Dean and Chapter Colliery

1950 - Amalgamated with Leasingthorne

1962 - Amalgamated with Chilton

Allan, William Wilson, 17 Sep 1925, aged 32, Hewer, killed by a fall of stone

Anderson, John, 04 Jan 1934, aged 61, Buried: Duncombe Cemetery, Ferryhill

Anderson, William, 14 Feb 1930, (accident: 13 Feb 1930), aged 17, he was critically injured by a fall of stone and died from his injuries at Durham County Hospital the following day [More information ...]

Armstrong, Albert H., 1963, [details unknown]

Armstrong, Robert Carr, 17 Dec 1927, (accident: 21 Nov 1927), aged 29, Hewer, killed by a fall of stone

Ash, Arthur, 23 Feb 1944, aged 33, Cutter, multiple injuries, Buried: York Road Cemetery, Spennymoor

Atchison, James Edward, 09 Nov 1937, aged 49, Hewer, killed by a fall of stone, Buried: Rock Road Cemetery, Spennymoor

Bainbridge, Albert, 27 Jul 1923, aged 31, suffocated when 40 tons of coal came away in a bunker he had been cleaning out

Barrass, George, 17 Jul 1929, aged 44, Hewer, killed by a fall of stone

Batey, William, 17 Jan 1924, 12.50 a.m., 3rd hour of shift, aged 55, Stoneman, Deceased was resting during the clearing of debris from a bottom canch shot when a portion of post panel fell from the roof without warning. Two pieces of stone, each about 3 ft. by 2 ft. by 6 ins. thick, caught his head and crushed it against the canch side, causing injuries from which he died later the same day. The fall came away from a feather edge on one side and a slip on the other. Temporary supports might have been set until the debris was cleared, Buried: Duncombe Cemetery, Ferryhill

Beavis, Edward Frederick, 14 Oct 1945, aged 33, Pumpman, he was trapped by a fall of stone on the Sunday morning, he was taken to Sunderland Royal Infirmary where he died from his injuries the same day, Buried: Duncombe Cemetery, Ferryhill

Bell, William, 28 May 1941, aged 37, Hewer, runaway tubs, left a 5 month old daughter, Buried: York Road Cemetery, Spennymoor

Bellis, Samuel, 29 Aug 1930, (accident: 28 Aug 1930), aged 60, Stoneman, crushed by tubs, Buried: Duncombe Cemetery, Ferryhill

Bettinson, H., 16 Jul 1925, aged 22, Landing Lad, slipped and fell under a tub

Binks, John, , [date unknown]

Birbeck, Stanley, 21 Nov 1928, aged 18, Buried: York Road Cemetery, Spennymoor

Bird, Thomas, 14 Aug 1924, (accident: 13 Aug 1924, 3.45 p.m., 7th hour of shift), aged 22, Putter, died from injuries received, Buried: St. Charles (RC) Churchyard, Tudhoe Village [More information ...]

Blenkinsopp, Thomas, 07 Jan 1915, (accident: 22 Jun 1914), aged 37, Rolleywayman, deceased reported to the overman on 22nd June, 1914, that he had strained himself in the back by lifting a tub on to the rails; he worked two shifts after that then had to cease working; he was attended by a doctor until he died on 7th January, 1915; evidence as to a post-mortem examination was given at the inquest, and the doctor who made it said that the deceased was an unhealthy man, who had (probably in childhood) been operated on for curvature of the spine; undoubtedly before June 1914, he was in a diseased condition, from which he would ultimately have died; all the doctors present at the examination, however, agreed that death was accelerated by the accident on 22nd June 1914

Blood, Albert, 18 Nov 1935, aged 34, Stoneman, struck by shot, Buried: York Road Cemetery, Spennymoor [More information ...]

Bolton, Richard, 14 Sep 1916, aged 39, Hewer, he was pony putting in the Harvey seam when a fall of stone buried both him and the pony

Bott, William, 05 Feb 1938, aged 50, Buried: York Road Cemetery, Spennymoor

Brain, Albert, 22 Nov 1927, (accident: 21 Nov 1927), aged 39, Hewer, killed by a fall of stone, Buried: York Road Cemetery, Spennymoor

Brown, Philip, 18 Oct 1956, aged 55, Wagon Lowerer, he was working on the surface when he was struck and run over by four trucks, he died in Bishop Auckland General Hospital shortly after being admitted

Bulmer, George, 13 Oct 1939, (accident: 09 Oct 1939), aged 31, Hewer, killed by a fall of stone

