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1845 - 1879
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Date Name Age Colliery How Caused
10-01-1845 William Evans 63 Moira Fall of roof
27-01-1845 Thomas Lakin 21 Moira Fell down the shaft
31-03-1845 John Hutchinson 20 Pegg’s Green Fall of roof
15-08-1845 Jesse Dennis 10 Bath Pit, Moira Colliery
Explosion, later died of burns
15-08-1845 Thomas Dennis 13 Bath Pit, Moira Colliery
Explosion, later died of burns
15-08-1845 Henry Finch 23 Bath Pit, Moira Colliery
Explosion, later died of burns
21-06-1847 Jonathan Parker 10 Whitwick Crushed arm 07-06-1847
26-10-1847 John Stevenson   Snibston Fell down the shaft
06-11-1847 Thomas Ludlow   Ibstock Fall of roof
12-07-1847 Joseph Hurst   Smoile Fell down the shaft
30-12-1848 Jonathan Foster   Snibston Fall of roof
26-04-1849 Thomas Asbury   Snibston Fall of roof
16-11-1849 Thomas Hall   Whitwick Fall of roof
21-12-1849 John Hogg   Moira Run over by tubs
15-02-1852 John Orridge   Snibston Crushed by the cage
01-10-1856 J Smith 15    
22-11-1856 Thomas Moult 45 name  
29-11-1856 T Lus 14    
25-01-1857 William Farmer 12 Moira Run over by tubs
02-03-1857 S Stinson 32    
19-05-1857 William Glover 38    
29-08-1857 R Nichols 13 Moira Run over by tubs
15-02-1858 E Hard 19    
08-04-1858 J White 22    
07-08-1858 E Johnson 28    
28-08-1858 John Bacon 40    
04-09-1858 Joseph Green 30    
09-09-1858 A Watson 15    
03-11-1858 A Parker 60 Snibston Fall of coal
12-11-1858 W Ellis 15 Snibston Fall of coal
12-11-1858 George  Wilkes 14 Snibston Fall of coal
17-11-1858 J Middleton 12 Whitwick Run over by tubs
25-05-1859 J Tindall 23 Snibston Fall of coal
24-09-1859 J Wright 27 Whitwick Fall of roof
29-09-1859 C Barker 25 Bagworth Crushed by the cage
29-09-1860 J Haywood 28 Swannington Fall of roof
29-09-1860 Joseph Mugglestone      
30-09-1860 Jacob Webster      
05-12-1860 H, Findley 24 Bagworth Fall of roof
11-01-1861 John Whileman 30 Moira Wood fell down the shaft
18-06-1861 N Whyman 30 Coleorton Fall of roof
28-06-1861 C Cawston 18 Bagworth Fall of roof
30-11-1861 A Stanley 51 Swannington Fell from scaffold down shaft
30-11-1861 John Bacon 36 Swannington Fell from scaffold down shaft
30-11-1861 A Smith 21 Swannington Fell from scaffold down shaft
24-01-1862 John Stanyan 20 Whitwick Fall of roof
15-03-1862 James Ball 20    
31-03-1862 A Harris 34 Bagworth Hit by a ringer
15-06-1862 J Jaques 45    
22-07-1862 L Fowlkes 12 Swannington Crushed by tub
28-10-1862 R Culman 21 Snibston Fall of roof
02-11-1862 T Webster 33 Coleorton Fall of roof
02-01-1863 John Stanyard 24 Snibston Fall of roof
04-03-1863 Joseph Robinson 14 Whitwick Fall of roof
04-03-1863 Joseph Braddock 40 Whitwick Fall of roof
17-04-1863 W Cutlen 60 Whitwick Fall of roof
30-05-1863 J Hutchinson 28 Coleorton Overwind fell down the shaft
25-08-1863 Thomas West 17 Whitwick Crushed by tubs
08-10-1863 Henry Clements 16 Coleorton Inundation of water
08-10-1863 Thomas Bird 41 Coleorton Inundation of water
08-10-1863 S Rowe 41 Coleorton Inundation of water
01-12-1863 H Manley 24 Bagworth Fall of roof
