	Heaton Main Colliery	Index	Heaton Main Colliery

Heaton Main Colliery

Location:	Heaton, Newcastle-on-Tyne
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Opened:	bef. 1828
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Description

Disasters (5 or more killed)

3rd

May

1815

Inrush of water from old workings, 75 lives lost (Show Names)

Names of those killed at this colliery

Please note that this collection of names is by no means complete!

						Atkinson, Thomas, 04 Oct 1817, Screener, killed by falling down the pit (NEIMME Ref: Bud-44-3-p163-4)
						Bainbridge, John, 03 May 1815, aged 42, killed in the 1815 disaster, Buried: Wallsend [More information ...]
						Blackett, Walter, 15 Apr 1814, Fireman, boiler explosion (NEIMME Ref: Bud-44-2-p116) [More information ...]
						Bryson, Andrew, 03 May 1815, aged 40, killed in the 1815 disaster, Buried: Wallsend [More information ...]
						Campbell, Robert, 03 May 1815, aged 31, killed in the 1815 disaster, Buried: Wallsend [More information ...]
						Carrick, William, 24 Oct 1817, Deputy, killed by the fall of a stone when drawing timber (NEIMME Ref: Bud-44-3-p167)
						Curtis, Jacob, 03 May 1815, aged 15, killed in the 1815 disaster, Buried: Wallsend [More information ...]
						Dawson, George, 03 May 1815, aged 36, killed in the 1815 disaster, Buried: Wallsend [More information ...]
						Dixon, Arthur, jnr, 03 May 1815, aged 26, killed in the 1815 disaster, Buried: Wallsend [More information ...]
						Dixon, Arthur, snr, 03 May 1815, aged 64, killed in the 1815 disaster, Buried: Wallsend [More information ...]
						Dixon, Henry, 03 May 1815, aged 40, killed in the 1815 disaster, Buried: Wallsend [More information ...]
						Dixon, William, 03 May 1815, aged 21, killed in the 1815 disaster, Buried: Wallsend [More information ...]
						Dodd, James, jnr, 03 May 1815, aged 16, killed in the 1815 disaster, Buried: Wallsend [More information ...]
						Dodd, James, snr, 03 May 1815, aged 40, killed in the 1815 disaster, Buried: Wallsend [More information ...]
						Dodd, Simon, 03 May 1815, aged 36, killed in the 1815 disaster, Buried: Wallsend [More information ...]
						Dodd, Thomas, 03 May 1815, aged 7, killed in the 1815 disaster, Buried: Wallsend [More information ...]
						Dodgson, Timothy, 21 Aug 1816, Overman, killed by a fall of roof in the goaf whilst withdrawing timber (NEIMME Ref: Bud-44-3-p60-61)
						Elliott, William, 03 May 1815, aged 7, killed in the 1815 disaster, Buried: Wallsend [More information ...]
						English, Robert, 03 May 1815, aged 36, killed in the 1815 disaster, Buried: Wallsend [More information ...]
						Frome, John, 03 May 1815, aged 21, killed in the 1815 disaster, Buried: Wallsend [More information ...]
						Gardner, Charles, 03 May 1815, aged 20, killed in the 1815 disaster, Buried: Wallsend [More information ...]
						Gardner, Jas., 03 May 1815, aged 24, killed in the 1815 disaster, Buried: Wallsend [More information ...]
						Gardner, Thomas, 03 May 1815, aged 17, killed in the 1815 disaster, Buried: Wallsend [More information ...]
						Gardner, William, 03 May 1815, aged 15, killed in the 1815 disaster, Buried: Wallsend [More information ...]
						Gibson, Edward, 03 May 1815, aged 20, killed in the 1815 disaster, Buried: Longbenton on 20 Feb 1816 [More information ...]
						Gibson, Edward, 03 May 1815, aged 82, killed in the 1815 disaster, Buried: Wallsend [More information ...]
						Gibson, John, 03 May 1815, aged 31, killed in the 1815 disaster, Buried: Wallsend [More information ...]
						Gibson, Matthew, 03 May 1815, aged 22, killed in the 1815 disaster [More information ...]
