Silicosis Index Cards Nos. 1 - 999 (wals)

Wigan Archives Service 'Counting the Cost' Project Funded by the Wellcome Trust

Silicosis Index Cards Nos.: 1-1,000

Catalogue Ref.: D/DS/22/2/2/6

Ref. No.

Local Agency No. Surname First name Address 1 Address 2 Date of Birth Occupation Ceased work

Time Worked at Colliery Surgeon

Date on funds Death

Post Mortem Carried Out

Cause of death (1) or diagnosis Cause of death (2)

Disablement Assessment Widow

Number of Dependent Children

Authority Number Notes

1 4 Davies William 53 Sydney Street Platt Bridge 1899 Contractor 08/04/1933Over twelve months M J Duffy 07/01/1939 27/09/1949 Yes Pneumoconiosis Tuberculosis Widow 5522

2 28 Smalley Joseph 6 Copull Lane Wigan 1889 Dataller 25/04/1938 8 years F L Angior 07/01/1939 14/02/1941 Yes Silicosis Widow 5119

3 50 Bradshaw Hugh139 Standish Lower Ground Wigan 1876

Shot lighter and tunneller 26/07/1936 35 years R J Ormsby 07/01/1939 12/05/1945 Yes Cardiac muscle failure Pulmonary fibrosis Widow 5332

4 53 Roberts William James49 Waterdale Crescent Sutton 1889 Contractors man 04/03/1937 14 years D Campbell 07/01/1939 01/01/1940 Yes Silicosis Tuberculosis Widow 3 5050

5 78 Dowd James 30 Chapel Lane Burtonwood 1879 Ripper and packer 13/12/1935

1929-December 1935 J S Loyle 07/01/1939 29/11/1939 Yes Silicosis

6 117 Hamer Henry 57 Church Street Ashton-under-Lyne 1879 Collier 09/01/1934 34 years B Bowman 07/01/1939 08/08/1953

7 123 Wallwork Tom 37 Townsend Road Pendlebury 1880 Contractor 02/04/1937All his working life J Whitehead 07/01/1939 17/08/1941 Yes Silicosis

Death by misadventure; adhesive pericarditis 5164

8 4 Makin Samuel282 Warrington Road Abram 1886 Fireman 12/03/1937 A R Erskine 07/01/1939 03/05/1940 Yes Silicosis Widow 5085

9 125 Myers Thomas 70 Lincoln Street Patricroft 1881 Contractor 12/02/1937 25 years D H MacKenzie 07/01/1939 05/01/1939 Yes Silicosis Tuberculosis Widow 1 499410 35 Hardman Peter 124 Sale Lane Tyldesley 1878 Day-man 07/12/1937 5 years S Smithson 11/06/1938 Yes Silicosis Tuberculosis Widow 4986

11 97 Davies Matthew 72 Sunberry StreetThatto Heath, St Helens 1877 Collier 30/07/1932

1899-July 1932 R Jackson 27/08/1938 Yes Silicosis Widow 4987

12 5 Emmett John George 21 Earl Street Atherton 1881 Deputy 22/02/1937 since 1908 C E Saunders 07/01/1939 21/04/1939 Yes Silicosis Tuberculosis Widow 5012

13 104 Chadwick Richard 78 Wigan Road Westhoughton 1894Driller and shot-firer and collier 18/03/1936 14-15 years W E Johnston 09/12/1938 Yes Syncope

Asphixia due to silicosis and anthracosis Widow 2 4993

14 62 Walker Zachariah527 Warrington Road Abram 1893 Dataller 01/09/1939 20 years J A Watson 17/04/1939 08/12/1943 Yes Silicosis Tuberculosis Widow 2 5275

15 39 Jackson Harry 624 Chorley Road Westhoughton 1903 Dataller 23/11/1938 1 year Unsworth 17/04/1939Commuted Q/E 03/1940

16 5c Houghton James Leslie Monty 6 Mornington Road Atherton 1903 Collier 28/03/1939 22 years J D Gallagher 24/08/1939 05/01/1941 Yes Cardiac failure due to Silicosis Widow 4 5139

17 5 Leary John 10 Powys Street Hindsford, Atherton 1884 Colliery contractor 21/07/1939 25 years J D Gallagher 18/11/1939 29/07/1940 Yes Silicosis Pulmonary tuberculosis 5092

18 53 Robson John George 92 Milton StreetSutton Manor, St Helens 1890 Daywageman 04/01/1940 26 years D Campbell 17/02/1940 29/12/1940 Yes Silicosis 5112

19 123 Speakman John James 60 Eaton Street Pendlebury 1881 Tunneller 04/12/1939 30 yearsAbraham and Clarke 06/03/1940 03/10/1943 Yes

Bronchopneumonia due to Silicosis Widow

20 72 Smith William C 42 Morden Avenue Ashton-in-Makerfield 1876 Metal man 28/12/1939Commenced 22/12/1930 G S Harty 22/04/1940

21 97 Butler Bertram Percy 13 Beresford StreetThatto Heath, St Helens 1899 Fireman 13/05/1940

May 1919 -May 1926; Dec 1926-May 1940 Robert Jackson 15/07/1940 24/08/1947 Yes Silicosis Tuberculosis Widow 1 5433

22 123 Rogers Lloyd 79 Grosvenor Street Pendlebury 1885 Packer and ripper 06/01/1941

3.5 years plus 42 years at other collieries

Whitehead and O'Donnell 06/01/1941 07/11/1952 Yes Anthracosis Chronic myocarditis Widow 5644

23 53 Lewis Hugh 40 Milton StreetSutton Manor, St Helens 1882 Daywageman 17/01/1940 D Campbell 03/01/1941 09/05/1941 Yes Silicosis Tuberculosis Widow 5145

24 93 Disley William 19 Arrow Street Leigh 1900 Collier 08/10/1938 16 years H Tickle 12/11/1941 Yes Silicosis Tuberculosis Widow 1 5189

25 5c Lewis William 5 Poplar Grove Westhoughton 1899 Collier and parker 25/02/1943 Murphy 17/05/1943 19/07/1949 YesBronchopneumonia and cardiac failure due to Silicosis Widow 5506

26 78 Roberts Griffiths 19 Lee Street Sutton, St Helens 1878 Contractor 05/02/1942 10/08/1943 YesHaemoptysis from tuberculosis due to Silicosis Widow 5269

27 97 Riley James 99 Leslie Road St Helens 12/10/1879 Tunneller 16/03/1944 32years R Jackson 16/04/1944 17/10/1946 Yes Pneumoconiosis Widow 5437

28 53 O'Day Patrick110 Clock Face Road

Clock Face, St Helens 1884 Tunneller 09/03/1944 30 years Campbell 10/03/1944 23/07/1950 Yes

Tuberculosis and bronchopneumonia Silicosis Widow 5548

29 120 Davies William 15 Gorsey LaneClock Face, St Helens 1890

Collier, coal face worker, shot firer, fireman 07/03/1944 16 years Unsworth 08/04/1944

Rule 37 31/12/1957 ; pneumoconiosis Pneumoconiosis

30 78 Marsh Ernest 101 Newton Road Parr, St Helens 1886 Contractors man 12/07/194407/11/1942 - 12/07/1944 12/07/1944 Yes Silicosis Tuberculosis Widow 1 5294

31 35 Jones Frank Seddon 59 Mealhouse Lane Atherton 1901 Collier 07/07/1944 22 years Gray 07/07/1944

Released from industry by National Service Officer 27/07/1944; pneumoconiosis Pneumoconiosis

32 120 Jolley Jacob 169 Bryn Street St Helens 1880 Contractors man 23/06/1944 10 yearsA McLaren Fennie 01/07/1944 20/10/1957 Pneumoconiosis

33 16d Pugh Edward 1 Kenneth Grove Leigh 1900 Collier 28/02/194423/07/1938 - 28/02/1944 Joseph Jones 28/02/1944 11/06/1945 Yes Pneumoconiosis Tuberculosis Widow 3 5354

34 120 Whalley John 37 Edgeworth Street St Helens 1879 Miner 02/10/1943 03/09/1944 Yes Pneumoconiosis Widow 530535 5 Smith Thomas 41 Tyldesley Road Atherton 1902 Fireman 12/06/1944 Smyth 12/06/1944 Pneumoconiosis

36 120 White Harry 5 Clock Face Road Bold, Widnes 1896Haulage hand (corporal) 06/10/1944 33 years John Unsworth 04/10/1944

UIB 28/01/1945 Pneumoconiosis

37 98/35 Davies John 27 Lyon Street Wallgate, Wigan 1895 Ripper 25/01/1945 4 years Angior 25/01/1945 Pneumoconiosis

38 25-49 Penketh John 41 Hammond Street St Helens 1908 Coal cutter 23/09/1944 4 years A W Latham 12/09/1945 18/01/1950 Yes Bilateral silicotic fibrosis Tuberculosis Widow 2 552939 62 Heaton Henry 15 Church Street Golborne 1900 Coal cutter 24/02/1945 3.5 years A R Hamilton 26/02/1945 Pneumoconiosis

40 120 Lyons Patrick 5 Jersey StreetClock Face, St Helens 1878

Contractor later dataller 03/11/1944

July 1928 to 03/11/1944 J Unsworth 04/11/1944 30/04/1949 Pneumoconiosis

41 72 Eckersley William 17 Adamson Street Ashton-in-Makerfield 1888Colliery fireman (deputy) 10/08/1945 20 years G S Harty 10/08/1945

Released from industry 22/10/1945 Pneumoconiosis

Relief payment authorised until his release from Industry



42 62 Sudworth Alfred 224 Springfield Road Wigan 1904 Dataller 15/06/1945 4 years C L Graham 15/06/1945 12/05/1961Coronary and Pulmonary insufficiences caused by Pneumoconiosis Widow 6156


43 53 Palin James 36 Greenfield Road St Helens 1892 Tunneller 07/1945 32 years Campbell 23/07/1945 25/04/1947 Yes Silicosis Pneumoconiosis Widow 5417

44 72 George Ernest 57 Grange Valley Haydock 1886 Coal cutter 06/09/1945more than 10 years G S Harty 06/09/1945 17/05/1960 Pneumoconiosis Bronchitis Widow 6105

45 51 Bussell Alfred 18 Baytree Road Beech Hill, Wigan 1894Tunneller and [kenshman] 05/04/1945

11/03/1930 - 05/04/1945 McLeod 05/04/1945 20/08/1946 Yes Silicosis Pulmonary tuberculosis Widow 5383

46 4 Fairhurst John William 29 Queen Street Orrell, Wigan 1902 Collier 29/05/1945Over twelve nonths Mather 29/05/1945 19/03/1958 Yes Pneumoconiosis

Cardiac failure dur to pulmonary insufficiency caused by silicosis Widow 5953

47 4 Ramsdale Robert28 Brookhouse Street Wigan 1891 Collier 26/05/1945 4 years L A Phillips 26/05/1945 Pneumoconiosis


48 72 Kinnane John 47 Victoria Street Wallgate, Wigan 1910 Tunneller 23/08/1945More than 12 months Angior 03/10/1945 10/01/1952 Yes Pneumoconiosis Pulmonary silicosis Widow 5611


49 99 Roby John Henry 89 School Lane Garswood 1873 Dataller 07/07/1945 30 years R D Mather 07/07/1945 23/07/1946 Yes Pneumoconiosis Tuberculosis Widow 5399

50 62 Parr William 26 Beech Avenue Lowton, Warrington 1904 Cutter 01/09/1945 4.5 years R Hamilton 01/09/1945 Pneumoconiosis


51 98 Johnson Herbert Joseph 9 Grove Street Ashton-in-Makerfield 1910 Fireman 03/01/1946 21 years G A Fulton 02/01/1946 Pneumoconiosis


52 28 Preston Thomas 44 Linden Avenue Orrell, Wigan 1883 Packer 27/10/1945 6 years A Mattheson 27/10/1945 17/01/1959 Pneumoconiosis Widow 601353 53 Rigby Richard 188 Chancery Lane Parr, St Helens 1907 Collier 30/06/1945 15 years D Campbell 18/10/1945 Yes Pneumoconiosis Tuberculosis Widow 1 536354 51 Lythgoe James 59 Wellfield Road Beech Hill, Wigan 1905 Tunnel Driver 01/10/1945 25 years MacLeod 01/10/1945 Pneumoconiosis

55 51 Bean John 7 Beech Hall Street Wigan 1880 Fireman 22/01/1946 53 years MacLeod 22/01/1946 22/01/1946 Pulmonary silicosis 5601

56 10 Knowles John 11 Druid Street Ashton-in-Makerfield 1883 Dataller 04/04/1944 3 years O Wynn Jones 04/04/1944 10/02/1957Broncho pneumonia due to Pneumoconiosis 5886

57 16d Box Arthur 30 Disconson Lane Westhoughton 1903 Collier 07/01/1946Signed on 23/02/1939 R A Cooke 08/01/1946

Fit for moderately heavy work Pneumoconiosis

58 3 Millighan Nathan22 Stonyhurst Avenue Lower Ince, Wigan 1890 Fireman 11/02/1946 30 years H A Haigh 25/02/1946 Pneumoconiosis

59 67 Bretherton Edmund190 Ince Green Lane Higher Ince, Wigan 1901 Driller 27/02/1946 22 years Burke Ewing 27/04/1946

Fit for light work 21/05/1946

60 97 Byrne William 12 Dorothy StreetThatto Heath, St Helens 1884 Fireman 23/02/1946

Over 20 years R Jackson 23/02/1946 08/07/1951 Yes

Myocardial toxemia due to bronchitis emphysema and bilateral silicosis Pneumoconiosis Widow 5581

61 4 Snalam James 46 Cambridge Street Wigan 1895 Filler 22/03/1946 9 years M A Phillips 22/03/1946 Pneumoconiosis


62 125 Stewart Albert E 53 Warrington Road Leigh 1889 Fireman 26/05/1946 26 years H Tickle 27/05/1946Rule 37 12/1950 Pneumoconiosis

63 25-49 Carney Patrick 41 Crispin Street St Helens 1907 Ripper 04/05/194613/05/1939 - 04/05/1946 P J Gibbons 04/05/1946 05/05/1948 Yes Pneumoconiosis Widow 3 5467

64 72 Murphy Michael 158 Park Road St Helens 1881 Contractor 24/08/1946 20 years G S Harty 25/08/1946 11/02/1954 YesSilicosis and pulmonary tuberculosis 5739

65 25-49 Martin George 21 Fidler Street St Helens 1876 Back ripper 15/11/1945From August 1913 P J Gibbons 01/07/1946 01/07/1946 Yes Silicosis Widow 5395

66 72 Holcroft Albert 7 Stoneyhurst Avenue Lower Ince, Wigan 1904 Fireman 29/06/1946 10 years A R Erskine 30/06/1946

Fit for moderately heavy work Pneumoconiosis


67 97 Brown Edward 285 Mill Lane St Helens 1875 Fireman 23/05/1946Over 40 years R Jackson 24/05/1946 29/12/1950 Yes

Myocardial degeneration due to emphysema, chronic bronchitis and bilateral silicosis Widow 5562

68 125 Hodson William 14 Coral Grove Leigh 1901 Collier 06/04/1946 30 years L Goldstone 04/12/1946 03/02/1953 Yes Pneumoconiosissuperimposed tuberculosis Widow 5665


69 93 Ogden Thomas 3 Cherry Grove Leigh 1902 Collier 09/01/1946 25 years Tickle 10/01/1946 10/06/1960 Pneumoconiosis Widow 6107

70 18 Ellis John Henry 31 Princess Street Farnworth 1883 Collier 15/06/1946 40 years H Harris 16/06/1946Commuted 11/1946 Pneumoconiosis

71 5 Cartwright Thomas 18 Nangreave Street Leigh 1880 Fireman 13/09/1946 7 years G H Shaw 13/09/1946Fit for light work Pneumoconiosis




72 97 Jennion Thomas 45 Bold Road Sutton, St Helens 1906 Fireman 27/07/1946 9 years R Jackson 28/06/1946Fit for light work Pneumoconiosis


73 123 Davies William 23 Thorpe Avenue Swinton 1896 Ripper 16/11/1945 6.5 years J Whitehead 16/11/1945Fit for light work Pneumoconiosis

74 5c Ashton Alfred 149 Tyldesley Road Atherton 1884 Contractor 08/10/1946 32 years C R Thompson 09/10/1946 07/08/1949 Yes Pneumoconiosis Tuberculosis Widow 5517

75 16d Taylor James 11 Whalley Grove Leigh 1880

Haulage - previously all classes of underground work 02/12/1946 13 years Joseph Jones 09/01/1947 29/11/1957 Pneumoconiosis

76 72 Piers Thomas 6 Brook Street Golborne 1902 Face worker 06/07/1946 10 years R Hamilton 06/07/1946 04/08/1955 PneumoconiosisDied - natural causes

77 4 Atherton John 109 Schofield Lane Wigan 1903 Fireman 02/05/1946 19 years P Murray 01/11/1947Fit for light work Pneumoconiosis

78 72 Johnson John 28 Leigh Street Golborne 1887 Collier 10/12/1946"Many Years" R Hamilton 10/12/1946 22/08/1954 Yes Cardiac failure due to Bronchitis and silicosis 5754

79 4 Halsall James 54B Scholes Wigan 1896 Kenchman 12/01/1947 Over 5 years C L Graham 23/01/1947Signed on UIB 27/02/1947 Pneumoconiosis

80 35 Cunliffe Joseph399 Manchester Road Astley 1880 Dataller 09/11/1946 21 years A Bury 15/11/1946 19/08/1954 T Congestive heart failure

Silicosis and tuberculosis Widow 5742

81 117 Meggison John William108 Copster Hill Road Oldham 1902 Collier 03/11/1946

"Several Years" J Watson 03/11/1946

Member released from Industry 28/11/1946 Pneumoconiosis

82 35 Schofield James38 Car Bank Crescent Atherton 1904 Collier 17/02/1947 28 years Smyth 17/02/1947 Pneumoconiosis

83 97 Derbyshire Joseph 319 Mill laneMarshall's Cross, St Helens 1888 Collier 31/12/1946 17 years R Jackson 14/01/1947 Pneumoconiosis

84 97 McGhee Thomas 90 Elephant LaneThatto Heath, St Helens 1885 Packer 09/09/1946 15 years R Jackson 04/12/1946 05/05/1958 Pneumoconiosis 5973

85 4 Webster Harold 116 Lily Lane Platt Bridge 1899Colliery metal man 07/12/1943 J A Watson 11/03/1947 Yes Pneumoconiosis Widow 5413

86 16d Gormally Michael Joseph 27 Hodson Street Wigan 1892 Colliery fireman 24/10/1946 4.5 years 21/11/1946 20/03/1947 Yes Pneumoconiosis Tuberculosis Widow 5415

87 117 McMahon Harold 11 Wilton Street Chadderton, Oldham 1905 08/06/1946 J Watson 21/10/1946 Yes Silicosis Tuberculosis Widow 5418

88 72 Duffy John 109 Legh Street Newton-le-Willows 1884 18/01/1947 10 years G S Harty 22/01/1947


Died 15/01/1953 NC

89 25-49 McGhee Charles 104 Raglan Street St Helens 1890 Fitter 12/03/1947 19 years P J Gibbons 04/04/1947


90 100 Green Robert 49 Prospect Road Oldham 1892 Ripper and packer 26/10/1946 34 years J Watson 27/10/1946 03/02/1952 Yes

Myocardial failure due to chronic bronchitis and emphysema Widow 5609

91 19 Hodson William Gill 108 Bradford Road Farnworth 1883 Fireman 08/03/1947 15 years J Cohen 09/03/1947 02/07/1947 Yes Pneumoconiosis Widow 5735

92 72 Hughes Daniel 38 Knowsley Road St Helens 1909 Coal cutter 30/04/1947 5 years G S Harty 01/05/1947


93 72 Keenan Joseph 83 High Street Newton-le-Willows 1909 Collier 13/05/1947 5 years G S Harty 14/05/1947


94 5c Smith George 34 Shackerley Road Tyldesley 1889 Fireman 27/02/1947 20 years A Bury 27/02/1947 22/07/1964 Pneumoconiosis Widow

95 3 Bradshaw John William 91 Prescot Street Wigan 1886 Hewer 09/11/1944 25 years 06/01/1947 Yes Pulmonary tuberculosis Pneumoconiosis Widow 5424

96 72 Hurst Joseph 15 Redwood Avenue Orrell, Wigan 1890 Tunneller 08/02/1947 5 years A Mattheson 08/02/1947 03/02/1949 Yes Pneumoconiosis Tuberculosis

97 13 Luke Thomas 79 Leam Street Ashton-under-Lyne 1901 Deputy 07/04/1947 30 years M Gorman 08/04/1947Released from industry Pneumoconiosis

98 3 Christy William16 Oxford Street, off Greenough Street Wigan 1889 Colliery deputy 09/12/1946 12 years J J Swannevelde 09/12/1946 24/03/1952 Yes

Parkinsons disease and cardiac failure due to pulmonary insufficiency aggravated by Pneumoconiosis 5676

99 120 Armstrong John 25 Hammond Street Parr, St Helens 1898 Collier 19/04/1947 1 yearA McLaren Fennie 21/04/1947

Signed on UIB 17/06/1947 Pneumoconiosis

Commuted 24/01/1950 £30

100 120 Gerrard John 15 New Street Sutton, St Helens 1899 Contractman 21/02/1947 17 years Rigg 22/02/1947Signed on UIB 13/06/1947 Pneumoconiosis

101 120 Rigby Harry 407 Watery Lane Sutton, St Helens 1901 Haulage hand 25/01/1947 14 years Rigg 27/01/1947Signed on UIB 21/05/1947 Pneumoconiosis

102 93 Hilton Frank 31 Leigh Road Leigh 1886Contractor, later surface worker 23/05/1947 13 years H Tickle 23/05/1947 21/01/1953 Yes Silicosis Widow 5653

103 5c Thomas George 70 Mealhouse Lane Atherton 1890 Fireman 22/05/1947"Several Years" C R Thompson 23/05/1947


104 62 Birchall Geoffrey 12 Church Street Golborne 1898 Collier 14/05/1947 12 years R Hamilton 01/08/1947 27/02/1954 Yes

Coronary thrombosis due to degeneration of the coronary arteries Silicosis Mother 5728

105 72 Prescott Thomas 2 Ridyard Street Pemberton, Wigan 1892 Tunneller 10/07/1947 10 years G S Harty 11/07/1947 01/03/1948 YesCongestive cardiac failure due to Silicosis Widow 5457

106 109 Baines David21 Windleshaw Road St Helens 1899 Contractor 21/12/1946 10 years R Jackson 27/04/1951 Yes

Cardio vascular degeneration Pneumoconiosis Widow 5578

107 72 Moses Fred 26 York Road South Ashton-in-Makerfield 1879 Daywageman 18/07/1947 5 years William Huges 21/07/1947 Pneumoconiosis



108 72 Connor Michael 293 Church Road Haydock 1888 Drawer-off 23/06/1947 5 years G S Harty 23/06/1947


109 72 McNamara Sydney 19 Dingle Road Upholland, Wigan 1910 01/12/1945 5 years J Shislaw 01/12/1945 02/10/1964 Pneumoconiosis Widow

110 97 Hoban Thomas 73 Lyon Street St Helens 1879 Contractor 18/03/1947about 30 years J R M Kyle 20/03/1947 Yes Silicosis 5429

111 120 Green Francis 43 Morgan Street St Helens 1902 Contractman 26/05/1947 16 yearsA McLaren Fennie 06/05/1947

Commuted 21/02/1950 £50 Pneumoconiosis

112 5 Langshaw ThomasSpencer House, 21 Anchor Street Southport 1901 Safety Officer 17/04/1947 32 years C R Thompson 17/04/1947 Pneumoconiosis


113 16d Hilton Alfred 7 Wood Street Leigh 1885 Packer 01/03/1946 16 years Joseph Jones 04/08/1947 26/01/1956 Yes Cardiac failure due to

Pulmonary insufficiency due to emphysema and silicosis Widow 5823

114 25-49 Kelly John 6 Earle Street St Helens 1885 Collier 29/05/1947 31 years P J Gibbons 20/09/1947 23/04/1959 Pneumoconiosis

Member released from Industry 25/08/1947; Death - no claim

115 5c Morgan William 1 Norfolk Road Atherton 1908 Drilling 25/07/1947 25 years C R Thompson 28/07/1947 Pneumoconiosis


116 16d Waterworth William 46 Newlands Road Leigh 1899 Driller 27/06/1947 7 years J Jones 30/06/1947

Member released from Industry 23/09/1947

117 125 Howarth Andrew 40 Higher Green Astley 1888Collier later surface hand 01/08/1947

"Period of Years" H Anstall 02/08/1947 13/10/1957 Pneumoconiosis Silicosis Widow 5918

118 16d McDonald Alexander 36 Milton Street Leigh 1886 Collier 10/01/1946 20 years J Jones 26/09/1947 18/12/1947 Yes Pneumoconiosis Tuberculosis Widow 5448

119 62 Glover Richard 4 Canal Street Higher Ince, Wigan 1890 Metal man 31/05/1947 15 years C J E Hyde 05/09/1947 14/02/1950 Yes Right heart failure due to Pneumoconiosis Widow 5530


120 120 Dixon Richard 21 Garnett Street Sutton, St Helens 1884 Collier 05/09/1947 19 years Rigg 12/09/1947


121 25-49 Willcox Isaac 9 Railway Terrace St Helens 1890 Labourer 11/03/1947 20 years P J Gibbons 12/03/1947


Commuted 24/10/1950 £30

122 120 Hogan Austin 35 Hammond Street Parr, St Helens 1903 Contractman 26/08/1947 6 yearsA McLaren Fennie 27/08/1947


123 25-49 Eden John 18 Waine Street St Helens 1879 Screens hand 18/01/1947 26 years P J Gibbons 19/07/1947 09/11/1947 Pneumoconiosis

