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1923 - 1927
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Date Name Age Colliery How Caused
01 - Jan - 1923 Walter Stacey 34 Langwith Fall in a roadway 25 - Sep - 1922
05 - Jan - 1923 James Wass 22 Upper Hartshay Fall of roof
05 - Jan - 1923 Enock William Lockwood 23 Ormonde Crushed by wagons on surface
09 - Jan - 1923 John William Harvey 26 Mapperley Fall of roof
29 - Jan - 1923 Frank Jones 31 Woodside Fall of roof  26 - Jan - 1923
30 - Jan - 1923 Frank Waggstaffe 51 Bolsover Fall of roof  27 - Jan - 1923
05 - Feb - 1923 Harold Bloodworth 17 Manners Fall of roof
12 - Feb - 1923 Charles Sarson 28 West Hallam
Fall of roof Charles
17 - Feb - 1923 Fred Kill 31 Bolsover Fall in a roadway 
21 - Feb - 1923 George W Harrison 49 Woodside Run over by tubs
22 - Feb - 1923 Joshua John Green 50 Hartington Fall of roof
02 - Mar - 1923 Edwin Waller 47 Ramcroft Fall of coal
15 - Mar - 1923 Edward Polkey 55 Blackwell A, Alfreton
Fall of roof
17 - Mar - 1923 Josiah Bradley 50 Langwith Fall of roof
28 - Mar - 1923 Wilfred Polkey 23 Blackwell B
Crushed by wagons on surface
20 - Apr - 1923 Thomas Henry Radford 48 Denby Drury Lowe Crushed by tubs
21 - Apr - 1923 Edward Wilson 58 Langwith Crushed by tubs
08 - May - 1923 Thomas William Walker 16 Ramcroft Crushed by wagons on surface
10 - May - 1923 Thomas Wheatley 50 Stanley Crushed by wagons on surface
11 - May - 1923 Amos Machent 36 Ramcroft Fall in a roadway 
25 - May - 1923 William Darker 68 Grassmoor Fell over  23 - Sep - 1922
30 - May - 1923 George Wilfred Powers 20 Pleasley Fall in a roadway 
04 - Jun - 1923 Reginald H H Allsop 14 Alfreton Crushed by wagons on surface
06 - Jun - 1923 Walter Whitmore 15 Morton Fall in a roadway 
09 - Jun - 1923 James Henry Lewis 33 Swanwick Fall of roof 13 - 02 - 1925
15 - Jun - 1923 Thomas William Hill 14 Holbrook Run over by tubs
19 - Jun - 1923 George Parkin 24 Whiteley Fall in a roadway 
03 - Jul - 1923 Uriah Staton 17 Ireland Run over by tubs
11 - Jul - 1923 Francis J J Parker 54 Shirebrook Fall in a roadway 
14 - Jul - 1923 Reginald T Hudson 17 Grassmoor Run over by tubs
17 - Jul - 1923 James Herbert Butcher 16 Williamthorpe Crushed by tubs
04 - Aug - 1923 Fred Polkey 17 Blackwell A
Crushed by wagons on surface
11 - Aug - 1923 Henry Haynes 42 Tibshelf Crushed by tubs
15 - Aug - 1923 James Bradshaw 38 Swanwick Fall of coal
07 - Sep - 1923 Herbert Wingfield 36 Pentrich Overcome by blackdamp
09 - Sep - 1923 Francis Beardsley 30 Bolsover Electrocuted
11 - Sep - 1923 James Frederick Lodge 50 New Swanwick Fall of roof
21 - Sep - 1923 Sidney Sayer 34 Arden Fall in a roadway 
22 - Sep - 1923 Harry Burt 25 Ormonde Run over by wagons on surface
03 - Oct - 1923 William Hammer 21 Ireland Fall of roof
15 - Oct - 1923 Arthur Parnham 56 Stanley Fall of coal
22 - Oct - 1923 John James Mellors 40 Heage Naughton Fall of coal
23 - Oct - 1923 Ernest Buxton 24 Holbrook Fall of coal
07 - Nov - 1923 Norman Edward Douglas 40 Denby Scalded when a  pipe burst
15 - Nov - 1923 William Miles 37 New Swanwick Fall of roof
24 - Nov - 1923 Ernest Humphreys 18 Coppice Run over by tubs
07 - Dec - 1923 George Cresswell 65 Denby Fall of roof
20 - Dec - 1923 Alfred Henry Spencer 34 Morton Fall of roof
28 - Dec - 1923 Sidney Rhodes 32 Markham Fall in a roadway 
01 - Jan - 1924 Stewart Meakin 24 Tibshelf Fall of coal
14 - Jan - 1924 John Pearce 14 Ramcroft Crushed by tubs
