Durham Mining Museum - Bonds Main Colliery (UK) (original) (raw)

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Disasters (5 or more killed)

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Names of those killed at this colliery

Please note that this collection of names is by no means complete!

| | | | | | | Adams, John, 22 Dec 1902, aged 53, Stallman, Deceased died in the mine and death was certified to be due to "heart disease." No inquest was held [fatality reported during the year but not classified as a reportable accident] | | ----------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | | | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | | | | | | | Bamford, John Joseph, 14 May 1907, aged 32, Rope-man, Fall of roof. Deceased was killed near to where he was employed in putting tubs on to an endless rope. A fall of roof occurred which pushed out the timber supporting the junction (Silkstone coal) | | | | | | | | Bodie, Benjamin, 09 Nov 1906, aged 44, Header, Fall of roof or "pot-hole" in a heading. The place was timbered with bars set 5 feet apart, but the weight of the material filling up the pot-hole broke a bar, and it fell on deceased, killing him (Silkstone coal) | | | | | | | | Brittain, Walter, 29 Aug 1910, (accident: 21 Jul 1910), aged 52, Stallman, He drew out a prop supporting the clod 8 inches thick overlying the coal using a ringer and chain. Another prop then rolled out and a small fall of roof occurred injuring his left thigh. Blood poisoning supervened and he died on 29th August | | | | | | | | Brown, Ernest, 04 May 1899, (accident: 22 Apr 1899), aged 20, Incline man, While travelling by the side of a train of wagons going through a pass-bye, the front tub collided with a tub standing near the points. Both tubs left the roadway, and swinging round, crushed deceased between the front tub of the train and a prop on the side of the roadway. He died 4th May (Silkstone coal) | | | | | | | | Cooper, John, 04 Feb 1901, aged 29, Stallman, Fall of roof. Deceased was attempting to withdraw a prop from the goaf without the use of a ringer-and-chain, and before he could get it out the roof fell and killed him (Silkstone coal) | | | | | | | | Cooper, William, 23 Dec 1909, Assistant Onsetter, Deceased was pushing full tubs into the cage, when three other full tubs ran through the blocks ten yards away and crushed deceased into those in the cage. The person in charge of the blocks neglected his duty. Died same day (Silkstone Coal seam) | | | | | | | | Davidson, Joseph, 15 Jan 1908, aged 31, Stallman, Fall of roof. Deceased was at work in the stall near to the gate end, when the roof fell and killed him. The fall came from between two rows of props only 3 feet 8 inches apart (Silkstone Coal seam) | | | | | | | | Down, John, 18 May 1914, aged 26, Loader, He was taking a full tub over a flat piece in a jig, some 60 yards long, and varying in inclination from 1 in 10 to 1 in 4. He had just succeeded in starting it down the steep when the chain broke and allowed it to run to the bottom followed by two empties. Deceased was found under the empties but it is not quite clear how he got there | | | | | | | | Fletcher, James, 13 Jul 1909, aged 26, Deputy, A full tub was being jigged against an empty one in a roadway dipping at 1 in 2. A pair of rails had been attached to the back of the empty tub which made landing difficult. It got off the road near the top knocking a prop out standing in the centre, liberating a large quantity of roof which fell and killed the deputy who was assisting there (Silkstone Coal seam) | | | | | | | | Hart, John, 20 Aug 1905, (accident: 16 Aug 1905), aged 25, Dayman, Fall of roof. Deceased was uncapping a prop in a stall, when a pot-hole fell out and fatally injured him. Ringer-and-chain were not used. He died 20th August (Silkstone coal seam) | | | | | | | | Hudson, James, 25 Aug 1899, aged 44, Dataller, Deceased was sitting on the side of a main engine plane taking a meal, when a runaway train of eight empty tubs collided with a full tub standing on the road. One of the empty tubs struck deceased and fatally injured him (Silkstone coal) | | | | | | | | Kidger, Robert, 08 Feb 1908, aged 54, Dayman, Deceased and other men were walking along the main haulage road, returning from work, and while the haulage rope was running, when a train of four full tubs became detached from the rope and ran away. Deceased was knocked down and killed (Silkstone Coal seam) | | | | | | | | Lowe, John William, 15 Apr 1905, aged 32, Loader, Fall of roof. Deceased was working in a stall between two faults when a fall of roof partially buried him. He was being got out when a further fall occurred and killed him (Silkstone coal seam) | | | | | | | | Mallen, B., 26 Apr 1912, aged 38, Dayman, The men were leaving work at the end of the afternoon shift and travelled down a short jig before the empty tubs had landed at the top owing to a full tub being off the rails. The tub was put right and the horse attached, when the tubs became disconnected and the horse went with two tubs only. The horse failed to take the turn in the roadway properly and stepped outside the full road rails, and the front end of the shafts struck deceased in the chest and fatally injured him | | | | | | | | Marples, William, 24 Oct 1907, aged 50, Stallman, Deceased was lifting an empty tub on to the rails at the gate-end when he slipped, and died before leaving the mine. The medical evidence after a post-mortem examination, was that deceased had heart-disease of long-standing, and the heart might fail at any time. The verdict of the jury was "that his death was accelerated by slipping down" (Silkstone coal) | | | | | | | | Milnes, Edward, 25 Dec 1906, (accident: 01 Mar 1904), aged 25, Loader, He was injured in the mine on 1st March, 1904, by a fall of roof, causing a prop to run out and strike deceased in the back. No inquest was held [fatality reported during the year but not classified as a reportable accident] | | | | | | | | Oxley, William, 11 Oct 1906, aged 14, Horse-driver, Deceased was going to the front of three full tubs pulled by a horse when he appears to have slipped on the roadway and fallen under the first tub. Deceased died a few minutes after being released (Silkstone coal) | | | | | | | | Riley, Tom, 25 Jan 1911, aged 21, Haulageman, Some empty tubs bumped into a stationary train, left the rails, and crushed Riley against a prop | | | | | | | | Scott, George, 23 Apr 1904, aged 21, Dataller, Fall of roof. Deceased was assisting to relay a roadway and was carrying a long rail to a place where it was to be laid, when he was killed by a fall of roof (Silkstone coal) | | | | | | | | Shepherd, Henry, 14 Jul 1913, aged 17, Trammer, He was assisting a stallman to put a full tub on the road in a steep jig, when the jig chain broke at the jig wheel and the runaway tub crushed his head against a prop. The drag behind the empty tub failed to act | | | | | | | | Shepperd, Joseph, 05 Sep 1902, aged 20, Loader, The stallman and deceased were preparing to send a full tub down a self-acting incline, and deceased went in front to place it in position, the stall-man pushing it into the incline. It was then found that the incline chain had not been attached, and deceased was fatally crushed by the runaway tub. The man whose duty it was to see the tub properly coupled was afterwards prosecuted for breach of rule, and fined 20 shillings and 17 shillings costs (Silkstone coal) | | | | | | | | Toseland, Frederick, 12 Dec 1910, aged 30, Motorman, He left the platform from which he operated the controller and gearing of an electrically driven slack press, and climbed up to the motor and gearing 6 feet above for the purpose of oiling the bearings. He was found fastened to the bare trolley wires and the iron plate forming the floor, and could not be liberated until the current had been switched off at the power house. It appeared that deceased neglected to see that the controller was in the "off" position before leaving it, and there was in consequence a pressure of 63 volts, as was subsequently shown by test, between one of the trolley wires and the iron platform upon which deceased was standing. A post mortem revealed the fact that all the organs of his body were in an unsatisfactory state | | | | | | | | Twigg, Joseph, 23 Jul 1903, (accident: 14 Jul 1903), aged 61, Fitter, Deceased was at work in a new building when a heavy steel chisel fell from the floor above him striking him on the head. He died 23rd July | | | | | | | | | | 24 names found | | | | | |

