Hutton Henry Colliery

1897, 13 Nov - Hutton, Harvey, Busty seams abandoned - Minerals not being profitable to work

1898 - The Hartbushes Pit of the Hutton Henry Colliery was re-opened.

Bainbridge, Ralph Harrison, 18 Aug 1894, 12:45 p.m., 5th hour of shift, aged 26, Hewer, While coming out-bye on the main alley way a sudden fall of stone took place, Buried: Station Town Cemetery, Wingate

Churnside, Thomas, 08 Sep 1892, 1:30 p.m., 7th hour of shift, aged 15, Driver, Fall of stone on rolley way. Tubs got off the way and drew a prop

Cleghorn, Jason, 20 Aug 1888, (accident: 02 Jul 1888), aged 20, Shifter, severe internal sprain by slipping while pushing a tub up a bank

Curtis, Mark, 19 Jan 1875, aged 55, Labourer, buried in the shaft owing to the sides giving way - body not recovered

Davison, William, 08 Jul 1894, (accident: 20 Sep 1892, 3:00 a.m., 6th hour of shift), aged 62, Stoneman, Died from the effects of an internal sprain received by lifting a tub while at work in the pit on the 20th September 1892 [fatality reported during the year but not classified as a colliery accident]

Elliot, Peter, 01 Mar 1889, aged 20, Driver, fell off his set and was run over by set of tubs

Fairbairn, Robert, 17 Nov 1895, (accident: 11 Nov 1895, 7:00 a.m., 1st hour of shift), aged 24, Fireman, he seems to have fallen on the lines before the set and to have been run over by twelve waggons and the locomotive; both legs were broken; died in hospital in 17th November

Flynn, Thomas, 14 Jan 1892, 1:00 p.m., 7th hour of shift, aged 18, Putter, fall of large stone at turn while he was waiting of a tub being filled

Gibbon, Samuel, 09 Mar 1888, aged 45, Labourer, run over by a locomotive engine while he was crossing the pit branches

Gray, John, 06 Mar 1883, aged 49, Screener, died from natural causes while following his usual employment on the screens at Hutton Henry Colliery [fatality reported during the year but not classified as a colliery accident]

Hays, Joseph, 05 Aug 1895, 12:40 a.m., 7th hour of shift, aged 35, Deputy, while engaged renewing timber he drew out a prop, causing a fall of stone

Martin, William, 02 Mar 1877, (accident: 22 Feb 1877), aged 35, Stoneman, injury to head and shoulders by fall of stone while resetting timber

Naisbett, Joseph, 18 Apr 1890, aged 17, Driver, coming out-bye he fell before his pony and set of tubs and was run over (he had been working overtime)

Patterson, William, 07 Sep 1875, aged 32, Charger & Graither, crushed by pumping quadrant

Pender, Mark, 06 Jun 1894, (accident: 25 May 1894, 1:00 p.m., 7th hour of shift), aged 18, Banksman, Severe sprain causing rupture, while pushing a tub into tippler, resulting in his death on the 6th June

Racey, Mark, 26 Dec 1893, 12:30 p.m., 2nd hour of shift, aged 43, Hewer, Sudden fall of stone while working in a broken jud. He met with a breaker which could not be seen.

Richardson, Ralph, 11 Dec 1890, aged 56, Labourer, while waiting for his lamp, after his day's work, he took a fit and died from heart disease [fatality reported during the year but not classified as a colliery accident]

Robertson, Andrew, 08 Aug 1894, 3:50 p.m., 7th hour of shift, aged 21, Hewer, Fall of a stone from a breaker by the side of an old broken jud

Roscoe, Joseph, 07 Apr 1889, (accident: 02 Apr 1889), aged 48, Hewer, along with four other men he was waiting at the shaft bottom to ride; a tub fell into the sump causing delay; the engine set came out and was run violently amongst them; this man had one leg broken, which was afterwards amputated [More information ...]

Scholefield, James, 20 May 1885, aged 36, Hewer, died from embolic apoplexy; he received a sprain to his knee on 7th November last, he worked a few days after, then laid off work, and died today

Stones, John, 31 Mar 1897, aged 19, Waggon Minder, When uncoupling two wagons, other two, which were standing behind him, moved away, and he was crushed between the buffers

Symonds, William, 02 Oct 1888, (accident: 25 Sep 1888), aged 14, Helper Up, fractured skull and other injuries by a fall of stone

Whittles, J., 15 May 1889, aged 62, Labourer, suicide by drowning in the pit pond

Woodhouse, Thomas, 27 Feb 1894, (accident: 26 Feb 1894, 10:30 a.m., 1st hour of shift), aged 36, Hewer, Broken collar-bone and injury to chest by fall of coal while kirving his jud. Died on 27th instant. He had neglected to use sprags. [More information ...]

Yates, Frederick, 06 Apr 1886, aged 41, Chock Drawer, fall of stone coming over a chock while drawing a jud