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Yorkshire Coalfield - 1856

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Date	Name	Age	Colliery	Cause of Accident
01-01-1856	Edward Beck	boy	Mount Osbourne	Fall of roof
20-01-1856	John Dransfield		Thorncliffe	Explosion of methane
21-01-1856	James Nottingham		Victoria	Crushed by tubs
12-02-1856	Charles Lawson	boy	West Silkstone	Rope broke
13-02-1856	John Turner		Wharncliffe Silkstone	Unknown
14-02-1856	Abraham Cawthorne	boy	Haigh Hall Spring	Rope broke
21-02-1856	George Harwood	boy	Lime House	Fell down the shaft
22-02-1856	John Barker		Ingleton	Fall of roof
26-02-1856	John Beanland	boy	Hunsworth	Explosion of gunpowder
01-03-1856	John Holiday		Birstal Field Head	Fell down the shaft
10-03-1856	J Wild		Victoria	Fell down the shaft
10-03-1856	R Steel		Victoria	Fell down the shaft
31-03-1856	John Bedford		Victoria	Fall of roof
03-04-1856	William Kelly		Old Mill	Fall of coal
19-04-1856	J T Noble		Kirksties	Inundation of water
19-04-1856	A Peel	boy	Kirksties	Inundation of water
19-04-1856	Daniel Westmorland		New Hall	Fell down the shaft
22-04-1856	Joseph Sutcliffe		Bradshaw Lane	Fall of roof
02-05-1856	John Rose		Upper Elsecar	Fall of roof
02-05-1856	Joseph Barraclough		Wykes	Fall of roof
09-05-1856	William Dennis		Dore House	Fell down the shaft
21-05-1856	George Hallam		Wykes	Fell down the shaft
22-05-1856	Thomas Wolstenholme		Woodhouse Mill	Rope broke
06-06-1856	John Kirkby		West Ardley	Hit by capstan Handle surface
19-06-1856	John Jones		Pigeon Spring	Stone fell down the shaft
23-06-1856	Richard Smith		Shafton	Fell down the shaft
27-06-1856	George Hepworth	boy	Allerton Bywater	Crushed by tubs
03-07-1856	John Simpson		Brown Moor	Fall of coal
19-07-1856	George Westwood		Strafford	Explosion of methane
06-08-1856	David Wormald		Waterloo	Fall of coal
08-08-1856	William Green		High Green	Fall of roof
11-08-1856	John Bell		Brown Moor	Fall of coal
16-08-1856	John Holdridge		Rothwell Haigh	Fall of roof
18-08-1856	William Grundell		Beeston Lodge	Fall of coal
20-08-1856	Francis Copley		New Hall	Fell down the shaft
28-08-1856	W Walker		Birley Vale	Fall of coal
29-08-1856	James Bentley		Churwell	Corve fell down the shaft
10-09-1856	H Baxter	27	Birley Vale	Water pump fell down the shaft
10-09-1856	R Medley		Birley Vale	Water pump fell down the shaft
15-09-1856	John Backhouse		Garforth	Explosion of methane
23-09-1856	S Smith	boy	Grange Lane	Explosion of methane
23-09-1856	G Hodgson		Grange Lane	Explosion of methane
01-10-1856	Mathew Hampshire	boy	Victoria	Crushed by tubs
07-10-1856	J Wright		Newton	Fall of stone in the shaft
07-10-1856	J Bottom		Newton	Fall of stone in the shaft
07-10-1856	J Crosland		Newton	Fall of stone in the shaft
08-10-1856	William Wilkinson	boy	Hoyland	Fall of roof
09-10-1856	Thomas Kilburn	boy	Waterloo	Explosion of methane
15-10-1856	Joseph Beaumont		West Silkstone	Fall of roof
16-10-1856	John Towns		Wharncliffe Silkstone	Unknown
03-12-1856	Thomas Wilson		Holin Hays	Fall of roof
13-12-1856	James Sunley		Waterloo	Fall of roof
16-12-1856	Thomas Wilson		Altofts	Crushed by the cage
23-12-1856	Joseph Nicholls		North Bierley	Explosion of methane
07-01-1857	George Archer	boy	Bradley	Crushed by a tub
09-01-1857	John Biscomb		Kippax	Fall of roof
17-01-1857	Thomas Ward		Rothwell Haigh	Fall of roof
31-01-1857	William Alderson	boy	North Bierley	Fall of roof
03-02-1857	J Tordoff		Birkby Lane	Explosion of methane
03-02-1857	J Robinson		Birkby Lane	Explosion of methane
03-02-1857	E Kellat		Birkby Lane	Explosion of methane
03-02-1857	C Robertshaw		Birkby Lane	Explosion of methane
10-02-1857	John Burgin		Upper Elsecar	Fall of coal
13-02-1857	William Kaye		Mount Osbourne	Fall of coal
14-02-1857	John Dunston	boy	Brightside	Crushed by a tub
15-02-1857	Joshua Hoyland	56	Lower Elsecar	Fall of roof
15-02-1857	William Sylvester	22	Lower Elsecar	Fall of coal
19-02-1857	Joseph Abbott	40	Lundhill	Explosion of methane
19-02-1857	Samuel Abbott	10	Lundhill	Explosion of methane

