Montagu Fireclay

1914 - Hodge, Stone Coal, Tilley seams abandoned

1916 - Hodge seam abandoned

Anderson, Joseph, 05 Dec 1888, (accident: 15 Nov 1888), aged 44, Hewer, head crushed between two tubs

Davieson, William, 08 Dec 1902, aged 38, Hewer, killed by a fall of roof stone in a jenkin, or place splitting a pillar lengthways, in the Tilley seam 20 inches thick ; there was false bedding in the stone, and a jack next the fast side ; some timber may have been canted ; the accident happened at 6.20 a.m. and the deputy had examined it at 3.40 a.m. before deceased started work, and thought it safe

Nicholson, John, 1906, [approximate date]

Robson, James, 29 May 1905, aged 14, Landing Lad [More information ...]

Robson, Margaret, 04 Oct 1902, aged 4, [Not Employed], some children are supposed to have been playing with fire at fire-brick kilns near the colliery, and deceased clothing was set on fire.

Skipsey, Newton, 09 Dec 1913, aged 19, Onsetter and Shifter, deceased who had no work to do for a few minutes, walked along the siding near the shaft bottom towards where a stoneman was dressing off the side to make width, when, within some 6 feet of where the man was working, a piece of side suddenly fell off and killed the lad on the spot; the stone had been slightly overhanging the coal below for probably 40 years, and the fall disclosed a wet weight break which could not have been foreseen

Wilkinson, James, 25 Mar 1909, aged 22, Hewer and Putter, ignition of fire-damp by candle flame

Wilkinson, Job, 07 Feb 1900, aged 43, Shifter, When repairing a sheave on the haulage road he was caught between the rope and sheave. [Inquest attended]