Female Mining Deaths: 1851-1913 - England |
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Back to Women and the Pits |
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Surname |
First |
Type |
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Age |
Occ |
Pit |
Owner |
Town |
Description |
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Carmarthen |
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DAVIES |
Ada |
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1865 |
2 |
13 |
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Not occupied |
Woodbridge |
Woodbridge Coal Co |
Pontyeats |
Killed by getting entangled in machinery. |
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GRIFFITHS |
Hannah Jane |
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1904 |
11 |
10 |
16 |
Stone picker |
Waunhir |
Trimsaran Co Ltd |
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Run
over while attempting to cross the sidings between two loaded trucks during
shunting operations. |
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Cornwall |
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HALL |
Eliza Jane |
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1873 |
7 |
8 |
16 |
Tindresser |
Ding Dong (metalliferous) |
Ding Dong Mining Co |
Gulval |
Crushed between cog wheels. During the dinner hour she in spite
of warnings from other girls persisted in jumping onto the crown wheel of the
whim andriding round. At last her leg caught between the wheel and pinion and
she died from her injuries. |
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NOY |
Elizabeth |
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1874 |
8 |
1 |
8 |
Tin Dresser |
Morvah Consuls (metalliferous) |
Morvah Consuls Mining Co |
Morvah |
Fell from floor of an engine house to lower one. |
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BOTTRELL |
Rebecca |
(injured) |
1888 |
5 |
16 |
16 |
Tindresser |
Wheal Agar (metalliferous) |
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Redruth |
Went to speak to a lad away from her working place and got her
dress entangled in the gear of the dipper wheel. Seriously bruised. The
shafting was properly fenced. . |
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MARTIN |
Annie |
(non-fatal) |
1892 |
4 |
13 |
23 |
Spaller |
Dolcoath (metalliferous) |
Dolcoath Mining Co |
Camborne |
Hand crushed by the crank of engine driving the stone-breaker
she having thoughtlessly leaned up against the engine pillar. |
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HARRIS |
Ada |
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1896 |
12 |
29 |
8 |
Child |
East Pool |
Dressing Floor |
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Having accompanied her sister with her Father's dinner to the
East Pool Dressing Floors where he was employed strayed from the footpath and getting on top of the Arsenic
Flues fell through receiving injuries
from which she died on the 9th January 1897. The iron plates coveting the
flues seem to have been corroded and were not fenced off from the footpath
this however has since been done. .
Deaths not Compromised |
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Cumberland |
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HINES |
Mary |
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1869 |
8 |
28 |
40 |
Picker |
Flimby |
Flimby Colliery Co |
Maryport |
Crushed by tubs on surface incline. |
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RODGERSON |
Jane |
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1881 |
6 |
1 |
55 |
Coal cleaner |
Ellenborough |
Maryport Haematite Iron Co |
Maryport |
Crushed by waggons. |
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HIGH |
Mary |
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1888 |
11 |
2 |
34 |
Coal cleaner |
Clifton
Buckbill |
Allerdale Coal Co |
Clifton |
Caught by revolving shaft driving screen belt. |
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IRELAND |
Hannah Mary |
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1899 |
3 |
1 |
17 |
Coal picker |
Buckhill |
Alleradel Coal Co Ltd |
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Inspection made and inquest attended. While improperly passing
across picking belt in motion the deceased fell on the edge of the frame
received injuries from which he died on March 11th. |
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MCKINNEY |
Annie |
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1905 |
8 |
16 |
11 |
Schoolgirl |
Whitehaven |
Whitehaven Colliery Co |
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The
coal from the Croft pit is taken by a locomotive to an incline down which the
wagons are run to the harbour. The
road inclines a little from the pit. A train of 18 loaded wagons was being
taken to the incline and in some way the last wagon was became uncoupled and
deceased who was trespassing on the railway collecting coal that had fallen
from trains had not noticed the uncoupled wagon which followed the train ran
by gravity and she was caught by it. The coupling is a chain and some of the
couplings were not in very good order. |
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SKELLY |
Margaret Ann |
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1906 |
7 |
23 |
17 |
Screener |
Whitehaven |
Whitehaven Colliery Co Ltd |
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Died July 27. New screens
erected in connection with the sinking and fitting-up of the Ladysmith Pit
close to the Croft Pit had been in operation for about 7 weeks and new work
was still being added. The manager had given instructions to fence all the more
dangerous parts and this had been accomplished and men were busy completing
the fencing. Deceased was employed picking stones from the coal passing along
