Grinkle (Ironstone)

Adamson, Robert, 24 Jan 1887, aged 19, Putter, fall of stone while bringing a tub down a bord ; either the horse had knocked out a prop or the tub had caught it and so caused the roof to fall

Burns, George P., 21 Feb 1881, aged 15, Driver, fall of shale from between two baulks of timber

Clarke, John W., 07 Oct 1907, aged 32, Backbyeman, he was assisting to put up a baulk under some bad roof in a main road; when cutting a prop to the right length to put up temporarily under the centre of the baulk, some large pieces of roof came down almost burying him

Corner, Joseph, 05 Jul 1912, (accident: 12 Jun 1912), aged 52, Miner, he was handling some compressed gunpowder when the contents of his canister exploded, and he was severely burned; deceased afterwards stated he was in the act of breaking a cartridge in his hands when the explosion occurred; the insides of his hands, however, were not burnt; his candle had been stuck on the side of the place and was afterwards found on the opposite side of the shot box; he died from septic poisoning and exhaustion on July 5

Corner, Thomas, 30 Oct 1907, aged 45, Miner, he was struck by a stone from a shot which blew through into his, from another, place [More information ...]

Cuthbert, Daniel, 26 Jan 1883, aged 17, Driver, supposed that the horse fell and upset set of tubs onto him

Dohring, Mace, 28 Oct 1916, killed by a fall of roof

Drake, Christopher, 22 Sep 1884, aged 22, Miner, killed by a shot blowing through, holing a bord into a wall, no warning seems to have been given [More information ...]

Gibson, Joseph, 17 Jan 1894, (accident: 17 Nov 1893, 11:30 a.m., 6th hour of shift), aged 51, Blacksmith, He received a slight scratch on hand by piece of iron on 17th November last, and died to day from blood poisoning

Green, James, 02 Aug 1893, 10:45 a.m., 5th hour of shift, aged 56, Deputy, While barring down some loose top stone the bar slipped, and he felt the stone falling, which caught him and fractured his skull.

Hansell, John, 04 Feb 1911, (accident: 27 Dec 1910), aged 68, Underground labourer, he was assisting a deputy to cut balk holes at the face when a slab of shale four inches thick dropped from the roof and caught him on the back and head; his injuries were apparently superficial and he walked home; he took to his bed some days after, and on February 4th, on the doctor's advice, he came downstairs, but the exertion caused by returning proved too much for him and he died the same day from heart failure; at an inquest held two days after, the jury returned a verdict of "death from failure of the heart's action indirectly caused by shock after the injury by the fall of shale."

Hansell, William, 25 Aug 1913, aged 38, Ratchetman, he was barring some stone down in the upper part of the seam, which was 9 feet thick; he must have stood in front of the stone he was trying to get down, for when the stone did come, it knocked out the nearest prop which struck him on the chest and killed him instantly

Hodgson, William, 11 Feb 1889, aged 48, Labourer, fell down some steps on going to his work along railway, injured his side and died from inflammation

Lumbley, John, 18 Mar 1889, aged 46, Labourer, while going from his work he was getting out of a tub on a tramway while in motion, he fell and was run over

Marsay, John, 16 Jan 1884, (accident: 18 Oct 1883), aged 48, Miner, fall of stone from roof at working place after shot firing

Miller, Henry, 13 Jul 1888, aged 47, Filler, killed by firing a miner's shot in a place where he had no business

Miller, James, 08 Feb 1910, aged 30, Miner, Owing to a misunderstanding and an unfortunate miscarriage of arrangements made prior to firing, he proceeded towards the shot and was struck on the head by stones projected from it [More information ...]

Porritt, Thomas, 12 Sep 1903, (accident: 03 Sep 1903), aged 16, Putter, the men employed at this mine are conveyed there by trains on a tramway, and on the morning in question he jumped off the first tram before it stopped, and was running in front of it when he fell and the trains ran over him [More information ...]

Readman, Henry, 27 May 1880, aged 28, Miner, while lighting up a shot he lit the squib instead of the match, and he was killed before he had time to get out of the way of it [More information ...]

Robinson, George, 05 Jul 1907, aged 45, Runrider, he was riding on the back end of a set when the front waggon got off the way, and running into the sides of a refuge hole, he was jerked off the set and killed

Smithson, George, 22 Feb 1905, Fitter, Riding out-bye in an empty tub. He and other men had been taking in a new rope for an incline; when they had finished they all got into the tub and signalled to the engineman in the usual way. On reaching the stables while going no more than walking pace, the tub got off the way at the points, overturned and threw them all out. Deceased fell on his head in the water level and died shortly after being got out. All the men knew it was contrary to the special rules to ride, and Smithson had himself been warned not to do so [More information ...]