Brancepeth Colliery

1841 - Brancepeth Park Colliery was sunk from the surface to supposed Harvey Seam.

1842 - Brancepeth Colliery commenced shipping coal.

1865 - C Pit, Brancepeth Colliery, was sunk.

1934 - Brockwell seam abandoned

Adams, William, 16 Mar 1875, aged 37, Bank Inspector, run over by a locomotive on surface, Buried: St. Stephen's Churchyard/Willington Cemetery

Alderson, W., 03 Mar 1937, (accident: 15 Jun 1929), aged 72, Hewer, killed by a fall of stone

Allen, Robert, 04 Aug 1891, 9:00 a.m., 5th hour of shift, aged 50, Hewer, fall of large stone while hewing under it ; he had previously fired a shot near to a slip

Allinson, John, 1896, aged 40, (date and age approximate)

Allison, Thomas, 24 Dec 1880, aged 16, Screen Boy, crushed between two waggons, then run over and dragged for some distance

Anderson, John, 13 Apr 1861, aged 58, Hewer, crushed by a tub

Armstrong, Joseph, 23 Feb 1915, aged 51, Buried: St. Stephen's Churchyard/Willington Cemetery

Barns, Francis, 29 Jul 1873, aged 62, Hewer, caught by tubs on engine plane

Barton, Thomas, 02 Mar 1908, aged 25, Hewer, He was hewing in a skirting just on the inbye side of a 2½ feet rise hitch. The right-hand side of the face was about 4 feet 8 inches from the hitch, and the place was 5¼ feet wide. There were no props set in the place at all, which was contrary to the timbering rule in force; it fixed the maximum distance apart at which roof supports should be set at 3 feet. The stone swung away from the edge of the hitch. He had been previously severely burnt in an attempt to save a child from a burning house on 16th Jan 1908, six weeks later he was killed, Buried: St. Stephen's Churchyard/Willington Cemetery

Blackburn, Joseph, 02 Apr 1886, aged 59, Deputy, fall of a large stone which broke over the props while he was drawing a jud, Buried: St. Stephen's Churchyard/Willington Cemetery

Bowden, Joseph, 14 May 1868, aged 28, Deputy, killed by a fall of stone

Brigham, Joseph, 13 Apr 1896, 10:00 p.m., aged 22, Shifter, killed in the 1896 explosion (ignition caused by shot firing), an explosion occurred on a main haulage road of the mine [More information ...]

Broad, William, 30 Sep 1875, aged 20, Hewer, killed by a fall of stone

Brown, Edward, 27 Mar 1871, aged 46, Stoneman, bursting of dam which he was completing [More information ...]

Brown, Henry, 08 Jan 1954, (accident: 08 Dec 1953), aged 36, he was injured by a set of tubs which were derailed, he died in Bishop Auckland General Hospital; he received only superficial injuries, but he had a kidney disease of long standing, and the accident accelerated his death

Brown, Hugh, 09 Jan 1954

Brown, John, 09 May 1859, aged 60, Hewer, crushed by tub; putting his own last tub

Brown, John Adamson, 27 Apr 1889, (accident: 24 Apr 1889), aged 21, Screenman, killed by an explosion of coal dust while engaged cleaning out a large coal bunker, they had four large oil torch lamps with them, and as soon as they commenced to disturb the large accumulation of fine dust the explosion took place, Buried: St. Stephen's Churchyard/Willington Cemetery [More information ...]

Brown, Joseph, 10 Mar 1941, aged 38, Stoneman, killed by a fall of stone, Buried: St. Stephen's Churchyard/Willington Cemetery

Burdess, Matthew, 07 Jul 1869, aged 14, Landing Boy, killed by a fall of stone

Carling, Hugh, 12 May 1897, aged 21, Hewer, He was working in a place which holed into the goaf, and a quantity of small stone fell from the roof and completely covering him suffocated him

Carling, Thomas, 13 Apr 1896, 10:00 p.m., aged 14, Driver, killed in the 1896 explosion (ignition caused by shot firing), an explosion occurred on a main haulage road of the mine [More information ...]

