| Date |
Name |
Age |
Colliery |
Cause of Accident |
04-01-1868 |
John Bough |
35 |
Aldwarke Main |
Fall of coal |
05-01-1868 |
Samuel Coates |
35 |
Allerton Bywater |
Fall of roof |
06-01-1868 |
A Rouse |
35 |
Osmondthorpe |
Fall of roof |
09-01-1868 |
A Atkinson |
15 |
Hollingthorpe |
Crushed by tubs |
13-01-1868 |
Booth |
13 |
Carbrook |
Axle and wheel fell down the shaft |
13-01-1868 |
W Smith |
38 |
Lundhill |
Fall of coal |
14-01-1868 |
A Maughan |
28 |
Warren Vale |
Fall of roof |
22-01-1868 |
J Clapham |
17 |
New Gawber |
Fall of roof |
25-01-1868 |
Elijah Briggs |
30 |
Holmes |
Fall of roof |
27-01-1868 |
F McCann |
40 |
Thrybergh Hall |
Crushed by tubs |
28-01-1868 |
H Cheetham |
|
Soaphouse |
Crushed by a boiler on the surface |
01-02-1868 |
J Barraclough |
38 |
Walsh |
Chimney fell down the shaft |
01-02-1868 |
J Cowburn |
38 |
Walsh |
Chimney fell down the shaft |
08-02-1868 |
J Taylor |
16 |
Heckmondwike |
Explosion of methane |
10-02-1868 |
C Beaumont |
47 |
Sharlston |
Fell down the shaft |
12-02-1868 |
F Pashley |
|
Fence |
Run over by tubs |
14-02-1868 |
Randall Ball |
20 |
Adwalton |
Fall of roof |
17-02-1868 |
H Hargreaves |
40 |
Nostell |
Fall of roof |
17-02-1868 |
J Myers |
30 |
Morley Main |
Hit by dislodged prop |
25-02-1868 |
Edward Minor |
21 |
Silkstone |
Fell down the shaft |
27-02-1868 |
P Burns |
60 |
Monk Bretton |
Wood fell down the shaft |
27-02-1868 |
William Cotton |
31 |
Nunnery |
Stone fell down the shaft |
03-03-1868 |
Thomas Brailsford |
30 |
Thrybergh Hall |
Fall of roof |
09-03-1868 |
W Hirrons |
23 |
Wombwell Main |
Fall of roof |
24-03-1868 |
J Bramwell |
25 |
Swaithe Main |
Fall of coal |
25-03-1868 |
J Parker |
19 |
Whortley |
Shotfiring accident |
05-04-1868 |
Luke Maw |
13 |
Wombwell Main |
Run over by tubs on the surface |
08-04-1868 |
J Bastow |
49 |
Victoria |
Fall of roof |
09-04-1868 |
John Ward |
17 |
Rothwell Haigh |
Run over by wagons on the surface |
11-04-1868 |
George Walton |
17 |
Silkstone Fall |
Fall of roof |
16-04-1868 |
George Attack |
18 |
Preston |
Run over by tubs |
19-04-1868 |
Amos Jackson |
24 |
Allerton Bywater |
Fall of roof |
20-04-1868 |
George Dickinson |
47 |
West Ardsley |
Fall of roof |
26-04-1868 |
J Larkin |
54 |
Kiveton Park |
Crushed by equipment on the surface |
27-04-1868 |
W Dawes |
26 |
Car House |
Fall of roof |
27-04-1868 |
W Goodlad |
37 |
Car House |
Fall of roof |
01-05-1868 |
Simon Jagger |
|
Ellis Laithe |
Fall of roof |
02-05-1868 |
John Brook |
42 |
Clifton |
Fall of roof |
06-05-1868 |
A Kidd |
16 |
Methley Junction |
Run over by tubs |
07-05-1868 |
W Outram |
37 |
Waleswood |
Crushed by the cage |
08-05-1868 |
Tom Colley |
|
Silkstone |
Fall of roof |
18-05-1868 |
J Hopkinson |
13 |
Gomersall |
Run over by a cart on the surface |
04-06-1868 |
John Dobson |
21 |
Waterloo |
Fall of roof |
04-06-1868 |
James Holt |
23 |
Morley Main |
Fall of roof |
07-06-1868 |
W Thompson |
15 |
Raventhorpe |
Explosion of methane |
25-06-1868 |
W Blakey |
29 |
West Ardsley |
Fall of roof |
10-07-1868 |
John Ward |
58 |
Norwood Green |
Fall of roof |
10-07-1868 |
George Mosby |
12 |
Victoria |
Fall of coal |
13-07-1868 |