on a travelling belt and occasionally she shovelled the refuse down a shoot
where it fell into wagons below. On the floor on which she worked there was a
space of 16 feet 3 inches from the belt to the side of the building and
within 1 foot 9 inches of the side and 1 foot 6 inches from the floor a shaft
3 inches in diameter revolved 70 times per minute and within about 3 feet of one of the shoots there was a carriage for the shaft and on each side
of it a ring was placed round the shaft secured by two set screws the squared
end of which projected 0.5 inch; the rings were fixed on the shaft to prevent
longitudinal movement. Deceased was standing near the carriage and her skirts
which were about 6 inches from the floor were caught by a set screw of one Of
the rings and she was drawn in and carried round several times before the
machinery was stopped. The nearly plain shaft did not look particularly
dangerous but where girls and women are working anything revolving is always
a source of danger. and should be carefully fenced. |
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Derby |
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WALLIS |
Eliza |
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1866 |
2 |
21 |
11 |
Not employed |
Monkwood |
Plevins and Co Ltd |
Chesterfield |
Run over while gathering coal on the heap. |
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LINSEY |
Minnie |
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1889 |
7 |
12 |
2 |
Child |
Bathurst Main |
Bathurst Firebrick Co |
Bolsover |
Run over by a train of tubs upon a branch tramway leading from
the colliery to a brickyard. The child had strayed upon the tramway. |
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DAVIDSON |
Elizabeth |
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1889 |
7 |
30 |
50 |
Woman |
Alma |
Thomas Holdsworth |
ClayCross |
Crushed between railway waggons whilst crossing the colliery
sidings. |
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COLLIER |
Emma |
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1896 |
4 |
7 |
12 |
Child |
Granville |
Granville Colliery Co |
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Deceased was taking her father's
breakfast and was run over by a railway truck in the colliery sidings. |
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Durham |
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MASON |
Mary |
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1863 |
12 |
7 |
53 |
Not employed |
Seaham |
Marchioness of Londonderry |
Seaham |
Crushed by surface waggons. |
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URWIN |
Ann |
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1867 |
12 |
18 |
7 |
Not employed |
Mickley Cookson |
Liddell and Co |
Gateshead |
Run over by waggons while gathering coals. |
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DENHAM |
Hannah |
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1897 |
10 |
8 |
7 |
Girl |
Newfield |
Bolckow Vaughan and Co Ltd |
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When crossing a railway crossing she was caught by an empty
waggon and killed. |
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ROSEBERRY |
Mary |
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1898 |
11 |
22 |
14 |
None |
Harraton |
Lambton Collieries Ltd |
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When two waggons were passing her she slipped her foot on the
ice and was thrown in front of the last waggon which ran over her and broke
both thighs and the left arm. Died five hours afterwards. . |
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RICHARDSON |
Margaret |
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1906 |
2 |
18 |
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Married woman |
Pelton |
Owners of Pelton colliery Ltd |
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Poisoned
by gases issuing from a burning rubbish heap adjacent to her house. |
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Kent |
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CROW |
Lilian |
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1904 |
7 |
2 |
4 |
Girl |
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Ramsgate |
Was
killed by falling into a chalk pit at Cemtery Road on or about 2nd July. |
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CASTLE |
Lilian |
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1904 |
7 |
2 |
5 |
Girl |
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Ramsgate |
Fell into a pit
near Hereson Road and was killed. |
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Lancashire |
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YATES |
Mary |
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1854 |
1 |
21 |
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Sankey Brook |
Sankey Brook Coal Co. |
St.Helens |
Run over by railway wagon. |
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FARRIMON |
Elizabeth |
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1854 |
10 |
3 |
16 |
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Spring |
Thomas Pearson |
Wigan |
Run over by railway wagon near pit. |
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MARSH |
Mary |
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1854 |
11 |
25 |
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Orrell |
W.H. Brancker and Co. |
Wigan |
Injured on surface railway. |
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MOSS |
Ann |
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1855 |
1 |
22 |
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Ince Hall Coal and Cannel Works |
Ince Hall Coal and Cannel Co. |
Wigan |
Crushed by wagon in Arley pit. |
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NORCROSS |
Susannah |