Carr, James, 18 Sep 1852, aged 28, he was working with John Gallagher in the 'broken' when a large stone fell from the roof and killed him, he was about 28 years old

Carter, John Henry, 12 Jan 1909, aged 31, Stoneman, He was shearing back the stone at the side of a road to form a bed for a brick arch, when a quantity of stone fell and killed him, Buried: St. Stephen's Churchyard/Willington Cemetery

Chivers, Edwin, 25 Aug 1902, aged 49, Deputy, killed by a fall of stone while drawing timber out of a broken jud, Buried: St. Stephen's Churchyard/Willington Cemetery

Clark, Michael, 08 Aug 1868, aged 36, Hewer, fall of stone in broken [More information ...]

Clark, Thomas, 18 Aug 1859, aged 33, Hewer, crushed between a tub and a prop [More information ...]

Clough, William, 20 Nov 1936, (accident: 19 Nov 1936), aged 49, Hewer, killed by a fall of stone, Buried: Sunnybrow Cemetery

Cluskey, John, 18 Apr 1877, (accident: 22 Feb 1877), aged 38, Collier, severe injuries to back by fall of stone while working at it after a shot

Cole, Desmond, 14 Sep 1945, aged 17, Datal, killed by a fall of stone, Buried: Byers Green, Churchyard of St. Peter the Apostle

Cook, Michael, 29 May 1893, Foreman Blacksmith, he arrived at work at 6 a.m., within a short time he took ill and died; at the inquest it was established that he had suffered from heart disease

Cook, William, 13 Apr 1896, 10:00 p.m., aged 52, Stoneman, killed in the 1896 explosion (ignition caused by shot firing), an explosion occurred on a main haulage road of the mine, Buried: St. Stephen's Churchyard/Willington Cemetery [More information ...]

Copeland, James, 06 May 1895, 4:10 p.m., 10th hour of shift, aged 13, Coupler, he was ascending, with five other boys, in a cage, when he appears to have slipped and fallen out, and been caught between the cage and a bunting, Buried: St. Stephen's Churchyard/Willington Cemetery

Cummings, John, 25 Jun 1953, aged 59, Buried: St. Stephen's Churchyard/Willington Cemetery

Cunningham, Michael, 26 Oct 1889, aged 43, Cinder Drawer, collapsed and died at work on Saturday 26th October

Daly, Charles, 02 May 1862, aged 17, Putter, crushed by a tub in tramway

Defty, William Surtees, 13 Aug 1902, aged 48, Hewer, a stone fell at a slippery parting in the roof near a "roll" and killed him, Buried: St. Stephen's Churchyard/Willington Cemetery

Douglas, Thomas, 18 Nov 1871, aged 30, Hewer, killed by a fall of stone

Dowsey, Thomas W., 30 Jul 1928, aged 14, Driver, crushed

Dowson, John R., 13 Apr 1896, 10:00 p.m., aged 20, Stoneman, killed in the 1896 explosion (ignition caused by shot firing), an explosion occurred on a main haulage road of the mine [More information ...]

Elliott, Robert, 25 Nov 1895, (accident: 14 Nov 1895, 10:30 a.m., 4th hour of shift), aged 20, Putter, fell and sprained himself while pushing a tub, and died from haemorrhage of lungs

Etherington, Joseph, 16 Jul 1915, aged 23, Buried: St. Stephen's Churchyard/Willington Cemetery

Fisher, Anthony, 09 Feb 1898, (accident: 06 Apr 1893), aged 74, Shifter, died on Wednesday 9th February 1898; he was incapacitated by a fall of stone on 6th April 1893, suffering a serious injury to his back from which his death ultimately resulted

Fleming, Andrew, 23 Mar 1883, aged 25, Hewer, died from inflammation ; it was alleged by his relatives that he had received a sprain while at work in Brancepeth Colliery, but there was no proof of this [fatality reported during the year but not classified as a reportable accident]

Fleming, Andrew, 19 Mar 1887, aged 42, Deputy, while engaged setting a chock a large stone fell from the roof and crushed him to death

Ford, James, 20 Oct 1907, (accident: 15 Oct 1907), aged 56, Packer, he received a slight cut on his left arm and little finger by the fall of a piece of ramble; blood poisoning set in and he died five days after the accident

Forster, Joseph, 13 Apr 1896, 10:00 p.m., aged 40, Shifter, killed in the 1896 explosion (ignition caused by shot firing), an explosion occurred on a main haulage road of the mine, Buried: St. Stephen's Churchyard/Willington Cemetery [More information ...]

