1900 - 1994
Dedicated to the Miners of Silverwood
History of the Mine
SIMPLY THE BEST
Hollings Lane
Thrybergh
South Yorkshire England
Webmaster John Doxey
Main Photos Jonathan Dabs.
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Dedicated to the Miners of Silverwood History of the Mine SIMPLY THE BEST |
Hollings Lane Thrybergh South Yorkshire England Webmaster John Doxey Main Photos Jonathan Dabs.
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SILVERWOOD ACCIDENTS List compiled by John Doxey |
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Foreword: What is intended here is to compile a list of major and fatal accidents at the mine with details regarding dates, cause's and injuries. We have very few of the numbers fatally injured over the years, or those receiving serious injuries, so if you can help by supplying information we may be able to build up an accurate record of the many accidents and the men affected. When George Orwell in 1936 wrote "The Road to Wigan Pier" he stated. "The rate of accidents among miners is so high, compared with that in other trades, that casualties are taken for granted almost as they would be in a minor war. Every year one miner in about nine hundred is killed and one in about six is injured; most of these injuries, of course, are petty ones, but a fair number amount to total disablement. This means that if a miner's working life is forty years the chances are nearly seven to one against his escaping injury and not much more than twenty to one against his being killed outright. No other trade approaches this in dangerousness; the next most dangerous is the shipping trade, one sailor in a little under 1300 being killed every year. The figures I have given apply, of course, to mine-workers as a whole; for those actually working underground the proportion of injuries would be very much higher. " George Orwell 1936
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1905 John James Brazier 29 April killed 1909 A. Gibbs died from injuries1st Jan 1909 J. Merrills killed 4th January. cause unknown 1909 Fatal accident 1st of July. cause unknown 1911 Edward Wilson killed 23rd of December 1912 John Culkin Killed 5th of October 1913 Thomas Harris, Roland Harris Peter Oakes Killed by roof fall
1919 [ Pre ] A disaster involving Pit drivers
Pre 1923 a mortar mill attendant was burnt about the head by a ... Voltage
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March 31st Elon Howells age 62 Screenman was involved in an accident,.
1922 January 30th 8:15 a. m. 3rd hour, Joseph Morgan age 14 ScreenLad was
involved in an accident 1928 George Mitchell. cause unknown 1929 Thomas Burke killed, cause unknown 1930's Bertie Halford killed Year and cause unknown 1930's Wilfred Durham lost a leg 1933 Alfred Blyton injured underground, died from injuries 1939 "Paddymail disaster" 2nd October 1940 Billy Mills victim of a roof fall, the fall badly crushed both of his legs 1941 Thomas Joseph Kearns died rescuing other miners in a pitfall . 1947 George Mosley killed in an underground explosion 1953 Les Coulson Killed cause unknown 1955 September there was an incident involving the cage, 1955 28th of July. Accident 1955 23rd of November paddy mail train accident 1956 One surface worker was hit by a train at Silverwood in 1956. 1960's Albert Hart fatality cause and date unknown 1963 Albert Merrills killed [ Date 22nd November needs verifying, it is also the date John F. Kennedy was shot ] 1963 Thomas Ridge death by strangulation in an accident 1966 Ken (Kelly) Nightingale killed by roof fall 1966 paddy mail accident on the 4th of February 1966 Miner killed name and cause unknown 1968 A miner was trapped in a coal cutting machine and was killed 1969/70 Face cave in Fatal 1970 James Turner seriously injured, resulting in retirement age 50 1970's A young Electrician died whilst carrying out repairs to the Washers 1970's Sub contractor killed 1971 Jack Bowen Killed cause unknown 1979/80 Pit prop falling Serious injury 1980 Paul Moorhouse had an accident on S17's face in December, crushed his right hand and wrist, went back to work October 1981 1989 Fatal accident No details In the period 1987 to 1991there was only one fatal accident reported at the mine which occurred in 1989. In 1987 there were only three accidents recorded which were classified as major but no fatalities. During 1988 there were 73 minor accidents and 6 major accidents totaling 79 for the year with no fatalities. During 1989 as well as the 1 fatal accident there were 7 major and 58 minor ones recorded totaling 66 accidents for the year. 1990 saw 7 major and 29 minor accidents with no fatalities for the year.
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