Long Acres (Ironstone)

Cheshire, William, 04 Mar 1908, aged 48, Miner, he tried to bar down a piece of ironstone, but failing in his purpose, began to cut the stone out beneath; the upper piece then fell suddenly upon him

Cranmer, Charles, 11 Nov 1886, aged 45, Miner, fall of stone from a smooth back while he was drilling a hole in it ; it fell without warning

Dawn, Henry, 04 Sep 1911, aged 33, Miner, he was filling loose stone away from the entrance of an old bord and close to the stook he and his mate were working at; he had no right to do this, and while so engaged a large piece of ironstone fell from the corner of the pillar and so injured him that he died the same day; the stone was overhanging and came off from a slip and a cut from an old shot; when found, his pick was in his hand, and it is very likely he had been working loose stone from the pillar side; this accident should not have occurred

Hart, Thomas, 05 Jan 1881, aged 51, Miner, while stemming a charge of powder it exploded when he had got about a quarter of it stemmed, Buried: Skelton in Cleveland, All Saints on 08 Jan 1881 {NBI} [More information ...]

Hodgson, William, 20 Mar 1896, aged 43, Deputy, While he and another deputy were repairing an old airway a fall took place and put their lights out. Deceased lost his way and got into some "stythe" and was suffocated [More information ...]

Hollingsworth, William, 10 May 1888, aged 53, Miner, while baring down stone a large fall took place which drew out some timber, and it fell on him

Ingleden, John, 26 Oct 1904, aged 53, Miner, he was drilling a hole when a large piece of stone suddenly burst away off the corner of his place and killed him instantly

Johnson, Ralph, 17 Oct 1899, aged 31, Miner, He was turning away a place, the roof of which was supported by timber, and had fired a shot, which knocked out the piece of stone and punch prop supporting the baulk. He went into the place and did not notice this, and the top suddenly fell upon and killed him. [More information ...]

Marshall, Thomas, 13 May 1910, aged 39, Miner, He was engaged in barring down some stone from the face when another large stone suddenly burst a-way from between two backs, and falling on him inflicted injuries from which he died in a few hours

Moyle, John, 31 Mar 1883, (accident: 28 Mar 1883), aged 52, Miner, severely crushed by a fall of stone while barring it down

Peel, John, 05 Aug 1883, (accident: 03 Aug 1883), aged 48, Miner, injuries by explosion of powder, supposed to have lit squib instead of match [More information ...]

Pennock, John, 26 Apr 1883, aged 43, Miner, explosion of powder while engaged putting the hay wad into a hole just charged with loose powder [More information ...]

Roberts, Charles, 14 Jun 1877, aged 35, Miner, fall of ironstone ; a shot had been fired which did not bring the stone down, he was preparing for another shot without first having set a prop or stay under the overhanging piece, when it suddenly fell

Spurgeon, George, 19 Jul 1904, (accident: 30 Jun 1904), aged 43, Miner, head and back injured and thigh fractured; he had fired a shot, and on going back found some bad top stone; he was taking this down when some more fell and caught him

Woodroof, William, 07 Sep 1883, (accident: 07 Aug 1883), aged 57, Miner, broken leg and ankle and other bruises by a fall of stone while baring