North Skelton (Ironstone)

Allanby, William, 28 Jul 1899, (accident: 14 Jul 1899), aged 19, Driver, He was riding in-bye on his horse, against the rules, and was crushed between the timber supporting the roof and the horse, causing very severe injury to his back. Died on the 28th inst.

Atkinson, R. A. J., 12 Aug 1884, aged 10, [Not employed - schoolboy], got over the fence and was drowned in the pit pond [fatality reported during the year but not classified as a colliery accident]

Bell, Benjamin, 06 Mar 1879, aged 45, Deputy, severe internal injury by fall of roof while setting timber

Bowes, Percy, 14 Nov 1882, aged 41, Miner, blow on side from a tub, worked three weeks and then died, Buried: Skelton in Cleveland, All Saints on 27 Dec 1882 {NBI}

Brown, William, 03 Mar 1893, (accident: 27 Feb 1893, 12:00 p.m., 6th hour of shift), aged 22, Fitter, He was walking on an incline, and stepped out of the way of the empty set, but, in doing so, got in front of the full set and was severely injured. He was afterwards attacked by scarlet fever, and died on 3rd March., Buried: Skelton in Cleveland, All Saints on 05 Mar 1893 {NBI}

Butcher, Abraham, 17 Nov 1876, aged 43, Labourer, crushed between trucks while lowering them into sidings, Buried: Skelton in Cleveland, All Saints on 19 Nov 1876 {NBI}

Chapman, John, 23 Jan 1911, aged 45, Miner, along with another miner he was engaged in filling ironstone at the corner of a pillar in order to make room for the rails to be laid; while his marrow was a dozen yards distant a slab of stone 4½ feet square and 15 inches thick near the roof suddenly burst off the side and killed him; the stone was slightly overhanging and the deputy had warned them to be careful; they had unsuccessfully tried to get it down but did not consider it dangerous

Cottle, John, 25 Jun 1878, aged 38, Miner, fall of top dogger while he was in the act of drilling a hole, Buried: Skelton in Cleveland, All Saints on 29 Jun 1878 {NBI}

Ditchburn, Ernest, 17 Feb 1909, aged 31, Miner, He was watching the deputies replace some timber which had been knocked out by a shot, when the roof fell and killed him. The deputies jumped clear

Dowson, -, 23 Nov 1938, Miner, explosion of firedamp [More information ...]

Gavin, John Martin, 18 Dec 1914, (accident: 19 Aug 1914), aged 46

Gill, George, 16 Dec 1901, (accident: 09 Dec 1901), aged 64, Back-overman, he was pushing at a set to get it to land at an incline bottom, when he slipped by the side of the tubs and got his arm jammed between the edge of a wheel and switch, and it was severely lacerated

Harris, Webster, 03 Sep 1915, aged 36, Buried: Skelton Cemetery

Heckle, George, 06 Jul 1916, aged 16, Buried: Skelton Cemetery

Kay, George, 09 Sep 1897, aged 16, Assistant Fitter, He was walking on a self-acting incline, and went into a refuge hole to allow the empty set to pass him. After it passed he came out, forgetting about the full set coming down the incline, and it caught and killed him [More information ...]

Kirk, Edward, 23 May 1903, (accident: 13 May 1903), aged 16, Horsekeeper, he was assisting to give a horse some medicine when the twitch slipped off the horse's nose and he fell back on to the tramway and his spine was injured, Buried: Skelton Cemetery

Martin, John, 18 Dec 1914, (accident: 19 Aug 1914), aged 46, Miner, Deceased was sitting down at the meeting station prior to proceeding to his working place, when a piece of ironstone 3 feet 6 inches by 4 feet 6 inches by 6 inches burst off the side of a pillar near to the corner of which he was sitting. He jumped up but not quickly enough to escape the stone, which struck him in the back and knocked him against a prop. His spine was fractured and he died on 18th December, 1914, from blood poisoning set up by the injury

Mills, William, 16 Jan 1896, Filler, While waiting to ascend shaft he had a fit and died [fatality reported during the year but not classified as a colliery accident]

Parker, John Morell, 27 Mar 1929, killed by a fall of roof

Rice, John, 30 Dec 1902, aged 52, Platelayer, he was injured on August 31st last when carrying a long rail by the end of it hitting a wall side, but post-mortem examination showed that this injury was not the cause of death

Richardson, James T., 04 Feb 1909, aged 29, Rolleywayman, He was riding inbye on a set and, either by striking his head against a tail rope sheave or by falling off the tub top on which he was sitting, had fallen to the ground between the tubs and been run over

Rolt, William, 09 Oct 1874, aged 33, Miner, a shot hung fire, and exploded on deceased returning to ascertain the cause, Buried: St. Margaret's Church, Brotton on 11 Oct 1874 {NBI}

Rowe, E., Feb 1949, aged 36, roof collapsed onto them [More information ...]

Stonehouse, Henry, 28 Apr 1906, (accident: 05 Mar 1906), aged 57, Filler, When standing at his place end a tub, which was being taken in for his use, got off the way and knocked him down. His leg was broken, and he died on 28th April as a consequence.

Topckiz, Girgy, Feb 1949, aged 34, roof collapsed onto them [More information ...]

Ward, George, 06 Jun 1882, aged 14, Driver, run over by full tubs and leg cut off, he fell before his set

Watson, R. M., Feb 1949, aged 27, roof collapsed onto them [More information ...]

Wilson, Robert, Dec 1865, Miner, hit on head by tub whilst digging an exploratory shaft

York, William, 24 Oct 1898, aged 61, Miner, died whilst at work in the mine from heart disease