Clara Vale Colliery

1963 - Brockwell ('S') seam abandoned

1966 - Five Quarter or Bottom Busty ('Q2'), Plessey ('M'), Stone Coal or Top Busty ('Q1'), Stone Coal or Top Busty ('Q1'), Three Quarter ('R'), Tilley ('P'), Towneley or Harvey ('N') seams abandoned

Armstrong, Matthew, 29 Dec 1892, 11:00 a.m., 3rd hour of shift, aged 50, Sinker, He was on a scaffold in the shaft and carelessly leaned against the ground spear, when the scaffold swung away from him and he fell to the bottom [Inspection made & inquest attended]

Batey, Joshua, 27 Dec 1901, aged 14, Driver, The deceased fell or was knocked down by his pony moving away, and was run over by the tubs [Inquest attended]

Bowes, James, 09 Aug 1901, aged 72, Screener, The deceased was crushed in attempting to pass between two waggons [Inquest attended]

Browell, John, 22 Jan 1914, aged 50, Chargeman [More information ...]

Brown, Joseph, 06 Feb 1914, aged 22, Stoneman, A shot had been fired in a top back canch to make rolleyway height. The chargeman, after examining the result of the shot, went some 200 yards outbye to meet the two men who were to ridd the stone. Accompanying these men was deceased, who had to work further inbye at the face. While removing their clothes, one of them told deceased not to pass under the canch until it had been ploated, all of them having been warned by the chargeman that the shot had been fired. He went on, however to have a look, when a large stone, 7 feet 6 inches long, 3 feet wide, and 2 feet 6 inches thick, fell away at some glassy slips, killing him instantly. The stone had evidently been loosened by the shot.

Fotheringham, James, 29 Jan 1910, aged 32, Oil engineman, struck by flywheel

Halkier, Emanuel, 11 Feb 1909, aged 45, Deputy, cages collided in shaft and deceased was thrown out

Halkin, Thomas, 17 Oct 1910, aged 42, Shifter, killed by a fall of stone

Highmoor, Wilfred, 31 Mar 1922, aged 47, Hewer, killed by a fall of stone

Hodgson, William, 24 Aug 1945, aged 42, Buried: Ryton Cemetery

Ions, Thomas Henry, 04 Jul 1907, aged 36, Hewer, killed by a fall of stone [More information ...]

Jamieson, S., 19 Mar 1949, (accident: 31 Jan 1946), aged 63, Hewer, died from injuries received

Orr, Matthew, 28 May 1906, (accident: 09 Jan 1906), aged 17, Landing Lad [More information ...]

Pattison, Edward, 25 Feb 1914, aged 26, Hewer, Deceased and another man were hewing in a seam 1 foot 11 inches thick, worked longwall. A roll and a small hitch was running close to the right-hand side of the gateway. As deceased was starting to hew in front of the gateway a large stone from the roof of grey stone, measuring 5 feet 6 inches long, 3 feet 6 inches wide by 15 inches thick, came away canting out one prop, and crushing him to death. The stone came from several slips in the roof, no signs of which were apparent before the fall.

Raine, Robert, 23 Oct 1935, aged 23, Filler, killed by a fall of stone, Buried: Ryton Cemetery

Scott, William, 30 Jul 1935, (accident: 29 Jul 1935), aged 60, Shifter, killed by a fall of stone, address: Irvine House, Crawcrook, Buried: Ryton Cemetery

Shipley, Edward, 18 Jul 1894, aged 52, Master Shifter, As deceased was talking from an inset to the onsetter at the bottom, his head was caught by the descending cage. There was no reason why he should have been in such a position, as there was a special signal between the seams [Inspection made & inquest attended]

Smith, J. W., 14 May 1935, aged 55, Screen Worker, crushed

Thompson, J. W., 18 Oct 1943, aged 22, Cutter, killed by a fall of stone

Thompson, John, 10 Sep 1898, aged 52, Shaftman, Another shaftman and deceased were engaged in removing a bunton attached by chains to a rope out of the shaft. The deceased was standing on a temporary scaffold steadying the rope, when he overbalanced himself and fell a distance of 18 feet [Inspection made & inquest attended]

Urwin, James, 27 Jun 1897, (accident: 27 May 1897), aged 22, Hewer, Fall of top coal. He had drawn his props from under the coal, preparatory to getting it down, and then, discovering that some of his gear had been left at the face, he went in to get it, when the coal suddenly fell and caught him. Died June 27th [Inquest attended]

Watson, Sidney, 03 Dec 1959, Hewer, killed by a roof fall, cause of death: multiple fractures of the skull and damage to brain. Address: 20 Simpson Street, Crookhill, Ryton

Waugh, John Robert, 20 Nov 1893, 11:30 a.m., 5th hour of shift, aged 16, Assistant Waiteron, In shoving a tub on to a bogie running over the shaft, the deceased appears to have sent it with such force as to knock the chock (placed there to stop the tub) out, when the tub went into the shaft, dragging the deceased after it [Inspection made & inquest attended]

Wright, John, 20 Nov 1906, (accident: 08 Nov 1906), aged 49, Stoneman, killed by a fall of stone [More information ...]