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Date Name Age Colliery Cause of Accident
09-01-1858 G Drury   Birley Vale Fall of coal
16-01-1858 John Sugden 9 Farnley Blown down the shaft by the wind
29-01-1858 William Roberts   Grange Moor Rope broke
29-01-1858 William woods   Grange Moor Rope broke
01-03-1858 William Depledge   Lundhill Run over by tubs
06-01-1858 William Senior 28 Perseverance Rope broke
06-01-1858 John Senior 21 Perseverance Rope broke
06-01-1858 Francis Senior 18 Perseverance Rope broke
06-01-1858 Richard Turton 20 Perseverance Rope broke
04-03-1858 Thomas Crowther   Haigh Moor Fell down the shaft
12-03-1858 John Ogden 16 Engine Fall of roof
26-03-1858 William Kay   Gawthorpe Fall of roof
30-03-1858 Arthur Singleton 18 Brightside Fall of roof
21-04-1858 Joseph Stokes   Elsecar Crushed by wagons on the surface
01-06-1858 Jonathan Fieldsend   Wentworth Run over by tubs
04-06-1858 Mathew Jagger   Wombwell Main Explosion of methane
23-06-1858 Richard Booth 11 Cliff Explosion of methane
27-06-1858 William Roberts   Darley Main Fall of roof
28-06-1858 George Hartley   Darley Main Crushed by tubs
27-07-1858 Edwin Carr   Old Silkstone Fall of roof
07-07-1858 Samuel Payman   Oaks Fall of coal
10-07-1858 William Steer   Grange Explosion of methane
10-07-1858 William Taylor   Grange Explosion of methane
10-07-1858 James Davy   Grange Explosion of methane
00-09-1858 Isaac Sutcliffe   Crigglestone Explosion of methane
03-09-1858 Henry Dobson 44 Park Gate Fall of coal
20-09-1858 Henry Lindley   East Gawber Fall of roof
23-09-1858 Robert Dacison   Hoyland Fall of roof
06-12-1858 Sampson Utley 12 Swallow Wood Fell down the shaft
16-12-1858 George Cousins 60 Killamarsh area Fall of roof
20-12-1858 Isaiah Beaumont 12 Tankersley Park Wood fell down the shaft
Date Name Age Colliery Cause of Accident
15-01-1859 John Rhodes   Gregory Spring Explosion of methane
22-01-1859 Joseph Hargreaves   Park Gate Fall of coal
24-01-1859 John Egley   Mount Osbourne Fall of roof
29-01-1859 Jonas Brown   Gawber Hall Fall of roof
05-02-1859 James Carr   Park Gate Gunpowder explosion
10-02-1859 William Beaumont   Melton Field Fell down the shaft
11-02-1859 Joseph Hodgson   Manston Fall of roof
14-02-1859 William Cranshaw boy Waterloo Gunpowder explosion
14-02-1859 William Dodson boy Waterloo Gunpowder explosion
05-03-1859 Abraham Sanderson   White Lee Fell down the shaft
10-03-1859 Joseph Ward   Rothwell Haigh Fall of roof
17-03-1859 Joseph Cutts   Woodthorpe Explosion of methane
17-03-1859 James Hunt   Woodthorpe Explosion of methane
17-03-1859 Jabez Stainforth   Woodthorpe Explosion of methane
20-03-1859 Charles Morton   Hunshelf Fall of roof
29-03-1859 William Oldroyd   Staincliffe Fall of roof
05-04-1859 John Gledhill boy Beeston Main Explosion of methane
20-04-1859 Robert Broadhead   Sharlston Explosion of methane
29-04-1859 James Earnshaw   Oaks Fall of roof
12-05-1859 William Mycock   Manor Fall of coal
21-05-1859 Charles Sidebottom   Rothwell Haigh Fall of roof
21-05-1859 William Slater   Woolley Crushed by a steam engine
21-05-1859 Abraham Pickles   Sykes Fall of roof
22-05-1859 Moses Kaye   Dropping Well Fell down the shaft
30-05-1859 William Howell   Oaks Fall of roof
10-06-1859 William Burton   Thurland Fall of roof
21-06-1859 James Warmsey   Mount Osbourne Fall of roof
30-06-1859 Shadrach Morris   Carlton Main Unknown
01-07-1859 William Priestley boy Crown Point Fell down the shaft
08-07-1859 John Cawthrey   Shugden Overcome by blackdamp
14-07-1859 Richard Gledhill   Wombwell Main Fall of coal
12-07-1859 Thomas Armitage boy Milnthorpe Explosion of methane
10-08-1859 Mathew Limbert   Mount Osbourne Run over by tubs
13-08-1859 William Green   Robin Hood Fall of roof
15-08-1859 George Pankisman   Castle Fall of coal
15-08-1859 Joseph Fisher boy Hunsworth Fall of roof
19-08-1859 William Schofield   Carhouse Fall of coal
25-08-1859 John Clayton boy Clifton Crushed by tubs
09-09-1859 Esau Cawthra   Shuckden Fall of roof
19-09-1859 Benjamin Hindle   Hoyland Fall of coal
02-10-1859 David Broadhead   Altofts Caught in machinery
08-10-1859 William Toothill   Denholme Tub wheel fell down the shaft
08-10-1859 Frank Charlesworth   Robert Town Explosion of methane
22-10-1859 Joseph Bedford   Dean Hall Explosion of methane
29-10-1859 Joseph Woodhead   Waterloo Rope broke
04-11-1859 T Fallows boy Wharncliffe Silkstone Unknown,
08-11-1859 Henry Ibberson   Wombwell Main Fall of roof
09-11-1859 Charles Sidebottom   Rothwell Haigh Fall of roof
12-11-1859 Daniel Maude   Sharlston Fall of roof
16-11-1859 Mark Whiteley   Victoria Fall of roof
26-11-1859 David Beacher   Low Laithes Explosion of methane
29-11-1859 Isaac Copley boy Wharncliffe Silkstone Caught in machinery
03-12-1859 Joshua Schofield   Owlet Hall Stone fell down the shaft
06-12-1859 Benjamin Muscroft   Neville Hill Fall of roof
15-12-1859 Joseph Firth   Lower Elsecar Fall of roof
21-12-1859 John Haigh   Victoria Hemp rope broke
21-12-1859 Thomas Hirst   Victoria Hemp rope broke
21-12-1859 Joseph Lodge   Victoria Hemp rope broke
23-12-1859 Joseph Driver   North Bierley Unknown
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