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1882 - 1886
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Date Name Age Colliery How Caused
02- Jan -1882 George Shipman 35 Birchwood Fall of side in a roadway
03- Jan -1882 Thomas Cunniffe 27 Renishaw Park Crushed by the cage
09- Jan -1882 George Eyre 29 Bailey Brook Explosion of methane
21- Jan -1882 William Linacre 39 Shirland Fall of roof  21- Dec -1881
13- Feb -1882 James Hatton 36 Langwith Fall of roof  20- Dec -1881
14- Feb -1882 James Taylor 52 Hasland Fall of roof
25- Feb -1882 John Henry Betteridge 17 Coton Park Run over by tubs
01- Mar -1882 William Wordsworth 28 Langwith Fall in a roadway
06- Mar -1882 William Burnham 61 Grassmoor Fall of roof
13- Mar -1882 James Caroline 26 Holbrook Fall of roof
15- Apr -1882 John Day 28 Langwith Fall of roof
18- Apr -1882 John Humphrey 15 Langwith Run over by tubs
20- Apr -1882 Samuel Waller 52 Pentrich Run over by tubs
28- Apr -1882 William Burrows 56 Langwith Crushed by the cage
06- May -1882 Thomas Haynes 35 Marehay Fall of coal
02- Jun -1882 William Pegg 16 Bretby Run over by tubs
05- Jun -1882 James Williams 15 Clay Cross No 3 Fall in a roadway
06- Jun -1882 William Hodgkinson 50 Pinxton Run over by tubs
07- Jun -1882 William Grindlow 54 Stubley Rope broke in a disused pit
12- Jun -1882 Uriah Bowler 50 Shirland Fall of roof
14- Jun -1882 William Kirk 47 Ripley Shotfiring  accident
23- Jun -1882 Samuel Storer 31 Waingroves Fall of roof
29- Jun -1882 Samuel Stringer 68 Hundall Crushed by tubs
07- Jul -1882 James Poplar 22 Blackwell B Crushed by tubs
26- Jul -1882
 George Wilson Spur 27 Tibshelf Fall of roof
27- Jul -1882 John Hill 14 Swanwick Run over by tubs
09- Aug -1882 Tristam Poundall 52 Langley
Fall of coal
16- Aug -1882 Arthur Varley 26 Albert Fall of coal
10- Sep -1882 Thomas Morris 36 Seymour Fall of roof
15- Sep -1882 Robert Redfern 27 Marehay Explosion of methane
18- Sep -1882 Thomas McTye 17 Alma Fall of roof
26- Sep -1882 Joseph Annable 13 Kilburn Fall of roof
06- Oct -1882 Samuel Lowe 28 Mickley Rope unhooked in the shaft
06- Oct -1882 Edward Lowe 16 Mickley Rope unhooked in the shaft
06- Oct -1882 Henry Broomhead 36 Mickley Rope unhooked in the shaft
15- Oct -1882 Hiram Croft 20 Kilburn Fall of coal
03- Nov -1882 William Jeffcock Holson 31 Heage Fall of roof
07- Nov -1882 William Marriott 32 Albert Fall of roof
07- Nov -1882 William Dunn 19 Park House Explosion of methane
07- Nov -1882 Thomas Chapel 22 Park House Explosion of methane
07- Nov -1882 Richard Dunn 37 Park House Explosion of methane
07- Nov -1882 James Parker 25 Park House Explosion of methane
07- Nov -1882 Joseph Stone 35 Park House Explosion of methane
07- Nov -1882 Joseph Dunn 23 Park House Explosion of methane
07- Nov -1882 Michael Parkin 47 Park House Explosion of methane
07- Nov -1882 William Slinn
 37 Park House Explosion of methane
07- Nov -1882 Thomas Berry 34 Park House Explosion of methane
07- Nov -1882 Phillip Scothern 47 Park House
Explosion of methane
07- Nov -1882 William Squires 37 Park House Explosion of methane
07- Nov -1882 Thomas Birkin 38 Park House Explosion of methane
07- Nov -1882 William Renshaw 36 Park House Explosion of methane
07- Nov -1882 George Mitchell 45 Park House Explosion of methane
07- Nov -1882 Joseph Phipps 47 Park House Explosion of methane
07- Nov -1882 James Parker 25 Park House Explosion of methane
07- Nov -1882 Phineas Baker 53 Park House
Explosion of methane
07- Nov -1882 Joseph Stone 50 Park House Explosion of methane
