Hazard Colliery

1818 - The Hazard Pit, Rainton Colliery, was sunk from the surface to the Hutton Seam about this time.

Adamson, Thomas, 27 Jan 1922, aged 68, Stoneman, killed by a fall of stone, Buried: St. Cuthberts Churchyard, East Rainton

Armstrong, David, 28 Dec 1929, aged 56, Stoneman, killed by a fall of stone, Buried: Churchyard of St. Mary the Virgin, West Rainton

Bond, William S., 28 Jun 1893, 2:15 a.m., 8th hour of shift, aged 36, Stoneman, While ascending in a cage he was seen to fall forward and was crushed to death between cage and shaft bunton. He probably fainted. [Sunderland Daily Echo reports: accident - 28 Jun 1893 pg 4 col 2; inquest - 30 Jun 1893 pg 3 col 3]

Brown, George, 17 Oct 1929, aged 41, Bargain Man, killed by a fall of stone, address: 17 Coal Bank Terrace, Hetton-le-Hole ; left a wife and eight children [Inquest: 14 Oct 1929], Buried: Hetton-le-Hole Cemetery

Clemitson, George Foster, 21 Dec 1916, aged 14, Pony Driver, he was crushed between tubs in the landing, he died from shock the next day following severe abdominal injuries; he had only worked at the colliery for three months

Davis, John (Jnr), 15 Nov 1898, aged 21, Hewer, While filling a tub a piece of stone fell from the side and hit him on the head, killing him on the spot [Sunderland Daily Echo reports: accident - 16 Nov 1898 pg 3]

Dixon, Thomas, 08 Jul 1889, aged 12, Shaft Boy, crushed between tubs ; the hauling rope broke and the set ran amain and joined the empty tubs at the shaft siding, Buried: St. Cuthberts Churchyard, East Rainton

Dodds, Thomas, 02 Oct 1847, aged 32, Labourer, On the evening of Saturday, 2 October, labourer Thomas Dodds, 32, went down Hazard Pit, East Rainton in company with the 'keeker' to shut a water tap about 100 yards from the bottom of the shaft. This completed, they returned to an opening in the shaft about seven fathoms higher, and on arriving there gave the usual signal and 'the brakesman brought up the tub to them.' Dodds was about to get in, but slipped between it and the bunting and fell into the sump at the bottom of the shaft. It took an hour to recover his body using grappling irons.

Fenwick, John, 03 Jun 1845, (accident: 02 Jun 1845), aged 67, John Fenwick, 67, was severely crushed between two tubs of coal and a prop in the Hazard Pit, Hetton-le-Hole on 2 June. He was taken home, but died the next day

Gardner, Sutheran, 22 Apr 1908, aged 21, Packer, A shot had been fired in a top caunch, and his marrow was taking down the loose stone remaining whilst he held a light. Suddenly a piece of stone fell away from a slip at the side of the road knocking him down and causing his death [Sunderland Echo reports: accident - 23 Apr 1908], Buried: Hetton-le-Hole Cemetery

Gowland, Charles Whitworth, 24 Apr 1915, aged 21, Shifter, Four men had got into the double-decked cage at the bottom of the shaft, and as he followed, he was crushed between the floor of the top deck of the cage and the landing below. No signal had been given for the cage to ascend. Gowland died from internal injuries at home the same day

Green, George, 05 Oct 1907, aged 58, Stoneman, thrown down and killed by a rush of debris from an old pit, Buried: Churchyard of St. Mary the Virgin, West Rainton

Hannan, Michael, 08 Dec 1919, aged 16, Pony Putter, accidentally caught his foot against a sleeper which caused him to fall in front of some tubs he was bringing out at work, whereby his spine was dislocated, died in Sunderland Royal Infirmary, residence: 19 Johnson's Buildings, West Rainton, Houghton le Spring [Inquest 10 Dec 1919]

Johnston, Samuel, 18 Feb 1930, aged 24, killed by a fall of stone, Buried: Churchyard of St. Mary the Virgin, West Rainton

Moore, John William, 26 Jan 1916, aged 42, Buried: St. Cuthberts Churchyard, East Rainton

Parkinson, John, 17 Jun 1919, aged 52, Truck Attendant, he was fatally injured when his head was caught between the buffers of two trucks; his skull was fractured, and when he fell an empty truck went over his body

Pearson, John, 07 May 1846, aged 53, Was taking off the coal to make a staple way-station longer in the Hazard Pit, North Hetton Colliery, when he was crushed by a large piece of stone. He was got out alive, but died before he could be taken from the pit

Sheppard, William, 22 Mar 1880, aged 12, Driver, run over by his set of tubs; supposed to have fallen off

Swift, John, 22 Nov 1894, 7:00 a.m., 1st hour of shift, aged 17, Screener, crushed between truck and screen leg while letting it out from under the screens [Sunderland Daily Echo reports: accident - 22 Nov 1894 pg 3; inquest - 26 Nov 1894 pg 3]

Tait, John, 08 Jan 1858, aged 16, Pony putter, jammed by tubs getting off rails, drawn by pony

Tate, Matthew, 27 Apr 1906, aged 20, Hewer, He was killed by a heavy fall of roof in his working place. The roof supports were discharged by the fall. [Sunderland Echo reports: accident - 27 Apr 1906 pg 4], Buried: Hetton-le-Hole Cemetery

Wyse, Bert, 20 Jan 1930, aged 19, Landing Lad, he was knocked down and killed by a set of tubs while walking on the way

Young, Richardson, 14 Apr 1917, aged 45, Deputy, he was making a hole in the roof to hold the drilling machine stand in position when a stone weighing 15 cwt. knocked him down and pinned him to the floor; it took two minutes to remove him, but he was already dead