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1855 |
12 |
10 |
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Blackbrook Bromilow |
Brother and Sothern |
St.Helens |
Caught in machinery. |
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GOLDING |
Mary |
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1856 |
8 |
23 |
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Pemberton |
Jonathan Blundell and Son |
Wigan |
Being run over by arailway truck near the pit bank. |
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FISHER |
Mary |
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1857 |
12 |
8 |
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Sankey Brook |
Sankey Brook Coal Co. |
St.Helens |
Crushed between coal trucks at surface. |
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MOSS |
Jane |
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1861 |
10 |
17 |
21 |
Labourer |
Blackleyhurst |
Samuel Stock |
St.Helens |
Run over by locomotive on tramway. |
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PENNINGTON |
Mary |
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1861 |
10 |
22 |
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Ince Hall |
Ince Hall Coal Co |
Wigan |
Crushed between flywheel of engine and foundation. |
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CUNLIFFE |
Alice |
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1861 |
11 |
2 |
13 |
Wagon filler |
Blackeyhurst |
Samuel Stock |
St.Helens |
Crushed betwen two waggons on surface. |
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EDEN |
Sarah |
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1862 |
8 |
8 |
23 |
Labourer |
Blackbrook |
Bromilow Bros and Co |
St.Helens |
Falling into shaft from surface. |
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KNOWLES |
Margaret |
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1864 |
1 |
6 |
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Labourer |
Haydock |
Richard Evans and Co |
St.Helens |
Crushed by loaded truck on surface. |
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BARKER |
Margaret |
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1865 |
2 |
23 |
17 |
Coalsetter |
The Springs |
Pearson and Knowles |
Wigan |
Crushed between coal trucks above ground. |
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HIGHCOCK |
Ann |
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1865 |
7 |
5 |
19 |
Coal dresser |
Sankeybrook |
Sankey Brook Coal Co |
St.Helens |
Falling from one stage to another about 7 feet along the pit-box
she was pushing. |
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BROADHURST |
Sarah |
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1865 |
9 |
9 |
29 |
Coaldresser |
Kirkless Hall |
Kirkless Hall Coal and
Iron Co |
Wigan |
From injuries by coal trucks on surface railway. |
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BERRY |
Lucy |
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1865 |
11 |
15 |
36 |
Coalscreener |
Blackeyhurst |
Samuel Stock |
St.Helens |
Crushed between coal screen and loaded tub. |
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APPLETON |
Alice |
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1866 |
3 |
15 |
16 |
Coal cleaner |
Rainford |
Walmesley and Co |
St.Helens |
Attempting to cross the line when the trucks were moving. |
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TABES |
Hannah |
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1867 |
11 |
6 |
32 |
Labourer |
California |
Wigan Coal and Iron Co |
Wigan |
Crushed by coal trucks on surface. |
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ROBY |
Lydia |
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1868 |
12 |
22 |
17 |
Labourer |
Blackeyhurst |
Samuel Stock |
St.Helens |
Coal cleaner. |
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HACKETT |
Alice |
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1871 |
2 |
3 |
20 |
Coalcleaner |
Hindley |
Wigan Iron and Coal Co |
Wigan |
From a wound in the leg by a fork above ground. |
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WINSTANLEY |
Sarah |
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1871 |
7 |
5 |
30 |
Coalcleaner |
Blackeyhurst |
Samuel Stock |
St.Helens |
Run over by a coal truck above ground. |
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MOLYNEAUX |
Ellen |
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1872 |
5 |
24 |
26 |
Sreener |
Garswood Park |
William Whalley |
St.Helens |
Crushed by waggons. |
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LEATHERBARROW |
Mary |
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1873 |
11 |
8 |
56 |
Screener |
Haydock |
Richard Evans and Co |
Haydock |
Killed on railway at Level Crossing by an engine and waggons. |
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WALKDEN |
Ellen |
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1874 |
8 |
1 |
18 |
Screener |
Ladies Lane |
Wigan Coal and Iron Co Ltd |
Wigan |
Run over by waggons |
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WALLS |
Ann |
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1874 |
8 |
13 |
55 |
Screener |
Bradshaw |
Wigan Coal and Iron Co |
Wigan |
Crushed between waggon and wall. |
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HARRISON |
Tryphena |
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1877 |
9 |
1 |
25 |
Browoman |
Queen |
Richard Evans and Sons |
Haydock |
Felll down pit from surface. |
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ATHERTON |
Annie |
(injured) |
1879 |
12 |
4 |
19 |
Screener |
Hewlett |
Wigan Coal and Iron Co Ltd |
Westhoughton |
Foot crushed by being caught in machinery on surface. No.1 Pit. |
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CATTERAL |
Mary |
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1880 |
3 |
14 |
20 |