07- Nov -1882 Thomas Hewitt 23 Park House Explosion of methane
07- Nov -1882 Edwards 15 Park House Explosion of methane
07- Nov -1882 John Holmes 50 Park House Explosion of methane
07- Nov -1882 Richard Taylor 25 Park House Explosion of methane
07- Nov -1882 William Shelton 21 Park House Explosion of methane
07- Nov -1882 Emanuel Clark 43 Park House Explosion of methane
07- Nov -1882 Jacob Stone 35 Park House Explosion of methane
07- Nov -1882 Elias Bowler 34 Park House Explosion of methane
07- Nov -1882 George Hewitt 46 Park House Explosion of methane
07- Nov -1882 James Edwards 32 Park House Explosion of methane
07- Nov -1882 Thomas Goaler 28 Park House Explosion of methane
07- Nov -1882 Richard Owen 36 Park House Explosion of methane
07- Nov -1882 John Stanley 45 Park House Explosion of methane
07- Nov -1882 John Fowler 52 Park House Explosion of methane
07- Nov -1882 James Smith 32 Park House Explosion of methane
07- Nov -1882 William Briggs 28 Park House Explosion of methane
07- Nov -1882 William Clark 20 Park House Explosion of methane
07- Nov -1882 Joseph Walters 27 Park House Explosion of methane
07- Nov -1882 William Vickers 20 Park House Explosion of methane
07- Nov -1882 John Buckberry 27 Park House Explosion of methane
07- Nov -1882 James Simm 41 Park House Explosion of methane
07- Nov -1882 Henry Beeson 44 Park House
Explosion of methane
Father of John and Aaron
07- Nov -1882 John Beeson 15 Park House
Explosion of methane
son of Henry Beeson
07- Nov -1882 Aaron Beeson 23 Park House
Explosion of methane
son of Henry Beeson
07- Nov -1882 Richard Taylor 30 Park House Explosion of methane
07- Nov -1882 William Martin 21 Park House Explosion of methane
19- Nov -1882 Joseph Widdowson 37 Hundall Fall of coal
24- Dec -1882 William Muir 19 Kilburn Metal prop fell on him
18- Jan -1883 George Tomlinson 52 West Hallam Fell down the shaft
30- Jan -1883 Henry Williams 53 Pilsley Crushed by wagon on surface
19- Feb -1883 William Smedley 14 Unstone Crushed by tubs
21- Feb -1883 George Moore 43 Old Swadlincote Fall of roof
23- Feb -1883 John Ball 33 Blackwell A Fall of roof
27- Feb -1883 William Potter 40 Clay Cross No 4 Fall of roof
26- Feb -1883 John Weston 52 Heage Cage crashed into pit bottom
08- Mar -1883 Robert Bagshawe 23 Southgate Fall of roof 08- Nov -1882
03- Apr -1883 James Bailey 43 Seymour Fall of roof
09- Apr -1883 Luke Grainger 36 Waingroves Fall of roof
11- Apr -1883 Charles Cooke 14 Grassmoor Fall of roof
14- Apr -1883 Charles Atkin 41 Bretby Fall of roof
19- Apr -1883 Eli Redfern 18 Bretby Fall of roof
01- May -1883 Tom Platts 30 Storforth Lane Injured  24- Nov -1882
02- May -1883 Joseph Leivesley 58 Renishaw Park Fall of roof
07- May -1883 James Gretion 34 Hartshay Fall of roof
25- May -1883 John Thomas Florey 25 Aspenshaw Fall of roof
27- Jun -1883 Richard Snell 30 Hollingwood Fall of roof
18- Jun -1883 Dennis Needham 23 Kilburn Fall of roof
18- Jun -1883 William Elliott 32 Grassmoor Fall of roof
25- Jun -1883 Robert Sturgess 37 Dunston Fall of roof
06- Jul -1883 Joseph Smith 23 Coton Park Explosion of powder
06- Jul -1883 George Smith 23 Coton Park Explosion of powder
18- Jul -1883 Dennis Needham 23 Kilburn Fall of roof
27- Aug -1883 Reuben Booth 35 Blackwell A Fall of roof
04- Sep -1883 George Parker 13 Tibshelf Crushed by tubs
16- Sep -1883 William Millership 56 Norwood Crushed by tubs on surface
09- Oct -1883 William Clayton 50 Seymour Shotfiring  accident
11- Oct -1883 John Riley 17 Manners Caught in machinery
14- Oct -1883 Joseph Cook 35 Temple Normanton Fall of roof
