
20- Nov -1804	Joseph Bacon		Lings	Fell down the shaft
02- Dec -1804	William Booker		Staveley	Stone fell down the shaft
00- Feb -1805	Charles Wingfield		Chesterfield area	Fell down the shaft
00- Feb -1805	Unnamed boy		West Hallam	Caught in Whimsey engine
00- Feb -1805	Unnamed		Measham	Fall of roof
31- May -1805	Unnamed boy		Alfreton	Fell down the shaft
02- Jun -1805	Unnamed		Chesterfield area	Fall of roof
00- Jul -1805	Unnamed		Ripley	Fell down the shaft
00- Jan -1806	Orange		Chesterfield area	Explosion of methane
07- Feb -1806	Fall of roof		Heage	Fall of roof
00- May -1806	Fall of roof		Chesterfield area	Fell down the shaft
00- May -1807	Unnamed		Staveley	A brick fell down the shaft
00- May -1807	Unnamed		Dronfield	Crushed by shaft bucket
06- Jan -1808	Charles Hunt		Denby	Fell down the shaft
04- Jul -1808	Charles Brooks		Ripley	Fell down the shaft blackdamp
04- Jul -1808	John Spencer		Ripley	Fell down the shaft blackdamp
00- Oct -1808	Unnamed boy		Ripley	Fell down the shaft
00- Aug -1808	Unnamed boy		Denby	Fall of coal
00- Aug -1808	Unnamed boy		Ilkeston area	Kicked by the Gin horse
19- Jun -1809	John Taylor boy		Ripley	Fell down the shaft
11- May -1810	Unnamed boy		Ilkeston area	Fall of coal
11- Jul -1810	Unnamed		Shipley	Fell down the shaft
11- Jul -1810	Unnamed		Shipley	Fell down the shaft
11- Jul -1810	Unnamed		Shipley	Fell down the shaft
00- Jan -1811	Samuel Smith		Ripley	Fell down the shaft
00- Jan -1812	Unnamed boy		Oakthorpe	Fell down the shaft
30- May -1812	Joseph Elliot		Codnor	Hit by engine beam
27- Jun -1812	Unnamed boy		Ripley	Fell down the shaft
00- Nov -1812	John Godber		Codnor	Overcome by blackdamp
12- Nov -1812	Unnamed boy		Codnor	Fall of roof
13- Nov -1812	Unnamed boy	11	West Hallam	Fall of roof
13- Nov -1812	Unnamed boy		West Hallam	Fell down the shaft
18- Nov -1812	Unnamed boy	11	Codnor	Overcome by blackdamp
00- Jan -1813	Unnamed boy		Norbriggs	Derby Mercury
00- Jan -1813	Unnamed		Spinkhill	Derby Mercury
01- Jan -1813	Unnamed		Eckington	Derby Mercury
02- Jan -1813	Unnamed boy		Oakthorpe	Fell down the shaft
14- Apr -1814	Richard Castle		Oakthorpe	Fell down the shaft
16- May -1814	Thomas Walker	12	Codnor	Fall of roof
02- Feb -1815	John Lomas		Codnor	Rope broke
14- Sep -1815	William Walters		Heage	Hit by Capstan handle
05- Apr -1816	William Walker		Walton	Fall of roof
03- Jun -1817	Samuel Street		Newhall	Fall of roof
18- Feb -1818	John Straw		Cotmanhay	Fall of coal 14- Feb -1818
15- Jan -1819	George Lee boy		Codnor	Fell down the shaft

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Date	Name	Age	Colliery	How Caused
24- Apr -1822	John Fullard		Shipley	Chain fell down the shaft
24- Apr -1822	Bramley		Shipley	Chain fell down the shaft
24- Apr -1822	Henshaw		Shipley	Chain fell down the shaft
24- Apr -1822	Millward		Shipley	Chain fell down the shaft
01- Sep -1823	Michael Carding		Hollingwood	Explosion of gunpowder
13- Nov -1823	William Grattan		Priors Field	Explosion of methane 03- Nov
31- Dec -1823	Thomas Parker		Newhall	Fall of coal
09- Nov -1825	Luke Davies		Heanor	Fall of roof
14- Oct -1826	John Hallam		Shipley	Explosion of methane
18- Sep -1827	John Calladine		Tibshelf	Fell down the shaft
17- Sep -1827	Joseph Fletcher		Tibshelf	Fall of roof
06- Nov -1827	Allen		Adelphi	Fell down the shaft
03- Dec -1827	Joseph Bircumshaw		Heanor	Fall of roof
03- Dec -1827	William Allen		Heanor	Fall of roof
