Hodbarrow (Iron Ore)

Beetham, James, 21 Jul 1884, aged 51, Labourer, fall of timber from a truck

Bennett, William, 02 Oct 1889, aged 37, Miner, a portion of roof fell on the timbers, knocking them out and killing deceased instantly

Brocklebank, Isaac, 25 Apr 1933, explosion caused by shot firing [More information ...]

Burn, Henry, 18 Dec 1880, aged 21, Miner, killed by a fall of ore

Crellin, John, 31 Jul 1879, aged 15, Attending Fan, fell down a hopper

Crellin, William Matthew, 05 Jan 1905, aged 39, Miner [More information ...]

Doidge, Thomas, 30 Nov 1881, aged 36, Miner, killed by a fall of roof

Fallows, John Thomas, 05 Sep 1919, address: 10 Cleator Street, Millom, Buried: Holy Trinity Churchyard, Millom

Hoggarth, James, 21 Jul 1907, (accident: 01 Nov 1906), aged 22, Miner [More information ...]

James, William, 17 Dec 1901, aged 31, Miner, Three men were lighting the fuses of five charges, and deceased did not allow himself sufficient time to get away, although he had only a distance of 18 or 20 feet to travel in order to reach a place of safety [Inspection made & inquest attended]

Kitchen, Henry, 03 Feb 1888, aged 61, Labourer, run over by waggons on tramway at surface; while assisting to shunt some waggons deceased slipped and fell across the metals, the waggon wheel caught him, causing his death

Long, James S. C., 25 Apr 1933, explosion caused by shot firing [More information ...]

Martindale, John, 15 Aug 1888, aged 17, Miner, fall of ore; a headtree at face of working gave way burying him

Mellen, James, 14 Oct 1886, aged 61, Miner, fall of ore; this man was working a narrow place 9 feet wide, 7 feet high, which was timbered within 3 feet 9 inches of the face; after firing a shot the deceased and his two sons who were working with him went into the face to dress the roof down, the deceased had not time to lift his pick before a lump of ore fell and struck him on the back and inured his spine, from which he died

Mills, John, 13 Oct 1910, aged 52, Cager, By a misunderstanding as to the signals deceased, who was at an intermediate level, was lifted instead of lowered, and his head came into contact with the side of the shaft

Myers, John, 08 Nov 1889, (accident: 07 Nov 1889), aged 17, Cager, the deceased and another boy were standing on the top of a ladder way, pelting the men going down with clay, and on jumping up hurriedly to run away he struck his head against the roof, which was five feet high; he died on the 8th from injuries received

Newton, George, 07 Apr 1899, aged 42, Miner, The working, which was timbered close up to the face, was almost finished, and, as there was practically nothing but old wood above, the usual practice of chocking the timber tight up to the roof was not followed, no danger being anticipated [Inspection made & inquest attended]

Nicholson, John, 17 Aug 1896, aged 29, Miner, The working in which the accident occurred had holed into another place, and the men were engaged in putting in the last or finishing course of timber to make a through connexion, when a part of the stone roof, some 5 or 6 tons, fell without any warning, killing Nicholson on the spot, and slightly injuring one of the others. The roof had been sounded in the presence of an official about two hours previous, to the accident, and was then considered strong and good [Inspection made & inquest attended]

Park, James, 25 Mar 1896, aged 19, Onsetter, He was pulling off the second bogie from a double cage at the shaft foot when, in consequence of the engineman missing the "keps" or "snacks" at the pit-top, the cage was suddenly lifted about 5 feet and then dropped back. The unexpected movement caused deceased to slip, and his leg was caught by the cage. Hooks are provided for the onsetters to pull off the empty bogies, but they do not appear to have been generally used. Their regular and systematic use is now enforced [Inspection made & inquest attended]

Phillips, John, 01 Jul 1905, aged 63, Miner [More information ...]

Phillips, William Henry, 01 Jul 1905, aged 35, Miner [More information ...]

Preston, James, 05 Feb 1883, aged 44, Banker, fell down shaft from surface

Robinson, William, 03 Aug 1913, (accident: 29 Jul 1913), aged 63, Labourer, a disused gangway, about 20 feet high, was being taken down by four men when it canted over and crushed deceased, who died on 3rd August; the accident might have been prevented by the judicious use of an extra guy rope; plenty of ropes were available, but no one at the time thought that more were required

Saunders, William, 12 Jul 1887, aged 40, Miner, the deceased had fired a shot in the working face and commenced to dress the loose ore down, when a piece fell out of the roof between the timbers and the face; the timbers were only 2 feet 6 inches off the face

Truscott, Francis, 10 Jun 1896, aged 48, Miner, He and his mates were employed in an ordinary soft ore working, and were putting in a course of timber when about half a ton of ore fell from the fore-breast and struck deceased. The working place had been visited immediately prior to the accident by an official, who considered the place in good order. The fall came from a shale parting not previously visible [Inspection made & inquest attended]

Wall, Isaac, 07 Aug 1877, aged 33, Miner, crushed by a fall of stone

Welch, Richard, 19 Sep 1903, aged 13, Ore Picker, Deceased, during his fourth shift at the work, was engaged picking stones out of the ore after it had been loaded into wagons from hoppers, the shoots from which projected about 1 foot over the wagons. After the wagons are loaded they are drawn forward by a locomotive opposite a bench on which the stones are thrown, and this was the boy's proper place, but he appears to have got on to a wagon at the shoot, and had a heap of stones collected ready to throw on to the bench when the wagon reached it. While the locomotive was removing the wagon and others his waistcoat caught on the door of the shoot and he fell to the ground and the next wagon passed over his legs.

Withycombe, Joseph, 25 Apr 1933, explosion caused by shot firing [More information ...]