Foster, Arthur, 26 Dec 1946, aged 49, he was injured from using a 'windy pick', had an operation on his stomach and after a period of convalesence he was given 'light' duty on the surface, he collapsed and died in the bait cabin

Foster, William, 23 Dec 1918, (accident: 21 Dec 1918), aged 57, Hewer, crushed by a fall of stone, Buried: St. Stephen's Churchyard/Willington Cemetery

Friend, William, 27 Apr 1889, (accident: 24 Apr 1889), aged 18, Screenman, killed by an explosion of coal dust while engaged cleaning out a large coal bunker, they had four large oil torch lamps with them, and as soon as they commenced to disturb the large accumulation of fine dust the explosion took place [More information ...]

Gaines, John, 13 Nov 1958, aged 40, explosion in by-products plant [More information ...]

Golightly, David, 08 Oct 1877, (accident: 04 Oct 1877), aged 68, Furnaceman, injuries received by falling off the engine kip - he had mistaken his road

Gorman, Thomas, 17 Aug 1887, (accident: 15 Aug 1887), aged 21, Hewer, broken leg and arm also severely crushed ; was caught by engine set of tubs coming outbye

Graham, G., 11 Jul 1944, (accident: 04 Oct 1940), aged 41, Hewer, killed by a fall of stone

Gray, Henry, 13 Feb 1894, 1:30 p.m., 5th hour of shift, aged 29, Hewer, Fall of stone, in a lift, from a slip; the fracture was caused by the working of a previous lift, and the fall was quite unexpected. [More information ...]

Guy, Fred, 17 Jun 1957, Filler, he was killed by a fall of roof while working in the Tilley seam at Stockley Drift

Hanney, George, 04 Oct 1898, (accident: 19 Aug 1898), aged 40, Deputy, he was drawing timber out of a jud, when a fall of stone caught and injured his left foot and side

Hansey, James, 15 Jun 1881, aged 61, Coke Filler, he was run over and killed by a locomotive engine, while crossing the line into the coke yard [fatality reported during the year but not classified as a reportable accident] ; He was crossing the railway lines from one stack of ovens to another, when he was knocked down and killed by the colliery tank locomotive; Hansey was a widower; both his son and daughter had emigrated to America

Harland, Mark, 15 May 1894, (accident: 27 Apr 1894, 1:00 p.m., 4th hour of shift), aged 25, Hewer, Severe injuries to leg and back by fall of stone from breaker in broken jud just holed into goaf. Died in hospital on the 15th May.

Hayes, Dennis, 04 Mar 1927, aged 64, died suddenly from heart failure at work

Henderson, Ralph, 29 Jun 1911, aged 61, Fan Engineman, he was in the act of changing the driving rope on a cone drum of a mechanical stoker from a small to a larger diameter, when he got his hand fast between the rope and the drum; his wrist was caught against a bracket carrying the cone shaft, and his hand almost torn off; he died from shock in Durham County Hospital on the same day; he should have stopped the engine used for driving the gearing before interfering with the rope

Hewitson, J., 24 Jul 1942, aged 47, Hewer, killed by a fall of stone

Hickman, Thomas, 18 Dec 1895, (accident: 17 Dec 1895, 5:30 a.m., 2nd hour of shift), aged 58, Hewer, while taking down some following stone a part fell on to his leg, breaking it; amputation was necessary, and he died from the effects the following day [More information ...]

