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Colliery deaths in our research area

This covers the Allerton Bywater collieries, the Kippax collieries, the Bowers collieries, the Lowthers collieries, the Preston collieries and the Medhurst collieries.

This list is being continuously researched and updated. There will definately be errors and ommisions.

As a mark of respect to living relatives the cut off date for the extra information will be 1st January 1947, Vesting Day. Records after this date will show only a brief summary of the incidents.

Mining deaths (1840 - 1880)

Carter & Co First Name Surname Born Died Age Colliery Owners Discription More Info
— Ralph Brown 1827 Feb 1849 22 Allerton Colliery Joshua Bower and Company Boiler burst on the surface
— James Wilson — 25th or 29 Aug 1852 9 Allerton Colliery Joshua Bower and Company Crushed by wagons on the surface
— Robert Biscomb — 13 Jan 1855 32 Kippax Locke and Co. Bursting of an Underground Boiler. 2 Killed.
— Joseph Pickard 1812 13 Jan 1855 42 Kippax Locke and Co. Bursting of an Underground Boiler. 2 Killed.
— George Hepworth — 27 Jun 1856 10 Allerton Bywater Carter and Co. Crushed By the Cage At the Bottom of the Shaft.
— John Biscomb 1832 09 Jan 1857 25 Kippax Locke and Co. Fall of Roof in Mine.
— Charles Crossland — 20 Feb 1861 — Allerton Bywater Carter and Co. Falling Down the Shaft.
— Thomas Wilby — 23 Jul 1861 47 Allerton Bywater Carter and Co. Fall of Coal in the Mine.
— Thomas Wright — 07 Nov 1863 — Allerton Main Bower and Son Fall of Roof in the Mine.
— Edward Bickerdike — 23 Jan 1863 — Allerton Haigh Moor  Lock and Co. Fall of A Brick in the Shaft.
— William Firth — 11 May 1863 — Allerton Haigh Moor  Lock and Co. Crushed in the Bottom of the Shaft.
Joseph Lunn — 18 Jan 1863 Allerton Colliery Bower and Sons
— James Higgins — 31 Oct 1865 51 Allerton Colliery Bower and Sons Explosion of Firedamp.
— Thomas Clough 1847 29 Apr 1867 19 Kippax Locke and Waddington. Collier. Fall of Coal
— George Gummerson 1840 20 Mar 1867 27 Gt. Preson Bower and Sons. Collier. Fall of Coal
John Wright 1830 3 Jun 1867 37 Allerton Bywater Carter and Co. Brakesman. Crushed By Piston
Samuel Coates 1833 5 Jan 1868 35 Allerton Bywater Carter and Co. Collier. Fall of Roof.
Amos Jackson 1844 19 Apr 1868 25 Allerton Bywater Carter and Co. Collier. Fall of Roof.
Joseph Hewitt 1803 5 Nov 1868 66 Kippax Locke and Co Fall of Roof.
— William Crossland 1831 10 Dec 1868 37 West Allerton J Bower and Sons Collier. Explosion of Firedamp. 2 Killed.
— Robert Lee 1841 10 Dec 1868 27 West Allerton J Bower and Sons Collier. Explosion of Firedamp. 2 Killed.
— George West 1842 08 Jul 1869 27 Allerton Bywater Carter and Co. Labourer. Run Over By Waggon. Died from injuries on 24th Aug. 1869
— Joseph Paver Wrigglesworth 1853 22 Mar 1870 16 Kippax Locke and Co Crushed by cage
— James Greenwood 1825 28 Feb 1872 47 Allerton Main Victoria Bower and Sons. Fall of Roof.
— Nathan Butterfield 1845 8 Apr 1872 27 West Allerton J Bower and Sons Driver. Crushed By Corves.
— Francis Stoker 1812 6 Nov 1872 50 or 60 Allerton Bywater Carter and Co. Banksman, Fell Down Shaft.
— Joseph Poole 1833 1873 40 West Allerton J Bower and Sons Collier. Fall of Roof.
— L Storey 1844 30 Dec. 1874 30 West Allerton J Bower and Sons Collier. Fall of coal
— H Thompson 1851 17 Apr 1877 26 Allerton Colliery Bower and Sons Collier. Fall of coal
— John Pickersgill 1837 13 Nov. 1877 36 Kippax Locke and Co Screener. Crushed by waggons.
— T Naylor 1857 08 Sep 1877 20 Allerton Colliery Bower and Sons Collier. Fall of roof