16-01-1864 John Dawes 22 Swannington Fall of roof
04-02-1864 Phillip Cook 22 Snibston Fall of roof
18-03-1864 Joseph Felstead 20 Whitwick Fall of roof
24-06-1864 Thomas McCannley 13 Swannington Explosion of powder
28-08-1864 Thomas Poole 32 Smoile Fall of roof
16-09-1864 James Gamble 30 Whitwick Fall of roof
23-10-1864 John Newbold   Swannington Fall of roof
14-12-1864 Thomas Blockley   Whitwick Run over by tubs
14-02-1865 James Turner 50 Snibston Fall of coal
14-02-1965 John Skinner   Nailstone
Fell down the shaft sinking
06-05-1865 Fredrick Haywood 40 Swannington Fell down the shaft
11-05-1865 Robert Hone 50 Snibston Fall of roof
03-07-1865 Richard Hewitt 35 Whitwick Fall of roof
21-07-1865 Thomas Green 15 Snivils Run over by wagon surface
26-08-1865 James Smith 46 Swannington Shotfiring  accident
30-04-1866 Joseph Kilhew 34 Bagworth Run over by wagon surface
04-07-1866 John Price 24 Nailstone Coal fell down the shaft
02-10-1866 William Cooper 15 Snibston Fall of roof
04-11-1866 Benjamin Whileman 60 Moira Caught in machinery on the surface
10-11-1866 Joseph Mears 14 Snibston Run over by tubs
11-12-1866 James Vickers 43 Nailstone Run over by tubs
11-12-1866 Henry Poole   Ibstock Fall of roof
17-12-1866 Edward Carpenter 46 Snibston Fall of roof
21-12-1866 Walter Harvey 48 Swannington Coal fell down the shaft
30-01-1867 Thomas Saddington 60 Coleorton Crushed by the cage
12-02-1867 James Hawkes 26 Nailstone Fall of roof
12-02-1867 Isaac Billings 37 Snibston Overwind
18-12-1867 James Ridgeway 25 Nailstone Fall of roof
20-02-1868 William Foster 40 Swannington Run over by tubs
15-04-1868 John Halfpenny 31 Swannington Crushed by wagons surface
23-04-1868 Soloman Siddons 29 Swannington Fall of coal
19-06-1868 Mathew Martin 29 Swannington Fall of roof
01-08-1868 William Holt 23 Whitwick Fall in a roadway
10-10-1868 Charles Boobier 13 Ibstock Crushed by tubs
24-12-1868 Fred Whittaker 22 Swannington Fall of coal
06-04-1869 William Cooper 25 Coleorton Run over by tubs
18-04-1869 John Dennis 60 Moira Fall of coal
05-08-1969 Thomas Bird 28 Swannington Fall of roof
10-09-1869 William Siddons 16 Swannington Kicked by a pony
13-09-1869 Herbert King 18 Coleorton
Fall in a roadway Françoise
23-10-1869 Joseph Sharpe 38 Rawdon Explosion of gunpowder
25-11-1869 Fred Johnson 14 Swannington Caught in machinery surface
07-12-1869 Joseph Bettison 18 Snibston Caught in machinery
06-04-1869 William Cooper   Coleorton Run over by tubs
22-07-1869 Herbert King   Coleorton Fall in a roadway
05-08-1869 Thomas Bird   Swannington Fall of roof
10-09-1869 William Siddons   Swannington Kicked by a pony
25-11-1869 Fred Johnson   Swannington Caught in machinery surface
07-12-1869 Joseph Bettison   Snibston Caught in machinery
15-03-1870 Thomas Morton 37 Whitwick Fall of roof
05-04-1870 Richard Cousins 34 Swannington Coal fell down shaft
08-10-1870 Edward Hogg   Moira Overcome by Methane
08-10-1870 Thomas Noon   Moira Overcome by Methane
09-10-1870 William Draycott 36 Snibston Fall of coal
27-10-1870 George Lawrence 40 Coleorton Fall of roof