Bunn, Robert, , [date unknown]

Burgess, Thomas, 01 Nov 1945, aged 25, Putter, killed by a fall of stone, Buried: York Road Cemetery, Spennymoor

Burke, James, 25 Feb 1922, aged 66, Buried: Duncombe Cemetery, Ferryhill

Burns, R., 03 Jan 1933, (accident: 23 Dec 1932), aged 27, Run Rider, struck by rail

Caghill, John, 02 Dec 1907, (accident: 19 Nov 1907), aged 35, Stoneman, when drilling a hole in a top canch, the back end of the canch left up on the left side of the road dislodged the timber, and, falling upon him, broke his spine

Calvert, Robert, 31 Oct 1910, aged 61, he had finished his shift in the Brockwell seam and was returning to the shaft with the other men; they entered a refuge hole when some tubs were going to pass, and as he sat down he died; death was due to rupture of the heart

Christlow, G. A., , [date unknown]

Clear, Charles, 19 Feb 1909, aged 24, Labourer, He was leaning over the fencing of a gangway vomiting, when he overbalanced and fell 13 feet to the ground and broke his skull

Conway, Thomas, 19 Jun 1922, aged 59, Deputy, died as the result of injuries alleged to have been received on the same day through climbing over tubs

Corner, W., 09 Oct 1916, aged 56, Manager, he was manager of the by-product plant and had made his inspection for the night, and was later found lying dead beneath some trucks, the wheels having passed over his body

Courtley, George, 11 Feb 1952, aged 16, knocked down by a tub whilst trying to untangle his pony and fell unconscious into a few inches of slurry

Cousins, Richard, 22 Oct 1941, aged 60, Stoneman, killed by a fall of stone

Cummings, Luke, 20 Jun 1911, aged 14, Haulage Lad, Buried: Duncombe Cemetery, Ferryhill [More information ...]

Daglish, Timothy, 03 Oct 1907, aged 21, Hewer, he was killed by a fall of band, which came away sideways, pushing the timber out, in the Main Coal Seam; there was a hidden slip or parting from which the band fell

Danby, William Thomas, 22 Feb 1930, (accident: 20 Feb 1930), cause of death was injures to the head,бaccidentally caused by being crushed between a tub and prop, died in Durham County Hospital

Davey, James, 25 Feb 1921, caught by tubs and killed instantly

Davis, Joe, 30 Nov 1927, aged 49, killed in the by-product plant, Buried: St. James' Churchyard, Coundon

Davison, Clifford S., 01 Oct 1941, aged 18, Screenhand, crushed by tubs

Davison, Frederick, 18 Aug 1900, aged 46, Buried: Duncombe Cemetery, Ferryhill

Davison, Frederick, 19 Aug 1930, aged 46, Deputy, struck by a running set of tubs, address: Dean Bank, Ferryhill [More information ...]

Davison, Harold, 10 Aug 1938, aged 35, Buried: Rock Road Cemetery, Spennymoor

Dixon, George, 04 Jun 1909, aged 54, Buried: York Road Cemetery, Spennymoor

Duggan, Robert W., 21 Dec 1931, (accident: 18 Dec 1931), aged 32, Hewer, explosion [More information ...]

Dunn, Robert, 06 Dec 1918, aged 41, Stoneman, death was due to hypostatic pneumonia following severe injuries, Buried: St. Charles (RC) Churchyard, Tudhoe Village [More information ...]

Dunn, Samuel, 17 Apr 1913, aged 17, Pony Putter, deceased was found lying dead at the roadside; it was thought that he was going by the side of his tub to start his pony, the pony having stopped at a canvas door, when the pony moved on and caused deceased's head to be crushed between a prop and the tub, Buried: Duncombe Cemetery, Ferryhill

Ebdon, W., 1933, aged 14, killed instantly when he was crushed between two tubs on the surface

Ellis, Robert William, 03 Jul 1938, aged 44, Stoneman, struck by rope, Buried: Rock Road Cemetery, Spennymoor

Evans, Harry, 07 Mar 1930, (accident: 30 May 1929), aged 34, Hewer, killed by a fall of stone

Forster, George Skelton, 07 Nov 1923, aged 40, Buried: Duncombe Cemetery, Ferryhill

Fryatt, Ishmael Jarvis, 29 Jun 1932, aged 27, Buried: Rock Road Cemetery, Spennymoor

Garthwaite, Jonathan William, 21 Mar 1914, (accident: 20 Mar 1914), aged 41, Hewer, Deceased was undercutting a jud when a fall of about half a ton of coal occurred, fracturing his skull. The coal fell from a "sooty back" at the loose end of the jud. A sprag had been set 3 feet 9 inches from the fast side. It would have been better if a second sprag had been set 6 feet from the fast side also. The ground was slightly disturbed.