124 25-49 Hoy Andrew 51 Evelyn Avenue Parr, St Helens 1898 27/08/1947 19 years P J Gibbons 28/08/1947


125 5c Flattery John 40 Henry Street Tyldesley 1886 Dataller 10/09/1947 18 years J W Gallagher 10/09/1947 08/04/1956 Anthracosis 5850126 5c Jackson William 48 Johnson Street Tyldesley 1881 Collier 04/07/1947 40 years A Bury 04/07/1947 21/01/1951 Yes Cardiac failure due to Pneumoconiosis Widow 5565

127 125 Ince John 5 Windsor Avenue Astley 1888 Dayhand 24/10/1947Over 10 years T Gray 24/10/1947


128 72 Rowlands Joseph 19 Taylor Street Wigan 1903 Tunneller 07/06/1947Several years

Angior and Johnson 09/06/1947 04/06/1948 Yes Pneumoconiosis Tuberculosis 5483

129 72 Wallwork John 49 Grange Valley Haydock 1899 Cutter 11/07/1947"Some Years" G S Harty 08/10/1947


130 16d Rigby Joseph 2 Gibsons Court Hindley 1902 Collier 29/08/1947 21 years P B Murray 29/08/1947 13/01/1949 Yes PneumoconiosisTuberculosis and Broncho Pneumonia Widow 1 5496

131 120 Murphy Richard 59 Joseph Street Sutton, St Helens 1892 Contract dataller 03/10/1947 18 years W W Aslett 03/10/1947 04/01/1959 Pneumoconiosis Tuberculosis Widow 6005


132 120 Hurst William 4 Lever StreetClock Face, St Helens 1887 Collier 26/09/1947 19 years John Unsworth 26/09/1947 31/07/1964 Pneumoconiosis Widow


133 109 Kemp William 73 Methuan Street Wavertree, Liverpool 1894 Coal cutter 16/10/1947 30 years W G Brooks 16/10/1947 22/12/1962 Pneumoconiosis

134 16d Fairhurst John Henry 49 Dicconson Lane Westhoughton 1893 Collier 22/10/1947 17 years W E Johnston 22/10/1947 Pneumoconiosis


135 97 Wood John Walter 278 Liverpool Road Pewfall, Haydock 1893 Collier 26/07/1947 20 years J P M Kyle 28/07/1947 25/10/1960 Pneumoconiosis Widow


136 78 Doherty George 2 Hunter Street St Helens 1907 Collier 24/05/1947about 7 years J Sutton 07/06/1947 Pneumoconiosis


137 78 Ormrod Arthur 7 Mersey Street Parr, St Helens 1895 Driller 11/08/1947about 7 years J Sutton 11/08/1947 Pneumoconiosis




138 123 Davies James 70 New Street Pendlebury 1898Ripper an Tunneller 19/09/1947 33 years J Whitehead 19/09/1947 Pneumoconiosis


139 72 Cassidy John 44 Rose Avenue Beech Hill, Wigan 1894 Tunneller 03/10/1947 20 yearsAngior and Johnson 04/10/1947 04/05/1949 Yes Pneumoconiosis Tuberculosis Widow 5511

140 5-93 Thompson Peter 299 Wigan Road Atherton 1890 Collier 30/12/1947 20 years G E Hayward 30/12/1947 Pneumoconiosis

Member went on UIB 28/01/1948

141 16d Street Wilfred 20 Wellington Road Lower Ince, Wigan 1897 Kenchman 10/12/1947 15 yearsAngior and Johnson 10/12/1947 Pneumoconiosis


142 97 Hughes Samuel 129 Gladstone Road St Helens Coal cutter 17/10/1947about 28 years J P M Kyle 18/10/1947 Pneumoconiosis


143 62 Bourne Harvey 7 Wakefield Street Golborne 1906 Collier 15/01/1948 6 years R Hamilton 16/01/1948 Pneumoconiosis

144 72 Corless James 390 West End Road Haydock 1893 Collier 24/12/1947 32 years G S Harty 16/01/1948 Pneumoconiosis


145 120 Langley Wallace 190 Broadoak Road Parr, St Helens 1907 Contractman 29/08/1947 6 yearsA McLaren Fennie 29/08/1947


146 109 Hallam Joseph 22 Cable Road Whiston, Prescot 1879 Byeworker 15/02/1947 20 years J F O'Ryan 15/02/1947 27/10/1947 YesMyocarditis due to pleural effusion due to Pneumoconiosis 5453

147 62 Keenan Peter 3 Turton Street Golborne 1913 Coal cutter 19/12/1947 7 years R Hamilton 20/12/1947 Pneumoconiosis

Relief payment authorised until his release from Industry and is entitled to UIB

148 109 Cummins James 69a St Helens Road Prescot 1903 Packer 06/02/1948 34 years J F O'Ryan 06/02/1948 09/09/1952 YesMyocardial toxemia due to

Bilateral tuberculosis and silicosis Widow 5637


149 16d Chadwick Albert 78 Wigan Road Westhoughton 1897 Packer 15/03/1948 10 years W E Johnston 15/03/1948


150 125 Dinnigan Thomas 8 Oakell Street Leigh 1901 Collier 09/03/1948 10 years H R Harris 09/03/1948 28/10/1952 Yes

Cardiac failure due to pulmonary insufficiency accelerated by Silicosis Widow 5645


151 125 Peters John 51 Miry Lane Wigan 1911 Collier 19/02/1948 8 years D Macleod 19/02/1948 04/05/1951 YesSilicosis involving both lungs Widow 1 5577

Relief paid until member released from Industry 19/02/1948

152 97 Parr Joseph 27 School StreetPeasley Cross, Sutton, St Helens 1883

Collier - later Dataller 17/07/1946 40 years J P M Kyle 12/02/1948 13/08/1948 Yes Pneumoconiosis Tuberculosis Widow 5475

153 72 Mason James 3 Short Street Golborne 1904 Metal man 11/03/1948 27 years R Hamilton 12/03/1948 24/11/1950 Yes

Congestive heart failure due to pneumoconiosis (silicosis) Widow 1 5558

154 37 Hatton William 17 Kingsdown Road Abram 1884 Metal man 25/07/1948 20 years A R Erskine 25/03/1948 17/02/1952 Yes

Cardio vascular degeneration due to chronic bronchitis, emphysema and Silicosis 5612

155 25-49 Lawrenson John 6 Dickens Road St Helens 1895 Deputy 06/03/1948 27 years P J Gibbons 06/03/1948


156 62 Ogden Richard3 Mount Street, off Firs Lane Leigh 1906

Ash wheeler and stoker 23/11/1946 8 years J Jones 07/04/1948 18/07/1948 Pneumoconiosis

157 72 McNamara James 327 Waring Road Abram 1887 Tunneller 01/03/1948 12 months A R Erskine 01/03/1948 Pneumoconiosis

Relief paid until member entitled to UIB and released from Industry 20/04/1948; commuted 21/11/1950 £30

158 120 Kellett Thomas509 Clock Face Road

Clock Face, St Helens 1889 Collier 31/01/1948 36 years J Unsworth 31/01/1948 13/08/1952

Cardio vascular degeneration due to bronchitis, emphysema and Silicosis Widow 5635

159 120 Anders Henry 21 Gower Street Sutton, St Helens 1893 Haulage hand 10/06/1948 7 years W W Aslett Pneumoconiosis

Member signed on for UIB 11/06/1948

160 62 Glynn John 76 Ellesmere Street Leigh 1902 Collier 29/01/1948over 30 years J Jones Pneumoconiosis

Member already on funds due to accident

161 72 Dennis Peter 24 Derby Road Golborne 1889 Packer 16/09/1946 12 years R Hamilton 20/04/1948 Pneumoconiosis

Member on NHI from September 1946



162 120 Stanley Daniel 92 Clock Face RoadClock Face, St Helens 1899 Collier 24/05/1948 20 years J Unsworth 25/05/1948 Pneumoconiosis


163 25-49 Lynch John 36 Devon Street St Helens 1893 Contractor 29/05/1948 14 months P J Gibbons Pneumoconiosis

Member released from Industry and became entitled to UIB

164 53 Kendrick Joseph 6 Park Avenue Rainhill 1891 Deputy 15/12/1947 25 years J F O'Ryan 12/03/1948 17/09/1948 Yes Right heart failure due toSilicosis and tuberculosis Widow 5481

165 72 Worthington John Thomas 9 Latham Avenue Newton-le-Willows 1896 Tunneller 18/05/1948 20 years G S Harty 04/07/1949 17/01/1959 Pneumoconiosis Widow 6022

166 125 McKenna William 19 Yates Street Westleigh 1893 Ripper 04/03/1948 Over 5 years Joseph Jones 04/03/1948 Pneumoconiosis

Relief paid until member released from Industry and signed on Doll 12/08/1948

167 72 Unsworth Peter 15 Mersey Street Parr, St Helens 1898 Tunneller 09/06/1948more than 5 yers G S Harty 24/06/1948 Pneumoconiosis


168 109 Seddon Samuel 20 Legion RoadThatto Heath, St Helens 1892 Byeworker 12/05/1948 11 years J P M Kyle 12/05/1948 05/07/1950 Pneumoconiosis

Relief payment authorised until his release from Industry and is entitled to UIB; died from natural causes

169 109 Powell Robert 19 Clayton Street Skelmersdale 1890 Ripper 26/05/1948 11 years J A Bell 26/05/1948 Pneumoconiosis


170 125 Gomm Arthur William 20 Ellesmere Street Tyldesley 1887 Timberman 14/05/1948Over 20 years T Gray 14/05/1948 Pneumoconiosis Total disablement

171 97 Andrews John 103 Wilson Street St Helens 1881 Contractor 18/03/1948

5 months + 20 years at LA 25-49 J P M Kyle 18/03/1948 28/12/1951

Cardio vascular degeneration due to chronic bronchitis, emphysema and bilateral silicosis Widow 5608

172 35 Price James 4 Carr Street Pemberton, Wigan 1907 Ripper 29/06/1948 Over 5 years H L Mather 30/06/1948 Pneumoconiosis Early stage

Member released from industry 15/09/1948

173 35 Jones Albert 4 Devon Street Leigh 1903 Collier 02/07/1948 Over 5 years Young & Dillon 02/07/1948 Pneumoconiosis Early stageMember in receipt of UIB

174 125 Roome Charles 84 Princess Avenue Astley 1884 Dayhand 17/06/1948 Over 5 years H Amstall 25/06/1948 Yes Pneumoconiosis Tuberculosis Widow 5476

175 120 Lewis William 1 Crawford StreetClock Face, St Helens 1888 Collier 12/08/1948 20 years John Unsworth 26/08/1948 09/02/1952 Yes Cardiac failure due to Silicosis 100% disablement Widow 5614

176 120 Doyle Sylvester 178 Fleet Lane Parr, St Helens 1902 Fireman 20/09/1948 18 years W W Aslett 20/09/1948 Pneumoconiosis 20% disablement


177 43-122 Kerwin Fred 29 Higham Street Scholes, Wigan 1907 Collier 25/09/1948 6 years Johnson 27/09/1948 26/11/1945 Pneumoconiosis 50% disablement Widow


178 35 Nixon Arthur 10 Brown Street Astley 1907 Fireman 17/09/1948 26 years T Gray 18/09/1948 Pneumoconiosis 50% disablement


179 35 Mason H 387 Ormskirk Road Wigan 1910 Ripper and driller 21/09/1948 Over 5 years D N Mackinnon 21/09/1948 Pneumoconiosis


180 125 Wilcock James 8 Navigation Street Leigh 1916 Collier 07/08/1948 Over 5 years Joseph Jones 07/08/1948 Pneumoconiosis 60% disablement




181 62 Holland Herbert 19 Thirlmere Avenue Abram 1909 Fireman 13/10/1948 10 years A R Erskine 14/10/1948 Pneumoconiosis 30% disablement


182 72 Garbutt Edward 9 Railway Road Golborne 1882

Fireman and latterly haulage hand 02/06/1948 8 years R Hamilton 03/06/1948 10/10/1949 Yes Heart failure due to Pneumoconiosis Total disablement Widow 5520

183 125 Baxter Joseph 8 Croft Avenue Atherton 1891 Ripper 06/08/1948 5 years C R Thompson 06/08/1948 08/01/1957 Silicosis Partial disablementLight work 03/12/1948

184 16d Hodgson Henry 84 Cameron Street Leigh 1902 Packer 02/07/1948 13 years Joseph Jones 02/07/1948 08/02/1961 Pneumoconiosis Early stage

Relief payment authorised until his release from Industry and is entitled to UIB 25/12/1948

185 25-49 Gregory Joseph 27 Clayton Street Skelmersdale 1898 Ripper 30/04/1948

Since 11/08/1947; previously worked at Cronton Collier (109 LA) for 7 years P J Gibbons 05/05/1948 Pneumoconiosis Early stage


186 100 Cusick Harry 31 Curzon Road Ashton-under-Lyne 1889

Daywager usually assisting on the coalface 29/06/1948 26 years B Bowman 30/06/1948 07/03/1949 Yes Anthracosis Widow 1 5488

187 35 Flaherty Thomas 141 Astley Street Tyldesley 1905 Ripper 10/12/1948 30 years Greg Macinves 10/12/1948 Pneumoconiosis 50 % disablement


188 53 Cook James 82 Clock Face Road St Helens 1891 Colliery deputy Heart failure due to PneumoconiosisModerately advanced Widow 5482

189 109 Chisnall J 65 QueenswayMoss Bank, St Helens 1910 Collier 21/01/1949 2 years J P M Kyle 06/09/1948 Pneumoconiosis 40% disablement


190 35 Lewis J 284 Ormskirk Road Pemberton, Wigan 1909 Collier 11/09/1948 Over 5 yearsRedmond and Aag 11/09/1948 13/08/1951 Yes Silicosis Tuberculosis 100% disablement

191 16d Costello Henry 134 Kirkhall Lane Leigh 1893 Packer 09/06/1944 Over 6 years Jones 17/12/1948 28/11/1949 Yes

Tuberculosis of right lung and left kidney accelerated by Silicosis

192 109 Barton William R 27 Park Road St Helens 1901 Packer 22/01/1948 2 years J P M Kyle 22/01/1948 Pneumoconiosis Tuberculosis

Commuted 21/02/1950 £30

193 117 Hollis Stephen 3 Croft StreetFailsworth, Manchester 1879

Collier prior to starting in surface 5 years ago 10/09/1948

30 to 40 years J Watson 13/09/1948 Pneumoconiosis

bronchopneumonia, influenza and chronic asthma 100% disablement

194 35 Harper C 184 Bag Lane Atherton 1906 Collier 12/11/1948 20 years Gallagher 13/11/1948 24/01/1971 Pneumoconiosis 100% disablement Widow

195 50 Grady John 6 Springfield Road Wigan 1907 Coal cutter 09/08/1948 27 years 28/12/1948 Yes Pneumoconiosis Silicosis Widow 5486No certification during lifetime

196 62 Bailey George 417 Liverpool Road Platt Bridge 1904 Dataller 26/11/1948 6 years M J Duffy 30/11/1948 Pneumoconiosis 40% disablement


197 53 Fairclough John 315 Mill Lane Sutton, St Helens 1885 Collier 07/09/1948 36 years D Campbell 07/09/1948 08/02/1951 Yes Mycardial degeneration Bilateral silicosis Total disablement Widow 5567

198 61 Travis James 18 Third StreetBryn Gates, Bamfurlong 1894 Packer 03/05/1948 1 year A R Erskine 29/10/1948 Pneumoconiosis Early stage

199 19 Hardman FredBradford Arms, Foundry Street Bolton 1896 Collier 29/10/1948

from 08/05/1942 Thornley 01/11/1948 Pneumoconiosis 60% disablement

Relief payment authorised until member is entitled to UIB

200 62 Hill William100 Great George Street Wigan 1899 Driller 23/01/1949 15 years E D Portman 24/01/1949 16/07/1955 Yes Silicosis Total disablement Widow 5793

201 72 Boon Henry 65 Wigan Road Ashton-in-Makerfield 1887 Ripper 13/11/1948 Many years H Levine 27/11/1948 Pneumoconiosis 60% disablement

202 51 Ashcroft Robert35 Chatsworth Street Pemberton, Wigan 1889

Packer and haulage engine from 16/02/1948 29/10/1948

24/12/1941 to 05/11/1948 MacLeod 29/10/1948 09/02/1949 Yes Pneumoconiosis Tuberculosis Total disablement

203 19 Cooper S 12 Paxton Place Farnworth 1911 Collier 31/07/1948 03/1940 J E Ryner 30/11/1948 Pneumoconiosis 20% disablement

204 75-72 Walls George 32 May Street Golborne 1909

Cutterman, Kenchman, Packer 31/01/1949 some years R Hamilton 17/02/1949 25/10/1962 Yes Bronchopneumonia Pneumoconiosis 80% disablement Widow

205 72 Houghton Saul 23 Whitledge Street Bryn, Wigan 1902 Collier 23/09/1948 some years W H Spencer 28/10/1948 19/03/1966 Pneumoconiosis 20% disablement Widow

206 97 Gavaghan John 8 Stanhope Street St Helens 07/04/1890 Contractors man 19/06/1948 28 years J P M Kyle 21/06/1948 29/04/1952 Yes Tuberculous meningitisBilateral silicosis and tuberculosis Early stage 5625

207 35 Burke W148 Devonshire Road Atherton 27/01/1949 30 years J D Gallagher 31/01/1949 Pneumoconiosis 30% disablement



208 72 Howard Robert 27 Bank Street Golborne 1896Tunneller and driller 19/01/1949 some years R Hamilton 19/01/1949 07/07/1955 Yes

Congestive cardiac failure due to Pneumoconiosis 60% disablement Widow 5792

209 3 Madden Charles 41 Clarington Grove Wigan 1893 Fireman 19/03/1949 41 years C J E Hyde 20/03/1949 Pneumoconiosis Total disablement

210 53 Hughes Cyril 27 Tennyson StreetSutton Manor, St Helens 1897 Daywageman 07/1947 38 years Campbell 31/01/1949 Yes Pneumoconiosis Tuberculosis Widow 1 5494

No certification during lifetime

211 4 Shannon Richard28 Blackthorne Avenue Beech Hill, Wigan 1900 Collier 17/02/1949 23 years Hall 18/02/1949 Pneumoconiosis Total disablement

212 4 Rouke John William 12 Laburnum Grove Beech Hill, Wigan 1908 Coal cutter 15/12/1948 17 yearsMitchinson and MacAllan 16/12/1948 27/03/1962 Pneumoconiosis 70% disablement Widow

213 4 Davies Joseph 103 Lime Street Wigan 1901 Cutter 26/01/1949 8 years Hoey 26/01/1949 Pneumoconiosis 50% disablement

214 98 Tither Joseph 28 Cleveland StreetPeasley Cross, Sutton, St Helens 1879 Collier 24/02/1949

about 43 years J P M Kyle 25/02/1949 26/05/1958 Pneumoconiosis Total disablement Widow 5966

215 62 Harte Peter 19 Wilcock Street Wigan 1908 Collier 02/03/1949 9 years H Mather 03/03/1949 Pneumoconiosis 60% disablement

216 120 Saunders Thomas 33 Binney StreetSutton Oak, St Helens 1904 Collier 15/02/1949

June 1930 - 15 February 1949 W Aslett 16/02/1949 Pneumoconiosis 50% disablement

217 51 Woodward James 299 Spring RoadKitt Green, Orrell, Wigan 1896 Dataller 12/02/1949 6 years C R Wright 14/02/1949 Pneumoconiosis

30% later 60% disablement

218 51 Richmond Thomas 19 First Avenue Springfield, Wigan 1883Underground dataller 28/07/1948 13 years Laithwaite 01/04/1949 02/12/1958 Yes Silicosis

40% later 60% disablement Widow 5990

Also shoulder injury

219 72 Hampson Sam 23 Church Street Golborne 1893 Haulage hand 26/03/1949 some years R Hamilton 28/03/1949 18/10/1956 Pneumoconiosis 70% disablement Widow 1 5867

220 125 Burns Thomas 78 Lilford Street Leigh 1909 Collier 02/12/1948 20 years Scrwartzberg 03/12/1949 Pneumoconiosis 40% disablement


221 35 Southern William 93 Rugby Road Leigh 1895 Dayhand 11/02/1949 30 years M Dillon 16/02/1949 02/04/1952 YesCardiac failure, pulmonary insufficiency Silicosis Total disablement Widow 5619

222 120 Painter Arthur S195 Derbyshire Hill Road Parr, St Helens 1901 Collier 12/01/1949

09/09/1940 - 12/01/1949

A McLaren Fennie 13/01/1949 14/10/1963 Yes Pneumoconiosis

Bronchitis and emphysema 50% disablement Widow 6318

223 16d Green Richard 24 Knowsley Street Leigh 1885 Repairer 25/01/1949since 25/01/1949 J A McGuiness 26/01/1949 23/03/1955 Yes

Confluent bronco pneumonia Silicosis Total disablement Widow 5769

224 4 Mulhern James 18 Spring Street Wigan 1905 Collier 27/04/1949

12 months Maypole, previously at Garswood Hall and Victoria Colliery Johnson 14/05/1949 Pneumoconiosis 30% disablement

Commuted Q/E June 1957 £40

225 3c Banks James 28 Greenwood Road Standish, Wigan 1892 Packer 03/03/1949 37 years R J Ormsby 05/05/1949 03/02/1953 YesToxaemia and toxic myocarditis

acute bronchopneumonia due to advanced pneumoconiosis 60% disablement Widow 5662

226 3c Heaton Robert 17 Grove Place Standish, Wigan 1907 Coal cutter 07/05/1949 25 years R J Ormsby 09/05/1949 03/02/1959 Pneumoconiosis 30% disablementDeath by natural causes

227 72 Hindley James 104 Church Street Golborne 1884 Haulage hand 05/03/1949 years R Hamilton 11/04/1949 20/03/1954 Yes

Hemorrhagic pericarditis, cavernoma of bronchus, chronic bronchitis and emphysema Silicosis 60% disablement Widow 5718

228 72 Rigby Frank 35 Church Street Golborne 1877 Collier 09/05/1949 some years 10/05/1949 Pneumoconiosis 30% disablement

229 72 Hindley Joseph 14 May Street Golborne 08/07/1888Collier, latterly haulage 08/04/1949 Many years R Hamilton 08/04/1949 08/02/1966 Pneumoconiosis 60% disablement

£20 DA to daughter

230 125 Sparrow Thomas48 Beechwood Crescent Astley 1902 Collier 02/05/1949 30 years Gray 03/02/1949 25/12/1959 Pneumoconiosis Silicosis 40% disablement Widow 6070

231 97 Davies Samuel 20 Yew Tree Avenue Sutton, St Helens 1891 Dataller 24/03/1949 2 years 29/03/1949 21/09/1956 Silicosis Anthracosis 100% disablement 5862 £20 to niece232 17 Burns John William 39 Golborne Street Wigan 1900 Packer 14/04/1949 9 years 25/04/1949 Pneumoconiosis 40% disablement

233 17-3 Farnworth Robert 57 Manley Street Lower Ince, Wigan 1902 Ripper 09/05/1949From 15/12/1947 23/05/1949 Pneumoconiosis 40% disablement

Commuted 27/10/1950 £30

234 50 Allen James 13 Gordon's Close Pemberton, Wigan 1897 Driller 30/04/1949 4.5 years Hall 09/05/1949 26/10/1954 Yes

Cardiac failure, pulmonary insufficiency caused by pneumoconiosis Pyelonephritis 60% disablement Widow 5746

235 5c-35 Duddle W 123 Henry Street Leigh 1902 Ripper 23/05/1949 9 years 23/05/1949 Pneumoconiosis 60% disablement

236 109 Hoy G 52 Second Avenue Rainhill Fireman 17/05/1949Over 20 years 17/05/1949 26/07/1950 Yes Bronchopneumonia Silicosis Total disablement Widow 5545

237 72 Hickson R W 18 Frawley Avenue Newton-le-Willows 1896 Collier 04/05/1949 20 years 06/05/1949 Pneumoconiosis 40% disablementRule 37 15/06/1955

238 72 Walsh Anthony 16 Walthew Lane Platt Bridge 1876 Ripper 23/06/1945 some years 25/02/1949 Yes PneumoconiosisSilicosis and tuberculosis Widow 5507

Not certified during lifetime

239 4 Glynn James William 19 York Street 1891 Filler 08/07/1949over 15 years 16/07/1949 Yes Silicosis Tuberculosis Widow 5508


240 16d Bland William Thomas 1 Irvine Street Leigh 1903 Collier 25/05/1949 from 1933 25/05/1949 27/03/1967 Pneumoconiosis 40% disablement Widow

Payment of relief 25/05/1949 to 10/09/1949 when discharged from industry

241 72 Doyle William 50 Liverpool Road Ashton-in-Makerfield 1886 Back ripper 25/06/1948 20 years Spencer 13/07/1949 Pneumoconiosis


242 120 Readon James 19 Gorsey laneClock Face, St Helens 1898

Fireman or Deputy 14/02/1949 4 years

A McLaren Fennie 15/02/1949 17/04/1960 Pneumoconiosis 60% disablement Widow 6101

243 4 Halliwell John2 Crow Orchard Terrace Lower Ince, Wigan 1902 Developman 24/01/1949 10 years M J Duffy 24/08/1949 Pneumoconiosis 30% disablement



244 120 Gallyer John 15 Morris StreetSutton Oak, St Helens 1903 Dataller 18/02/1949

Several years Aslett 16/06/1949 08/04/1964 Pneumoconiosis 40% disablement Widow


245 72 Crook John 21 Maple Avenue Haydock 1906 Collier 12/03/1949 Many years 12/03/1949 13/04/1955 Yes Pneumoconiosis 30% disablement Widow 2 5777