20- Jul -1828	John Ball		Pinxton	Fall of roof
00- Nov -1828	Samuel Weston		Denby area	Fell down the shaft
00- Dec -1828	Thomas Alton	14	Heage	Fell down the shaft
23- Dec -1828	William Brown		Codnor	Overcome by blackdamp
23- Dec -1828	William Woodhouse		Codnor	Overcome by blackdamp
28- Apr -1829	William Brookhouse		West Hallam	Fell down the shaft
06- Jul -1829	John Jacklin	10	Barlborough	Fell down the shaft
20- Sep -1829	Benjamin Buxton	10	Riddings	Kicked by an Ass
05- Dec -1829	George Farnsworth		Swanwick	Fell down the shaft
00- Feb -1830	Samuel Taylor		Tibshelf	Fall of roof
10- Feb -1830	John Pemberton	15	Barlborough	Rope Broke
00- Mar -1830	John Shelton	19	Ilkeston	Fell down the shaft
00- Apr -1830	Thomas White		Riddings	Fall of roof
24- Aug -1830	John Nicholls		Ashgate	Rope Broke
10- Sep -1830	Samuel Street	66	Swadlincote area	Fell down the shaft
30- Sep -1830	John West		Kilburn	Rope Broke
17- Mar -1831	Joseph Haywood		Kilburn	Fall of roof
11- Apr -1831	William Dane	14	Ilkeston area	Fall of roof
13- May -1831	John Parkyn		Hartshay	Fell down the shaft
18- Oct -1831	Joseph Slack	12	Denby	Fell down the shaft
11- Dec -1831	William Chamberlain		Church Gresley	Fell down the shaft
11- Jan -1832	Mathew Taylor		Dronfield	Fall of roof
19- Jan -1832	John Ellis	7	Pinxton	Fell down the shaft
14- Mar -1832	Eustace Stone		Kilburn	Fall of roof
18- Apr -1832	Thomas Hunt		Kilburn	Fell down the shaft
28- May -1832	William Langton boy		Pentrich	Explosion of methane
05- Jun -1832	Jonathan Vennison		Ilkeston area	Overcome by blackdamp
30- Jul -1832	Joseph Holland		Moreley Park	Overcome by blackdamp
30- Jul -1832	George Hawkins		Moreley Park	Overcome by blackdamp
04- Aug -1832	Luke Waller	14	Pentrich	Explosion of methane
21- Aug -1832	Samuel Straw		Shipley	Overcome by blackdamp
20- Sep -1832	Enoch Wilkinson		Loscoe	Fall of coal
01- Mar -1833	Unnamed		Calow	Chain Broke fell down shaft
01- Mar -1833	Unnamed		Calow	Chain Broke fell down shaft
02- Mar -1833	Unnamed		Tibshelf	Chain Broke fell down shaft
02- Mar -1833	Unnamed		Tibshelf	Chain Broke fell down shaft
02- Mar -1833	Unnamed boy		Tibshelf	Chain Broke fell down shaft
02- Mar -1833	Unnamed boy		Tibshelf	Chain Broke fell down shaft
02- Mar -1833	Unnamed boy		Tibshelf	Chain Broke fell down shaft
02- Mar -1833	Unnamed boy		Tibshelf	Chain Broke fell down shaft
02- Mar -1833	Unnamed boy		Tibshelf	Chain Broke fell down shaft
02- Mar -1833	Unnamed boy		Tibshelf	Chain Broke fell down shaft
20- May -1833	James Gaskin boy		Pinxton	Fall of roof
28- May -1833	William Atkin		Pentrich	Explosion of methane
05- Jun -1833	William Trueman		Shipley	Fall of roof
05- Jun -1833	Joseph Shelton		West Hallam	Fell sown the shaft
12- Jun -1833	George Hadfield		Bugfield	Fall of roof
23- Nov -1833	James Brocklehurst		Brampton	Fell down the shaft
15- Dec -1833	William Warren		Ripley	Fell down the shaft
23- Jan -1834	Mathew Wood	9	Pinxton	Fell down the shaft
20- Jun -1834	John Brown	8	Heanor	Fall of roof
22- Sep -1834	Joseph Moore		Chrich	Fell down the shaft
22- Oct -1834	Charles Bridgett		Oakerthorpe	Bucket fell down the shaft
04- Nov -1834	John Bower	12	Staveley	Fell down the shaft
24- Nov -1934	Francis Bridge		Swadlincote	Explosion of methane
14- Jan -1835	Benjamin Hall	18	Newbold	Fell down the shaft
17- Jul -1835	Michael Staley	12	Springwood	Fell down the shaft
