Hall Colliery, Old Park, Dawley.

Old Park Colliery.
Coal & Ironstone ???? - 1908

1882 Map

Wellington Journal - Saturday 11 October 1884.

Dawley

Death From Injury In Pit. ━ The man William Haycock, who, as reported on another page, met with an accident in a pit on Tuesday last, has succumbed to his injuries. Yesterday an inquest on the body was held at Mr. Rushton’s, New Church Wickets, by I. Knowles, Esq., deputy coroner, and a respectable jury, of which Mr. T. Wynne, Government Inspector of Mines. The following evidence was given: ━ Joseph Haycock said: I am a son of the deceased, and live at Church Street, Dawley. My father was a collier; he was 57 years of age, and died at his residence. ━ Isaac Corbett deposed: I was working with Haycock on Tuesday last at the Hall Pit. I was about seven or eight yards from him. He was drawing a tree in the level. There were two trees. When he drew the one the rock broke the other, and a large quantity of rock came down from the roof upon him. When I went to him I could hardly see him. I tried to get him from under, but I could not. I then called for help, and Seth Baugh and James Pickford came to my assistance. He seemed to be badly injured. He was at once taken up the pit and conveyed home. James Pickford is “doggy;” he was in another part of the work at the time, but had been near this spot previous to the accident. ━ In answer to Mr. Wynne, Corbett said: There had been no shots fired that day. Deceased and I had been drilling for a shot. We saw a slip in the rock, but that was on the other side. The rock broke another tree.━Seth Baugh said: I am a collier living at Old Park, and was working about 20 yards form deceased on Tuesday last, when I was called by Corbett. I went and found deceased under the rock, and helped to get him out. ━ To Mr. Wynne: He was drawing a tree, and it broke over another. There was a hole drilled on the opposite side to where the rock came down. There was a slip that could not be seen till the rock came down. ━ James Pickford deposed: I am “doggy” at the Hall Pit, and was there on Tuesday last. The accident happened about twenty minutes past one o’clock, I was about 25 yards away. I had been by the place two or three times that morning: I was there about nine o’clock. As far as I could ascertain, there was a slip that could not be seen till the rock came down. ━ To Mr. Wynne: It is a common thing to have slips in the roof in that part. Haycock had charge of the place for drawing the timber and firing shots. I think the chartermaster was down that morning: he comes down most mornings and generally stops down about an hour, and then leaves all in my charge. ━ The jury at once returned a verdict of “Death through falling of roof”.