Shire Moor Colliery

Gray, Thomas, 19 Jul 1895, (accident: 07 Jan 1895, 5:00 a.m., 1st hour of shift), aged 57, Shifter, he was proceeding to his work under ground when it appears he hit his head against a baulk, which stunned him; he, however, went inbye, and worked out the shift, but was unable to go to the pit afterwards, and died on the 19th July

Musgrove, William, 02 Jan 1880, aged 36, Hewer, killed by a fall of stone from roof

Nesbit, Thomas, 13 Sep 1892, aged 60, Deputy, went down the pit at 2.30 a.m., and after travelling in-bye for some 1,500 yards along the main intake road, sat down to rest; when his companion got up it was noticed that he did not move, and it was then discovered that he was unwell, and in a moment or two he expired; at the inquest the death was attributed to heart disease

Reay, James, 23 May 1895, 2:00 p.m., 5th hour of shift, aged 56, Deputy, a hewer fired a shot in the coal to make a connection with another place, with the result that the force of the explosion burst the coal down and killed the deputy, who was at the other side; the deputy had previously told him that he would make a "boring" during the shift, and to be careful; it was the hewer's duty to have ascertained that all was right before firing, but the deputy was ill-advised in not informing the hewer that he was going into the adjoining place

Summerson, Matthew, 14 Jul 1887, aged 54, Hewer, killed by a fall of coal

Swinston, John, 02 Dec 1892, 3:45 p.m., 6th hour of shift, aged 45, Hewer, Kirving without any sprags being set, when the coal fell over on to him [Inquest attended]