Mining deaths (1880 - 1899)

ABC Memorial # First Name Surname Birth Year Accident Year Age Colliery Mine Owners Cause Extra Info
J Robinson 1865 17 Jan 1880 15 Allerton Main Bower and Sons Crushed By Corves.
R Rigby 1840 24 Feb 1880 40 Allerton Main Bower and Sons Collier. Fall of roof
1 George Lenny 3 Feb 1880 27 Allerton Bywater Silkstone and Haigh Moor Coal Company Limited Explosion of firedamp
2 John Healey 3 Feb 1880 Allerton Bywater Silkstone and Haigh Moor Coal Company Limited Explosion of firedamp
John Roscoe 1837 1881 44 West Allerton J Bower and Sons Collier. Fall of Coal Died 29th October 1881.
3 G Lind 1864 1881 17 Allerton Bywater Silkstone and Haigh Moor Coal Company Limited Crushed by corves.
4 George Schofield Abt 1826 10/3/1882 56 Allerton Bywater Silkstone and Haigh Moor Coal Company Limited Collier. Fall of Roof Died 30th Apr.
5 George Tate 1834 21 Dec.1883 49 Allerton Bywater Silkstone and Haigh Moor Coal Company Limited Crushed by corves. Died on the 28th Dec 1883.
H Lees 1849 17 Mar 1884 35 Allerton Main Bower and Sons. Fall of Roof.
John Joseph Goodall 1868 17 May 1884 16 Allerton Main J Bower and Sons Run over by two tubs.
J Henshaw 1836 25 July 1884 48 Allerton Main J Bower and Sons Fall of roof.
Charles Edward Crosswaite 1863 19th Dec. 1885 22 West Allerton J Bower and Sons Collier. Struck By Drill When Drilling Out A Missed Shot.
C Firth 1826 1886 Kippax Locke and Co
6 H Cowell 1856 14/7/1886 Allerton Bywater Silkstone and Haigh Moor Coal Company Limited Fall of coal
George Smith 1864 06 Apr 1887 23 Allerton Colliery Bower and Sons Collier. Fall of Rooof. Injured 4th May 1886.
J Dransfield 1857 02 Mar 1887 30 Allerton Colliery Bower and Sons Collier. Fall of roof
A Jackson 1862 06 Jun 1887 25 Allerton Colliery Bower and Sons Crushed by tubs 04-06-1887
Moses Connell 1858 20 Feb 1888 30 West Allerton Colliery Bowes and Sons Fall of roof
T Jackson 1845 13 Feb 1889 44 Allerton Main Bower and Sons. Fall of side.
M Carrington 1876 25 Oct 1889 13 Allerton Colliery Bower and Sons Fall in a roadway
J Muscroft 1860 15 Nov 1889 29 Allerton Colliery Bower and Sons Collier. Fall of roof
R Armitage 1874 03 Dec 1889 16 Allerton Main Bower and Sons Crushed by tubs 26-02-1890
7 E Cowell 1871 14/3/1890 19 Allerton Bywater Silkstone and Haigh Moor Coal Company Limited Fell into firepan
