| Date |
Name |
Age |
Colliery |
Cause of Accident |
03-01-1878 |
S Crabbtree |
13 |
Victoria |
Crushed by tubs |
12-01-1878 |
George Newall |
15 |
Beckett Street |
Fall of roof |
15-01-1878 |
John Oxley |
15 |
Thrybergh Hall |
Unknown |
24-01-1878 |
J Dickinson |
18 |
Wibsey Bank Foot |
Fall of roof |
26-01-1878 |
J Wilkinson |
25 |
Lundhill |
Fall of roof |
28-01-1878 |
E Ingram |
14 |
Park Liversedge |
Run over by tubs |
29-01-1878 |
G Blankley |
14 |
Simon Wood |
Run over by tubs |
31-01-1878 |
E Walker |
20 |
Featherstone Main |
Fall of coal |
01-02-1878 |
John Pell |
22 |
Flockton |
Fall of roof |
13-02-1878 |
Charles Silcock |
28 |
Monk Bretton |
Fall of coal |
28-02-1878 |
James Waller |
24 |
Old Mill |
Fall of coal |
19-03-1878 |
Peter Renshaw |
46 |
Tankersley |
Fall of roof |
21-03-1878 |
James Mitchell |
42 |
Ravenslodge |
Fall of roof |
24-03-1878 |
Arthur Higgins |
28 |
Flockton |
Overcome by blackdamp |
24-03-1878 |
I Borrows |
|
Flockton |
Overcome by blackdamp |
24-03-1878 |
Thomas Jagger |
33 |
Flockton |
Overcome by blackdamp |
25-03-1878 |
S Wilkinson |
43 |
Dodworth |
Hand injury 08-03-1878 Toxaemia |
06-04-1878 |
A Barraclough |
15 |
Crosses |
Fall of roof |
13-04-1878 |
Henry Addy |
44 |
Hodroyd |
Fall of roof |
15-04-1878 |
J Lumb |
17 |
Streethouse |
Fall of roof |
17-04-1878 |
G H Gibson |
17 |
Manvers Main |
Fall of roof 22-02-1878 |
24-04-1878 |
Benjamin Carr |
42 |
Low Stubbin |
Fall of roof |
04-05-1878 |
Thomas Hinds |
43 |
Holmes |
Crushed by a loco surface 13-04-1877 |
10-05-1878 |
John Ryan |
56 |
West Riding |
Fall of earth surface |
07-06-1878 |
John Hodson |
33 |
Ingleton |
Overcome by blackdamp |
13-06-1878 |
A Gyte |
12 |
East Gawber |
Crushed by tubs 16-04-1878 |
19-06-1878 |
William Smith |
60 |
Woolley |
Fall of roof |
21-06-1878 |
John Worrill |
46 |
Nunnery |
Fall of roof |
10-07-1878 |
William Wilkinson |
|
Wood |
Fall of roof |
15-07-1878 |
Allen Moorcroft |
15 |
Birley West |
Crushed by tubs |
21-07-1878 |
George Sadler |
35 |
Rockley |
Explosion of powder 13-07-1878 |
27-07-1878 |
B Knowles |
40 |
Denaby Main |
Crushed by tubs |
30-07-1878 |
Joseph Taylor |
31 |
Denby Grange |
Fall of roof |
31-07-1878 |
F Fisher |
23 |
Orgreave |
Fall of coal |
04-08-1878 |
W H Metcalf |
16 |
Coyers |
Fall of roof 27-07-1878 |
05-08-1878 |
Thomas Marshall |
50 |
Bullhouse |
Fall of roof |
08-08-1878 |
John Downs |
|
Wincobank |
Crushed by tubs |
15-08-1878 |
Henry Dews |
|
Pidacre |
Cage crashed in bottom 29-07-1878 |
16-08-1878 |
William Jones |
50 |
Silkstone/Dodworth |
Crushed by wagons on the surface |
17-08-1878 |
William Pickles |
13 |
East Gawber |
Crushed by tubs |
19-08-1878 |
W H Broadhead |
16 |
Silkstone |
Crushed by tubs |
28-08-1878 |
Richard Hancock |
13 |
Fitzwilliam Hemsworth |
Crushed by wagons on the surface |
11-09-1878 |
Thomas Barker |
30 |
Wharncliffe Carlton |
Fall of roof |
17-09-1878 |
Francis McIntyre |
31 |
Stanley Ferry |
Explosion of methane 24-08-1878 |
01-10-1878 |
James KilCullan |
28 |
Hoyland Silkstone |
Fall of roof |
11-10-1878 |
Oliver Fowler |
51 |
Car House |
Crushed by tubs |
14-10-1878 |
