Hartford Colliery

Bailey, William, 19 Dec 1899, aged 66, Wasteman, Deceased and his marrow were ridding stones and repairing in a return airway, when a large side waver fell upon them. The master wasteman had previously warned them about this particular stone, and instructed them to set timber under it, which they failed to do [Inspection made & inquest attended]

Beavis, Fred, 24 Feb 1959, aged 39, Ropeman, struck by tubs

Bell, Henry, 19 Jan 1917, aged 43, Hewer, killed by a fall of stone

Bell, James, 09 Mar 1922, (accident: 26 Feb 1918), aged 55, Hewer, killed by a fall of stone

Besford, John, 12 Oct 1946, (accident: 09 Oct 1946), aged 66, Datal, caught by runaway set

Bewick, James William, 21 Jul 1941, (accident: 20 Jul 1941), aged 47, Filler, killed by a fall of stone

Black, John, 03 Feb 1912, aged 25, Electrical engineer, a skilled electrician employed by an electrical firm to superintend the erection of new plant; while examining an underground switch (three-phase, 2,750 volts) with the cover removed, he made contact with a live part not knowing that current was on [More information ...]

Brannigan, Arthur, 05 Jul 1922, aged 20, Engineman, crushed by machinery

Charlton, Michael, 12 Aug 1892, aged 45, Stower, descended to his work at 5 p.m. and shortly after became unwell and died at 6.60 p.m. from heart disease

Clarke, Anthony, 20 Jul 1909, aged 44, Fitter's labourer, fell out of the cage down the shaft [More information ...]

Cockburn, Joseph, 05 Dec 1921, aged 52, Stoneman, killed by a fall of stone

Cook, John, 24 Apr 1871, aged 17, Hewer, killed by a fall of stone

Craddock, Joseph, 12 Nov 1918, (accident: 01 Nov 1918), aged 65, Shifter, crushed

Crawford, Daniel, 09 Mar 1929, (accident: 08 Mar 1929), aged 57, Shifter, crushed by girders, Buried: St. Nicholas, Cramlington

Davison, John Raymond, 07 Sep 1960, (accident: 06 Sep 1960), aged 16, Datal, struck by winch handle

Dickson, William, 20 Jul 1909, aged 31, Fitter's labourer, fell out of the cage down the shaft [More information ...]

Falcus, Thomas Edward, 17 Apr 1923, (accident: 11 Apr 1923), aged 24, Hewer, killed by a fall of stone

Gallagher, Thomas, 04 Jul 1924, (accident: 03 Jul 1924, 10.30 p.m., 6th hour of shift), aged 55, Stoneman, deceased had re-arranged some roof supports on a longwall face and was in the act of taking up some floor to make height for a coal cutting machine to pass, when a triangular shaped stone fell from a slip in the roof and killed him. A pair of gears and a prop were canted out by the fall. Address: Richardson Terrace, Cowpen Village

Hall, Thomas, 30 Jul 1896, aged 36, Stoneman, He had fired a shot during the previous night and was ridding the stones and timbering into the face when a slab of stone fell on to his head. He appeared to have been taking all ordinary care [Inspection made & inquest attended], Buried: St. John's Churchyard, Killingworth

Henderson, Ralph, 23 Jul 1918, aged 31, Stoneman, killed by a fall of stone

Heron, Henry Ord, 24 Sep 1903, aged 7, [Not employed - Infant], Some of the workmen's houses adjoin the colliery railway, and deceased appears to have been trying to get on a wagon of a train of loaded wagons leaving the pit drawn by a locomotive engine, when he was run over and instantly killed.

Hunter, Joseph, 21 Aug 1888, aged 13, Driver, killed by a fall of stone

Jackson, William Henry, 27 Dec 1929, (accident: 20 Dec 1929), aged 19, Assistant Onsetter, caught by cage

Langley, F., 06 May 1916, (accident: 27 Apr 1916), aged 46, Stoneman, killed by a fall of stone

Laverick, John William, 03 Apr 1914, (accident: 05 Oct 1912), aged 38, Hewer, killed by a fall of stone

Leightley, Anthony, 23 Mar 1946, (accident: 20 Mar 1946), aged 46, Conveyor Drawer, killed by a fall of stone

Mandling, William, 02 Jul 1873, aged 45, Hewer, crushed by tubs on an incline

Marshall, T. W., 12 Oct 1971, aged 66, Retired, pneumoconiosis

McCartney, Robert, 03 Feb 1920, (accident: 02 Feb 1920), aged 14, Shaft Lad, run over by full tub

Miller, Thomas, 21 May 1873, aged 46, Hewer, killed by a fall of stone

Mitchell, G., 12 Mar 1917, (accident: 19 Jan 1917), aged 34, Hewer, killed by a fall of stone

Nichols, Thomas, 22 Oct 1874, aged 47, Stoneman, explosion of a shot

Orr, Charles C., 17 Jul 1928, aged 16, Rope Lad, crushed by set of tubs

Phillips, Stephen, 10 Dec 1873, aged 15, Putter, killed by a fall of stone

Phillips, William, 17 Jun 1895, (accident: 25 Feb 1895, 6:00 p.m., 2nd hour of shift), aged 63, Stoneman, deceased and another man who was injured, was charging a hole with gelignite when it exploded; according to the evidence given at the inquest, the deceased was quietly pushing the cartridge in, but the presumption is that he was using force

Piercy, William, 06 Aug 1924, 5.15 p.m., 1st hour of shift, aged 69, Stoneman, Deceased, was walking inbye to his work when he was knocked down and killed by a main and tail haulage set of 12 full tubs, coming outbye at the rate of 7 miles per hour down a gradient of 1 in 50. With ordinary care, deceased could have avoided the accident. He should have taken shelter in a refuge hole

Robinson, Frederick, 20 Jul 1909, aged 37, Fitter, fell out of the cage down the shaft [More information ...]

Scott, -, 1920, Stoneman, suffocated from carbon monoxide [More information ...]

Scott, Thomas, 03 Dec 1920, aged 51, Stoneman, carbon monoxide

Short, Robert, 02 May 1919, aged 47, Stoneman, killed by a fall of stone

Stead, John, 19 Sep 1887, (accident: 01 Aug 1887), aged 15, Driver, crushed between tubs and door, Buried: St. Nicholas Churchyard, Cramlington on 22 Sep 1887

Sturdy, John, 20 Jul 1909, aged 21, Electrical Engineer, fell out of the cage down the shaft [More information ...]

Watts, Robert, 16 Jan 1919, aged 38, Coal Cutter, killed by a fall of stone, Buried: Gateshead Cemetery

Wilkinson, Thomas, 10 Mar 1930, aged 28, Hewer, killed by a fall of coal

Young, William Arthur, 16 Dec 1960, aged 56, Shotfirer, killed by a fall of stone