Name | Age | Date of accident | Occupation | Colliery | Notes |
ABNER Stanley | 44 | 24/04/1867 | Carpenter | Clay Cross | Fell off scaffold on surface. |
ADCROFT Thomas | 26 | 27/06/1881 | Collier | Clay Cross No.4 | Fall of roof whilst holing coal. |
AINSWORTH William | 47 | 31/03/1890 | Stallman | Clay Cross No.7 | Fall of roof. The stone fell away from a pot hole which appeared to be unknown to the deceased. |
ALLEN George | N/K | 27/07/1865 | Collier | Clay Cross | Fall of roof. |
ANTHONY Frederick | 41 | 26/06/1890 | Stallman | Clay Cross No.7 | Fall of coals. |
ASHMORE Joseph | 13 | 11/06/1861 | Trammer | Clay Cross No.2 | Suffocated due to an inundation of water from old workings. Rescue took 22 days. 23 killed. |
ASHMORE Samuel | 21 | 11/06/1861 | Miner | Clay Cross No.2 | Suffocated due to an inundation of water from old workings. Rescue took 22 days. 23 killed. |
ASHMORE Samuel | 38 | 11/06/1861 | Miner | Clay Cross No.2 | Suffocated due to an inundation of water from old workings. Rescue took 22 days. 23 killed. |
ATKINS Samuel | 55 | 19/11/1864 | Collier | Clay Cross | Fall of roof. |
BAKER Henry | 18 | 02/01/1899 | Inclineman | Clay Cross No.7 | Fall of roof. Deceased was assisting to set a prop in an incline where a small fall of roof had occurred, when a further fall of roof took place and killed him. Another man was injured. |
BAKER Phineas | 53 | 07/11/1882 | Stallman | Clay Cross No.7 | Gas explosion in which 45 people were killed. |
BALL James | 53 | 09/06/1901 | Stallman | Clay Cross No.2 | Fall of roof. Deceased was boring a shothole in the bottom coal when the roof above fell and killed him. |
BAMFORD Thomas | N/K | 03/05/1865 | Collier | Clay Cross | Explosion of gas. 8 killed. |
BANNER George | 44 | 25/10/1880 | Loader | Clay Cross No.4 | Fall of roof whilst loading coals. |
BANNISTER S. | 25 | 24/02/1858 | Mason | Clay Cross | Fall of archings. |
BARKER Edward | 15 | 07/11/1882 | Loader | Clay Cross No.7 | Gas explosion in which 45 people were killed. |
BARKER Samuel | 42 | 07/11/1882 | N/K | Clay Cross No.7 | Gas explosion in which 45 people were killed. |
BARLOW Joseph | 38 | 14/03/1867 | Collier | Clay Cross | Fall of roof. |
BARNES John | 14 | 24/08/1867 | Driver | Clay Cross | Run over. |
BEESON Aaron | 23 | 07/11/1882 | Loader | Clay Cross No.7 | Gas explosion in which 45 people were killed. |
BEESON Henry | 44 | 07/11/1882 | Stallman | Clay Cross No.7 | Gas explosion in which 45 people were killed. |
BEESON John | 15 | 07/11/1882 | Driver | Clay Cross No.7 | Gas explosion in which 45 people were killed. |
BERESFORD George | 26 | 12/10/1911 | Coal cutter | Parkhouse | Whilst driving an electrically driven coal-cutter, deceased's assistant saw one of the props, next to it move. The machine was stopped and a sprag put up to this prop from the foot of another one, but when the machine, was re-started the prop again moved. The machine, was again stopped and then the roof coal fell and killed him. |
BERESFORD James | N/K | 06/08/1855 | N/K | Clay Cross | Run over by corves in mine. A boy. |
BERRY Thomas | 34 | 07/11/1882 | Bricklayer | Clay Cross No.7 | Gas explosion in which 45 people were killed. |
BETTISON Alexander | 44 | 11/06/1861 | Miner | Clay Cross No.2 | Suffocated due to an inundation of water from old workings. Rescue took 22 days. 23 killed. |
BETTISON Thomas | 28 | 17/02/1876 | Stallman | Clay Cross No.7 | Fall of bind. |