8 Ernest Teesdale 1876 01/12/1890 14 Allerton Bywater Silkstone and Haigh Moor Coal Company Limited Tram boy - crushed by pulley
W Parker 1877 1891 14 West Allerton J Bower and Sons Driver. Fall of coal
9 J Laughton 1850 4/2/1891 Allerton Bywater Silkstone and Haigh Moor Coal Company Limited Ripper - fall of roof
10 W Robinson 1866 25/07/1991 25 Allerton Bywater Silkstone and Haigh Moor Coal Company Limited Shunter - Crushed by waggons
11 J Harden 26/8/1891 Allerton Bywater Silkstone and Haigh Moor Coal Company Limited Drifter - Injured by tubs - died 29 Aug 1891
12 William Drew 1862 28/11/1891 29 Allerton Bywater Silkstone and Haigh Moor Coal Company Limited Collier - Explosion of Roburite
L Sutcliffe 1829 1892 Medhurst Kippax Silkstone and Haigh Moor Coal Company Limited
J Rhodes 1838 1892 Kippax Locke and Co
13 J Fish 1876 18/1/1892 Allerton Bywater Silkstone and Haigh Moor Coal Company Limited Screener - Injured by Waggons
14 A Firth 1866 1892 Allerton Bywater Silkstone and Haigh Moor Coal Company Limited
C Fearn 1855 1893 Kippax Locke and Co
S Newell 1858 19 May 1894 Allerton Main Bower and Sons Overcome by gas
J Davison 1859 28 May 1894 35 Allerton Main Bower and Sons Overcome by gas
R  Saville 1839 28 May 1894 Allerton Main Bower and Sons Undermanager. Gas 3 Killed Died 28th.
J Tyrrell 1856 29 Oct 1894 38 Allerton Colliery Bower and Sons Collier. Fall of roof
J Gill 1854 1894 Allerton Bywater Silkstone and Haigh Moor Coal Company Limited
15 A Inman 1872 14 Mar 1895 23 Allerton Colliery Bower and Sons Collier. Fall of roof
W Pritchard 1850 17 May 1895 45 Allerton Colliery Bower and Sons Strained pushing a tub 13-05-1895
J Mathers 1879 16 Mar 1896 17 Allerton Colliery Bower and Sons Crushed by wagons on the surface
16 S Barraclough 1855 1897 Allerton Bywater Silkstone and Haigh Moor Coal Company Limited
18 W Cheeseborough 1852 1897 Allerton Bywater Silkstone and Haigh Moor Coal Company Limited
17 J Smithson 1880 1897 Allerton Bywater Silkstone and Haigh Moor Coal Company Limited
19 W Steel 1883 1898 Allerton Bywater Silkstone and Haigh Moor Coal Company Limited
W Bradley 1877 04 Jul 1898 21 Allerton Main Bower and Sons. Filler. Fall of Roof.
21 J Lockett 1871 1899 Allerton Bywater Silkstone and Haigh Moor Coal Company Limited
20 W Taylor 1874 1899 Allerton Bywater Silkstone and Haigh Moor Coal Company Limited

