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Coal mining accidents

34 people have been named as having died while working in the colliery: Addison, Matthew, 03 Mar 1859, aged 10, Trapper, crushed by tub and pony Anderson, Irvine, 24 Dec 1844, aged 29, who, with two others, was ascending Ludworth Pit in a corf. When it was about seven fathoms from the bottom of the shaft, it struck against the side and he was thrown out. He was recovered from the bottom of the shaft and taken home, but died three hours later from a fractured skull. The inquest into his death was held on Tuesday, 24 December Arkley, Thomas, 26 Dec 1899, aged 64, Screenman, fell down dead from heart disease while at his work. Atkin, Richard, 07 Aug 1924, aged 32, Pumpman, fell down shaft, Buried: St. Cuthbert’s Churchyard, Shadforth Berry, James, 12 Dec 1855, thrown down the shaft Brown, William Michael, 21 Feb 1902, aged 57, Master Shifter, deceased signalled to the winding engineman to take the cage from the 5/4 to main coal seam and then attempted to get into the cage, but the engineman, not knowing there was no onsetter there, dropped the cage at once, and Brown was caught and killed Craig, William, 6 May 1880, aged 40, Deputy, while attempting to draw a set of chocks in longwall he knocked out a wedge, and immediately a fall took place; he neglected to set a prop, although told by another deputy to do so, as the stone was found to be bad Elsdon, Joseph, 10 Jan 1845, aged 26, Sinker, fell down shaft Farrow, Joseph, 01 Mar 1848, Deputy Overman, he was crushed to death when part of the roof fell on him Ferry, Joseph, Feb 1848, killed by a fall of stone from the roof Fletcher, John, 20 Mar 1883, aged 31, Hewer, fall of stone while working in a jud, a stone fell out next to goaf Gibson, George, 23 Apr 1852, aged 35, in cage which fell down the North Pit shaft [The Durham Chronicle – 02/04/1852], Buried: St. Cuthbert’s Churchyard, Shadforth Haddick, Craik, 10 Jan 1845, aged 33, Sinker, fell down shaft Hedley, Thomas, 23 Apr 1852, aged 20, in cage which fell down the North Pit shaft [The Durham Chronicle – 02/04/1852], Buried: St. Cuthbert’s Churchyard, Shadforth Hedley, William, 23 Apr 1852, aged 24, in cage which fell down the North Pit shaft [The Durham Chronicle – 02/04/1852], Buried: St. Cuthbert’s Churchyard, Shadforth Hunter, John, 10 Jan 1845, aged 28, Sinker, fell down shaft Iley, William, 22 Feb 1878, (accident: 14 Feb 1878), aged 30, Heap Keeper, leg badly crushed between waggons while passing between them Johnson, Ralph, 10 Jun 1859, aged 14, Horse Driver, killed by a fall of stone Johnson, Thomas, 04 Sep 1852, aged 11, Driver, fell off the limmers attached to a laden coal-tub, his head was jammed between the off-side fore wheel and the tramplate. Justice, James, 05 Jun 1850, aged 66, Furnaceman, he had gone to work at 4p.m. and was found on the following morning lying 40 yards from the furnace with ‘a stone of considerable weight on his legs’ — his head was also injured; the roof in that area was 16 feet high Kyle, Edward, 31 Jan 1916, aged 53, Air Compressor Minder, he started his shift at 6 a.m. and ten hours later was found dead lying on the floor of the air compressor engine house Lonsdale, William, 24 Nov 1861, aged 31, Shifter, fall of stone on horse road Moor, Thomas, 13 Jan 1847, aged 26, Banksman, hit by part of the pulley wheel in a cage overwind Morton, George, 18 Sep 1846, aged 11, Trapper, He left his door open and went to assist another lad to push a tub of coals up an incline. The cottril by which the pony was attached to the tub slipped, causing the tub to run back. Morton was jammed between a prop and another tub and died instantly Porter, John, 07 Nov 1874, aged 64, Wasteman, crushed by cage at pit bottom, Buried: St. Cuthbert’s Churchyard, Shadforth Robson, John, 08 Mar 1899, aged 63, Hewer, Died while working at the coal face from heart disease. Robson, Joseph, 10 Jan 1845, aged 28, Sinker, fell down shaft Rose, Richard, 02 Oct 1878, aged 37, Labourer, severely crushed by tub at tip end by pony running away and upsetting a tub of stone on him; he died next day Stephenson, Robert, 22 Oct 1860, aged 33, Hewer, killed by a fall of stone Sweeny, Anthony, 18 Nov 1876, aged 12, Trapper, crushed between cage and flat sheets by getting into cage while it was in motion, contrary to rules Taylor, John, 30 Jul 1893, aged 57, Labourer, Died in hospital to-day from alleged injuries received to foot while emptying a tub of stone on refuse heap a month ago. No confirmatory evidence; it appears to be an old wound. Watson, William, 23 Apr 1852, aged 11, in cage which fell down the North Pit shaft [The Durham Chronicle – 02/04/1852], Buried: Thornley White, Robert, 28 Oct 1877, (accident: 25 Oct 1877), aged 62, Mason, injury to spine by falling from scaffold while repairing smithy roof Wilkinson, John, 13 Oct 1846, aged 12, while standing waiting to be drawn up from the High Main Coal seam at Ludworth Pit on 13 October, John Wilkinson, aged 12, was accidentally knocked through a hole in the brattice by the onsetter, who was taking a tub out of the cage. The boy fell down the opposite section of the shaft, a distance of about 10 fathoms, and was killed.

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Elemore Hall Elemore Hall is a mid-18th-century country house now in use as a residential special school. It is a Grade I listed building in County Durham.

Shadforth Shadforth is a village in County Durham, England. The population of the civil parish taken at the 2011 census was 2118. The historic centre of the village is designated a conservation area.

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