246 51 Kelly John 13 Ashton Street Scholes, Wigan 15/07/1892Dataller and packer 06/05/1949 9 years 09/05/1949 05/11/1949 Pneumoconiosis Cancer of the bronchus Total disablement

247 72 Steele Joseph 3 Edge Green Lane Golborne 1884 Drawer-off 12/07/1949 Many years 13/07/1949 09/09/1965 Pneumoconiosis 70% disablement Widow

248 97 Burns Frank 5 Dorothy StreetThatto Heath, St Helens 1889

Daywage contractor 23/04/1948

Over 10 years 01/12/1948 Yes

Heart failure due to pneumoconiosis Tuberculosis 5512

249 97 Sutton John 262 Rainhill Road Rainhill 1884Contractor and packer 29/07/1949

about 40 years 02/08/1949 27/04/1959 Pneumoconiosis Total disablement 6040

250 98 Vernal Richard 218 Wigan Road Bryn, Wigan 1900 Collier 10/08/1949 3 years G A Fulton 11/08/1949 11/01/1956 Yes Silicosis 50% disablement Widow 5811

Relief payment authorised until his entitled to UIB

251 4 Holland Daniel25 Rosemary Crescent Wigan 1901 Ripper 30/09/1949 34 years Graham 01/10/1949 Pneumoconiosis 60% disablement


252 125 Balmer John 20 Pennington Road Leigh 1893 Driller 05/08/1938 27/06/1949 Yes SilicosisTerminal basal pneumonia Widow 5513

Member on funds due to accident; not certified as suffering from pneumoconiosis during lifetime

253 72 Box David 10 Regent Street Goose Green, Wigan 1909 Ripper 30/05/1948since 26/04/1948 02/06/1949 Pneumoconiosis 30% disablement


254 4 Ashurst James31 Smithwood Avenue Hindley 1901 Ripper 14/10/1949 12 months P B Murray 15/10/1949 Pneumoconiosis 30% disablement


255 120 Lingham Thomas George516 Clock Face Road Bold, Widnes 1904 Collier 16/06/1949

Several years Unsworth 17/06/1949 Pneumoconiosis 30% disablement


256 72 Towey Martin 89 Newton Road Parr, St Helens 1897 Chargeman ripper 29/01/1949 Many years 22/05/1949 Pneumoconiosis 50% disablement


257 53 Platt T 82 Milton StreetSutton Manor, St Helens 1903 Collier 24/09/1949 32 years Unsworth 25/09/1949 06/06/1960 Pneumoconiosis Total disablement Widow 6113

258 72 McGuire Thomas 135 Station Road Haydock 1904 Collier 06/08/1949 some years 08/08/1949 17/06/1962 Pneumoconiosis 30% disablement Widow


259 72 Fairbrother James 80 Edge Green Lane Golborne 1894Tunneller (head man) 25/06/1949 Many years 25/06/1949 01/10/1965 Pneumoconiosis 40% disablement Widow


260 109 Hoy P M 16 Hartley Grove St Helens 1904 Deputy 10/08/1949approx 20 years 11/08/1949 07/02/1953 Yes Pneumoconiosis Total disablement Widow 5652

261 13 Pattinson Edwin Wilson160 Abermarle Street Ashton-under-Lyne 1902 Packer 15/08/1949 7 years 15/08/1949 Pneumoconiosis 30% disablement


262 62 Abraitis Kazimer 14 Lyon Street Wigan 1905 Ripper 15/08/1949 8 months J Hamilton 13/08/1949 Pneumoconiosis 30% disablement

Relief payment authorised until his entitled to UIB; Rule 37 24/03/1959

263 120 Halton Thomas 76 Edgeworth Street Sutton, St Helens 1887 04/02/1949 21 years Aslett 09/06/1949 31/03/1954 Yes Anoxia due to Silicosis 60% disablement 5715


264 43 Bradshaw Alfred 548 Ormskirk Road Pemberton, Wigan 1893 Collier 12/08/1949 43 years D A Mackinnon 13/08/1949 18/09/1972 Pneumoconiosis 80% disablement Widow


265 109 Balmer T 21 Cable Road Whiston, Prescot 1903 Deputy 12/09/1949 20 years 12/09/1949 Pneumoconiosis 20% disablement

Member returned to work 12/11/1949



266 4 Causey John 3 Orchard Street Wigan 1911 Collier 14/10/1949 18 years F W Johnson 14/10/1949 Pneumoconiosis 40% disablement


267 72 Houghton John 267 Park Road St Helens 1889 Collier 28/07/1949 Many years 29/07/1949 Pneumoconiosis 40% disablement


268 18 Smith Ernest412 Manchester Road West Little Hulton 1903 Beltman 09/04/1949 17 years Watt 10/04/1949 13/11/1953 Yes

Lobar pneumonia, myocardial degeneration Silicosis Partial disablement Widow 4 5696


269 51 Baker Philip 27 Frog Lane Wigan 1905 Fireman 19/12/1949 14 years Oag 13/12/1949 24/11/1952 Pneumoconiosis Partial disablement

Relief payment authorised until his release from Industry and is entitled to UIB; death from natural causes

270 72 Moylett John155 Darlington Street Wigan 27/02/1885 Drawer-off 01/10/1949

more than 3 years 03/10/1949 Pneumoconiosis 50% disablement


271 72 Burke Dennis 15 Fairclough Street Newton-le-Willows 1882

Daywage surface labourer past 3 years 18/02/1949 Many years 19/02/1949 06/12/1950 Yes Pneumoconiosis Total disablement 5566

Member released from industry 19/02/1949

272 4 Halliwell George 59 Caunce Street Wigan 1883 Repair work 03/11/1949 25 years F W Johnson 04/11/1949 04/12/1951 Yes Pneumoconiosis Pulmonary silicosis 80% disablement Widow 5604


273 93 Naughton P 68 Brunswick Street Leigh 1899 Ripper 26/10/1949 30 years 27/10/1949 Pneumoconiosis 30% disablement


274 53-97 Gilleney H 57 Nutgrove RoadThatto Heath, St Helens 1909 Collier 08/10/1949 26 years Chisnall 10/10/1949 Pneumoconiosis 20% disablement


275 16d Greenhalgh Joseph 2 Douglas Road Leigh 1896 Face worker 02/09/1949 21 years McGuiness 03/09/1949 17/12/1962 Pneumoconiosis 60% disablement Widow


276 72 Cannon Henry 275 Church Road Haydock 1905 Shotfirer 28/09/1949 Many years 29/09/1949 31/10/1971 Pneumoconiosis 70% disablement Widow


277 13 Ince Thomas 31 Ryecroft Street Ashton-under-Lyne 1903 Deputy 03/10/1949

3 years at colliery - 33 years in industry 04/10/1949 Pneumoconiosis 20% disablement


278 72 Eden William 208 Park Street Haydock 1904Collier and tunneller 19/05/1949 10 years 19/10/1949 Pneumoconiosis 50% disablement

279 16d Bolton John 38 Cook Steet Leigh 1889 Dataller 29/08/1949 10 years 30/08/1949 11/05/1955 YesCardiac failure due to pulmonary insufficiency Silicosis 60% disablement Widow 5766




280 16d Allott John 25 Pilling Street Leigh 1896 Fireman 20/10/1949 29 years 31/10/1949 03/06/1966 Pneumoconiosis 60% disablement Widow

Relief payment authorised until his release from Industry and is entitled to UIB on 28/01/1950

281 120 Lavin John 23 Gloucester Street Parr, St Helens 1903 Dataller 30/09/1949since 01/11/1939 Ferrie 01/10/1949 01/12/1965 Pneumoconiosis 30% disablement Widow 1


282 93 Harrison T 51 Briar Grove Leigh 1899 Collier 03/12/1949all working life 04/12/1949 Pneumoconiosis 40% disablement


283 72 Grehan Pat 46 King George Road Haydock 1905

Deputy at Lyme Colliery 16/11/1949 10 years 17/11/1949 Pneumoconiosis 20% disablement

Resumed ordinary work 26/11/1949 as a fireman

284 97 Walton John 12 Kent Road Sutton, St Helens 1886Collier to 1946, dataller since 19/07/1949 12 years Manning 24/08/1949 11/1957 Pneumoconiosis 60% disablement


285 37 Melling Lewis 86 Bickershaw Lane Abram 1893 Cutters Assistant 29/10/1949 Over 3 years Duffy 08/11/1949 Pneumoconiosis 70% disablement Widow 6023


286 25-49 Kearney Patrick 128 Borough Road St Helens 1898 Filler 12/09/1949 16 years 13/09/1949 Pneumoconiosis 30% disablement


287 25-49 Sharples Richard 51 Parliament StreetThatto Heath, St Helens 1893 Back ripper 30/11/1949 31 years 05/12/1949 12/03/1950 Yes Silicosis

Bronchopneumonia and tuburculosis Total disablement Widow 1 5534

288 77 Burns Samuel343 Mossy Lea Road Wrightington 1902 Beltman 19/09/1949 15 years Ormsby 20/09/1949 Pneumoconiosis 40% disablement


289 77 Waite Harold 30 Marsh Lane Wigan 1908 Collier 11/10/1949 9 years McAllan 12/10/1949 Pneumoconiosis 20% disablement

Member on funds until he commenced light work

290 16d Fryer Arthur 209 Wigan Road Leigh 1898 Kenchman 01/11/19491928 to 01/11/1949 Mahon 02/11/1949 Pneumoconiosis 30% disablement


291 61 Parkes Edward 7 Leader Street Pemberton, Wigan 1896 Collier 09/12/1949 10 years Wright 12/12/1949 Pneumoconiosis 40% disablement


292 16d Monks Ernest 51 The Avenue Leigh 1915 Fireman 07/11/1949 20 years 08/11/1949 Pneumoconiosis 40% disablement




293 125 Fell Fred 18 Milk Street Tyldesley 1899 Fireman 30/09/1949 Over 5 years 01/10/1949 Pneumoconiosis 50% disablement


294 75-72 Spibey Walter 51 Church Street Golborne 1894Tunneller and Kenchman 22/11/1949 Many years 22/11/1949 26/09/1962 Yes

Congestive cardiac failure Silicosis 30% disablement Widow


295 72 Chisnall Thomas 14 Norman Avenue Haydock 1902 Collier 24/10/1949 Many years 25/10/1949 Pneumoconiosis 20% disablement

Returned to work as collier 03/01/1950

296 72 Pownall Richard 5 Heywood Gardens Golborne 1893 Collier 02/12/1949 Many years 05/12/1949 Pneumoconiosis 50% disablement


297 4 McPherson George 6 Heaton Street Lower Ince, Wigan 1902 Collier 01/02/1950 13 years M J Duffy 02/02/1950 02/02/1961 Pneumoconiosis 60% disablement


298 25-49 Kilshaw James 14 Austin Avenue St Helens 1904 Collier 19/11/1949 31 years Marsden 10/11/1949 Pneumoconiosis 30% disablement

Member placed on funds until 21/01/1950 when he commenced light work

299 53 Hughes Griffith 14 Somerset Street Parr, St Helens 1892 Collier 09/12/1948 40 years O'Keefe 14/02/1949 12/02/1951 YesMyocardial degeneration due to silicosic fibrosis 80% disablement


300 16d Unsworth Robert 1 Knowsley Avenue Atherton 1912 Collier 16/12/1949 since 1937 19/12/1949 Pneumoconiosis 40% disablement


301 3 Byrne Joseph 20 Baldwin Street Wigan 1885 Collier 05/01/1950 50 years France 06/01/1950 19/12/1965 Pneumoconiosis 50% disablement


302 4 Wigan 1925 Haulage 27/09/1949 10 years Jones 27/11/1949 Pneumoconiosis 20% disablement


303 72 Wallwork Peter 17 Grange Valley Haydock 1903 Deputy 23/11/1949 Many years 13/12/1949 Pneumoconiosis 40% disablement

Member placed on funds until 13/12/1949

304 120 Phillips George Henry14 Ellamsbridge Road Sutton, St Helens 1889 Dataller 24/11/1949 1928-1949 25/11/1949 03/03/1961 Pneumoconiosis Tuberculosis Total disablement Widow


305 16d Stone John T 29 Lowood Street Leigh 1911 Ripper 10/01/1950 2 years 12/01/1950 Pneumoconiosis 30% disablement

Relief payment authorised until his release from Industry on 11/03/1950



306 16d Tunstall James 2 Hulme Buildings Leigh 1897 Collier 16/12/1949 1945-1949 17/12/1949 Pneumoconiosis 50% disablement

Relief payment authorised until his release from Industry on 11/03/1950

307 72 Birkett Henry 274 West End Road Haydock 1890 Collier 27/01/1950 Many years 30/01/1950 15/02/1961 Pneumoconiosis 40% disablement


308 72 Kendrick Gomer 21 Ullswater Avenue Carr Mill, St Helens 1889 Collier 14/12/1949 Many years 15/12/1949 14/06/1959 Pneumoconiosis Total disablement Widow 6048

309 78 Connolly John Charles 10 Eliza Street Sutton, St Helens 1908 Collier 11/01/1950 10 years Aslett 13/01/1950 Pneumoconiosis 30% disablement


310 78 Williams John 96 Lee Street Sutton, St Helens 1902 Ripper 06/01/1950 6 years Unsworth 07/01/1950 Pneumoconiosis 40% disablement


311 97 Jones Joseph E 89 Irwin Road St Helens 1896Ripping and Tunnelling 25/10/1948 12 months Sutton 25/10/1948 Pneumoconiosis 40% disablement

Member placed on funds until 13/01/1949 when he commence work at Burtonwood

312 53 Leigh Joseph S 2 Bentley StreetSutton Manor, St Helens 1892 Collier 31/01/1949 40 years J Unsworth 01/02/1949 Pneumoconiosis 40% disablement


313 35 Kirkland Matthew 28 High Street Blackmoor, Astley 1896 Cutter 25/08/1949 Over 5 years Amstall 26/08/1949 05/03/1957 Silicosis 60% disablement Widow 5887


314 72 Tabener Jeremiah 43 Station Road Garswood 1886 21/01/1950 Many years 23/01/1950 25/01/1955 Yes Acute tracheo bronchitis Silicosis 40% disablement Widow 5758


315 97 Bebbington Alfred Norman 9 Beresford StreetThatto Heath, St Helens 1901 Collier 03/02/1950 32 years Chisnall 06/02/1950 28/12/1952 Pneumoconiosis 30% disablement


316 97 Knowles Henry 29 Cleveland Street Parr, St Helens 1890Collier to 1946, metal man since 25/01/1950 19 years Aslett 26/01/1950 08/03/1963 Pneumoconiosis 60% disablement Widow


317 93 Shallcross F 21 Dorset Road Atherton 1886 Belt attendant 01/02/1950 20 years 02/02/1950 Pneumoconiosis 40% disablement


318 5-35 Lewis David 358 Wigan Road Atherton 1893Shot firers assistant 10/02/1950 27 years Murray 11/02/1950 12/07/1972 Pneumoconiosis 60% disablement




319 72 Griffin Benjamin 39 Clarence Street Earlestown 1895 Collier 05/01/1950 some years 10/01/1950 13/02/1966 Pneumoconiosis 50% disablement Widow


320 62 Johnson Peter 214 Firs Lane Leigh 1890 Fireman 04/11/1949 8 years A M Aitken 07/11/1949 25/02/1958 Emphysema of the lungs Silicosis 80% disablement Widow 5939


321 5c Grundy Thomas 15 Garden Place Atherton 1895 Dataller 31/01/1950all working life Smyth 01/02/1950 03/08/1953 Yes Pneumoconiosis

Tuberculous pneumonia 60% disablement Widow 5689


322 16d Baldwin William 15 Mere Avenue Leigh 1899 Kenchman 18/02/1950 since 1947 19/02/1950 Pneumoconiosis 40% disablement


323 160 Hornby John 107 Melrose Avenue Leigh 1891

Coal hewer and driller, later dataller 09/01/1950 Yes

Peritonitis due to carcinoma of the rectum accelerated by

Pneumoconiosis accompanied by tuberculosis 5536


324 16d Grime Albert 55 Abbey Lane Leigh 1899 Scufter 02/02/1950 since 1936 03/02/1950 04/11/1957 Yes Silicosis 60% disablement Widow 5920


325 51 Whittle Matthew 112 Beech Hill Lane Wigan 1900

Ripper, main haulage and conveyor roads 07/02/1950

since 18/07/1938 08/02/1950 15/02/1963 Pneumoconiosis 50% disablement Widow


326 125 Pendlebury J 11 Earl Street Leigh 1906 Ripper 31/01/1950 28 years Dillon 01/02/1950 23/12/1954 Pneumoconiosis 30% disablement

Relief payment authorised until his release from Industry and is entitled to UIB; died from natural causes

327 78 Mercer Peter 3 Chester LaneMarshall's Cross, St Helens 1901

Collier later shotfirer 04/02/1950 23.5 years Manning 04/02/1950 n.d. Pneumoconiosis 20% disablement


328 72 Coleman John 2 Railway Road Golborne 1895 Ripper 24/02/1950 Many years 16/04/1950 30/10/1964 Pneumoconiosis 40% disablement Widow


329 72 Greenall George 116 West End Road Haydock Ripper 06/02/1950 Many years 07/02/1950 15/06/1966 Pneumoconiosis40% later 60% disablement Widow


330 125 Balmer Frank 19 Thomas Street Leigh 1902 Tunneller 01/03/1950 14 years Dillon 01/03/1950 15/01/1956 Silicosis 60% disablement Widow 1 5829

Commenced working on surface 01/05/1950

331 160 Leigh 1919 Driller 10/03/1953 since 1933 11/03/1950 Pneumoconiosis 50% disablement




332 3 Jolley Alfred 7 Margaret Street Spring View, Wigan 1902 Collier 15/05/1950 since 1916 16/02/1950 Pneumoconiosis 30% disablement

Relief payment authorised until his release from Industry and is entitled to UIB; Commuted 27/10/1950 £27/10/-

333 4 Brown Aaron514 Warrington Road Abram 1886 Dataller 03/10/1949 25 years Edmondson 09/03/1950 09/03/1960 Silocosis 80% disablement


334 61 Berry John600 Warrungton Road Goose Green, Wigan 1887 Fireman 30/01/1950 50 years 31/01/1950 09/11/1950

Myocardial degeneration due to hypertension accelerated by Pneumoconiosis 60% disablement 5674


335 72 Lyon James 77 Station Road Haydock 1906 Ripper 19/08/1949 some years 25/02/1950 Pneumoconiosis 20% disablement


336 72 Hampson William 20 Scot Lane Newtown, Wigan 1895 Daywageman 20/09/1949 some years 18/02/1950 Pneumoconiosis Total disablement

337 33 Tetlow Albert Charles 58 Alexandra Street Ashton-under-Lyne 1906Panner (underground) 12/09/1949 20 years 10/10/1949 Pneumoconiosis Tuberculosis Total disablement

338 43 Jepson Thomas 239 Billinge Road Pemberton, Wigan 1891 Deputy 06/03/1950 46 years M Readman 25/04/1950 Pneumoconiosis 40% disablement


339 4 Gore John 46 Thorburn Road Pemberton, Wigan 1905 Collier 03/06/1950 8 years Hall 05/06/1950 Pneumoconiosis 30% disablement


340 97 Smith John 15 Yewdale Avenue St Helens 1907 Collier 03/02/1950 10 years Aslett 04/02/1950 Pneumoconiosis 50% disablement


341 120 Ball Joseph 11 Bell Lane Orrell, Wigan 1904 Collier 04/04/1950Several years H L Mather 12/04/1950 Pneumoconiosis 40% disablement


342 120 Lowe James 256 Gartons LaneClock Face, St Helens 1901 Collier 02/06/1950 since 1928 Fenton 13/03/1950 Pneumoconiosis 20% disablement


343 100 Ball Henry 5 Bakewell Street Ardwick, Manchester 1883 Tunneller 14/04/1950 14 years 15/04/1950 Pneumoconiosis Tuberculosis Total disablement

Commuted 25/08/1950 £30

344 16d Charnock Seth 27 Farnworth Street Adlington 1900 Kenchman 15/03/1950 since 1932 16/03/1950 01/06/1956 Yes

Toxaemia, acute bronchopneumonia, pulmomary hypertension Pneumoconiosis 30% disablement Widow 2 5838


345 78 Donnellan John 14 Marsland Street Sutton, St Helens 1899 Packer 11/08/1949about 21 years Aslett 11/08/1949 Pneumoconiosis 40% disablement


346 35 Burke R 12 Wilkinson Street Leigh 1894 Collier 14/01/1950 30 years 05/01/1950 23/07/1952 Yes Silocosis Total disablement Widow 5630



347 93 Hodson Fred 7 Central Avenue Leigh 1886 Dataller 17/03/1950 50 years Young 22/03/1950 03/11/1956 Pneumoconiosis 50% disablement

Relief payment authorised until his release from Industry and is entitled to UIB; death from natural causes

348 10 Carter Humphrey 257 Bolton Road Ashton 1885Underground bricksetter 04/04/1950

Over 20 years Spencer 05/04/1950 01/01/1955 Yes

Chronic broncitis and emphysema Silicosis Total disablement Widow 5754

349 4 Green Walter 26 Chancery Street Wigan 1904 Dataller 06/03/1950Over 10 years 07/03/1950 Pneumoconiosis Total disablement

350 93 Melling Richard 87 Nel Pan Lane Leigh 1905 Ripper 03/04/1950 30 years Cull 05/04/1950 Pneumoconiosis 20% disablement


351 125 Smith J H 26 Elizabeth Street Atherton 1903 Collier 02/03/1950 12 years 03/03/1950 Pneumoconiosis 40% disablement


352 4-10-72 Harrington Martin 27 Legh Street Golborne 1903 Ripper 13/05/1950 3 years R Hamilton 15/05/1950 Pneumoconiosis 20% disablement


353 98 Heyes Albert 13 Peter Street Higher Ince, Wigan 1901 Ripper 24/04/1950 15 years 25/04/1950 Pneumoconiosis 30% disablement


354 10 Ainscough Enoch236 Warrington Road Goose Green, Wigan 1895 Tunneller 08/05/1950 20 years Aag 10/05/1950 01/12/1954 Pneumoconiosis 20% disablement

Relief payment authorised until his release from Industry and is entitled to UIB; death by natural causes

355 72 Derbyshire Nehemian 17 Tetley Street Bamfurlong, Wigan 1901 Tunneller 06/05/1950More than 12 months 07/05/1950 13/01/1952 Yes Pneumoconiosis

Myocardial toxaemia due to peritonitis following appendectomy 40% disablement Widow 5610


356 32 Gaskell James 34 Hartley GroveKitt Green, Orrell, Wigan 1888 Collier 25/02/1950 from 1928 08/05/1950 18/03/1952 Yes Pulmonary tuberculosis Silicosis Total disablement Widow 5617

357 97 Anthony William 205 Elephant LaneThatto Heath, St Helens 1905 Collier 10/06/1950 32 years Hindley 11/06/1950 24/08/1961 Pneumoconiosis 30% disablement


358 3 Brinkman Arthur269 Warrington Road Lower Ince, Wigan 1886 Ripper 07/01/1950 48 years 04/02/1950 28/08/1957 Anoxia due to Pneumonoconiosis 70% disablement 5913


359 10 Williams H G 52 Low Bank Ashton-in-Makerfield 1887 Dataller 18/07/1949 3 years 03/11/1949 Miliary tuberculosis Widow 5543Not certified during lifetime

360 62 Murphy Anthony 2 Arthur Street Leigh 1917 Collier 20/07/1950 15 years Harris 21/07/1950 Pneumoconiosis 40% disablement


361 76-73-72 Woodacre Thomas Alfred 2 Ruskin Avenue Newton-le-Willows 1900 Cutter 10/05/1950 Many years 13/05/1950 Pneumoconiosis 20% disablement




362 4 Carter George 12 Old Hall Lane Lower Ince, Wigan 1902 Coal cutter 06/07/1950 20 years Haigh 07/07/1950 Pneumoconiosis 30% disablement

Relief payment authorised until his release from Industry and is entitled to UIB; Commuted June 1967 £40

363 4 Hart John 1 Pearl Steet Wigan 1898 Collier deputy 05/05/1950 12 years Johnson 06/05/1950 Pneumoconiosis 30% disablement


364 120 Ryan Edward 1 O'Keefe Road Parr, St Helens 1894 Contractman 11/09/1947 since 1928 Ferrie 19/04/1950 29/03/1964 Pneumoconiosis Early stage

Workman fit for moderately heavy work

365 72 Jones Albert42 King George Road Haydock 1915 Collier 04/03/1950

a number of years 05/03/1950 Pneumoconiosis 20% disablement

Commenced light work 24/06/1950

366 4 Buckley James 39 Holland Street Wigan 1902 Packing 05/06/1950 25 years Warburton 06/06/1950 03/04/1952 Yes

Peritonitis and carcinoma of the stomach accelerated by Pneumonoconiosis 50% disablement

Relief payment authorised until his release from Industry and is entitled to UIB; DA paid to daughter

367 4 Cheetham William 38 Belle LaneKitt Green, Orrell, Wigan 1901 Filler 05/07/1950 10 years H L Mather 06/07/1950 Pneumoconiosis 20% disablement

Relief payment authorised until his release from Industry and is entitled to UIB; Commuted September 1967 £35

368 37 Hurst Jonathan 311 Poolstock Lane Wigan 1905 Packer 12/01/1950 Over 5 years D N Mackinnon 13/01/1950 22/02/1961 Pneumoconiosis 40% disablement

Relief payment authorised until his release from Industry and is entitled to UIB; DA paid to brother £20

369 117 Stirrup James 29 Hackle Street Clayton, Manchester 1908 Cutter man 16/06/1950

Oak Pit 2 years, In mining industry since 17 years of age 17/06/1950 Pneumoconiosis 20% disablement