15- Oct -1883 George Albert Gibbon 14 Ireland Crushed by wagon on surface
25- Oct -1883 John Boffet 40 Bretby Fall of coal
08- Nov -1883 William Elliott 40 Plumbley Explosion of dynamite
09- Nov -1883 Thomas Jepson 15 Pinxton No 3 Crushed by tubs
21- Nov -1883 James Guest 26 Pilsley Fall of coal
26- Nov -1883 John Pocock 26 Stanton Fall of roof
27- Nov -1883 William Lynam 51 Grassmoor Run over by tubs
28- Nov -1883 James McKegue 22 Alma Fall of roof  29- Oct -1883
05- Dec -1883 James Wood 44 Langwith Fall in a roadway
08- Dec -1883 Walter Shaw 21 Unstone Fall of roof 24- Oct -1883
08- Dec -1883 John Mansfield 50 Stanton Fell down the boiler house steps
18- Dec -1883 John Aspley 24 Boythorpe Fall of roof
19- Dec -1883 Robert Toplis 30 Blackwell A Fall of roof
28- Dec -1883 John Welch 16 Birchwood Fall of roof


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Date Name Age Colliery How Caused
03- Jan -1884 Thomas Esling 33 Tibshelf Run over by wagon on surface
07- Jan -1884 Samuel Pugh 31 Unstone Fall of coal
19- Jan -1884 George Bacon 27 Birchwood Fall of roof  06- Jul -1883
22- Jan -1884 John Sharratt 25 Boythorpe Fall of coal
30- Jan -1884 Thomas Warren 72 Stanton Hit by a capstan handle on surface
14- Feb -1884 John Dymond 14 Grassmoor No 4 Run over by tubs
18- Feb -1884 William Bennett 15 Springwell Crushed by tubs
18- Feb -1884 Thomas Oldham 35 Alma Crushed by wagon on surface
27- Feb -1884 Alfred Vickers 20 Albert Fall of coal
01- Mar -1884 Samuel Atkins 26 Dunston Fall of roof
05- Mar -1884 Job Barker 41 Manners Fall of roof
16- Mar -1884 William Needham 19 Hornthorpe Hit by the beam of a whim gin
17- Mar -1884 Thomas Emminson 13 Blackwell A Run over by tubs
30- Mar -1884 George Tickhill 31 Holbrook Fall of roof
24- Apr -1884 George Askew 14 Granville Crushed by tubs
25- Apr -1884 George Clamp 28 Coton Park Shotfiring  accident
03- May -1884 William Turton 43 Norwood Fall of side in a roadway
19- May -1884 William Lloyd 16 Avenue Caught in machinery on surface
20- May -1884 John Pepperday 32 Park House Fall in a roadway
20- May -1884 John Bramhall 50 Aspenshaw Fall of roof
17- Jun -1884 Joseph Andrews 65 Hartington Crushed by tubs
27- Jun -1884 Nathaniel Rice 59 Stanton Crushed by tubs on surface
30- Jun -1884 Thomas Adkin 28 Pleasley Fall of roof
05- Jul -1884 William Green 37 Grassmoor Crushed by wagon on surface
23- Jul -1884 Elijah Wilson 22 Oakwell Run over by tubs
02- Aug -1884 George Ramsden 32 Renishaw Park Fall in a roadway
05- Aug -1884 George Mellor 33 Grassmoor Fall of roof
12- Aug -1884 Stephen Bamford 15 Cottam Fall in a roadway
26- Aug -1884 George Lunn 41 Stanton Fall of roof
27- Sep -1884 Alfred Ford 35 Alma Fall of roof
20- Oct -1884 Thomas Wheatley 66 Kilburn Fall in a roadway
06- Nov -1884 Robert Odgett 34 Bretby Fall in a roadway
11- Nov -1884 Arthur Ison 16 Glapwell Fell down the shaft
20- Nov -1884 Thomas Reece 22 Alma Fall of roof
29- Nov -1884 Isaac Clifford 15 Manners Explosion of methane
04- Dec -1884 John Henry Simmonds 47 West Hallam Overcome by blackdamp
08- Feb -1885 John Hall owner 55 Boiley Lane Object fell down shaft shock
20- Feb -1885 Henry Hawley 38 Birchwood Run over by wagon on surface
05- Mar -1885 Joseph Munday 13 Renishaw Park Run over by tubs
17- Mar -1885 John Riley 14 Bailey Brook Coal fell down the  shaft
21- Mar -1885 Samuel Harrison 19 Albert Fall in a roadway
23- Mar -1885 Thomas Wilkinson 26 Granville Fall in a roadway
25- Mar -1885 George Bagley 35 Holmewood Fall of roof