BIRKIN Thomas | 38 | 07/11/1882 | Stallman | Clay Cross No.7 | Gas explosion in which 45 people were killed. |
BOOT W. | 13 | 21/09/1857 | Horsedriver | Clay Cross | Run over by loaded tram when riding on train contrary to rules. |
BOOTH Job | 67 | 23/09/1864 | Collier | Clay Cross | Fall of roof. |
BOWLER Elias | 34 | 07/11/1882 | Stallman | Clay Cross No.7 | Gas explosion in which 45 people were killed. |
BRADLEY Francis | 35 | 11/06/1861 | Miner | Clay Cross No.2 | Suffocated due to an inundation of water from old workings. Rescue took 22 days. 23 killed. |
BRIGGS Robert | 32 | 17/08/1865 | Collier | Clay Cross | Fall of roof. Had been cautioned the place required timbering. |
BRIGGS William | 28 | 07/11/1882 | Stallman | Clay Cross No.7 | Gas explosion in which 45 people were killed. |
BROOKS John | N/K | 07/12/1854 | N/K | Clay Cross | Crushed by corf. |
BROOMHALL Hugh | 64 | 10/12/1895 | Holer | Clay Cross No.2 | Fall of side. He died on the 13th from bronchitis brought on by the accident. |
BROWN Joseph | 30 | 02/06/1894 | Stallman | Clay Cross No.4 | Fall of roof. He died 1st. December. |
BRUNT Thomas | 32 | 11/06/1861 | Miner | Clay Cross No.2 | Suffocated due to an inundation of water from old workings. Rescue took 22 days. 23 killed. |
BUCKBERRY John | 37 | 07/11/1882 | Stallman | Clay Cross No.7 | Gas explosion in which 45 people were killed. |
BUCKLAND George | 53 | 15/04/1889 | Stallman | Clay Cross No.7 | Fall of coals. The deceased was re-holing coals that had been holed and standing on the sprags for six days previously. |
BUCKLAND S. | 29 | 15/06/1860 | Miner | Clay Cross | Fall of roof . |
BUTTERFIELD John | 14 | 11/06/1861 | N/K | Clay Cross No.2 | Suffocated due to an inundation of water from old workings. Rescue took 22 days. 23 killed. |
BUXTON John | 38 | 11/06/1861 | Miner | Clay Cross No.2 | Suffocated due to an inundation of water from old workings. Rescue took 22 days. 23 killed. |
CALLADINE George | 48 | 11/10/1905 | Coal cutter | Clay Cross No.4 | Deceased was working a coal cutting machine when a bar set from the coal-face to a prop gave way and a quantity of roof coal fell with it and slightly injured his ankle of the right leg. Blood poisoning set in and he died 5th November. |
CARR John | 25 | 11/06/1861 | Miner | Clay Cross No.2 | Suffocated due to an inundation of water from old workings. Rescue took 22 days. 23 killed. |
CARR R. | 28 | 18/05/1860 | Miner | Clay Cross | Firing of a shot when ramming. |
CAWTHORN Lewis | 12 | 27/07/1872 | Bankboy | Clay Cross | Run over on surface. |
CHAPPELL Thomas | 22 | 07/11/1882 | Labourer | Clay Cross No.7 | Gas explosion in which 45 people were killed. |
CLARK Emanuel | 43 | 07/11/1882 | Stallman | Clay Cross No.7 | Gas explosion in which 45 people were killed. |
CLARK Joseph | N/K | 05/08/1851 | N/K | Clay Cross | Explosion of firedamp. |
CLARK William | 20 | 07/11/1882 | Loader | Clay Cross No.7 | Gas explosion in which 45 people were killed. |
COATES S. | 33 | 11/06/1861 | Miner | Clay Cross No.2 | Suffocated due to an inundation of water from old workings. Rescue took 22 days. 23 killed. |
COLLEDGE William | 17 | 23/09/1912 | Putter | Clay Cross No.7 | Whilst deceased was sitting on a full tub in a main haulage siding, eating his snap, a fall took place. He was struck and fatally injured by the fall which measured 5 feet by 9 feet by 15 inches. |