Mining deaths (1900 - 1919)

ABC Memorial # First Name Surname Birth Year Accident Year Age Colliery Mine Owners Cause Extra Info
23 John Evans 1873 1900 Allerton Bywater Silkstone and Haigh Moor Coal Company Limited
22 Jonathan Smart 1859 1900 Allerton Bywater Silkstone and Haigh Moor Coal Company Limited
24 Young Green 1883 1903 19 Allerton Bywater Silkstone and Haigh Moor Coal Company Limited Killed in the act of shunting
25 J W Johnson 07/08/1903 Allerton Bywater Silkstone and Haigh Moor Coal Company Limited Labourer - found dead in hopper
26 T Rodway 06/01/1904 Allerton Bywater Silkstone and Haigh Moor Coal Company Limited Collier - Stone fell
Robert Ball 1911 02/03/1926 15 Allerton Main Victoria Bower and Sons.
27 John Ball 1856 8/5/1905 49 Allerton Bywater Silkstone and Haigh Moor Coal Company Limited Crushed by waggon
28 Robert Price 1893 1906 Allerton Bywater Silkstone and Haigh Moor Coal Company Limited
29 Thomas Mathews 1867 1907 Allerton Bywater Silkstone and Haigh Moor Coal Company Limited
30 Harry Wilkinson 1873 1907 Allerton Bywater Silkstone and Haigh Moor Coal Company Limited
31 George Levitt 10/10/1907 15 Allerton Bywater Silkstone and Haigh Moor Coal Company Limited Screen boy - crushed between buffers
32 George Dove 07/11/1907 38 Allerton Bywater Silkstone and Haigh Moor Coal Company Limited Loco fireman - crushed uncoupling
33 Jacob Starbuck 27/11/1907 29 Allerton Bywater Silkstone and Haigh Moor Coal Company Limited Collier. Knocked down
35 John Green 1868 1908 Allerton Bywater Silkstone and Haigh Moor Coal Company Limited
34 John Jackson Taylor 1860 1908 Allerton Bywater Silkstone and Haigh Moor Coal Company Limited
36 Benjamin Limbert 1851 1909 Allerton Bywater Silkstone and Haigh Moor Coal Company Limited
37 C T Spiking 1883 1909 Allerton Bywater Silkstone and Haigh Moor Coal Company Limited
38 David Evans 1884 1910 Allerton Bywater Silkstone and Haigh Moor Coal Company Limited
39 John Tillotson 1893 1910 Allerton Bywater Silkstone and Haigh Moor Coal Company Limited
Albert Whatmuff 1885 16 March 1911 26 Allerton Main J Bower and Sons Collier. Whilst Preparing to Set A Prop He Was Caught By A Fall of Roof 5 Feet Long, an Average Of, 1.5 Feet Broad and 1.5 Feet Thick. the Fall Came From Three Slips. He Ought to Have Had Two More Props Set At Least One Hour Before the Fall Took Place.
John William Bullock 1880 29 August 1911 31 Allerton Main Bower and Sons. Byeworker. They Were, Filling Dirt Into Two Tubs When About 60 Tons of Dirt Fell Suddenly Upon Them, and Killed Them Instantly. 2 Killed.
Daniel Farrar 1876 29 August 1911 35 Allerton Main Bower and Sons. Byeworker. They Were, Filling Dirt Into Two Tubs When About 60 Tons of Dirt Fell Suddenly Upon Them, and Killed Them Instantly. 2 Killed.
41 James Hambleton 1894 1911 Allerton Bywater Silkstone and Haigh Moor Coal Company Limited
40 John Spencer 1861 1911 Allerton Bywater Silkstone and Haigh Moor Coal Company Limited
42 Tom Hunter 1891 1912 Allerton Bywater Silkstone and Haigh Moor Coal Company Limited
43 Thomas Goodall 04/12/1912 17 Allerton Bywater Silkstone and Haigh Moor Coal Company Limited Screener - shunting accident
44 Arthur Woodford 1878 1913 Allerton Bywater Silkstone and Haigh Moor Coal Company Limited
45 Henry Hope 08/05/2013 21 Allerton Bywater Silkstone and Haigh Moor Coal Company Limited Collier. Fall of roof.
46 Clifford D Marsh 26/05/1914 22 Allerton Bywater Silkstone and Haigh Moor Coal Company Limited Collier. Fall of roof.
Arthur Edgar Milner 1900 16-Oct-14 14 Allerton Main Bower and Sons. Run over by tubs
47 James Collinson 1853 1915 Allerton Bywater Silkstone and Haigh Moor Coal Company Limited
48 Charles Alonzo Tanner 1860 1919 Allerton Bywater Silkstone and Haigh Moor Coal Company Limited

Mining deaths (1920 - 1929)

