| Date |
Name |
Age |
Colliery |
Cause of Accident |
04-01-1870 |
Jonathan Copley |
39 |
St John’s |
Fell down the shaft |
06-01-1870 |
John Green |
16 |
Tankersley |
Crushed by tubs |
08-01-1870 |
Thomas Heywood |
27 |
Fox Holes |
Crushed by the cage |
08-01-1870 |
Joseph Catts |
35 |
Woodthorpe |
Explosion of methane |
14-01-1870 |
Henry Westwood |
60 |
Whinney Moor |
Fall of roof |
16-01-1870 |
James Barlow |
34 |
East Gawber |
Crushed by the cage |
01-02-1870 |
Alfred Scofield |
17 |
Waterloo |
Run over by tubs |
09-02-1870 |
John Anty |
65 |
Dewsbury Moor |
Fell from a gantry surface |
10-02-1870 |
George Oxley |
15 |
Willow Bank |
Run over by tubs |
13-02-1870 |
George Natriss |
31 |
Denaby Main |
Fall in a roadway |
13-02-1870 |
Joseph Hough |
31 |
Denaby Main |
Fall in a roadway |
17-02-1870 |
William Dobson |
36 |
Normanton |
Fall of roof |
23-02-1870 |
George Sockwood |
43 |
Bradley Wood |
Object fell down the shaft |
07-03-1870 |
W Marsden |
36 |
Car Main |
Fall of roof |
14-03-1870 |
B Roberts |
15 |
Darfield Main |
Fall of coal |
22-03-1870 |
J Baldwin |
32 |
Woolley |
Fall of coal |
22-03-1870 |
J Wrigglesworth |
17 |
Kippax |
Crushed by the cage |
25-03-1870 |
James Tott |
24 |
Darfield Main |
Fall of roof |
26-03-1870 |
Charles Wheeler |
24 |
Orgreave |
Explosion of methane |
28-03-1870 |
L Bowling |
50 |
Victoria |
Fall of roof |
31-03-1870 |
S Hall |
21 |
Blacker Main |
Fall of coal |
06-04-1870 |
George Hall |
36 |
West Retford |
Overcome by blackdamp |
06-04-1870 |
B Chappell |
37 |
West Retford |
Overcome by blackdamp |
06-04-1870 |
William Thomas |
|
Darfield Main |
Fall of roof |
14-04-1870 |
W Cardwell |
17 |
Wombwell Main |
Fall of roof |
17-04-1870 |
Thomas Glover |
34 |
Monk Bretton |
Fell down the shaft |
02-05-1870 |
George Heeley |
25 |
Wood |
Fell down the shaft |
03-05-1870 |
Thomas Roberts |
50 |
Woolley |
Fall of roof |
09-05-1870 |
Thomas France |
17 |
Wood |
Explosion of methane |
12-05-1870 |
Alfred Cawthera |
15 |
Four Lane Ends |
| Rope broke |
 |
|
12-05-1870 |
Thomas Cawthera |
26 |
Four Lane Ends |
| Rope broke |
 |
|
24-05-1870 |
Robert Spence |
|
West Scrofton |
Fall of roof |
27-05-1870 |
Robert Wetherall |
|
Fox Holes |
Fall of roof |
01-06-1870 |
Ambrose Webster |
35 |
Snydale |
Explosion of methane |
07-06-1870 |
John Wood |
15 |
Aldwarke Main |
Fall of roof |
09-06-1870 |
G Greenwood |
15 |
Providence |
Explosion of methane |
10-06-1870 |
H Copley |
35 |
Wharncliffe Silkstone |
Fall of roof |
11-06-1870 |
R Cope |
20 |
Dennison Land |
Fall of roof |
11-06-1870 |
Thomas May |
12 |
East Gawber |
Crushed by tubs |
23-06-1870 |
Charles Brown |
13 |
Rosa Mount Osbourne |
Fall of stone from scaffolding |
27-06-1870 |
R Birkinshaw |
15 |
Agnes Mount Osbourne |
Crushed by the cage |
