Littletown Colliery

1831 - The Lord Lambton and Lady Alice Pits sunk at Littletown from the surface to the Hutton Seam.

1833 - The Engine Pit, Littletown Colliery, was sunk from surface to the Hutton Seam.

1897 - A bore-hole was put down below the thill of the Hutton Seam in the Littletown Collieries, to prove the lower coals.

1914 - Five Quarter, Main Coal seams abandoned

Alderson, James, 20 Apr 1854, (accident: 11 Apr 1854), aged 53, he was badly injured when a mass of stone fell on him, his right leg was crushed, and he died from his injuries on the 20th

Bank, Charles, 07 Aug 1885, (accident: 03 Aug 1885), aged 85, Blacksmith, arm and leg scalded by falling into hot water pond

Bullick, Stanley R., 22 Oct 1909, aged 18, Apprentice Fitter, He was reaching over a planing machine to get a washer when one of the reversing dogs, in its ordinary travel, caught his thigh and broke it against the tool carrying frame. He died in hospital from shock following upon amputation of the leg

Burdon, William, 11 Dec 1851, aged 31, Waggon Rider, he was in charge of a train of empty coal waggons when he was thrown from his seat onto the rails and run over; he died three hours later

Burnett, John, 11 Dec 1902, (accident: 23 Nov 1902), aged 41, Foreman Fitter, a blank flange was being taken off a range of steam pipes ; after closing the main valve and waiting an hour and a half a fitter unscrewed all the bolts and then eased the blank flange ; some condensed steam escaped and scalded his legs. Died December 11th [More information ...]

Cressby, Edward, 12 Dec 1845, aged 45, Thomas Maudlin, 18, and Edward Cressby, 45, were severely crushed by a large stone falling from the roof in Little Town Pit on 12 December. Maudlin died instantly; Cressby died six hours later [More information ...]

Daglish, William, 16 Jul 1855, aged 71, Lamp Trimmer, he attempted to go between some tubs to cross the rolley way; he was knocked down and severely crushed about the chest when the tubs were set in motion, he died soon after being taken home

Davis, Joseph, 24 Jan 1884, aged 15, Driver, fell off limbers, and he was crushed between tubs and side

Davison, Henry, 14 Aug 1902, (accident: 11 Aug 1902), aged 57, Shot Firer, deceased lighted two shots simultaneously with fuse in a gateway, and expecting they had both exploded he went back to see the result; one of the shots had not exploded, and when he got up to it it exploded, and he was hit on face, chest, and arms [More information ...]

Davison, Joseph, 20 Dec 1858, aged 35, Hewer, killed by a fall of stone

Elliott, Francis, 20 Jun 1857, he and another man were drawing a jud when жa mass of stones and earth fell from the roofЖ and killed him instantly

Fenwick, William, 19 Sep 1895, 9:30 a.m., 8th hour of shift, aged 21, Stoneman, fell out of loop while riding up a staple

Gibson, Sam, 08 Jan 1904, aged 31, Wagon Rider, he was detaching a rope from a set of five empty trucks, when he fell and two trucks passed over him, died shortly afterwards

Grieveson, Thomas W., 30 Nov 1893, aged 48, Shifter, He had just entered the pit and while passing along the siding he fell and died from natural causes. The ventilation and lighting of place was all right.

Harrison, J., 09 Sep 1867, aged 13, Switchkeeper, crushed by a train of empty tubs

Hepburn, Joseph, 09 May 1867, aged 13, Horse Driver, crushed between top of tub and crown tree

Hunter, William, 22 Apr 1902, aged 48, Deputy, he was drawing a prop in a longwall face when a large stone fell upon and killed him, Buried: St. Lawrence Churchyard, Pittington

Jacomb, William, 09 Oct 1903, (accident: 03 Sep 1903), aged 32, Hewer, shoulder and side injured by a cauldron shaped stone falling on to him

Kyle, James, 17 Dec 1908, aged 14, Token boy, He had been leaning over the back end of a tub, taking the tokens off as it was going up the creeper, and had slipped and fallen on to his face. The succeeding horn of the creeper had then caught him between the legs and inflicted terrible injuries from which he died

Maudlin, Thomas, 12 Dec 1845, aged 18, Thomas Maudlin, 18, and Edward Cressby, 45, were severely crushed by a large stone falling from the roof in Little Town Pit on 12 December. Maudlin died instantly; Cressby died six hours later [More information ...]

Moss, Michael, 12 Feb 1875, aged 13, Pony Putter, head crushed between tub and crown tree

Naggs, Thomas, 21 Jul 1844, (accident: 21 Jun 1844), aged 31, The brothers Naggs were at work only two yards apart in Little Town Pit on 21 June, when Thomas, 31, cried out as a large stone fell from the roof upon him. He was taken home and died from his injuries on 10 July

Naggs, William, 05 Oct 1852, aged 12, Apparatus boy, he had just spoken to the banksman and was returning to the engine house where he was to take his breakfast when he suddenly slipped on a plank and was caught by the engine drum on which the rope was wound, he sustained severe crush injuries to his neck and chest and died shortly afterwards

Paxton, Archibald, 11 Feb 1901, aged 47, Horsekeeper, died in stables on surface from natural causes

Richardson, John Curran, 02 Feb 1899, aged 15, Helper Up, While improperly riding on the waggons on the colliery railway after his shift was finished in the pit, he fell off and was run over and fatally injured.

Robinson, George, 13 May 1894, (accident: 03 May 1893, 6:30 a.m., 3rd hour of shift), aged 27, Hewer, Died to-day from paralysis, the result of severe injuries to spine caused by a fall of stone on the 3rd of May 1893 [fatality reported during the year but not classified as a colliery accident]

Simpson, Matthew, 07 Oct 1904, aged 33, Hewer, he and his marrow were hewing in a wall, and after they had got a shot ready to fire he went back to get some tokens which he had left in a bord, which was fenced off; however, he went under or over it, and when at the face a shot was fired in another wall and blew it through into the bord he was in, and the coal caught him on the head and killed him [More information ...]

Smith, Joseph, 21 Aug 1895, (accident: 19 Aug 1895, 8:15 p.m., 5th hour of shift), aged 41, Stoneman, broken arm and ribs by fall of stone after a shot; died from effects of injuries on 21st instant

Townsley, Thomas, 10 Jan 1904, (accident: 28 Dec 1903), aged 42, Shifter, on December 28th last he was stowing in a gateway, and a piece of stone fell away at a slip and caught him on the back

Wright, Hannah, 28 Apr 1899, aged 9, [Not Employed - Schoolgirl], She was under a set of waggons standing in Pit House Lane Sidings picking up coal, when another set came down an incline and bumped into the one she was under. She attempted to creep out, but was caught by one of the waggon wheels and killed.