Frederick Seckor |
15 |
Blacker Main |
Crushed by tubs |
01-08-1868 |
Thomas Vernon |
20 |
Holmes |
Crushed by tubs |
03-08-1868 |
E Hoyle |
57 |
Park Gate |
Fall of coal |
06-08-1868 |
W Bailey |
15 |
St John’s |
Fall of coal |
22-08-1868 |
W Bailey |
13 |
Stockbridge |
Crushed by tubs |
13-09-1868 |
C Hutchinson |
60 |
Wharncliffe Silkstone |
Crushed by wagons on the surface |
26-09-1868 |
R Burns |
28 |
Nunnery |
Injured by machinery on the surface |
02-10-1868 |
F Hutchinson |
14 |
Cosens |
Crushed by tubs |
07-10-1868 |
C Leek |
48 |
Milnthorpe |
Run over by wagons on the surface |
10-10-1868 |
G Steeples |
44 |
Hoyland and Elsecar |
Fall of coal |
17-10-1868 |
J Robinson |
23 |
Millshaw |
Fall of roof |
20-10-1868 |
J Allighan |
60 |
Howley Park |
Fell from a wagon on the surface |
20-10-1868 |
G Thomas |
12 |
Waterloo |
Fall of roof |
21-10-1868 |
J Harvey |
35 |
Thrybergh Hall |
Crushed by tubs |
24-10-1868 |
W Ramsden |
12 |
Robin Hood |
Fall of roof |
29-10-1868 |
W Hill |
23 |
Manston |
Fall of roof |
05-11-1868 |
Joseph Hewitt |
65 |
Kippax |
Fall of roof |
16-11-1868 |
George Hill |
|
North Staveley |
Shotfiring accident |
23-11-1868 |
R Ramsden |
25 |
Alverthorpe |
Explosion of methane |
26-11-1868 |
T Barber |
50 |
Garforth |
Fall of roof |
10-12-1868 |
W Crossland |
37 |
West Allerton |
Explosion of methane |
10-12-1868 |
R Lee |
27 |
West Allerton |
Explosion of methane |
17-12-1868 |
E Sweeny |
12 |
Waterloo |
Fall of roof |
12-12-1868 |
J Wolstenholme |
17 |
Holmes |
Fall of roof |
19-12-1868 |
J Bywater |
11 |
Howden Clough |
Run over by wagons on the surface |
30-12-1868 |
F Pagett |
34 |
Blacker Main |
Fall of coal |
| Date |
Name |
Age |
Colliery |
Cause of Accident |
01-01-1869 |
B Liversedge |
13 |
Waterloo |
Kicked by a pony |
05-01-1869 |
Joseph Bell |
20 |
Woodthorpe |
Fall of roof |
13-01-1869 |
Samuel Edwards |
32 |
West Riding/Silkstone |
Fall of coal |
15-01-1869 |
Robert Lodge |
34 |
Old Mill |
Fall of coal |
18-01-1869 |
George Harrison |
45 |
Wombwell Main |
Fall of coal |
20-01-1869 |
John Greaves |
18 |
Brightside |
Fall of roof |
04-02-1869 |
Thomas Barber |
16 |
Manston |
Run over by tubs |
18-02-1869 |
William Hurst |
28 |
Birley Vale |
Fall of roof |
19-02-1869 |
John Oakland |
44 |
New Haigh Moor |
Fall of roof |
08-03-1869 |
Frederick Brown |
24 |
Silkstone Main |
Crushed by a boiler on the surface |
11-03-1869 |
Edward Naylor |
36 |
Neville Hill |
Fall of roof |
20-03-1869 |
George Nicolson |
33 |
Manston |
Fall of roof |
31-03-1869 |
George Godby |
21 |
Carbrook |
Crushed by tubs |
02-04-1869 |
Jacob Ball |
25 |
Woolley |
Fall of coal |
16-04-1869 |
Charles Ridge |
22 |
Brightside |
Fall of roof |
11-05-1869 |
Joseph Bowers |
12 |
Oaks |
Hand injury, died from Tetanus |
19-05-1869 |
Arthur Stones |
12 |
Old Silkstone |
Run over by tubs |
26-05-1869 |
Joseph Aveyard |
40 |
West Ardsley |
Unknown |
19-05-1869 |
Thomas Sutcliffe |
35 |
Oaks |
Object fell down the shaft |
19-05-1869 |
John Ledger |
42 |
North Gawber |
Fall of roof |
10-06-1869 |
James Brown |
21 |
Wombwell Main |
Fall of coal |
12-06-1869 |
James Cantrell |
16 |
Dennison Land |
Fall of roof |