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Credits

Sources:

• 1896 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department, also available online at Peak District Mines Historical Society Ltd
• 1899 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 134), Midland District (No. 8) by Arthur H. Stokes, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
• 1900 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
• 1901 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 1062), Midland District (No. 8) by Arthur H. Stokes, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
• 1902 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 1590), Midland District (No. 8) by Arthur H. Stokes, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
• 1903 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 2119), Midland District (No. 8) by Arthur H. Stokes, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
• 1904 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 2506), Midland District (No. 8) by Arthur H. Stokes, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
• 1905 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
• 1905 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 2910), Midland District (No. 8) by Arthur H. Stokes, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
• 1906 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 3449), Midland District (No. 8) by Arthur H. Stokes, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
• 1907 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 4045), Midland District (No. 8) by Arthur H. Stokes, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
• 1908 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 4672), Midland District (No. 8) by Arthur H. Stokes, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
• 1909 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 5177), Midland District (No. 8) by W. Walker, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
• 1910 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
• 1910 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 5676), Yorkshire and North Midland District (No. 4) by W. H. Pickering, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
• 1911 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 6237), Yorkshire and North Midland District (No. 4) by W. H. Pickering, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
• 1912 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 6983), Yorkshire and North Midland District (No. 4) by Thomas H. Mottram, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
• 1913 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 7439), Yorkshire and North Midland Division (No. 3) by Thomas H. Mottram, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
• 1914 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 8023), Yorkshire and North Midland Division (No. 3) by Thomas H. Mottram, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
• 1915 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
• 1923 Colliery Year Book and Coal Trades Directory. Published by The Louis Cassier Co. Ltd., from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian
• 1933 Colliery Year Book and Coal Trades Directory. Published by The Louis Cassier Co. Ltd., from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian
• 1937 Colliery Year Book and Coal Trades Directory. Published by The Louis Cassier Co. Ltd., from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian
• 1940 Colliery Year Book and Coal Trades Directory. Published by The Louis Cassier Co. Ltd., from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian
• 1947 Colliery Year Book and Coal Trades Directory. Published by The Louis Cassier Co. Ltd., from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian
• 1948 Guide to the Coalfields published by the Colliery Guardian, from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian
• 1950 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department

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