Black Boy Colliery

1864 - Machine Pit of Black Boy Colliery renamed Auckland Park Colliery

1924, Dec - Colliery closed

1928, May - Colliery reopened

1929, 25 Jun - Three Quarter, Five Quarter, Main, Low Main, Hutton, Harvey, Busty, Brockwell seams abandoned

1932, 31 Oct - Beaumont, Harvey, Busty, Five Quarter, High Main, Hutton, Main seams abandoned

Blake, John, 20 Nov 1856, aged 43, Hewer, killed by a fall of stone [More information ...]

Bolam, Thomas, 14 Jul 1865, aged 69, Screener, crushed by waggons near screens

Bowman, Thomas, 11 Feb 1915, aged 15, Driver, killed by a fall of stone

Brown, William, 25 Aug 1847, aged 6, [Not Employed], drowned in the engine pond

Brunskill, George, 11 May 1890, (accident: 01 May 1890), aged 42, Shifter, while getting into a tub, where he had no business, he was crushed and his back broken, Buried: St. Andrew's Churchyard, Bishop Auckland

Bryan, Matthew, 12 Mar 1859, aged 68, Furnaceman, exhausted by hot air passing an engine

Burns, Robert, 23 May 1893, (accident: 29 Apr 1893, 1:00 a.m., 7th hour of shift), aged 20, Putter, Concussion of brain, caused by a stone being thrown from a gelatine shot. Died on the 23rd May.

Calagan, Martin, 19 Jan 1896, (accident: 06 Dec 1895, 10:30 a.m., 7th hour of shift), aged 31, Hewer, injury to back by fall of stone on the main way

Canby, Richard, 10 Apr 1866, aged 37, Hewer, crushed by tubs in engine plane

Charlton, Thomas, 21 Feb 1888, aged 14, Driver, killed at a junction by meeting the engine set of tubs coming outbye

Clark, Peter, 23 Dec 1905, (accident: 13 Dec 1905), aged 21, Sinker, whilst a large stone was being split with a wedge a chip flew from it and cut his right wrist, blood-poisoning set in and he died on 23rd

Cogan, John, 27 Jun 1896, (accident: 26 Jun 1896), aged 33, Landing Minder, Crushed in landing between tubs causing injury to chest and ribs. Died on the 27th instant

Cole, Richard, 26 Apr 1855, aged 15, fell from the cage [More information ...]

Cruddas, Christopher, 09 Jan 1889, aged 64, Shifter, died from natural causes whilst following his usual employment as a dataler in the engine road ; ventilation all right

Curry, Luke, 29 Aug 1854, (accident: Mar 1854), aged 73, Waterman, in March he had sustained some minor injuries from a fall of coal. His condition gradually improved, but he was never able to work again. On 29 August, he died from an attack of flatulence from which he had suffered some years.

Davis, Richard, 12 Jan 1889, aged 60, Onsetter, caught by descending cage while crossing the shaft where he had no right to go

Dixon, Robert William, 03 Dec 1924, 11.0 a.m., 4th hour of shift, aged 24, Linesman [More information ...]

Dunn, William, 01 Oct 1909, (accident: 30 Sep 1909), aged 36, Shifter, fall of stone [More information ...]

Finlay, William, 02 May 1848, aged 26, crushed by waggons

Garthwaite, Joseph, 21 Jan 1861, aged 39, Joiner, fell off a shaft bunting and was drowned in the sump

Gill, William, 24 Apr 1866, aged 14, Pony Driver, crushed by tubs

Greener, John, 21 Jan 1851, explosion of firedamp [More information ...]

Hall, James, 14 Apr 1863, aged 25, Sinker, crushed against timber in sinking pit

Hall, William, 28 Jun 1854, killed by a fall of stone [More information ...]

Harrison, -, 07 Feb 1824, fell from the rope down the shaft and was dashed to pieces

Hodgson, John, 07 Apr 1856, killed by a fall of stone

Hodgson, Joseph, 04 Aug 1884, (accident: 25 Jun 1884), aged 68, Wasteman, crushed by fall of roof while building a stone pack

Hogg, William, 21 Jan 1851, aged 11, explosion of firedamp [More information ...]

Holdforth, William, 28 Mar 1853, killed whilst riding on the tubs [More information ...]

Holdsworth, Benjamin, 18 Apr 1850, (accident: 17 Apr 1850), aged 66, fell down shaft [More information ...]

James, Thomas, 09 Dec 1844, explosion [More information ...]