Screener |
Brynn Moss |
Smethurst Hoyle and Grime |
Wigan |
Found drowned in the canal at colliery. There was no evidence to
show how the accident occurred. |
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LEDBURY |
Mary |
(injured) |
1880 |
12 |
2 |
22 |
Waggon timmer |
Hewlett No.1 |
Wigan Coal and Iron Co Ltd |
Westhoughton |
Shaken. Falling off a railway waggon in the siding. |
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KING |
Matilda |
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1881 |
5 |
9 |
16 |
Screener |
Pemberton |
J Blundell and Sons |
Wigan |
Inquest attended. The
deceased and another girl were engaged cleaning up the screens and she went
to push a waggon under the screen to put the rubbish in when some others were
pushed against it by two men who were not aware of her presence and she was
crushed between the buffers. There was no necessity for her to touch the
waggon and she had been specially warned a few days previously on no account
to interfere with any of the waggons. |
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JONES |
Priscilla |
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1881 |
5 |
12 |
4 |
Child |
Robinhill |
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Killed by a tub which rolled down dirt heap where she had been
placed by an aunt. Not comprised. |
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SALE |
Martha |
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1881 |
7 |
17 |
35 |
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Haughton |
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Married woman committed suicide by getting over fence and
jumping down shaft. Not comprised. |
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TAYLOR |
Ellen |
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1882 |
7 |
11 |
15 |
Screener |
Bamfurlong |
Cross Tetley and Co Ltd |
Wigan |
Inspection made.
Deceased fell into a tank of hot water when she went to fill her
can and was scalded to death. The
tank was 2 feet square and 8 feet high
and appeared to be perfectly safe. |
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EASTHAM |
Jane |
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1884 |
2 |
21 |
20 |
Screener |
Hindley Green |
J Scowcroft and Co |
Wigan |
Inquest attended. The deceased and some other girls were passing
between the buffers of some waggons which were standing a few feet apart when
some other waggons where were being lowered ran too fast owing to the slippery state of the rails
and bumping up against the standing waggons knocked them over the scotches.
The manager promised to make such arrangements that it would not be necessary
for the girls to cross the line in
future. |
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ATHERTON |
Elizabeth |
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1884 |
5 |
1 |
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Screener |
White Moss |
White Moss Coal Co Ltd |
Skelmersdale |
According to the medical evidence the woman died in Aug. from an
ulcerated stomach. After her death
however the man with whom she lived stated that she had been injured
at the colliery on the 1st May. Inquiries were made and it was found that she
had had a slight blow through her dress catching in the nut of a revolving
shaft and that she was off work for a day or two but she subsequently worked till she left the colliery and got
employment elsewhere. |
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HILTON |
Theresa |
(injured) |
1884 |
5 |
15 |
16 |
Coal picker |
Hic-Bibi |
Ellerbeck Collieries Ltd |
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A prop which she put in front of her waggon was thrown against
her. |
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KAY |
Mary |
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1885 |
6 |
16 |
24 |
Coal picker |
Hindley Green |
John Scowcroft and Co |
Wigan |
Deceased was at work in a waggon when she was struck by a tub
which fell down the screen having by some means slipped out of the tippler. |
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TURTON |
Faith |
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1886 |
1 |
15 |
16 |
Waggon timmer |
Deep |
Wigan Coal and Iron Co Ltd |
Hindley |
Inspection made and inquest attended. The wagon lowerer lowered some waggons without
looking to see that the road in front was clear and his waggons struck
against the one the woman was on and knocked her off under the wheels. . |
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BIRCHALL |
Mary |
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1886 |
7 |
9 |
39 |
Pitbrow woman |
Queen |
Richard Evans and Co Ltd |
Haydock |
Inspection made and inquest attended. The waggon lowerer was
lowering the waggon down to the next screen when deceased who was in the
waggon was crushed against the screen shoot. The deceased told the man to lower the waggon but she must have
been taken by surprise as she could easily have slipped on one side of the
shoot. |
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PLATT |
Margaret |
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1886 |
7 |
29 |
21 |
Screener |
Fir Tree House |
Crompton and Shawcross |
Wigan |
Inspection made. Deceased was picking out stones en the top of a
loaded waggon and was told to get off as the waggon had to be moved. She
neglected to do so and when the other waggons bumped up against it she was knocked
off and fell under the wheels. |
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LEYLAND |
Elizabeth |
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1886 |
12 |
2 |
25 |
Screener |
Alexandra |
Rose Bridge & Douglas Bank Collieries Co Ltd |
Wigan |
Deceased was supposed to have strained herself but went on
working till the 4th inst. when she was taken ill and died on the 14th inst.
