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Bevercotes Colliery
1871-1967

Name/Address	Age	Date of Accident	Inquest date/Place	Detail
Ronald Bonser 23, Laburnum Road Langold	37	17-02-1978	w/e 10-03-1978 Retford Council Offices	Crushed to a Stage Loader
John Gerrard 38, Kingston Road Carlton in Lindrick	48	30-04-1980	00-00-1980 No record found	Crushed, by a mine car
Norman John Wood King Street Mansfield Woodhouse	32	30-04-1982	00-00-1982 No record found	Run over, by a mine car
John Coddington	46	20-10-1989	00-00-1989 No record found	Caught in machinery on the surface

Bilborough Pits
1700s - Early 1800s

Name/Address	Age	Date of Accident	Inquest date/Place	Detail
Joseph Kirke Strelley		13-01-1747	Burial date No record found	Fell down the shaft
George Rowe Strelley		00-08-1767	Burial date 30 August 1767	Killed in a coal pit Burried - All Saints Churchyard Strelley
Samuel Taylor Strelley		04-11-1775	Burial date No record found	Not Known
Thomas Lowe Bilborough		05-09-1776	Burial date No record found	Not Known
Edward Hopkin Strelley		00-08-1784	Burial date 25 Aug 1784	Killed Bilborough coal pit Burried - All Saints Churchyard Strelley
Joseph Goff Strelley		00-11-1784	Burial date 1 Nov 1784	Fell down a coal pit, Bilborough Burried - All Saints Churchyard Strelley
John Sisson Strelley		00-02-1789	Burial date 22 Feb 1789	Fell from the chains into a coal pit Burried - All Saints Churchyard Strelley
William Hawley Strelley		00-19-1793	Burial date 10 Nov 1793	Killed in Bilborough coal pit Burried - All Saints Churchyard Strelley
William Wane Bilborough		00-12-1794	Burial date 30-12-1794	Killed by falling down a coal pit St John the Baptist Churchyard Bilborough
Samuel Ellis Strelley		00-01-1809	21-01-1809 No record found	Caught in the Whim Gin Burried - All Saints Churchyard Strelley

Bilsthorpe Colliery
1925-1997

Name/Address	Age	Date of Accident	Inquest date/Place	Detail
Frederick Bisgrove 31, The Bungalows Bilsthorpe	45	01-03-1927	16-05-1927 Wesleyan Chapel Bilsthorpe	A water pipe fell down the shaft, onto the sinkers
Patrick Kelly 30, The Bungalows Bilsthorpe	22	01-03-1927	16-05-1927 Wesleyan Chapel Bilsthorpe	A water pipe fell down the shaft, onto the sinkers
John Phipps 27, The Bungalows Bilsthorpe	43	01-03-1927	16-05-1927 Wesleyan Chapel Bilsthorpe	A water pipe fell down the shaft, onto the sinkers
John Robinson Edingley	24	01-03-1927	16-05-1927 Wesleyan Chapel Bilsthorpe	A water pipe fell down the shaft, onto the sinkers
William James Robinson Edingley	32	01-03-1927	16-05-1927 Wesleyan Chapel Bilsthorpe	A water pipe fell down the shaft, onto the sinkers
David Robert Jones The Bungalows Bilsthorpe	32	01-03-1927	16-05-1927 Wesleyan Chapel Bilsthorpe	A water pipe fell down the shaft, onto the sinkers
Michael Corrigan The Bungalows Bilsthorpe	28	01-03-1927	16-05-1927 Wesleyan Chapel Bilsthorpe	A water pipe fell down the shaft, onto the sinkers
John William Eaton 64, The Bungalows Bilsthorpe	32	01-03-1927	16-05-1927 Wesleyan Chapel Bilsthorpe	A water pipe fell down the shaft, onto the sinkers
Thomas Fristall 27, The Bungalows Bilsthorpe	56	01-03-1927	16-05-1927 Wesleyan Chapel Bilsthorpe	A water pipe fell down the shaft, onto the sinkers
Thomas Gruffarty The Bungalows Bilsthorpe	44	01-03-1927	16-05-1927 Wesleyan Chapel Bilsthorpe	A water pipe fell down the shaft, onto the sinkers
Daniel Haddock 28, Aberconway Street Bilsthorpe	27	01-03-1927	16-05-1927 Wesleyan Chapel Bilsthorpe	A water pipe fell down the shaft, onto the sinkers
Leslie Mason 30, The Bungalows Bilsthorpe	27	01-03-1927	16-05-1927 Wesleyan Chapel Bilsthorpe	A water pipe fell down the shaft, onto the sinkers
Thomas Satchwell The Bungalows Bilsthorpe	30	01-03-1927	16-05-1927 Wesleyan Chapel Bilsthorpe	A water pipe fell down the shaft, onto the sinkers
John William Thacker 149, Sherwood Street Mansfield	21	01-03-1927	16-05-1927 Wesleyan Chapel Bilsthorpe	A water pipe fell down the shaft, onto the sinkers

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