ABC Memorial # First Name Surname Birth Year Accident Year Age Colliery Mine Owners Cause Extra Info
James Milner 1881 18/03/1920 39 Allerton Main Bower and Sons.
Walter Hughes 1860 07/09/1920 60 Allerton Main Bower and Sons.
George Waring 11 Aug 1885 17/07/1920 35 Allerton Bywater Silkstone and Haigh Moor Coal Company Limited Accident in Joiners Shop
49 William Walker 01/05/1922 33 Allerton Bywater Silkstone and Haigh Moor Coal Company Limited Killed while clearing a hopper
50 John Hardcastle 01/05/1922 38 Allerton Bywater Silkstone and Haigh Moor Coal Company Limited Killed while clearing a hopper
51 Cyril Street 29/05/1922 16 Allerton Bywater Silkstone and Haigh Moor Coal Company Limited Washery boy - crushed between wagons
52 Aaron Wood 13/02/1923 57 Allerton Bywater Silkstone and Haigh Moor Coal Company Limited Crushed between corve and tippler
53 John Thomas 26/02/1923 46 Allerton Bywater Silkstone and Haigh Moor Coal Company Limited Hewer - Crushed
54 Alfred Robinson 08/08/1923 48 Allerton Bywater Silkstone and Haigh Moor Coal Company Limited Greaser - Crushed
55 William Bellerby 23/10/1923 28 Allerton Bywater Silkstone and Haigh Moor Coal Company Limited Collier - burried
56 Robert Isac Hutchinson 12/02/1925 27 Allerton Bywater Silkstone and Haigh Moor Coal Company Limited Fall of Roof
Ronald Church 1899 29/08/1927 28 Allerton Bywater Silkstone and Haigh Moor Coal Company Limited Electrician Crushed by tubs
Alfred Burrows Wilson 1892 05/12/1927 35 Allerton Bywater Silkstone and Haigh Moor Coal Company Limited Fall of roof
57 George Norton 28/09/1927 43 Allerton Bywater Silkstone and Haigh Moor Coal Company Limited Roof Fall
Thomas William Storey 1904 02/03/1929 Allerton Main Bower and Sons
Peter Parkin 1860 20/04/1929 69 Allerton Main Bower and Sons Injured Spine falling over 05-03-1929
George Ely 1888 02/09/2029 41 Allerton Bywater Silkstone and Haigh Moor Coal Company Limited Overcome by methane
George William Robinson 1891 15/04/1929 Allerton Bywater Silkstone and Haigh Moor Coal Company Limited Head injuries 03-02-1029 Pneumonia

Mining deaths (1930 - 1939)

