Date

Name

Age

Colliery

How Caused

07- Jan -1869

James McCaul

Devonshire

Explosion of methane

07- Jan -1869

Thomas Hodgkinson

40

Devonshire

Explosion of methane

14- Jan -1869

William Walker

26

Alma

Boiler explosion on surface

14- Jan -1869

William Holdsworth

21

Alma

Boiler explosion on surface

14- Jan -1869

Un-named

Alma

Boiler explosion on surface

14- Jan -1869

Un-named

Alma

Boiler explosion on surface

26- Jan -1869

Robert Sweetmore

40

Seymour

Fall of roof

27- Jan -1869

Amos Platts

28

Renishaw Park

Explosion of methane

30- Jan -1869

Joseph Botham

45

Swadlincote

Fall of roof

09- Feb -1869

William Pendleton

17

Plumbley

Run over by tubs

13- Feb -1869

John Ashmore

56

Axedge

Run over by tubs

13- Feb -1869

Daniel Cockling

26

Nesfield

Fall of roof

15- Feb -1869

John Stevenson

13

Langley

Run over by tubs

17- Feb -1869

George Blower

24

Bretby

Fall of roof

25- Feb -1869

John Cook

33

Cotes Park

Fall of roof

10- Mar -1869

John Cutts

16

Pilsley

Crushed by a pony

16- Mar -1869

James Jackson

42

Hartshay

Crushed by tubs

18- Mar -1869

John Neale

24

Morton

Fall of roof

10- Apr -1869

Samuel Simpson

15

Wingerworth

Caught in machinery on surface

07- May -1869

Patrick Verdon

52

Renishaw Park

Fall of roof

11- May -1869

Joseph Smith

34

Shipley

Fall of coal

22- May -1859

Robert Cheshire

13

Stanton

Crushed by tubs

02- Jun -1869

William Bradbury

61

Renishaw Park

Fall of roof

14- Jun -1869

William Hallam

22

Grassmoor

Fall of roof

29- Jun -1869

George Hopkinson

36

Boythorpe

Pump gave way in the shaft

18- Jul -1869

Thomas Simms

23

Hartshay

Fall of roof

26- Jul -1869

Francis Dennis

55

Oakthorpe

Run over by tubs

10- Sep -1869

William Massey

36

Tibshelf

Stone fell down the shaft {sinker}

18- Sep -1869

William Rhodes

45

Locoford

Run over by tubs

30- Sep -1869

Joseph Druro

42

Shipley

Fall of roof

02- Oct -1869

Edward Rowland

12

Clay Cross

Crushed by the cage

12- Oct -1869

Wright Walker

21

Cotes Park

Fall of roof

23- Oct -1869

Joseph Sharpe

38

Moira

Explosion of powder

30- Oct -1869

John Smith

19

Clay Cross

Fall of roof

08- Nov -1869

Enock Berresford

31

Tanyard

Run over by tubs

13- Nov -1869

Patrick Morgan

22

New Hollingwood

Run over by tubs

19- Nov -1869

George Hilsley

59

Whittington

Fall of coal

01- Dec -1869

James Crackle

15

Swadlincote

Fell from screens on surface

04- Dec -1869

Thomas Kerry

14

Denby

Fell down the shaft

06- Dec -1869

Samuel Jepson

32

Brands

Fall of roof

11- Dec -1869

Thomas Wilkinson

24

Swadlincote

Fall of coal

11- Dec -1869

Stephen Evans

17

Granville

Fell down the shaft

15- Dec -1869

John Stanley

50

Britain

Explosion of methane

23- Dec -1869

James O’Brian

38

Palmerston

Fall of roof

24- Dec -1869

John Anthony

13

Shipley

Fall of roof

24- Dec -1869

William Pepper

13

Bretby

Run over by tubs

06- Jan -1870

John Swindell

50

Old Swadlincote

Fall of roof

29- Jan -1870

Edward Broadhurst

23

Moira

Fell from scaffold in the shaft

01- Feb -1870

James Haywood