14-06-1869 |
J Marshall |
22 |
Silkstone Fall |
Fall of roof |
15-06-1869 |
Edward Dyson |
28 |
Darfield Main |
Fall of coal |
21-06-1869 |
Alfred Ellis |
28 |
Sharlston |
Fall of roof |
21-06-1869 |
Thomas Halfpenny |
25 |
East Gawber |
Fall of roof |
21-06-1869 |
Alfred Hanson |
19 |
East Gawber |
Fall of roof |
23-06-1869 |
Charles Knowles |
31 |
Box Ings |
Fall of roof |
24-06-1869 |
Godfrey Jackson |
40 |
Haigh |
Fall of roof |
26-06-1869 |
Richard Bristoe |
35 |
Woolley |
Fall of roof |
27-06-1869 |
John Bailey |
20 |
Wheldale |
Fell down the shaft |
08-07-1869 |
George West |
27 |
Allerton Bywater |
Crushed by wagons on the surface |
28-07-1869 |
Benjamin Hepworth |
21 |
Milnthorpe |
Coal fell down the shaft |
30-07-1869 |
Mark Lumb |
34 |
Healey |
Fell down the shaft |
07-08-1869 |
George Eversedge |
24 |
Darlton Main |
Fall of coal |
19-08-1869 |
Alfred Fletcher |
19 |
Beeston Manor |
Fall of roof |
23-08-1869 |
Thomas Tidswell |
|
Denholme |
Explosion of methane |
25-08-1869 |
John Barratt |
35 |
Snydale |
Suffocated by shotfiring fumes |
25-08-1869 |
Henry Noble |
29 |
Snydale |
Suffocated by shotfiring fumes |
31-08-1869 |
George Whittaker |
38 |
Woolley |
Fall of roof |
11-09-1869 |
George Holloway |
13 |
Old Mill |
Fall in a roadway |
11-09-1869 |
Frank Mitchell |
13 |
Car House |
Fall of coal |
15-09-1869 |
S Hollingsworth |
36 |
Tinsley |
Suffocated by fumes combusted coal |
15-09-1869 |
George Morton |
59 |
Tinsley |
Suffocated by fumes combusted coal |
15-09-1869 |
George Allen |
28 |
Tinsley |
Suffocated by fumes combusted coal |
17-09-1869 |
Henry Horne |
31 |
Blacker Main |
Fall of coal |
28-09-1869 |
William Edwards |
14 |
West Riding/Silkstone |
Crushed by tubs |
07-10-1869 |
George Beckett |
55 |
Swaithe Main |
Fall of coal |
07-10-1869 |
William Eckersley |
38 |
Denaby Main |
Fall of roof |
07-10-1869 |
John Waldren |
13 |
Denaby Main |
Crushed by tubs |
09-10-1869 |
Thomas Spencer |
28 |
Kiveton Park |
Fall of coal |
13-10-1869 |
James Taylor |
25 |
Simon Wood |
Fall of coal |
16-10-1869 |
Joseph Goodwin |
41 |
Holmes |
Run over by tubs |
25-10-1869 |
Samuel Hirst |
39 |
Wharncliffe Silkstone |
Fall of roof |
26-10-1869 |
Daniel Kellett |
34 |
Strangeways |
Fall of roof |
28-10-1869 |
Richard Potter |
46 |
Thorncliffe |
Fall of roof |
30-10-1869 |
James Broadhurst |
38 |
Nunnery |
Crushed by the cage |
04-11-1869 |
John Ainsborough |
19 |
Denaby Main |
Crushed by wagons on the surface |
08-11-1869 |
Christopher Howarth |
42 |
New Gawber |
Fall of coal |
19-11-1869 |
Thomas Hayes |
32 |
Darfield Main |
Fall of coal |
20-11-1869 |
John Johnson |
31 |
Churwell |
Fall of coal |
25-11-1869 |
Thomas Hemingway |
40 |
Milnthorpe |
Fall of coal |
27-11-1869 |
George Cust |
16 |
Garforth |
Caught in machinery |
01-12-1869 |
Thomas Smith |
26 |
Victoria/Stanley |
Fall of coal |
14-12-1869 |
Henry Pashley |
30 |
Manvers Main |
Suffocated by shotfiring fumes |
14-12-1869 |
Thomas Smith |
26 |
Manvers Main |
Suffocated by shotfiring fumes |
17-12-1869 |
George Garforth |
59 |
Flockton |
Fall of roof |
28-12-1869 |
Charles Fretwell |
21 |
Hall Royd |
Fell from the screens on the surface |