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1945 - 1951
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Date Name Age Colliery How Caused
02 - Jan - 1945 Samuel Sydney Else 60 Morton Crushed by tubs
02 - Jan - 1945 Harry Raisbeck 35 Creswell Explosion of methane
08 - Jan - 1945 Harry Johns 65 Creswell Explosion of methane 02 - Jan - 1945
08 - Feb - 1945 Henry H Morley 45 Shirebrook Fall of roof
14 - Feb - 1945 Robert Limb 45 Williamthorpe Fall of roof
17 - Feb - 1945 William Maddison 61 Langwith Fall of roof
02 - May - 1945 Leonard M Merrick 29 Woodside Fall of roof
14 - Aug - 1945 Charles Arthur Draycott 54 Langwith Fall of roof
17 - Aug - 1945 Joseph Froggett 34 Oxcroft Fall of roof
08 - Sep - 1945 William Edward Unwin 49 Markham Run over by tubs
18 - Sep - 1945 Joseph Keith Barnes 18 Williamthorpe
Run over by tubs Liz
25 - Oct - 1945 John Thomas Kelly 42 Ireland Fall of roof
28 - Nov - 1945 William Harold Grey 30 Blackwell B Caught by a haulage rope
29 - Nov - 1945 Horace Brown 34 Pleasley Fall of roof
01 - Dec - 1945 John Thomas George 52 Holmewood Fall of roof 03 - Apr - 1944
06 - Jan - 1946 Thomas Williamson 65 Shirebrook                Fall of roof
11 - Jan - 1946 George Joffre V Miles 31 Swanwick Fall in a roadway
09 - Feb - 1946 Walter Silcock 18 Grassmoor Crushed by tubs
09 - Feb - 1946 William Henry Tomlinson   Blackwell Fall of roof
15 - Feb - 1946 Wilfred Pollending 42 Markham Fell over rail on surface 05 - Feb - 46
16 - Feb - 1946 Kenneth Farnsworth 14 Pleasley 14 - 02 Caught in machinery on surface
10 - Mar - 1946 Alfred Hunt 54 Swanwick Fall of roof
10 - Apr - 1946 Walter Moxon 47 Stanley Fall of roof
12 - Jun - 1946 Frank Chapman 35 Swanwick Fall of roof
12 - Jun - 1946 William H Duckworth 61 Shirebrook                Fall of roof 30 - May - 1946
09 - Jul - 1946 George Jordon 34 Ripley Caught in machinery on surface
18 - Jul - 1946 Wilfred Austin Brown 33 Blackwell B
Fall of roof
18 - Jun - 1946 Alfred Carter 47 Markham Haulage rope broke
18 - Jun - 1946 Ebenezer Whitworth 36 Markham Haulage rope broke
18 - Jun - 1946 Arthur Barley 41 Markham Haulage rope broke
18 - Jun - 1946 Walter William Gettings 40 Markham Haulage rope broke
18 - Jun - 1946 Frederick G H Powers 36 Markham Haulage rope broke
20 - Jun - 1946 John William Usher 49 Markham Haulage rope broke 18 - Jun - 1946
12 - Jul - 1946 Thomas Brown 42 Williamthorpe Fall of roof
20 - Sep - 1946 Sidney Raines Dalby 56 Brookhill Fall of roof
09 - Jan - 1947 William Douds 52 Shirebrook Fall of roof
18 - Jan - 1947 Mark Haslam 65 Glapwell Head injury on surface 17 - Jan - 47
02 - Feb - 1947 John Hackman 37 Denby Fall of coal
11 - Feb - 1947 Hiram Roughton 47 Williamthorpe Fall of roof
17 - Feb - 1947 George Henry Spencer 40 Williamthorpe Fall of roof fractured spine 1936
10 - Apr - 1947 Alfred Newton Knighton 38 Manners Fall of roof  06 - Feb - 1947
13 - Jun - 1947 John Varley Young 47 Grassmoor Fall of roof