Gibbs, Isaac, 30 Apr 1950, aged 55, Buried: Duncombe Cemetery, Ferryhill

Gleeson, Fred, 04 Feb 1903, aged 34, Riveter, he fell off the top of the headgear which was being erected to the ground, a distance of 90 feet, and was killed

Gorman, Robert, 26 May 1913, (accident: 23 Dec 1912), On 23rd December he arrived home from work complaining that he had injured his side with a winch handle. He was in bed for a month, then started to get about a bit, but had to take to his bed in the month before his death on 26 May 1913. The cause of death was 'tuberculosis of the bowels, set up by the accident'

Graham, John William, 14 Feb 1922, aged 15, Bankhead lad, shock injuries on buttocks and other parts of his body after being accidentally crushed between an empty coal tub and prop at corner of a refuge hole through the set of tubs not having been properly coupled up by him and ran amain on an incline; son of Ernest Frederick Graham, a colliery shifter of Dean Bank, Ferryhill

Grayson, Robert W., 21 Dec 1943, aged 23, Putter, killed by a fall of stone

Guy, Christopher Charles, 24 Jun 1913, aged 29, Buried: St. John the Evangelist Churchyard, Kirk Merrington

Hall, Thomas, 04 Jul 1917, aged 45, Buried: Duncombe Cemetery, Ferryhill

Halpin, Thomas, 31 Jul 1923, aged 58, Hewer, killed by a fall of stone

Halton, John, 16 May 1948, (accident: 15 May 1948), aged 43, Girder Leader, caught by tub

Hardy, Harold, 26 Mar 1930, aged 16, Driver, killed by a fall of stone

Hardy, Thomas, 25 Aug 1916, aged 70, Labourer, of Tudhoe Grange, was knocked down and run over by a locomotive, he was taken to Durham Infirmary where he died from his injuries later that afternoon

Harrison, William, 01 Jul 1930, aged 49, Hewer, killed by a fall of stone

Heseltine, Arthur C., 05 Dec 1923, (accident: 04 Dec 1923), aged 15, Tracer, killed by a fall of stone

Heward, William, 26 Jan 1949, he was killed by a fall of stone while carrying out stone work in the Five Quarter seam, No. 3 Pit, Buried: Duncombe Cemetery, Ferryhill

Hewitt, -, , Hewer, fall of stone [date unknown]

Hinton, Joe, 1940, Deputy, crushed, approximate date

Hinton, Joseph Henry, 30 Jul 1961, aged 51, Buried: York Road Cemetery, Spennymoor

Hodgson, William, 07 Jun 1940, (accident: 06 Jun 1940), aged 37, Hewer, lifting baulk, Buried: Rock Road Cemetery, Spennymoor

Hopper, G. W., 21 Jan 1905, aged 25, Guard, he was trying to get on to the engine which was going about 10 miles an hour; he got hold of the handle but missed the step, his toe caught a chair, he fell and a waggon went over his leg [More information ...]

Hughes, Elias, 26 Nov 1929, aged 43, Hewer, he was working with Frederick Aldworth and was stemming holes for shot firing; he told Aldworth to take the pony out while he fired the shot, on his return Aldworth found Hughes lying dead under a fall of ramble

Hull, John, 05 May 1922, aged 24, Sawmill Labourer, he was running a tree, which was slung in a chain block, when the hook broke, and the tree fell upon him, causing him internal injuries from which he died in the Ambulance Room [date of newspaper report]

Hutchinson, John Robert, 24 Feb 1964, aged 55, complained of feeling unwell on his way out of the pit, died underground, Buried: Chilton Cemetery

Irvine, John George, 30 May 1940, aged 56, Stoneman, killed by a fall of stone

Jackson, Robert, 20 Feb 1915, aged 44, Hurrying to reach work on time on Saturday afternoon, 20th February, Robert Jackson and John Duffy jumped over a fence and attempted to board a train of coal trucks. Jackson made a dash for one of the trucks, missed his footing, and was run over - one of his legs almost being severed. He was taken to Durham County Hospital where he died a few hours later.