COOK John | 51 | 11/06/1861 | Miner | Clay Cross No.2 | Suffocated due to an inundation of water from old workings. Rescue took 22 days. 23 killed. |
COOPE John | 47 | 02/04/1903 | Stone header | Clay Cross No.2 | Fall of roof. Three shots had been fired in a stone heading and deceased was examining the place when the roof fell. He died the same day. |
COWLISHAW William | 55 | 04/02/1888 | Dataler | Clay Cross No.3 | Fall of roof while repairing a roadway. |
CROSS Joseph | 24 | 24/05/1876 | Loader | Clay Cross No.7 | Killed by loaded tubs the man had used a wooden locker instead of an iron one. This broke and the tub ran over him. |
CUPID Augustus | N/K | 11/06/1866 | Collier | Clay Cross No.4 | Roof fall in No.4 pit. 2 killed. |
DAKIN Joseph | N/K | 31/07/1854 | Boy | Clay Cross | Crushed by corves. A boy. |
DAVIES Joseph | 16 | 19/01/1892 | Driver | Clay Cross No.2 | Whilst bringing his loaded tubs down a steep roadway and approaching a ventilation door the tubs overpowered the pony and crushed both the driver and the pony against the door killing them both. |
DAVIS Joseph | 76 | 12/03/1866 | Collier | Clay Cross | Injured in the back. |
DAVIS William | 60 | 03/05/1881 | Loader | Clay Cross No.3 | Fall of roof whilst loading coals. |
DUNN Joseph | 32 | 07/11/1882 | Dataller | Clay Cross No.7 | Gas explosion in which 45 people were killed. |
DUNN Richard | 37 | 07/11/1882 | Dataller | Clay Cross No.7 | Gas explosion in which 45 people were killed. |
DUNN William | 19 | 07/11/1882 | Inclineman | Clay Cross No.7 | Gas explosion in which 45 people were killed. |
DUNN William | 66 | 20/12/1892 | Undermanager | Clay Cross No.3 | The deceased was the undermanager of the mine and whilst passing through one of the working places a large piece of roof fell upon him. |
EDWARDS James | 32 | 07/11/1882 | Stallman | Clay Cross No.7 | Gas explosion in which 45 people were killed. |
ELIAN James | 50 | 17/10/1871 | Collier | Clay Cross | Fall of roof . |
ELLIOTT John | 21 | 05/03/1890 | Loader | Clay Cross No.7 | Fall of roof. Getting down coals when they fell and knocked two props out causing the roof to fall upon him. |
ELLIOTT W | N/K | 07/06/1873 | Miner | Clay Cross | Killed by a fall of roof whilst working in insufficiently timbered place. He had been cautioned a few minutes before by a deputy to set a prop and had promised to do so. |
ENGLAND Abraham | 44 | 25/06/1870 | Collier | Clay Cross | Fall of coal. Neglecting to set timber. |
ENGLAND Willoughby | 14 | 07/04/1899 | Horse driver | Clay Cross No.7 | He was riding on the shafts by which the horse is attached to the tubs. This broke and he fell off and was crushed by the tubs. |
FARNSWORTH J. | N/K | 27/04/1853 | N/K | Clay Cross | Falling down the shaft. A boy. |
FERN James | N/K | 21/04/1870 | Collier | Clay Cross No.2 | Fall of bind (No.2 pit). |
FORRESTER E. | 45 | 11/06/1861 | Miner | Clay Cross No.2 | Suffocated due to an inundation of water from old workings. Rescue took 22 days. 23 killed. |
FOWLER John | 52 | 07/11/1882 | Stallman | Clay Cross No.7 | Gas explosion in which 45 people were killed. |
FOX Thomas | N/K | 03/05/1865 | Collier | Clay Cross | Explosion of gas. 8 killed. |
GANNION Patrick | 44 | 02/11/1881 | Banksman | Clay Cross No.4 | Crushed between a railway waggon and fire hole wall. |
GAW Thomas | 22 | 19/05/1864 | Collier | Clay Cross | Explosion of gas. 2 killed. |
GOALEY Thomas | 25 | 07/11/1882 | Loader | Clay Cross No.7 | Gas explosion in which 45 people were killed. |
