West Pelton Colliery

1857 - A 6 ft. staple was put down from the surface to the Hutton Seam at Handen Hold, West Pelton Colliery.

1913 - Beaumont seam abandoned

Bell, William, 20 Dec 1887, aged 39, Hewer, killed by a fall of stone

Best, Matthew, 02 Jul 1906, aged 28, Stoneman, killed by a fall of stone [More information ...]

Bowden, Robert, 08 Aug 1878, aged 57, Hewer, killed by a fall of stone

Brown, Samuel, 10 Jul 1867, aged 14, Driver, run over by a set of tubs

Curry, Joseph, 27 Feb 1885, aged 32, Hewer, fall of stone in the Low Main seam

Garnham, Phillip, 06 Jan 1911, aged 62, Shifter, explosion of firedamp from naked light

Garnham, Robert, 01 Oct 1875, aged 64, Screenman, crushed by a tub falling from small coal cage, Chester Ward Coroner's Inquest, place: West Pelton Coll., cause: crushed, Alma Pit, West Pelton (DRO Ref: COR/C/2/413)

Harrison, John, 07 Apr 1868, aged 14, Driver, crushed by tubs

Hunter, John, 09 Jul 1868, aged 13, Wailer, injured on head by a stone thrown off screens

Knowles, John William, 07 Nov 1913, (accident: 06 Nov 1913), aged 34, Hewer, deceased was working single in a jud 6 feet wide; there were no witnesses of the accident, which occurred at the end of the shift; it was supposed that he was setting a prop underneath the fan plank and that it sprung back, striking him on the right temple; he died in the colliery ambulance whilst being removed to the infirmary on the following day

Pinkney, George Shield, 26 Sep 1905, aged 59, Deputy, killed by a fall of stone [More information ...]

Roseby, Thomas, 25 Jan 1866, aged 49, Deputy, fall of stone while drawing timber

Ryan, Joseph, 07 Sep 1912, (accident: 30 Aug 1912), aged 14, Rope Boy, deceased's duties were to change the rope over from the full to the empty road in a self-acting incline, and to assist the landing man; he was knocking out a chock at the top of the incline when he was caught by some full tubs which were amain, causing fractured skull, from which he died on 7th September, 1912

Smith, William Henry, 13 Feb 1911, aged 18, Onsetter, prop fell down pit, Buried: St. Paul's Churchyard, West Pelton

Summerson, Thomas, 27 May 1871, (accident: 18 Apr 1871), aged 29, Deputy, fall of stone ; accident developed latent organic disease of abdomen

Taylor, Thomas William, 11 Nov 1910, aged 15, Weigh boy, Fell from gangway

Thompson, Robert Edward, 04 Jun 1912, aged 23, Hand Putter, caught by a fall of stone from a hitch leader while putting an empty tub

Walton, William, 26 May 1869, aged 14, Driver, run over by a timber tram

Willis, Joseph, 15 Apr 1904, (accident: 08 Jul 1903), aged 19, Driver, Deceased, who was only occasionally employed as a driver, was coming to the shaft with a horse and four full tubs. The road is too narrow to sit on the limbers, and he was sitting on the top of the front tub; he had to pass under a steel girder supporting the roof, and only 13 inches clear of the tub. In accordance with instructions, the drivers usually got off and led their horses past this point, but deceased either forgot or thought he could clear it; he escaped so far as his head was concerned, but his back was caught and he was crushed and his spine and bladder injured, and he lingered nine months. The road since the accident has been made higher