07- Oct -1835	John Williamson		Morley Park	Fall of coal
07- Oct -1835	William Wright		Morley Park	Fall of coal
07- Oct -1835	Samuel Hawkins		Morley Park	Fall of coal
19- Nov -1835	Emanuel Creswell		Mapperley Park	Fell down the shaft
23- Dec -1835	William Horsley	11	Old Denby	Fall of roof
16- Feb -1836	William Gregory		Marehay	Fell down the shaft
29- Feb -1836	Hardy	9	Shipley	Overcome by gas
13- Apr -1836	James Wright		Carnfield	Fall of coal
06- May -1836	John Brown		Denby	Fell down the shaft
29- May -1836	Isaac Tupman		Swanwick	Explosion of methane
29- May -1836	George England		Swanwick	Explosion of methane
29- May -1836	Joseph Burgoine		Swanwick	Explosion of methane
29- May -1836	Samuel Knighton		Swanwick	Explosion of methane
10- Nov -1836	George Taylor		Kilburn	Fell down the shaft
03- Jan -1837	Charlesworth		Codnor	Fell down the shaft
02- Mar -1837	Thomas Barlow	14	Ripley	Fell down the shaft
19- Mar -1837	John Duncan		Ripley	Fall of roof
22- Sep -1837	Samuel Dooley	9	Birchwood	Fell down the shaft
30- Sep -1837	John Maskery	11	Somercotes	Fall of roof
13- Feb -1838	William Tomlinson		Riddings	Fell down the shaft
14- Feb -1838	John Boffey	18	Church Gresley	Boiler exploded on the surface
14- Feb -1838	John Smith	15	Church Gresley	Boiler exploded on the surface
14- Feb -1838	James Bacon	8	Church Gresley	Boiler exploded on the surface
14- Feb -1838	Thomas Badkin	15	Church Gresley	Boiler exploded on the surface
07- Mar -1838	Thomas Stocks		Pinxton	Fall of roof
08- Mar -1838	George Allen		Staveley	Fell down the shaft
09- Mar -1838	John Durrow	11	Ilkeston area	Fall of roof
30- May -1839	Samuel Banner	23	Codnor	Fell down the shaft
05- Apr -1838	William Rayner		Riddings	Inrush of water drowned
05- Apr -1838	Samuel Farnsworth		Riddings	Inrush of water drowned
05- Apr -1838	John Harris		Riddings	Inrush of water drowned
06- Apr -1838	John Tagg		Ripley	Fell down the shaft
23- May -1838	Joseph Bacon	18	Brimington	Fell down the shaft
30- Jun -1838	Godfrey Baker		Shipley	Fell down the shaft
17- Sep -1838	Jabez Bircumshaw		Heanor	Fell down the shaft
09- Oct -1838	Hill		Killamarsh	Fell down the shaft
04- Jan -1839	Gale		Clay Cross No 5	Fell down the shaft
13- Feb -1839	James Spencer		Clay Cross No 5	Fell down the shaft
13- Feb -1839	George Parker		Clay Cross No 5	Fell down the shaft
23- Feb -1839	James Walker		Clay Cross No 2	Fell down the shaft
27- Apr -1839	John Goodwin		Eckington	Fall of roof
30- May -1839	Unnamed		Shipley	Explosion of methane
30- May -1839	Unnamed		Shipley	Explosion of methane
30- May -1839	Unnamed		Shipley	Explosion of methane
30- May -1839	Michael Bramley	21	Shipley	Explosion of methane
30- May -1839	Joseph Webster	15	Shipley	Explosion of methane
30- May -1839	Thomas Fretwell	31	Shipley	Explosion of methane
30- May -1839	John Ellis	16	Codnor	Rope Broke - Fell down the shaft
30- May -1839	William Banner	23	Codnor	Rope Broke - Fell down the shaft
30- May -1839	Joseph Wright	17	Codnor	Rope Broke - Fell down the shaft
30- May -1839	William Wysall	23	Codnor	Rope Broke - Fell down the shaft
23- Sep -1839	John Coates	60	Dunstone	Overcome by blackdamp
15- Nov -1839	Henry Kent		Swadlincote	Chain broke
15- Nov -1839	John Heap		Swadlincote	Chain broke
15- Nov -1839	John Harvey		Swadlincote	Chain broke
15- Nov -1839	William Taylor		Swadlincote	Chain broke

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