Lundhill Explosion, Barnsley, Yorkshire - 1857

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Date	Name	Age	Colliery	Cause of Accident
19-02-1857	Joseph Abbott	40	Lundhill	Explosion of methane
19-02-1857	Samuel Abbott	10	Lundhill	Explosion of methane
19-02-1857	Joseph Allenson	23	Lundhill	Explosion of methane
19-02-1857	Joseph Backwood	23	Lundhill	Explosion of methane
19-02-1857	Barny Bailey	40	Lundhill	Explosion of methane
19-02-1857	George Bailey	14	Lundhill	Explosion of methane
19-02-1857	Michael Baines	22	Lundhill	Explosion of methane
19-02-1857	Charles Barraclough	22	Lundhill	Explosion of methane
19-02-1857	Henry Barraclough	26	Lundhill	Explosion of methane
19-02-1857	James Barrow	29	Lundhill	Explosion of methane
19-02-1857	Benjamin Batty	22	Lundhill	Explosion of methane
19-02-1857	Benjamin Beevers	23	Lundhill	Explosion of methane
19-02-1857	Elijah Beevers	18	Lundhill	Explosion of methane
19-02-1857	John Beevers	20	Lundhill	Explosion of methane
19-02-1857	Joseph Blackburn	11	Lundhill	Explosion of methane
19-02-1857	Henry Booker	22	Lundhill	Explosion of methane
19-02-1857	John Booker	16	Lundhill	Explosion of methane
19-02-1857	Mathew Broadhead	25	Lundhill	Explosion of methane
19-02-1857	Joseph Brook	58	Lundhill	Explosion of methane
19-02-1857	Joseph Abbott	40	Lundhill	Explosion of methane
19-02-1857	Samuel Abbott	10	Lundhill	Explosion of methane
19-02-1857	Joseph Allenson	23	Lundhill	Explosion of methane
19-02-1857	Joseph Backwood	23	Lundhill	Explosion of methane
19-02-1857	Barny Bailey	40	Lundhill	Explosion of methane
19-02-1857	George Bailey	14	Lundhill	Explosion of methane
19-02-1857	Michael Baines	22	Lundhill	Explosion of methane
19-02-1857	Charles Barraclough	22	Lundhill	Explosion of methane
19-02-1857	Henry Barraclough	26	Lundhill	Explosion of methane
19-02-1857	James Barrow	29	Lundhill	Explosion of methane
19-02-1857	Benjamin Beevers	23	Lundhill	Explosion of methane
19-02-1857	Elijah Beevers	18	Lundhill	Explosion of methane
19-02-1857	John Beevers	20	Lundhill	Explosion of methane
19-02-1857	Joseph Blackburn	11	Lundhill	Explosion of methane
19-02-1857	Henry Booker	22	Lundhill	Explosion of methane
19-02-1857	John Booker	16	Lundhill	Explosion of methane
19-02-1857	Mathew Broadhead	25	Lundhill	Explosion of methane
19-02-1857	Joseph Brook	58	Lundhill	Explosion of methane
19-02-1857	Henry Brooker	22	Lundhill	Explosion of methane
19-02-1857	George Brown	18	Lundhill	Explosion of methane
19-02-1857	Robert Burland	20	Lundhill	Explosion of methane
19-02-1857	James Burthard	21	Lundhill	Explosion of methane
19-02-1857	Dennis Bush	22	Lundhill	Explosion of methane
19-02-1857	John Grimshaw	32	Lundhill	Explosion of methane
19-02-1857	Joseph Grimshaw	42	Lundhill	Explosion of methane
19-02-1857	William Horsefield	32	Lundhill	Explosion of methane
19-02-1857	David Howarth	39	Lundhill	Explosion of methane
19-02-1857	Robert Howarth	25	Lundhill	Explosion of methane
19-02-1857	William Candlett	18	Lundhill	Explosion of methane
19-02-1857	John Carr	14	Lundhill	Explosion of methane
19-02-1857	John Carr	41	Lundhill	Explosion of methane
19-02-1857	Joseph Childs	23	Lundhill	Explosion of methane
19-02-1857	William Horsefield	32	Lundhill	Explosion of methane
19-02-1857	David Howarth	39	Lundhill	Explosion of methane
19-02-1857	Robert Howarth	25	Lundhill	Explosion of methane
19-02-1857	William Candlett	18	Lundhill	Explosion of methane
19-02-1857	John Carr	14	Lundhill	Explosion of methane
19-02-1857	John Carr	41	Lundhill	Explosion of methane
19-02-1857	Joseph Childs	23	Lundhill	Explosion of methane
19-02-1857	William Childs	19	Lundhill	Explosion of methane
19-02-1857	Daniel Chisholm	27	Lundhill	Explosion of methane
19-02-1857	James Clark	27	Lundhill	Explosion of methane
19-02-1857	Charles Coates	29	Lundhill	Explosion of methane
19-02-1857	James Coates	34	Lundhill	Explosion of methane
19-02-1857	John Cooper	11	Lundhill	Explosion of methane
19-02-1857	Richard Corbridge	27	Lundhill	Explosion of methane
19-02-1857	Mathew Cowen	15	Lundhill	Explosion of methane
19-02-1857	Elijah Crompton	19	Lundhill	Explosion of methane
19-02-1857	Joseph Crossland	32	Lundhill	Explosion of methane
19-02-1857	George Cutt	16	Lundhill	Explosion of methane
19-02-1857	John Cutt senior	40	Lundhill	Explosion of methane
19-02-1857	John Cutt junior	17	Lundhill	Explosion of methane

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