ABC Memorial # First Name Surname Birth Year Accident Year Age Colliery Mine Owners Cause Extra Info
58 George Paley 1893 10-03-1930 Allerton Bywater Silkstone and Haigh Moor Coal Company Limited
59 Arthur Richards 1892 10-03-1930 Allerton Bywater Silkstone and Haigh Moor Coal Company Limited
60 Albany Taylor 1897 10-03-1930 Allerton Bywater Silkstone and Haigh Moor Coal Company Limited
61 William Townsend 1908 10-03-1930 Allerton Bywater Silkstone and Haigh Moor Coal Company Limited
62 John Allan 1904 10-03-1930 Allerton Bywater Silkstone and Haigh Moor Coal Company Limited
Dominic McHale 1908 07-05-30 22 Allerton Bywater Silkstone and Haigh Moor Coal Company Limited Pony driver. Crushed by tubs 04-04-1930
William Walton 05-Apr-30 1930 Allerton Bywater Silkstone and Haigh Moor Coal Company Limited Fall of roof 25-03-1930
Harold Ward 1892 11-Sep-30 38 Allerton Bywater Silkstone and Haigh Moor Coal Company Limited Crushed by tubs
Charles Cockerham 1907 18-Sep-31 Allerton Bywater Silkstone and Haigh Moor Coal Company Limited Strained lifting a tub internal injuries
Thomas L Jackson 1891 13-Nov-30 39 Allerton Bywater Silkstone and Haigh Moor Coal Company Limited Fall of roof
Harry Wailes 1878 05-Dec-31 51 Allerton Bywater Silkstone and Haigh Moor Coal Company Limited Run over by tubs 01-12-1931
63 James Charlton 1902 24-May-32 30 Allerton Bywater Silkstone and Haigh Moor Coal Company Limited Fall of roof
John W Rogers 1908 24-Feb-32 24 Allerton Bywater Silkstone and Haigh Moor Coal Company Limited Crushed by tubs 12-02-1932
Walter Tonkinson 1882 15-Mar-32 Allerton Bywater Silkstone and Haigh Moor Coal Company Limited Run over by tubs
65 Fred Fellows 1908 1933 Allerton Bywater Silkstone and Haigh Moor Coal Company Limited
64 George William Norton 1917 1933 Allerton Bywater Silkstone and Haigh Moor Coal Company Limited
66 William Thornton 1865 1933 Allerton Bywater Silkstone and Haigh Moor Coal Company Limited
67 Thomas Laverick 13/04/1934 46 Allerton Bywater Silkstone and Haigh Moor Coal Company Limited Roof fall
68 George H Blackmore 03/04/1934 58 Allerton Bywater Silkstone and Haigh Moor Coal Company Limited roof fall - hit by prop
John E Bussey 1890 11/04/1935 45 Allerton Main Bower and Sons. Fall of roof 11-01-1935 Haemorrhage
Jabez Sawyer 1881 10/01/1936 55 Allerton Main Victoria Bower and Sons. He Had Worked Face 4ft in Advance of Last Bar and Set A Temporary Prop and Continued Working. an Unsuspected Pot Hole Feoll and Reeled Out Temporary Prop. Trapped By Head - Dead When Released.
William E Blythe 1881 10/09/1936 55 Allerton Main Bower and Sons. Fall of roof
Ernest Marsden 1903 05-Mar-37 34 Allerton Main Bower and Sons Fall of roof
David Enoch Roughton 1895 11-Mar-38 43 Allerton Main Bower and Sons Fall of roof in a roadway
69 Leonard Dickenson 1891 1938 Allerton Bywater Silkstone and Haigh Moor Coal Company Limited
Alfred Hopwood Ely 1911 16-Feb-38 27 Allerton Main Bower and Sons. Crushed by the cage on the surface
Horace Hargreaves 1907 01-May-38 31 Allerton Main Bower and Sons. Fall of roof 29-04-1935
Isaiah Jones 1856 20 Jun 1880 24 Allerton Main Bower and Sons. Fall of roof 03-06-1880
Ernest Robinson 1880 19-Nov-38 Allerton Bywater Airedale Collieries Ltd Roof Fall
Edgar Goodall 1900 16-Nov-39 39 Allerton Main Victoria Bower and Sons. Filling Train of Empties Drawn By Horse Into Apassbye. He Made Some Repairs to Track and Then Called Out the Drawer to Bring Out A Train of Full Tubs. Second Full Tub Collided With Empties and He As Trapped At Side of Road and Killed.

Mining deaths (1940 - 1946)