21-01-1871 Thomas Webster 38 Swannington Explosion of gunpowder
09-05-1871 Edward Newbold 26 Whitwick Run over by tubs
08-08-1871 William Simpson 36 Whitwick Fall of roof
15-09-1871 John Bradley 27 Swannington Fall of roof
05-10-1871 George Blockley 27 Whitwick Fall of roof
28-11-1871 William Haff 52 Whitwick Fall of roof
30-12-1871 Charles Perry 17 Whitwick Fall of coal 00-06-1972
07-02-1872 William King 33 Coleorton Fall of roof
08-02-1872 Samuel Massey 18 Snibston Fall of roof
17-02-1872 Soloman Robinson 19 Snibston Fall of roof
13-07-1872 William Leyburn 47 Coleorton Fall of roof
06-11-1872 Albert Wileman 13 Moira  Run over by a wagon on the surface
20-11-1872 Charles Hall 13 Coleorton Run over by a pony
07-02-1873 Alvin Foster 13 Netherseal Run over by tubs
11-06-1873 John Read 60 Snibston Fall of roof
15-07-1873 George Bromley 38 Netherseal Fall of coal
15-10-1873 Frederick Fearn 14 Netherseal Fell out of cage
20-11-1873 Isaac Bonser   Swannington Kicked by a pony
19-06-1874 Joseph Breedin 16 Snibston Run over by tubs
22-06-1874 Richard Horton 32 Nailstone Fall of coal
21-07-1874 George Houghton 35 Ibstock Fall in a road way
10-10-1874 Thomas Hawcote 28 Netherseal Explosion of methane
28-10-1874 Thomas Wright 16 Donisthorpe Explosion of methane
12-01-1875 Joseph Matley 33 Nailstone Fall of roof
19-01-1875 Frederick Mansfield 16 Whitwick Kicked by a pony
28-01-1875 William Sharpe 15 Ibstock Run over by tubs
26-02-1875 Samuel Cartwright 15 Ibstock Crushed by tubs
01-03-1875 Thomas Hirst 45 Snibston Coal fell down shaft
06-06-1875 Thomas Finley 25 Ibstock Run over by tubs
12-11-1875 John Hawkesworth 21 Whitwick Caught in machinery
27-11-1875 John Grogan 22 Whitwick Fall of roof
17-01-1876 Samuel Cole 42 Ellistown Fell down shaft {sinkers}
17-01-1876 John Arnsby 30 Ellistown Fell down shaft {sinkers}
17-02-1876 John Vickers 31 Netherseal Fall of roof
29-05-1876 George Mitchell 42 South Leicestershire Fell down shaft
07-06-1876 Thomas Berridge 57 Netherseal Crushed by the cage
26-10-1876 John Wright 59 Swannington Fall of roof
11-12-1876 Thomas Foundling 65 Reservoir Run over by tubs
21-12-1876 Frank Johnson 16 Ibstock Run over by tubs
16-04-1877 James Rose 32 Nailstone  Fall of roof
10-06-1877 John Shuttleworth 14 Donisthorpe Fall of coal
04-06-1877 William  Winter 42 Donisthorpe Run over by tubs
15-09-1877 Thomas Noon 30 Heath End Explosion of powder
03-10-1877 William Mear 27 Heath End Fall of coal
09-10-1877 Joseph Hind 30 Whitwick Fall of coal
16-11-1877 James Kirk 34 Donisthorpe Fall of coal
19-12-1877 George Taylor 48 Netherseal Fall of coal
16-01-1878 William Whetton 44 Donisthorpe Fall of roof
19-01-1878 John Ward 19 Coleorton Fall of coal
31-01-1878 Thomas Farmer 70 Ellistown Fall in a road way
08-03-1878 Thomas Farmer 13 Ibstock Run over by tubs
28-10-1878 Reuben Thompson 12 South Leicestershire Run over by tubs
26-04-1879 Edward Laurence 26 Heather  Object fell down the shaft
09-05-1879 Thomas Smith 51 Ellistown Fall of roof
30-09-1879 Henry Poole 18 South Leicestershire Fall of roof

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