GOODWIN George Edwin | 25 | 31/05/1911 | Pony driver | Clay Cross | An incline rope broke and six full tubs ran free. He was waiting at the bottom of the incline and was run over and fatally injured. |
GREEN James | 19 | 18/01/1858 | Miner | Clay Cross | Four men were being lowered by the cage, the wire-rope broke, and they fell to the bottom, a distance of seventy yards, and were killed. |
GREEN Tom | 40 | 17/11/1894 | Stallman | Clay Cross No.2 | Fall of coal. Deceased was holing the coal when it rolled over three sprags killing him. |
GREGORY William | 15 | 06/06/1887 | Driver | Clay Cross No.3 | Run over by full tubs supposed ot have been riding on the horses limmers. |
HANDS Michael | 26 | 19/05/1864 | Collier | Clay Cross | Explosion of gas. 2 killed. |
HASLAM James | 40 | 13/03/1871 | Collier | Park House | Fall of bind. |
HASLAM John Tomas | 57 | 09/06/1915 | Stallman | Clay Cross No. 2 | Getting coal from face when there was a fall partly burying him and while attempts were made to free him there was a second fall. |
HATTON Samuel | 39 | 07/08/1913 | Stallman | Clay Cross | He was testing the roof in the gate, 15 minutes after a ripping shot had been fired, when a stone fell from between the supports, fracturing his spine. He died 9 days later from his injuries. |
HEWITT George | 46 | 07/11/1882 | Stallman | Clay Cross No.7 | Gas explosion in which 45 people were killed. |
HEWITT Joseph | 21 | 07/11/1882 | N/K | Clay Cross No.7 | Gas explosion in which 45 people were killed. |
HEWITT Thomas | 23 | 07/11/1882 | Stallman | Clay Cross No.7 | Gas explosion in which 45 people were killed. |
HIGGINBOTTOM John | 15 | 20/10/1870 | Collier | Clay Cross | Fall of bind. |
HILL John | 41 | 11/06/1861 | Miner | Clay Cross No.2 | Suffocated due to an inundation of water from old workings. Rescue took 22 days. 23 killed. |
HOLBROOK John | 14 | 28/07/1871 | Ganger | Clay Cross | Fall of roof (Blackshale coal). |
HOLMES George | N/K | 11/06/1866 | Collier | Clay Cross No.4 | Roof fall in No.4 pit. 2 killed. |
HOLMES John | 50 | 07/11/1882 | Stallman | Clay Cross No.7 | Gas explosion in which 45 people were killed. |
HOLMES William | 11 | 11/06/1861 | Trammer | Clay Cross No.2 | Suffocated due to an inundation of water from old workings. Rescue took 22 days. 23 killed. |
HUGHES Benjamin | 48 | 11/08/1871 | Collier | Clay Cross | Derangement of winding machinery. |
HUGHES Benjamin | 45 | 16/05/1905 | Deputy | Clay Cross No.4 | Fall of side. While digging a trench in which to lay water pipes along a main roadway a piece of the side fell and fatally injured the deceased. He died the same day. |
JOHNSON Edward | 30 | 18/01/1858 | Miner | Clay Cross | Four men were being lowered by the cage, the wire-rope broke, and they fell to the bottom, a distance of seventy yards, and were killed. |
JOHNSON Samuel | 44 | 11/03/1919 | Stallman | Clay Cross No.7 | Standing under lip of gate when piece of stone fell and knocked out a prop and a girder when a large stone fell and killed him. |
JONES Reuben | 13 | 11/06/1861 | Miner | Clay Cross No.2 | Suffocated due to an inundation of water from old workings. Rescue took 22 days. 23 killed. |
KAY Joseph | 45 | 23/09/1864 | Collier | Clay Cross | Fall of cage in shaft. |
KENNEY J. | 14 | 18/08/1858 | Pony driver | Clay Cross | Fall of roof in the main way and which had stood sound for 14 years. |