Hillary, John George, 17 Feb 1899, (accident: 16 Sep 1898), aged 40, Hewer, Died from injuries received by a fall of stone from the roof of his working place, on September 16th, 1898., Buried: St. Stephen's Churchyard/Willington Cemetery

Hindmoor, John Teasdale, 13 Aug 1954, aged 17, he died in Bishop Auckland General Hospital as a result of injuries sustained while at the shaft bottom

Hodgshon, Abraham, 08 Aug 1868, aged 26, Hewer, fall of stone in pillar working [More information ...]

Hodgson, David, 25 Jul 1944, aged 62, Hewer, he was taking off some side coal when a huge stone, which had come from two "slippery jacks," fell on him; it was estimated to weigh 1¼ tons

Hodgson, Henry, 13 Apr 1896, 10:00 p.m., aged 23, Stoneman, killed in the 1896 explosion (ignition caused by shot firing), an explosion occurred on a main haulage road of the mine, Buried: St. Stephen's Churchyard/Willington Cemetery [More information ...]

Holmes, Thomas, 19 May 1860, aged 26, Hewer, killed by a fall of stone

Hope, Ralph, 21 Sep 1867, aged 54, Horse Keeper, cage struck in changing guides near shaft bottom while descending and he dropped with the cage

Hopper, Henry Jobling, 30 Dec 1913, aged 16, Driver, deceased brought three full tubs into a landing dipping inbye, and spragged the tubs while he coupled; he then drew out the sprags; as a fact, he had failed to couple and the three tubs ran amain inbye; he foolishly got in front of the tubs to try and stop them and was knocked down, and a tub ran over him and killed him; had he allowed the tubs to run on they would have been stopped in some 25 yards by a chock; plenty of sprags were provided

Hopper, Peter, 07 May 1928, aged 66, Master Shifter, killed by a fall of ramble [More information ...]

Horn, Robert, 05 Oct 1916, (accident: 04 Oct 1916), aged 49, injured when he became entangled between 2 cog wheels of the coal handling plant, which tore his right arm away from the shoulder; he died next day at Durham County Hospital, address: 8 Bainbridge Avenue, Willington

Howard, William, 22 Dec 1844, (accident: 11 Dec 1844), aged 32, An inquest was held on Tuesday, 24 December into the death of William Howard, 32, who died in Durham Infirmary on the previous Sunday from injuries received on the 11th. when a number of coal waggons ran over him at Brancepeth Colliery

Hughes, John Henry, 04 Dec 1933, aged 16, Labourer

Hutchinson, Jacob William, 1942, aged 35, fell through bunker after lights failed - crushed to death

Hutson, James, 14 Mar 1882, aged 35, Deputy, fall of stone while engaged in drawing a jud

Jackson, John, 29 Sep 1899, aged 52, Deputy, At the end of his shift he was riding out-bye on his small tram, and when passing a junction was told the set was coming behind him, and he replied "alright." The set shortly afterwards stopped, and it was found he was under the third tub quite dead. The tram was standing out of the way by the wall side.

Jackson, Thomas, 16 Apr 1921, (accident: 01 Sep 1919), aged 58, Shifter, died from injuries received through bumpimg his head against an iron roof girder whilst coming out-bye

Jackson, William, 13 Nov 1860, aged 36, Hewer, killed by a fall of stone

Jefferson, John, 13 Apr 1896, 10:00 p.m., aged 58, Pumper, killed in the 1896 explosion (ignition caused by shot firing), an explosion occurred on a main haulage road of the mine, Buried: St. Stephen's Churchyard/Willington Cemetery [More information ...]

Jones, Thomas, 10 Mar 1928, (accident: 05 Feb 1928), aged 49, Stoneman, died from injuries received

Kasher, Fred, 06 Dec 1930, (accident: 03 Dec 1930), aged 28, Stoneman, died from injuries received, Buried: Sunnybrow Cemetery

Keegan, Nicholas, 28 Nov 1850, crushed by waggons

Keenan, Wilfed Andrew, 11 Sep 1935, aged 15, Pony Driver, he died at Newcastle Infirmary from a fractured skull; he had helped a putter get a tub back on the rails then climbed into the caunch, just after the putter had passed by he fell from the caunch to the ground [More information ...]

