Montagu Main Colliery

1934 - Hodge, Towneley seams abandoned

1934, 18 Jul - Tilley seam abandoned

1935, 11 Jul - Brockwell, Five Quarter or Low Main seams abandoned

Aitken, John, 07 Oct 1917, (accident: 05 Oct 1917), aged 29, Hewer, died from blood poisoning

Appleby, George, 19 Jun 1913, (accident: 10 Dec 1908), aged 41, Hewer, killed by a fall of stone

Arkle, Francis, 06 Jan 1932, aged 60, Blacksmith, fell down the shaft while wandering in an unsound state of mind

Arkle, William Edgar, 07 Nov 1935, aged 38, Deputy, electrocuted

Armstrong, David, 23 Apr 1927, aged 44, Hewer, inrush of water

Arnell, Joseph, 24 Jan 1944, aged 29, Filler, killed by a fall of stone

Arscott, James, 25 Oct 1938, (accident: 21 Oct 1938), aged 32, Coal Cutter, killed by a fall of stone

Athey, John, 16 Mar 1869, (accident: 04 Mar 1869), aged 27, Hewer, killed by a fall of coal and stone

Batey, Christopher, 30 Mar 1925, killed in the 1925 disaster (inrush of water from old Paradise Pit) [More information ...]

Batey, Robert, 20 Nov 1922, aged 43, Hewer, killed by a fall of stone

Batey, Robert Heslop, 30 Mar 1925, killed in the 1925 disaster (inrush of water from old Paradise Pit), Buried: disaster plot in Elswick Cemetery [More information ...]

Batey, Thomas William, 30 Mar 1925, killed in the 1925 disaster (inrush of water from old Paradise Pit), Buried: disaster plot in Elswick Cemetery [More information ...]

Batey, William, 29 Jun 1903, (accident: 01 Apr 1898), aged 24, Miner

Booth, Isaac, 30 Mar 1925, killed in the 1925 disaster (inrush of water from old Paradise Pit), Buried: disaster plot in Elswick Cemetery [More information ...]

Bowman, David, 12 Apr 1879, aged 43, Shaftman, fall from cradle in shaft

Brennan, Joseph, 19 Oct 1925, (accident: 14 Oct 1925), aged 30, Stoneman, killed by a fall of stone

Brennan, Martin, 27 May 1930, (accident: 13 Jan 1928), aged 39, Onsetter, injured by cage

Browell, Nicholas Curley, 24 Jul 1933, aged 39, Coal Cutter, killed by a fall of stone

Burns, James, 09 Sep 1922, aged 18, Rollywayman, as Samuel Thompson prepared to leave Denton Burn Colliery "he was in the act of putting on his jacket, and as he swung it around his shoulders a steel bicycle inflator, in the pocket," struck James Burns, who was standing near, on the head; Burns died after reaching home; death was due to a ruptured blood vessel behind the ear [DC: 15 Sep 1922]

Campion, Richard, 21 Oct 1955, aged 43, Filler, killed by a fall of stone

Carr, Ralph, 30 Mar 1925, killed in the 1925 disaster (inrush of water from old Paradise Pit), Buried: disaster plot in Elswick Cemetery [More information ...]

Collins, John, 06 Dec 1934, (accident: 23 Nov 1934), aged 30, Filler, killed by a fall of stone

Coulson, Joseph William, 07 Jun 1935, aged 28, Coal Cutter, killed by a fall of stone

Craggs, William, 29 May 1907, aged 27, Waggon driver, crushed [More information ...]

Craven, William, 13 May 1871, aged 53, Hewer, fell down shaft from Low Main [More information ...]

Curran, F. J., 20 Jun 1954, (accident: 20 Aug 1940), aged 38, Hewer, pneumoconiosis

Danskin, Thomas, 30 Mar 1925, killed in the 1925 disaster (inrush of water from old Paradise Pit), Buried: disaster plot in Elswick Cemetery [More information ...]

Davidson, Robert, 06 Mar 1867, aged 29, Wagoner, crushed by waggon

Dent, Frederick Thomas, 30 Mar 1925, killed in the 1925 disaster (inrush of water from old Paradise Pit), Buried: disaster plot in Elswick Cemetery [More information ...]