KERRY John | N/K | 03/05/1865 | Collier | Clay Cross | Explosion of gas. 8 killed. |
KILDUFF Luke | 21 | 04/05/1877 | Stallman | Clay Cross No.1 | Fall of bind. |
KITE Peter | 25 | 05/11/1868 | Collier | Clay Cross | Explosion of blasting powder. |
KNIGHTON J. | 24 | 22/02/1858 | Miner | Clay Cross | Fall of roof. |
LEES Samuel | 16 | 18/06/1870 | Putter | Clay Cross | Run over on incline. |
LOWE Frank | N/K | 03/05/1865 | Collier | Clay Cross | Explosion of gas. 8 killed. |
LOWE George | 37 | 06/03/1907 | Dataller | Clay Cross No.7 | Fall of roof. A shot had been fired, and shortly afterwards a further fall of roof occurred killing deceased and injuring the deputy in charge of the work. |
LOWE Thomas | N/K | 20/10/1866 | Collier | Clay Cross | Explosion of powder in Feb last. |
LYNAM ________ | N/K | 16/06/1864 | Boy | Clay Cross | Fall of roof. |
LYNAM John | 28 | 20/03/1861 | Miner | Clay Cross | Fall of roof. |
MARRIOT Hosea | 15 | 06/01/1879 | Screen boy | Clay Cross No.3 | Cleaning an engine whilst in motion. |
MARSHALL James | 14 | 11/07/1894 | Horse driver | Clay Cross No.2 | Deceased was taking nine full tubs down a road and was himself riding on the limmers. The first tub got off the road I and threw deceased on the limmer. He appears to have died from shock. |
MARTIN William | 21 | 07/11/1882 | Engineman | Clay Cross No.7 | Gas explosion in which 45 people were killed. |
MAYCOCK Charles | 40 | 26/06/1872 | Collier | Clay Cross | Fall of bind. |
MAYER George | 25 | 24/04/1932 | Loader | Clay Cross No.7 | Injured whilst loading coal and in avoiding a fall collided with apost - fractured vertebrae. |
McDONALD Philip | 23 | 23/01/1914 | Shunter | Clay Cross No.7 | There were two sets of rails from under the screens which converged to a single line. Deceased had left three wagons on one line so near the points that they fouled the other line. He must have forgotten them, for he afterwards lowered six wagons on the other line controlling them by the front brake. His back was towards the set of three and he was caught between the sides of the two sets as they grazed each other. |
MILLS George | 25 | 11/06/1861 | Miner | Clay Cross No.2 | Suffocated due to an inundation of water from old workings. Rescue took 22 days. 23 killed. |
MISKELL ________ | 42 | 20/06/1864 | Collier | Clay Cross | Fall of roof. |
MITCHELL George | 45 | 07/11/1882 | Stallman | Clay Cross No.7 | Gas explosion in which 45 people were killed. |
MORRILL J. | 30 | 16/08/1861 | Miner | Clay Cross | Explosion of gas. |
NEWTON Joseph | 84 | 11/12/1889 | Labourer | Clay Cross | Deceased was going to his work in the dark. He missed his way and fell over the side wall of a range of coke ovens some distance from the pit but belonging to the mine. |
NUTTLETON Charles | N/K | 19/12/1854 | N/K | Clay Cross | Fall down shaft. |
ONION Arthur | 19 | 12/03/1897 | Carter | Clay Cross | He was run over by the colliery locomotive. Deceased appears to have strayed upon the railway. |
PALFREY Joseph William | 17 | 18/12/1914 | Pony driver | Clay Cross | While guiding empty tubs as his pony drew them over the points into a gate a piece of bind, weighing 6 cwts. fell from the side behind him and fractured his skull. Blood poisoning set in, and he died in hospital on 20th January, 1914. |
PARKER James | 25 | 07/11/1882 | Corporal | Clay Cross No.7 | Gas explosion in which 45 people were killed. |
PARKER John | N/K | 01/09/1855 | N/K | Clay Cross | Crushed by the cage at bottom of the shaft. |
