Dunston Colliery

1875 - The main shaft, Dunston Colliery, was sunk from the surface to the Brockwell Seam.

1926 - Brockwell seam abandoned

1933, 10 Nov - Tilley seam abandoned

1935, 23 Oct - Three Quarter seam abandoned

1945 - Beaumont seam abandoned

1947, 19 Dec - Three Quarter, Five Quarter, Busty, Brockwell seams abandoned

Bainbridge, Francis, 21 Sep 1906, (accident: 20 Sep 1906), aged 23, Stoneman [More information ...]

Barwick, Joseph, 25 Jan 1895, 3:00 p.m., 5th hour of shift, aged 38, Hewer, there is no doubt in this case of a fall of stone that there should have been more timber set, and the deputy stated at the inquest that the men were to do this when the coal was cleared from a shot which had just fired

Blench, Ralph, 13 Jul 1900, aged 22, Hewer, A shot had been fired, but failed to bring down the coal, and the deputy had instructed the deceased to hew it down. It is supposed he had improperly started to kirve again without re-setting the sprags. [Inspection made & inquest attended], Buried: Gateshead East Cemetery

Boyd, John, 11 Jul 1892, 6:20 a.m., 2nd hour of shift, aged 35, Hewer, He was skirting along an old headway, and had gone about two feet, when a stone suddenly came away from a "slip." [Inspection made & inquest attended]

Bradley, William, 04 Jun 1897, aged 38, Shot Firer, He had fired a shot but had evidently not given himself time to get away or remained too long, as he waited to put his lamp top on before leaving the canch [Enquiries made]

Burton, James, 24 Mar 1896, aged 42, Deputy, He was passing the end of a road when the putter coming out-bye with a tub, crushed him against the wall side [Inspection made & inquest attended]

Chapman, John, 29 Jun 1906, (accident: 19 Jun 1906), aged 47, Stoneman [More information ...]

Coleman, John, 27 Jul 1897, aged 36, Hewer, He was hewing in a gateway, when a large fall of stone came away at a slip. The stone was in the shape of a "horse-back" [Inquest attended]

Cook, Jacob, 26 Apr 1924, 5.30 a.m., 3rdrd hour of shift, aged 44, Hewer, deceased was hewing in a seam 20 ins. thick. The roof is post, but the face of this working place was being crossed by a "roll" in the roof. Whilst deceased was hewing away the upper portion of the seam adjacent to the "roll" a portion of the roll fell away and struck him on the head. He sustained a fracture of the skull, which proved fatal. Two props set under the "roll" failed to hold the stone and were canted out by the fall

Costello, Michael, 31 Dec 1923, aged 38, Hewer, killed by a fall of stone

Fenwick, Joseph, 24 Dec 1890, 11:50 p.m., 7th hour of shift, aged 34, Hewer, he was in the cage coming to bank when one of the shoes fastened to the guides fell from the surface and went through the cover of the cage, killing deceased

Fulthorpe, George, 24 May 1893, 10:00 p.m., 5th hour of shift, aged 19, Putter, Explosion of fire-damp [Inspection made & inquest attended] [More information ...]

Herron, J., 31 Dec 1940, aged 17, Banksman, caught in creeper

Jordan, William, 28 Apr 1909, aged 18, Helper up, head crushed between tub and prop

King, M., 21 Aug 1945, aged 32, Waggonway Man, crushed

Lowens, Robert, 24 May 1893, 10:00 p.m., 5th hour of shift, aged 32, Shifter, Explosion of fire-damp [Inspection made & inquest attended] [More information ...]

Manuel, J., 31 Mar 1920, aged 14, Wagonway Lad, crushed by tubs

Murray, John William, 15 Sep 1903, aged 31, Shifter, Deceased was travelling along a long wall face, and arrived at the roadhead of a gateway the moment a shot, in the underclay of a coal seam, charged with 15 ozs. of saxonite, was fired by battery by the shot firer, who was down the gateway, 43 yards away., Buried: Boldon Cemetery

Pattison, Thomas W., 28 Jul 1876, aged 23, Hewer, killed by a fall of stone

Pike, William, 01 Dec 1902, aged 41, Hewer, the deceased was kirving in the top of the Brockwell seam in a longwall working, when a large stone suddenly dropped from the roof ; the stone broke close off to the coal, but was bounded by a "jack" on the left side and a feather edge on the right side ; two props set under the feather edge were canted out

Postle, Jonathan, 27 Feb 1900, aged 17, Helper-up, The deceased, whilst the hewer was engaged in putting, went under the canch at the face to get a pick, when a large stone fell from slips and canted out some timber. The deputy had examined the place two hours before, and after setting some timber left it, as he considered, safe. [Inspection made & inquest attended]

Powers, Samuel, 07 Jan 1907, aged 29, Hewer, killed by a fall of roof [More information ...]

Ramsey, John Raine, 16 Jan 1930, aged 46, Hewer, killed by a fall of stone

Readman, Frank, 07 May 1897, aged 24, Shifter, Deceased was pushing a stone kibble from a turn in the longwall workings, and had just got through a canvas door when a stone fell out between two slips and caught him in the back. The road had been examined as usual, but nothing was seen here to indicate any danger [Inspection made & inquest attended]

Sheridan, Terence, 31 Aug 1918, (accident: 25 Jun 1918), aged 62, Hewer, Committed suicide by drowning on the night of August 31st, 1918. It is alleged that death was due to the injuries received on June 25th, 1918, when he injured his eye by a splinter of coal from his pick while hewing

Smith, James Robert, 05 Mar 1936, aged 50, Stoneman, killed by a fall of stone

Strong, John, 25 Oct 1901, aged 22, Hewer, While deceased was pushing an empty tub, it left the rails, and knocking out some timber caused a fall of roof [Inspection made & inquest attended]

Summers, Thomas, 01 Dec 1899, aged 25, Hewer, A two-decked cage was loaded with men ; the signal to ascend had been given, when some one shouted that three tubs had broken away from a full set which was landing at the shaft bottom. In spite of the onsetter's remonstrance, some of the men jumped out and Summers and another man were knocked into the sump [Inspection made & inquest attended]

Thompson, T., 21 Oct 1940, aged 46, Hewer, killed by a fall of stone

Tunn, George, 13 May 1902, aged 41, Hewer, while at work at the face of a place in the Brockwell seam, a stone fell from the roof and crushed him down ; his body showed no external marks of injury, and it is supposed he died from suffocation

Watson, John Edward, 01 May 1914, (accident: 28 Apr 1914), aged 33, Hewer, The coal was being worked longwall in a step face, the step being 15 yards. An airway is left at the step between the fast side and the pack. Deceased was found under a fall in this airway about 6 yards from the face. The timber had been drawn and deceased had no right there. He had been asking the men in the next place the time. He died on 1st May, 1914.

Waugh, Jonathan, 20 Sep 1918, aged 37, Stoneman, killed by a fall of stone

Wilkinson, Cuthbert, 25 Dec 1945, (accident: 29 Oct 1928), aged 41, Hewer, killed by a fall of stone