34

Morton

Fall of coal

07- Mar -1870

Amos Henshaw

27

Granby

Fall of coal

08- Mar -1870

Frederick Wade

13

Renishaw Park

Crushed by tubs

25- Mar -1870

W Higgingbottom

17

Granville

Boiler exploded

11- Apr -1870

Joseph James

29

Shipley

Hit by stone from  wall on surface

21- Apr -1870

James Fern

30

Clay Cross No 2

Fall of coal

31- May -1870

George Fowkes

16

Swanwick

Fall of roof

03- Jun -1870

Thomas Holloway

20

Tibshelf

Fall of roof

13- Jun -1870

William Bradley

30

Grassmoor

Explosion of methane

13- Jun -1870

William Parsons

34

Grassmoor

Explosion of methane

14- Jun -1870

Amos Nicholas

Nesfield

Fall of roof

18- Jun -1870

Samuel Lees

16

Clay Cross

Run over by tubs

22- Jun -1870

John Stapleton

44

Whittington

Suffocated in a shaft 5x deep

22- Jun -1870

Charles Stapleton

15

Whittington

Suffocated in a shaft 5x deep

25- Jun -1870

Abraham England

41

Clay Cross

Fall of coal

16- Aug -1870

Henry Ward

20

Church Gresley

Crushed by wagons on surface

21- Sep -1870

William Bond

22

Devonshire

Fall of roof

01- Oct -1870

Charles Bingham

24

Staveley

Fall of coal

08- Oct -1870

Edward Hogg u/m

57

Moira

Explosion of methane

08- Oct -1870

Thomas Noon

26

Moira

Explosion of methane

12- Oct -1870

Thomas Evans u/m

51

Owl Cotes

Suffocated

17- Oct -1870

Joseph Brentnall

59

Shipley

Explosion of powder

20- Oct -1870

John Higginbottom

15

Clay Cross

Fall of roof

28- Oct -1870

Richard Hardy

36

Bretby

Fall of roof

09- Dec -1870

Lawrence Kelly

27

Tibshelf

Explosion of powder

19- Dec -1870

Charles Bird

29

Old Hollingwood

Run over by wagon on surface

04- Jan -1871

Samuel White

15

Shipley

Fall of roof

05- Jan -1871

William Stocks

52

Marehay

Fall of roof

06- Jan -1871

John Wild

14

Waingroves

Fall in a roadway

10- Jan -1871

Enoch Breeze

23

Renishaw Park

Explosion of methane

10- Jan -1871

Robert Lakin

64

Renishaw Park

Explosion of methane

10- Jan -1871

Samuel Portas

30

Renishaw Park

Explosion of methane

10- Jan -1871

John Edward Rhodes

14

Renishaw Park

Explosion of methane

10- Jan -1871

Thomas Pearce

46

Renishaw Park

Explosion of methane

10- Jan -1871

Thomas Lloyd

63

Renishaw Park

Explosion of methane

10- Jan -1871

John Allcock

14

Renishaw Park

Explosion of methane

10- Jan -1871

Ephraim Bellam

Renishaw Park

Explosion of methane

10- Jan -1871

Enock Briggs

Renishaw Park

Explosion of methane

10- Jan -1871

Thomas Richardson

49

Renishaw Park

Explosion of methane

10- Jan -1871

John Thorpe

38

Renishaw Park

Explosion of methane

10- Jan -1871

John Bolsover

63

Renishaw Park

Explosion of methane

10- Jan -1871

Benjamin Martin

38

Renishaw Park

Explosion of methane

10- Jan -1871

Mathew Savage

53

Renishaw Park

Explosion of methane

10- Jan -1871

William Wood

19

Renishaw Park

Explosion of methane

10- Jan -1871

Mark Barber

Renishaw Park

Explosion of methane

10- Jan -1871

John Cutley

35

Renishaw Park

Explosion of methane

10- Jan -1871

George Hall

37

Renishaw Park

Explosion of methane

10- Jan -1871