370 53 Lee Thomas 2 Gerrards Lane Sutton, St Helens 1890 Coal face worker 19/05/1950 25 years Leslie 20/05/1950 Pneumoconiosis 60% disablement


371 36 Garratt J W 7 School Lane Tyldesley 1893 Collier 10/06/1950 44 years 14/06/1950 Pneumoconiosis 40% disablement

Relief payment authorised until he is entitled to UIB

372 72 Twist John46 Stone Cross Lane Lowton, Warrington 1896 Collier 07/01/1950

a number of years 09/01/1950 Pneumoconiosis 20% disablement


373 120 Goodier Alfred 68 Lowe Street St Helens 1913 Collier 04/07/1950 22 years L Aslett 06/07/1950 Pneumoconiosis 30% disablement


374 93 Johnson William 2 Vernon Street Leigh 1895 Collier 02/08/1950 20 years 02/08/1950 Pneumoconiosis 20% disablement

Relief paid until member commenced work as Daywage Ripper 24/08/1950

375 16d Croston George Henry 26 Tarlton Avenue Atherton 1904 Coal driller 17/07/1950 21 years 18/07/1950 Pneumoconiosis 20% disablement




376 35 Heaton W 121 Ridyard Street Pemberton, Wigan 1906 Collier 21/12/1949 5 years 01/07/1950 Pneumoconiosis 20% disablement

Member also on funds since 23/12/1949 due to back injury. Case Transferred from Class 7 to Class 10 01/07/1950

377 62 Marsh Albert Lionel 191 Leigh Road Hindley Green 1883 Dataller 25/09/1948Over 10 years 16/05/1949 Yes Pneumoconiosis Tuberculosis Widow 5546


378 3c Schofield James137 Mossy Lea Road Wrightington 1899 Filler 29/05/1950 25 years 30/05/1950 Pneumoconiosis 20% disablement

Member commenced work at collier 25/09/1950

379 109 Freeman Percy 17 Longton's Lane Rainhill 1890 Fireman 21/07/1950 20 years 22/07/1950 Pneumoconiosis 50% disablement


380 62 Ashton Alexander 68 Manley Street Ince, Wigan 1886 Metalman 22/06/1950 7 years Hyde 24/06/1950 09/06/1966 Pneumoconiosis 30% disablement

Relief payment authorised until he is entitled to UIB; DA to daughter £20

381 109 Booth Joseph 7 Willow Avenue Whiston, Prescot 1886 Surface labourer 21/04/1950 15 years 22/04/1950 Pneumoconiosis 40% disablement


382 16d McDermot Edward 18 High Street Wigan 1904 Collier 08/05/1950since 30/07/1936 09/05/1950 06/01/1953 Yes

Cardiac failure due to pulmonary insufficiency accelerated by Silicosis 20% disablement Widow 5648


383 53 Walsh Charles 46 Baxter Lane Sutton, St Helens 1887 Contractors man 16/08/1950 25 years Manning 17/08/1950 Pneumoconiosis 60% disablement


384 98 Woods Richard 8 Eddleston Street Bryn, Wigan 1910 Packer 06/10/1950 25 years W H Spencer 07/10/1950 Pneumoconiosis 20% disablement


385 160 Collier John 12 Green Bank Hindley Green 1909 Kenchman 20/05/1950 since 1935 22/05/1950 Pneumoconiosis 30% disablement

Member commenced work at collier 07/10/1950

386 50 Hurst John 169 Wigan Road New Springs, Wigan 1893 Tunneller 24/12/1948 32 years Hoey 10/10/1950 11/01/1952 Yes

Cardio vascular degeneration due to chronic bronchitis, emphysema and silicosis Pneumonoconiosis 70% disablement Widow 5607


387 35 Mason W H23 Laburnam Avenue Atherton 1892 Driller 13/09/1950 45 years 16/09/1950 16/01/1961 Pneumoconiosis 40% disablement Widow


388 5-35 Wilcock T G 188 Bag Lane Atherton 1890 Day wage man 24/10/1950 40 years 25/10/1950 Pneumoconiosis 40% disablement


389 25-49 Mawdsley Harry 33 Grant Street St Helens 1901 Collier 01/08/1950 21 years 02/08/1950 Pneumoconiosis 50% disablement


390 4 Bradshaw Joseph 16 Wignall Street Poolstock, Wigan 1915 Coal cutter 13/10/1950over 19 years H Hall 14/10/1950 Pneumoconiosis 20% disablement

Commenced light work 30/10/1950; deceased

391 37 Winstanley Matthew 4 Wilson Street Platt Bridge 1891 Metalman 10/06/1950 23 years M J Duffy 21/09/1950 27/02/1953 Yes Carcinoma of lung Pneumonoconiosis 20% disablement Widow 4657


392 35 Hayes Ernest 175 Kirkhall lane Leigh 1901 Driller 07/07/1950 27 years 17/07/1950 27/03/1955 Yes Silicosis 50% disablement Widow 5773


393 4 Colleran Martin 4 Garden Street Wigan 1898 Driller 24/07/1950 13 years Hoey 25/07/1950 Pneumoconiosis 60% disablement


394 53 Duffy Joseph 15 Milton StreetSutton Manor, St Helens 1882 Day wage man 17/08/1950 44 years Unsworth 01/07/1950 14/02/1958 Pneumoconiosis Total disablement

Member on funds with back injury from 18/08/1949; transferred to class 10 01/07/1950; Death - NC



395 97 Houghton Hector 4 Parkers Row Rainhill 1900 Collier 28/07/1950 36 years Hall 29/07/1950 22/01/1958 Pneumoconiosis Anthraco silicosis 50% disablement Widow 5934


396 53 Ormesher Thomas 2 Burns RoadSutton Manor, St Helens 1890 Ripper 05/09/1950 20 years Unsworth 07/09/1950 10/04/1962 Pneumoconiosis 50% disablement Widow


397 72 Perry John 20 Station Road Haydock 1892Surface labourer last 6 years 16/09/1950 Many years O'Brien 18/09/1950 16/02/1965 Pneumoconiosis 50% disablement Widow


398 120 Pinner Edward John 192 Fleet lane Parr, St Helens 1907 Underground fitter 08/08/1950since 20/03/1937 O'Brien 09/08/1950 Pneumoconiosis 20% disablement


399 98 Jackson Wilfred 13 Algernon StreetWorsley Mesnes, Wigan 1894 Driller 15/09/1950 47 years Hamilton 18/09/1950 Pneumoconiosis 30% disablement


400 72 Beddows Richard 49 North Street Ashton-in-Makerfield 1904 Tunneller 17/10/1950 20 years 18/10/1950 Pneumoconiosis 20% disablement


401 109 Parkinson John 15 Cumber Lane Whiston, Prescot 1899 Coal cutter 03/10/1950 25 years 04/10/1950 16/05/1959 Pneumoconiosis 20% disablement 6043

Relief payment authorised until he is entitled to UIB; DA to son £20

402 120 Hulme John 7 Merton Bank Road St Helens 1890 Dataller 04/06/1948since 12/09/1940 J G O'Keefe 08/07/1950 27/03/1951 Yes Acute influenza

Bilateral chronic bronchitis and silicotic fibrosis Total disablement 5572

DA paid to son £20

403 5 Wilcock William Henry 17 Laurel Grove Leigh 1904 Drawer-off 17/08/1950 4 years Harris 23/08/1950 Pneumoconiosis 40% disablement


404 120 Molyneux Thomas 2 Lynton Grove Sutton, St Helens 1908 Colliery deputy 11/09/1950 since 1941 J Unsworth 04/09/1950 Pneumoconiosis 10% disablement

Member commenced suitable work at Colliery 23/10/1950

405 78 Battersby Fred 30 Windsor Road Prescot 1898 Colliery deputy 13/10/1950since 20/06/1945 J B Hall 16/10/1950 Pneumoconiosis 50% disablement


406 10 Owens Matthew 12 Holly Road Pemberton, Wigan 1888 Cutter 11/08/1950 25 years D N Mackinnon 14/08/1950 Pneumoconiosis 40% disablement


407 97 Whalley Peter 16 Elizabeth Street Sutton, St Helens 1902 Contractor 10/11/1950 3.5 years Manning 11/11/1950 Pneumoconiosis 20% disablement


408 120 Jones Thomas Rees 361 Sutton Road Sutton, St Helens 1882Collier later dataller 21/10/1950 before 1925 23/10/1950 Pneumoconiosis 50% disablement


409 120 Whitehouse Henry 61 Gorsey LaneClock Face, St Helens 1905 Collier 27/10/1950 since 1920 J Unsworth 28/10/1950 Pneumoconiosis 10% disablement


410 125 Greenough R A 110 Sale Lane Tyldesley 1900 Ripper 02/11/1950 30 years 03/11/1950 12/1960 Pneumoconiosis 10% disablement

Commenced work 13/01/1951; Death - no claim

411 62-4 Taylor John H 79 Sydney Street Platt Bridge 1916 Kenchman 21/09/1950 20 years M J Duffy 22/09/1950 Pneumoconiosis 10% disablement


412 62 Beddard J J 44 Orpington Street Pemberton, Wigan 1892 Collier 30/09/1950 10 years H L Mather 02/10/1950 06/05/1951 YesCardiac insufficiency aggravated by Silicosis 40% disablement Widow 5669


413 97 Waring J 23 Fir StreetThatto Heath, St Helens 1891 Daywage 26/09/1950 20 years McNeily 27/09/1950 22/02/1954 Yes

Congestive cardiac failure due to chronic bronchitis and emphysema Pneumonoconiosis 50% disablement Widow 5713


414 99 Johnson James 46 Ridyard Street Pemberton, Wigan 1886 Haulage hand 29/09/1950 14 years Oag 30/09/1950 Pneumoconiosis 10% disablement

Commuted 27/03/1951 £30

415 98 Kew David 52 Victoria Street Newtown, Wigan 1905 Collier 20/10/1950 29 years 21/10/1950 Pneumoconiosis 10% disablement




416 98 Cross John 2 Rose Hill Street Bryn, Wigan 1893 Collier 29/11/1950 35 years 30/11/1950 Pneumoconiosis 20% disablement


417 93 Swift Arhur 123 Marple Street Leigh 1894 Driller 24/10/1950 24 years 25/10/1950 05/03/1957 Silocosis 20% disablement 5890

Relief payment authorised until he is entitled to UIB; £20 to Executors

418 109 Pye James 36 Second Avenue Rainhill 1905 Collier 14/08/1950since 14/08/1950 J F O'Ryan 15/08/1950 29/10/1958 Pneumoconiosis 50% disablement


419 125 Rearden Fred 21 Gorsey LaneClock Face, St Helens 1906 Fireman 09/11/1950 30 years Ferrie 10/11/1950 Pneumoconiosis 10% disablement

Commenced ordinary work 24/01/1951

420 43 Finch William 60 Broom Road Pemberton, Wigan 1917 Filler 30/09/1950

3 weeks; Park Colliery Garswood February 1947 to September 1950 Finnigan 02/10/1950 Pneumoconiosis 10% disablement


421 35 Charnock James 7 Bag Lane Atherton 1914 Collier 10/11/1950 22 years 10/11/1950 Pneumoconiosis 20% disablement

Commenced work 02/12/1950; since died

422 93 Leonard T 52 Brunswick Street Leigh 1910 Collier 21/12/1950 6 years 22/12/1950 Pneumoconiosis 10% disablement


423 109 Roscoe Lawrence 162 Broadway Nutgrove, St Helens 27/12/1950 20 years 28/12/1950 Pneumoconiosis 10% disablement


424 62-60-10 Birkett James 80 Scot Lane Newtown, Wigan 1899 Collier 11/12/1950 20 years Readman 12/12/1950 Pneumoconiosis 30% disablement


425 16d Emmison William 9 Kaye Avenue Culcheth, Warrington 1905 Kenchman 30/12/1950 since 1945 01/01/1951 Pneumoconiosis 10% disablement

Commenced work 13/02/1951

426 35 Waterfield John 6 Peter Street Leigh 1902 Collier 11/10/1950 30 years 12/10/1950 23/02/1962 Pneumoconiosis 40% disablement Widow


427 100 Middleton Robert 11 Clegg StreetFailsworth, Manchester 1905 Collier 04/12/1950 25 years 04/12/1950

427(2) 100 Middleton Robert

103 Wimbledon Road

Failsworth, Manchester 1905 Collier and ripper 06/10/1950 20 odd years 09/10/1950 Pneumoconiosis 30% disablement


428 16d Millington J W 35 Clifton Street Leigh 1901 Collier 09/03/1950 since 1923 10/05/1950 08/01/1954 Yes

Cardiac failure due to coronary insufficiency accelarated by Silicosis 10% disablement Widow 5703


429 62 Lowe Peter 30 Chapel Street Pemberton, Wigan 1903 Filler 04/11/1950 10 years Shirley 06/11/1950 Pneumoconiosis 20% disablement

Relief payment authorised until he is entitled to UIB; since died

430 25-49 Uskuraitis J 15 Gerrard Street Widnes 1889 Ripper 09/12/1950 12 years 11/12/1950 Pneumoconiosis 50% disablement


431 109 Harris J T 10 Chatsworth Road Rainhill Shotlighter 21/10/1950 12 years 23/10/1950 Pneumoconiosis 10% disablement

432 4 Bullock Adam 22 Richmond Street Wigan 1898 Filler 24/11/1950 6 years D Johnson 25/12/1950 Pneumoconiosis 20% disablement


433 4 Hoofe William 78 Warrington Road Abram 1905 Filler 08/12/1950Over 20 years M J Duffy 15/12/1950 Pneumoconiosis 10% disablement


434 109 Derbyshire W 20 Second Street Rainhill Collier 29/01/1951 30 years 30/01/1951 Pneumoconiosis 20% disablement


435 72 Hill Samuel 34 Knowsley Road Golborne 1898Ripper and Packer 12/01/1951 Many years 13/01/1951 Pneumoconiosis 30% disablement

Relief payment authorised until he is entitled to UIB; Commuted 29/05/1953 £30



436 37 Appleton Matthew 32 Chatham Street Ince, Wigan 1892 Metalman 19/12/1950 16 years Hyde 20/12/1950 Pneumoconiosis 30% disablement


437 120 Loftus Thomas 84 Herbert Street Sutton, St Helens 1888

Packer and caunch man (face worker) 28/12/1950 since 1928 01/01/1951 23/01/1953 Yes

Cardio vascular degeneration, bronchitis, emphysema Silicosis 40% disablement 5651

Relief payment authorised until he is entitled to UIB; DA to daughter £20

438 16d Alcock William 103 Tyldesley Road Atherton 1907 Packer 12/01/1951 since 1927 13/01/1951 Pneumoconiosis 30% disablement


439 125 Owen Thomas 1 St Nicholas Road Lowton St Mary's 1913 Collier 29/12/1950 10 years 30/12/1950 Pneumoconiosis 20% disablement


440 35 Anderson A 6 Lord Street Gin Pit, Astley 1902 Collier 13/01/1951 30 years 15/01/1951 Pneumoconiosis 20% disablement


441 35 Bore James 16 Lilac Avenue Leigh 1890Dayhand underground 08/11/1950 20 years 24/01/1951 Yes

Acute congestive heart failure and myocardial degeneration associated with Silicosis Widow 5568


442 51 Dutton William430 Warrington Road Goose Green, Wigan 1889 Fireman 22/11/1949

20.5 years at Giants Hall 07/02/1951 Yes Silicosis Bronchopneumonia Widow 5569

Not certified during lifetime; Member on funds due to back injury from 18/11/1946 until date of death

443 93 Duckworth John 3 Cotton Street Leigh 1888 Belt attendant 07/02/1951 40 years Aitken 08/02/1951 Pneumoconiosis 40% disablement


444 62 Smout William 28 Marsh StreetWorsley Mesnes, Wigan 1895

Prop counter (timber man) 26/01/1951 21 years Jones 27/01/1951 16/11/1959 Yes Silicosis Total disablement Widow 6072

445 53 Farrimond Harry 5 Scott AvenueSutton Manor, St Helens 1897 Coal cutter 15/12/1950

July 1928 to 15/12/1950 Unsworth 16/12/1950 Pneumoconiosis 20% disablement


446 72 Robinson W T 11 Derby Road Golborne 1889Light work (dustman) 13/01/1951 Many years 13/01/1951 Pneumoconiosis 20% disablement

Member placed on funds until he becomes entitled to UIB

447 125 Watson Francis 126 Leigh Road Leigh 1893 Collier 20/10/1950 30 years 21/10/1950 21/08/1962 Pneumoconiosis 50% disablement

Member placed on funds until he becomes entitled to UIB; £20 to brother

448 78 Hill Richard182 Broad Oak Road Parr, St Helens 1907 Ripper 20/12/1950 since 1941 21/12/1950 Pneumoconiosis 20% disablement

Member placed on funds until he becomes entitled to UIB; Commuted Q/E 12/1952 £30

449 37 Sullivan John 25 Vauxhall Road Wigan 1892 Metalman 06/01/1951 42 years Graham 08/01/1951 Pneumoconiosis 20% disablement


450 72 Haydock 1920 Cutter 02/03/1951more than 3 years 03/03/1951 Pneumoconiosis 10% disablement


451 120 Davies Albert 6 Sorogold Street Parr, St Helens 1904 Collier 28/04/1950 since 1919 09/11/1950 18/09/1954 Yes

Coronary insufficiency due to athero sclerosis of the left coronary artery anthracosilicosis 20% disablement Widow 5744


452 16d Wimsey James 188 Maple Crescent Leigh 1903

Collier, now bricksetters labourer 26/01/1951 since 1928 27/01/1951 18/03/1960 Pneumoconiosis 20% disablement Widow 6093


453 120 Greenall John 77 Glover Street St Helens 1899 Conveyor mover 17/02/1951 30 years Gibbons 19/02/1951 Pneumoconiosis 70% disablement

Member placed on funds until he becomes entitled to UIB; Deceased



454 120 Morris Thomas 11 Yew Tree Avenue Sutton, St Helens 1893 Collier dataller 17/02/1951 30 years Unsworth 19/02/1951 03/06/1954 YesCongestive cardiac failure due to Pneumonoconiosis 40% disablement Widow 5724


455 93 Collier W 31 Hooten Lane Leigh 1897 Collier 02/03/1951 28 years 03/03/1951 Pneumoconiosis 20% disablement


456 62 Lowe Robert W 5 Buchanan Street Leigh 1905 Shot firer 13/02/1951 20 years Tickle 17/02/1951 08/11/1955 Yes

Cardiac failure due to pulmonary insufficiency, bronchialpneumonia Silicosis 20% disablement Widow 5809


457 16d Pimblett Robert 105 Atherton Road Hindley 1896 Collier 05/03/1951 since 1930 06/03/1951 11/07/1967 Pneumoconiosis 50% disablement Widow


458 16d Cunliffe James3 Afghan Street, off Silver Street Wigan 1904 Kenchman 10/01/1951 since 1926 11/01/1951 20/02/1957 Yes Pneumoconiosis Tuberculosis 40% disablement Widow 1


459 16d Tymon John W 35 Jury Street Leigh 1889 Kenchman 17/02/1951 since 1926 19/02/1951 19/04/1959 Pneumoconiosis 50% disablement

Member placed on funds until he becomes entitled to UIB; £20 to daughter

460 77 Hearne Reginald14 Longworth Avenue Coppull, Chorley 1897 Dataller 20/02/1950 Over 3 years C J S Garton 21/02/1950 Pneumoconiosis 40% disablement


461 19 Broadhurst William 30 Kingsley Road Swinton 1904 Ripper 03/02/1951 30 years 05/02/1951 Pneumoconiosis 20% disablement

Member placed on funds until he becomes entitled to UIB; Commuted 04/07/1968 £35

462 16d Carney Henry 10 Reeves Street Leigh 1908Underground salvage 31/01/1951 since 1926 01/02/1951 Pneumoconiosis 40% disablement

Member resumed work 10/04/1951

463 62-50-73 Moore William 16 Platt Lane Wigan 1904 Ripper 07/02/1951

15 months, Garswood Colliery 3 years Warburton 23/02/1951 Pneumoconiosis 20% disablement


464 37 Walls Joseph426 Bickershaw Lane Bickershaw, Wigan 1893 Surface worker 19/02/1950 23 years Edmondson 20/11/1950 15/10/1951 Yes

Uraemia caused by hypertension aggraveted by Silicosis 30% disablement Widow 5588


465 35 Gerrard Albert Edward 20 Ashwell Street Tyldesley 1884 Dataller 24/03/1951 54 years 27/03/1951 23/02/1955 Yes Pneumoconiosis 50% disablement Widow 5759


466 16d Battersby Edward 122a Leigh Road Hinsley Green 1891 Collier 13/03/1951 25 years 14/03/1951 26/10/1951 Yes

Cerebral tumour aggravated and accelerated by Silicosis 70% disablement Widow 5591


467 109 Talbot Ralph 5 Bewsley StreetThatto Heath, St Helens Collier 11/04/1951 15 years 12/04/1951 Pneumoconiosis 10% disablement


468 17 Jones Harry 32 Stout Street Leigh 1898 Packer 20/04/1951since 01/02/1947 21/04/1951 Pneumoconiosis 30% disablement


469 78 Ashurst John 2 Mill Lane Goose Green, Wigan 1893Underground bricklayer 26/09/1951

since 08/12/1941 Petrie 14/02/1951 31/07/1958 Yes

Pulmonary insufficiency caused by Silicosis 20% disablement Widow 5978


470 98 Appleton James 59 Victoria Road Platt Bridge 1903 Packer 19/04/1951

since December 1943 20/04/1951 Pneumoconiosis 20% disablement


471 37 Jones E 15 Ashton Street Higher Ince, Wigan 1893 Cutters Assistant 17/03/1951 20 years J Holme 19/03/1951 Pneumoconiosis 40% disablement

Member placed on funds until he becomes entitled to UIB; Commuted Q/E 09/1951



472 4 Benson Peter22 Langdale Crescent Abram 1894 Packing 14/03/1951 11 years

Malcolm, Platt Bridge 15/03/1951 31/10/1958 Pneumoconiosis 40% disablement Widow 5993


473 37 Ashton-in-Makerfield 1923 Packer 27/03/1951 12 monthsC MacDonald, Golborne 28/03/1951 Pneumoconiosis 10% disablement


474 72 Southworth John 4 Derby Road Golborne 1893Salvage worker underground 28/03/1951

more than 5 years 11/04/1951 27/12/1953 Pneumoconiosis 50% disablement

Member placed on funds until he becomes entitled to UIB; Death - NC

475 72 Speakman Henry 124 Bolton Road Ashton-in-Makerfield 1893 Cutterman 07/04/1951more than 5 years 09/04/1951 Pneumoconiosis 40% disablement


476 73-72 Frodsham Joseph 9 Princess Avenue Haydock 1902 Collier 20/04/1951more than 5 years 25/04/1951 Pneumoconiosis 20% disablement


477 125 Lally Clifford 43 Alexander Street Tyldesley 1898 Collier 24/02/1951 20 years 26/02/1951 Pneumoconiosis 50% disablement


478 53 Norton Patrick 7 Tennyson StreetSutton Manor, St Helens 1899 Ripper 04/05/1951 10 years Unsworth 05/05/1951 Pneumoconiosis 10% disablement


479 98 Fairhurst James 26 North StreetStubshaw Cross, Ashton-in-Makerfield 1907 Collier 21/03/1951 28 years 23/03/1951 Pneumoconiosis 20% disablement


480 53 Boyle Patrick3 Wordsworth Avenue

Sutton Manor, St Helens 1873 Daywageman 06/07/1951

about 28 years Unsworth 07/07/1951 15/12/1954 Yes Carcinoma of stomach Silicosis 50% disablement 5824

Member placed on funds until he becomes entitled to UIB; £20 to brother

481 72 Crook William 32 Swan Road Newton-le-Willows 1894 Collier 29/05/1951 30/05/1951 Pneumoconiosis 20% disablement


482 36 Gornall Phillip 9 Garston Avenue Atherton 1894Tunneller and Ripper 30/05/1951 40 years 31/05/1951 Pneumoconiosis 30% disablement


483 125 Howard Jack 220 Glebe Street Leigh 1918 Collier 14/04/1951 18 years 16/04/1951 Pneumoconiosis 60% disablement


484 17 Evans John William 85 Cameron Street Leigh 1913 Scufter 14/06/1951since 17/06/1947 15/06/1951 Pneumoconiosis 10% disablement


485 97 Tarpy Martin 31 Epson Street Parr, St Helens 1907 Fireman 05/05/1951 39 years O'Neill 07/05/1951 Pneumoconiosis 20% disablement


486 72 Swift Samuel A 12 Vista Road Haydock 1896 Surface worker 17/05/1951more than 3 years 18/05/1951 Pneumoconiosis 30% disablement

Commenced ordinary work 30/06/1951

487 72 Campion George William 63 Warrington Road Ashton-in-Makerfield 1906 Deputy 22/12/1950more than 3 years 24/01/1951 01/04/1957 Pneumoconiosis 30% disablement Widow 5892


488 4 Bridge Enoch Fields Farm Cottage Abram 1901 Overman 26/01/1951 30 years J W Edmondson 27/01/1951 Pneumoconiosis 30% disablement


489 4 Thompson Robert 44 Dam LaneEdge Green, Ashton-in-Makerfield 1906 Dataller 05/05/1951 3 years Latham 07/05/1951 11/03/1958 Yes Pneumoconiosis 20% disablement Widow 1 5964


490 62 Benson William 38a Westleigh Lane Leigh 1899 Fireman 21/05/1951 38 years Goldstone 22/05/1951 05/03/1953 Yes Silicosis Misadventure 50% disablement Widow 5666




491 3 Park Edwin 203 Warrington Road Lower Ince, Wigan 1889 Haulage hand 17/04/1951 since 1936 18/04/1951 24/10/1958 Silico tuberculosis 50% disablement Widow 5989