01 - Feb - 1924 Charles F Beardsley 14 Stanley Run over by tubs
02 - Feb - 1924 Joseph Kitchener 44 Grassmoor Crushed by tubs
19 - Feb - 1924 Albert Webb 14 Brookhill Caught in machinery
20 - Feb - 1924 William Hollingsworth 24 Stanton Crushed by tubs 16 - Feb - 1924
03 - Mar - 1924 Thomas Lomas 48 Creswell Fall of roof
13 - Mar - 1924 Arthur Hill 29 Shirland Fall of roof
19 - Mar - 1924 William Rounds 60 Markham No 1 Kicked by pony  09 - Mar - 1924
19 - Mar - 1924 James Kelly 27 Glapwell Fall of roof
02 - Apr - 1924 John William Ward 19 Morton Run over by tubs
07 - Apr - 1924 Collin Warren 39 Holmewood Fall of roof
07 - Apr - 1924 Herbert Case 39 Britain Crushed by wagons on surface
14 - Apr - 1924 Mathew Buckley 52 Creswell Shotfiring  accident
21 - Apr - 1924 Robert Farnsworth 67 Tibshelf Fell off ladder surface 06 - 02
27 - Apr - 1924 Joseph Cooper Platts 56 Swadlincote Crushed by tubs
02 - May - 1924 Norman Marsden 57 Williamthorpe Fall of roof
02 - May - 1924 Harold Swift 14 Hartington Kicked by a pony 01 - May - 1924
10 - May - 1924 Anthony Dooker 55 Glapwell Fall of roof
12 - May - 1924 Samuel Fowler 57 Woodside Fall of roof   01 - May - 1924
22 - May - 1924 Arthur Watson 24 West Hallam Fall of roof   20 - Jan - 1924
29 - May - 1924 William Riley 53 Coppice Fall of roof   22 - Feb - 1924
03 - Jun - 1924 John T Thompson 48 Glapwell Fall of roof
23 - Jun - 1924 Charles Thomas Booth 19 Denby Crushed by tubs
16 - Jul - 1924 Arthur Bingham 20 Hartington Hit by a haulage rope
22 - Jul - 1924 Victor Comery 25 Old Swanwick Crushed by tubs
23 - Jul - 1924 Alfred Boot 28 Pleasley Fall of roof
24 - Jul - 1924 William Vardy 53 Coates Park Fall of roof
25 - Jul - 1924 Francis Key 31 West Hallam Fall of roof
27 - Jul - 1924 John Amott 50 Bolsover Crushed by the cage
20 - Aug - 1924 Walter Round 22 Bonds Main Fall of roof
25 - Aug - 1924 John Fretwell 58 Hartington Fall of roof
26 - Aug - 1924 Joseph Kirkman 36 Clay Cross No 2 Fall in a roadway 
04 - Sep - 1924 Leonard Kirk 27 South Normanton Fall of roof                          
23 - Sep - 1924 Michael Burns 59 Grassmoor No 4 Fall of roof
24 - Sep - 1924 James Draycott 68 Bolsover Crushed by tubs
16 - Oct - 1924 James Moore 44 New Swanwick Run over by tubs
19 - Oct - 1924 John Whiteman 67 Denby Injured hand  29 - Sep - Toxaemia
22 - Oct - 1924 William Walker 48 Whitwell Fall of roof
23 - Oct - 1924 George Robinson 37 Glapwell Fall of roof
23 - Oct - 1924 Harold Jeavons 22 Markham No 2 Run over by tubs
24 - Oct - 1924 Joseph Huson 17 Southgate Crushed by tubs
27 - Oct - 1924 Albert Haywood 64 Britain Crushed by tubs
17 - Nov - 1924 Benjamin North 37 Denby Hall Fall of roof
19 - Nov - 1924 James Key 41 Upper Hartshay
Fall of roof
20 - Nov - 1924 Arthur Linguard 62 Ormonde Fall of roof
01 - Dec - 1924 Herbert S Wakelam 23 Glapwell Fall of roof
05 - Dec - 1924 Harry Wileman 14 Cadley Hill Run over by tubs
11 - Dec - 1924 John Breslin 33 Glapwell Fall of roof
12 - Dec - 1924 William Vickers 53 Ireland Fall in a roadway  30 - Nov - 1924
16 - Dec - 1924 William B Woolett 31 Church Gresley Fall of roof
20 - Dec - 1924 William Crampton 59 Tibshelf Crushed by wagons on surface
27 - Dec - 1924 Henry Carrington 42 Manners Injured arm  18 - Dec - 1924
27 - Dec - 1924 William Kaye 44 Creswell Fall of roof    16 - Dec - 1924


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Date Name Age Colliery How Caused