PARKER John | 59 | 05/01/1863 | Colliery agent | Clay Cross | Overwinding. |
PARKIN Michael | 47 | 07/11/1882 | Corpral | Clay Cross No.7 | Gas explosion in which 45 people were killed. |
PAYTON Enoch | 30 | 28/02/1876 | Stallman | Clay Cross No.7 | Fall of bind. Place well timbered. |
PENDLETON William | N/K | 22/06/1855 | N/K | Clay Cross | Fall of roof. |
PEPPERDAY John | 32 | 20/05/1884 | Stallman | Clay Cross No.7 | Fall of roof while repairing roadway. |
PETTITT William John | 18 | 08/02/1904 | Horse driver | Clay Cross No.7 | The deceased was passing along a roadway in front of a horse when a portion of the side of the road fell and killed him. |
PHIPPS Joseph | 47 | 07/11/1882 | Furnaceman | Clay Cross No.7 | Gas explosion in which 45 people were killed. |
POTTER Josiah | 17 | 14/07/1890 | Bank boy | Clay Cross No.3 | Crushed by the flywheel of a screen engine whilst trying to lift the engine off the centre with the steam turned on. He had no business whatever in the engine house nor any work in connexion with the engine. |
POTTER William | 40 | 27/02/1883 | Stallman | Clay Cross No.4 | Fall of roof when getting coals down. |
POYNTON William | 45 | 17/08/1865 | Collier | Clay Cross | Run over on incline whilst looking for his cap. |
PRICE William | 50 | 30/08/1872 | Collier | Clay Cross | Fall of bind. |
PRIEST John | 15 | 24/11/1904 | Horse driver | Clay Cross No.2 | He died on 30th November from blood poisoning, due to being kicked by a horse on the right knee. |
RENSHAW William | 36 | 07/11/1882 | Corporal | Clay Cross No.7 | Gas explosion in which 45 people were killed. |
REYNOLDS James | 27 | 05/09/1885 | Stallman | Clay Cross No.2 | Fall of roof. |
RICHARDS Owen | 36 | 07/11/1882 | Stallman | Clay Cross No.7 | Gas explosion in which 45 people were killed. |
ROACH John | 30 | 07/01/1865 | Miner | Clay Cross | Fall of stone. |
ROBERTS John William | 36 | 04/01/1912 | Stallman | Clay Cross No.7 | Drawing some back timber from the side of an old airway, when the roof fell and killed him. |
ROBERTS William | 16 | 07/04/1897 | Asst. onsetter | Clay Cross | He was supposed to have received a slight injury at the mine but he died from "septic poritenitis" accelerated by an operation to relieve it. His illness was not caused by any accident. |
ROUTLEDGE B. | 30 | 01/07/1856 | N/K | Clay Cross | Fall of roof. |
ROWBOTHAM Jack | 15 | 07/06/1912 | Putter | Clay Cross | A full tub became detached from a set near the bottom of an incline worked by direct haulage. Warned of its approach but he stepped in the wrong direction and was struck and fatally injured. |
ROWLAND Edward | 12 | 02/10/1869 | Boy | Clay Cross | Fell under carriage at bottom of shaft. |
RUSSELL GH | 14 | 26/11/1868 | Driver | Clay Cross | Run over. |
SCARLE William | N/K | 25/06/1866 | Collier | Clay Cross | Fall of roof (Tupton pit). |
SCOFFINS Henry | 17 | 06/07/1910 | Putter | Clay Cross | He was coming down the gate in front of a loaded tub when the locker broke and the tub ran over him. |
SCOTHERN Phillip | 47 | 07/11/1882 | Stallman | Clay Cross No.7 | Gas explosion in which 45 people were killed. |
SCOTT John | 13 | 17/08/1865 | Door boy | Clay Cross | Crushed by trams. |
SEARSTON James | 66 | 17/06/1881 | Dataler | Clay Cross No.3 | Fall of roof whilst walking along the main roadway going to his work. |