492 98 Picton J J 37 Flora Street Ashton-in-Makerfield 1898 Collier 22/06/1951 12 years 23/06/1951 Pneumoconiosis 40% disablement


493 61 Cheethah William 38 Bell LaneKitt Green, Orrell, Wigan 1902 Collier 29/06/1951 35 years 30/06/1951 Pneumoconiosis 20% disablement


494 120 Crehan Patrick 80 Clock Face RoadClock Face, St Helens 1903 Collier 02/05/1951 25 years Unsworth 05/05/1951 23/10/1952 Yes

Myocardial toxaemia due to bilateral silicosis

Tuberculosis and pneumoconiosis Total disablement Widow 1 5639

495 72 Jones Daniel R 263 Bolton Road Ashton-in-Makerfield 1889 Shotfirer 18/05/1951 12 months 19/05/1951 14/11/1966 Pneumoconiosis 70% disablement Widow


496 78 Foster John 24 Ilfracombe Road Sutton, St Helens 1915 Fireman 04/06/195110.5 years approx. Aslett 04/06/1951 Pneumoconiosis 20% disablement

Resumed work as safety officer 30/06/1951

497 4 Burrows Thomas 25 Whitley Crescent Abram 1900 Collier 08/08/1951 32 years Edmondson 09/08/1951 20/05/1961 Pneumoconiosis 40% disablement Widow


498 5c Southern Stanley 30 Lambeth Street Atherton 1885Surface from 1942 13/04/1951 30 years Hanby 16/04/1951 06/06/1955 Yes

Pulmonary insufficiency accelerated by Silicosis 20% disablement Widow 5783

499 12 Murphy Joseph 48 Fairclough StreetBurtonwood, Warrington 1901 Collier 01/03/1951 since 1934 02/03/1951 Pneumoconiosis 30% disablement


500 53 Lucas James 99 Tenyson StreetSutton Manor, St Helens 1887 Daywageman 20/05/1951 28 years 21/05/1951 04/03/1954 Yes Bronchopneumonia Silicosis Total disablement 5714 £20 to son

501 72 Costello Thomas 170 Church Road Haydock 1901 Deputy 23/03/1951 10 years 24/04/1951 Pneumoconiosis 20% disablement

Resumed ordinary work 23/06/1951

502 93 Eaton H 79 Carbank Street Atherton 1889 Dataller 30/07/1951 30 years 31/07/1951 Pneumoconiosis 40% disablement

Member placed on funds until he becomes entitled to UIB; Commuted 24/04/1953 £30 (£15 Pneun and £15 injury to groin)

503 93 Poyner B 2 Rydal Street Leigh 1909 Collier 02/05/1951 28 years 03/05/1951 Pneumoconiosis 10% disablement


504 93 Smith William 6 Birkdale Avenue Atherton 1912 Collier 19/05/1951 23 years 23/05/1951 Pneumoconiosis 20% disablement


505 4 Parry William 83 Argyle Street Hindley 1897 Haulage 27/02/1951 40 years H Barker 28/02/1951 02/05/1962 Pneumoconiosis 20% disablement


506 72 Hughes Thomas 9 Grimshaw Street Golborne 1908 Deputy 27/04/1951more than 3 years 29/06/1951 04/06/1953 Pneumoconiosis 30% disablement


507 78 Griffiths J146 Peckers Hill Road Sutton, St Helens 1896 Maintenance 16/06/1951

since 24/01/1943

Sutton and Sullivan 18/06/1951 24/03/1951 Pneumoconiosis 30% disablement Widow


508 18 Parkinson George147 Manchester Road Kearsley, Bolton 1893 Salvage worker 16/07/1951 4 years O'Kelly 17/07/1951 Pneumoconiosis 40% disablement


509 53 Callaghan Walter 84 Milton StreetSutton Manor, St Helens 1898 Daywageman 24/08/1951 34 years J Unsworth 25/08/1951 Pneumoconiosis 40% disablement


510 35 Baxter J J 1 Pine Street Tyldesley 1902 Collier 23/12/1950 14 years 30/12/1950 Pneumoconiosis 30% disablement


511 35 Sutcliffe William35 Wordsworth Avenue Farnworth 1905 Driller 13/12/1948 15 years 30/08/1951 11/11/1951 Yes

Toxaemia due to pulmonary tuberculosis and Silicosis Total disablement Widow 1 5598

512 53 McGuiness Lawrence 14 Salisbury Street St Helens 1900 Ripper 08/04/1948 2 years B Coffey 25/07/1951 Pneumoconiosis Partial disablement

Fit for light work; Commuted Q/E 03/1953 £30



513 16d Westhead John 42 Railway Street Hindley 1903 Collier 17/07/1947 1930-1947 18/06/1951 25/10/1951 YesChronic myocardial degeneration due to

Bilateral silicosis and bronchitis Total disablement Widow 1 5595

514 73-72 Cogan Michael Snr 145 Market Street Earlestown 1879 Daywageman 02/10/1948 10 years 21/08/1951 Pneumoconiosis 50% disablement

515 16d Daven James 8 Byron Street Leigh 1898 Collier 18/07/1951 since 1930 19/07/1951 Pneumoconiosis 20% disablement


516 72 McDonough Cormac 155 Old Road Ashton-in-Makerfield 1893 Ripper 13/10/1950 10 years 03/07/1951 Pneumoconiosis 20% disablement


517 62 Lea Albert Edward 2 Pilling Street Leigh 1906 Fireman 01/08/1951 31 years J McGuinness 02/08/1951 Pneumoconiosis 40% disablement


518 72 Lee Joseph 346 Church Road Haydock 1906 Collier 12/03/1951 Over 3 years 13/03/1951 Pneumoconiosis 20% disablement


519 35 Kenyon Thomas 31 Caroline Street Ince, Wigan 1904 Collier 16/06/1951 3 years 18/06/1951 Pneumoconiosis 30% disablement


520 93 Gallagher John 5 Dorset Road Atherton 1901 Collier 14/09/1951 20 years 15/09/1951 24/02/1968 Pneumoconiosis 40% disablement Widow


521 98 Daly Patrick 20 Liverpool Road Ashton-in-Makerfield 1911 Collier 21/09/1951 25 years 22/09/1951 Pneumoconiosis 20% disablement


522 72 Middlehurst Norman 6 Brookside View Haydock 1905 Collier 19/05/1951more than 3 years 21/05/1951 24/01/1967 Pneumoconiosis 20% disablement Widow


523 16d Brooks John 7 Haigh Street Leigh 1907 Drawer-off 14/09/1951 5 years 15/09/1951 Pneumoconiosis 20% disablement


524 117 Rostern Wilfred 71 Oak Road Hollinwood, Oldham 1893Haulage (light work) 22/05/1951 43 years 23/05/1951 31/10/1951

Myocardial failure due to hypertension due to arterio sclerosis Pneumonoconiosis 50% disablement Widow 5600


525 35 Eckersley J 136 Kirkhall Lane Leigh 1904 Ripper 24/07/1951 17 years 25/07/1951 Pneumoconiosis 40% disablement


526 125 Ince George37a Higher Green Lane Astley 1903 Colliery deputy 17/09/1951 30 years 18/09/1951 Pneumoconiosis 30% disablement


527 16d Unsworth George 183 Kirkhall Lane Leigh 1892 Packer 11/09/1951 27 years 12/09/1951 Pneumoconiosis 10% disablement


528 97 Travena William 304 Elephant Lane St Helens 1896 Collier 17/08/1951 41 years Hurst 27/08/1951 12/1954 Pneumoconiosis 20% disablement


529 62 Purdham William 86 Miry Lane Wigan 1899 Ripper 03/05/1951 14 years E D Portman 17/09/1951 Pneumoconiosis 30% disablement

530 98 Hart Albert 52 William Street Lower Ince, Wigan 1891 Miner 04/07/1951 20 years 05/07/1951 Pneumoconiosis 20% disablement


531 3c Lythgoe John 7 Brookfield Road Standish, Wigan 1902 Beltman 17/07/1951 35 years 18/07/1951 04/05/1964 Pneumoconiosis 20% disablement Widow


532 3 Higham William 8 Frederick Street Lower Ince, Wigan 1895 Dataller 30/07/1951 20 years 31/07/1951 Pneumoconiosis 30% disablement


533 3 Rigby John 2 Ainscow Street Lower Ince, Wigan 1898 Dataller 02/07/1951 26 years M J Duffy 23/07/1951 20/12/1956 Yes

Cardiac failure due to pulmonary insufficiency caused by

emphysema and silicosis 20% disablement Widow 5870


534 37 Finch Harry 36 Gaskell Street Hindley 1899 Assistant cutter 04/08/1951 12 years P B Murray 06/08/1951 Pneumoconiosis 20% disablement




535 93 Makin J 32 Dakins Road Leigh 1904 Collier 04/08/1951 33 years 08/08/1951 03/06/1964 Pneumoconiosis 50% disablement Widow


536 120 Colquitt Richard527 Clock Face Road

Clock Face, St Helens 1897 17/08/1951 before 1928 21/08/1951 No

Confluent bronco pneumonia

Pulmonary fibrosis (silicosis) Widow 1 5587


537 122 Bentham William315 Downall Green Road Ashton-in-Makerfield 1898 Dataller 31/08/1951 1948-1951 McCundy 08/09/1951 Pneumoconiosis 40% disablement


537(2) 5 Thorpe H

303 Gloucester Street Atherton 1906 Collier 26/09/1951 25 years 27/09/1951 02/08/1957 Pneumoconiosis 20% disablement Widow 5911


538 4 McCormick John 45 Higham Street Wigan 1907 Driller 06/07/1951 20 years Hoey 07/07/1951 Pneumoconiosis 10% disablement

Member placed on funds until he becomes entitled to UIB; Rule 37 12/1960

539 72 Blinston Edward 39 May Street Golborne 1905 Collier 11/09/1951more than 3 years 18/09/1951 Pneumoconiosis 20% disablement


540 120 McVeigh Richard3 Lancaster Crescent Skelmersdale 1891 Driller 03/08/1951

since 27/08/1945 Kennedy 04/08/1951 Pneumoconiosis 20% disablement


541 4 Fletcher William464 Warrington Road Spring View, Wigan 1895 Fireman 24/08/1951 40 years Duffy 25/08/1951 24/01/1960 Yes

Cerebellar haemorrhage contributed to by Silicosis 40% disablement Widow 6076


542 16d Lowe Richard 11 First Avenue Hindley 1901 Packer 14/09/1951 25 years 15/09/1951 20/04/1958 Pneumoconiosis 40% disablement Widow 5948


543 62 Flynn James 7 Twist Avenue Golborne 1917 Collier 29/08/1951 20 years MacDonald 31/08/1951 Pneumoconiosis 20% disablement


544 123-5c Lyon William144 Devonshire Road Atherton 1908 Collier 31/08/1951 18 months 01/09/1951 Pneumoconiosis 20% disablement

Resumed light work 05/11/1951

545 93 Lee James 277 Twist Lane Leigh 1915 Collier 12/09/1951 10 years 13/09/1951 Pneumoconiosis 20% disablement


546 120 Saunders Sydney 51 Gorsey LaneClock Face, St Helens 1900 Collier 08/09/1951 since 1921 Aslett 10/09/1951 Pneumoconiosis 20% disablement


547 120 Moss Ernest 39 Ormskirk Road Skelmersdale 1907 Conveyor man 17/08/1951 from 1933 Kennedy 08/09/1951 Pneumoconiosis 20% disablement


548 120 Lightfoot Thomas 47 Station Road Sutton, St Helens 1880 Collier 07/09/1951over 30 years 07/09/1951 07/10/1951 Yes

Bronchopneumonia, silicosis

chronic bronchitis, pernicious anemia 50% disablement Widow 5596

548(2) 98 Marsh Thomas 7 Prescott Street Wigan 1906 Packer 04/05/1951

about 6 years E D Portman 22/09/1951 Pneumoconiosis 50% disablement


549 25-49 Watkinson Jonathan122 Broad Oak Road St Helens 1911 Ripper 28/07/1951 5 years 30/07/1951 Pneumoconiosis 40% disablement


550 16d Ball Henry 24 Liza Street Leigh 1899 Collier 26/10/1951 30 years 27/10/1951 Pneumoconiosis 10% disablement


551 16d Sudlow Harry 26 Lord Street Hindley 1886 Dataller 17/08/1951 16 years 18/08/1951 19/12/1959 Pneumoconiosis 40% disablement 6074

Member placed on funds until he becomes entitled to UIB; £20 to daughter, Mrs Edith Rogers

552 72 Cross William127 Back Bolton Road Ashton-in-Makerfield 1910 Collier 05/10/1951

since February 1951, previously 12 years approx Garswood Hall 06/10/1951 15/03/1962 Pneumoconiosis 10% disablement Widow




553 4 Cliffe Norman 77 Tram Street Platt Bridge 1901 Collier 21/09/1951Over 20 years Duffy 22/09/1951 Pneumoconiosis 50% disablement


554 122 Kershaw Melford 7 Worsley Street Pemberton, Wigan 1894 Collier 10/11/1951 since 1940 D N Mackinnon 12/11/1951 Pneumoconiosis 20% disablement


555 120 Eve Robert 20 Conway Street Skelmersdale 1904 Haulage hand 28/07/1951 16 years Kennedy 08/08/1951 07/03/1960 Silicosis 20% disablement 6108

Member placed on funds until he becomes entitled to UIB; £20 to father R Eve

556 72 Birchall William 108 Legh Street Newton-le-Willows 1907 Collier 20/09/1951 Many years 21/09/1951 Pneumoconiosis 10% disablement


557

558 72 Orme Thomas 39 North StreetStubshaw Cross, Ashton-in-Makerfield 1892 Daywageman 10/11/1951

Started at Golborne 30/07/1951, previosly employed at Plank Lane Colliery for 5 years 12/11/1951 01/1956 Pneumoconiosis 20% disablement


559 122 Jackson John 31 Platt Lane Wigan 1901 Roof ripper 08/09/1951 13.5 years Johnson 10/09/1951 Pneumoconiosis 50% disablement


560 35 Hope Fred 36 Darlington Street Tyldesley 1897Underground bricklayer 16/11/1951 40 years 17/11/1951 Pneumoconiosis 20% disablement


561 4 Heyes James 38 Shevington Moor Shevington, Wigan 1903 Cutter 25/08/1951 Over 5 years 13/10/1951 Yes Silicosis Tuberculosis Widow 3 5603

Not certified during lifetime; Member on funds due to knee injury 05/05/1951 to 04/06/1951 and 28/08/1951 until date of death

562 98 Howarth Matthew 13 Moss Terrace Pemberton, Wigan 1901 Packer 08/01/1952 16 years Wright 09/01/1952 Pneumoconiosis 50% disablement


563 72 Hughes J L 1 Derby Road Golborne 1912 Haulage hand 10/10/1951More than 12 months 15/10/1951 Pneumoconiosis 20% disablement


564 18 Stevens Thomas 22 Moss Street Clifton, Manchester 1911 Ripper 15/11/195116 years approx Whitehead 16/11/1951 Pneumoconiosis 20% disablement


565 98 Rogers William 14 Sydney Street Goose Green, Wigan 1900 Collier 16/11/1951 6 years 17/11/1951 Pneumoconiosis 20% disablement


566 125 Phillips James 23 Birch Road Atherton 1893Supplyman underground 19/11/1951 25 years 20/11/1951 Pneumoconiosis 40% disablement


567 53 Johnson John 111 Milton StreetSutton Manor, St Helens 1904 Collier 03/12/1951 23 years Fenton 04/12/1951 Pneumoconiosis 20% disablement


568 109 Wilcock William 19 Millom Avenue Rainhill 1889 Collier 25 years 10/12/1951 YesAnthraco and bronchial carcinoma with Bronchopneumonia Widow 5605

Not certified during lifetime; on funds from 21/12/1947 with nystagmus

569 35 Farrington James Harold 267 Tyldesley Road Atherton 1899 Conveyor man 09/11/1951 37 years 10/11/1951 Pneumoconiosis 30% disablement




570 5 Morewood John 60 Abbey Lane Leigh 1907 Collier 13/11/1951 30 years 14/11/1951 Pneumoconiosis 20% disablement

On funds 14/11/1951 to 02/01/1952 when started work; Member placed on funds 12/01/1952 until he becomes entitled to UIB

571 109 Norris Thomas 13 Stafford Street Skelmersdale 1906 Collier 22/10/1951 20 years 23/10/1951 26/01/1958Pulmonary fibrosis (silicosis) 30% disablement Widow 5963


572 37 Wood James 12 Douglas Street Newtown, Wigan 1890 Collier Over 5 years 06/01/1952 Yes

Cardiac failure due to pulmonary insufficiency aggravated by Silicosis Widow 5606

Not certified during lifetime; on funds 03/11/1949 to 02/1950 due to injured finger and from 17/02/1950 due to chronic bronchitis

573 20 Allred Harold 53 Chester Road Tyldesley 1905 Collier 25/01/1952 20 years 26/01/1952 Pneumoconiosis 20% disablement


574 53 Fairclough James 146 Bell LaneSutton Manor, St Helens 1894 Labourer 22/01/1952 45 years 23/01/1952 12/02/1958 Pneumoconiosis Partial disablement Widow 5958

On light work on surface until 22/01/1952

575 97 Deacle Joseph 26 Penrith Road Portico, St Helens 1892Collier, since 1946 surface worker 05/01/1952 40 years 07/01/1952 19/03/1958 Pneumoconiosis Partial disablement 5943

On light work surface until 05/01/1952; £20 to son Arthur Deacle

576 35 Thomas Stanley 246 Leigh Road Westhoughton 1902 Collier 12/10/1951 14 years 13/10/1951 Pneumoconiosis 10% disablement


577 98 Ward John Edward 91 Tram Street Platt Bridge 1903 Miner 13/11/1951 30 years 14/11/1951 Pneumoconiosis 30% disablement


578

579 97 Taylor Henry 11 Grange Valley Haydock 1887 Fireman 31/12/1951 16 years Mattison 01/01/1952 Pneumoconiosis 20% disablement


580 61 Vint William 101 Bryn Road Ashton-in-Makerfield 1899 Collier 14/11/1951 38 years 16/01/1952 Pneumoconiosis 50% disablement


581 93 Chatterley Simpson 120 Selwyn Street Leigh 1890 Packer 15/01/1952 16 years 16/01/1952 05/09/1958 Pneumoconiosis Tuberculosis 20% disablement Widow 5981


582 25-49 Leadbetter Walter70 Grange Park Road St Helens 1904 Dataller 04/12/1951 23 years 05/12/1951 12/05/1981 Pneumoconiosis 20% disablement


583 25-49 Mawdsley Frederick86 O'Sullivan Crescent

Blackbrook, St Helens 1898 Collier 02/10/1951 21 years 03/10/1951 Pneumoconiosis 20% disablement


584 72 Connor James 100 Nichol Road Bryn, Wigan 1902 Shotfirer 17/03/1950more than 3 years 21/01/1952 Pneumoconiosis 20% disablement


585 10 Heaton James491 Warrington Road Abram 1891 Onsetter 27/12/1951

over 40 years 28/12/1951 13/03/1974 Pneumoconiosis 20% disablement


586 4 Jones Charles Henry431 Warrington Road Abram 1893 Fireman 09/01/1952 2.5 years 10/01/1952 Pneumoconiosis 20% disablement


587 98 Winrow George 20 Sarginson Street Newtown, Wigan 1894 Collier 19/01/1952 30 years 21/01/1952 07/06/1963 Pneumoconiosis 30% disablement




588 35 Beard Albert George 23 Collinge Street Platt Bridge 1910 Ripper 26/01/1952 7 years 28/01/1952 18/08/1973 Pneumoconiosis 10% disablement

Member placed on funds until he becomes entitled to UIB; £20 to son

589 98 Mather Levi 160 Bolton Road Ashton-in-Makerfield Light work 22/02/1952 40 years 23/02/1952 29/12/1967 Pneumoconiosis 40% disablement Widow


590 61 Swift Harold 22 Golborne Road Ashton-in-Makerfield 1903 Shotfirer 12/02/1952 25 years McDonald 13/02/1952 17/12/1963 Pneumoconiosis 40% disablement Widow


591 125 Barber Clifford 139 Oxford Street Leigh Drawer-off 09/01/1952 20 years 10/01/1952 Pneumoconiosis 30% disablement


592 5c Southern Robert 18 Kirkpatrick Street Hindley Green 1902 Collier 13/02/1952 13 years 14/02/1952 Pneumoconiosis 30% disablement


593 4 Brennan Peter10 Broomfield Terrace Ince, Wigan 1880 Cutter 04/04/1952 13 years Griffiths 05/04/1952 Pneumoconiosis 30% disablement

Member placed on funds until he becomes entitled to UIB; died by accident 03/01/1955 - widow of funds Rule 36a

594 4 Clayton John 12 Taylors Lane Spring View, Wigan 1903 Haulage hand 10/10/1951 30 years C K Mackinnon 11/10/1951 Pneumoconiosis 30% disablement


595 109 Millington Clarence 70 Pottery Lane Whiston, Prescot 1907Deputy, now stores distributor 22/10/1951 20 years O'Ryan 22/10/1951 Pneumoconiosis 30% disablement

596 123-19 Morton Alfred 45 Manor Cottages Kearsley, Farnworth 1902 Collier 18/01/1952 14 years 19/01/1952 Pneumoconiosis 20% disablement


597 109 Jones Edwin 19 Second Avenue Rainhill 1899 Haulage hand 18/02/1952 27 years 19/02/1952 Pneumoconiosis 40% disablement


598 5 Derbyshire John 65 Sumner Street Atherton 1884Conveyor attendant 21/12/1951 35 years 22/12/1951 16/04/1956 Yes

Haemorrhage due to bleeding duodenal ulcer accelerated by Silicosis 20% disablement Widow 5835


599 16d Lewis Robert 223 Wigan Road Leigh 1913

Surface dirt tippler since 10/10/1950, previously approx 20 years underground 26/02/1952 22 years 28/02/1952 Pneumoconiosis 20% disablement


600 6c Dando William 34 Devonshire Road Atherton 1902 Contract man 27/02/1952 since 1917 28/02/1952 Pneumoconiosis 10% disablement


601 78 Fairclough William 26 Ormskirk Road Pemberton, Wigan 1901 Collier 09/05/1952 10 years 10/05/1952 Pneumoconiosis 20% disablement


602 5c Whistlecroft Fred 6 Foster Avenue Lower Ince, Wigan 1900 Packer 18/03/1952 12 years 19/03/1952 09/08/1965 Pneumoconiosis 20% disablement Widow


603 98 Atherton John 44 Tunstall Lane Pemberton, Wigan 1885 Dataller 18/04/1952 50 years 19/04/1952 16/09/1962 Pneumoconiosis 40% disablement Widow

604 20-19-35 Greenhalgh Harold 4 Pear Tree Grove Tyldesley 1897 Haulage hand 15/03/1952 30 years 17/03/1952 Pneumoconiosis 20% disablement

Commenced work 18/04/1952; commuted £40

605 10 Fenton Robert45 Charterhouse Street Lower Ince, Wigan 1888 Packer 07/03/1952 10 years Haigh 08/03/1952 05/07/1958 Pneumoconiosis 30% disablement

Member placed on funds until he becomes entitled to UIB; Death natural causes

606 25-49 Kelly John 50 Fairclough St Helens 1907 Filler 19/04/1952 since 1922 19/04/1952 16/05/1960 Pneumoconiosis 20% disablement

Commenced work 31/05/1952; Death - no claim



607 72 Aaron Henry 62 Windsor Road Ashton-in-Makerfield 1908 Collier 12/03/1952 Many years 12/03/1952 Pneumoconiosis 10% disablement


608 72 Holland Harold 14 Peter Street Golborne 1899 Packer 09/12/1950more than 3 years 30/03/1952 Yes

Mycardial toxaemia due to silicosis and Tuberculosis Widow 5622


609 3 Smith Thomas 7 Fairbourne AvenueWorsley Mesnes, Wigan 1887

Switchman (underground) 27/03/1952 1940-1952 28/03/1952 18/12/1955 Yes

Cardiac failure due to aortic incompetence and aggravated by Silicosis 40% disablement Widow 5812


610 35 Hutchinson H 90 Lindow Street Leigh 1909 Beltman 25/03/1952 25 years 26/03/1952 22/06/1960 Pneumoconiosis 10% disablement

Recommenced light work on surface 17/05/1952; Death - natural causes

611 5c Hunt John 424 Wigan Road Atherton 1895 Ripper 17/03/1952 34 years 18/03/1952 11/12/1963 Pneumoconiosis 30% disablement Widow


612 4 Porter Albert 4 Whitley Crescent Abram 1906 Fireman 10/04/1952 10 years J W Edmondson 15/04/1952 Pneumoconiosis 30% disablement


613 72 Jones James 58 Lyme Street Haydock 1908 Daywageman 04/1950 Over 5 years 07/12/1951 Pneumoconiosis 20% disablement

Member placed on funds until he becomes entitled to UIB; Rule 37

614 125 Parr T 1 Harry's Court, Firs Lane Leigh 1907 Collier 25/01/1952 30 years 26/01/1952 Pneumoconiosis 10% disablement

Member placed on funds until he becomes entitled to UIB; Commuted £30 Q/E 06/1955

615 98 Atherton Elijah 25 Almond Grove Pemberton, Wigan 1909 Hewer 17/03/1952 28 years 18/03/1952 04/05/1952 YesCardiac failure accelerated by Silicosis 70% disablement Widow 1 5626

616 98 Lancaster Richard 161 Church Street Pemberton, Wigan 1904 Coal cutter 14/06/1952 16 years Wright 16/06/1952 Pneumoconiosis

Member placed on funds until he becomes entitled to UIB or obtains light work

617 53 Bebbington Herbert 257 Walkers Lane Rainhill 1897 Overman 06/05/1952 39 years 07/05/1952 Pneumoconiosis 20% disablement


