Allerton Bowers History

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Allerton Bywater Colliery – Miners Memorial

CARTER COLLIERY
Period of mining
1840 – 1875		 
 DATENAMEAGECAUSE OF DEATH
127 – 06 – 1856GEORGE HEPWORTHboyCRUSHED BY CAGE AT BOTTOM OF SHAFT
220 – 02 – 1861CHARLES CROSLAND FELL DOWN SHAFT
323 – 07 – 1861THOMAS WILBY FALL OF COAL
403 – 06 – 1867JOHN WRIGHT37CRUSHED BY PISTON
505 – 01 -1868SAMUEL COATES35COLLIER – FALL OF ROOF
619 – 04 – 1868AMOS JACKSON24COLLIER – FALL OF ROOF
708 – 07 – 1869GEORGE WEST27RUN OVER BY WAGONS
806 – 11 – 1872F STOKER50BANKSMAN – FELL DOWN SHAFT
 ALLERTON BYWATER COLLIERY
Period of mining
1875 – 1992.		 
         DATENAMEAGECAUSE OF DEATH
103 – 02 – 1880GEORGE LENNY29EXPLOSION CAUSED BY CANDLE
203 – 02 – 1880JOHN HEALEY35AS ABOVE
327 – 01 – 1881G LIND17CRUSHED BY CORVES
410 – 03 – 1882GEORGE SCHOFIELD56COLLIER – FALL OF ROOF – DIED 30TH APRIL
521 – 12 – 1883GEORGE TATE49CRUSHED BY CORVES
614 – 07 – 1886H COWELL30COLLIER – FALL OF COAL
714 – 03 – 1890E COWELL19FELL INTO FIREPAN
804 – 12 – 1890E TEASDALE14TRAM BOY – CRUSHED BY PULLEY.
904 –  02 -1891J LAUGHTON41RIPPER – FALL OF ROOF.
1025 – 07 – 1891W ROBINSON25SHUNTER – CRUSHED BY WAGONS
1126 – 08 – 1891J HARDEN–DRIFTER – INJURED BY TUBS – DIED 29 AUGUST 1891.
1228 – 11 – 1891W DREW29COLLIER – EXPLOSION OF ROBURITE.
1318 – 01- 1892J FISH16SCREENER – INJURED BY WAGONS.
1412 – 03 – 1892A FIRTH26RUN OVER BY WAGONS. – DIED WITHIN ONE YEAR AND A DAY OF THE ACCIDENT.
1511 – 8 – 1894J GILL40DAY MAN – FALL OF ROOF.
1609 – 04 – 1897S BARRACLOUGH42COLLIER – INJURED HIMSELF WHEN CLIMBING OVER CORVES. DIED 10 APRIL 1897.
1723 10 – 1897J SMITHSON17DRIVER – RIDING ON FULL CORVES WHEN THEY TURNED OVER AND CRUSHED HIS HEAD.
1810 – 12 -1897W CHEESEBOROUGH45COLLIER – FALL OF SIDE.
1917 – 10 – 1898W STEEL15DRIVER – WAS DRIVING PONY WITH CORVES TO WATERSIDE WHEN THE CORVE HE WAS IN TURNED OVER AND CRUSHED HIM.
2004 – 02 – 1899W TAYLOR25SHUNTER – CRUSHED BETWEEN WAGONS WHICH WERE BEING PUSHED BY A LOCOMOTIVE.
2131 – 10 – 1899J LOCKET28COLLIER – FALL OF ROOF.
2214 – 03 – 1900J SMART41COLLIER – FALL OF ROOF
2307 – 11 – 1900J EVANS27COLLIER – FALL OF ROOF.
2419 – 02 – 1903G J GREEN20SHUNTER – KILLED BY WAGONS DURING SHUNTING OPERATION. NO ONE SAW THE ACCIDENT BUT IT IS SURMISED THAT HE WAS RIDING ON HIS COUPLING POLE.
2507 – 08 – 1903J W JOHNSON23LABOURER – ENGAGED IN EMPTYING WAGONS INTO HOPPERS. FOUND DEAD IN THE HOPPER COVERED WITH SLACK.
2606 – 01 – 1904T RODWAY38COLLIER – WHEN RIPPING IN A GATEWAY A STONE FELL AND KILLED HIM OWING TO WEIGHT BREAK.
2708 – 05 – 1905JOHN BALL49SCREENER – HE ALONG WITH OTHERS WERE PUSHING A WAGON. HE WENT IN FRONT OF IT NEXT TO A WALL BUT THE AVAILABLE SPACE DECREASED FROM 2Ft TO 9in. HE WAS CAUGHT AND FATALLY INJURED.