Robert Watson

28

Renishaw Park

Explosion of methane

10- Jan -1871

George Webster

49

Renishaw Park

Explosion of methane

10- Jan -1871

Thomas Goodwin

17

Renishaw Park

Explosion of methane

10- Jan -1871

Francis Clarke

47

Renishaw Park

Explosion of methane

10- Jan -1871

David Wainwright

35

Renishaw Park

Explosion of methane

10- Jan -1871

Arthur Ellis

Renishaw Park

Explosion of methane

24- Jan -1871

William Thornhill

13

Langley

Crushed by tubs

06- Feb -1871

Francis Carter

28

Highfield

Fall of roof

11- Feb -1871

Henry Budd

43

Stanton

Fall of roof

01- Mar -1871

Samuel Turner

13

Forty Oaks

Run over by tubs

13- Mar -1871

James Haslam

40

Park House

Fall of roof

20- Mar -1871

Thomas Walvin

46

Pilsley

Explosion of methane

20- Mar -1871

Elijah Anthony

29

Pilsley

Explosion of methane

29- Mar -1871

George Hewitt

42

Old Hollingwood

Fall of roof

31- Mar -1871

John Tomlinson

43

Bretby

Run over by wagons on surface

01- Apr -1871

George Smith

55

Hartshay

Fall of roof

11- Apr -1871

Joseph West

57

Devonshire

Fall of roof

16- May -1871

Thomas Bradley

34

Lings

24- Jun -1871

Godfrey Simpson

21

Newbold

Fall of roof

28- Jul -1871

John Holbrook

14

Clay Cross

Fall of roof

29- Jul -1871

Henry Siddall

16

Tapton

Run over by tubs

04- Aug -1871

Elijah Briggs

55

Denby

Fall of roof

07- Aug -1871

Robinson Kelsey

26

Shirland

Fall of roof

11- Aug -1871

Benjamin Hughes

48

Clay Cross

Caught in machinery on surface

23- Sep -1871

Joseph Faraday

45

Springwell

Run over by tubs

29- Sep -1871

James Flowers

45

Seymour

Fall of coal

30- Sep -1871

William Bradshaw

23

Brampton

Fell in sump and drowned

05- Oct -1871

Jervis Adams

43

Bretby

Fall of roof

13- Oct -1871

Thomas Stones

64

Speedwell

Fall of roof

17- Oct -1871

James Elian

50

Clay Cross

Fall of roof

21- Oct -1871

Samuel Furness

20

Tapton

Explosion of methane

21- Oct -1871

William Furness

30

Tapton

Explosion of methane

21- Oct -1871

Joseph Oakley

19

Tapton

Explosion of methane

21- Oct -1871

Henry Lowe

28

Tapton

Explosion of methane

21- Oct -1871

George Mansfield

29

Stanton

Fell from a height on surface

24- Oct -1871

James Loon

14

Swadlincote

Fall of roof

17- Nov -1871

George Curtis

Granville

Fall of roof

22- Nov -1871

Enoch Lilley

34

Norwood

Explosion of methane

22- Nov -1871

Samuel Lilley

25

Norwood

Explosion of methane

22- Nov -1871

John Severn

32

Norwood

Explosion of methane

22- Nov -1871

John Drury

21

Norwood

Explosion of methane

22- Nov -1871

Ezekiel hart

36

Norwood

Explosion of methane

22- Nov -1871

Thomas Hutchby

51

Norwood

Explosion of methane

22- Nov -1871

Thomas Chambers

22

Norwood

Explosion of methane

22- Nov -1871

Nathaniel Barker

19

Norwood

Explosion of methane

22- Nov -1871

George Barthorpe

19

Norwood

Explosion of methane

04- Dec -1871

Henry Samuel

14

Hollingwood

Run over by tubs

Date

Name

Age

Colliery

How Caused

04- Jan -1872

James Wright

30

Park House

Fall of coal

24- Jan -1872

David Saunders

32

Kilburn

