1873 – Joseph Poole
Joseph Poole was born in about 1833. He was killed by a fall of roof at the Bowers & Sons West Allerton Colliery on the 3rd November 1873.He was burried…
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Joseph Poole was born in about 1833. He was killed by a fall of roof at the Bowers & Sons West Allerton Colliery on the 3rd November 1873.He was burried…
James Greenwood was born in about 1825 in Hunslet.On the 1851 census he was living with his wife, Sarah, in Hunslet working as a coal miner.On the 1861 census he…
Nathan Butterfield was born in Thornton, Bradford in about 1845On the 1851 census he is listed as being 6 years old and living in Bradford.On the 1861 census he is…
Francis Stoker was born in Allerton Bywater in about 1822.He married Mary Hutchinson, from Fairburn, on May 29th 1858 at Ledsham church.On the 1861 census he is shown as being…
Joseph Paver Wigglesworth was born in Kippax in about 1854.On the 1861 census he is shown to be 7 years old and living with his parents in Allerton Bywater.He was…
George West was born in 1842 in Glasshoughton Castleford to Peter & Elizabeth West. He was baptised at Castleford Parish Church on the 29th May 1842.On the 1851 census he…
George Gummerson was born in 1839 at Great Preston. He was baptised at Kippax church on September 8th 1839. The 1841 census shows him still living at Great Preston and…
Thomas Clough was 19 years old when he was killed by a fall of coal at the Locke & Co. Kippax colliery on the 29th April 1867. Mick
James Higgins was 51 years old when he was killed by a firedamp explosion at the Bower and Sons Allerton Colliery on the 31st October 1865.He was buried at Swillington…
William Firth worked at the Locke & Co. Allerton Haigh Moor colliery.He was killed on 11th May 1863 by being crushed at the bottom of the shaft. Mick