27-06-1870 |
Thomas Crofts |
13 |
Fence |
Run over by tubs |
08-07-1870 |
G Smallbones |
19 |
Holmes |
Run over by tubs |
14-07-1870 |
F Smith |
23 |
Whitehall |
Fall of coal |
18-07-1870 |
Thomas Corbut |
|
Waleswood |
Fall of coal |
18-07-1870 |
B Thompson |
|
Waleswood |
Fall of coal |
25-07-1870 |
Joseph Hughes |
26 |
Tinsley |
Fell down the shaft |
28-07-1870 |
John Thompson |
33 |
Lundhill |
Fall of coal |
02-08-1870 |
Joseph Eyre |
|
Blacker Main |
Fall of coal |
10-08-1870 |
William Bean |
34 |
Wombwell Main |
Fall of coal |
10-08-1870 |
John Knowles |
41 |
Wombwell Main |
Fall of coal |
12-08-1870 |
Joseph Hobson |
64 |
Elsecar |
Fall of coal |
26-08-1870 |
E Arthur |
30 |
Thorncliffe |
Explosion of methane |
27-08-1870 |
T Butterfield |
19 |
Ellerby Lane |
Fall of roof |
29-08-1870 |
Ira Shires |
|
Newbiggin |
Explosion of methane |
29-08-1870 |
Edmund Arthur |
|
Newbiggin |
Explosion of methane |
31-08-1870 |
G Charlesworth |
27 |
Lane End |
Fall of roof |
05-09-1870 |
J Wilkinson |
19 |
Brightside |
Fall of roof |
06-09-1870 |
James Lomax |
12 |
West Riding |
Run over by tubs |
10-09-1870 |
Charles Wood |
21 |
Swaithe Main |
Run over by wagons on the surface |
17-09-1870 |
James Ibbotson |
|
St John’s |
Explosion of methane |
21-09-1870 |
Joseph Ashforth |
35 |
Nunnery |
Crushed by tubs surface |
03-10-1870 |
James Mack |
31 |
Holmes |
Fall of brickwork |
04-10-1870 |
George Bowen |
17 |
Denaby Main |
Hit by falling brickwork |
06-10-1870 |
G Williams |
36 |
Chiickenley Heath |
Fall of roof |
11-10-1870 |
John Phipps |
24 |
Denaby Main |
Fall of coal |
11-10-1870 |
L Froggert |
35 |
St John’s |
Fall of roof |
13-10-1870 |
James Parkin |
24 |
Thornhill |
Fall of roof |
20-10-1870 |
A Hammond |
|
Agnes Mount Osbourne |
Fall of coal |
22-10-1870 |
Joseph Smith |
|
Oaks |
Fall of coal |
22-10-1870 |
Alfred Pass |
19 |
Lundhill |
Fall of roof |
01-11-1870 |
Charles Silverwood |
14 |
Whitwood |
Fall in a roadway |
04-11-1870 |
H Ainsworth |
24 |
Oaks |
Fall of roof |
04-11-1870 |
George Harper |
40 |
Worsbrough Park |
Fall of coal |
16-11-1870 |
B Hill |
20 |
Hall Royd |
Fall of coal |
21-11-1870 |
O Armirage |
16 |
Edmunds Main |
Run over by tubs |
30-11-1870 |
John Tyas |
28 |
Cliffe |
Fell from gangway surface |
03-12-1870 |
W Bradley |
27 |
Agnes Mount Osbourne |
Fall of coal |
03-12-1870 |
H Marshall |
18 |
Agnes Mount Osbourne |
Fall of coal |
05-12-1870 |
J Haigh |
12 |
Greasborough |
Fell down the shaft |
07-12-1870 |
James Jones |
23 |
Thorncliffe |
Run over by tubs |
12-12-1870 |
R Poole |
36 |
Snydale |
Explosion of methane |
12-12-1870 |
W Lutter |
28 |
Snydale |
Explosion of methane |
14-12-1870 |
John Crosstwaite |
|
Killingbeck |
Fell down the shaft |
14-12-1870 |
R Holmes |
35 |
Nunnery |
Fall of roof |