James Wakefield |
18 |
Haigh |
Fall of roof |
18-10-1878 |
David Wood |
27 |
Park Liversedge |
Fall of roof |
22-10-1878 |
Joseph Hunt |
23 |
Smithies |
Explosion of methane 18-10-1878 |
25-10-1878 |
John Hunter |
14 |
Featherstone Main |
Run over by tubs |
29-10-1878 |
Stephen Gover |
19 |
Wheldale |
Fall of roof |
00-10-1878 |
George Strutt |
64 |
Tinsley Park |
Crushed by tubs 16-09-1878 |
04-11-1878 |
J Mattison |
63 |
Glass Houghton |
Crushed by tubs |
08-11-1878 |
Robert Inman |
31 |
Waterloo Woodlesford |
Cage fell down the shaft |
08-11-1878 |
Soloman Butterworth |
33 |
Waterloo Woodlesford |
Cage fell down the shaft |
13-11-1878 |
Thomas Hawksworth |
14 |
Dungworth |
Fell down the shaft |
13-11-1878 |
George Shaw |
53 |
Rawmarsh |
Fall of roof |
14-11-1878 |
William Stanley |
50 |
Woolley |
Fall of roof 13-11-1878 |
16-11-1878 |
Charles Harper |
56 |
Edmunds Main |
Crushed by wagons on the surface 15-11-1878 |
18-11-1878 |
James Heelegrave |
24 |
Micklefield |
Coal fell down shaft |
18-11-1878 |
Thomas Herald |
56 |
Morley Main |
Fall of roof |
20-11-1878 |
Thomas William Rawling |
16 |
Rothwell Haigh |
Fall of roof |
22-11-1878 |
William Read |
25 |
Stanley Ferry |
Crushed by tubs |
23-11-1878 |
Richard White |
50 |
Upper Elsecar |
Caught in machinery surface |
27-11-1878 |
William Charlesworth |
49 |
Helm |
Crushed by tubs 21-11-1878 |
04-12-1878 |
James Stephenson |
53 |
Sharlston |
Fall of coal |
16-12-1878 |
John Bradshaw |
42 |
Birley West |
Fall of roof |
16-12-1878 |
James Myatt |
31 |
Scholes |
Fall of roof |
17-12-1878 |
T Sills |
16 |
East Gawber |
Kicked by a pony 13-12-1878 |
20-12-1878 |
John Bastow |
46 |
Quarry House |
Explosion of methane |
20-12-1878 |
George Bennett |
34 |
Howdenclough |
Fall of roof |
21-12-1878 |
John Adkin |
28 |
Thrybergh Hall |
Fall of coal |
21-12-1878 |
John Brock |
30 |
Thrybergh Hall |
Fall of coal |
15-01-1879 |
Thomas Grant |
22 |
Rawmarsh |
Coal fell down the shaft 08—01-1879 |
24-01-1879 |
John Pitt |
35 |
Martins Main |
Fall of roof |
25-01-1879 |
George Hill |
45 |
Fitzwilliam Main |
Explosion of methane |
25-01-1879 |
John Rushton |
37 |
Fitzwilliam Main |
Explosion of methane |
25-01-1879 |
John Mann |
35 |
Fitzwilliam Main |
Explosion of methane |
25-01-1879 |
Paul Brailsford |
32 |
Fitzwilliam Main |
Explosion of methane |
25-01-1879 |
Isaiah James |
33 |
Fitzwilliam Main |
Explosion of methane |
31-01-1879 |
George Bates |
23 |
Glass Houghton |
Explosion of powder 08-01-1879 |
10-02-1879 |
George Batty |
50 |
Lundhill |
Crushed by wagons on the surface |
11-02-1879 |
James Fellowes |
27 |
Aldwarke Main |
Fall of coal |
15-02-1879 |
Thomas Haigh |
33 |
Rockingham |
Crushed by tubs |
18-02-1879 |
George Naylor |
17 |
Morley Main |
Fall of roof 10-02-1879 |
22-02-1879 |
W Jagger |
26 |
Monckton Main |
Crushed by the cage 21-02-1879 |
04-03-1879 |
Richard Atkinson,
Ouchthorpe Lane,
Married three or four children |
30 |
Victoria Stanley
Also known as Deep Drop |
Explosion of methane |
04-03-1879 |
James Leek
Stanley Lane Ends
(Foreman over bye workmen)
Married six children |
35 |
Victoria Stanley