05 - Jan - 1925 Walter Reddish 31 Markham No 2 Fall of roof 30 - Dec - 1924
12 - Jan - 1925 George Walter Elliott   Swanwick Fall of coal
26 - Jan - 1925 Caleb Henry Wooley 37 Manners Fall of roof
27 - Jan - 1925 James William Drury 58 Hartington Fall of roof 23 - Jan - 1925
06 - Feb - 1925 Ernest Williams 25 Hartshay Fall of roof
13 - Feb - 1925 Wilfred Hardwick 17 Langwith Caught in a haulage rope
15 - Feb - 1925 Thomas Peter Bilzon 22 Do - Well Shotfiring  accident
06 - Mar - 1925 John Wallace 44 Ireland Fall of roof
17 - Mar - 1925 George Key 42 South Normanton Crushed by tubs
27 - Mar - 1925 Arthur Crookes 28 Britain Crushed by tubs 26 - Mar - 1927
30 - Mar - 1925 George Cope 53 Pentrich Fall of roof 1914
30 - Mar - 1925 George Shearsby 29 Tibshelf Fall of roof
22 - Apr - 1925 Ernest Potter 26 Bolsover Fall of roof
25 - Apr - 1925 Samuel Allen 47 Whitwell Fall of roof
30 - Apr - 1925 James Walter Beardsley 34 West Hallam
Fall of roof
30 - Apr - 1925 William Watson 21 Calow Drift Fall of roof
01 - May - 1925 Edward Alexander 27 Glapwell Fall of roof 03 - May - 1924
03 - May - 1925 Edward Wyan 48 Williamthorpe Fall of roof
09 - May - 1925 Peter Taylor 63 Morton Crushed by machinery on surface
21 - May - 1925 Samuel Henry Duros 41 Grassmoor Hit by a pick 05 - Apr - 1925
25 - May - 1925 George Allen   Swanwick Run over by tubs
07 - Jul - 1925 Levi Walters 65 Pilsley Crushed by tubs
10 - Jul - 1925 Henry Searson 22 Denby Hall Fall of roof
23 - Jul - 1925 John James Hardy 34 Langwith Fall of roof
24 - Jul - 1925 John Samuel Butler 34 Markham Fall of roof
14 - Aug - 1925 Cyril T Waterhouse 16 Shipley Crushed by tubs
25 - Aug - 1925 William Varley 28 Williamthorpe Fall of roof
27 - Aug - 1925 Robert Arthur Cutts 42 Langwith Fall in a roadway
07 - Sep - 1925 Thomas King 30 Norwood Fall of roof
16 - Sep - 1925 James Morris 41 Langwith Fall of roof
18 - Sep - 1925 Arthur Buxton 51 Dent Main Crushed by tubs
20 - Sep - 1925 Arthur H Armstrong 17 B Winning Crushed by tubs
22 - Sep - 1925 Frederick W Clarence 21 Coppice Fall of roof
24 - Sep - 1925 Frederick Gregory 21 Clay Cross No 2 Crushed by tubs 28 - Aug - 1925
29 - Sep - 1925 Frank Lee 52 Glapwell Run over by tubs
02 - Oct - 1925 Thomas Brown 46 Holmewood Fall of roof
09 - Oct - 1925 Benjamin Taylor 54 West Hallam Caught in machinery
14 - Oct - 1925 John George Winter 40 Langwith Fall of coal
21 - Oct - 1925 Oliver Randall 15 Swanwick Run over by wagons surface
23 - Oct - 1925 Robert Hampson 14 Grassmoor Crushed by a pony
12 - Nov - 1925 Walter Goodwin 63 Avenue No 9 Fall of roof
16 - Nov - 1925 Ernest Goldthorpe 58 Hartington Fall of roof
23 - Nov - 1925 Alexander Wooley 38 Swanwick Fall of roof
27 - Nov - 1925 John Rowland Eyre 39 Holmewood Fall of roof
30 - Nov - 1925 Edgar Haywood 42 Bolsover Fall of coal
03 - Dec - 1925 Ernest Moorcroft 61 Hartshay Fell down the shaft 14 - Feb - 1924
08 - Dec - 1925 James Thomas Maycock 47 Pilsley Fall of roof
08 - Dec - 1925 John Harold Armstrong 28 Ramcroft Fall of roof
15 - Dec - 1925 John Henry Jones 53 Williamthorpe Caught in machinery
18 - Dec - 1925 John William Abberley 28 Bonds Main Fall of coal
30 - Dec - 1925 William Cadman 45 Holmewood Fall of roof
02 - Jan - 1926 Walter Booth 57 Wingfield Manor Run over by tubs
15 - Jan - 1926 John Thomas Davis 31 West Hallam Fall of roof  14 - Jan - 1926
23 - Jan - 1926 John White 54 West Hallam Fall of roof  19 - Jan - 1926