Jenkins, John Thomas, 04 Apr 1922, aged 22, Hewer, killed by a fall of stone, Buried: Rock Road Cemetery, Spennymoor

Johnson, Harry (Sandy), 19 Oct 1954, aged 22, killed by a fall of stone, Buried: Duncombe Cemetery, Ferryhill

Kirtley, Robert, 06 Feb 1910, (accident: 23 Mar 1909), aged 57, He was struck in the eye by a piece of coal. The eye became inflamed, and long after the accident he continued to wear a bandage or shield over it. He died on 6th February 1910. Medical evidence showed that death was due to kidney disease which was the indirect result of the accident to his eye.

Latheron, Joseph, 15 Jun 1944, aged 58, Buried: Duncombe Cemetery, Ferryhill

Lee, Thomas, 17 Sep 1904, aged 37, Onsetter, He was rapping to the surface, when the rapper wire by some means came in contact with the electric cable in the shaft and he received a shock from which he died within a few minutes. The voltage was 220, and the shaft and flat sheets on which he was standing were very wet [More information ...]

Longstaff, David, 26 Jan 1949, aged 21, Putter, he was clearing stones while preceeding a tub which was being lowered down a dip when it ran amain and struck him, Buried: Rock Road Cemetery

MacDermott, Michael, 11 Jun 1909, (accident: 01 Jun 1909), aged 38, Hewer, A pony fell on him as he was going outbye and broke his ribs. Died 11th June, 1909, from pneumonia

Marsden, John, 13 Feb 1927, (accident: 14 Jan 1925), aged 37, Hewer, killed by a fall of stone, Buried: Rock Road Cemetery, Spennymoor

Marshall, James, 18 Oct 1927, aged 35, Hewer, crushed

Martin, Patrick, 09 May 1929, aged 63, Shifter, killed by a fall of stone, Buried: St. Charles (RC) Churchyard, Tudhoe Village

Mayock, Michael, 20 Apr 1912, (accident: 10 Apr 1912), aged 46, Labourer, he was assisting to pull down some walling at the coke ovens, and while so engaged slipped his pinch bar and fell a distance of 3 feet, striking the back of his head on a concrete floor; he was sent home, and becoming unconscious on the way, was ultimately taken to Durham County Hospital, where he died on 20th April, Buried: St. Charles (RC) Churchyard, Tudhoe Village

McAdam, Thomas, 23 May 1930, Hewer, he was taken ill suddenly at work, he was conveyed to Durham County Hospital where he died; address: George Street, Spennymoor [Durham Chronicle 23 May 1930]

McCormick, John Henry, 28 Apr 1943, aged 34, Stoneman, killed by a fall of stone

McFarlane, Patrick, 08 Mar 1911, aged 16, Driver, at the close of his shift this boy was found at a curve, pinned between the tail rope and a guide rail; his pony, which he should have taken out with him, was at the landing; there can be little doubt he was riding on the set, and was either thrown off or caught when in the act of jumping off; he was badly injured and died on the way to Durham County Hospital

McGahan, Owen, 08 Jul 1920, aged 14, Pony Driver, it was thought that he had been caught by a tub, his skull and ribs were fractured; he died in the ambulance van while being taken to Durham Hospital

McGill, Michael, 21 Jun 1929, aged 17, Attendant, struck by cage [More information ...]

McKenna, James, 23 Dec 1924, 11.15 a.m., 1st hour of shift, aged 49, Hewer, deceased had holed 2 ft. in depth for a length of 10 ft. in a narrow rib of coal, and had set one sprag 4 ft. 6 ins. from the loose end. Whilst he was stooping to cast out the kirvings, the whole of the undercut coal fell. A piece, 2 ft. by 2 ft. by 2 ft., struck him on the head and killed him

McKeon, Martin Thomas, 10 Dec 1951, aged 30, Stoneman, he was killed instantly by the fall of a cone shaped stone eight feet long and a yard thick while working in a place only two feet two inches high

Meek, Thomas, 14 Dec 1923, aged 40, Hewer, killed by a fall of stone

Metcalf, Anthony, 09 May 1908, (accident: 02 May 1908), aged 22, Hewer, A piece of band stone fell on to his left foot. He took off his boot and examined his foot and found one toe bruised ; the skin was not broken and he completed his shift.. After getting home and changing, he walked to and from Spennymoor Races, some four miles. On returning home he went to bed and blood poisoning set in. He died a week afterwards

Metcalfe, Herbert Parker, 19 Jan 1915, aged 16, Offtakes Lad, caught by set, Buried: York Road Cemetery, Spennymoor