						Gibson, Nicholas, 03 May 1815, aged 18, killed in the 1815 disaster [More information ...]
						Gibson, Richard, 03 May 1815, aged 45, killed in the 1815 disaster, Buried: Wallsend [More information ...]
						Gordon, John, 03 May 1815, aged 19, killed in the 1815 disaster, Buried: Wallsend [More information ...]
						Gordon, Thomas, 03 May 1815, aged 15, killed in the 1815 disaster, Buried: Wallsend [More information ...]
						Graham, William, jnr, 03 May 1815, aged 7, killed in the 1815 disaster, Buried: Wallsend [More information ...]
						Gray, Christopher, 03 May 1815, aged 14, killed in the 1815 disaster, Buried: Wallsend [More information ...]
						Gray, Thomas, 03 May 1815, aged 12, killed in the 1815 disaster, Buried: Wallsend [More information ...]
						Green, William, 03 May 1815, killed in the 1815 disaster, Buried: Wallsend [More information ...]
						Hall, -, 13 Feb 1814, Trapper, explosion of gas in the N.W. Exploring Drift (NEIMME Ref: Bud-44-2-p103) [More information ...]
						Hall, Ralph, 03 May 1815, aged 15, killed in the 1815 disaster, Buried: Wallsend [More information ...]
						Hall, William, 03 May 1815, aged 21, killed in the 1815 disaster, Buried: Wallsend [More information ...]
						Johnson, Matthew, 03 May 1815, aged 28, killed in the 1815 disaster, Buried: Wallsend [More information ...]
						King, William, 03 May 1815, aged 16, killed in the 1815 disaster, Buried: Wallsend [More information ...]
						Laws, George, 03 May 1815, aged 50, killed in the 1815 disaster, Buried: Wallsend [More information ...]
						Lumsdon, Thomas, 03 May 1815, aged 18, killed in the 1815 disaster, Buried: Wallsend [More information ...]
						Millar, William, 03 May 1815, aged 46, Overman, killed in the 1815 disaster, Buried: Wallsend on 21 Jan 1816 [More information ...]
						Miller, Nicholas, 03 May 1815, aged 15, killed in the 1815 disaster, Buried: Wallsend [More information ...]
						Miller, Thomas, 03 May 1815, aged 16, killed in the 1815 disaster, Buried: Wallsend [More information ...]
						Mitchinson, Shipley, 03 May 1815, aged 42, killed in the 1815 disaster [More information ...]
						Newhill, John, 03 May 1815, aged 37, killed in the 1815 disaster, Buried: Wallsend [More information ...]
						Nicholson, Lancelot, 03 May 1815, aged 29, killed in the 1815 disaster, Buried: Wallsend [More information ...]
						Pratt, John, 03 May 1815, aged 10, killed in the 1815 disaster, Buried: Wallsend [More information ...]
						Reay, John, 03 May 1815, aged 26, killed in the 1815 disaster, Buried: Wallsend [More information ...]
						Redhead, John, 03 May 1815, aged 22, killed in the 1815 disaster, Buried: Wallsend [More information ...]
						Renwick, John, 03 May 1815, aged 25, killed in the 1815 disaster, Buried: Wallsend [More information ...]
						Renwick, William, 03 May 1815, aged 23, killed in the 1815 disaster, Buried: Wallsend [More information ...]
						Richardson, -, 13 Feb 1814, Trapper, explosion of gas in the N.W. Exploring Drift (NEIMME Ref: Bud-44-2-p103) [More information ...]
						Richardson, Robert, 03 May 1815, aged 64, killed in the 1815 disaster, Buried: Wallsend [More information ...]
						Robinson, John, 12 Mar 1811, Hewer, killed by his Top falling upon him (NEIMME Ref: Bud-44-1-p264)
						Robinson, John, 03 May 1815, killed in the 1815 disaster, Buried: Wallsend [More information ...]
						Robson, Edward, 03 May 1815, aged 34, killed in the 1815 disaster, Buried: Wallsend [More information ...]