2807 – 11 – 1906ROBERT PRICE17PONY DRIVER – GONE ON TO FACE WITH FOUR EMPTY TUBS. CAUGHT IN FALL OF GROUND.
2912 – 06 – 1907THOMAS MATTHEWS40COLLIER – FALL OF STONE WHILST WITHDRAWING TIMBER.
3011 – 09 – 1907HARRY WILKINSON34MINER – CUTTING COAL WHEN HE STRUCK AN UNEXPLODED DETONATOR.
3110 – 10 – 1907GEORGE LEVITT15SCREEN BOY – CRUSHED BETWEEN BUFFERS.
3207 – 11 – 1907GEORGE DOVE38LOCO FIREMAN & GUARD. WHEN UNCOUPLING HE DID NOT USE HIS POLE AND WAS CRUSHED.
3327 – 11 – 1907JACOB STARBUCK29COLLIER – WHEN TRAVELLING INBYE HE WAS KNOCKED DOWN BY A FULL SET ON AN INCLINE.
3422 – 01 – 1908JOHN JACKSON TAYLOR48WORKING WITH JOHN GREEN. – THEY WERE BANNOCKING THE DIRT OFF THE TOP OF THE SEAM ON A LONG WALL FACE WHEN A FALL OF ROOF TOOK PLACE KILLING JOHN GREEN ON THE SPOT. JOHN JACKSON TAYLOR DIED 30 MINUTES LATER.
3522 – 01 – 1908JOHN GREEN40AS ABOVE
3615 – 01 – 1909BENJAMIN LIMBERT58SHOTFIRER. – A PIECE OF STONE WAS BLOWN FROM THE SHOT AND STRUCK HIM ON THE THIGH. HE DIED ON 21 JANUARY 1909.
3701 – 07 – 1909C T SPIKING26COLLIER. CUT HIS HAND SLIGHTLY ON THE COAL FACE. BLOOD POISONING. – DIED 16 JULY 1909.
3807 – 07 -1910DAVID EVANS26COLLIER – HE RUPTURED A BLOOD VESSEL WHILST HELPING TO LIFT A HEAVY GIRDER.  DIED 17 JULY 1910.
3913 – 12 – 1910JOHN TILLOTSON17PONY DRIVER. – KILLED BY FALL OF ROOF.
4014 – 01 – 1911JOHN SPENCER50COLLIER – FALL OF ROOF.
4111 – 07 – 1911JAMES HAMBLETON17DRIVER – STRUCK BY AN ENDLESS ROPE OWING TO THE BREAKAGE OF A 3/8 CHAIN.
4228 – 07 -1911TOM HUNTER21COLLIER – SETTING A PROP AND WAS CAUGHT BY A FALL OF ROOF. DIED 10 JANUARY 1912.
4304 – 12 – 1912THOMAS GOODALL17SCREENER – SHUNTING ACCIDENT.
4403 – 01 – 1913ARTHUR WOLFORD35CONTRACTOR – RIPPING IN A MAIN ROADWAY AND LEVERING A STONE WITH AN IRON BAR. THE STONE FELL AND STRUCK THE BAR WHICH IN TURN STRUCK HIM IN THE SIDE. HE WAS RENDERED UNCONSCIOUS AND DIED ABOUT ONE HOUR LATER.
4508 – 05 – 1913HENRY HOPE21COLLIER – FALL OF ROOF.
4626 – 05 – 1914CLIFFORD MARSH22FALL OF ROOF
4729 – 06 – 1915JAMES COLLINSON61FALL OF ROOF
4821 – 08 – 1919CHARLS ALONSO TANNER59SHUNTER SCALDED ON FOOTPLATE OF LOCOMOTIVE
4901 – 05 – 1922WILLIAM WALKER33FOREMAN ERECTOR – DIED IN THE SAME INCIDENT AS JOHN HARDCASTLE WHILST CLEARING A BLOCKED COAL HOPPER. BOTH MEN BURIED UNDER  COAL.
5001 – 05 – 1922JOHN HARDCASTLE38COAL WASHERY CHARGEMAN. AS ABOVE.
5129 – 05 – 1922CYRIL STREET16WASHERY BOY – CRUSHED BETWEEN WAGONS WHILST CLEANING A GRATE.
5213 – 02 – 1923AARON WOOD57CRUSHED BETWEEN A CORVE AND THE TIPPLER
5326 – 02 – 1923JOHN THOMAS46HEWER – CRUSHED ABOUT THE HEAD BY A FALL FROM THE BIND WHILST BUILDING A GATE PACK.
