{"id":3605,"date":"2026-05-21T10:31:14","date_gmt":"2026-05-21T10:31:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abhistory.co.uk\/blog\/?page_id=3605"},"modified":"2026-05-21T10:32:02","modified_gmt":"2026-05-21T10:32:02","slug":"allerton-main-collieries-deaths","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/abhistory.co.uk\/blog\/?page_id=3605","title":{"rendered":"Allerton Main Collieries deaths"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Allerton Main Collieries <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t
<\/td><\/td>Born<\/th>Accident Date<\/th>Age<\/th>Colliery<\/th>Owner<\/th>Cause<\/th>Info<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
Ralph<\/td>Brown<\/td>1827<\/td>Feb 1849<\/td>22<\/td>Allerton Colliery<\/td>Bowers<\/td>Boiler burst on the surface<\/td>
James<\/td>Wilson<\/td>\u2014<\/td>25th or 29 Aug 1852<\/td>9<\/td>Allerton Colliery<\/td>Bowers<\/td>Crushed by wagons on the surface<\/td>
Thomas<\/td>Wright<\/td>\u2014<\/td>07 Nov 1863<\/td>\u2014<\/td>Allerton Main<\/td>Bowers<\/td>Fall of Roof in the Mine.<\/td>
Joseph<\/td>Lunn<\/td>\u2014<\/td>18 Jan 1863<\/td><\/td>Allerton Colliery<\/td>Bowers<\/td><\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
James<\/td>Higgins<\/td>\u2014<\/td>31 Oct 1865<\/td>51<\/td>Allerton Colliery<\/td>Bowers<\/td>Explosion of Firedamp.<\/td>
George<\/td>Gummerson<\/td>1840<\/td>20 Mar 1867<\/td>27<\/td>Gt. Preson<\/td>Bowers<\/td>Collier. Fall of Coal<\/td>
William<\/td>Crossland<\/td>1831<\/td>10 Dec 1868<\/td>37<\/td>West Allerton<\/td>Bowers<\/td>Collier. Explosion of Firedamp. 2 Killed.<\/td>
Robert<\/td>Lee<\/td>1841<\/td>10 Dec 1868<\/td>27<\/td>West Allerton<\/td>Bowers<\/td>Collier. Explosion of Firedamp. 2 Killed.<\/td>
James<\/td>Greenwood<\/td>1825<\/td>28 Feb 1872<\/td>47<\/td>Allerton Main Victoria<\/td>Bowers<\/td>Fall of Roof.<\/td>
Nathan<\/td>Butterfield<\/td>1845<\/td>8 Apr 1872<\/td>27<\/td>West Allerton<\/td>Bowers<\/td>Driver. Crushed By Corves.<\/td>
Joseph<\/td>Poole<\/td>1833<\/td>1873<\/td>40<\/td>West Allerton<\/td>Bowers<\/td>Collier. Fall of Roof.<\/td>
L<\/td>Storey<\/td>1844<\/td>30 Dec. 1874<\/td>30<\/td>West Allerton<\/td>Bowers<\/td>Collier. Fall of coal<\/td>
H<\/td>Thompson<\/td>1851<\/td>17 Apr 1877<\/td>26<\/td>Allerton Colliery<\/td>Bowers<\/td>Collier. Fall of coal<\/td>
T<\/td>Naylor<\/td>1857<\/td>08 Sep 1877<\/td>20<\/td>Allerton Colliery<\/td>Bowers<\/td>Collier. Fall of roof<\/td>
J<\/td>Robinson<\/td>1865<\/td>17 Jan 1880<\/td>15<\/td>Allerton Main<\/td>Bowers<\/td>Crushed By Corves.<\/td>
R<\/td>Rigby<\/td>1840<\/td>24 Feb 1880<\/td>40<\/td>Allerton Main<\/td>Bowers<\/td>Collier. Fall of roof<\/td>
John<\/td>Roscoe<\/td>1837<\/td>1881<\/td>44<\/td>West Allerton<\/td>Bowers<\/td>Collier. Fall of Coal Died 29th October 1881.<\/td>
H<\/td>Lees<\/td>1849<\/td>17 Mar 1884<\/td>35<\/td>Allerton Main<\/td>Bowers<\/td>Fall of Roof.<\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
J<\/td>Goodall<\/td>1868<\/td>17 May 1884<\/td>16<\/td>Allerton Main<\/td>Bowers<\/td>Run over by two tubs.<\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
J<\/td>Henshaw<\/td>1836<\/td>25 July 1884<\/td>48<\/td>Allerton Main<\/td>Bowers<\/td>Fall of roof.<\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Charles Edward<\/td>Crosswaite<\/td>1863<\/td>19th Dec. 1885<\/td>22<\/td>West Allerton<\/td>Bowers<\/td>Collier. Struck By Drill When Drilling Out A Missed Shot.<\/td>