Fall of roof

13- Feb -1872

John Potter

49

Mapperley

Fell down the shaft

19- Feb -1872

John Smallman

Tapton

Fell down the shaft

23- Feb -1872

William Webb

30

Morton

Bucket fell down the shaft

28- Feb -1872

George Pearson

20

Albert

Fall of roof

15- Mar -1872

Thomas Bennett

12

Grassmoor

Run over by tubs

25- Mar -1872

Joseph Vallance

24

Marehay

Coal fell down shaft

25- Jan -1872

Clarence Cartledge

17

Dunston

Run over by tubs

02- Apr -1872

Stephen Collins

30

Bretby

Fell down the shaft

03- Apr -1872

Ephraim Sisson

33

Shipley

Fall of roof

11- Apr -1872

William Ball

62

Hollingwood

Fall of roof

15- Apr -1872

William Brailsford

46

Tibshelf

Fall of roof

18- Apr -1872

John Wilkinson

21

Swadlincote

Explosion of methane

19- Apr -1872

Hugh Hunt

69

Denby

Fall of coal

02- May -1872

William Dalman

14

Swadlincote

Crushed by steam hoist on surface

15- May -1872

Thomas Smith

14

Church Gresley

Fall of coal

15- May -1872

Levi Dolman

26

Granville

Fall of coal

06- Jun -1872

John Radford

63

Swanwick

Fell in cage hole

07- Jun -1872

William Warren

35

Clay Cross

Fall of roof

07- Jun -1872

George Unwin

14

Springwell

Run over by tubs

26- Jun -1872

Charles Maycock

40

Clay Cross

Fall of roof

03- Jul -1872

Joseph Batty

50

Norwood

Fall of roof

27- Jul -1872

Lewis Cawthorn

12

Morton

Run over by tubs on surface

09- Aug -1872

William Bailey

37

Norwood

Fall of roof

14- Aug -1872

James Wright

52

Springwell

Fall of roof

23- Aug -1872

John Shaw

54

Campbell

Explosion of methane

30- Aug -1872

William Price

50

Morton

Fall of roof

17- Sep -1872

Thomas Greaves

25

Renishaw Park

Fall of coal

27- Sep -1872

Thomas Adams

42

Bretby

Fall of roof

27- Sep -1872

Robert Hardwick

55

Bretby

Fall of roof

29- Sep -1872

Richard Gethin

32

Greenhill Lane

Crushed by tubs

08- Oct -1872

Charles H Lynam

13

Ripley

Run over by tubs

04- Nov -1872

Daniel Cheshire

13

Stanton

Fall in a roadway

06- Nov -1872

Albert Wileman

13

Moira

Run over by tubs

16- Nov -1872

George Radford

29

Shirland

Fall of roof

16- Nov -1872

Albert Rippin

41

Shirland

Fall of roof

20- Nov -1872

Richard Oldman

17

Wingerworth

Fell down the shaft

02- Dec -1872

William Spencer

33

Pinxton

Explosion of powder

08- Dec -1872

George Fresby

24

Shirland

Caught in machinery

16- Dec -1872

Albert H Leech

14

Staveley

Run over by tubs

18- Dec -1872

William Knifton

25

Tibshelf

Fall of roof

09- Jan -1873

Ebor Dulstin

14

New Main

Crushed by tubs

18- Jan -1873

Peter Hallows

19

Wingerworth

Crushed by haulage rope

30- Jan -1873

Soloman Cummings

14

Hollingwood

Run over by wagon on surface

10- Feb -1873

C S Cauldwell

19

Clay Cross

Run over by tubs

15- Feb -1873

Vincent Saxton

14

Grassmoor

Run over by tubs

18- Feb -1873

James Ryan

19

Old Hollingwood

Fall of roof

20- Feb -1873

John Astle

19

Bretby

Fall of roof

20- Feb -1873

George Copnall

50

Bretby

Fall of roof

25- Feb -1873

Henry Radcliffe

14

Burnt Edge

Fell down the shaft

06- Mar -1873

Samuel Redfern

?