ABC Memorial # First Name Surname Birth Year Accident Year Age Colliery Mine Owners Cause Extra Info
John Carrington 1882 1940 Allerton Bywater Airedale Collieries Ltd
70 Ernest Gulliford 1920 1941 Allerton Bywater Airedale Collieries Ltd
Moses Pickup 1919 06-Mar-43 24 Allerton Main Bower and Sons Undermanager. Overcome with gas
71 Richard Jones 20 Sep 1898 20-Jul-43 44 Allerton Bywater Airedale Collieries Ltd Shotfirer. Fall of roof
W T Kirk 1879 13-Aug-44 65 Allerton Main Bower and Sons.
John Walter Burgin 1895 11-May-44 49 Allerton Bywater Airedale Collieries Ltd
J W Kibrington 1876 10-Mar-44 68 Allerton Bywater Airedale Collieries Ltd
72 Joseph Plows 1908 26-Feb-44 30 Allerton Bywater Airedale Collieries Ltd Hewer. Marking on Roof At Edge of A Fall When Killed By Fall of Bind.
73 George Willis 1876 08-Mar-44 68 Allerton Bywater Airedale Collieries Ltd Shackler. Walking Outbye When Killed By Fall of Roof.
74 John William Kilvington 10/03/1944 58 Allerton Bywater Airedale Collieries Ltd Wagon Lowerer. Found Lying Alongside Empty Wagons Standing Under Screens At A Point Where There Had Been Space Between Wagons. Died Before Saying Anything.
Tom McAdam 1891 20-Apr-45 Allerton Bywater Airedale Collieries Ltd
Norman Wheatley 1905 06-Apr-45 Allerton Bywater Airedale Collieries Ltd
Harold Winter Hill 1899 22-Dec-45 46 Allerton Main Bower and Sons. ????
William Brewster 1897 30-Jan-46 49 Allerton Main Bower and Sons. Fall of roof.
Harold Hall 1929 09-Feb-46 17 Allerton Main Bower and Sons. Fall of roof in roadway 14-02-1945
William Bullough 1897 19-Jan-46 49 Allerton Bywater Airedale Collieries Ltd Fall of roof
John Davies 1888 01-Apr-46 58 Allerton Bywater Airedale Collieries Ltd Fall of roof 30-03-1946
75 Harold Hayes 1928 22-Oct-46 Allerton Bywater Airedale Collieries Ltd Fall of roof

1st January 1947 Vesting Day

Mining deaths (1947 - 1991)

ABC Memorial # First Name Surname Birth Year Accident Year Age Colliery Mine Owners Cause Extra Info
76 Denis S  Clay 10/05/1947 Allerton Bywater National Coal Board Accident in fitters shop
77 Joseph Hunt 15/02/1948 53 Allerton Bywater National Coal Board Fall of roof
78 Phillip McDonnell 15/11/1957 17 Allerton Bywater National Coal Board Crushed between minecars
79 Joseph Owen 03/10/1959 53 Allerton Bywater National Coal Board Roof fall
80 David Perrin 23/07/1962 47 Allerton Bywater National Coal Board CRUSHED IN A NORTH FLOCKTON THICK DRIFT
81 Harold Lumb 1900 12-Feb-63 63 Allerton Bywater National Coal Board STRUCK BY SIDE SUPPORT WHILST LEANING FROM DIESEL CAB
83 Frederick Wadsworth 1935 25-Nov-68 33 Allerton Bywater National Coal Board ROOF FALL
82 Walter Wilde 1929 16-Sep-68 39 Allerton Bywater National Coal Board WHEN ATTENDING TO A WORK COLLEAGUE WHO HAD BEEN STRUCK BY A ROOF FALL A SECOND FALL OCCURRED STRIKING THE DECEASED, PARALYSING HIM FROM THE NECK DOWN. HE DIED 12 DAYS LATER.
84 Derrick Morgan 1932 15-Mar-74 42 Allerton Bywater National Coal Board Crushed by shearer towing bracket
85 Clifford D Scott 30/04/1974 Allerton Bywater National Coal Board Found burried on surface stockpile
86 George W Hale 1925 10-Nov-76 51 Allerton Bywater National Coal Board Struck on the head by a endless rope pulley
87 J E Land 1926 10-Feb-79 53 Allerton Bywater National Coal Board Found under crane jib burried on spoiltip
88 Keith Carter 1950 14-Feb-81 31 Allerton Bywater National Coal Board Banksman - Fell down shaft
89 John Thomas Duggan 1951 06-Oct-82 31 Allerton Bywater National Coal Board  Contractor crushed by crane jib at Fryston/Allerton Muckfields
90 Robert William Johnson 1957 05-Feb-86 29 Allerton Bywater National Coal Board Vehicle collision
91 Malcolm King 1960 14-Jun-91 31 Allerton Bywater National Coal Board Fall of roof

Research by Neil Shepherdson & Mick Taylor (2026)

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