Also known as Deep Drop |
Explosion of methane |
04-03-1879 |
William Hartley
Newton Lane End
(Deputy)
Married one grown up son |
50 |
Victoria Stanley
Also known as Deep Drop |
Explosion of methane |
04-03-1879 |
Luke Walker
Lofthouse Gate
Married eight children |
47 |
Victoria Stanley
Also known as Deep Drop |
Explosion of methane |
04-03-1879 |
Charles Firth
Stanley Lane Ends
Married four children |
38 |
Victoria Stanley
Also known as Deep Drop |
Explosion of methane |
04-03-1879 |
William Cooley |
55 |
Victoria Stanley
Also known as Deep Drop |
Explosion of methane |
04-03-1879 |
Charles Wild
Newton Lane End
Married nine children |
38 |
Victoria Stanley
Also known as Deep Drop |
Explosion of methane |
04-03-1879 |
George Bolland
Stanley Ferry Lane
Married no children |
42 |
Victoria Stanley
Also known as Deep Drop |
Explosion of methane |
04-03-1879 |
William Grice,
Newton Lane End
Married eight children |
37 |
Victoria Stanley
Also known as Deep Drop |
Explosion of methane |
04-03-1879 |
Israel Hartley
Stanley Lane Ends
Single |
25 |
Victoria Stanley
Also known as Deep Drop |
Explosion of methane |
04-03-1879 |
Luke Walker
Stanley Lane Ends
Married one child |
30 |
Victoria Stanley
Also known as Deep Drop |
Explosion of methane |
04-03-1879 |
Eli Blackburn
Firths Yard Eastmoor
Married no children |
30 |
Victoria Stanley
Also known as Deep Drop |
Explosion of methane |
04-03-1879 |
Joseph Salt,
Victoria Row
Newton Lane End
Single |
30 |
Victoria Stanley
Also known as Deep Drop |
Explosion of methane |
04-03-1879 |
Andrew Wild
Newton Lane End
Married one child |
32 |
Victoria Stanley
Also known as Deep Drop |
Explosion of methane |
04-03-1879 |
William Jones
Newton Lane End
Single |
24 |
Victoria Stanley
Also known as Deep Drop |
Explosion of methane |
04-03-1879 |
D Noble |
33 |
Victoria Stanley
Also known as Deep Drop |
Explosion of methane |
04-03-1879 |
William Musgrave
Bailey Buildings
Eastmoor |
17 |
Victoria Stanley
Also known as Deep Drop |
Explosion of methane |
04-03-1879 |
John Perks
Newton Lane Ends |
16 |
Victoria Stanley
Also known as Deep Drop |
Explosion of methane |
04-03-1879 |
Thomas Farrar
Newton Lane End |
14 |
Victoria Stanley
Also known as Deep Drop |
Explosion of methane |
04-03-1879 |
John Dolan
New Street
Wakefield |
14 |
Victoria Stanley
Also known as Deep Drop |
Explosion of methane |
04-03-1879 |
James Dolan
New Street
Wakefield |
12 |
Victoria Stanley
Also known as Deep Drop |
Explosion of methane |
07-03-1879 |
Charles Allsop |
35 |
Victoria |
Cage fell down shaft rope broke |
07-03-1879 |
S Kerfoot |
37 |
Victoria |
Cage fell down shaft rope broke |
07-03-1879 |
Samuel Clamp |
20 |
Victoria |
Cage fell down shaft rope broke |
07-03-1879 |
John Brown |
42 |
Victoria |
Cage fell down shaft rope broke |
07-03-1879 |
William Oldridge |
32 |
Victoria |
Cage fell down shaft rope broke |
07-03-1879 |
William Pegg |
28 |
Victoria |
Cage fell down shaft rope broke |
07-03-1879 |
J Colconnon |
29 |
Victoria |
Cage fell down shaft rope broke |
07-03-1879 |
William Douthroit |
38 |
Victoria |
Cage fell down shaft rope broke |