13 - Jun - 1947 Samuel Turton 37 Grassmoor Fall of roof
29 - Aug - 1947 Albert Eyre 34 Ormonde Fall of roof
19 - Oct - 1947 Thomas Schofield 39 Glapwell Run over by tubs
28 - Oct - 1947 John Thompson Booth 31 Glapwell Run over by tubs
31 - Oct - 1947 Harold Stubbs 36 Brookhill Caught in a coal cutter
06 - Nov - 1947 Horace Wainwright 30 Brookhill Fall of roof
07 - Jan - 1948 Lloyd Parkin 32 Glapwell Fall of roof
28 - Feb - 1948 John Bowley 59 Manners ? 24 - Feb - 1948
15 - Mar - 1948 Alexander T Moran 57 Creswell Fall of coal 09 - Mar - 1938
12 - May - 1948 Barry Borsley 20 Denby Hall Run over by tubs
24 - May - 1948 William Harding 38 Ireland Fall of coal
26 - May - 1948 Horace Wood 50 Mapperley Crushed by wagons on surface
26 - May - 1948 John Henry Cowley 41 Grassmoor Fall of roof
23 - Aug - 1948 John Albert Ashley 45 Whitwell Shotfiring  accident
01 - Sep - 1948 Edward Corey 61 Mapperley Caught in machinery 22 - Nov - 1947
01 - Sep - 1948 James Shipson 24 Glapwell Fall of roof
08 - Sep - 1948 Henry James Newman 37 Alfreton Fall of roof 02 - Sep - 1948
27 - Jan - 1949 Henry Hilton 37 Ramcroft Run over by loco on surface
29 - Jan - 1949 Collin Wright 16 Blackwell A Crushed by tubs 28 - Jan - 1949
03 - Feb - 1949 Ernest Platts 24 Glapwell Manrider  accident
16 - Feb - 1949 Edgar Taylor 49 Ripley Fall of roof 24 - Oct - 1946
19 - Feb - 1949 John William Gaynor 57 Pleasley Fall of roof  24 - Jan - 1948
25 - Feb - 1949 Stanley Evans 38 Glapwell Fall of roof
03 - Mar - 1949 Sidney St John S Smith 46 Markham Fall of roof
11 - May - 1949 Arthur Williamson 39 Markham Fall of roof
12 - May - 1949 Harold Sowter 39 Mapperley Fall of roof
27 - May - 1949 Henry Hough 42 Pleasley Injured head riding in cage
11 - Jul - 1949 Robert Chapman 71 Shirebrook Fell from a building on surface
19 - Aug - 1949 Bernard Preston 46 Renishaw Park Fall of roof
07 - Oct - 1949  Eli Weaver 62 Williamthorpe Injured leg 03 - Sep - 1949
17 - Oct - 1949 William Clifford 59 Markham Crushed by a Hoist on surface
09 - Dec - 1949 Edwin Brentnall 34 Denby Drury Lowe Fall of roof


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Date Name Age Colliery How Caused
22 - Jan - 1950 Colin Wright 17 Blackwell A Crushed by tubs 21 - Jan - 1950
23 - Jan - 1950 John George Brown 58 Coppice Fall of roof
24 - Feb - 1950 Benjamin Baines 51 Glapwell Shotfiring  accident
21 - May - 1950 John Stevens 62 Markham Fall of roof 00 - Mar - 1932
25 - Jul - 1950 Frederick Norton 29 Ireland Fall of coal
21 - Sep - 1950 Walter T Stockdale 36 Shirebrook Fall of roof
29 - Sep - 1950 William Adams 51 Creswell Underground fire
29 - Sep - 1950 Horace Attenborough 46 Creswell Underground fire
29 - Sep - 1950 Frederick Barker 41 Creswell Underground fire                  
29 - Sep - 1950 Herbert Stanley Buckley 48 Creswell Underground fire
29 - Sep - 1950 Lee John Buxton 59 Creswell Underground fire
29 - Sep - 1950 William Henry Bird 39 Creswell Underground fire