						Scott, William, 03 May 1815, aged 21, killed in the 1815 disaster, Buried: Wallsend [More information ...]
						Scott, William Cooper, 03 May 1815, aged 79, killed in the 1815 disaster, Buried: Wallsend on 07 Jan 1816 [More information ...]
						Shelaw, George, 15 Apr 1814, Putter, boiler explosion (NEIMME Ref: Bud-44-2-p116) [More information ...]
						Short, -, 13 Feb 1814, Trapper, explosion of gas in the N.W. Exploring Drift (NEIMME Ref: Bud-44-2-p103) [More information ...]
						Southern, Anthony, 03 May 1815, aged 18, killed in the 1815 disaster, Buried: Wallsend [More information ...]
						Southern, Robert, 03 May 1815, aged 14, killed in the 1815 disaster, Buried: Wallsend [More information ...]
						Southern, William, 03 May 1815, aged 25, killed in the 1815 disaster, Buried: Wallsend [More information ...]
						Steel, George, 03 May 1815, aged 25, killed in the 1815 disaster, Buried: Wallsend [More information ...]
						Steel, Robert, 03 May 1815, aged 25, killed in the 1815 disaster, Buried: Wallsend [More information ...]
						Stokoe, Walter, jnr, 03 May 1815, aged 17, killed in the 1815 disaster, Buried: Wallsend [More information ...]
						Stokoe, Walter, snr, 03 May 1815, aged 42, killed in the 1815 disaster, Buried: Wallsend [More information ...]
						Storey, William, 17 Mar 1818, Deputy, killed by a side wafer in the Benton pillars (NEIMME Ref: Bud-44-3-p198)
						Thew, George, 03 May 1815, aged 19, killed in the 1815 disaster, Buried: Wallsend [More information ...]
						Thew, John, 03 May 1815, aged 50, killed in the 1815 disaster, Buried: Wallsend [More information ...]
						Thew, William, 03 May 1815, aged 19, killed in the 1815 disaster, Buried: Wallsend [More information ...]
						Thompson, Thomas, 03 May 1815, aged 16, killed in the 1815 disaster, Buried: Wallsend [More information ...]
						Thompson, Thomas, 17 Nov 1821, Putter, killed by the jud falling upon him, he was hewing at the time (NEIMME Ref: Bud-44-3-p344)
						Thompson, William, 03 May 1815, aged 21, killed in the 1815 disaster, Buried: Wallsend [More information ...]
						Todd, Thomas, 03 May 1815, aged 7, killed in the 1815 disaster, Buried: Wallsend 20 Feb 1816 [More information ...]
						Unwin, David, 03 May 1815, aged 48, killed in the 1815 disaster, Buried: Wallsend [More information ...]
						Watson, John, 03 May 1815, aged 20, killed in the 1815 disaster, Buried: Wallsend [More information ...]
						Watson, John, 03 May 1815, aged 12, killed in the 1815 disaster, Buried: Wallsend [More information ...]
						Watson, Thomas, 03 May 1815, aged 10, killed in the 1815 disaster, Buried: Wallsend [More information ...]
						Widdrington, Henry, 03 May 1815, aged 20, killed in the 1815 disaster [More information ...]
						Widdrington, Ralph, jnr, 03 May 1815, aged 28, killed in the 1815 disaster [More information ...]
						Widdrington, Ralph, snr, 03 May 1815, aged 56, killed in the 1815 disaster [More information ...]
						Wilson, Arthur, 14 Dec 1816, (accident: 11 Dec 1816), Rollywayman, crushed by rollies (NEIMME Ref: Bud-44-3-p89-90)
						Wilson, Michael, 03 May 1815, aged 15, killed in the 1815 disaster, Buried: Wallsend [More information ...]
						Young, James, 15 Apr 1814, Putter, boiler explosion (NEIMME Ref: Bud-44-2-p116) [More information ...]

						88 names found

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Credits

Sources:

Contributions by members of the Public
Contributions from Ray Ditchburn from his research into mining fatalities in Northumberland
Parish Records
Researchers at North of England Institute of Mining and Mechanical Engineers (N.E.I.M.M.E.)