from typhus fever. |
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DAVIES |
Lucy Ann |
(injured) |
1888 |
5 |
16 |
30 |
Number taker |
Brinsop Hall No.6 Siding |
Brinsop Hall Colliery Co. Ltd. |
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Four ribs between the buffers of two railway waggons. She was
standing against the buffer waggon with her back to one which the waggon
lowerer was letting down and he not did not call out. |
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DICKINSON |
Ellen |
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1889 |
2 |
27 |
52 |
Not employed |
Scot Lane |
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Killed by the colliery locomotive engine as she was making a
short cut across the colliery and No.5 Pit the night being dark.
Non-Comprised. . Inspection and inquest attended. |
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CARWRIGHT |
Martha |
(injured) |
1889 |
5 |
6 |
17 |
Coal picker |
Atherton |
Fletcher Burrows and Co |
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Fingers crushed drum which carries the conveying rope bands at
the coal cleaner. Inspection and inquiry. |
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GREENALL |
Moira |
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1890 |
1 |
16 |
24 |
Screener |
Orrell |
Orrell Coal and Cannel Co Ltd |
Wigan |
Inquest attended. She was passing across the line to her work
ands was going between two waggons when the engine suddenly backed and she
was crushed to death. . Noon |
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JONES |
Jemima |
(injured) |
1891 |
4 |
27 |
17 |
Coal cleaner |
Hewlett No.2 |
Westleigh Colliery Co. Ltd. |
Westhoughton |
Thigh broken by falling about four yards from the stage where
she worked. She fell underneath a fence rail as she was resting. Inspection
and inquiry. |
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GORE |
Margaret |
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1891 |
5 |
4 |
14 |
Coal cleaner |
Blainscough Hall Siding |
Blaincough Hall Colliery Co |
Coppull |
Fatally injured. Arm ran over by a railway waggon that was moved
when she was getting down. Inspection and inquiry. Died 8th at Wigan
Infirmary. Arm amputated 7th. Attention at the inquest was called to time
being scarcely allowed for her to get clear and to the danger of delay in
amputating in such cases. Inquest attended. . |
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FIELDS |
Mary |
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1891 |
6 |
3 |
25 |
Waggon trimmer |
Low Hall |
Moss Hall Coal Co Ltd |
Wigan |
Inspection and inquiry made. This woman had to trim waggons and
with the intention of getting up on one on the brake side she went between
the buffers of a standing waggon and one being lowered by hand and was crushed.