5408 – 08 – 1923ALFRED ROBINSON48GREASER – CRUSHED BETWEEN A CONVEYOR BELT AND A CLUTCH PULLEY.
5523 – 10 – 1923WILLIAM BELLERBY28COLLIER – BURIED BY A HEAVY STONE FROM THE RIPPING
5612 – 02 – 1925ROBERT ISSATT HUTCHINSON27FALL OF ROOF
5728 – 09 – 1927GEORGE NORTON43ROOF FALL
5810 – 03 -1930GEORGE PALEY37DEPUTY – DEATH DUE TO BURNS CAUSED BY EXPLOSION
5910  03 – 1930ARTHUR RICHARDS38COLLIER AS ABOVE
6010 – 03 – 1930ALBANY TAYLOR33COLLIER – AS ABOVE
6110 – 03 – 1930WILLIAM TOWNEND22COLLIER – AS ABOVE
62 10 – 03 – 1930JOHN ALLAN28COLLIER – DEATH DUE TO INJURIES CAUSED BY EXPLOSION
6324 – 05 – 1932JAMES CHARLSTON30FALL OF ROOF
6426 – 02 – 1933GEORGE Wm   NORTON16BOY KILLED BY DROPPED WATER PIPE ON SURFACE.
6512 – 06 – 1933F S R FELLOWS25STRUCK BY A SET OF 6 RUN AWAYS IN DRIFT. DIED NEXT DAY
6615 – 06 – 1933WILLIAM THORNTON68SURFACE -INJURY TO FOOT – DIED 8 DAYS LATER
6713 – 04 – 1934THOMAS LAVERICK46ROOF FALL
6830 – 04 – 1934GEORGE H BLACKMORE58ROOF FALL – HIT BY PROP
6905 – 05 – 1938LEONARD DICKINSON46FALL OF ROOF
7029 – 08 – 1941ERNEST GULLIFORD21FALL OF STONE
7120 – 07 – 1943RICHARD JONES44CRUSHED BY FALL OF COAL WHILST INSPECTING A MISFIRE. HEAD AND NECK INJURIES
7226 – 02 – 1944JOSEPH PLOWS36ROOF FALL
7308 – 03 – 1944GEORGE WILLIS68ROOF FALL
7410 – 03 – 1944JOHN Wm KILVINGTON58SHUNTER CRUSHED BETWEEN WAGONS
7522 – 10 –1946HAROLD HAYES18ROOF FALL
7610 – 05 – 1947DENIS S CLAY14ACCIDENT IN SURFACE FITTER’S WORKSHOP
7715 – 02 – 1948JOSEPH HUNT54FALL OF ROOF
7815 – 11 – 1957PHILLIP McDONNELL17CRUSHED BETWEEN MINECARS
7903 – 10 – 1959JOSEPH OWEN53ROOF FALL
8023 – 07 – 1962DAVID PERRIN47CRUSHED IN A NORTH FLOCKTON THICK DRIFT
8112 – 02 – 1963HAROLD  LUMB.53STRUCK BY SIDE SUPPORT WHILST LEANING FROM DIESEL CAB
8204 – 09 – 1968WALTER WILDE39WHEN 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.
8325 – 11 – 1968FRED WADSWORTH33ROOF FALL
8415- 03 – 1974DERRICK MORGAN42CRUSHED BY A SHEARER TOWING BRACKET AGAINST A HYDRAULIC SUPPORT ON COAL FACE. WEST 1s
8530 – 04 – 1974CLIFF SCOTT30FOUND BURIED ON SURFACE STOCKPILE
8610 – 11 – 1976GEORGE W. HALE51STRUCK ON THE HEAD BY AN ENDLESS ROPE PULLEY THAT HAD BECOME DETACHED FROM ITS ANCHORAGE ON A GATE SUPPORT.
8710 – 02 – 1979J. E. LAND53FOUND UNDER CRANE JIB ON SPOIL TIP
8814 – 02 – 1981KEITH CARTER31BANKSMAN – FELL FROM CAGE DOWN THE FLOCKTON SHAFT.
8906 – 10 – 1982JOHN TOM DUGGAN31CONTRACTOR CRUSHED BY A CRANE JIB AT FRYSTON / ALLERTON MUCKFIELDS
9005 – 02 – 1986ROBERT Wm JOHNSON29LORRY DRIVER CRUSHED IN HIS CAB WHEN IN COLLISION WITH A TEREX COAL DIGGER IN PITYARD
9114 – 06 – 1991MALCOLM KING31BURIED BY ROOF FALL