00 - Jan - 1926 John Thomas Parker 37 Denby Hall Fall of roof
28 - Jan - 1926 William H Simmons 56 Alfreton Fall of roof
13 - Feb - 1926 John West 50 Shipley Run over by tubs 00 - Nov - 1925
24 - Feb - 1926 Lewis Edward Downs 39 Swanwick Fall of roof
25 - Feb - 1926 Eric Pinder 14 Callow Main Run over by tubs
23 - Mar - 1926 Stephen Waring 78 Holbrook Run over by tubs 22 - Mar - 1926
08 - Apr - 1926 Frederick Jolly 37 Shipley Fall of roof
17 - Apr - 1926 Herbert Dagman 22 Ramcroft Fall of roof
15 - Sep - 1926 Arthur Alvey 41 Ireland Outcropping on pit tip
24 - Sep - 1926 Algernon Wilde   Barlborough Fall of roof 10 - Sep - 1926
25 - Sep - 1926 Steven Ashmore 38 Ramcroft Fall of roof
04 - Oct - 1926 William Priestley 51 Bailey Brook Fall of roof
10 - Nov - 1926 Thomas Doar 40 Woodside Caught in machinery
19 - Nov - 1926 Frank Maude 15 South Normanton Crushed by tubs
19 - Nov - 1926 Reginald Hambleton 19 Wingfield Manor Crushed by tubs
11 - Dec - 1926 Abel Henstock 61 Williamthorpe
Overwind 
02 - Dec - 1926
23 - Dec - 1926 George Hodgson 17 Markham Crushed by tubs
00 - Dec - 1926 Jabez Turner 31 Loscoe Fall of roof
06 - Jan - 1927 James Jackson 58 Blackwell B Fall of roof
12 - Feb - 1927 William Henry Wright 67 Southgate Fall in a roadway
10 - Mar - 1927 Robert Greaves 31 Grassmoor Fall of roof
10 - Mar - 1927 John Columbine 43 Glapwell Run over by wagons on surface
15 - Mar - 1927 William Mitchel 21 Glapwell Crushed by tubs
19 - Apr - 1927 Walter Ellson 37 Swanwick Fall of coal 15 - Dec - 1925
29 - Apr - 1927 Walter Weaver 52 Tibshelf Fall of roof
05 - May - 1927 Alfred Brown 31 Coppice Fall of roof
09 - May - 1927 Levi Cowley 17 Park House Run over by tubs
12 - May - 1927 Walter Stevenson 21 Markham Crushed by the cage
12 - Jun - 1927 Cyril Hutsby 48 Shipley Crushed by tubs
16 - Jun - 1927 Ernest George Postle 25 Creswell Fall of roof 04 - May - 1927
21 - Jun - 1927 William Henry Taylor 54 Swanwick Fall of coal 20 - Jun - 1927
25 - Jun - 1927 Alfred Chalkley         56 South Normanton Fall of roof
29 - Jun - 1927 Charles Shelton 21 Coppice Run over by tubs
09 - Jul - 1927 John Smith 58 Manners Fall of roof  28 - Jun - 1927
13 - Jul - 1927 Edward Willett 16 Pilsley Crushed by tubs
16 - Jul - 1927 Samuel Bostock Cook 45 Mapperley Injured hand Septicaemia
18 - Jul - 1927 Leonard Titterton 23 Swanwick Fall of coal 21-09-1925
20 - Jul - 1927 William Henry Howe 22 Swanwick Caught in a coal cutter
21 - Jul - 1927 Charles Alfred Bluff 35 Bolsover Hand injury 10 - Jun - 1927  Toxaemia
07 - Aug - 1927 Percy Cope
05 - May - 1927		 37 Shipley Fell from building surface
11 - Aug - 1927 James Farnsworth 54 Manners Fall of coal
15 - Aug - 1927 Percival Herbert King 34 Langwith Fall of coal
18 - Aug - 1927 William Gee 49 Norwood Shotfiring  accident
13 - Sep - 1927 Walter Palmer Hardy 29 Williamthorpe Fall of roof
23 - Sep - 1927 Frank Gilding 44 Grassmoor Fall of roof
28 - Sep - 1927 William Watts 51 Grassmoor Fall of roof 01 - Jun - 1926
07 - Oct - 1927 Thomas Henson 38 Bolsover Shotfiring  accident
26 - Oct - 1927 Joseph Simms 16 Ireland Fall in a roadway
26 - Oct - 1927 Joshua Jones 43 Williamthorpe Fall of roof
27 - Oct - 1927 John Brunt 27 Ramcroft Fall of roof
11 - Nov - 1927 Lucas Allen 44 Grassmoor Fall of roof
26 - Nov - 1927 William Leam 65 Swanwick Fall of roof 26 - Mar - 1941
01 - Dec - 1927 Arthur Hill 46 South Normanton Fall of roof


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