She could have gone behind the waggon quite as readily. . 11.0 am |
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PRESCOT |
Ann |
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1894 |
7 |
5 |
15 |
Screener |
Abram |
Abram Coal Co Ltd |
Bickershaw |
Inspection made. While in the act of coming down the steps from
the screen to which there was a hand rail attached she accidentally fell and
received injuries the following day. |
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MAKINSON |
Ellen |
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1894 |
10 |
17 |
18 |
Tub cleaner |
Crawford |
Wigan Coal and Iron Co Ltd |
Aspull |
Inspection made and inquest attended. There were some tubs
standing at the top of the wooden inclined stage and the deceased appears to
have pushed one over and got in front to try to stop it when it overpowered
her and causing such injuries that he died on the 31st instant. |
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BRISCOE |
Margaret |
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1897 |
12 |
15 |
16 |
Screener |
White Moss |
White Moss Coal Co Ltd |
Rainford |
Attended inquest. The deceased in going to warm her dinner was
crushed in passing between some stationary coal wagons which were suddenly
moved in the siding by the wagon lowerer unknown to her. The wagon lowerer is
required by the rules to warn those about but he did not do this effectively. |
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ROWLEY |
Elizabeth |
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1898 |
6 |
18 |
23 |
Wagon setter |
Princess |
Richard Evans and Co Ltd |
Haydock |
Inspection made and inquest attended. The locomotive was pushing
waggons past the screens. The deceased was walking up the line and apparently
did not hear the wagons coming and was run over. The driver did not whistle
but the brakesman was between the two tail waggons and although he stated he
was looking out he never saw her until she was under the wagons. |
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OSWALD |
Ellen |
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1898 |
7 |
26 |
16 |
Screen hand |
Garswood Hall |
Garswood Hall Collieries
Co Ltd |
Ashton-in-Makerfield |
Inspection made and inquest attended. Three girls sat down on a
fence rail the edge of the pit black and it broke suddenly being partly
rotten with age causing them to fall a distance 25 feet to the ground. The
bad state of the rail was partly hidden being bad where it was socketed into
upright. She succumbed to the
injuries received on the 31st instant. |
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MASON |
Elizabeth A. |
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1901 |
12 |
28 |
13 |
Pitbrow girl |
Middle Place |
Garswood Coal and Iron Co |
Ashton-in-Makerfield |
Inspection
made and inquest attended. Deceased had been paid her wages and had to cross
the railway lines near the screens to go home. She was knocked down and run
over by the two empty waggons. The loco was pushing the two waggons and one
of the brakesmen ought to have ridden on the leading waggon but he neglected
to do so hence the accident which otherwise would have been prevented. She
died form her injuries received at Wigan Infirmary Jan. 25th. |
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PRESCOT |
Mary |
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1902 |
11 |
7 |
18 |
Screenhand |
Wigan Junction |
Wigan Junction Colliery Co |
Wigan |
Inspection
made and inquest attended. Deceased attempted to cross some bevelled pulleys
where a face rail had been taken off near the screens and her dress got
caught in the wheels and she got her leg severely injured. She expired at the
Wigan Infirmary 5th 1903 after undergoing an operation. Manager prosecuted
and convicted for non-fencing. |
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GREENOUGH |
Elizabeth |
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1906 |
3 |
27 |
19 |
Screenhand |
Old Boston |
Richard Evans and Co |
Haydock |
Inspection
made and inquest attended. While engaged at the screens her skirt came in
contact with the end of a revolving shaft the clutch of which was under
repair and part of the fence down. She succumbed to the injuries received
30th March 1906. |
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POWELL |
Margaret |
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1910 |
6 |
4 |
23 |
Pit brow girl |
Low Hall |
Moss Hall Coal Co., Ltd |
Wigan |
Whilst on her way to work and
whilst crossing Moss Hall Co.'s railway, Powel was knocked down by a wagon in
course of shunting and killed. She is
reported to have been employed at Wigan Junction Colliery. |
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RUDD |
Sarah Ann |
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1910 |
7 |
22 |
32 |
Coal picker |
Eatock |
Wigan Coal and Iron Co., Ltd |
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Crossing railroad near screens,
whilst passing between buffers of two waggons it shunter on opposite side
lowering an empty waggon bumped it against waggon standing, she was crushed
so that she died in an hour. She was
crossing to go to breakfast. |
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CHAPMAN |
Margaret |
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1913 |
4 |
18 |
23 |
Dirtpicker |
Agecroft |
A Knowles and Sons, Ltd. |
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Whilst widening about the
premises at a meal interval, she stepped on the cover of a hot water well;
both legs badly scalded. Died 25th
April |
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LALLY |
Margaret |
injured |
1915 |
4 |
24 |
19 |
Pit brow worker |
Sutton Manor |