Kennedy, Edward, 08 Aug 1865, aged 33, Cartman, fell of cart and crushed by wheel

Liddle, William, 22 Nov 1904, aged 33, Master Shifter, run over by tubs, he had been assisting the onsetter while he waited to ride when the set came in; the front tub got off the way, and jambed him against the side

Maddison, John, 03 Nov 1860, aged 40, Hewer, killed by a fall of stone

Manners, John, 23 Feb 1866, (accident: 19 Feb 1866), Putter, slipped while shoving a full set of tubs and was severely crushed by them; he was taken home and died on the 23rd

Manners, Ralph, 17 Apr 1866, aged 37, Hewer, he had finished his work and was going along the waggonway to the bottom of the shaft when he was run over and killed by the set

Mayes, Frederick, 03 Apr 1878, aged 45, Horse Driver, got on tricks while they were being drawn along by hauling engine rope and got crushed between truck and engine house

Metcalf, Henry, 16 Oct 1886, aged 14, Driver, fell off the limber while driving outbye and was run over by a set of full tubs

Middlemas, Thomas, 20 Nov 1856, aged 39, Hewer, killed by a fall of stone [More information ...]

Middlemass, James, 05 Jan 1853, Deputy, killed by a fall of stone

Middleton, Henry, 27 Oct 1900, aged 35, Enginewright, Went down pit in a kibble and came in contact with steam blowing out of a cock which overpowered and he fell into sump and was drowned. [More information ...]

Mullhollen, Edward, 05 Apr 1870, aged 13, Driver, crushed by tubs

Naggs, William, 26 Apr 1855, aged 16, fell from the cage [More information ...]

Newton, Edward, 25 Mar 1865, aged 21, Hewer, killed by a fall of coal

Pickering, George, 27 Jul 1853, Pitman, told by onsetter to get in cage which was drawn away as he was attempting to get in. He was forced between the cage and the bunting. [The Durham Chronicle - 05/08/1853]

Railton, John, 19 Feb 1866, aged 17, Pony Driver, crushed by tubs

Raine, John, 25 May 1891, (accident: 29 Apr 1891, 10:00 p.m., 4th hour of shift), aged 26, Putter, crushed between a full tub and a timber bogie, and died from inflammation in lower part of bowels

Roberts, Benjamin, 09 Feb 1906, aged 37, Hewer, Had an apoplectic seizure whilst in the mine, and died the same day [fatality reported during the year but not classified as a reportable accident]

Robinson, George, 26 Apr 1855, aged 35, fell from the cage [More information ...]

Robinson, Thomas, 27 Aug 1868, aged 44, Horse Keeper, run over by empty set on engine plane

Roe, Thomas, 08 Sep 1923, aged 56, died as he was ascending the shaft in the cage, he had apparently been caught by another cage and almost cut in two

Rowe, John, 03 Jan 1907, aged 14, Spragger, he was going inbye to tell the putters not to come out ; on the way, a putter coming through a brattice door with a full tub ran onto him and killed him

Rowe, Thomas, 18 Oct 1858, aged 46, Deputy, explosion of gas [More information ...]

Rucroft, James, 20 May 1852, aged 37, Hewer, killed by a fall of stone [More information ...]

Rudd, James, 20 Aug 1894, (accident: 17 Aug 1894, 6:30 p.m., 2nd hour of shift), aged 38, Hewer, Burnt by an explosion of gas; he went through a fence with a naked light. Died on the 20th instant, Buried: St. James' Churchyard, Coundon [More information ...]

Rutherford, Michael, 09 Jun 1877, (accident: 22 May 1877), aged 40, Horse Keeper, injury by being knocked into sump by cage

Short, Joseph, 16 Apr 1858, aged 67, Wasteman, killed by a fall of stone

Staveley, Matthias, 12 Mar 1894, (accident: 06 Mar 1894, 2:20 p.m., 8th hour of shift), aged 17, Incline Boy, Severely crushed by set running a main. Died on the 12th., Buried: St. James' Churchyard, Coundon

Stout, Thomas, 26 Apr 1855, aged 35, Master Wasteman, fell from the cage [More information ...]

Strong, William, 01 Jun 1887, aged 51, Overman, suffocated by carbonic acid gas; he went into a place between two large falls where gas had accumulated

Tate, John, 23 Oct 1905, aged 44, Stoneman, he was about to help two others to set some timber when the stone they were intending to support came away and killed him, Buried: St. Mark's Churchyard, Eldon [More information ...]

Thompson, John, 07 Feb 1843, Joiner, had gone down the Gurney Pit at the Black Boy Colliery with a man called Parkin to repair the pumps. Parkin was standing in the cage, which was part way down the shaft; Thompson was sitting on a bunting repairing the pumps. A man called Waugh went to the pit mouth to shout for some instrument he required, and the brakesman thought it was the two men calling and drew the cage up. It struck Thompson on the legs and head, crushing him against the bunting and hurling him down the shaft to his death [More information ...]

Walker, Levi, 05 Jul 1871, aged 13, Token Boy, improperly looking over the framing of a hoist, the cage being in motion came down upon his head and neck

West, William, 25 Apr 1885, aged 38, Mechanic, dropped down dead at Black Boy Colliery on Saturday 25th April; his father had died in similar circumstances