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1869-1900 Locke & Co. 1901-1902 Locke & Co. Ltd 1903 Locke & Co. (Newland) Ltd Medhurst pits. Kippax collieries including Hool Wood (Owl wood) Billywood Pit Brigshaw pits There are few mining death records prior to the Kippax colliery at Hoowl wood.
Born Accident Date Age Colliery Owners Cause Info
Edward Bickerdike — 23 Jan 1863 — Allerton Haigh Moor Lock and Co. Fall of A Brick in the Shaft. More Info.
William Firth — 11 May 1863 — Allerton Haigh Moor Lock and Co. Crushed in the Bottom of the Shaft. More Info.
Joseph Hewitt 1803 5 Nov 1868 66 Kippax Locke and Co Fall of Roof. More Info.
Joseph Paver Wrigglesworth 1853 22 Mar 1870 16 Kippax Locke and Co Crushed by cage More Info.
John Pickersgill 1837 13 Nov. 1877 36 Kippax Locke and Co Screener. Crushed by waggons. More Info.
Charles Firth 1826 1886 60 Kippax Locke and Co Run over by corves More Info.
J Rhodes 1838 1892 Kippax Locke and Co
L Sutcliffe 1829 1892 Medhurst Kippax Locke and Co.
C Fearn 1855 1893 Kippax Locke and Co
Robert Biscomb — 13 Jan 1855 32 Kippax Locke and Co. Bursting of an Underground Boiler. 2 Killed. More Info.
Joseph Pickard 1812 13 Jan 1855 42 Kippax Locke and Co. Bursting of an Underground Boiler. 2 Killed. More Info.
John Biscomb 1832 09 Jan 1857 25 Kippax Locke and Co. Fall of Roof in Mine. More Info.
Thomas Clough 1847 29 Apr 1867 19 Kippax Locke and Co. Collier. Fall of Coal More Info.
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