Sutton Manor Collieries Ltd. |
St. Helens |
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CHISNALL |
Bessie |
injured |
1916 |
1 |
20 |
14 |
Filler |
Princess |
Richard Evans and Co. Ltd. |
Haydock |
Caught between tubs, fractured
wrist |
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BROWN |
Ethel |
injured |
1916 |
6 |
29 |
19 |
Picker on belts |
Nook No.3 |
Astley and Tyldesley Collieries Co Ltd. |
Tyldesley |
Crushed by tub, fractured arm |
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FAULKNER |
Sarah |
injured |
1916 |
7 |
3 |
16 |
Pit brow girl |
Pendleton |
A Knowles and Sons Ltd. |
Pendleton |
Crushed by tubs, fractured arm |
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HEYES |
Mary |
injured |
1916 |
10 |
30 |
20 |
Coal tippler |
Low Hall |
Moss Hall Coal Co. Ltd. |
Wigan |
Crushed between tipple and tubs,
severe contusions |
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FAIRHURST |
Elizabeth |
injured |
1917 |
3 |
14 |
16 |
Browhand |
Sutton Manor |
Sutton Manor Collieries Ltd. |
St Helens |
Slipped and fell, broken leg |
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WARBURTON |
Maggie |
injured |
1917 |
8 |
24 |
30 |
Labourer |
Bamfurlong |
Cross Tetley and Co. Ltd. |
Ashton-in-Makerfield |
Crushed between barrel and tub,
crushed hand |
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PYE |
Sarah |
injured |
1917 |
9 |
12 |
16 |
Brow hand |
Sherdley |
Sutton Heath and Lea Green
Collieries Co Ltd |
St. Helens |
Caught between tubs, jaw
fractured |
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QUINN |
Mary |
injured |
1917 |
10 |
2 |
14 |
Screener |
Old Boston |
Richard Evans and Co Ltd |
Haydock |
Caught by tunaway tub, injury to
foot |
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LIVESLEY |
Mary |
injured |
1917 |
11 |
27 |
16 |
Browhand |
Parr No.1 |
Richard Evans and Co Ltd |
St Helens |
Wind blew her over, fractured
leg |
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ACTON |
Edna |
injured |
1918 |
9 |
24 |
17 |
Coal picker |
Tyldesley |
Astley and Tyldesley Collieries
Co Ltd |
Tyldesley |
Fell in waggon, injured face |
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SMETHURST |
Mary |
injured |
1919 |
3 |
20 |
67 |
Office cleaner |
Astley |
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Fell, fractured thigh |
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Leicester |
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BELCHER |
Ada |
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1891 |
7 |
1 |
12 |
Girl |
Ibstock |
Ibstock |
Ashby-de-la-Zouch |
The child was sent with its father's breakfast to the colliery
and in crossing the railway sidings was run over by railway waggons and
killed. |
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Northumberland |
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ROBSON |
Margaret |
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1902 |
10 |
4 |
4 |
Child |
Montagu Fireclay |
Walter Scott Ltd |
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Some children are supposed to
have been playing with fire at the brick kilns near the colliery and deceased
clothing was set on fire. |
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MURPHY |
Margaret |
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1904 |
11 |
2 |
57 |
Not employed
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North Walbottle |
North Walbottle Coal Co Ltd |
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Deceased
trespassed on the colliery wagon way which at the place of accident is a
self-acting incline in taking dinner to her husband who was a mason not
employed by the colliery company. She appears to have crossed the line about
45 yards above the meetings immediately after the full set passed her and was
caught by the upcoming empty set. Notices as to trespassing are posted at
several points on the line but these have no effect the public apparently
cleaning right of way. The colliery propose prosecuting trespassers in
future. |
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BIRCH |
S.A. |
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1858 |
6 |
4 |
12 |
Girl |
Wombridge |
J. Bennitt and Co. |
Wellington |
Fell down pit. |
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UNKNOWN |
Unknown |
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1863 |
7 |
2 |
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A woman |
Lightmoor (ironstone) |
Coalbrookdale Co |
Wellington |
Rode on a skep into shaft. 2 killed. |
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JACKSON |
J. |
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1864 |
10 |
7 |
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Girl |
Lilleshall (ironstone) |
Lilleshall Co |
Wellington |
Fell down the shaft while banking for her father. |
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TAYLOR |
M.A. |
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1865 |
8 |
31 |
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Bankwoman |
Wombridge (ironstone) |
John Bennett |
Wellington |
Fell down shaft. |
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DANIELS |
Sarah |
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1880 |
2 |
4 |
26 |
Banker |
Priors Lee |
Lilleshall Co |
Wellington |
Crushed by cage at pit top. |
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FERREDAY |
Charlotte |
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1853 |
6 |
18 |
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Old Park |
Loyds and Fosters |
Wednesbury |
Fell down shaft. |
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BAUGH |
Ann |
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1853 |
12 |
7 |