Murray, Cecil, 02 May 1922, aged 15, Tracer, killed by a fall of stone

Needham, Joseph, 30 Jun 1908, (accident: 13 Jul 1904), aged 48, he was brought home badly injured from Dean and Chapter Colliery on 13 July 1904. He died on 30 June 1908 after falling downstairs a week earlier. The inquest jury returned the following verdict 'Deceased being through injuries to back, received whilst at work in 1904, greatly lowered in vital energy and rendered more liable to blood poisoning, accidentally fell downstairs on May 23rd 1908, and fractured his jaw and left arm, setting up blood poisoning, from which he died.'

Oldham, George, 23 Nov 1911, aged 43, Hewer, he was working with another hewer in a bord 5 yards wide; the seam contained a stone band 2 feet 4 inches thick; they had fired a sumping shot in the bottom coal and had set a prop and headtree under the bandstone; Oldham was filling away the last of the coals from the shot when the bandstone suddenly fell away from some slips and killed him; the slips sloped towards each other in an upward direction, and the prop and headtree were canted out, Buried: York Road Cemetery, Spennymoor

Ord, John William, 24 Nov 1903, aged 14, Fitter's Apprentice, he fell from scaffold of winding engine pillar which was being erected, a distance of 33 feet; he had no business on the scaffold

Ovington, Parkinson, 19 Aug 1930, aged 47, Stoneman, struck by a running set of tubs, address: Low Spennymoor [More information ...]

Parkinson, John, 09 Jul 1925, aged 59, [Not Employed], died while picking coal on the pit heap; he apparently did not hear an approaching bucket on the aerial flight, and its contents, weighing about half a ton, dropped onto his head killing him instantly (he was an unemployed coke oven worker)

Patchett, Edward, 14 Jun 1922, aged 26, Hewer, killed by a fall of stone in the Harvey Seam, lived with his sister at Tudhoe, Buried: Croxdale Cemetery

Pattison, Frederick, 20 Dec 1925, (accident: 14 Dec 1925), aged 51, Hewer, killed by a fall of stone

Pattison, Thomas, 30 Apr 1946, aged 36, Shot Firer, killed by a fall of coal, Buried: York Road Cemetery, Spennymoor

Patton, Frederick, 06 Feb 1914, aged 26, Hewer, caught by a fall of stone and instantly killed, Buried: Duncombe Cemetery, Ferryhill [More information ...]

Pinder, Joseph, 24 Jan 1909, aged 34, Labourer, He was standing on a platform near the edge looking at some object during the time an aerial ropeway was standing. When the rope began to move, an empty bucket, which he himself had attached to the rope, moving forward struck him in the back and he fell to the ground 26 feet below and broke his skull

Pinkney, Thomas, 09 Mar 1925, aged 65, Foreman Joiner, he was examining the ropes in No. 2 winding engine house when the brakesman on duty saw him fall, he went to his assistance, but Pinkney was already dead

Platford, Walter, 22 Jan 1907, aged 30, Hewer, he had kirved to a hitch leader and the stone fell away from it; the timbering was in order

Pletts, M., 30 Dec 1904, aged 23, Hewer, Fall of coal. The father was filling, and some top coal came down and killed the son and injured the father. The place had just holed into an old bord

Potts, Robert, 21 Jul 1914, aged 36, Patent Oven Coal Stamper Attendant, deceased had climbed on to the top of one of two stampers on his machine to make some necessary adjustment; in getting down he got hold of one of the rails on which the stampers run; the other stamper was near the end of its travel and deceased slipped his hand, and a wheel of the stamper frame ran on to it; he received constant attention and was moved to the hospital on the 25th July, but he died a month later from blood poisoning following the injury to his right hand

Pumford, James, 26 Sep 1913, aged 43, Deputy, deceased went to reset a prop and crossing plank at a siding, which had been knocked out by a pony, when a large stone suddenly fell and killed him instantly; the stone came away from a "horse back" and had been supported by the timber knocked out, Buried: York Road Cemetery, Spennymoor

Railton, William, 22 Feb 1912, aged 27, Truck lowerer, his duty was to lower the waggons clear of the screens, after being filled at the best coal belt, and put empty ones in their places; the accident occurred 90 yards below the screens, out of the sphere of his work; he was apparently standing on the step of the first of four trucks working the brake and did not notice that he was approaching some more waggons standing on a crossing, with the result that he was crushed between them and killed; why he was taking the four waggons so far down is not known