SHAW Frank | 47 | 07/03/1886 | Dataler | Clay Cross No.3 | Fall of roof whilst repairing a roadway. |
SHAW V. | 41 | 21/04/1858 | Miner | Clay Cross | Fall of roof. Deceased went into the waste away from his work. |
SHELTON William | 21 | 07/11/1882 | Stallman | Clay Cross No.7 | Gas explosion in which 45 people were killed. |
SHEPHERD Augustus | 40 | 03/12/1912 | Stallman | Clay Cross | Deceased was going out of his gate when a piece of bind measuring 3 feet 6 inches by 2 feet by 1 foot fell and crushed him. |
SHUFFLEBOTTOM William | 39 | 03/07/1878 | Stallman | Clay Cross No.2 | Fall of roof. He had neglected to set sufficient timber to secure his workplace. |
SIDDONS Richard | 26 | 11/06/1861 | Miner | Clay Cross | Suffocated due to an inundation of water from old workings. Rescue took 22 days. 23 killed. |
SIMON John James | 19 | 10/07/1896 | Dataller | Clay Cross No.2 | He died on 13th July from injuries which were supposed to have been received in the mine but there was no evidence to show how such injuries occurred. |
SIMS James | 45 | 07/11/1882 | Stallman | Clay Cross No.7 | Gas explosion in which 45 people were killed. |
SLATER Anthony | N/K | 02/12/1854 | N/K | Clay Cross | Fall of coal. |
SLINN William | 37 | 07/11/1882 | Bricklayer | Clay Cross No.7 | Gas explosion in which 45 people were killed. |
SMEDLEY Frank | 52 | 25/07/1893 | Stallman | Clay Cross No.2 | Fall of roof whilst passing under the gate end where shortly before a prop had been taken out to make room for the tubs to pass. |
SMITH _________ | Boy | 03/05/1865 | Collier | Clay Cross | Explosion of gas. 8 killed. |
SMITH George | 14 | 08/07/1888 | Doorboy | Clay Cross No.2 | Having openend one door he ran to open the second door but in doing so he fell down and was run over by loaded tubs. |
SMITH James | 32 | 07/11/1882 | Stallman | Clay Cross No.7 | Gas explosion in which 45 people were killed. |
SMITH John | 19 | 30/10/1869 | Horsedriver | Clay Cross | Fall of bind. |
SPENCER Samuel | 64 | 04/03/1879 | Stallman | Clay Cross No.2 | Fall of roof. Stallman neglected to set sufficient timber. |
SPETCH ________ | Boy | 03/05/1865 | Collier | Clay Cross | Explosion of gas. 8 killed. |
SQUIRES William | 35 | 07/11/1882 | Labourer | Clay Cross No.7 | Gas explosion in which 45 people were killed. |
STACY John | 17 | 13/09/1875 | Driver | Clay Cross No.4 | Fell down and full tubs ran over him. |
STANLEY John | 45 | 07/11/1882 | Stallman | Clay Cross No.7 | Gas explosion in which 45 people were killed. |
STOCKGILL Ralph | N/K | 03/05/1865 | Collier | Clay Cross | Explosion of gas. 8 killed. |
STONE Jacob | 35 | 07/11/1882 | Stallman | Clay Cross No.7 | Gas explosion in which 45 people were killed. |
STONE Joseph | 35 | 07/11/1882 | Corporal | Clay Cross No.7 | Gas explosion in which 45 people were killed. |
STONE Joseph | 50 | 07/11/1882 | Stallman | Clay Cross No.7 | Gas explosion in which 45 people were killed. |
STONES Edward | 18 | 18/01/1858 | Miner | Clay Cross | Four men were being lowered by the cage, the wire-rope broke, and they fell to the bottom, a distance of seventy yards, and were killed. |
STREET Joseph | 31 | 18/12/1913 | Shot firer | Clay Cross | He was examining the connections between shot-firing cables and the detonator leads before firing a shot, when 3 tons of coal fell away from the face and killed him. The sprags had been taken out 3 hours before, but no attempt was made to get the coal down, and it did not fall, the sprags were replaced. A careful examination might to have shown that blasting was not necessary. |