Oakthorpe

Crushed by the cage

12- Mar -1873

Thomas Marsh

34

Tibshelf

Crushed by the cage

25- Mar -1873

Samuel Hambleton

20

Shirland

Fall of roof

01- Apr -1873

John Bembridge

35

Renishaw Park

Fall of roof

05- Apr -1873

John Elliott

30

Derbyshire

Fall of roof

16- Apr -1873

William Booth

50

Britain

Explosion of methane

03- May -1873

Joshua Thrall

14

Marehay

Coal fell down the shaft

09- May -1873

Unnamed Sinker

Brampton

Explosion of methane

01- Jun -1873

Thomas Swain

14

Hill Top

Fall of roof

07- Jun -1873

William Elliott

27

Clay Cross

Fall of roof

09- Jun -1873

George Peace

18

Swadlincote

Fall of roof

13- Jun -1873

Samuel Heapy

37

Thatchmarsh

Fall of roof

20- Jun -1873

Thomas Sneap

63

Marehay

Run over by tubs

24- Jun -1873

William Hobbes

16

Bretby

Run over by tubs

11- Jul -1873

Joseph Hays

12

Morton

Run over by tubs

18- Jul -1973

Roger Adams

13

Bretby

Run over by tubs

19- Jul -1873

Henry Scott

15

Speedwell

Fall of roof

23- Jul -1873

Edmund Gaskin

53

Pinxton

Crushed by tubs

26- Jul -1873

Thomas Stapleton

23

Tibshelf

Crushed by the cage

01- Aug -1873

Thomas Hallows

37

Brampton

Fall of roof

07- Aug -1873

James Wright

49

Shipley

Fall of roof

21- Aug -1873

Charles Hawksley

Brampton

Fall of roof

30- Jul -1873

Thomas Bestwick

14

Langley

Crushed by tubs

02- Sep -1873

Joseph Bacon

46

Summerley

Run over by tubs

17- Sep -1873

Richard Darlington

54

Derbyshire

Fall of roof

26- Sep -1873

Amos Redfern

Tapton

Fall of roof

29- Sep -1873

John Parkin

20

Mapperley

Fall of coal

03- Oct -1873

John Felton

48

Speedwell

Explosion of methane

17- Oct -1873

John Warrener

23

Pilsley

Fall of roof

24- Oct -1873

Thomas Wood

13

Denby

Run over by tubs

14- Nov -1873

William Phillips

35

Pilsley

Fell down the shaft

20- Nov -1873

Arthur Dilks

Old Hollingwood

Fall of roof

20- Nov -1873

Arthur Sharp

17

Pilsley

Fall of roof

26- Nov -1873

George Lowe

46

Wingfield Lane

Fall of roof

09- Dec -1873

Charles Hunt u/m

58

Dunston

Suffocated by methane

12- Dec -1873

John Westenholm

42

Tapton

Fall of roof

12- Dec -1873

Richard Lee

29

Springwell

Kicked by a pony

29- Dec -1873

Tom Orme

17

Birchwood

Hit by a wheel lever

12- Jan -1874

William Whiteside

59

Tapton

Caught in machinery surface

12- Jan -1874

John Adcock

43

Cotmanhay

Fall of roof

20- Jan -1874

Ralph Waterfall

47

Kilburn

Fall of roof

24- Jan -1874

George Bennett

22

Grassmoor

Run over by tubs

06- Feb -1874

John Bowns

18

Seymour

Crushed by tubs

25- Feb -1874

William Wheatley

49

Cotmanhay

Fall of roof

12- Mar -1874

Thomas Adams

33

Renishaw Park

Fall in a roadway

30- Mar -1874

Kendal Daykin

62

Swanwick

Fall of coal

23- Apr -1874

John West

42

Norwood

Fall of roof

23- Apr -1874

William Mottishaw

27

Whittington

Hit by a broken chain

08- May -1874

George Hobson

43

Speedwell

Fall in a roadway

01- Jun -1874

George Hutchley

17

Renishaw Park

Fall of roof

03- Jun -1874

Walter Taylor

18

Springwell

Run over by tubs

14- Jul -1874

John Flint

28

West Hallam

Fell down shaft

31- Jul -1874

Douglas Meakin

33

Ilkeston

Fall of roof

08- Aug -1874

James Thurman

32

Clay Cross No 2

Fall of roof

10- Sep -1874

Enoch Hardy

32

Shipley Gate

Tub fell down the sinking shaft

12- Sep -1874

George Carlisle

39

Blackwell A

Fell from tub down the shaft

15- Sep -1874

Fred Jennings

17

Renishaw Park

Fall of roof

16- Sep -1874

John Wooley

29

Salterwood

Shotfiring  accident

17- Sep -1874

William Fletcher

37

Loscoe

Fall in a roadway

17- Sep -1874

Everett Brown

19

Blackwell A

Fell down shaft

06- Oct -1874

John Smith u/m

24

Fernilee

Overcome by blackdamp

07- Oct -1874

William Gregory

13

Unstone

Fall in a roadway

28- Oct -1874

Samuel Wood

32

Shirland

Fall in a roadway

12- Dec -1874

Henry Waller

21

Oakerthorpe

Explosion of methane

12- Dec -1874

William Roberts

14

Unstone

Run over by tubs

15- Dec -1874

John Machin

13

Birchwood

Crushed by tubs