Rigby, Thomas Cecil, 05 Feb 1923, aged 22, Buried: Duncombe Cemetery, Ferryhill

Riley, -, 17 Nov 1908, aged 21, Fitter, he fell 30 feet onto a steel girder and suffered severe head injuries, dying shortly afterwards. Riley was employed by Messrs. Dempster & Co., Manchester, and had been working on the erection of some large cooling tanks at the colliery

Riley, Edward Goodric, 28 Jun 1944, aged 45, Hewer, killed by a fall of stone, Buried: Chilton Cemetery

Riley, James, 21 May 1935, aged 44, Shifter, he was crushed to death by a set of tubs

Riley, John, 11 Aug 1911, (accident: 10 Aug 1911), aged 23, Hewer, he and another hewer were turning away a split wall out of a wide bord and had kirved 3 feet under in the bottom for a width of 10 feet; they had two jud props set and a hole ready bored at the left side for a shot; when the deputy came in to charge the hole both hewers retired, but Riley at once returned and knocked out the inbye jud prop; the front portion of the jud and also some ramble at once fell away and caught him; there had apparently been a fracture in the ramble, and as it had a smooth parting the weight of the stone was sufficient to break down the front part of the jud when the prop was removed, Buried: St. Charles (RC) Churchyard, Tudhoe Village [More information ...]

Riley, John?, 1944, Washery Attendant, caught by machinery in plant and mangled

Rothery, John, 28 Jun 1905, (accident: 27 Jun 1905), aged 14, Trapper, He had permitted his trap door to close partially. The third of a set of 14 loaded tubs caught it and drove it back against him fracturing the base of his skull. He died on the following day [More information ...]

Roxby, William, 18 Jan 1922, (accident: Sep 1920), aged 62, Deputy, He had returned from work in September last and complained of pain in his elbow. He said he had bumped it on a prop while sawing wood. An inquest into his death was held on 12 January. Medical evidence showed that death was due to pyaemia (blood poisoning from an abscess), and the cause of it was doubtful.

Rutter, William, 17 Feb 1936, aged 32, Cutter, killed by a fall of stone, Buried: St. Mary's Parish Church, Coxhoe

Ryder, George William, 28 Oct 1906, (accident: 26 Oct 1906), aged 17, Driver, When driving a set of tubs into the landing, he was a little late in detaching the limbers. The pony turned out and he was crushed by the end of the first tub against the bow of the limbers. He died two days afterwards., Buried: York Road Cemetery, Spennymoor

Sample, George Arthur, 30 Aug 1906, aged 33, Greaser, When oiling the bearings of a revolving shaft, his sleeve was caught by a stud, and he was whirled round and round, and then thrown into a truck. He died the same day in hospital., Buried: Rock Road Cemetery, Spennymoor [More information ...]

Schollick, Thomas William, 23 Dec 1917, aged 21, Buried: St. John the Evangelist Churchyard, Kirk Merrington

Sewell, William, 22 Oct 1941, aged 67, Stoneman, killed by a fall of stone, Buried: Duncombe Cemetery, Ferryhill

Seymour, A., 13 Sep 1937, aged 56, Hewer, killed by a fall of stone

Shippen, William, 09 Jul 1929, (accident: 24 May 1929), aged 40, Hewer, killed by a fall of stone, Buried: Rock Road Cemetery, Spennymoor

Simpson, Thomas, 12 Mar 1917, aged 14, Buried: Duncombe Cemetery, Ferryhill

Smith, Albert, 27 Jan 1927, (accident: 24 Jan 1927), aged 38, Waggonway Man, crushed

Smith, Edward, 25 Jan 1936, aged 43, Puller Up, killed by a fall of stone

Smith, John, 19 Aug 1918, (accident: 14 Aug 1918), aged 56, Hewer, died on August 19th, 1918, as a result, it is alleged, of injuries received on August 14th, 1918, when it is stated he strained himself through lifting a tub

Smith, John, 02 Nov 1946, aged 43, Filler, killed by a fall of stone, Buried: St. Charles (RC) Churchyard, Tudhoe Village

Smith, Joseph, 23 Mar 1907, (accident: 13 Mar 1907), aged 17, Putter, his pony swinging round suddenly, the limbers struck Smith's leg; he died from blood poisoning ten days afterwards

Smith, Martin, 19 Nov 1905, aged 29, Valve Cleaner, fell from scaffold at coke evens when intoxicated; not employed at the time [fatality reported during the year but not classified as a reportable accident]