618 98-99 Cook William 234 Old Road Ashton-in-Makerfield 1899 Collier 28/04/1952 38 years 29/04/1952 Pneumoconiosis 30% disablement


619 125 Sherburn Alfred 13 Calder Place Pemberton, Wigan 1911 Tunneller 26/12/1951 11 years 12/03/1952 Pneumoconiosis 50% disablementResumed work 31/05/1952

620 62 Sanders Thomas483 Warrington Road Abram 1906 Collier 02/05/1952 20 years Edmondson 03/05/1952 18/09/1967 50% disablement

Member placed on funds until he becomes entitled to UIB or obtains light work; DA £20 paid to daughter Mrs Hudson

621 62 Hodgson William 18 Kenneth Avenue Leigh 1904 Dataller 15/05/1952 34 years Goldstone 16/05/1952 01/01/1962 Pneumoconiosis 30% disablement Widow


622 36 Marsh Ernest 11 Aldred Street Tyldesley 1898

Underground bricksetters labourer 18/07/1952 21 years 19/07/1952 Pneumoconiosis 50% disablement


623 53 Glover William 110 Milton StreetSutton Manor, St Helens 1895 Collier 20/05/1952 31 years Unsworth 21/05/1952 Pneumoconiosis 30% disablement


624 98 Carver William455 Bickershaw Lane Bickershaw, Wigan 1883 Dataller 15/04/1952 17 years 16/04/1952 12/09/1960 Pneumoconiosis 50% disablement Widow 6118



625 4 Latham John 19 Oak Avenue Golborne 1908 Driller 17/05/1952 20 years R Hamilton 19/05/1952 Pneumoconiosis 40% disablement


626 120 Eden Robert55 O'Sullivan Crescent

Blackbrook, St Helens 1902 Collier 09/05/1952 36 years A M Ferrie 10/05/1952 Pneumoconiosis 30% disablement


627 100 Sharrocks John Edward 20 Channing Street Rochdale 1895 Collier 20/02/1952 40 years 21/05/1952 Yes Pneumoconiosis

emphysema caused by silicosis and accelerated by carcinoma of the stomach Widow 5627


628 62 Cooper John Thomas 2 Hampson Street Bickershaw, Wigan 1888 Surface labourer 28/01/1952 12 years 29/01/1952 Yes Pneumoconiosis Widow 5628Not certified during lifetime

629 93 Flanaghan William 11 Hampson Street Atherton 1900 28/03/1952 11 years 29/03/1952 Pneumoconiosis 50% disablement


630 4 Hayes Thomas A 31 Cross Street Wigan 1893 Haulage 26/06/1952 25 years MacAllan 27/06/1952 26/01/1965 Pneumoconiosis 10% disablement Widow


631 16d Hulme Joseph 30 Yates Street Leigh 1898

Tunneller - surface work since 1945 14/01/1952 23 years 15/01/1952 Pneumoconiosis 50% disablement


632 72 Worrall James 1 Johns Avenue Haydock 1898 Collier 31/03/1943 Many years 27/03/1952 18/02/1964 Widow

May be able to claim UIB or resume light work

633 53 Martin Leo P 31 Peter Street St Helens 1903 Ripper 07/05/1952 20 years 08/05/1952 Pneumoconiosis 20% disablement

Member placed on funds until he becomes entitled to UIB; Commuted £30 31/10/1952

634 98 Banks Joseph 130 Prescot LaneKitt Green, Orrell, Wigan 1895 Miner 27/06/1952 40 years 28/06/1952 21/05/1972 Pneumoconiosis 50% disablement Widow


635 3 Penman James Bernard 4a Cambridge Street Wigan 1913 Collier 24/11/1951 13 years F W Johnson 26/11/1951 Pneumoconiosis Total disablement

636 3 Beddard Arthur 11 Bramble Grove Pemberton, Wigan 1893 Dataller 31/01/1952 20 years Wainwright 01/02/1952 Pneumoconiosis 30% disablement


637 37 Stuart Thomas 20 Cross Street Wigan 1889 Dataller 04/05/1951 8 years H Hall 01/07/1952 Pneumoconiosis 40% disablement

Special Cases Committee 27/08/1952

638 5 Benson Thomas 119 Tyldesley Road Atherton 1887 Collier 21/05/1952 50 years 28/05/1952 15/05/1968 Pneumoconiosis 50% disablement

Special Cases Committee 26/08/1952; £20 DA paid to son

639 16d Harrison Thomas 10 Deansgate Hindley 1901 Collier 01/07/1952 20 years 02/07/1952 17/10/1957Right ventricular cardiac failure due to Pneumonoconiosis 50% disablement 5922

Member placed on funds until he becomes entitled to UIB; DA to daughter, Mrs Joyce Worthington

640 109 Talbot Ralph 140 Nutgrove RoadThatto Heath, St Helens 1894 Surface hand 14/06/1952 35 years 16/06/1952 06/04/1967 Pneumoconiosis 30% disablement Widow


641 125 Hewitt Charles 6 Peter Street Tyldesley 1901 Collier 03/09/1952 11 years 04/09/1952 Pneumoconiosis 30% disablement


642 62 Burton Harry 9 Robson Place Abram 1884 Surface labourer 30/05/1952 6 years C K Mackinnon 31/05/1952 Pneumoconiosis 30% disablement

643 72 Lymer Arthur57 Golborne Dale Road Newton-le-Willows 1899 Collier 25/06/1952 Over 3 years 01/08/1952 Pneumoconiosis 30% disablement

Member placed on funds until he becomes entitled to UIB; On funds due to injury 26/06/1952 to 31/07/1952



644 98 Ince William 7 Mint Court Wigan 1895 Packer 15/07/1952 25 years 16/07/1952 04/12/1965 Pneumoconiosis 20% disablement

Member placed on funds until he becomes entitled to UIB; £20 DA paid to son

645 93 Urmston James 143 Platt Fold Leigh 1889 Fireman 18/07/1952 50 years 21/07/1952 Pneumoconiosis 40% disablement


646 3 Thorpe Richard 14 Valley Road Pemberton, Wigan 1892 Shot lighter 30/08/1952

7 years Ince Moss, 21 years Garswood Hall, 19 years Pemberton D N Mackinnon 01/09/1952 05/05/1955 Yes

Pulmonary insufficiency caused by emphysema and Silicosis 30% disablement Widow 5775


647 62 Thorpe Thomas28 Lower Morris Street Wigan 1901

Metalman (screen hand since 1950) 12/09/1952

8 years to 1950 A F Scannell 13/09/1952 Pneumoconiosis 10% disablement

Member placed on funds until he becomes entitled to UIB or resumes light work

648 61 Bentham Walter 9 Old Street Ashton-in-Makerfield 1902 Collier 24/09/1952 36 years H Levine 25/09/1952 07/01/1970 Pneumoconiosis 50% disablement

Member placed on funds until he becomes entitled to UIB; Death NC

649 37 Callaghan Thomas 6 Swinley lane Wigan 1886Cutter and haulage hand 08/04/1952 25 years Laithwaite Pneumoconiosis 30% disablement

Member not placed on funds - claim commuted £25

650 120 Hulme Martin 43 Langtree Street Parr, St Helens 1906Conveyor mover and collier 27/07/1952 18 years G O'Keefe 28/07/1952 17/02/1967 Pneumoconiosis 30% disablement Widow


651 46 Parr Joseph 514 Garswood Road Garswood 1911 Collier 21/07/1952 7 years J S Mather 22/07/1952 Pneumoconiosis 10% disablement


652 62 Winstanley John453 Bickershaw Lane Bickershaw, Wigan 1896 Collier 23/09/1952 21 years Edmondson 24/09/1952 Pneumoconiosis 20% disablement


653 53 Guest Samuel 40 Forest RoadSutton Manor, St Helens 1885 Daywageman 04/04/1951 1916 to 1951 10/04/1952 01/06/1952 Yes

Cardio vascular degeneration due to chronic bronchitis and emphysema Silicosis 20% disablement

DA paid to sister Mrs Molyneux

654 117 Palmer Harold 25 Randolph Street Hollinwood, Oldham 1904 Collier 18/06/1952 30 years 19/06/1952 Pneumoconiosis 30% disablement


655 35 Roberts Samuel 76 Albert Street Newtown, Wigan 1901 Ripper 04/07/1952 10 years 14/07/1952 Pneumoconiosis 40% disablement

Member placed on funds until he becomes entitled to UIB; Commuted £30 12/1953

656 35 Hutchinson John 10 Wigan Road Leigh 1908 Collier 08/08/1952over 10 years 09/08/1952 12/1982 Pneumoconiosis 30% disablement


657 53 Berry James Henry 42 New Street Pemberton, Wigan 1900 Collier 14/08/1952 1914 - 1952 15/08/1952 Pneumoconiosis 10% disablement


658 62 Mangnall Thomas 25 New Street Platt Bridge 1902 Collier 28/06/1952 17 years Edmondson 30/06/1952 Pneumoconiosis 10% disablement


659 72 Robinson Richard D 18 Campbell Street Pemberton, Wigan 1897 Haulage hand 17/07/1952more than 3 years 26/07/1952 10/08/1966 Pneumoconiosis 20% disablement

Member placed on funds until he becomes entitled to UIB; later address 28 Mitchell Street Newtown, Died - natural causes



660 3 Rigby Joseph 27 Marsh Lane Wigan 1904 Ripper 13/08/1952 11 years 14/08/1952 24/08/1955 YesCarcinoma of left lung accelerated by Silicosis Widow 5795


661 98 Hart Henry 9 Shared Street Wigan 1898 Miner 19/09/1952 40 years 20/09/1952 Pneumoconiosis 20% disablement


662 78 Merton John 541 Fleet Lane Parr, St Helens 1905Ripper and tunneller 29/08/1952 1937 to 1952 02/09/1952 Pneumoconiosis 20% disablement


663 62 Pennington Arthur 156 Leigh Road Leigh 1892Conveyor maintenance man 13/07/1946 15 years H R Harris 13/07/1946 17/06/1954 Yes

Uraemia due to ascending renal infection following chronic cystitis accelarated by Pneumonoconiosis Partial disablement Widow 5734


664 62 Poyner James 1 Overton Street Leigh 1897 Beltman 13/09/1952 42 years Dillon 15/09/1952 Pneumoconiosis 20% disablement


665 5c Hammond Thomas Henry 243 Car Bank Street Atherton 1897Day hand - light work 16/08/1952 30 years 18/08/1952 Pneumoconiosis 30% disablement

Resumed work 12/09/1952

666 3c Parkinson Richard 80 Broom Road Pemberton, Wigan 1894 01/06/1950 2 years Pneumoconiosis 30% disablement

Commuted £30 04/11/1952 (£15 pneumoconiosis and £15 injury to abdomen)

667 53 White Charles Woodhouse Farm, School Lane Rainhill 1909

Belt mover and packer 08/08/1952 29 years 09/08/1952 Pneumoconiosis 10% disablement


668 100 Faricy Joseph 4 Lees StreetBardsley, Ashton-under-Lyne 1905 Packer 05/11/1951 30 years 05/11/1951 Pneumoconiosis 10% disablement


669 53 Brisoe James Gillis 52 Belle LaneSutton Manor, St Helens 1894 Daywageman 19/09/1952 17 years 20/09/1952 Pneumoconiosis 30% disablement


670 72-74 Drury Austin 267 Church Road Haydock 1900 Daywageman 06/09/1952more than 3 years 11/09/1952 Pneumoconiosis 20% disablement


671 109 Simm James 13 Heather Grove Pemberton, Wigan 1896 Tunneller 20/05/1952

1947 04/08/1951 99LA; 07/08/1951-20/05/1952 109LA 21/05/1952 10/12/1960 Pneumoconiosis Tuberculosis Total disablement Widow


672 53 Slade Arthur 62 Jubits LaneSutton Manor, St Helens 1887 Under manager 30/05/1952 40 years 11/11/1952 Pneumoconiosis 20% disablement

Commuted £30 Q/E 03/1954

673 35 Mullin Patrick 11 Blenheim Street Tyldesley 1901 Ripper 06/10/1952 12 years 10/09/1952 Pneumoconiosis 20% disablement


674 35 Halliwell William186 Warrington Road Newtown, Wigan 1894 Packer 13/09/1952 13 years 15/09/1952 31/05/1962 Pneumoconiosis 30% disablement Widow


675 35 Henry Samuel 7 Grasmere Road Pemberton, Wigan 1906 Repairer 05/09/1952 16 years 10/09/1952 Pneumoconiosis 30% disablement


676 16d Peake James E 12 Knowsley Street Leigh 1883 Packer 15/07/1950 15 years 05/09/1952 22/10/1957 Silicosis 40% disablement Widow 5921


677 72 Littler John 6 Heath Road Ashton-in-Makerfield 1889 Ripper 10/07/1952more than 10 years 11/07/1952 23/06/1953 Yes Pneumoconiosis 70% disablement Widow 5682


678 160-4 Whittle Harold 29 Island Row Higher Ince, Wigan 1914 Cutter 09/09/1952 Over 3 years J Holme 10/09/1952 Pneumoconiosis 10% disablementResumed work 05/11/1952



679 72 Glynn Bernard 1 Wood Street Golborne 1893

Collier, but daywageman for last few months before giving up 10/10/1952 Many years 11/10/1952 18/08/1966 Pneumoconiosis 50% disablement Widow


680 4 Young Richard35 Christopher Street Ince, Wigan 1892

Underground pipe fitter 04/07/1952 Over 5 years Scannell 14/07/1952 22/09/1955 Yes Pneumoconiosis Tuberculosis Total disablement Widow 5808

681 53 Shard Robert 280 Reginald Road Sutton, St Helens 1884Cutter - daywageman 24/09/1952 from 1925 25/09/1952 25/12/1955 Pneumoconiosis Total disablement

Rule 36a: £20 paid to son

682 125 Yarwood Joseph392 Manchester Road Leigh 1903 Ripper 04/08/1952

over 10 years 05/08/1952 10/11/1962 Pneumoconiosis 40% disablement Widow


683 109 Watkinson J 74 Paradise Lane Whiston, Prescot 1906 Case cutter 11/08/1952 25 years 12/08/1952 25/09/1954 YesBronchopneumonia due to silicosis an Tuberculosis Total disablement Widow

684 37 Rutter Samuel 314 Ince Green Lane Ince, Wigan 1896 Beltman 13/11/1952 30 years Hyde 14/11/1952


685 100 Darmody Thomas 31 Walsh Street Chadderton, Oldham 1899 Daywager 14/08/1952 40 years 14/08/1952 04/01/1964 Pneumoconiosis 30% disablement Widow


686 16d Stott James 47a Leigh Road Leigh 1893 Screen hand 16/05/1952 3 years Pneumoconiosis 30% disablement

Commuted £25 31/01/1953

687 160 Wiltshire Thomas 169 Hope Street Leigh 1887 Haulage hand 05/11/1952 30 years 06/11/1952 28/01/1963 Pneumoconiosis 40% disablement Widow

688 72 Green Michael 6 Dam LaneEdge Green, Ashton-in-Makerfield 1903 Packer 20/12/1950


Recommenced work 22/11/1953

689 16d Brazier George189 Warrington Road Leigh 1889

Training officer - previously deputy 03/12/1951 26 years 04/12/1951 03/06/1953 Pneumoconiosis 30% disablement

Member placed on funds until he becomes entitled to UIB; died natural causes

690 98 Bramwell Hugh39 Downall Green Road Bryn, Wigan 1907 Miner 02/12/1952 31 years 03/12/1952 Pneumoconiosis 20% disablement


691 100 Lane William 15 Lilac Lane Hollins, Oldham 1898 Collier and packer 19/12/1952 20 years 09/11/1952 05/02/1956 YesMyocardial failure following Silicosis 30% disablement Widow 5828


692 53 Kilgannon Hugh157 Shakespeare Road

Sutton Manor, St Helens 1897

Labourer (surface) 07/1946 13 years 21/11/1952 19/02/1965 Pneumoconiosis Partial disablement

Relief paid weeks ending 21 and 28 November 1952; £20 DA paid to son

693 16d Wilkinson William 9 West Avenue Leigh 1901 Collier 06/10/1952 26 years 07/10/1952 17/04/1968 Pneumoconiosis 20% disablement

Member placed on funds until he becomes entitled to UIB; Death - no claim - Gratuity of £20 paid 19/01/1968

694 62 Lowe Machutus M 10 Arthur Street Leigh 1904 Overman 29/09/1952 27 years Tickle 30/09/1952 Pneumoconiosis 30% disablement


695 16d Burns James 3 Okell Street Leigh 1904 Ripper 19/12/1952 12 years 20/12/1952 Pneumoconiosis 40% disablement


696 93 Smith Fred 19 Briar Grove Leigh 1906 Packer (coal face) 19/11/1952 20 years 20/11/1952 Pneumoconiosis 40% disablement


697 109 Bebbington Joseph 16 Sutherland Road Prescot 1903 Collier 07/02/1952 20 years 03/01/1953 05/03/1960 Pneumoconiosis 30% disablement Widow 6100

Member on funds due to spine and ankle injury 07/02/1952 to 03/01/1953 when authority issued for benefit to be paid in respect of pneumoconiosis

698 4 Hutchinson Austin 27 Ridgeway Blackrod, Chorley 1882 Dataller 19/12/1952 7 years Burke 20/12/1952 03/02/1960 Pneumoconiosis Silicosis 30% disablement 6083




699 93 Ducker Edward 225 Liverpool Road Hindley 1895 Haulage 18/08/1951 11 years 19/08/1951 15/06/1955 Yes Pulmonary tuberculosis Silicosis 100% disablement 5789£20 to son Edward Gibson

700 109 Balmer Herbert 33 Houghton Street Prescot 1889 Byeworker 03/03/1952 20 years 04/03/1952 Pneumoconiosis 40% disablement


701 4 Mather Albert412 Bickershaw Lane Bickershaw, Wigan 1902 Fireman 06/01/1953 3 years Duffy 07/01/1953 Pneumoconiosis 40% disablement

Member placed on funds until he becomes entitled to UIB; commuted £25 29/05/1953

702 62 Stridgeon Albert 38 Strange Street Leigh 1901 Collier 09/10/1952 10 years Swartzberg 10/10/1952 13/01/1959 Silicosis 40% disablement Widow 6027


703 72 Hill Johnc/o H Pilkington, 243 Warrington Road Lower Ince, Wigan 1902

Compressed Engine Operater Underground 23/10/1952



704 125 Booth John 35 Melrose Avenue Leigh 1897 Prop checker 01/08/1952 42 years 02/08/1952 03/08/1956

Cardiac failure due to pulmonary insufficiencey caused by Silicosis 50% disablement Widow 5859


705 93 Johnson Charles 13 Kenneth Avenue Leigh 1903 Collier 16/11/1952 15 years 17/11/1952 Pneumoconiosis 30% disablement

Member placed on funds until he becomes entitled to UIB; member on funds 17/11/1952 to 12/12/1952 when he resumed work; commuted £30 Q/E 06/1954

706 93 Smith J A 20 Newland Avenue 1891 Haulage 03/11/1952 20 years 04/11/1952 Pneumoconiosis 20% disablement

Resumed work 07/12/1952; commuted £15 Q/E 03/1957

707 125 Murray Thomas 61 Lynton Road Tyldesley 1901 Ripper 04/10/1952 22 years 06/10/1952 Pneumoconiosis 20% disablement


708 97 Hill Peter R 1 Horwood Avenue Rainhill 1898Collier, now light work surface 24/01/1953

1922 to 1924, 1935 to date Ferguson 26/01/1953 13/02/1963 Pneumoconiosis Early stage Widow


709 120 Carr Harry 488 Fleet Lane Parr, St Helens 1910 Ripper 05/11/1952 27 years Lawton 06/11/1952 Pneumoconiosis 10% disablementResumed work 13/12/1952

710 72 Owen Arthur 75 Rectory Road North Ashton 1903 Collier 14/07/1952more than 3 years 15/07/1952 Pneumoconiosis 10% disablement


711 35 Perkins W O 52 Ena Crescent Leigh 1900 Steel checker 05/12/1952 30 years 06/12/1952 04/02/1973 Pneumoconiosis 40% disablement

Resumed work 12/01/1953; £20 DA to son

712 36 Hunter John 3 Pine Street Tyldesley 1898 Haulage hand 09/02/1953 30 years 10/02/1953 Pneumoconiosis 30% disablement


713 100 Dransfield Walter 562 Oldham RoadBardsley, Ashton-under-Lyne 1900 Collier 15/01/1953 40 years 16/01/1953 Pneumoconiosis 20% disablement


714 62 Worthington Thomas4 North Avenue, Crankwood Road Leigh 1906 Fireman 04/10/1952 27 years Aitkin 06/10/1952 Pneumoconiosis 20% disablement


715 120 Ashton Arthur 35 Station Road Sutton, St Helens 1894 Collier 09/09/1952 40 years Manning 10/09/1952 Pneumoconiosis 20% disablement


716 62 Atherton Arthur H 2 Chapel Street Bickershaw, Wigan 1901 Metalman 16/12/1952 20 years Edmondson 17/12/1952 Pneumoconiosis 40% disablement




717 72 Irvine J J 11 Legh Street Ashton-in-Makerfield 1895 Drawer-off 05/01/1951More than 12 months 13/04/1952 31/10/1961 Pneumoconiosis 10% disablement Widow


718 62 Hough John2 Rosemary Crescent Whelley, Wigan 1918 Collier 24/12/1952 12 years Holmes 29/12/1952 Pneumoconiosis 10% disablement


719 62 Buckley James 38 Kirkhall Lane Leigh 1909 Gantry attendant 25/02/1953 29 years Harris 26/02/1953 04/05/1953 Pneumoconiosis 10% disablement

Member placed on funds until he becomes entitled to UIB; Death - natural causes

720 122 Worthington William 43 Briar Road Pemberton, Wigan 1902 Shot firer 07/11/1952

September 1949 to November 1952 Wright 08/11/1952 Pneumoconiosis 100% disablement

Member placed on funds until he becomes entitled to UIB; commuted £30 Q/E 09/1953

721 97 Pickavance JohnSalvation Army Hostel, Bridge Street St Helens 1903

Daywageman and piece worker 15/05/1952 26 years McNeilly 16/05/1952 06/07/1953 Yes Silico tuberculosis 100% disablement 5683

£20 DA to sister Miss M Pickavance

722 125 Lee Frank 19 High Street Astley 1896 Supplyman 14/01/1953 30 years 15/01/1953 08/04/1965 Pneumoconiosis 20% disablement


723 117 Musgrove Robert 10 Roman RoadFailsworth, Manchester 1905 Collier 30/11/1952 14 years 01/12/1952 Pneumoconiosis 20% disablement


724 62 Weaving Jonah 4 Hawthorne Grove Leigh 1903Coal cutter's assistant 15/12/1952 25 years Harris 16/12/1952 11/01/1967 Pneumoconiosis 30% disablement Widow


725 98 Winstanley Timothy19 Downall Green Road Bryn, Wigan 1883

Daywage hand underground 19/10/1952 40 years 20/10/1952 Pneumoconiosis 30% disablement

726 35 Preston Fred 159 Henfold Road Tyldesley 1899 Collier 17/12/1952 40 years 18/12/1952 Pneumoconiosis 20% disablement


727 100 Fahey Michael 49 Wildbrook Crescent Oldham 1900

Ripper and Packer 11/08/1952 17.5 years 02/09/1952 13/08/1963 Pneumoconiosis 40% disablement Widow


728 97 Rothwell Frank 63 Bold Road St Helens 1900 Collier 27/12/1952 15 years 29/12/1952 24/09/1959 Bronchopneumonia Pneumonoconiosis 80% disablement Widow 6062


729 98 Pennington J 3 Butler Street Wigan 1896 Miner 21/01/1953 43 years 22/01/1953 Pneumoconiosis 20% disablement


730 4 Dawson F 12 Warrington Lane Wigan 02/02/1903 Kenchman 24/12/1952Over 20 years France 25/12/1952 07/05/1953 Yes Pneumoconiosis

Superimposed tuberculosis 100% disablement Widow 5671


731 53 Winstanley Robert 24 Redwood Avenue Orrell 1897 Collier 28/11/1952 40 years 29/11/1952 Pneumoconiosis 20% disablementResumed work 03/01/1953

732 19 Birmingham Thomas 50 Ellesmere Street Swinton, Manchester 1908 Fireman 09/12/1952approx 25 years Glass 10/12/1952 Pneumoconiosis 20% disablement

Relief authorised 4 separate periods

733 97 McCabe William H 3 Booth Street Nutgrove, St Helens 1903 Conveyor beltman 17/09/1952 30 years H Lomax 18/09/1952 20/05/1963 Pneumoconiosis 30% disablement


734 72 Jones John 62 Legh Street Golborne 1889 Haulage hand 20/12/1952more than 5 years 22/12/1952 Pneumoconiosis 30% disablement


735 72 Hennigan Michael 37 Cherry Street Newton-le-Willows 1906 Daywageman 11/11/1952more than 5 years 12/11/1952 Pneumoconiosis 20% disablement




736 35 Green William 29 Henry Street Tyldesley 1889 Haulage hand 20/03/1953 20 years 21/03/1953 05/11/1953 Yes

Cardiac failure due to pulmonary insufficiencey caused by Pneumonoconiosis 20% disablement Widow 5698


737 16d Gwilliam Samuel 665 Atherton Road Hindley Green 1889 Haulage hand 27/12/1952 15 years 29/12/1952 17/07/1956 Pneumoconiosis Pulmonary tuberculosis 80% disablement Widow 5854


738 4 Martin T William 16 Caunce Street Wigan 1902 Shot firer 05/01/1953 12 months Taylor 06/01/1953 Pneumoconiosis 20% disablement