Kennedy, William, 29 Oct 1880, aged 51, Collier, fall of following stone which he had to take down for tub height

Kyle, William, 07 Mar 1853, Hewer, killed by a fall of roof

Laws, Thomas, 21 Jun 1915, (accident: 20 Jun 1915), aged 38, Deputy, killed by the explosion of a shot [More information ...]

Laws, William, 13 Apr 1896, 10:00 p.m., aged 21, Stoneman, killed in the 1896 explosion (ignition caused by shot firing), an explosion occurred on a main haulage road of the mine, Buried: St. Stephen's Churchyard/Willington Cemetery [More information ...]

Lawson, Ralph, 13 Apr 1896, 10:00 p.m., aged 60, Shifter, killed in the 1896 explosion (ignition caused by shot firing), an explosion occurred on a main haulage road of the mine [More information ...]

Lawson, Thomas, 13 Apr 1896, 10:00 p.m., aged 53, Stoneman, killed in the 1896 explosion (ignition caused by shot firing), an explosion occurred on a main haulage road of the mine, Buried: St. Stephen's Churchyard/Willington Cemetery [More information ...]

Lawther, George William, 13 Apr 1896, 10:00 p.m., aged 39, Stoneman, killed in the 1896 explosion (ignition caused by shot firing), an explosion occurred on a main haulage road of the mine, Buried: St. Stephen's Churchyard/Willington Cemetery [More information ...]

Leighton, Robert, 10 Mar 1904, aged 25, Hewer, while casting stone in his working place a piece of stone under which there were two props fell and killed him; he had either removed the timber or it was displaced by fall, Buried: St. Stephen's Churchyard/Willington Cemetery

Lidford, George, 12 Jan 1935, (accident: 19 Jul 1929), aged 58, Stoneman, killed by a fall of stone

Lintern, Charles, 13 Apr 1896, 10:00 p.m., aged 34, Stoneman, killed in the 1896 explosion (ignition caused by shot firing), an explosion occurred on a main haulage road of the mine, Buried: St. Stephen's Churchyard/Willington Cemetery [More information ...]

Lister, Hugh, 10 Dec 1850, (accident: 07 Dec 1850), crushed by cage

Lowery, William, Feb 1915, (accident: Nov 1913), aged 62, He had injured his neck while helping to put in a girder at Brancepeth Colliery in November 1913, inquest held at Willington on 23rd February

Lucas, Henry, 13 Sep 1909, aged 16, Spare lad, He walked across the shaft and the descending cage caught and crushed him. He had been twice cautioned the same morning for the same offence. He ought to have been sent out of the pit, Buried: St. Stephen's Churchyard/Willington Cemetery

Marshall, Matthew, 16 Sep 1936, aged 18, Offhand Lad, stone shot, Buried: St. Stephen's Churchyard/Willington Cemetery

Marshall, W., 11 Feb 1948, aged 60, Screener, caught by loco

Martin, Michael Stephen, 02 Oct 1960, aged 52, he was just about to start his shift on 2 October 1960, when he collapsed and died in the Pit Head Baths. He was buried at Willington R.C. Cemetery

Maude, Thomas, 28 Jan 1866, aged 16, Joiner, fall of erections

McGee, Patrick, 06 Aug 1894, (accident: 10 Jul 1894, 8:30 a.m., 5th hour of shift), aged 20, Hewer, Severe injury to spine by fall of stone in his working place. Died in the hospital on the 6th August

Meegan, James, 15 Oct 1881, (accident: 14 Oct 1881), Coke Drawer, he was run over and killed by a truck while working in the coke yard [fatality reported during the year but not classified as a reportable accident] [More information ...]

Mills, George, 27 Apr 1889, (accident: 24 Apr 1889), aged 59, Bank Inspector, killed by an explosion of coal dust while engaged cleaning out a large coal bunker, they had four large oil torch lamps with them, and as soon as they commenced to disturb the large accumulation of fine dust the explosion took place, Buried: St. Stephen's Churchyard/Willington Cemetery [More information ...]

