Hi there.

I am looking for some info on some of my ancestors. I have recently found out that my Nan's Grandfather John Banks died in a mining accident in Kent in 1929 and am after information on that.

Also my Grandad Anthony (Tony) Jordan worked in the mines at Chislet then Dover and I cannot help thinking someone might know or remember him as he was a very memorable character!

I hope someone can help pr advise me.

Bev 🙂

See parallel thread 'Records of Mining Accidents' on this forum for notes on sources.

Thankyou, I already did that and checked the database without success. Perhaps he was the only person involved in the accident and it wasn't recorded?

IW's site does not (or at any rate did not last time I checked) achieve complete coverage as he is still in the process of transcribing the microfilms. Further, as the original records were handwritten, there can be errors of transcription.

All fatal accidents in working mines were recorded in the period you are concerned with - so even if it was a single fatality, it would have been recorded. After detailed annual reports of H.M. Inspectors of Mines resumed after the interruption of WW1, not all inspectors listed names - some only published statistics. I am unsure whether Kent has detailed lists or only statistics for this period.

I have just posted on another thread on this site an explanation of the relationship of IW's data to the inspectors' published reports.

The death certificate will state the verdict of the coroner's jury as the cause of death - e.g. 'accidental death' (rather than for example, 'fall of roof'). In this period, local newspaper reports generally provide the most detail - and also coroners' records if they survive.