29 - Sep - 1950 Ernest Briggs 33 Creswell Underground fire
29 - Sep - 1950 John W Brocklehurst 44 Creswell Underground fire
29 - Sep - 1950 Robert Brough 36 Creswell Underground fire
29 - Sep - 1950 John Henry Bowden 29 Creswell Underground fire
29 - Sep - 1950 Leonard Bower 38 Creswell Underground fire
29 - Sep - 1950 Alfred Edgar Bryan 56 Creswell Underground fire
29 - Sep - 1950 Harry Clarke 46 Creswell Underground fire
29 - Sep - 1950 George Charles Cope 59 Creswell Underground fire
29 - Sep - 1950 Ernest Dodd 37 Creswell Underground fire
29 - Sep - 1950 Leslie Dodd 47 Creswell Underground fire
29 - Sep - 1950 John Dodd 46 Creswell Underground fire
29 - Sep - 1950 Fred Doncaster 27 Creswell Underground fire
29 - Sep - 1950 John William Doxey 45 Creswell Underground fire
29 - Sep - 1950 McDarra Connelly 28 Creswell Underground fire
29 - Sep - 1950 Allen Davis 63 Creswell Underground fire
29 - Sep - 1950 Ernest Deakin 60 Creswell Underground fire
29 - Sep - 1950 George Ellis 51 Creswell Underground fire
29 - Sep - 1950 Thomas Henry Evans 50 Creswell Underground fire
29 - Sep - 1950 Charles Foulkes 49 Creswell Underground fire
29 - Sep - 1950 Gordon Fox 62 Creswell Underground fire
29 - Sep - 1950 George William Gillert 38 Creswell Underground fire
29 - Sep - 1950 Harry Godfrey 51 Creswell Underground fire
29 - Sep - 1950 Kenneth Amos Goucher 42 Creswell Underground fire
29 - Sep - 1950 Peter William Green 53 Creswell Underground fire
29 - Sep - 1950 Leslie Hancock 28 Creswell Underground fire
29 - Sep - 1950 James Arthur Harrison 60 Creswell Underground fire
29 - Sep - 1950 Thomas Hart 39 Creswell Underground fire
29 - Sep - 1950 Collin Hemingray 25 Creswell Underground fire
29 - Sep - 1950 Cecil Hendley 34 Creswell Underground fire
29 - Sep - 1950 Reginald C Holmes 44 Creswell Underground fire
29 - Sep - 1950 John W Humphreys 50 Creswell Underground fire
29 - Sep - 1950 Thomson William Hunt 51 Creswell Underground fire
29 - Sep - 1950 Arnold Hutton 48 Creswell Underground fire
29 - Sep - 1950 John Thomas Jackson 58 Creswell Underground fire
29 - Sep - 1950 Edward Johnson 45 Creswell Underground fire
29 - Sep - 1950 Ernest Johnson 36 Creswell Underground fire
29 - Sep - 1950 Reginald Kirk 39 Creswell Underground fire
29 - Sep - 1950 Albert Lewis 36 Creswell Underground fire
29 - Sep - 1950 Stephen Edward Limb 55 Creswell Underground fire
29 - Sep - 1950 John Henry London 48 Creswell Underground fire
29 - Sep - 1950 William James London 51 Creswell Underground fire
29 - Sep - 1950 Albert Cecil Mallender 47 Creswell Underground fire
29 - Sep - 1950 Leslie Marshall 42 Creswell Underground fire
29 - Sep - 1950 William Mellish 55 Creswell Underground fire
29 - Sep - 1950 William Mellish 36 Creswell Underground fire
29 - Sep - 1950 Edward Millward 44 Creswell Underground fire
29 - Sep - 1950 Ernest Leslie Needham 44 Creswell Underground fire
29 - Sep - 1950 John Edward Oliver 53 Creswell Underground fire
