Lintz Colliery

1887, Aug - Main, Busty, Three Quarter, Brockwell seams abandoned

Bell, William, 26 Jan 1869, aged 30, Hewer, killed by a fall of stone

Blacklock, Thomas, 05 Sep 1877, aged 27, Hewer, killed by a fall of stone from roof

Bradley, Patrick, 21 Feb 1923, aged 33, Hewer, killed by a fall of stone, Buried: St. James' Churchyard, Burnopfield {NBI}

Braidford, John J., 17 Jun 1881, aged 14, Screenman, knocked off screen into truck by a large piece of coal

Bryant, Jacob, 29 Dec 1872, aged 30, Hewer, fell part way down the shaft

Carton, John William, 29 Nov 1920, aged 15, Helper up, killed by a fall of stone [More information ...]

Clark, Robert, 10 Jul 1874, (accident: 29 Jan 1874), aged 28, Hewer, fall of saggar clay band

Craig, George, 31 Oct 1924, 11.50 a.m., 3rdrd hour of shift, aged 25, Hewer, Deceased was hewing in a bord 8 yards wide, when a large stone, 12 ft. by 11 ft. by 16 ins. thick, fell from the roof and killed him. The stone was bounded on three sides by well defined jacks, and broke off over the pack. The place was timbered within the prescribed distances

Emerson, Robert, 15 Dec 1875, aged 23, Hewer, killed by a fall of stone

Fail, Robert, 30 Apr 1902, (accident: 28 Apr 1902), aged 33, Deputy, deceased was timbering at the face of a bord in the Brockwell seam, and had put up a plank with a middle prop under it, which, not being perpendicular, he knocked it out to re-set it, when a. stone fell from the roof upon him

Fenwick, Thomas, 16 Dec 1871, Hewer, killed by a fall of stone [More information ...]

Gannon, John, 04 Dec 1913, aged 48, Hewer, deceased was working by himself driving a road, when he was killed by a fall of clay parting at the road side; from the evidence it appeared that deceased had tried to wedge the clay down, and had failed to do so; he then went underneath to hew a little more coal, when the clay fell; deceased should have reset the timber under the clay, Buried: Sacred Heart Churchyard, Byermoor

Garbut, George, 21 Mar 1883, aged 55, Rolleywayman, crushed by tubs

Graham, John, 29 Nov 1920, aged 19, Driver, killed by a fall of stone, Buried: Tanfield Cemetery [More information ...]

Hughes, Samuel, 30 Sep 1913, aged 14, Pony Driver, deceased had finished his shift and was proceeding home; instead of taking the shortest route, he trespassed in order to get a forbidden ride on a self-acting incline between Lintz and South Garesfield Collieries; he was seen riding on the buffer of a wagon by another boy, but there were no witnesses of the accident, which occurred near the top of the incline; his head was across the rail and he was dead when found; notices were posted prohibiting riding and walking on the incline, and deceased had been previously warned by the manager

Hutchinson, Joseph, 26 Jun 1914, (accident: 19 Feb 1914), aged 67, Shifter

Jones, George, Sep 1875, aged 12, Chester Ward Coroner's Inquest, place: Lintz Colliery, cause: kicked by horse (DRO Ref: COR/C/2/395)

Lewins, Matthew, 14 Dec 1920, (accident: 29 Nov 1920), aged 23, Putter, killed by a fall of stone [More information ...]

Logan, J., 16 Jan 1872, aged 29, Hewer, killed by a fall of stone

Lyman, Joseph, 27 Mar 1878, aged 41, Chockman, killed by a fall of stone

Murray, Thomas, 29 May 1903, (accident: 25 Feb 1903), aged 33, Hewer, Deceased was turning away a headways in the Bottom Busty seam and was only 6 feet in from the bord when a stone 6 feet by 3 feet 3 inches at extremes and a few inches thick fell from the roof, which is fireclay, canting a prop. Proper inspection was made by officials and loose timber was at hand. The Local Inspectors reported "that it was a pure accident."

O'Neil, James, 18 May 1905, (accident: 21 Feb 1905), aged 24, Hewer, Deceased stated he slipped and fell against a tub loaded with stones while pushing it in the pit on February 21st, but no evidence in confirmation of this was offered and he never mentioned it to any official at the time. He came from the pit on February 21st unwell, and vomited blood; he worked the next two days, and then worked no more. An inquest was held and medical evidence given that death was due to phthisis, and so the Jury found [fatality reported during the year but not classified as a reportable accident]

O'Neil, Thomas, 09 Oct 1905, aged 29, Hewer, Buried: St. James' Churchyard, Burnopfield {NBI} [More information ...]

O'Neill, James, 03 Aug 1868, aged 18, Hewer, by stythe [More information ...]

Riddell, Lancelot, 29 Nov 1920, aged 14, Driver, killed by a fall of stone, Buried: Tanfield Cemetery [More information ...]

Ridley, John, 07 Apr 1905, aged 42, Deputy [More information ...]

Swales, Thomas, 30 Apr 1912, aged 16, Bank bottom attendant, a set of five tubs came amain down an incline and caught deceased, fatally injuring him

Swinburne, John Thomas, 12 Feb 1912, aged 15, Driver, neglecting to put drags in the four tubs he was driving out-bye down a slight incline, the tubs got out of the pony's control; he was found underneath the first tub, which was upended, Buried: St. John the Evangelist Churchyard, Dipton