Skelton Park (Ironstone)

Andrew, William, 03 Dec 1911, (accident: 29 Sep 1911), aged 21, Haulage Hand, he was found at his place of work evidently suffering pain, and said he had been nipped between waggons; he ultimately went home and did not work again; he was seen at his home by his usual medical attendant, who did not then, or at any time later, find any mark of injury; on 25th November he was taken to Middlesbrough Infirmary where he died on the 3rd December, the cause of death being given as Addison's disease; an inquest was held and a verdict returned that "he died from Addison's disease accelerated by an accident in Skelton Park Mine whilst following his employment."

Bailey, John, 16 Apr 1891, aged 36, Rolleywayman, died from the rupture of a blood vessel while at his work, Buried: Skelton in Cleveland, All Saints on 19 Apr 1891 {NBI}

Brack, John, 05 Oct 1911, (accident: 23 Sep 1911), aged 58, Deputy, he was engaged with three other deputies in timbering across an old bord, which had fallen many years ago, in order to make a road to work a pillar of stone; he was cutting a hole in the side for one end of a bearing balk, when some dogger and shale fell from above him and injured him about the head and body; all the men apparently satisfied themselves that the place was safe, but do not seem to have allowed for the possibility of a break existing, although such breaks are known to exist under similar conditions; if some long sprags had been set, the probabilities are that the accident would not have happened; the unfortunate man lived until October 5th, 1911

Bringeloe, George, 16 Apr 1881, aged 36, Miner, fall of stone after a shot, deceased and deputy were putting in props, Buried: Skelton in Cleveland, All Saints on 20 Apr 1881 {NBI}

Bringloe, Herbert, 11 Feb 1933, aged 56, Buried: Skelton Cemetery

Chambers, John, 09 Jun 1894, 7:00 a.m., 1st hour of shift, aged 32, Machineman, While assisting to remove a drilling machine to another place it got off the way, tilted over, and killed him, Buried: Skelton in Cleveland, All Saints on 11 Jun 1894 {NBI} [More information ...]

Christon, Ralph, 08 Mar 1906, (accident: 27 Feb 1906), aged 45, Filler, When working in the brokens, a piece of stone fell off the side and broke both bones of his left leg. He died 10 days afterwards from shock.

Dunning, William Allen, 21 Oct 1911, (accident: 19 Oct 1911), aged 17, Driver, he was bringing his horse to the stables at the end of the shift and was followed by two other drivers, each with a horse; on arriving at the stables he stepped to one side to allow the horses to pass; the first two passed quietly but the third struck out and kicked him in the stomach inflicting injuries from which he died in the infirmary on October 21st; the horse was not of a vicious character

Elcoate, Thomas, 21 Apr 1904, (accident: 08 Jan 1904), aged 38, Filler, filling a tub of ironstone when a small piece burst suddenly off side and caused a slight wound on his head; little was thought of it but he died on April 21st

Finchin, John, 07 May 1877, aged 50, Miner, crushed between two tubs

Garbutt, William, 02 Jul 1912, aged 28, Miner, he and his mate were driving a lift out of a split wall which had holed; they had only got some 6 feet in, but the crossing timber being set, and the place well timbered, Garbutt fired his two bottom shots, one after the other, and had gone back to examine after the second shot when the whole place collapsed and he was buried; constant efforts were made for three hours to rescue him, during which time line was alive and conversing with his rescuers; then another heavy fall took place and he was heard no more; his body was recovered after another two hours' bard work; probably the second shot being a heavy one had removed the support from the crossing balk

Grainge, Henry, 03 Jan 1879, aged 21, Miner, fall of ironstone after a shot, it had been examined shortly before

Granger, R., 16 Oct 1882, aged 60, Labourer, fall of stone from roof while filling a tub

Jefferson, John, 20 May 1875, aged 22, Platelayer, crushed by tubs, Buried: Skelton in Cleveland, All Saints on 25 May 1875 {NBI}

Kyme, Samuel, 08 Apr 1908, aged 62, Deputy, When setting up a baulk, a huge piece of stone, weighing about 7 tons, fell away from a visible but not well-defined back. The place was near the goaf, and no doubt there was great weight on the pillars which caused the stone to fall

Lewis, Edward, 12 Apr 1876, aged 22, Miner, broken leg and other severe injuries by fall of stone while baring

Loose, Charles, 17 Mar 1879, aged 16, Driver, fell off front of empty set of tubs and was run over, Buried: Skelton Cemetery

Maddock, J., 06 Sep 1873, aged 48, Miner, shot blowing through

Ord, William, 19 Jul 1880, aged 41, Shifter, fall of stone in main return; while removing some stone another fall took place from the roof which had been previously examined, Buried: Skelton Cemetery

Peach, Harry, 27 Apr 1917, aged 43, fall of roof

Ridley, George, 28 Nov 1900, aged 18, Attending endless rope, He was employed to see that tubs went round the curves on endless rope all right, and by some means he got caught between a tub and a curve and was killed. Probability is that he was riding on tub at time., Buried: Skelton in Cleveland, All Saints on 02 Dec 1900 {NBI} [More information ...]

Robinson, Alfred, 16 Dec 1905, aged 53, Miner, fall of roof; deceased had finished his own shift and had gone into another place to help his son to fill his last two tubs; the roof weighted suddenly and some dogger fell on him

Rowe, Hugh, 17 Aug 1883, aged 32, Miner, explosion of a shot; had lighted two shots in a place, one of them not going off at the time he went back too soon, when it exploded [More information ...]

Scuffam, Thomas Henry, 15 Apr 1898, aged 17, Horse Leader, when coming out-bye with a set of full tubs, down a gradient of 1 in 36, he either slipped or caught his foot against a sleeper and fell in front of the tubs, and three of them passed over him crushing him so severely that he was killed instantly, Buried: Skelton Cemetery

Thomas, John, 29 Oct 1889, aged 54, Labourer, died suddenly from heart disease while engaged casting some timber near the pit, Buried: St. Nicholas, Guisborough on 01 Nov 1889 Skelton in Cleveland, All Saints on 20 Apr 1881 {NBI}

Ward, George, 07 Sep 1916, aged 32, crushed to death by a heavy fall of ironstone

Winter, Joseph, 06 Sep 1882, aged 37, Miner, fall of stone; was holding a light while his mate was baring down a piece of top stone left after a shot, when it suddenly fell and knocked a large prop down on him, Buried: Skelton in Cleveland, All Saints on 09 Sep 1882 {NBI}

Wood, William, 03 Aug 1906, aged 41, Deputy, He, with others, had drawn the timber from two juds, right and left of a crossing. They then purposed to draw the crossing timber. He was chopping out one of three props set beneath the inbye bearing baulk, when it suddenly broke and let down some dogger. The other two props gave way, and the crossing collapsed and he was killed.

Wright, Thomas, 24 Jun 1875, aged 27, Miner, killed by a fall of stone, Buried: All Saints Old Churchyard, Skelton