22-12-1870 |
Charles Smith |
20 |
Cross Green |
Fall of roof |
28-12-1870 |
John Hopwood |
|
Fox Holes |
Crushed by the cage |
02-01-1871 |
George Hargreaves |
49 |
Victoria/Stanley |
Fall of roof |
07-01-1871 |
Joseph Cooper |
18 |
Darfield Main |
Crushed by wagons on the surface |
13-01-1871 |
Elam Aston |
35 |
St John’s |
Fall of coal |
19-01-1871 |
S Waddington |
31 |
High Road |
Fell down the shaft |
19-01-1871 |
William Priest |
17 |
Sharlston |
Run over by wagons on the surface |
23-01-1871 |
John Wood |
11 |
East Gawber |
Fall of roof |
25-01-1871 |
H Robotham |
64 |
Waleswood |
Crushed by the cage |
27-01-1871 |
William Riley |
15 |
Wombwell Main |
Run over by tubs |
28-01-1871 |
John Scott |
|
West Aysgarth |
Fall of roof |
04-02-1871 |
Samuel Memery |
25 |
West Riding |
Fall of roof |
10-02-1871 |
Reuben Pearce |
12 |
Grange |
Run over by wagons on the surface |
27-02-1871 |
Thomas Hague |
12 |
Car House |
Explosion of methane |
28-02-1871 |
John King |
22 |
Oaks |
Fall of coal |
10-03-1871 |
Reuben Pearce |
13 |
Grange |
Fall in a roadway |
13-03-1871 |
Richard Davey |
27 |
Holmes |
Pipes fell down the shaft |
14-03-1871 |
Charles Netherwood |
43 |
Rockley |
Crushed by the cage |
24-03-1871 |
Joseph Wood |
47 |
Rothwell Haigh |
Fall of roof |
27-03-1871 |
Joseph Parnham |
49 |
Birley Vale |
Fall of coal |
31-03-1871 |
George Fisher |
39 |
West Ardsley |
Fall of roof |
01-04-1871 |
Joseph Rowley |
47 |
Dewsbury Moor |
Shaft side collapsed |
06-04-1871 |
John Turner |
31 |
Hoyland/Elsecar |
Fall of coal |
08-04-1871 |
Charles Ward |
23 |
Aldwarke Main |
Fall of coal |
10-04-1871 |
George Heald |
23 |
Lundhill |
Crushed by tubs |
12-04-1871 |
Patrick Morrisroe |
13 |
Wheldale |
Crushed by wagons on the surface |
13-04-1871 |
Peter Gee |
24 |
Woolley |
Fall of roof |
24-04-1871 |
John Wagstaffe |
24 |
Aldwarke Main |
Fall of roof |
25-04-1871 |
George Williams |
30 |
Oaks |
Fall of roof |
25-04-1871 |
Abraham Roberts |
25 |
Snydale |
Crushed by tubs |
26-04-1871 |
William Dickinson |
15 |
Manvers Main |
Fall of coal |
27-04-1871 |
George Bean |
22 |
Waleswood |
Explosion of methane |
02-05-1871 |
Michael Sullivan |
33 |
Wombwell Main |
Crushed by tubs |
03-05-1871 |
Alexander Renshaw |
29 |
Orgreave |
Fall of roof |
03-05-1871 |
W Gee |
21 |
Orgreave |
Fall of roof |
03-05-1871 |
W Johnson |
48 |
Holmes |
Fall of roof |
03-05-1871 |
Joseph Hague |
49 |
Nunnery |
Crushed by tubs surface |
08-05-1871 |
James Saxtin |
27 |
Thorncliffe |
Fall of coal |
09-05-1871 |
John Wood |
60 |
St John’s |
Crushed by the cage |
22-05-1871 |
John Peace |
69 |
Rawmarsh |
Fall of coal |
25-05-1871 |
W Hodgson |
40 |
Bateman |
Fall of roof |
01-06-1871 |
Sampson Butterfield |
40 |
Middleton |
Crushed by tubs |
08-06-1871 |
W Balderson |
43 |