George<\/td>Smith<\/td>1864<\/td>06 Apr 1887<\/td><\/td>Allerton Colliery<\/td>Bowers<\/td>Collier. Fall of Rooof. Injured 4th May 1886.<\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
J<\/td>Dransfield<\/td>1857<\/td>02 Mar 1887<\/td>30<\/td>Allerton Colliery<\/td>Bowers<\/td>Collier. Fall of roof<\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
A<\/td>Jackson<\/td>1862<\/td>06 Jun 1887<\/td>25<\/td>Allerton Colliery<\/td>Bowers<\/td>Crushed by tubs 04-06-1887<\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
T<\/td>Jackson<\/td>1845<\/td>13 Feb 1889<\/td>44<\/td>Allerton Main<\/td>Bowers<\/td>Fall of side.<\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Moses<\/td>Connell<\/td>1858<\/td>20 Feb 1888<\/td>30<\/td>West Allerton Colliery<\/td>Bowers<\/td>Fall of roof<\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
M<\/td>Carrington<\/td>1876<\/td>25 Oct 1889<\/td>13<\/td>Allerton Colliery<\/td>Bowers<\/td>Fall in a roadway<\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
J<\/td>Muscroft<\/td>1860<\/td>15 Nov 1889<\/td>29<\/td>Allerton Colliery<\/td>Bowers<\/td>Collier. Fall of roof<\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
R<\/td>Armitage<\/td>1874<\/td>03 Dec 1889<\/td>16<\/td>Allerton Main<\/td>Bowers<\/td>Crushed by tubs 26-02-1890<\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Samuel<\/td>Stockwell<\/td>1876<\/td>03 Feb 1890<\/td>14<\/td>Victoria Pit<\/td>Bowers<\/td>Pony Driver<\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
W<\/td>Parker<\/td>1877<\/td>1891<\/td>14<\/td>West Allerton<\/td>Bowers<\/td>Driver. Fall of coal<\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
S<\/td>Newell<\/td>1858<\/td>19 May 1894<\/td><\/td>Allerton Main<\/td>Bowers<\/td>Overcome by gas<\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
J<\/td>Davison<\/td>1859<\/td>28 May 1894<\/td>35<\/td>Allerton Main<\/td>Bowers<\/td>Overcome by gas<\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
R<\/td>Saville<\/td>1839<\/td>28 May 1894<\/td><\/td>Allerton Main<\/td>Bowers<\/td>Undermanager. Gas 3 Killed Died 28th.<\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
J<\/td>Tyrrell<\/td>1856<\/td>29 Oct 1894<\/td>38<\/td>Allerton Colliery<\/td>Bowers<\/td>Collier. Fall of roof<\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
A<\/td>Inman<\/td>1872<\/td>14 Mar 1895<\/td>23<\/td>Allerton Colliery<\/td>Bowers<\/td>Collier. Fall of roof<\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
W<\/td>Pritchard<\/td>1850<\/td>17 May 1895<\/td>45<\/td>Allerton Colliery<\/td>Bowers<\/td>Strained pushing a tub<\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
J<\/td>Mathers<\/td>1879<\/td>16 Mar 1896<\/td>17<\/td>Allerton Colliery<\/td>Bowers<\/td>Crushed by wagons on the surface<\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
W<\/td>Bradley<\/td>1877<\/td>04 Jul 1898<\/td>21<\/td>Allerton Main<\/td>Bowers<\/td>Filler. Fall of Roof.<\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Robert<\/td>Ball<\/td>1911<\/td>02\/03\/1926<\/td>15<\/td>Allerton Main Victoria<\/td>Bowers<\/td><\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Albert<\/td>Whatmuff<\/td>1885<\/td>16-Mar-11<\/td>26<\/td>Allerton Main<\/td>Bowers<\/td>Collier. Whilst Preparing to Set A Prop He Was Caught By A<\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
