Follonsby Colliery

1911 - Colliery started sinking - to replace Wardley Colliery

1939-40 - Colliery closed

1942 - Colliery reopened

1959 - Wardley Colliery reopened and merged with Follonsby Colliery, original Wardley Colliery shafts now known as Wardley No.2 and Wardley No. 3 shafts - Follonsby Colliery shaft known as Wardley No. 1, also linked with Usworth via underground loco road

Bell, W., 29 Nov 1932, (accident: 18 Nov 1932), aged 63, Banksman, died from injuries received

Brown, Thomas, 13 Jul 1921, aged 47, Shifter, killed in a fall of stone; compensation of £300 was awarded

Cowell, Thomas, 04 Jul 1923, aged 16, Greaser, crushed to death, compensation of £38.10s was awarded

Edwards, John, 20 Mar 1930, aged 30, Filler, killed by a fall of stone

Knapper, Samuel, 21 Aug 1934, (accident: 20 Aug 1934), aged 49, Hewer, fall of stone, compensation of ъ338 2s. awarded, Buried: St. Mary's Churchyard/Cemetery, Heworth

Maddison, Thomas, 28 Jul 1914, aged 16, Rope Lad [More information ...]

Moore, William Gates, 09 Jan 1909, aged 35, Sinker, explosion of gelignite in cabin on pit heap

Newton, George, 13 Jan 1920, (accident: 31 Dec 1919), aged 55, Datal, struck by stone thrown by boys at the pit

Peverley, William, 23 Mar 1926, aged 21, Coal Cutter, crushed by tubs, his father (Joshua) was an Under-manager at the same colliery

Robinson, -, 08 Jan 1923, cage went amain down the staple

Smith, Edward, 27 Nov 1927, aged 17, Winchman, crushed

Smith, Frederick Edmund, 06 Aug 1931, aged 28, Fore Overman, he was pinned beneath a fall of stone in the Beaumont seam, 2½ miles from the shaft. Rescue operations continued for 14 hours, but it proved impossible to dislodge a large stone which held Smith and his pony. The doctor managed to reach him and gave him an injection of morphia, but he died before he could be removed. 'It was thought the pony, which was coming off its shift, had become wedged between the low roof and the ground, and as it attempted to free itself it scrubbed the roof and brought down stone.' Smith had obtained his surveyor's certificate at Bedlington Colliery and later worked at Kibblesworth and Follonsby, where he was working his time to qualify for the manager's certificate

Smyth, Clark, 01 Jul 1910, aged 31, Sinker, a fatal accident occurred at the new Follonsby pit at Wardley when one of the sinkers, Clark Smith, who was residing at Pelaw, was caught in a fall of stone; three others were seriously injured, Buried: St. Mary's Churchyard/Cemetery, Heworth

Weallans, James, 11 Nov 1926, (accident: 08 Jan 1915), aged 35, Labourer, crushed

Wealleans, Thomas, 29 Aug 1923, aged 24, Hewer, killed in a fall of stone, compensation of £160 awarded, Buried: St. Mary's Churchyard/Cemetery, Heworth