Binchester Colliery

1931, 02 Oct - Busty, Beaumont seams abandoned

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

Allinson, John, 07 Mar 1900, aged 54, Hewer, He had just fired a shot and went back to see what it had done when some stone fell from the roof on to his back. Died before he was got out of the pit., Buried: St. Barnabas's Churchyard (Church Demolished)

Barrass, George, 03 Jun 1884, aged 64, Shifter, took ill in pit and died shortly after; he was in delicate health [fatality reported during the year but not classified as a reportable accident]

Beadle, William, 20 Jan 1896, aged 46, Stoneman, He had just got into cage to descend the shaft when he had a fit. Died the same day [fatality reported during the year but not classified as a reportable accident], Buried: St. Mark's Churchyard, Eldon

Bland, John, 05 Jul 1881, Coke drawer, he was employed as drawer in connection with the lime kilns at Binchester Colliery; whilst leaving his work, and on his road between the pit and the huts, was struck by lightning and killed instantly

Brown, Charles, 12 Sep 1883, aged 49, Hewer, fall of stone from a slip at face while kirving a jud

Chapman, William, 01 Nov 1907, aged 67, Foreman Joiner, as he stepped on to some coal in the hopper, the slide at the bottom was withdrawn, he consequently went through the hopper with the coal, and was suffocated [More information ...]

Conlon, John, 07 Aug 1902, aged 39, Hewer, died from injuries received when following his employment on May 24th, 1901

Coulthard, John, 20 Dec 1878, aged 33, Collier, fall of a large piece of stone while working in a wall, Buried: St. Barnabas's Churchyard (Church Demolished)

Egglestone, William, 25 May 1900, aged 19, Fitter, this man was not employed by the Colliery Company; he was crossing the line and had got between two trucks which were being lowered from the screens and was fatally crushed

Evans, John, 18 Aug 1895, (accident: 22 Apr 1895, 3:30 a.m., 6th hour of shift), aged 24, Hewer, broken leg and injury to back by fall of roof

Evans, William, 04 Nov 1886, aged 52, Deputy, fall of stone while drawing out a broken jud, Buried: St. Barnabas's Churchyard (Church Demolished)

Ferry, Thomas, 03 Apr 1888, aged 21, Putter, while bringing two tubs outbye, one of them got off the way and knocked out a prop, which caused a fall of stone to come over him, he ought only to have one tub, Buried: St. Paul's Churchyard, Spennymoor

Gluyas, Thomas, 15 Jan 1874, aged 26, Foreman Sinker, fell down the pit a distance of 41 fathoms

Halliday, John, 26 Aug 1857, aged 26, Deputy, explosion of firedamp [More information ...]

Hetherington, John, 18 Dec 1884, aged 55, Stoneman, run over by set on engine plane, he had lost his light

Hindmarsh, Thomas, 07 Nov 1888, aged 31, Hewer, fall of a quantity of coal while he was lying under it kirving; it came over sprags

Hird, John, 04 Oct 1896, (accident: 24 Aug 1896), aged 55, Hewer, Back injured by a stone falling from a slip between two planks

Hodgson, John Joseph, 15 May 1896, aged 28, Hewer, He had fired a shot, which displaced some timber; he neglected to re-set it and commenced to kirve when a fall of stone took place, injuring him so severely that he died the same day, Buried: St. Mark's Churchyard, Eldon [More information ...]

Hodgson, Joseph, 28 Sep 1856, aged 30, Deputy Overman, explosion of firedamp [More information ...]

Hughes, Edward, 14 May 1880, (accident: 13 Dec 1879), aged 44, Deputy, died from injuries received to his side by a tram load of plates getting off the road

Hughes, John, 18 Aug 1876, aged 16, Putter, while two putters were coming out-bye, they met at the turn, and deceased got his head jammed between the tubs

Hunter, James, 24 Apr 1894, 11:00 a.m., 4th hour of shift, aged 34, Railway Guard, While shunting wagons on coke oven sidings he neglected to use the coupling pole, and in jumping off his foot became entangled in a crossing and he was run over, Buried: St. Barnabas's Churchyard (Church Demolished)

Jones, Robert, 28 Jun 1901, aged 40, Hewer, While kirving a jud the coal fell over, caught and killed him., Buried: Rock Road Cemetery, Spennymoor

Kay, William, 05 Oct 1904, aged 47, Engineman at Washery, caught between a belt-pulley and an adjacent brick wall, while the belt and pulley were in motion, causing fatal injuries, Buried: Rock Road Cemetery, Spennymoor

Martin, John, 28 Apr 1883, (accident: 26 Apr 1883), aged 48, Hewer, injuries to side and leg by a fall of stone while turning away

Miller, George, 13 Dec 1888, aged 67, Wasteman, he felt unwell and went to sit down in the stable, where he died from natural causes, ventilation of place all right

Orton, Thomas, 15 Mar 1905, aged 34, Crusher Engineman, after attending to some repairs, he must have fallen into a hopper amongst the small coal and been suffocated, Buried: St. James' Churchyard, Coundon [More information ...]