Smith, Walter, 11 Dec 1906, aged 14, Coupler, He was coupling some tubs together when a piece of roof broke away at a keen slip and fell upon his back. The rolleyway where the accident happened was being made higher, and the projecting end of the canch was supported by a baulk. The stone, in falling, canted over the baulk., Buried: Duncombe Cemetery, Ferryhill

Sokell, J., 30 Oct 1947, (accident: 21 Jun 1941), aged 64, Hewer, killed by a fall of stone

Stanton, J., 02 Oct 1942, (accident: 26 Jan 1942), aged 17, Datal, caught by tubs

Stephenson, William P., 30 Oct 1915, aged 28, Buried: St. Stephen's Churchyard/Willington Cemetery

Stewart, Thomas M., 07 Jul 1960, aged 54, Filler, employed on filling following the explosion of shots when the roof collapsed trapping him. He sustained fatal injuries. Alleged breach of support rules

Summerbell, Thomas, 07 Sep 1922, aged 53, Hewer, killed by a fall of stone, Buried: York Road Cemetery, Spennymoor

Sunley, William, 22 Jul 1910, aged 19, Assistant Banksman, The top deck of the double decked cage had been changed, i.e., the full tubs had been replaced by empty ones. After the bottom deck was changed there was then a short interval during which deceased turned away from the shaft and talked to another lad. On receiving the required signal the brakesman put his engine in motion and the cage commenced to descend. Sunley turned to the shaft and seized hold of the sneck of the top deck of the cage and was pulled into the shaft. He had evidently forgotten that the tubs had been changed and the cage was ready to descend

Taylor, William, 14 Feb 1915, (accident: 11 Jan 1915), aged 58, Horsekeeper, He died in Durham County Hospital on 14th February. On 11th January, the pony he was putting the gears on slipped down onto the stable floor and trod on his foot. Despite the injury to his foot he continued to work until 25th January. On 1st February he was admitted to hospital suffering from gangrene of the foot, and a few days later his leg was amputated. During the operation, it was found that the gangrene had passed into his stomach.

Thompson, Albert, 15 May 1953, aged 31, Wagon Loader, he was killed when he was run over by a railway wagon, Buried: York Road Cemetery, Spennymoor

Thompson, Wilfrid, 17 Sep 1946, aged 66, Buried: St. James' Churchyard, Coundon

Todd, Edwin, 22 Aug 1927, aged 32, Hewer, killed by a fall of stone, Buried: York Road Cemetery, Spennymoor

Turner, Daniel, 16 Aug 1920, (accident: 25 Jul 1920), aged 68, Shifter, cut his hand on 25th July, septic poisoning set in and he died on 16 August

Tweddle, John, 15 Sep 1911, aged 32, Deputy, he had come out to the turn at the inbye end of the landing to see how the drivers were getting on, and while waiting at that point a driver came round a gradient of 2 inches per yard with his pony and four full tubs; fortunately the driver was at the rear end of his set; the pony probably shied at the deputy's light and crossed out causing the first two full tubs to leave the rails, join up and then mount, with the result that two heavy balks were knocked out thus liberating a fall of roof, part of which caught Tweddle on the head; the driver was possibly going at too great a speed and only had four dregs in the wheels instead of six

Waller, Harry, 29 May 1913, aged 49, Stoneman, deceased with another workman was commencing to rid a fall of stone in a return airway; whilst examining the roof over the fall a stone fell and killed him, Buried: York Road Cemetery, Spennymoor

Walters, Daniel, 20 Sep 1938, aged 19, Buried: Rock Road Cemetery, Spennymoor

Walters, Frederick, 15 Nov 1937, aged 44, Stoneman, caught by rope

Walton, Robert (Bob), 1949, [details unknown]

Walton, Thomas, 06 Nov 1930, aged 45, Buried: Staindrop Churchyard

Walton, William, 08 Aug 1906, aged 39, Overman, Electrocuted by touching a wire rope stay hanging from a pole carrying electric cables in the Colliery village., Buried: Duncombe Cemetery, Ferryhill

Waterworth, John Griffith, 19 Apr 1912, aged 16, Driver, he was employed as a driver on a road having an increasing dip outbye; the proper load was four tubs and drivers were not allowed to ride on the tubs; he was found jammed fast between the third tub of his set and the side of the road; his set consisted of five tubs, all of which were on the way, and the pony was standing quietly; it is not known how the accident happened, Buried: York Road Cemetery, Spennymoor