Millward, Benjamin, 01 Jul 1896, aged 15, Driver, Coming out-bye with full set when his pony fell, and his neck was caught between the tub and roof and he was killed instantly

Morton, Joseph, 23 Mar 1943, aged 50, Puller Up, killed by a fall of stone

Mould, William, 11 Aug 1870, aged 14, riding on tubs against rules

Naisbit, Parkin, 14 Dec 1904, aged 33, Deputy, fall of stone when drawing an old bord; he and another deputy were drawing; they knew part of the stone was bad and left some props in and commenced further out, but the roof came away suddenly without warning and he was caught and killed

Newell, Bartholomew (Bert), 13 Apr 1896, 10:00 p.m., aged 15, Driver, killed in the 1896 explosion (ignition caused by shot firing), an explosion occurred on a main haulage road of the mine, Buried: St. Stephen's Churchyard/Willington Cemetery [More information ...]

Nicholson, John P., 17 Oct 1940, aged 67, Hewer, killed by a fall of stone in the Brockwell seam

Nicholson, Mark, 17 May 1864, aged 21, Deputy, fall of stone while drawing timber

Nicholson, Thomas Moses, 13 Apr 1896, 10:00 p.m., aged 20, Stoneman, killed in the 1896 explosion (ignition caused by shot firing), an explosion occurred on a main haulage road of the mine, Buried: St. Stephen's Churchyard/Willington Cemetery [More information ...]

Nunn, F., 09 Jan 1931, aged 59, Labourer, crushed by tubs

Osborne, James Sperring, 04 Nov 1903, aged 41, Stoneman, he was taking a waggonway canch down, and was using a bar to lever some stone down, which a shot had loosened, when a large piece fell suddenly and killed him, Buried: St. Stephen's Churchyard/Willington Cemetery

Oversby, George, 16 Mar 1855, aged 49, Coal Miner, killed by a fall of stone from the roof

Parkins, William, 18 Aug 1884, aged 18, Putter, fall of roof; being short of coal he went to hew in a bord, not his own work, and without orders, Buried: St. Stephen's Churchyard/Willington Cemetery

Pears, Richard, 23 Jan 1924, 2.35 p.m., 6th hour of shift, aged 28, Hewer, deceased was sitting in a crouched position, hewing coal off the face of a hitch on the right side of a longwall gateway in a seam 18 ins. thick, when a piece of post stone, 6 ft. by 2 ft. by 10 ins. thick at one side, tapering to a feather edge at the other, came away from a concealed slip in the roof and pinned him to the floor in such a manner that he died from suffocation. He was probably 30 minutes under the stone before being discovered. Had anyone been near at the time, this fatality would most likely have been avoided

Pears, William, 22 May 1868, aged 12, His duty was to couple loaded waggons after they left the weighing machine. He was seen to get in between the waggons; he stumbled, fell backwards and was crushed to death. Upwards of 700 people attended his funeral on the Sunday

Pearson, Richard, 11 Jan 1908, aged 57, Shunter, run over by set, Buried: St. Stephen's Churchyard/Willington Cemetery [More information ...]

Penny, John, 25 Oct 1936, (accident: 24 Oct 1936), aged 59, Stoneman, killed by a fall of stone

Pilling, C. H., 09 Mar 1888, aged 34, Hewer, fall of stone at a breaker while turning away a jud

Purvis, Robert, 17 Nov 1923, (accident: 09 Nov 1923), aged 41, Hewer, died as the result of injuries received through endeavouring to get out of a cage whilst it was in motion

Ranson, Richard, 13 Apr 1896, 10:00 p.m., aged 15, Pumper, killed in the 1896 explosion (ignition caused by shot firing), an explosion occurred on a main haulage road of the mine, Buried: St. Stephen's Churchyard/Willington Cemetery [More information ...]

