FATAL ACCIDENTS AT STANLEY COLLIERY

FATAL ACCIDENTS AT STANLEY COLLIERY 1880 - 1959

Information supplied by Michael Robinson

DATE	NAME	AGE	COLLIERY	NATURE OF ACCIDENT
22 May 1880	Walter HART	40	Stanley Kilburn	Timber fell down the shaft
26 Dec 1887	Charles Richard EVANS	31	Stanley Kilburn	Fell down the shaft
29 Oct 1898	William HART	15	Stanley	Fall in a roadway
22 Jun 1901	Tom Jackson NEWTON	35	Stanley	Injured by a circular saw on surface 21 Jun 1901
25 Jan 1902	Samuel PEARSON	28	Stanley	Coal fell off a belt on surface
08 Jan 1903	William DENNY	22	Stanley	Crushed by tubs
01 Sep 1904	John STRAW	56	Stanley	Fall of roof
19 Feb 1907	Arthur STANLEY	18	Stanley	Coal fell down the shaft
12 Jan 1908	Joseph COOKE	47	Stanley	Collapse of a brick archway
09 Mar 1908	Tom WEBSTER	29	Stanley Drift	Fall of roof 23 Jan Toxaemia
21 Feb 1913	Charles Donald MOORE	24	Stanley	Fall of roof
10 May 1923	Thomas WHEATLEY	50	Stanley	Crushed by wagons on surface
15 Oct 1923	Arthur PARNHAM	56	Stanley	Fall of coal
01 Feb 1924	Charles Frederick BEARDSLEY	16	Stanley	Run over by tubs
29 Jan 1929	Andrew DISNEY	25	Stanley	Crushed by tubs
18 Mar 1935	Hector PAGE	36	Stanley	Fall of roof
29 Mar 1935	Charles STRAW	53	Stanley	Fall of roof
04 Apr 1936	William LOMAS	42	Stanley	Fall of roof
06 Mar 1939	Albert Edwin HILL	65	Stanley	Shotfiring accident 25 Feb 1939
24 Jun 1939	Horace DILKS	57	Stanley	Fall of roof 20 Dec 1937
15 Jul 1939	Samuel STRAW	47	Stanley	Fall of roof 8 May 1939
05 Jan 1940	Francis Eric WHITTLE	22	Stanley	Run over by loco on surface
12 Sep 1943	Charles BOSTOCK	38	Stanley	Shotfiring accident
10 Apr 1946	Walter MOXON	47	Stanley	Fall of roof
Jan 1951	Cecil COTTINGTON	27	Stanley	Fall of coal
22 Aug 1951	Thomas STEVENSON	59	Stanley	Fall of roof
11 Feb 1959	Clarence WINGFIELD	54	Stanley	Fall of coal 5 Feb 1959

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