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Mining Deaths - Dudley Collieries

Dudley Colliery

Surname Christian Names DAY MONTH YEAR AGE CAUSE OF DEATH
Benson John 21 March 1898 41 Poisoning from Carbon Monoxide explosion - Dudley Mine Disaster
Cook George 21 March 1898 56 Poisoning from Carbon Monoxide explosion - Dudley Mine Disaster
Dorrity Thomas 21 March 1898 21 Poisoning from Carbon Monoxide explosion - Dudley Mine Disaster
Dunn Arthur21 March 1898 20 Poisoning from Carbon Monoxide explosion - Dudley Mine Disaster
Green Thomas 21 March 1898 27 Poisoning from Carbon Monoxide explosion - Dudley Mine Disaster
Haddon Thomas 21 March 1898 43 Poisoning from Carbon Monoxide explosion - Dudley Mine Disaster
Hetherington Thomas 21 March 1898 64 Poisoning from Carbon Monoxide explosion - Dudley Mine Disaster
Hindmarsh George 21 March 1898 48 Poisoning from Carbon Monoxide explosion - Dudley Mine Disaster
Humphreys William 21 March 1898 70 Poisoning from Carbon Monoxide explosion - Dudley Mine Disaster
Jones Thomas 21 March 1898 20 Poisoning from Carbon Monoxide explosion - Dudley Mine Disaster
McDougall James 21 March 1898 16 Poisoning from Carbon Monoxide explosion - Dudley Mine Disaster
Mowbray Archibald 21 March 1898 20 Poisoning from Carbon Monoxide explosion - Dudley Mine Disaster
Price Cyrus 21 March 1898 30 Poisoning from Carbon Monoxide explosion - Dudley Mine Disaster
Rudge William 21 March189819Poisoning from Carbon Monoxide explosion - Dudley Mine Disaster
Young Thomas 21March 1898 58 Poisoning from Carbon Monoxide explosion - Dudley Mine Disaster
Smith John Thomas 23 December 1899 54 injuries sustained from a fall of coal - accidental death
Callender George 15 February 1901 15 extensive injuries sustained from being run over by Government railway wagons - accidental death
Longworth John 13 September 1902 42 head and chest injuries sustained from a fall of coal - accidental death
Gibb John Peacock 7 May 1917 29 injuries sustained from a fall of stone - accidental death
Warren William 29 November 1920 60 injuries sustained from a roof collapse - accidental death
Wightman John 5 August 1933 44 natural causes - cerebral haemorrhage

Dudley Colliery - Redhead

SURNAME CHRISTIAN NAMES DAY MONTH YEAR AGE CAUSE OF DEATH
Green Thomas 25 April 1906 63 multiple injuries sustained as a result of a fall of coal
Bell Mark 10 October 1906 37 heart failure as a result of administration of anaesthetic during an operation for a work related condition
Parker Henry Thomas 13 March 1907 43 severe head injuries after falling between the wheels of a skip - accidental death
Greener Thomas 24 October 1912 54 head injuries caused by a sprag slipping - accidental death
Mordue Joseph 16 May 1919 40 severe injuries sustained from falling down the mine shaft - death from misadventure

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