Ranson, Ronald, 04 Dec 1939, aged 15, Buried: St. Stephen's Churchyard/Willington Cemetery

Rawlings, Joseph, 17 Dec 1893, (accident: 16 Dec 1893, 12:40 p.m., 4th hour of shift), aged 25, Hewer, Broken back and other serious injuries by fall of stone which came off at a slip unobserved. Died on the 17th.

Rawlings, William, 13 Apr 1896, 10:00 p.m., aged 50, Stoneman, killed in the 1896 explosion (ignition caused by shot firing), an explosion occurred on a main haulage road of the mine, Buried: St. Stephen's Churchyard/Willington Cemetery [More information ...]

Redhead, William, 13 Nov 1893, (accident: 03 Nov 1893, 9:30 a.m., 6th hour of shift), aged 48, Hewer, Broken leg by fall of top coal and jet. Leg amputated. Died on 13th.

Ridley, Thomas, 30 Jul 1858, Clerk, run over by train [More information ...]

Roach, John, 12 Jun 1872, aged 17, Screenman, run over by locomotive

Robinson, Robert, 08 Oct 1847, aged 17, Driver, Robert Robinson, 17, a driver on a small railway connected with Brancepeth Colliery, was bringing out a truck laden with cinders to attach it to another which a lad called Jordan had brought up. As he neared the other truck, he attempted to release his horse to allow the trucks to meet at the top of the hill, but he was crushed between the bumpers of the truck and died instantly.

Robson, Matthew Pattison, 08 Sep 1899, aged 14, Cleaner, He was trying to put a sprag in front of some trucks which were being lowered down, when he fell in front of them and one of the wheels ran on to his right leg. Died the same day.

Robson, Thomas, 10 Apr 1890, (accident: 25 Feb 1890), aged 48, Hewer, injury to back by fall of stone, Buried: St. Stephen's Churchyard/Willington Cemetery

Robson, Thomas, 10 Sep 1917, aged 50, found dead in the Harvey Drift, death was due to heart failure

Rogerson, John, 13 Apr 1896, 10:00 p.m., aged 66, Master Shifter, killed in the 1896 explosion (ignition caused by shot firing), an explosion occurred on a main haulage road of the mine [More information ...]

Rutter, Matthew, 18 Dec 1908, (accident: 08 Dec 1908), aged 50, died from blood poisoning after a fight in the colliery [More information ...]

Scott, Curry, 10 Aug 1842, Sinker, A sudden gust of wind blew off the topmost plank of wood which was nailed as a partition at the top of the shaft and hit one of the sinkers Curry Scott, the back part of whose head was almost severed. This unfortunate accident occurred at Brancepeth Parks Colliery on 10 August; Scott lingered for a short time before dying. The Durham Advertiser wrote : "He was a very steady, industrious man and has left a widow and four children to deplore their loss."

Shields, Michael, 26 May 1937, aged 16, Putter, crushed by tubs, Buried: Churchyard/Cemetery, Newfield

Smith, William, 17 Jul 1846, aged 60, Hewer, killedby an explosion of gas [Date of Inquest]

Smith, William, 17 Dec 1894, (accident: 01 Dec 1894, 7:50 a.m., 2nd hour of shift), aged 40, Labourer, While assisting to load timber in the yard he fell off a quay wall, receiving such injuries as resulted in his death on the 17th instant

Snowdon, Joseph, 03 May 1901, aged 14, Driver, when driving from flat with a full set he, by some means, got his leg badly broken; died same day at the Durham Infirmary

Snowdon, Joseph, 27 Mar 1910, aged 14, Buried: St. Stephen's Churchyard/Willington Cemetery

Somerville, John J., 08 Apr 1909, aged 16, Belt boy, He was sent to see about some trucks being put under the spouts to be filled. He was told by the truckman that he had already arranged for the trucks. Five minutes later he was run over by a train of trucks which was being pushed up the main road. He had evidently not returned to his work on the belts as he should have done after seeing the truckman

Spence, Tristram, 13 Apr 1896, 10:00 p.m., aged 31, Stoneman, killed in the 1896 explosion (ignition caused by shot firing), an explosion occurred on a main haulage road of the mine [More information ...]

