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Fatal Accidents West Hallam Colliery
(Information from Alan Beales) |
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| Date |
Name |
Age |
Colliery |
Accident |
| 27 - May - 1800 |
Henry Barksby |
18 |
West Hallam |
Fell down the shaft |
| 12 - Feb - 1802 |
Francis Gregory |
9 |
West Hallam |
Fell down the shaft |
- | - Aug - 1802 |
Boy |
- |
West Hallam |
Fell down the shaft |
| 20 - Dec - 1802 |
William Hallam |
- |
West Hallam |
Stone fell down the shaft |
| 17 - Nov - 1803 |
Thomas Stenson |
- |
West Hallam |
Fell down the shaft |
| 13 - Nov - 1812 |
Boy |
11 |
West Hallam |
Fall of roof |
| 13 - Nov - 1812 |
Boy |
- |
West Hallam |
Fell down the shaft |
| 28 - Apr - 1829 |
William Brookhouse |
- |
West Hallam |
Fell down the shaft |
| 05 - Jun - 1833 |
Joseph Shelton |
-
| West Hallam |
Fell sown the shaft |
| 12 - Feb - 1847 |
William Hartshorn |
17 |
West Hallam |
Coal fell down the shaft |
| 17 - Nov - 1852 |
Henry Sawyer |
-
| West Hallam |
Fell down the shaft |
| 01 - Aug - 1854 |
Thomas Gregory |
-
| West Hallam |
Fell down the shaft |
| 02 - Oct - 1854 |
Boy |
-
| West Hallam |
Fell down the shaft |
| 17 - Nov - 1866 |
Robert Bancroft |
19 |
West Hallam |
Fall of roof |
| 14 - Jul - 1874 |
John Flint |
28 |
West Hallam |
Fell down shaft |
| 12 - May - 1880 |
John Hardy |
40 |
West Hallam |
Fall of coal |
| 18 - Jan - 1883 |
George Tomlinson |
52 |
West Hallam |
Fell down the shaft |
| 04 - Dec - 1884 |
John Henry Simmonds |
47 |
West Hallam |
Overcome by blackdamp |
| 06 - May - 1885 |
Alfred Potter |
14 |
West Hallam |
Crushed by wagon on surface |
| 02 - Mar - 1893 |
Isaac Keightley |
15 |
West Hallam |
Knocked over by pony 28 - 02 |
| 28 - Jul - 1893 |
Aaron Bancroft |
35 |
West Hallam |
Run over by tubs |
| 05 - Feb - 1895 |
Joseph Hartshorne |
67 |
West Hallam |
Crushed by wagon on surface |
| 21 - Jun - 1897 |
George Stevenson |
51 |
West Hallam |
Fall of roof |
| 24 - Mar - 1902 |
John Day |
21 |
West Hallam |
Run over by tubs |
| 03 - Nov - 1902 |
William Knighton |
18 |
West Hallam |
Fall of roof |
| 13 - Jan - 1904 |
James Bowley |
43 |
West Hallam |
Shotfiring accident |
| 01 - Jul - 1905 |
George Knowles |
47 |
West Hallam |
Fall of roof 16 - Jun - 1905 |
| 20 - Jul - 1905 |
Arthur Ellis |
16 |
West Hallam |
Fall in a roadway |
| 09 - May - 1906 |
John Thomas Smith |
16 |
West Hallam |
Run over by tubs |
| 04 - Feb - 1910 |
George Holland |
13 |
West Hallam |
Kicked by a pony 01 - Jan - 1910 |
| 20 - Feb - 1916 |
Henry Wheatley |
36 |
West Hallam |
Fall of roof 26 - Jan - 1912 |
| 04 - May - 1916 |
William Horridge |
15 |
West Hallam |
Crushed by tubs |
| 16 - Jul - 1916 |
Clarence Edward Glover |
16 |
West Hallam |
Fall of roof |
| 06 - May - 1917 |
Charles Plummer |
46 |
West Hallam |
Fall of roof |
| 09 - May - 1917 |
George Smith |
53 |
West Hallam |
Fall of roof 26 - Apr - 1917 |
| 26 - Jan - 1918 |
Percy Newton |
16 |
West Hallam |
Crushed by tubs 23 - Jan - 1918 |
| 12 - Feb - 1923 |
Charles Sarson |
28 |
West Hallam |
Fall of roof |
| 22 - May - 1924 |
Arthur Watson |
24 |
West Hallam |
Fall of roof 20 - Jan - 1924 |
| 25 - Jul - 1924 |
Francis Key |
31 |
West Hallam |
Fall of roof |
| 30 - Apr - 1925 |
John Walter Beardsley |
34 |
West Hallam |
Fall of roof |
| 09 - Oct - 1925 |
Benjamin Taylor |
54 |
West Hallam |
Caught in machinery |
| 15 - Jan - 1926 |
John Thomas Davis |
31 |
West Hallam |
Fall of roof 14 - Jan - 1926 |
| 23 - Jan - 1926 |
John White |
54 |
West Hallam |
Fall of roof 19 - Jan - 1926 |
| 07 - Jan - 1928 |
George T Robinson |
31 |
West Hallam |
Fall of roof 24 - Dec - 1927 |
| 18 - Oct - 1928 |
Samuel Wingfield |
27 |
West Hallam |
Fall of roof |
| 26 - Feb - 1930 |
Arthur Urin |
45 |
West Hallam |
Fall of coal |
Anyone wishing more detail should look the death date up in local newspapers, an inquest report will give a lot of information.
Sources:-
- 1800 - June 1852 Nottingham newspapers Angel Row Library Floor 1
- July 1852 -1914 Mines Inspectors Annual Reports Greens Library Nottingham University
- These are now online Ian Winstanley {Rayleys}
- After 1914 various Derbyshire Libraries Chesterfield, Heanor, Ripley, Alfreton, Ilkeston
Undated Wall Chart Of The Shafts In The Old Eastwood No 5 Area
And Includes Mapperley
My thanks to Alan Boswell.
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