739 109 Shacklady R 24 Windle City St Helens 1906 Packer 02/02/1953 6 years 03/02/1953 15/09/1956Haemoptysis due to early bilateral Pneumonoconiosis 20% disablement Widow 5864


740 35 Tickle John 32 Chapel Street Pemberton, Wigan 1897 Collier 21/02/1953 10 years 23/02/1953 Pneumoconiosis 20% disablement


741 93 Hayes Fred 9 Wards Place Leigh 1894 Haulage 03/11/1952 30 years 04/11/1952 Pneumoconiosis 20% disablementResumed work 02/02/1953

742 109 Hesketh W K 34 Second Avenue Rainhill 1918 Deputy 15/01/1953 11 years 16/01/1953 Pneumoconiosis 30% disablement


743 72 Kenny Joseph 11 Duke Street Ashton-in-Makerfield 1911

Maintenance work underground (daywageman) 05/01/1953 Many years 06/01/1953 Pneumoconiosis 10% disablement

744 100 Barton Sydney 788 Oldham RoadBardsley, Ashton-under-Lyne 1895 Deputy 16/02/1953 40 years 17/02/1953 06/03/1958 Myocardial failure due to Silicosis 40% disablement Widow 5941


745 35 Southern Ernest 21 Wardley Road Tyldesley 1899 Collier 24/12/1952 10 years 24/12/1952 Pneumoconiosis 50% disablement

746 72 Heyes David 8 Brook Street Golborne 1903 Collier 30/12/1952 Many years 13/01/1953 Pneumoconiosis 30% disablement


747 16d Littler Joseph 31 Wigan Road Leigh 1887 Drawer-off 04/03/1953 15 years

Commuted £25 24/04/1953

748 109 Roby Albert 11 Longton Lane Rainhill 1911 Deputy 02/02/1953 28 years 03/02/1953 Pneumoconiosis 10% disablementResumed work 20/04/1953

749 62 Newtown, Wigan 1920 Shotfirer 02/02/1953 2.5 years Healey 03/02/1953 Pneumoconiosis 10% disablementResumed work 10/03/1953

750 62 Westby Harry 15 Brown Street Bickershaw, Wigan 1913 Beltman 20/02/1953 16 years C K Mackinnon 21/02/1953 Pneumoconiosis 50% disablement


751 72 Lyon H F 17 Knowsley Avenue Golborne 1916 Collier 09/02/1953 6 years 09/02/1953 Pneumoconiosis 20% disablement


752 72 Speed George 12 Queens Road Haydock 1902 Drawer-off 09/02/1953 30 years 10/02/1953 Pneumoconiosis 20% disablement


753 30 Hare Sidney Albert 65 Twist Lane Leigh 1889 Collier 17/04/1905

several years prior to 1934 before accident 09/10/1952 Yes

Hypertensive cardiac failure Silicosis Widow 5659

Not certified during lifetime; left work January 1934 on account of injury sustained at work on 12/08/1931 Class 7

754 35 Jones James 292 City RoadKitt Green, Orrell, Wigan 1910 Collier 24/12/1952 11 years 25/12/1952 04/07/1972 Pneumoconiosis 40% disablement Widow


755 125 Owen John 64 Darley Road Farnworth 1897 Collier 13/02/1952 34 years 17/02/1953 Pneumoconiosis 30% disablement

756 93 Corcoran James 7 Gower Street Leigh 1908 Collier 13/02/1953 23 years 14/02/1953 Pneumoconiosis 20% disablement


757 5c Bibby Cyril 56 Danesway Wigan 1909 Fireman 21/02/1953 6.5 years 04/03/1953 Pneumoconiosis 20% disablement




758 72 Griffiths T H 10 Peter Street Golborne 1893 Salvage work 14/02/1953more than 3 years 14/02/1953 19/08/1960 Pneumoconiosis 20% disablement

Resumed light work 02/03/1953; death - natural causes - no claim

759 13 Collins James William 4 Woodend Street Oldham 1899 Collier 27/03/1953approx 34 years 28/03/1953 Pneumoconiosis

Disablement gratuity of £17-14-0 awarded by MNI

760 98 Baldwin Albert 3 Coronation Street North Ashton 1903 Collier 18/07/1953 35 years 19/07/1953 Pneumoconiosis 30% disablement


761 125 Sutton John William 29 Richard RoadMosley Common, Boothstown 1913 Collier 19/11/1952 14 years 19/11/1952 Pneumoconiosis 10% disablement

762 53 Lloyd Allen 18 Bentley StreetClock Face, St Helens 1904 Collier 23/04/1953 6 years J Unsworth 24/04/1953 27/09/1959 Pneumoconiosis chronic bronchitis 20% disablement Widow 3 6063


763 78 Green James 36 Chapel Street Haydock 1898 Collier 23/12/1952 4 years 24/12/1952 Pneumoconiosis 10% disablement


764 5 Hall J 5 Holly Grove Leigh 1903 Scufter 23/02/1953 36 years 23/02/1953 Pneumoconiosis 50% disablement


765 5 Kirkwood William 17 Laxey Crescent Leigh 1892 Dataller 18/03/1953 46 years 19/03/1953 Pneumoconiosis 20% disablement


766 62 Liptrot Leslie 1 Alfred Road Lowton 1915 Collier 13/02/1953 13 years Harris 17/02/1953 Pneumoconiosis 20% disablement


767 53 Wright William167 Shakespeare Road

Sutton Manor, St Helens 1887 Daywageman 25/04/1953 40 years 27/04/1953 Pneumoconiosis 80% disablement

768 53 Walker Thomas 28 Bell LaneSutton Manor, St Helens 1912 Collier and ripper 09/02/1953 22 years 10/02/1953 07/01/1954 Yes

Cardio vascular degeneration due to silicosis

Chronic bronchitis emphysema 60% disablement 5709

Member placed on funds until he becomes entitled to UIB; £20 DA to Mother Mrs M A walker

769 72 Lyon Joseph Wallace 12 Harvey Lane Golborne 1888 Fireman 27/09/1948 Many years 27/02/1952 Yes

Cardio vascular degeneration due to chronic bronchitis, emphysema, silicosis and tuberculosis Widow 5664

Not certified during lifetime; on funds with hernia since 27/09/1948

770 4 Scott Harold 16 Vicarage Road Abram 1886 Haulage 25/11/1952Over 20 years J W Edmondson 26/11/1952 21/03/1956 Yes Bronchiolitis Pneumonoconiosis 50% disablement Widow 5830


771 72 Highcock David 23 Vincent Street St Helens 1910 Collier 09/02/1953 Many years 10/02/1953 31/05/1961 Pneumoconiosis 20% disablement Widow


772 62 Hart William6 Tunnicliffe's New Row Leigh 1905 Colliery deputy 09/03/1953 4 years Prendwille 10/03/1953 Pneumoconiosis 10% disablement


773 109 Wilson Jack 27 Hutton Road Skelmersdale 1913 Deputy 21/02/1953 13 years 23/02/1953 Pneumoconiosis 10% disablement


774 5c Woodward Fred 186 Leigh RoadHowe Bridge, Atherton 1888 Dataller 13/12/1952 50 years Pneumoconiosis 60% disablement

Commuted £25 29/05/1953

775 60/4 Fulton J P 129 Cale Lane New Springs, Wigan 1899 Loader 24/05/1953Over 20 years Sunmons 25/04/1953 Pneumoconiosis 50% disablement


776 5c Green Thomas 197 Car Bank Atherton 1899 Collier 15/05/1953 30 years 16/05/1953 Pneumoconiosis 20% disablement




777 37 Langford J R 866 Atherton Road Hindley Green 1891 Packer 13/01/1953 17 years Allan 14/01/1953 22/02/1958 Pneumoconiosis 40% disablement


778 19 Carver Malcolm C W6 Whitehead Crescent

Stoneclough, Manchester 1905 Collier 04/02/1953 22 years J M Stirling 05/02/1953 21/05/1959 Silicosis 20% disablement Widow 6059


779 109 Bragg John 5 First Avenue Rainhill 1898 Deputy 17/02/1953 30 years 18/02/1953 Pneumoconiosis 20% disablement


780 20 Fleming Thomas 7 Grange RoadMosley Common, Boothstown 1894

Underground daywage 13/05/1953 10-12 years Morley 14/05/1953 Pneumoconiosis 10% disablement


781 72 Ferris Thomas 17 Winston Avenue St Helens 1884 Daywageman 31/01/1953 Many years 07/02/1953 YesPulmonary fibrosis, pneumoconiosis

emphysema acute pericarditis Widow 5670


782 125 Wigan 1923 Collier 29/01/1953 15 years 30/01/1953 Pneumoconiosis 20% disablement


783 62/4 Sumner A27 Cinnamon Avenue Hindley Green 1903 Ripper 09/02/1953 20 years Baecker 10/02/1953 Pneumoconiosis 20% disablement


784 62 Purcell Richard 2 Golborne Street Wigan 1910 Cutter 02/04/1953

25 years (Mains Colliery) 1 year Bickershaw P Graham 09/04/1953 Pneumoconiosis 30% disablement


785 62 Holland John 3 Warrington Road Lower Ince, Wigan 1897 Kenchman 17/03/1953 12 years Hague 18/03/1953 25/10/1962 Pneumoconiosis 40% disablement Widow


786 51 Fenn John 43 Bolton Street Higher Ince, Wigan 1893 Stone duster 21/07/1953 46 years Hyde 24/07/1952 22/02/1957 Yes

Pulmonary insufficiency caused by emphysema and aggrivated by silicotic aggregations 50% disablement Widow 5882


787 10 Pritchard S 551 Wigan Road Bryn, Wigan 1903 Collier 13/03/1953Over 20 years 16/03/1953 29/05/1964 Pneumoconiosis 50% disablement Widow


788 98 Simpkin Jack 26 Church Street Upholland, Wigan 1914 Collier 29/05/1953 25 years Wright 30/05/1953 Pneumoconiosis 20% disablement


789 35 Leigh William 17 Arrow Street Leigh 1899 Collier 09/03/1953

From October 1952, 20 years at Bedford Colliery 10/03/1953 Pneumoconiosis 20% disablement


790 5c Higson F 11 Lord Street Hindsford, Atherton 1913Light work on haulage 02/03/1953 25 years 02/03/1953 07/05/1966 Pneumoconiosis 60% disablement Widow


791 73/72 Horsfield Stanley 15 Frawley Avenue Newton-le-Willows 1915 Collier 28/03/1953 24 years 30/03/1953 Pneumoconiosis 20% disablement


792 62 Raines John T 5 Abbey Lane Leigh 1906 Collier 11/03/1953 18 years Schwartzberg 12/03/1953 Pneumoconiosis 30% disablement


793 53 Nead Walter3 Wordsworth Avenue

Sutton Manor, St Helens 1885 Daywageman 04/03/1953 20 years

Did not come on the Funds; Commuted £30 26/06/1953

794 19 Wolstencroft Tom215 Pendlebury Road Swinton, Manchester 1900 Daywageman 28/02/1953 39 years J E Donnell 02/03/1953 16/12/1956 Yes Cor pulmonale due to Pneumonoconiosis 20% disablement Widow 2 5875


795 72 Robinson John 2 Legh Street Ashton-in-Makerfield 1894 25/04/1953 Many years 27/04/1953 22/03/1965 Pneumoconiosis 30% disablement Widow


796 53 Ranson William 9 Burns RoadSutton Manor, St Helens 1901 Daywageman 30/05/1953 19 years 01/06/1953 Pneumoconiosis 20% disablement




797 72 Lightfoot H H 570 Bryn Road Ashton-in-Makerfield 1892 Driller 16/01/1953 Many years 28/04/1953 05/12/1955 Yes

Coronary insufficiency due to athero sclerosis of the coronary arteries Pneumonoconiosis 50% disablement Widow 5825


798 109 Lowe H 104 Upland RoadThatto Heath, St Helens 06/09/1907 22/02/1953 13 years 23/02/1953 Pneumoconiosis 20% disablement


799 120 Rodican Charles 54 Kenyons Lane Haydock 1899Deputy and shotlighter 19/06/1953 31 years 06/07/1953 Pneumoconiosis 30% disablement


800 109 Gee John Tomlinson 85 Longton Avenue Rainhill 1895 Coal cutter 16/06/1953 20 years 14/06/1951 Pneumoconiosis 30% disablement


801 16d Sanderson Joseph 5 Nel Pan Lane Leigh 1902 Collier 25/03/1953 14 years 26/03/1953 Pneumoconiosis 10% disablement


802 72 Jones T T 193 Bolton Road Ashton-in-Makerfield 1885 Ripper 18/04/1953 Many years 20/04/1953 Pneumoconiosis 20% disablement

803 93 Jolley Frank 25 Platt Street Leigh 1892Collier, now dataller 16/05/1953 38 years 01/05/1953 Pneumoconiosis 10% disablement


804 125 Robinson James 43 Bow Road Leigh 1905 Pan attendant 22/01/1953 20 years 23/01/1953 Pneumoconiosis 10% disablement


805 62 Dempsey Thomas Edward 1 Crompton Street Platt Bridge 1889 Dataller 04/03/1953 18 years Allen 06/03/1953 Pneumoconiosis 30% disablement


806 62 Bates Walter H 4 Redwood Avenue Orrell 1890 Dataller 26/06/1953 13 years C R Wright 27/06/1953 08/06/1962 Pneumoconiosis 10% disablement


807 98 Atherton Joseph 72 Tunstall Lane Pemberton, Wigan 1905 Timberman 15/04/1953 30 years 0 16/04/1953 Pneumoconiosis 10% disablement


808 62 Gurhey John William272 Crankwood Road Abram 1900 Colliery overman 19/05/1953 17 years C K Mackinnon 20/05/1953 19/05/1956 No

Coronary arterio sclerosis accelerated by Pneumonoconiosis 20% disablement Widow 5840


809 5c Smith Fred 198 Sale Lane Tyldesley 1899 Repairer 22/04/1953 7 years 23/04/1953 21/03/1961 Pneumoconiosis 20% disablement Widow


810 93 Waterworth J 39 Arrow Street Leigh 1902 Collier 29/04/1953 36 years 30/04/1953 11/03/1958 Pneumoconiosis 10% disablement Widow 5962


811 16d Rowson Thomas 24 Bow Road Leigh 1900

Screen hand - previously collier to 1944 13/05/1953 32 years 14/05/1953 31/07/1964 Pneumoconiosis 40% disablement Widow


812 97 Tither Richard 71 BroadwayGrange Park, St Helens 1901 Collier 04/05/1953 36 years Merrich 05/05/1953 17/12/1966 Pneumoconiosis 40% disablement Widow


813 35 Worthington Robert 9 Marsden Street Newtown, Wigan 1902 Haulage hand 29/04/1953 14 years 30/04/1953 Pneumoconiosis 20% disablementResumed work 12/05/1953

814 99 Burns Edward P 19 New Boston Haydock 1905 Dataller 14/04/1953

From January 1952 and previously Wood Pit Harty 14/04/1953 Pneumoconiosis 10% disablement


815 72 Churton John 151 Acorn Street Newton-le-Willows 1914 Shotfirer 16/04/1953 4 years 18/04/1953 Pneumoconiosis 30% disablement

Member placed on funds until he becomes entitled to UIB; commuted £30 Q/E December 1953

816 72 Hilton Sydney 19 Cherry Street Newton-le-Willows 1904 Collier 30/03/1953a number of years 31/03/1953 Pneumoconiosis 20% disablement




817 72 Owen Joseph 317 Liverpool Road Haydock 1890 Deputy 12/03/1953 Many years 25/04/1953 21/12/1961 Pneumoconiosis 50% disablement Widow


818 4 Sweeney E 18 Harvey Street Lower Ince, Wigan 1900

Ripper to 1949 - surface labourer to 21/03/1953 21/03/1953 10 years Hall 23/03/1953 30/11/1962 Pneumoconiosis 30% disablement Widow


819 37 Ready Thomas 26 Warrington Road Lower Ince, Wigan 1903 Beltman 20/12/1952 2.5 years Murphy 21/12/1952 Pneumoconiosis 20% disablement

Member placed on funds until he becomes entitled to UIB; Commuted £25 Q/E September 1956

820 93 Withington James 103 Atherton Road Hindley 1905 Collier 23/05/1953 35 years 25/05/1953 Pneumoconiosis 20% disablement


821 125 Cooley Frank 36 Sale Lane Tyldesley 1905 Deputy 20/07/1953 30 years 21/07/1953 Pneumoconiosis 20% disablement


822 120 Dallas Samuel 5 Green Jones BrowBurtonwood, Warrington 1898 Collier 14/05/1953

Over 20 years John Unsworth 15/05/1953 Pneumoconiosis 40% disablement


823 5-35 Taylor Edward 10 Lancaster Road Hindley 1906 Haulage hand 31/07/1953 10 years 01/08/1953 Pneumoconiosis 20% disablementResumed work 18/08/1953

824 62 Power Michael 43 Norley Hall Avenue Pemberton, Wigan 1907 Shot firer 13/02/1953 11 years Laithwaite 14/02/1953 Pneumoconiosis 10% disablement


825 16d Ward Percy 14 Thompson Street Leigh 1902 Haulage hand 17/08/1953 14 years 18/08/1953 Pneumoconiosis 20% disablement


826 5c-125 Higginson John 18 Croft Place Tyldesley 1888 Day hand 12/02/1953 38 years 24/06/1953 17/07/1964 Pneumoconiosis 30% disablement Widow

Member previously on funds hand injury 12/02/1953 to 23/06/1953

827 98 Gallagher Thomas 14 Hardybutts Wigan Metal man 11/02/1953 30 years Johnson 13/02/1953 Pneumoconiosis 20% disablement


828 35 Abbott James 13 Ashwell Street Tyldesley 1905 Ripper 12/06/1953 5 years 01/06/1953 06/07/1985 Pneumoconiosis 40% disablement


829 123 Lord Joseph 3 Priory Road Swinton, Manchester 1885 Day man 06/07/1950 15 years Rufford Pneumoconiosis 30% disablement

Commuted £20 28/08/1953

830 72 Wood Charles 40 Golborne RoadStubshaw Cross, Ashton-in-Makerfield 1888 Haulage hand Many years 27/03/1953 Yes

Cerebral thrombosis, anthraco silicosis and pulmonary tuberculosis Duodenal ulcer Dep sister 5685


831 53 Bromilow William107 Hardshaw Street St Helens 1888

Collier - later on screens 25/04/1953 48 years 27/04/1953 Pneumoconiosis 100% disablement

832 97 Smith Thomas 23 Lowther Crescent St Helens 1885 Daywageman 16/04/1953 54 years 17/04/1953 30/07/1954 Yes

Acute left ventricular failure due to myocardial fibrosis and hypertension Pneumonoconiosis 40% disablement Widow 5737

833 51 Freeman David 36 Moore Street Whelley, Wigan 1887

Kenchman, packer, latterly switch attendant 22/07/1953

All working life Taylor Pneumoconiosis 20% disablement

Commuted £25

834 125 Holland Ernest J 16 Cranwell Avenue Blackmoor, Astley 1905 Ripper 11/07/1953 15 years 13/07/1953 Pneumoconiosis 20% disablement


835 62 Banks Robert 14 Dawber Street Ashton-in-Makerfield 1903 Collier - dataller 10/06/1953 12 years C MacDonald 12/06/1953 Pneumoconiosis 20% disablement


836 76-62 Abram 1921 Ripper 12/08/1953 4 yearsE Martindale, Platt Bridge 13/08/1953 Pneumoconiosis 20% disablement


837 37 Griffin John Joseph 145 Harybutts Wigan 1898 Face metalman 04/09/1953 10 years Simmons 05/09/1953 Pneumoconiosis 20% disablement




838 125 Donoghue Matthias Patrick 193 Astley Street Tyldesley 1913 Collier 06/08/1953 20 years 07/08/1953 Pneumoconiosis 20% disablementResumed work 07/09/1953

839 62 Picton Thomas 211 Poolstock LaneWorsley Mesnes, Wigan 1893 Packer 25/06/1953 12 years Mahony 03/07/1953 03/11/1960 Pneumoconiosis 20% disablement


840 62 Sixsmith Harry 122 Lily Lane Platt Bridge 1904Collier - kenchman 25/06/1953 14 years

Edmondson of Abram 26/06/1953 Pneumoconiosis 20% disablement

Member placed on funds until he becomes entitled to UIB; commuted £30 Q/E March 1954

841 25-49 Davies George 18 Woodlands Road Haresfinch, St Helens 1905 Collier 29/05/1953 since 1932 30/05/1953 16/06/1967 Pneumoconiosis 20% disablement Widow


842 98 Peers J 255 Ormskirk Road Pemberton, Wigan 1897 Collier 16/12/1952 40 years 18/12/1952 Pneumoconiosis 20% disablement


84373-72-122 Murray James 26 Broom Road Pemberton, Wigan 1904 Collier 26/06/1953 since 1916 Hall 27/06/1953 Pneumoconiosis 20% disablement


844 5-35 Moore Harry 17 Anderton Street Higher Ince, Wigan 1899 Dayhand 27/07/1953 Over 5 years 28/07/1953 15/05/1964 Pneumoconiosis 20% disablement WidowResumed work 08/08/1953

845 35 Selfe William H 7 Freshfield Avenue Atherton 1871Dayhand and stripper 10/05/1951 19 years 17/04/1953 08/02/1958 Pneumoconiosis 30% disablement Widow 5949


846 5c Walmsley William 144 Twist Lane Leigh 1904 Collier 19/06/1953 34 years 22/06/1953 24/12/1957 Silicosis 30% disablement Widow 1 5926


847 72 Pilling Herbert 17 Ashton Road Golborne 1897 Daywageman 16/07/1953more than 3 years 17/07/1953 09/11/1953 Pneumoconiosis 20% disablement


848 72 Mayhew John Richard 112 Clipsley Lane Haydock 1902 Daywageman 07/04/1953more than 3 years 08/04/1953 08/09/1972 Pneumoconiosis 70% disablement

Member placed on funds until he becomes entitled to UIB; £20 DA to solicitors

849 16a Oakley Albert 151 Twist Lane Leigh 1894 Scufter 22/06/1953 17 years 23/06/1953 02/01/1966 Pneumoconiosis 30% disablement Widow


850 3 Sherratt George Henry 58 Anderton Street Higher Ince, Wigan 1903 Filler 21/07/1953 since 1916 Duffy 22/07/1953 14/07/1958 Pneumoconiosis 30% disablement


851 4 Jackson Thomas 15 Derwent Avenue Ince, Wigan 1909 Deputy 05/06/1953 11 years Duffy 08/06/1953 Pneumoconiosis 20% disablement


852 62-37 Glover John 16 Earl Street Ince, Wigan 1899 Belt attendant 06/06/1953 10 years Allison 08/06/1953 Pneumoconiosis 20% disablement


853 62 Melling William 45 Montrose Avenue Pemberton, Wigan 1915 Collier 18/09/1953 13 years F Johnson 19/09/1953 Pneumoconiosis 10% disablement


854 62 Lees Samuel 237 Atherton Road Hindley 1895

Repairer underground, now labouring on surface 04/09/1953 4 years Beacker 05/09/1953 Pneumoconiosis 30% disablement


855 61 Littler Robert 7 Albert Road Ashton-in-Makerfield 1895 Collier 03/07/1953 45 years McCurdy 04/07/1953 13/12/1967 Pneumoconiosis 30% disablement Widow




856 125 O'Neill George 37 Ashcroft Avenue Beech Hill, Wigan 1904 Collier 13/07/1953 Over 5 years 14/07/1953 Pneumoconiosis 20% disablement

Member placed on funds until he becomes entitled to UIB; commuted £40 December 1967

857 120 Tickle Peter 487 Fleet Lane Parr, St Helens 1886 Dataller 19/06/1953Over 20 years Aslett 06/07/1953 01/04/1955 Yes Pneumoconiosis Pulmonary tuberculosis 30% disablement Widow 5774

858 16d Ramsden John James 68 Hindley Mill Lane Hindley 1917 Kenchman 27/07/1953 12 years 28/07/1953 Pneumoconiosis 30% disablement


859 125 Snape J H 57 Hope Street Leigh 1893 Dataller 03/08/1953 17 years 06/08/1953 Pneumoconiosis 30% disablement


860 53 Houghton Joseph 277 Walkers Lane Rainhill 1895 Deputy 12/06/1953 30 years Aslett 13/06/1953 29/04/1965 Pneumoconiosis 40% disablement Widow


861 72 Harris Charles 30 Grange Valley Haydock 1893Road repairs - daywageman 23/09/1953 Many years 24/09/1953 Pneumoconiosis 20% disablement


862 72 Dowling Thomas 87 Derby Road Golborne 1910 Shotfirer 08/08/1953 4.5 years 10/08/1953 Pneumoconiosis 10% disablement


863 72 Croston Thomas 31 Briars Road Golborne 1897 Deputy 08/07/1953 Many years 09/07/1953 Pneumoconiosis 20% disablementResumed work 15/08/1953

864 36 Hilton A 119 Wigan Road Westhoughton 1903 Collier 16/07/1953 6 years 17/07/1953 Pneumoconiosis 20% disablementResumed work 03/10/1953

865 35 Jones William 41 Glover Street Leigh 1915 Collier 23/08/1953 14 years 24/08/1953 Pneumoconiosis 5% disablement


866 35 Buckley Edward 676 Ormskirk Road Pemberton, Wigan 1898 Ripper 01/07/1953 15 years 02/07/1953 Pneumoconiosis 20% disablement


867 62 Smith William 17 Sarginson Street Wigan 1889 Ripper 23/09/1953 3 years McLeod 24/09/1953 Pneumoconiosis 40% disablement


868 93 Gleave Joseph 28 Plank Lane Leigh 1902 Dataller - LW 12/09/1953 30 years 12/09/1953 Pneumoconiosis 20% disablement