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Meadows |
P. Williams and Son |
Bilston |
Fell down shaft. |
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UNKNOWN |
Unknown |
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1854 |
10 |
19 |
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Hall Park |
William Riley |
Bilston |
Fell down shaft. A girl. |
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CANNON |
Mary |
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1857 |
3 |
5 |
20 |
Bankswoman |
Ettingshall |
Jones and Murcott |
Bilston |
Pushing the empty skip to the mouth of the shaft it suddenly
went with a run and pulled her with it. Women should not be employed in
banking. |
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BOYCOTT |
Mary |
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1857 |
8 |
29 |
19 |
Bankswoman |
Neachells |
T. Davies and Sons |
Willenhall |
Whilst tackling the skip her foot slipped and she fell down the
shaft. The employment of women for banking should be prohibited. |
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VINCENT |
Rebecca |
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1857 |
9 |
9 |
45 |
Bankswoman |
Wallbutts |
Blackwell and Co. |
Bilston |
Putting out her hand to lay hold of the chain she missed it and
fell down the shaft. Another shocking result of the employment of women in
the dangerous duty of banking. |
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SWIFT |
Mary |
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1857 |
11 |
21 |
21 |
Bankswoman |
Monmore Green |
Corbett and Co. |
Wolverhampton |
In stretching out her arms to hang the horse-net to the
foot-hook she fell down the shaft the night being dark and slippery. Another
victim of a bad system. |
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FOX |
Mary |
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1859 |
3 |
30 |
50 |
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Coltham |
Mannix and Bate |
Nr.Willenhall |
Fell down shaft. |
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JOHNSON |
Emma |
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1859 |
10 |
3 |
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Darlaston Green |
Hartland |
Walsall |
Killed in the winding machinery. |
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MCHALE |
Bridget |
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1860 |
9 |
19 |
14 |
Bankswoman |
Wednesfield Heath |
Caswell and Co. |
Wolverhampton |
Pushing a skip to the edge of shaft it went in with a run
pulling her with it and she was precipitated to the bottom. |
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GARSIDE |
Jane |
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1862 |
7 |
25 |
17 |
Loader |
Sneyd Green (ironstone) |
Silverdale Co |
Burslem |
A piece of calcined ironstone fell on her. |
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KEENALL |
B. |
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1863 |
1 |
9 |
18 |
Banksgirl |
Hatherton |
WF Fryer |
Walsall |
Accidentally walked into pit. |
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BLAINEY |
E. |
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1863 |
10 |
18 |
18 |
Banksgirl |
Stowe Heath |
W and J Sparrow |
Bilston |
The banksman incautiously pulled the waggon off the pit top and
precipated her down the shaft. |
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BADGER |
Esther |
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1883 |
9 |
4 |
62 |
Oiler |
Gospel Oak |
Grazebrook and Aston |
Tipton |
By tubs on the surface. Injured 31st August. When oiling the
sheaves she in some way allowed the full tubs to run over her leg. |
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EDGELEY |
Mary |
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1904 |
10 |
20 |
27 |
Not employed |
Podmore Hall |
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Killed
by being knocked down by wagons at a level crossing on private railway. |
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Worcester |
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VINCENT |
Pricalla |
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1860 |
5 |
25 |
22 |
Bankswoman |
Netherend |
Joseph King and Co. |
Stourbridge |
Fell down the shaft from the surface as she was pushing the skip
in and wither got hooked or slipped in but as she was preganat she was no
doubt unable to disentangle herself. |
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HIGHES |
Lillie |
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1901 |
11 |
25 |
10 |
School girl |
Anthony Road clay quarry |
Matthew Frost |
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Deceased
and her brother aged 12 got lost on a very dark and foggy night. After
getting through a fence they both fell down a disused part of the quarry and
deceased was drowned. |
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ALLOTT |
Martha |
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1857 |
5 |
9 |
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A girl |
Denby Grange |
Sir J.L.L. Kaye Bart. |
Wakefield |
Crushed by a railway waggon. |
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HAGUE |
Eliza |
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1865 |
11 |
24 |
5 |
Not employed |
Unston |
Rangley |
Sheffield |
Explosion of boiler. 2 killed. |
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NEWSHAM |
Jane |
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1867 |
8 |
16 |
30 |
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Oaks Firth |
Barber and Co |
Barnsley |
Dress caught in machinery. |
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