STREET Thomas | 69 | 11/06/1861 | Miner | Clay Cross No.2 | Suffocated due to an inundation of water from old workings. Rescue took 22 days. 23 killed. |
TAYLOR Richard | 25 | 07/11/1882 | Stallman | Clay Cross No.7 | Gas explosion in which 45 people were killed. |
TAYLOR Richard | 30 | 07/11/1882 | Stallman | Clay Cross No.7 | Gas explosion in which 45 people were killed. |
TOPLIS John | 14 | 12/03/1892 | Washer boy | Clay Cross | Accident occurred at the coal crusher connected with the coke ovens. |
TRUMAN James | 32 | 08/08/1874 | Collier | Clay Cross No.2 | Fall of bind stall insufficiently timbered. |
VARDY Joseph | 20 | 18/01/1858 | Miner | Clay Cross | Four men were being lowered by the cage, the wire-rope broke, and they fell to the bottom, a distance of seventy yards, and were killed. |
VERNON William | 34 | 11/06/1861 | Miner | Clay Cross No.2 | Suffocated due to an inundation of water from old workings. Rescue took 22 days. 23 killed. |
VICKERS William | 20 | 07/11/1882 | Chainman | Clay Cross No.7 | Gas explosion in which 45 people were killed. |
WALTERS Joseph | 27 | 07/11/1882 | Stallman | Clay Cross No.7 | Gas explosion in which 45 people were killed. |
WALTERS William | 76 | 27/10/1865 | Collier | Clay Cross | Run over on incline . |
WARREN William | 35 | 07/06/1872 | Collier | Clay Cross | Fall of bind. |
WHYMAN Thomas | 13 | 14/01/1892 | Driver | Clay Cross No.2 | Crushed by empty tubs at the end of an engine plane due to a signal wire catching the uncoupling apparatus attached to a train of loaded tubs and allowing the same to run back and come into collision with the empty tubs standing at the end of the plane where the boy was engaged coupling them. |
WILBOURN John | 38 | 11/06/1861 | Miner | Clay Cross No.2 | Suffocated due to an inundation of water from old workings. Rescue took 22 days. 23 killed. |
WILLIAMS David William | 17 | 21/03/1902 | Engine driver | Clay Cross No.7 | Deceased was oiling the screening machinery while it was in motion when his clothes were caught by the revolving wheels and he was pulled round the shaft. He had been warned against oiling while the machine was in motion. |
WILLIAMS James | 15 | 05/06/1882 | Driver | Clay Cross No.3 | Tub caught the timber at the side of the roadway both timber and roof fell upon the deceased. |
WOOD John | 26 | 02/11/1881 | Loader | Clay Cross No.2 | Fall of roof whilst loading coals. |
WOOD Joseph | 35 | 11/06/1861 | Miner | Clay Cross No.2 | Suffocated due to an inundation of water from old workings. Rescue took 22 days. 23 killed. |
WOOD Thomas | 60 | 11/06/1861 | Miner | Clay Cross No.2 | Suffocated due to an inundation of water from old workings. Rescue took 22 days. 23 killed. |
WOOD William | 38 | 11/06/1861 | N/K | Clay Cross No.2 | Suffocated due to an inundation of water from old workings. Rescue took 22 days. 23 killed. |
WRIGHT Henry | 41 | 22/06/1910 | Stallman | Clay Cross | He was ripping a gateroad when a fall of roof occurred and killed him. |
WRIGHT James | 30 | 04/01/1872 | Collier | Clay Cross No.7 | Fall of coal in No.7 pit. |
YATES Charles | 15 | 13/11/1896 | Horse driver | Clay Cross No.2 | Whilst attempting to lift a loaded tram on the rails, the horse drew the tram forward and crushed the deceased between the tram and a prop set to support the roof. When found he was dead. |