Spence, Wilson, 14 Jul 1891, (accident: 13 Jul 1891, 6:00 p.m., 2nd hour of shift), aged 52, Deputy, severe injuries to head by fall of stone while drawing a jud, from which he died the following day

Stephenson, John, 12 Apr 1965, aged 54, Deputy, killed by a fall of stone in the Harvey Seam

Stoker, John, 16 Nov 1847, aged 39, An inquest was held in the Schoolroom, near Brancepeth Colliery, on 16 November into the death of John Stoker, 39. He and George Clapham were "drawing the props in the fourth board from the mothergate down, when the roof gave way", and a stone about 9 foot by 6 foot by 6 foot thick fell on his neck. It was an hour before he could be extricated, when he only breathed once and died.

Thompson, James, 01 Jun 1875, (accident: 19 May 1875), aged 53, Hewer, killed by a fall of roof

Thompson, John, 13 May 1947, aged 63, Hewer, Buried: Sunnybrow Cemetery

Thompson, Joseph, 07 Apr 1949, aged 61, he had a seizure and died while working [Date of report in Auckland Chronicle]

Todd, Henry, 15 Jul 1904, aged 14, Dauber, he was walking across the main flue of coke oven when it collapsed, and he fell in and was cremated before any assistance could be rendered him [More information ...]

Tredennick, John William, 06 Mar 1899, aged 35, Locomotive Guard, While engaged in shunting he put a sprag or prop into the wheel of a truck, and was trying to take it out again when it jerked him in front of the truck, and he was run over and killed.

Turnbull, Robert, 21 May 1860, aged 26, Guard, crushed between two waggons on the colliery railway

Turner, Michael, 13 Apr 1896, 10:00 p.m., aged 50, Shifter, killed in the 1896 explosion (ignition caused by shot firing), an explosion occurred on a main haulage road of the mine, Buried: St. Stephen's Churchyard/Willington Cemetery [More information ...]

Vasey, Thomas, 24 Jan 1896, aged 16, Helper Up, While riding in a set a tub got off the way, and the empty set ran into the full one standing in the landing, which threw the tub in which he was riding against the side and killed him

Waterson, Alfred, 22 Sep 1948, aged 37, Stoneman, six men were trapped in the pit by a heavy fall of stone; two of them George Lee and Frank Fletcher, were taken to Durham County Hospital for treatment - Lee had a suspected fractured pelvis. Three men were treated at the surface for shock and superficial injuries. Waterson had been killed instantly by the fall

Watson, William, 06 Sep 1956, aged 56, died while working in the chemical plant, death was due to heart failure caused by acute benzole poisoning [More information ...]

Wearmouth, John, 13 Apr 1896, 10:00 p.m., aged 64, Waggonwayman, killed in the 1896 explosion (ignition caused by shot firing), an explosion occurred on a main haulage road of the mine, Buried: St. Stephen's Churchyard/Willington Cemetery [More information ...]

White, Henry, 23 Aug 1954, aged 28, Filler, fatally injured by a fall of stone

Whitfield, Edward, 13 Sep 1897, (accident: 29 Aug 1897), aged 62, Stoneman, He had charge of a bottom canch, and during the shift one of the officials visited the place and told him some of the top stone was in bad condition and he was to take it down, he took some but not all and it fell afterwards and so severely injured him that he died on September 13th

Wilkinson, Noah, 22 Jan 1900, aged 15, Driver, Taking a full set of tubs into landing, he attempted to jump on to them when in motion, and fell between two tubs and was killed.

Williams, John, 23 Dec 1864, aged 16, Platelayer, killed by a fall of stone

Wilson, William, 09 Nov 1853, (accident: 04 Nov 1853), aged 44, he was accidentally crushed between two coal trucks and died four days later. He had suffered severe crush injuries to his bowels. The inquest took place on Friday, 11 November

Wood, Thomas, 31 Jul 1871, aged 14, Putter, killed by a fall of stone