White House |
Unknown |
14-06-1871 |
W Rhoydes |
30 |
Mount Osbourne |
Fall of coal |
17-06-1871 |
Thomas Bowskill |
63 |
Birley Vale |
Fell down the shaft |
27-06-1871 |
Thomas Rogers |
51 |
Lower Elsecar |
Fall of coal |
28-06-1871 |
Senior Rangeley |
21 |
Kirkstyles |
Overcome by blackdamp |
03-07-1871 |
Joseph Earnshaw |
31 |
Strafford |
Fall of roof |
04-07-1871 |
John Stewart |
24 |
Killing Beck |
Unknown |
10-07-1871 |
Hallas Thornton |
20 |
Mirfield Moor |
Fall of roof |
12-07-1871 |
Thomas Adam |
17 |
Thorncliffe |
Crushed by the cage |
15-07-1871 |
William Stead |
27 |
Sharlston |
Run over by wagons on the surface |
03-08-1871 |
Abraham Hall |
30 |
Oaks |
Fall of roof |
04-08-1871 |
Samuel Askew |
21 |
Aldwarke Main |
Fall of roof |
14-08-1871 |
Richard Dawes |
33 |
Denaby Main |
Fall of coal |
15-08-1871 |
John Reeder |
21 |
Kiveton Park |
Fall of coal |
19-08-1871 |
George Nixon |
21 |
Tinsley |
Part of a tub fell down shaft |
31-08-1871 |
Henry Parkin |
19 |
Kiveton Park |
Fall of roof |
01-09-1871 |
Andrew Bromwich |
42 |
Manston |
Fall of coal |
12-09-1871 |
Thomas Smith |
37 |
Wheldale |
Fall of roof |
20-09-1871 |
Edward |
12 |
Churwell |
Run over by tubs |
27-09-1871 |
Henry Wilcock |
42 |
Hostingley Lane |
Explosion of methane |
27-09-1871 |
Robert Brooke |
|
Hostingley Lane |
Explosion of methane |
14-10-1871 |
J Sellars |
47 |
Low Stubbin |
Fall of coal |
14-10-1871 |
James Pitchforth |
19 |
Featherstone Main |
Explosion of methane |
14-10-1871 |
George Reynolds |
54 |
Featherstone Main |
Explosion of methane |
16-10-1871 |
Frederick Wright |
13 |
Aldwarke Main |
Crushed by tubs |
18-10-1871 |
John Thompson |
20 |
Wombwell Main |
Crushed by tubs |
18-10-1871 |
James Jackson |
43 |
Denaby Main |
Fall of coal |
23-10-1871 |
John Boston |
20 |
Mount Osbourne |
Crushed by tubs |
24-10-1871 |
Edward Hemsworth |
68 |
Garforth |
Fall of coal |
26-10-1871 |
William Pratt |
32 |
Edmunds Main |
Fall of roof |
04-11-1871 |
John Mellor |
|
Savile |
Fell down the shaft |
09-11-1871 |
William Stephenson |
19 |
Nostell |
Explosion of methane |
11-11-1871 |
Charles Wroe |
46 |
Willow Bank |
Explosion of methane |
22-11-1871 |
Thomas Morman |
35 |
Holmes |
Unknown |
25-11-1871 |
William Shepherd |
21 |
Tankersley |
Explosion of methane |
25-11-1871 |
Thomas Dickinson |
31 |
Tankersley |
Explosion of methane |
29-11-1871 |
James Morgan |
|
Monk Bretton |
Fall of coal |
01-12-1871 |
William Henry Blackburn |
20 |
High Stile |
Fall of coal |
02-12-1871 |
William Mawson |
20 |
Swaithe Main |
Crushed by the cage |
03-12-1871 |
William Priestley |
37 |
Harrop Edge |
Fall of roof 26-02-1871 |
16-12-1871 |
John Morgan |
22 |
Woolley |
Caught in machinery |
20-12-1871 |
Amos Hall |
20 |
Robin Hood |
Crushed by wagons on surface |