Parker, Abraham, 08 Apr 1897, aged 30, Hewer, Killed by a fall of roof in his working place after a shot had been fired. The shot had been drilled into solid and displaced some timber [More information ...]

Parkin, William, 14 Aug 1882, aged 56, Stoneman, fall of side stone and coal at a breaker, while engaged in widening the way for a engine landing

Parr, David, 16 Jun 1887, (accident: Sep 1886), aged 42, nine months earlier he had fallen from a coke oven at Binchester Colliery and suffered serious injuries, address: Church Street, Spennymoor

Peacock, Joseph William, 25 Mar 1879, (accident: 21 Mar 1879), aged 14, Driver, fell before his set and was run over, arm broken and amputated

Peel, Robert, 09 Mar 1881, aged 22, Timber Leader, was riding inbye on limmers when they came off, and fell onto rails and was run over by a laden tram of metal

Perry, Robert Richard Hall, 03 Oct 1908, aged 38, Oiler, Buried: York Road Cemetery, Spennymoor [More information ...]

Prest, Thomas, 14 Oct 1903, aged 53, Engineman, alleged to have died from the effects of slipping in engine house, but a post-mortem showed death was due to natural causes

Richardson, James, 29 Jun 1860, aged 13, Waggon Boy, run over by a coal wagon

Richardson, William, 04 Nov 1885, aged 20, Putter, severe internal sprain received while at his work, he died from pneumonia caused by his injuries

Ritchie, Cuthbert, 03 Aug 1881, aged 45, Deputy, received a blow on the back by a fall of stone

Roberts, Robert, 14 Mar 1885, aged 42, Hewer, fall of stone from a slip or hitch met with in his working place

Simon, Ishmael, 03 May 1903, aged 59, Buried: St. Barnabas's Churchyard (Church Demolished)

Simpson, Thomas, 09 Mar 1905, aged 59, Hewer, Fall of coal while kirving a jud in a whole bord. Head and chest crushed. Died while being taken home. Probably due to not setting jud prop, Buried: Rock Road Cemetery, Spennymoor

Smith, George, 13 Nov 1894, 12:05 a.m., 7th hour of shift, aged 61, Stoneman, Fall of stone from between two balks after having fired a shot in the bottom, the shot appears to have either blown out or undermined some timber [More information ...]

Sweeting, Robert, 24 Aug 1875, aged 26, Sinker, killed by a fall of stone

Walters, Joseph, 23 May 1897, (accident: 26 Apr 1897), aged 59, Stoneman, Thigh broken by a fall of stone while setting timber in face of gateway. Died on May 23rd

Walton, William Thomas, 30 Dec 1903, aged 39, Deputy, when timbering a hewer's place, a large stone fell upon and killed him, Buried: Rock Road Cemetery, Spennymoor

Warren, Edward, 12 Jun 1890, (accident: 10 Jun 1890), aged 16, Driver, severe injury to leg by fall of side coal while at the flat, he died after amputation

Wharton, George, 06 Feb 1878, aged 20, Collier, fall of stone ; he had neglected to set a prop which had been knocked out by a shot, although warned to do so, and a large stone fell from the roof

Whittaker, George, 02 Feb 1908, (accident: 15 Aug 1907), aged 24, Hewer, He was hewing in a jud when a stone, 3 feet by 3¼ feet by 3¼ feet, fell from a slip on its left side and a 2 feet dip hitch on its outbye side, and broke his spine, He died 2nd February, 1908. The deputy had been in the place ten minutes prior to the stone falling, but he had not seen anything wrong

Williams, Edward, 27 Feb 1890, (accident: 05 Feb 1890), aged 62, Stoneman, received a slight blow on the leg by a piece of stone falling; he afterwards had an attack of influenza and died from inflammation of the lungs on the 27th inst. [fatality reported during the year but not classified as a reportable accident]

Young, John, 19 Jul 1907, aged 34, caught in some machinery

Young, William, 06 Sep 1877, aged 48, Shiftman, while engaged in taking plates out of a bord, a piece of stone fell on his leg, and as he had long suffered from heart disease, it is supposed he died from fright, there were no injuries on his body

Younger, John, 19 Jul 1906, aged 31, Pumpman, he was caught by the second motion gearing of a pump and killed [More information ...]