29 - Sep - 1950 William Henry Orvice 49 Creswell Underground fire
29 - Sep - 1950 Eric Parkin 36 Creswell Underground fire
29 - Sep - 1950 Robert Idris Price 34 Creswell Underground fire
29 - Sep - 1950 Arnold Loftin Robinson 29 Creswell Underground fire
29 - Sep - 1950 Kenneth F Robinson 25 Creswell Underground fire
29 - Sep - 1950 George Sidney Rodgers 44 Creswell Underground fire
29 - Sep - 1950 Victor Rose 52 Creswell Underground fire
29 - Sep - 1950 Leslie Rutherford 25 Creswell Underground fire
29 - Sep - 1950 James Lewis Sadler 41 Creswell Underground fire
29 - Sep - 1950 Thomas Joseph Senior 42 Creswell Underground fire
29 - Sep - 1950 Thomas Arthur Severn 46 Creswell Underground fire
29 - Sep - 1950 James Shaw 56 Creswell Underground fire
29 - Sep - 1950 Herbert Shipley 38 Creswell Underground fire
29 - Sep - 1950 Thomas Smith 51 Creswell Underground fire
29 - Sep - 1950 William Ernest Stonach 36 Creswell Underground fire
29 - Sep - 1950 Joseph Taylor 42 Creswell Underground fire
29 - Sep - 1950 Reginald Teasdale 46 Creswell Underground fire
29 - Sep - 1950 Carey Graham Thorpe 46 Creswell Underground fire
29 - Sep - 1950 Thomas Traylor 43 Creswell Underground fire
29 - Sep - 1950 Robert William T Walker 38 Creswell Underground fire
29 - Sep - 1950 Colin Clifford Ward 30 Creswell Underground fire
29 - Sep - 1950 George Wass 37 Creswell Underground fire
29 - Sep - 1950 Albert Frederick Whitlam 52 Creswell Underground fire
29 - Sep - 1950 George Yearham 57 Creswell Underground fire
04 - Jan - 1951 Stanley Fletcher 24 Coppice Fall of roof
27 - Jan - 1951 Henry Ivan Mellors 25 Woodside Drift Mine Run over by tubs
00 - Jan - 1951 Cyril Cottington 27 Stanley Fall of coal
02 - Feb - 1951 George John Townsend 21 Ireland Fall of roof
14 - Feb - 1951 Fred Thompson 65 Markham Fall of roof
22 - Feb - 1951 Leonard Arthur Weston 39 Coppice Hit by roof support 14 - Feb - 1951
02 - Mar - 1951 Walter Mellors 41 Ripley Fall of roof
03 - Mar - 1951 William Pressley 44 Markham Fall of roof
12 - Mar - 1951 John Wakefield   Loscoe Fall of roof
15 - Mar - 1951 William Bell 60 Denby Hit by aerial bucket on  surface
00 - Mar - 1951 Arthur N Littlewood 17 Glapwell Unknown
09 - May - 1951 William Chamberlain 48 Denby Hall Fall of roof
09 - May - 1951 Alfred Spencer 51 Denby Hall Fall of roof
09 - May - 1951 Eric Bailey 35 Denby Hall Fall of roof
09 - May - 1951 Joseph Armstrong 37 Denby Hall Fall of roof
09 - May - 1951 Roy Bowmer 23 Denby Hall Fall of roof
12 - Jun - 1951 Albert Crowson 40 Shipley Fall of roof
03 - Jul - 1951 Arthur Hallam 41 Coppice Fall of roof
01 - Aug - 1951 Alan Walthall 20 Denby Drury Lowe Shotfiring  accident
22 - Aug - 1951 Thomas Stevenson 59 Stanley Fall of roof
22 - Aug - 1951 Arthur Bull 50 Denby Hall Fall of roof
15 - Oct - 1951 Arthur Holmes 24 Pleasley Fall of roof
02 - Nov - 1951 Robert Tate 59 Woodside Fall of roof


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