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Alan Nottinghamshire Coalfield



High Park Colliery
1854-1950

Name/Address Age Date of Accident Inquest date/Place Detail

Edward Holmes
Unknown

42

05-11-1854

06-11-1854
Dixie Arms Inn
Greasley

Fell down the shaft
 
Joseph Priest
Unknown
42 04-12-1854 06-12-1854
Dixie Arms Inn
Greasley
Fell down the shaft
Joseph Bullock
Eastwood
55 09-08-1855 17-08-1855
Three Tuns Inn
Greasley
Fell down the shaft
Edward Kirk
Newthorpe
27 13-03-1862 21-03-1862
No record found
Explosion of methane
Enoch Rowley
Greasley
33 09-01-1863 14-01-1863
Three Tuns Inn
Greasley
Fall of roof
Thomas Clifford
Eastwood
28 27-10-1863 00-08-1863
No record found
Explosion of methane
Thomas Dennis
Unknown
14 00-11-1863
Died 07-03-1864
00-03-1864
No record found
Explosion of methane
Joseph France
Unknown
  07-07-1864 08-08-1864
No record found
Fall of roof
 
Abraham Brown
Newthorpe Common
Newthorpe
25 18-11-1864
Died 07-12-1864
16-12-1864
Jolly Colliers Inn
Kimberley
Explosion of methane
 
William Davis
124, Quarry Street
Kimberley
15 18-11-1864
Died 06-12-1864
16-12-1864
Jolly Colliers Inn
Kimberley
Explosion of methane
 
William Mellors
Unknown
42 05-12-1864 00-12-1864
No record found
Hit by coal, that fell down the shaft
 
Richard King
Eastwood
22 08-08-1866 00-08-1866
No record found
Eastwood
Fall of roof
John Fretwell
Greasley
26 10-09-1866 00-09-1886
No record found
Eastwood
Fall of roof
Arthur John Buckley
Newthorpe
11 26-11-1867 27-11-1867
No record found
Greasley
Run Over by tubs
Isaac Murfin
Unknown
24 11-01-1868 13-01-1868
Horse and Groom Inn
Moorgreen
Fell from a scaffold, down  the shaft
 
Fred Buxton
Nuthall
21 22 -07-1868 28-07-1868
Nottingham General Hospital
Fall of roof
Elijah Shaw
Unknown
53 29-07-1868 03-08-1868
Horse and Groom Inn
Moorgreen
Fall of roof
 
Thomas Phillips
Beggarlee
50 21-06-1869 29-06-1869
Ram Inn
Greasley
Fall of roof
 
Isaac Soar
Unknown
12 09-08-1870 10-08-1870
High Park Colliery  Offices
Run Over by tubs
 
William Reeve
Eastwood
35 25-09-1872 00-09-1972
No record found
Run over by tubs
John Kirk
Unknown
48 08-03-1873 20-03-1873
Greasley Castle Inn
Eastwood
Fall of roof
Thomas Walters
Unknown
20 08-03-1873 20-03-1873
Greasley Castle Inn
Eastwood
Fall of roof
 
Joseph Parkinson
Unknown
19 12-05-1873 30-05-1873
Nottingham General  Hospital
Fall of roof
 
William Saxton
Beggerlee
13 03-12-1873 00-12-1873
No record found
Fell down the shaft
 
Joseph Clifton
Newthorpe
33 14-01-1875 16-01-1875
Old Spot Inn
Newthorpe
Fall of roof
Robert Wilcockson
Unknown
50 30-09-1876 11-10-1876
Ram Inn
Newthorpe
Fall of roof
 
Joseph Hallam
Newthorpe
51 10-08-1877
Died 16-08-1877
23-08-1877
Nottingham General  Hospital
Fall of roof
 
John Birkin
277, Wellington Place
Eastwood
37 13-05-1881 14-05-1881
Wellington Inn
Eastwood
Fall of roof
Edmund Rowley
Hill Top
Eastwood
25 16-01-1886 18-01-1886
Greasley Castle Inn
Eastwood
Fell from a scaffold, down  the shaft
 
David Shaw
Newthorpe
64 11-01-1888
Died 20-01-1888
24-01-1888
Nottingham General  Hospital
Fall in a roadway
William Varley
Lynn Croft
Eastwood
28 13-02-1893 14-02-1893
Three Tuns Inn
Greasley
Fall of roof
 
Joseph Pass
Kimberley
48 22-11-1898 24-11-1898
Railway Hotel Inn
Kimberley
Fall of roof
Hubert Henry Twells
Walker Street
Eastwood
51 25-04-1904
Died 12-06-1904
14-06-1904
Leenside Coroners  Court
Fall of roof
George Hibbert
Grey Street
Newthorpe
43 04-05-1909
Died 31-05-1909
01-06-1909
Christian Meeting School
Hill Top
Knee injury, death from  Septicaemia
Henry Samuel Hallam
Main Street
Newthorpe
16 02-09-1917 05-09-1917
Nottingham General  Hospital
Crushed by tubs
Arthur William Wright
Lower Beggarlee
Eastwood
15 29-10-1917 01-11-1917
The Breach Drill Hall
Eastwood
Run over by tubs
Henry Rowland
30, Derby Road
Eastwood
54 23-07-1918 26-07-1918
Nottingham General  Hospital
Crushed by tubs
George William Etcher
Briar Street
Nottingham
24 17-05-1919 19-05-1919
Nottingham General  Hospital
Fall of roof
John Smith
Nottingham Road
Eastwood
57 31-12-1920
Died 08-01-1921
12-01-1921
Three Tuns Inn
Greasley
Fall of roof, death from  Pneumonia
Samuel Sleath
48, The Breach
Eastwood
34 10-07-1921 11-07-1921
Eastwood Hall Eastwood
Fall of roof
James Goodall
New Bagthorpe
Jacksdale
43 01-08-1923
Died 10-08-1923
13-08-1923
Nottingham General  Hospital
Run over by a lorry on the surface, death from, Toxaemia
Lewis Grainger
59, Noel Street
Kimberley
42 11-05-1932 13-05-1932
Nottingham General  Hospital
Fall of coal
John William Soar
179, Main Street
Newthorpe
48 20-03-1934
Died 31-03-1934
06-03-1934
Leenside Coroners  Court
Leg injury, death from  Tetanus
Charles H Freeman
30, Ormonde Street
Aldercar
53 19-07-1940
Died 22-07-1940
24-07-1940
Leenside Coroners  Court
Hit by a dislodged prop
John Thomas W Gregory
17, Lindley Street
Newthorpe
32 30-08-1940 02-09-1940
Eastwood Hall Eastwood
Fall of roof
Albert Buxton
42, Princes Street
Eastwood
41 23-02-1944
Died 21-05-1944
24-05-1944
Eastwood Hall Eastwood
Fall in a roadway
Lewis Cook
104, Newdigate Lane
Watnall
52 17-06-1945 09-07-1945
Sun Inn, Eastwood
Run over by tubs Arthur-C
 
George Gaunt
62, Elnor Street
Langley Mill
29 17-06-1945 09-07-1945
Sun Inn, Eastwood
Run over by tubs Arthur-C
 
Arthur Cutts
15, Francis Street
New Brinsley
36 17-06-1945 09-07-1945
Sun Inn, Eastwood
Run over by tubs Arthur-C Russ
 
Alfred Savage
3, Plumptre Road
Aldercar
50 17-08-1946 20-08-1946
Eastwood Hall Eastwood
Fall of roof
Albert Astle
130, Mill Road
Newthorpe
45 27-04-1949 04-05-1949
Nottingham Coroners  Office
Fall of roof
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