Chester South Moor Colliery

1887 - Sunk the Chester South Moor Fan Pit, Waldridge Colliery, from the surface to the Busty Bank Seam.

1889 - Sinking at Chester South Moor Colliery from the Hutton to the Busty.

Bambrough, William, 02 Nov 1922, aged 57, Hewer, killed by a fall of stone

Carr, James, 29 Apr 1910, aged 39, Deputy [More information ...]

Chambers, Henry, 14 Feb 1882, aged 10, [School boy], while trespassing on the railway at Chester South Moor Colliery was run over by a locomotive engine and killed

Charlton, William, 12 Jun 1896, aged 14, Driver, He was waiting for another driver bringing a set of full tubs out but he allowed them to run amain, and Charlton in attempting to stop them got caught and was found quite dead under the first tub, Buried: Ropery Lane Cemetery, Chester-le-Street [More information ...]

Clarke, Thomas, 11 May 1925, aged 63, Hewer, he was sitting down to his bait when he collapsed and died

Clarkson, John Thomas, 30 Dec 1938, (accident: 13 Dec 1938), aged 51, Hewer, killed by a fall of stone, Buried: Ropery Lane Cemetery, Chester-le-Street

Coltman, Guy, 25 May 1905, aged 51, Screener, when attempting to pass between two moving trucks, he was caught between the buffers and so crushed as to die within an hour [More information ...]

Dawson, William, 03 Feb 1899, aged 58, Shifter, He was preparing a place in the brokens, when a large stone, 6 feet by 4 feet by 9 inches thick, fell from the roof and killed him., Buried: Ropery Lane Cemetery, Chester-le-Street

Docherty, W., 16 Aug 1942, (accident: 19 Dec 1938), aged 45, Cutter, killed by a fall of stone

Forster, Norman, 01 Mar 1932, aged 35, Buried: Ropery Lane Cemetery, Chester-le-Street

Harrison, Thomas, 04 Mar 1916, aged 16, Buried: Ropery Lane Cemetery, Chester-le-Street

Holdsworth, Thomas, 24 Feb 1875, aged 14, Driver, crushed by tubs

Hutton, James Hodgson, 17 Jul 1939, (accident: 13 Jul 1939), aged 50, Waggonway Man, crushed by cage, address: Neil House, Chester Moor

Leybourne, W., 15 Apr 1943, (accident: 14 Apr 1943), aged 59, Shifter, died from injuries received

Pointing, Frederick, 01 May 1912, aged 44, Carter, he was engaged in conveying a load of long planks from the siding to the Colliery yard and was riding in the cart with them; he was trying to avoid a building with the planks, but one of the cart wheels went over some balks which were lying 10 feet from the building and the cart was overturned; he died about an hour later from internal injuries; it would have been wiser to have been leading the horse under such conditions

Porritt, William Johnson, 28 Mar 1911, (accident: 24 Mar 1911), aged 22, Timberer after Coal Cutter, the deceased and two others were engaged with a bar coal cutting machine on a longwall face, and after cutting past a gateway they noticed a movement of the roof in the gateway; they decided to set some timber to support the roof but foolishly kept the machine running; while the deceased was stooping down preparatory to setting a prop, a stone 3½ inches thick, 3 feet long and 18 inches wide, fell from a slip in the roof and fractured his skull; the stone fell on to the back of one of the other men first and then slid on to Porritt's head; if it had not been for the noise made by the machine, possibly the stone might have given them some warning; he died four days later

Robinson, Norman, 26 Mar 1940, aged 33, Hewer, killed by a fall of stone, Buried: Ropery Lane Cemetery, Chester-le-Street

Robson, John, 18 May 1878, aged 12, Trapper, left his door (after being warned not to do so) and got on the limmers of a pony coming out-bye with a full tub, when his head was caught between the top of the tub and a plank, causing instant death

Slater, John, 26 Jun 1942, aged 48, Cleaner, killed by a fall of stone, Buried: Ropery Lane Cemetery, Chester-le-Street

Wheatcroft, Joseph, 03 Jan 1922, aged 38, Hewer, killed by a fall of stone

Wind, Robert, 24 Jan 1873, aged 35, Water Leader, supposed to have had a fit and fallen into water