26- Mar -1885 Thomas Hopkins 22 Southgate Fall of roof
26- Mar -1885 Charles Woodhouse 22 Hundall Fall of coal
01- Apr -1885 Arthur Harrison 41 Bretby Shotfiring  accident
02- May -1885 Thomas Barlow 15 Langwith Caught in machinery on surface
06- May -1885 Alfred Potter 14 West Hallam Crushed by wagon on surface
07- May -1885 John Henry Ashley 14 Renishaw Park Run over by tubs
12- May -1885 Isaac Turton 24 Markham Fall of coal
20- May -1885 John Wood 14 Southgate Crushed by wagon on surface
21- May -1885 Benjamin Clark 17 Markham Run over by tubs
26- May -1885 Thomas Smith 56 Hartington Fall of roof
28- May -1885 John Sims 41 Pleasley Fall of roof
05- Jun -1885 Richard Flint 37 Oakwell Fall of roof
08- Jun -1885 Joseph Hancock 60 Unstone Run over by tubs
25- Jun -1885 Curtis Daniels 15 Mapperley Fall of roof
10- Jul -1885 Thomas Parnham 62 Birchwood Crushed by hoist on surface
23- Jul -1885 Jacob Jackson 46 Manners Injured in a pumping shaft
09- Aug -1885 James Taylor 32 Springwell Crushed by tubs 20- Jan -1885
12- Aug -1885 John Macdonald 47 Hartington Fall of roof
15- Aug -1885 Alfred Barker 15 Hornthorpe Run over by tubs
15- Aug -1885 William Buckley 28 Coton Park Fall of roof
24- Aug -1885 James Wakefield 22 Britain Fall of roof
04- Sep -1885 John Hardy 54 New Langley Caught in machinery
05- Sep -1885 James Reynolds 27 Clay Cross No 2 Fall of roof
16- Sep -1885 John Gardner 66 Ireland Run over by tubs
30- Sep -1885 James Wheatley 32 Oakwell Crushed by tubs
23- Oct -1885 Jabez Crooks 39 Southgate Fall of roof
24- Oct -1885 Thomas Cotton 17 Coton Park Run over by tubs
03- Nov -1885 Francis Rimmington 49 Boythorpe Fall of roof
11- Nov -1885 George Savage 15 Pilsley Run over by tubs
24- Dec -1885 John Harrison 42 Boythorpe Run over by loco on surface
27- Jan -1886 Thomas Bevins 47 Coton Park Fall of roof
29- Jan -1886 John Darrington 39 Birchwood Fall of coal
01- Feb -1886 Samuel Roome 45 Kilburn Crushed by wagon on surface
02- Feb -1886 Thomas Hemingway 25 Marehay Fell from a scaffold in the shaft
09- Feb -1886 George Ward 22 Birchwood Fall of roof
09- Feb -1886 William Bacon 27 Birchwood Fall of roof
11- Feb -1886 Joseph Smith 16 Nutbrook Crushed by slack hoist on surface
07- Mar -1886 Frank Shaw 47 Clay Cross No 3 Fall in a roadway
27- Mar -1886 John Goddard 47 Oakwell Run over by wagon on surface
29- Mar -1886 Thomas Cuncannon 48 Grassmoor Run over by tubs
30- Mar -1886 William Speight 42 Alma Fall of roof
23- Apr -1886 Joseph Parr 36 Coton Fall of roof
14- May -1886 Frederick Crooks 37 Holbrook Fall of coal
02- Jun -1886 Frederick Russ 34 Southgate Fall of roof
12- Jun -1886 Allen Walker 33 Norwood Fell down the shaft
12- Jun -1886 Henry Woodward 29 Norwood Fell down the shaft
21- Jun -1886 Henry Bennett 50 Thatchmarsh Fall of roof
18- Jul -1886 Joseph Marriott 21 Grassmoor Fall in a roadway
27- Jul -1886 Henry Platts 47 Ripley Injured finger Septicaemia
23- Aug -1886 Alexander Havenhand 36 Holbrook Fall of roof
30- Aug -1886 William Peach 43 Cotes Park Fall in a roadway
21- Sep -1886 Arthur Stevenson 37 Holbrook Fall of coal
13- Oct -1886 Thomas Williams 38 Pinxton Caught in machinery
25- Oct -1886 William Johnson 58 Campbell Scalded by steam valve on surface
25- Nov -1886 Samuel Mosley 27 Manners Fall of roof
01- Dec -1886 Thomas Heeley 44 Hollingwood Fall in a roadway
09- Dec -1886 John Blackwell 32 Pleasley Fall of coal
20- Dec -1886 Charles Perkins 17 Grassmoor Run over by wagon on surface


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