South Pontop Colliery

Alderson, Charles, 19 Mar 1909, aged 17, Putter, The cause of this accident is problematical. He was found lying in a cross-heading between the rails in front of his tub, unconscious. His head was bleeding. It is probable that, when sitting on the limbers, his foot had slipped off the tub buffer and he had thus been caused to lurch forward; his head had then been caught between the corner of the tub and a prop at the side of the road. His skull was fractured

Armstrong, William George, 29 May 1894, 10:30 a.m., 1st hour of shift, aged 19, Hewer, While passing a putter he slipped and fell and his head was crushed between a full tub and a prop

Barker, George, Oct 1870, died in the pit from apoplexy

Beckham, James, 27 Oct 1902, (accident: 23 Oct 1902), aged 47, Shifter, dead crushed by being caught between tub and a packwall, in a gateway, where he was timbering, Buried: Harelaw Cemetery (old)

Bergin, Michael, 26 Oct 1876, (accident: 21 Oct 1876), aged 41, Hewer, killed by a fall of stone

Britton, William, 15 Oct 1863, aged 28, Hewer, killed by a fall of coal

Carroll, Henry, 05 Oct 1869, aged 13, Driver, crushed by tubs

Cobbledick, John, 09 Nov 1891, 8:00 p.m., 4th hour of shift, aged 23, Stoneman, engaged in removing back timber when a large stone fell from a breaker in the roof

Cross, John W., 04 Apr 1919, caught by a rope and drawn onto the drum of the hauler in the Hutton Seam

Dawson, Daniel, 30 Apr 1869, aged 16, Putter, fall of band

Doran, Charles, 20 Jun 1895, 4:00 p.m., 6th hour of shift, aged 35, Hewer, received a severe sprain or rupture by slipping on a canch, and died after a surgical operation

Errington, John, 14 Jun 1848, died in the pit from apoplexy

Errington, John, 18 Sep 1897, (accident: 23 Apr 1897), aged 54, Hewer, Crushed between tubs and side, and cut about head and body, by being caught by driver's set. There was plenty of room by the side of the way. Died on September 18th [More information ...]

Henry, Daniel, 09 Oct 1875, Screenman, fell of screens

Platten, Rising, 23 Feb 1901, (accident: 12 Feb 1901), aged 52, Deputy, died on the 23rd from blood-poisoning, caused by one of his fingers being scratched when pulling up rails in the pit

Robson, John William, 16 Nov 1897, aged 33, Hewer, While taking down the top coal of a thick seam a large piece of it fell at natural joints and killed him

Smith, Edward Barnabas, 19 Aug 1841, aged 21, Viewer, On 19 August, Edward Barnabas Smith of Armfield, the viewer, fell down the shaft of Pontop South Pit. "He was a very estimable young man, and only 21 years of age." He was buried on Sunday, when a great number of workmen from Derwent, Medomsley and Pontop collieries attended uninvited "as a testimony of their regard for the deceased."

Spark, John, 13 Aug 1869, aged 30, Hewer, explosion of gas

Tucker, John, 04 Sep 1894, 2:30 p.m., 9th hour of shift, aged 13, Coupler, Fell from one of the shaft mouthings on to the top of a cage, a distance of 75 feet, receiving such injuries that he died in a few hours [More information ...]