Netherton Colliery

1879 - Low Main, 5/4 and Bensham seams abandoned

1894 - Five Quarter seam abandoned - Not profitable

1934 - Main seam abandoned

1936, 15 Jan - Low Main seam abandoned

Barras, Hugh Munro, 22 Apr 1958, aged 35, Stoneman, killed by a fall of stone

Boll, Thomas, 02 Jul 1894, 9:00 a.m., 3rd hour of shift, aged 62, Hewer, Deceased, after firing a shot in the coal, was reaching over a tub, when some stone which had been shaken by the shot fell and broke his leg. Died from blood poisoning [Inspection made & inquest attended]

Brown, Thomas, 17 Nov 1905, (accident: 09 Nov 1905), aged 57, Farmer, Deceased was at Netherton Colliery with a horse and cart for coal; while in the weigh house paying for the coal the horse moved away and deceased ran after it and was crushed by the cart against a gate post, his head was injured and three ribs broken, and he died four days later from heart disease and shock, as stated at the inquest by the doctor who attended him

Carrick, William, 1931, [approximate date]

Clark, Walter, 1917, [approximate date]

Cook, George, 1919, [approximate date]

Dick, Andrew, 25 May 1870, aged 13, Driver, crushed by tub

Dixon, G. C., 1917, [approximate date]

Dodd, George William, 04 Oct 1880, aged 28, Hewer, killed by a fall of coal

Dotchin, Percival Hetherington, 20 Jan 1906, aged 14, Screener, killed by machinery [More information ...]

Elliot, John, 02 Sep 1870, aged 12, Wailer, run over by waggon

Emery, George, 1926, [approximate date]

Guthrie, Thomas, 24 Sep 1867, aged 13, Coupler, tubs ran amain and crushed him

Hall, George A., 31 Jul 1901, aged boy, [Not employed], killed by being run over by some empty waggons on a new railway which it was intended to connect with Netherton Hall Colliery; the deceased was not employed by the Colliery Company

Kerry, Henry Smith, 23 Nov 1911, aged 28, Hewer, killed by a fall of stone

Lamb, James, 30 Mar 1876, (accident: 20 Mar 1876), aged 78, Labourer, run over by locomotive

Locke, Alexander, 1916, [approximate date]

Mason, Septimus Barker, 1924, [approximate date]

Miller, George, 15 Mar 1877, Hewer, killed by a fall of stone

Miller, George, 26 May 1902, aged 47, Stoneman, deceased and two other stonemen who were injured were timbering a waggonway in the Five Quarter seam ; a shot had been fired at the place three hours before the accident, and the place had been examined by the deputy afterwards ; deceased was cutting a prop to set under one end of a balk when a fall occurred

Murphy, Charles, 1935, [approximate date]

Paterson, R., 25 Oct 1867, aged 53, Wasteman, killed by a fall of stone

Patterson, Whitehirst N., 1943, [approximate date]

Pearson, Henry Brougham, 28 Dec 1911, aged 33, Pumpman, explosion of gas in oil engine room [More information ...]

Purvis, Alexander, 1940, [approximate date]

Raisbeck, Joseph, 1928, [approximate date]

Richardson, George Robert, 1935, [approximate date]

Robertson, George, 05 Jun 1867, aged 12, Putter, crushed by tubs

Sanderson, John, 06 Feb 1877, aged 27, Blacksmith, caught by spoke of fly-wheel of saw-mill engine

Sherwin, James, 29 Oct 1906, aged 40, Stoneman, Deceased, who was under medical treatment for heart disease, worked in the night shift and had complained to his marrow during the course of the shift of feeling unwell. They went outbye together at the end of the shift, but deceased lagged behind and was left to come out alone as his marrow had some work to attend to near the shaft. When the fore shift hewers were going inbye about 3.30 a.m. they found deceased quite dead by the side of the road with his lamp burning near him. An inquest was held, at which there was no suggestion of any accident made and medical evidence given that death was due to heart disease, and so the jury found.

Shotton, William, 14 Dec 1906, aged 59, Screener, Deceased, who was sometimes rather deaf, left the screens about 6.30 a.m. to relieve himself, and while crossing the sidings was caught by a 15-ton loaded truck which was being pushed by a locomotive no one saw or was aware of any accident until his dead body was found.

Smith, Edward R., 1913, [approximate date]

Stanyer, Thomas, 1936, [approximate date]

Stokoe, William, 08 Aug 1903, aged 22, Onsetter, Deceased in loading the cage pushed two full tubs too far, and stepped partly on the cage to pull them back, when it moved away, and he was caught against the point skeet. The engineman stated at the inquest he received one rap before he started the cage. Several men at the bottom waiting to ascend, and the banksman on the surface, said no rap was given. The jury found that deceased was killed "by the cage being accidentally or by mistake brought away from the bottom." The Local Inspectors reported: "We have no complaint to make; everything is in order."

Tweddle, Sydney S., 1919, [approximate date]

Williamson, George, 20 Aug 1907, aged 25, Banksman [More information ...]

Wilson, Thomas, 14 Jun 1912, aged 57, Hewer, immediately after firing a shot in the coal with compressed gunpowder and fuze, he was found dead with a fractured skull, the shot having gone off prematurely