John William<\/td>Bullock<\/td>1880<\/td>29-Aug-11<\/td>31<\/td>Allerton Main<\/td>Bowers<\/td>Byeworker. They Were, Filling Dirt Into Two Tubs When About 60<\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Daniel<\/td>Farrar<\/td>1876<\/td>29-Aug-11<\/td>35<\/td>Allerton Main<\/td>Bowers<\/td>Byeworker. They Were, Filling Dirt Into Two Tubs When About 60<\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Arthur Edgar<\/td>Milner<\/td>1900<\/td>16-Oct-14<\/td>14<\/td>Allerton Main<\/td>Bowers<\/td>Run over by tubs<\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
James<\/td>Milner<\/td>1881<\/td>18\/03\/1920<\/td>39<\/td>Allerton Main<\/td>Bowers<\/td><\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Walter<\/td>Hughes<\/td>1860<\/td>07\/09\/1920<\/td>60<\/td>Allerton Main<\/td>Bowers<\/td><\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Thomas William<\/td>Storey<\/td>1904<\/td>02\/03\/1929<\/td><\/td>Allerton Main<\/td>Bowers<\/td><\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Peter<\/td>Parkin<\/td>1860<\/td>20\/04\/1929<\/td>69<\/td>Allerton Main<\/td>Bowers<\/td>Injured Spine falling over 05-03-1929<\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
John E<\/td>Bussey<\/td>1890<\/td>11\/04\/1935<\/td>45<\/td>Allerton Main<\/td>Bowers<\/td>Fall of roof 11-01-1935 Haemorrhage<\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Jabez<\/td>Sawyer<\/td>1881<\/td>10\/01\/1936<\/td>55<\/td>Allerton Main Victoria<\/td>Bowers<\/td>He Had Worked Face 4ft in Advance of Last Bar and Set A<\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
William E<\/td>Blythe<\/td>1881<\/td>10\/09\/1936<\/td>55<\/td>Allerton Main<\/td>Bowers<\/td>Fall of roof<\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Ernest<\/td>Marsden<\/td>1903<\/td>05-Mar-37<\/td>34<\/td>Allerton Main<\/td>Bowers<\/td>Fall of roof<\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
David Enoch<\/td>Roughton<\/td>1895<\/td>11-Mar-38<\/td>43<\/td>Allerton Main<\/td>Bowers<\/td>Fall of roof in a roadway<\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Alfred Hopwood<\/td>Ely<\/td>1911<\/td>16-Feb-38<\/td>27<\/td>Allerton Main<\/td>Bowers<\/td>Crushed by the cage on the surface<\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Horace<\/td>Hargreaves<\/td>1907<\/td>01-May-38<\/td>31<\/td>Allerton Main<\/td>Bowers<\/td>Fall of roof 29-04-1935<\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Isaiah<\/td>Jones<\/td>1856<\/td>20 Jun 1880<\/td>24<\/td>Allerton Main<\/td>Bowers<\/td>Fall of roof 03-06-1880<\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Edgar<\/td>Goodall<\/td>1900<\/td>16-Nov-39<\/td>39<\/td>Allerton Main Victoria<\/td>Bowers<\/td>Filling Train of Empties Drawn By Horse Into Apassbye. He Made<\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Moses<\/td>Pickup<\/td>1919<\/td>06-Mar-43<\/td>24<\/td>Allerton Main<\/td>Bowers<\/td>Undermanager. Overcome with gas<\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
W T<\/td>Kirk<\/td>1879<\/td>13-Aug-44<\/td>65<\/td>Allerton Main<\/td>Bowers<\/td><\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Harold Winter<\/td>Hill<\/td>1899<\/td>22-Dec-45<\/td>46<\/td>Allerton Main<\/td>Bowers<\/td>????<\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
William<\/td>Brewster<\/td>1897<\/td>30-Jan-46<\/td>49<\/td>Allerton Main<\/td>Bowers<\/td>Fall of roof.<\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Harold<\/td>Hall<\/td>1929<\/td>09-Feb-46<\/td>17<\/td>Allerton Main<\/td>Bowers<\/td>Fall of roof in roadway 14-02-1945<\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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