Wayman, James, 03 Feb 1909, (accident: 27 Jan 1909), aged 18, Incline Attendant, There were two self-acting inclines, one feeding the other, in the same line. He ran his set and prepared for the upper incline set to be run. He received the usual signal and answered it. He then followed the empty set up the incline, but so far up he was crossing over the full way with the intention of getting into a refuge hole when the full set ran on to him and killed him. He had been going up to help the boy at the top of the upper incline, this being part of his work. He ought not to have been allowed to travel the incline when the sets were running, Buried: Duncombe Cemetery, Ferryhill

White, Bernard, 10 Apr 1937, aged 15, died in hoispital from injuries received and was buried on 10 Apr 1937

Whitehead, Robert, 02 Mar 1930, aged 62, Shaftman, accidentally fell down the shaft of No. 1 Pit. Fred Clark said that he was working with Whitehead on the top of the cage repairing the shaft. When they had finished their work Whitehead told him to signal for the cage to be lowered. However, instead of the cage lowering, it went up. While trying to save his lamp Whitehead lost his balance and fell to the bottom of the shaft and was killed instantly

Whitehouse, Emmanuel, 30 May 1919, (accident: 19 Feb 1919), aged 65, Hewer, he and Morgan Jones were going inbye to their work, as an empty set of tubs approached they got into the way end for safety. The set ran off the way and swung round the rail and caught both men. Whitehouse's foot was fractured so badly that it was amputated on 23rd May, and he died in Durham County Hospital from septic poisoning

Whitfield, Ernest H., 02 Oct 1914, aged 19, Putter, The empty set of 45 tubs was run as usual into a landing dipping 1 in 8. A mooring chain was hung on to the back of the set as it was coming to rest. When the mooring chain took the weight off the set, the jerk caused the crook on the end of the draw bar of the third tub to break, and 43 tubs ran amain through the landing. They struck deceased, who was trying to get refuge, and killed him. It was found that about one-third of the fractured surface was old. Probably both the old and new areas of fracture were due to similar causes, Buried: Rock Road Cemetery, Spennymoor

Wigham, John, 09 Jul 1909, (accident: 06 May 1909), aged 17, Putter, When working as a putter, he, in some way, strained his foot. An abscess formed on the top of the foot and septic poisoning set in. He died on July 9th

Wilkinson, Ritson, 03 May 1910, aged 17, Gripper, It was his duty to attach sets of tubs to the endless rope by means of a grip. The rope runs under the tubs at a speed of about three miles an hour. The grip is attached at the front end of the set, and needs some considerable force to tighten. The lad was found under the third tub which was off the way. No one saw the accident, and it is thought he had fallen down in front of the set of tubs when tightening the grip, Buried: Duncombe Cemetery, Ferryhill

Williams, Evan, 17 Sep 1936, (accident: 14 Apr 1936), aged 57, Hewer, he was filling a tub when he slipped and hurt his side, it was thought he had fractured two ribs; he was confined to bed for three weeks before being transferred to Durham County Hospital. A post mortem examination revealed no evidence of fractured ribs, death being due to heart failure following other complications, the jury returned a verdict in accordance wirh medical evidence, adding that death was accelerated by the accident, Buried: York Road Cemetery, Spennymoor

Williams, William, 15 May 1917, (accident: 07 Nov 1910), he was injured in an accidenta on 7th Nov 1910, he died from 'heart failure accelerated by the accident' on 15th Jun 1917

Williamson, -, , [date unknown]

Willows, George Edwin, 14 May 1959, (accident: 11 May 1959), aged 51, he was trapped between a tub and roof girder while taking tubs up an incline, he died from severe chest injuries in Durham County Hospital

Wilson, A., , [date unknown]

Wilson, Frank, 18 Feb 1929, (accident: 21 Jan 1929), aged 56, Hewer, slipped

Wilson, Henry, 30 Sep 1925, (accident: 28 Sep 1925), aged 33, Hewer, killed by a fall of stone, Buried: Duncombe Cemetery, Ferryhill

Wilson, John, 01 Jul 1903, aged 34, Stone Teemer, he fell down dead when at work from natural causes

Wilson, William, 17 Sep 1925, aged 32, Buried: York Road Cemetery, Spennymoor

Wrightson, Thomas, 11 Oct 1961, aged 52, caught by chain, address: 72 Faraday Street, Dean Bank, Ferryhill [More information ...]

Young, James, 1957, [date unknown]