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Date


Date Name Age Colliery Cause of Accident

04-01-1867

John Jarvis

 

Kimberworth

Injured on the surface

16-01-1867

D Dewhurst

 

Combs

Run over by wagons on the surface

25-01-1867

Robert Robinson

 

Sharlston

Fell down the shaft

02-02-1867

J Edgerton

33

West Riding

Fall of coal

04-02-1867

George Beaumont

36

Silkstone Fall

Crushed by a pony

05-02-1867

Edward Fisher

35

Flockton

Drowned in engine pond surface

13-02-1867

Charles Atkinson

30

Thrybergh Hall

Fall of roof

15-02-1867

William Sylvester

22

Elsecar

Fall of roof

15-02-1867

Joshua Holyland

56

Elsecar

Fall of roof

16-02-1867

William Bartle

40

No 1 Hey

Fall of roof

19-02-1867

Peter Britton

55

West Riding

Fall of roof

19-02-1867

George Birchell

42

West Riding

Fall of roof

19-02-1867

George Kay

32

Darley Main

Fall of roof

22-02-1867

George Arandale

37

Victoria

Fall of roof

23-02-1867

Henry Massey

13

Nostell

Crushed by tubs

25-02-1867

Ellis Birch

11

Wood

Fall of roof

28-02-1867

R Robinson

 

Stafford Main

Unknown

04-03-1867

Joseph Gill

39

Manor Castle

Crushed by the cage

07-03-1867

Richard Davy

 

Grange

Fall in a roadway

20-03-1867

George Gomersall

27

Allerton Main

Fall of coal

25-03-1867

Thomas Jepson

19

Nunnery

Overwind

25-03-1867

Samuel Slack

24

Nunnery

Overwind

27-03-1867

William Jones

 

Woolley

Fall of roof

29-03-1867

J Robertshaw

30

Rothwell Haigh

Fall of roof

11-04-1867

Joseph Wilton

30

Manston Lodge

Crushed by tubs

12-04-1867

Thomas Bates

60

Brightside

Rope broke

12-04-1867

Joshua Burgin

18

Brightside

Rope broke

12-04-1867

George Fox

36

Brightside

Rope broke

12-04-1867

James Fox

47

Brightside

Rope broke

16-04-1867

Thomas Clarke

 

Hemingfield

Fall of coal

20-04-1867

William Hirst

54

High Elsecar

Fall of roof

29-04-1867

Thomas Clough

20

Kippax

Fall of coal

30-04-1867

Thomas Sharratt

 

Silkstone Fall

Run over by tubs

10-05-1867

Robert Ayton

22

Garforth

Fall of roof

11-05-1867

D Lodge

54

Thorncliffe Green

Fell down the shaft

14-05-1867

Henry Briggs

27

Naylor

Fall of roof

03-06-1867

John Wright

37

Allerton Bywater

Caught in machinery

05-06-1867

William Fletcher

16

Darfield Main

Fall of coal

08-06-1867

John Flint

34

Cross Bank

Overcome by blackdamp

17-06-1867

Samuel Cooper

25

Britannia Main

Fell down the shaft

19-06-1867

Joshua Sutcliffe

38

Box Ings

Fell down the shaft

21-06-1867

Thomas Stubbs

 

Swaithe Main

Fall of coal

23-06-1867

D Lodge

 

Flockton

Fall of roof

29-06-1867

Joseph Norton

14

Brightside

Run over by tubs

01-07-1867

William Denton

 

High Royd

Run over by wagons on the surface

06-07-1867

Benjamin Devonport

 

Outwood

Explosion of methane

06-07-1867

Richard Howarth

 

Outwood

Explosion of methane

06-07-1867

Robert Seddon

 

Outwood

Explosion of methane

06-07-1867

James Kellett

55

Beeston

Fall of roof

09-07-1867

Robert Charlesworth

 

Rothwell Haigh

Fell down the shaft

10-07-1867

James Ellan

45

Mount Osbourne

Fall of coal

11-07-1867

Jubal Axon

18

Edmund Main

Injured by circular saw surface

11-07-1867

John Riley

30

Swaithe Main

Crushed by the cage

12-07-1867

Joshua Hind

46

Doncaster

Fall of roof

16-07-1867

William Hems

18

New Gawber

Fall of coal

20-07-1867

William Braithwaite

22

Drighlington

Fall of roof

25-07-1867

Joseph Haigh

 

Thornhill

Run over by wagons on the surface

25-07-1867

J Heaton

37

Robin Hood

Fell down the shaft

26-07-1867

J Arnold

34

Car House

Hit by a tub on pit heap

07-08-1867

W W Gould

24

Middleton

Fell down the shaft

09-08-1867

William Shaw

30

Brightside

Caught in machinery

09-08-1867

William Haling

26

Mount Osbourne

Fall of roof

13-08-1867

M Parry

65

Strafford

Crushed by wagons on the surface

16-08-1867

Jane Newsham

30

Oaks

Caught in machinery surface

22-08-1867

William Joy

51

Hunsworth

Fall of roof

31-08-1867

F Falshaw

36

Worsbrough Park

Crushed by wagons on the surface

09-09-1867

C Goodison

 

Grange

Shotfiring accident

12-09-1867

J Lindley

 

Darfield Main

Fall of roof

13-09-1867

Charles Pearson

 

Tankersley

Fall of roof

27-09-1867

Charles Wroe

 

Silkstone

Fall of roof

30-09-1867

Josiah Brook

18

Meal Hill

Fall of roof

01-10-1867

George Laycock

21

Gregory Spring

Explosion of methane

08-10-1867

Thomas Haigh

32

Roundwood

Crushed foot

08-10-1867

Henry Kay

23

Mount Osbourne

Fall of roof

12-10-1867

George Robinson

 

Oaks

Fell down the shaft

15-10-1867

F Bromley

 

Beeston

Fall of roof

15-10-1867

Henry Ashton

22

Calder

Fall of roof

21-10-1867

G Buck

 

Car House

Fall of roof

23-10-1867

William Jakis

 

Nunnery

Fell down the shaft

05-11-1867

James Elliott

15

Nostell

Crushed by tubs

14-11-1867

Thomas Prince

44

Old Mill

Fall of roof

14-11-1867

William Scholey

16

Old Mill

Fall of roof

17-11-1867

George Hirst

23

Old Mill

Fall of coal 16-11-1867

02-12-1867

Christopher Marsden

 

Wortley

Fell from pit tip surface

02-12-1867

William Sidebottom

30

Waterloo

Caught in machinery

04-12-1867

William Stone

21

Old Mill

Fall of coal

10-12-1867

Samuel Brown

20

Nunnery

Crushed by a pumping beam

14-12-1867

William Townsend

28

Middleton

Crushed by the cage

17-12-1867

William Heath

23

Old Mill

Fall of roof

18-12-1867

Job Kellett

48

Low Moor

Crushed by tubs

18-12-1867

William H Elliott

13

Tinsley Park

Run over by tubs

21-12-1867

Henry Heatherglen

14

Wombwell Main

Crushed by tubs

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