Resumed [work] 26/09/1953

869 16d Simm John 59 Wearish Lane Westhoughton 1902 Filler 24/04/1951 17 years 07/09/1953 Pneumoconiosis 10% disablement


870 98 Tattum Emerys 136 Bolton Road Ashton-in-Makerfield 1889 Shotfirer 07/08/1953 40 years Thompson 08/08/1953 Pneumoconiosis 40% disablement


871 77-98 McVeigh John 39 Windsor Road Ashton-in-Makerfield 1907 Collier 26/08/1953 30 years 27/08/1953 Pneumoconiosis 10% disablement


872 98-61 Cooper Albert 2 Ethel Street Wigan 1915 Collier 07/10/1953 24 years 08/10/1953 Pneumoconiosis 5% disablement

Member placed on funds until he becomes entitled to UIB; commuted £20 SCC 26/08/1958

873 53 Penketh Francis 11 Garstons LaneClock Face, St Helens 1910 Collier 28/08/1953 29 years 29/08/1953 Pneumoconiosis 10% disablement


874 97 Bowling Eric 45 Saunders Avenue Prescot 1918 Deputy 03/08/1953 20 years Giles 03/08/1953 Pneumoconiosis 10% disablementResumed work 17/10/1953

875 53 Murphy Joseph16 St Patricks Road South Lytham St Annes 1912 Collier 22/07/1953 27 years 23/07/1953 Pneumoconiosis 30% disablement


876 52 Garbutt Robert 35 Ivy Farm Road Rainhill 1887Haulage and daywage 25/07/1952 7 years 27/07/1952 Pneumoconiosis 20% disablement



877 35 Ellison William 81 Lancaster Road Hindley 1908 Collier 24/07/1952 2.5 years 25/07/1952 Pneumoconiosis 40% disablement


878 43-122 Farrimond J T 26 New Street Pemberton, Wigan 1901Haulage hand - light work 15/10/1953 6 years Hugh Mather 16/10/1953 Pneumoconiosis 30% disablement


879 35 Harte Michael Joseph 6 Manchester Road Southport 1903 Ripper 19/09/1953 10 years Pneumoconiosis 20% disablement

Commuted £30 Special Cases Committee 27/10/1953

880 72 Hill William 187 West End Road Haydock 1883 Daywageman 15/04/1949 10 years 17/05/1951 01/1956 Pneumoconiosis 50% disablementDeath - natural causes

881 35 Smalley Alexander15 Northumberland Street Goose Green, Wigan 1902 Collier 17/08/1953 3.5 years 18/08/1953 Pneumoconiosis 20% disablement

Resumed work 31/10/1953; commuted £20 December 1967

882 35 Hart Albert Edward 31 Chester Road Tyldesley 1903 Coal cutter 28/08/1953 27 years 28/08/1953 Pneumoconiosis 10% disablement


883 4 Lomax J E20 Windermere Road Abram 1905 Brow hand 21/07/1953 20 years Edmondson 22/07/1953 Pneumoconiosis 20% disablement


884 62 Fishwick John 6 Kay Street Wigan 1899 Packer 13/08/1953 10 years F W Johnson 11/09/1953 Pneumoconiosis 30% disablement


885 25-49 Ball Robert 141 Park Street Haydock 1893 Screen hand 27/06/1953 13 years 30/06/1953 18/05/1955 Yes

Cardiac failure to to administration of general anaesthetic (pentothal and curare) for operation for suspected carcinoma of stomach Pneumonoconiosis 70% disablement Widow 5785


886 72 Simpson John 3 Silcock Street Golborne 1900 Daywageman 04/07/1953 Many years 06/07/1953 Pneumoconiosis 20% disablement


887 72 Reynolds Pat 3 Peel Street Newton-le-Willows 1891 Ripper 27/06/1953

5 years at Golborne, previously at Lyme Pit 29/06/1953 24/12/1960 Pneumoconiosis 20% disablement Widow


888 35 Hughes Edward William 21 Green Street Tyldesley 1890 Haulage hand 17/08/1953 10 years 18/08/1953 Pneumoconiosis 50% disablement


889 35 Livesey Harry S 23 Meanley Road Astley 1903 Collier 18/08/1953 10 years 19/08/1953 Pneumoconiosis 40% disablement


890 93 Jordan Thomas154 New Henry Street Leigh 1900 Dataller 05/11/1953 20 years 06/11/1953 Pneumoconiosis 20% disablement


891 98 Taylor James 15 McDonald Street Pemberton, Wigan 1904 Face worker 04/11/1953 35 years 05/11/1953 Pneumoconiosis 20% disablement


892 5c Woodward R P 12 Bank Street Tyldesley 1902 Repair worker 12/10/1953 38 years 13/10/1953 Pneumoconiosis 10% disablementResumed work 31/10/1953

893 78 Speakman Leonard 9 Hargreaves Street St Helens 1915 Collier 25/12/1952 14 years 26/12/1952 Pneumoconiosis 100% disablement

Member placed on funds until he becomes entitled to UIB; commuted £30 Q/E September 1954

894 78 Atherton Adam155 Derbyshire Hill Road Parr, St Helens 1890 Packer 18/05/1953 40 years 19/05/1953 06/03/1960 Pneumoconiosis 40% disablement Widow




895 125 Carney H 20 Clifton Street Leigh 1904 Ripper 02/09/1953 15 years 03/09/1953 Pneumoconiosis 10% disablementResumed work 30/10/1953

896 62 Berry Fred L 1 Syresham Street Platt Bridge 1906 Packer 05/11/1953 3 yearsDuffy, Platt Bridge 28/07/1953 Pneumoconiosis 10% disablement


897 78 Woods Patrick 7 Ross Street St Helens 1900 Daywageman 15/07/1953 36 years 16/07/1953 Pneumoconiosis 20% disablementResumed work 26/09/1953

898 37 Collinson J J 14 Brook Street Higher Ince, Wigan 1900 Pan mover 14/08/1953 12 years 15/08/1953 30/04/1961 Pneumoconiosis 20% disablement


899 4 Derbyshire Walter 19 Violet Street Lower Ince, Wigan 1889 Contractor 17/08/1953 34 years Mackinnon 18/08/1953 Pneumoconiosis 40% disablement


900 3c Malley Patrick11 Birkett Bank Terrace Wigan 1895

Drawer-off roof support 06/06/1953 since 1911

Johnson, Greenough Street, Wigan 10/08/1953 13/07/1960 Pneumoconiosis 50% disablement

Member placed on funds until he becomes entitled to UIB; Death - no claim

901

902 35 Shaw James 165 Shuttle Street Tyldesley 1896 Spare packer 10/09/1953 36 years 11/09/1953 17/03/1958

Cardiac failure to to pulmonary insufficiency due to Silicosis 30% disablement Widow 5944


903 78 Yates James 48 Orrell RoadLamberhead Green, Wigan 1911 Collier 30/09/1953 25 years 01/10/1953 Pneumoconiosis Less than 5%


904 4 Mills Nathan 233 Liverpool Road Hindley 1903 Haulage 20/07/1953Over 20 years Mackinnon 21/07/1953 Pneumoconiosis 5% disablement


905 16d Bibby Peter 35 Neville Street Wigan 1891 Ripper 17/04/1953 26 years 18/04/1953 Pneumoconiosis 10% disablement


906 17 Bennett William117 Warrington Road Lower Ince, Wigan 1892

Packer and scufter 31/07/1953

since 05/12/1952, previously Ince Moss Colliery 01/08/1953 Pneumoconiosis 60% disablement


907 5c William N 165 Car Bank Street Atherton 1896 Coal cutter 14/06/1953

5 years at Gibfield and 16 years at Chanters 15/06/1953 09/12/1961 Pneumoconiosis 20% disablement Widow


908 97 Forshaw John 196 Rainhill Road Rainhill 1899 Daywageman 06/08/1953 19 years 07/08/1953 Pneumoconiosis 30% disablement


909 78 Davies George 74 Park Street Haydock 1908 14/06/1953

7 months, previously 18 years at Old Boston Colliery 10/07/1953 Pneumoconiosis 30% disablement


910 62 Mears Edward9 Northumberland Street Whelley, Wigan 1903 Beltman 08/09/1953 5 years Johnson 10/09/1953 Pneumoconiosis 50% disablement


911 100 Ryder James M 77 Netherley Street Oldham 1908 Haulage 23/09/1953 14 years 24/09/1953 Pneumoconiosis 30% disablementResumed work 05/10/1953

912 98 Berry William 77 Albert Street Newtown, Wigan 1908 Miner 02/11/1953 32 years 03/11/1953 Pneumoconiosis 20% disablement


913 25/49 Carney James111 Recreation Street St Helens 1901

Colliery contractor (underground) 08/09/1953 1 year 14/09/1953 Yes

Acute tracheo bronchitis (influenza); chronic bronchitis and emphysema Silicosis Widow 1 5693


914 78 Egan M 21 Downland Way Parr, St Helens 1905 Ripper 29/08/1953 12 years 01/09/1953 Pneumoconiosis 40% disablementResumed work 17/11/1953

915 35 Beddard Edwin38 Higher Green Lane Astley 1895

Surface weighman 02/04/1953 30 years 04/04/1953 Pneumoconiosis 20% disablement


916 62 Makin Harold 12 Vauxhall Road Scholes, Wigan 1908 Metalman 03/09/1953 7 yearsJohnson of Wigan 04/09/1953 Pneumoconiosis 30% disablement




917 62 Ramsdale James Thomas 3 Clifton StreetWorsley Mesnes, Wigan 1903 Metalman 23/12/1944 6 years

Commuted £35 05/12/1953

918 93 Roberts T 70 Lord Street Leigh 1905 Surface 23/10/1953 30 years 24/10/1953 Pneumoconiosis 20% disablement


919 125 Duddle H 148 Astley Street Tyldesley 1889 Ripper 18/11/1953 14 years 19/11/1953 Pneumoconiosis 30% disablementResumed work 05/12/1953

920 120 Oates James 30 Fleet Lane Parr, St Helens 1905Collier and face-worker 11/08/1953 23 years Burrows 12/08/1953 10/06/1968 Pneumoconiosis 60% disablement Widow


921 72 Jones John Owen 58 Liverpool Road Ashton-in-Makerfield 1907

Collier to June 1953, acting shotfirer 26/09/1953 26/09/1953

more than 3 years 28/09/1953 13/10/1970 Pneumoconiosis 30% disablement


922 98 Brown Richard 2 Cornwall Place Pemberton, Wigan 1902 Shotfirer 05/12/1953 36 years 07/12/1953 Pneumoconiosis 20% disablement


923 35 Cook Henry 13 Morley Street Atherton 1904 Ripper 31/07/1953 01/08/1953 Pneumoconiosis 20% disablement


924 62 Dawes Reginald S32 Carr Common Road Hindley Green 1912 Deputy 28/11/1953 11 years Barker of Hindley 30/11/1953 Pneumoconiosis 10% disablement


925 35 Unsworth Thomas 217 Astley Street Tyldesley 1904 Ripper 13/02/1953 3.5 years 14/02/1953 Pneumoconiosis 10% disablement


926 98 Ayles C 1 Lady Lane Goose Green, Wigan 1899 Stoker 24/08/1953 41 years 25/08/1953 Pneumoconiosis 20% disablement


927 72 Murphy Joseph 3 Latham Avenue Newton-le-Willows 1879 Daywageman 06/01/1953

over 3 years due to Class 7 injury 10/09/1953 Yes Silicosis Phthisis 5695

Not certified during lifetime; dep daughter placed on funds in class of widow; DA £5

928 120 Norris George 5 Tower Hill Road Upholland, Wigan 1906 Collier 02/09/1953 33 years 03/09/1953 Pneumoconiosis 20% disablement


929 93 Roughley P 581 Wigan Road Leigh 1892Repairer and spare face worker 04/09/1953 16 years 05/09/1953 Pneumoconiosis 20% disablement


930 35 Smith F 34 Robert Street Hindeford, Atherton 1907 Conveyor fitter 20/03/1953 14 years 21/03/1953 Pneumoconiosis 20% disablement


931 35 Phillips Arthur 5 Norwood Avenue Astley 1897 Surface worker 24/09/1953 43 years 25/09/1953 Pneumoconiosis 20% disablementResumed work 09/12/1953

932 4 Mason William 14 Thirlmere Avenue Abram 1902 Collier 18/12/1953Over 20 years Edmondson 19/12/1953 24/11/1958 Pneumoconiosis 30% disablement


933 125 Anders John 17 St Nicholas Road Lowton St Mary's 1906 Shot firer 26/08/1953 13 years 27/08/1953 Pneumoconiosis 50% disablement




934 35 Farnworth John 111 Princes Avenue Astley 1890 Dataller 24/09/1953 2 years 25/09/1953 Pneumoconiosis 50% disablement


935 93 Callaghan M 74 Hillcrest Avenue Leigh 1909 Collier 21/12/1953 13 years 22/12/1953 Pneumoconiosis 20% disablement


936 125 Newsham Ralph 118 Oxford Street Leigh 1902 Pan man 14/10/1953 6 years 15/10/1953 Pneumoconiosis 20% disablementResumed work 03/12/1953

937 16d Harrison Isaiah 430 Wigan Road Leigh 1896 Drawer off 02/10/1953 18 years 03/10/1953 05/09/1961 Pneumoconiosis 70% disablement Widow


938 25/49 Cave Henry James 5 Summer Street Skelmersdale 1897 Dataller 26/09/1953 7 years 28/09/1953 23/12/1959 Pneumoconiosis 40% disablement


939 16d Ariss Amos 15 Thompson Street Leigh 1904 Packer 05/10/1953 5 years 06/10/1953 11/04/1963 Pneumoconiosis 20% disablement WidowResumed work 07/11/1953

940 97 Tither Thomas 310 Jackson Street St Helens 1903 Collier 02/10/1953 36 years Merrick 03/10/1953 Pneumoconiosis 20% disablement


941 5c Jay Ernest Albert 17 Morley Street Atherton 1907 Collier 10/01/1953 20 years 12/01/1953 22/11/1953 PneumoconiosisSuperimposed tuberculosis 100% disablement Widow

942 93 Ellis IsaacPark Houses, off Abbey Lane Leigh 1893 Dataller 22/07/1953 20 years 23/07/1953 Pneumoconiosis 30% disablement


943 61 Cartwright Harold 5 Algernon StreetWorsley Mesnes, Wigan 1901 Miner 17/12/1953 38 years 18/12/1953 15/09/1965 Pneumoconiosis 10% disablement Widow


944 97 Gaskell William52 Waterdale Crescent Sutton, St Helens 1905 Coal cutter 12/06/1953 23 years Angior 18/06/1953 07/04/1977 Pneumoconiosis 100% disablement Widow

Later moved to 217 [Levih] Lane, Sutton

945 125 Barker Edward 6 Scot Lane Newtown, Wigan 1899 Collier 04/09/1953 40 years 05/09/1953 Pneumoconiosis 30% disablement


946 3 Cunliffe Elijah 52 West Street Ince, Wigan 1900 Coal cutter 03/10/1953 40 years 05/10/1953 Pneumoconiosis 30% disablement


947 97 Rhodes John12 Thatto Heath Road St Helens 1897 Collier 09/09/1953 41 years 10/09/1953 Pneumoconiosis 10% disablement


948 109/53 Lyon R 11 Dragon Lane Whiston, Prescot 1899 Collier 23/12/1953 8 years 24/12/1953 Pneumoconiosis 20% disablement


949 97 Southworth Robert 17 Balmer Street St Helens 1890

Collier , now assistant storekeeper 24/12/1953 32 years 25/12/1952 17/01/1959 Pneumoconiosis 20% disablement 6001

Resumed work 25/02/1953; £20 DA to daughter, Mary Southern

950 93 Bell John 6 Granville Street Leigh 1888 Repairer 11/09/1953 26 years 12/09/1953 18/01/1963 Pneumoconiosis 30% disablement Widow


951 72 Turner Henry 23 Queens Road Haydock 1900 Deputy 12/10/1953 5 years 13/10/1953 Pneumoconiosis 20% disablementResumed work 22/12/1953

952 98 Stockley Thomas40 Hartley Grove, Bell Lane

Kitt Green, Orrell, Wigan 1902 Miner 09/01/1954 37 years 11/01/1954 Pneumoconiosis 20% disablement

Member placed on funds until he becomes entitled to UIB; commuted £20 December 1967

953 93 Hughes J 4 Keats Street Leigh 1900 Driller coal face 28/09/1953 4 years 29/09/1953 30/12/1957 Yes Pneumoconiosis 10% disablement Widow 5933




954 93 Leigh 1921 Coal face 19/10/1953 17 years 20/10/1953 13/11/1976 Pneumoconiosis 40% disablement Widow


955 16d Mort Frank 24 Plank Lane Leigh 1901 Driller 02/01/1954

21 years (left colliery 30/04/1947 and commenced work outside industry 02/01/1954 02/06/1956 Silicosis Early stage Widow 5839

Resumed work outside of industry 16/01/1954

956 4 Draper Joseph 14 Alfred Street Lower Ince, Wigan 1884 Dataller 08/01/1954Over 20 years 09/01/1954 Pneumoconiosis 30% disablement

957 120 Saunders John 19 Binney Street Sutton, St Helens 1906 Collier 09/10/1953 since 1920 Leslie 10/10/1953 23/01/1978 Pneumoconiosis 20% disablement Widow


958 25/49 Finney Thomas 48 Hope Street St Helens 1912 Collier 26/01/1953 22 years 05/10/1953 Pneumoconiosis 10% disablementResumed work 21/11/1953

959 62 Yates William 4 Windermere Road Ince, Wigan 1906 Beltman 25/09/1953 14 years

T J Szorefriak, Bedford House, Ince 26/09/1953 Pneumoconiosis Tuberculosis 100% disablement


960 53 Dingsdale Joseph 130 Liverpool Road St Helens 1899 Collier 05/09/1953 25 years Marsden 07/09/1953 26/12/1966 Pneumoconiosis 20% disablement

Member placed on funds until he becomes entitled to UIB; DA £5 to Mrs Cooney

961 53 Baybutt Richard 123 Tennyson StreetSutton Manor, St Helens 1890 Daywageman 09/01/1953 30 years 11/01/1954 07/10/1962 Pneumoconiosis 20% disablement Widow


962 25/49/99 Speed James 295 Haydock Lane Haydock 1915 Packer 29/08/1953

Slater 22 years at Lyme Pits Haydock Harty 01/09/1953 Pneumoconiosis 20% disablement


963 19 Pollitt Arthur 31 Charles Street Swinton, Manchester 1904 Surface hand 06/10/1953 23 years Glass of Swinton 07/10/1953 Pneumoconiosis 10% disablementResumed work 26/12/1953

964 33 Lingard Edward116 Gloucester Road Droylsden 1899 Ripper 28/10/1953 14.5 years 06/11/1953 17/05/1961 Pneumoconiosis 20% disablement Widow


965 72 Forshaw Thomas 11 Hopwood Street Newtown, Wigan 1882 Daywageman 19/10/1953 Many years Pneumoconiosis 20% disablement

Commuted £30 SCC 26/01/1954

966 62 Hughes Thomas56 Smithwood Avenue Hindley 1898 Dataller 25/09/1953 2 years

Holmes of Hindley 26/09/1953 22/09/1963 Pneumoconiosis 50% disablement

Member placed on funds until he becomes entitled to UIB; DA £20 to son

967 72 Atherton George 64 Union Street St Helens 1914 Shotfirer 04/09/1953 5 years 07/09/1953 Pneumoconiosis 30% disablement


968 120 Higgins Patrick 43 Mercer StreetBurtonwood, Warrington 1894

Ripper and face worker 10/11/1953 30 years Connelly 11/11/1953 30/08/191 Pneumoconiosis 20% disablement Widow

Member placed on funds until he becomes entitled to UIB; PN4 04/03/1955; SCC 24/04/1962

969 35 Worsley George G108 Darlington Street East Tyldesley 1895 Stripper 24/10/1953 38 years 26/10/1953 Pneumoconiosis 20% disablement


970 78/61 Gladson William 48 Albert Street Newtown, Wigan 1899 Miner 03/01/1954 40 years 04/01/1954 21/04/1964 Pneumoconiosis 40% disablement Widow


971 125 Reece Alfred 84 Sale Lane Tyldesley 1895 Day hand 09/01/1954 30 years 11/01/1954 31/03/1960Pulmonary insufficiency due to emphysema and Pneumonoconiosis 20% disablement Widow 6117


972 5c/4 Johnson George 3 Thirlmere Avenue Ince, Wigan 1907 Withdrawer 05/01/1954over 12 years Duffy 06/01/1954 Pneumoconiosis 20% disablement




973 125 Simms Robert 9 Shuttle Street Tyldesley 1901 Ripper 25/11/1953 30 years 26/11/1953 Pneumoconiosis 30% disablement

Member placed on funds until he becomes entitled to UIB; Commuted £30 Q/E March 1956

974 109 Schofield A 12 Southerns Lane Rainford 1911 Collier 08/10/1953 15 years 09/10/1953 Pneumoconiosis 30% disablement


975 62 Hart Richard 1 Greenough's Row Hardybutts, Wigan 1908 Collier 12/10/1953 10 yearsJohnson of Wigan 13/10/1953 Pneumoconiosis 20% disablement


976 53 Liptrot Henry 20 Kipling GroveSutton Manor, St Helens 1912 Collier 19/01/1954 27 years 20/01/1954 Pneumoconiosis 10% disablement


977 93 Lee James 13 Rugby Road Leigh 1890 Deputy 20/10/1953 30 years 21/10/1953 Pneumoconiosis 40% disablement


978 97 Hill Henry 52 Stafford Road Toll Bar, St Helens 1901Collier, now on surface 19/01/1954 36 years Hindley 20/01/1954 Pneumoconiosis 50% disablement


979 53 Shuttleworth Arthur43 Charnwood Street Parr, St Helens 1905 Collier 29/01/1954 28 years 30/01/1954 Pneumoconiosis 20% disablement


980 72 Bennett William 19 May Street Golborne 1900Surface labourer on dirt tip 31/12/1954 Many years 02/01/1954 Pneumoconiosis 10% disablement


981 120 Holland John Edward 35 Fleet Lane Parr, St Helens 1895Deputy and overman 16/10/1953 since 1920 Marsh 17/10/1953 04/02/1962 Pneumoconiosis 30% disablement Widow


982 37 Anglesea Thomas 1 Windleshaw Street Lower Ince, Wigan 1891 Haulage 06/02/1954over 11 years M J Duffy 08/02/1954 27/01/1960 Pneumoconiosis 30% disablement Widow


983 125 Sparrow James 21 Schofield Street Tyldesley 1900 Supplyman 09/02/1954 27 years 10/02/1954 Pneumoconiosis 30% disablement


984 5c/35 Ward Clifford 77 Bag Lane Atherton 1898 Belt attendant 16/12/1953 37 years 17/12/1953 Pneumoconiosis 30% disablement


985 124 Richardson Frank11 Norley Hall Avenue Pemberton, Wigan 1899 Collier 02/11/1953 8 years O'Malory 03/11/1953 Pneumoconiosis 20% disablement


986 97 Thomas Daniel 21 Laurel Road Prescot 1891 Collier 04/06/1953 40 years Picton 05/06/1953 12/09/1962 Pneumoconiosis 50% disablement Widow

Member placed on funds until he becomes entitled to UIB; PN4 04/03/1955

987 25/49 Peet James Ben LaneBickerstaffe, Ormskirk 1886

Screen hand (surface) 17/07/1953 Many years Pneumoconiosis 70% disablement

Commuted £30 SCC 23/02/1954

988 53 Woods John 50 Tennyson StreetSutton Manor, St Helens 1884 Daywageman 12/01/1954 42 years Pneumoconiosis 30% disablement

Commuted SCC £30 23/02/1954

989 61 Bentham James 22 Bryn Road South Ashton-in-Makerfield 1892Collier, to light surface work 11/10/1953 48 years 12/10/1953 Pneumoconiosis

Moderately advanced


990 109 Hunt T 21 Chatsworth Road Rainhill 1900 Ropeman 06/02/1954 30 years 08/02/1954 Pneumoconiosis 20% disablement


991 25/49 Bacon John 5 Thomas Street St Helens 1903 Filler 25/08/1953 35 years 04/10/1953 Silico tuberculosis Widow 5704Not certified during lifetime

992 5/35 Watkins John William 16 Liford StreetHowe Bridge, Atherton 1892

Dayhand and for last 2 years screen hand 19/09/1953 47 years 30/09/1953 10/04/1979 Pneumoconiosis 60% disablement

Member placed on funds until he becomes entitled to UIB; [?] to daughter



993 25/49 Kilgannon James18 Windermere Avenue St Helens 1916 Filler 09/10/1953 19 years 10/10/1953 Pneumoconiosis 10% disablement


994 97 Mason George 7 Booth Street St Helens 1900 Collier 11/11/1953 39 years 12/11/1953 Pneumoconiosis 30% disablementResumed work 12/12/1953

995 93 Appleby S 11 Sumner Street Atherton 1901 Collier 13/12/1953 19 years 14/12/1953 Pneumoconiosis 20% disablement


996 125 Wigan 1923 Collier 16/01/1954 16 years 18/01/1954 Pneumoconiosis 20% disablement

Member placed on funds until he becomes entitled to UIB; card cancelled - see No. 782

997 16d Dyke Albert 31 Boughy Street Leigh 1885

Underground repairer - formerly a driller 06/09/1949 several years 13/12/1953

Cardiac failure to to coronary insufficiency due to silicosis

Not certified during lifetime; £20 to son Harold Dyke

998 4 Partington Percy 181 Wigan Road Hindley 1903 Deputy 29/01/1954 since 1948 Allison 30/01/1954 Pneumoconiosis 20% disablement


999 16d Mitchell Norman 9 Norfolk Road Atherton 1899 Ripper 07/11/1953 15 years 09/11/1953 Pneumoconiosis 20% disablementResumed work 04/01/1953


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