Dinning, Thomas, 01 Apr 1940, (accident: 10 Jan 1940), aged 45, Filler, killed by a fall of stone

Dixon, David Griffin, 30 Mar 1925, killed in the 1925 disaster (inrush of water from old Paradise Pit), Buried: disaster plot in Elswick Cemetery [More information ...]

Dodd, John, 07 Jul 1929, aged 38, Shifter, accidentally and instantaneously killed by a fall of stone in the course of his employment, Inquest: 09 Jul 1929. His brother-in-law, James Steele, was killed in the 1925 disaster at the same pit

Douglas, Walter, 25 Feb 1856, aged 44, Pitman, fell down shaft

Dunn, William, 08 May 1943, (accident: 06 May 1943), aged 43, Stoneman, killed by a fall of stone

Earley, John, 13 Jan 1886, aged 23, Bottom Shooter, explosion of gunpowder

Ellerington, Benjamin, 21 Feb 1900, (accident: 13 Dec 1899), aged 69, Hewer, bronchitis

Errington, Matthew H., 30 Mar 1925, killed in the 1925 disaster (inrush of water from old Paradise Pit), Buried: disaster plot in Elswick Cemetery [More information ...]

Evans, Samuel George, 30 Mar 1925, killed in the 1925 disaster (inrush of water from old Paradise Pit), Buried: disaster plot in Elswick Cemetery [More information ...]

Fairless, Thomas, 26 Dec 1923, aged 29, Driller, killed by a fall of stone

Fitzpatrick, John Robert, 30 Mar 1925, killed in the 1925 disaster (inrush of water from old Paradise Pit) [More information ...]

Flax, William, 07 Jul 1879, aged 28, Hewer, killed by a fall of stone

Fowler, William Alnwick, 30 Mar 1925, killed in the 1925 disaster (inrush of water from old Paradise Pit), Buried: disaster plot in Elswick Cemetery [More information ...]

Gardiner, Robert Davison, 27 Sep 1935, (accident: 16 Sep 1935), aged 50, Pumper, killed by a fall of stone

Graham, John, 10 Aug 1888, aged 25, Hewer, killed by a fall of roof

Gray, Charles Edward, 30 Mar 1925, killed in the 1925 disaster (inrush of water from old Paradise Pit), Buried: disaster plot in Elswick Cemetery [More information ...]

Griffith, David, 1926, [approximate date]

Guthrie, William, 30 Mar 1925, killed in the 1925 disaster (inrush of water from old Paradise Pit), Buried: disaster plot in Elswick Cemetery [More information ...]

Hall, John Robert, 02 Jan 1924, 12.0 p.m., 7th hour of shift, aged 35, Deputy, deceased was engaged in drawing a jud, and was completing the last stage of knocking a chock out with a hammer, when a fall occurred. Whilst springing back he collided with another chock 4 ft. further outbye, which prevented him from getting clear. Deceased had set three temporary supports, but failed to use a safety contrivance in contravention of the C.M.A. 1911, Section 52 (2), although he had taken the precaution to have it in the place

Hall, Thomas, 08 Jul 1890, 7:00 a.m., 1st hour of shift, aged 12, Trapper, on descending the shaft to a midseam he got out of the cage at the wrong side and walked into the shaft, falling to a lower seam [More information ...]

Halliday, John Champion, 06 Jul 1939, (accident: 06 Jun 1917), aged 49, Onsetter, burned by hot pipes

Halliday, Thomas, 09 Dec 1891, 8:00 p.m., 2nd hour of shift, aged 17, Putter, they were engaged getting some rails out of an old part of the pit when some gas ignited at their lamps [Inspection made and Inquest attended], Buried: St. Michael and All Angels, Newburn [More information ...]

Halliday, William, 30 Mar 1925, killed in the 1925 disaster (inrush of water from old Paradise Pit), Buried: disaster plot in Elswick Cemetery [More information ...]

Harris, Charles William, 19 Jun 1935, aged 39, Filler, killed by a fall of stone

Havelock, Robert, 30 Mar 1925, killed in the 1925 disaster (inrush of water from old Paradise Pit), Buried: disaster plot in Elswick Cemetery [More information ...]

Heppell, John William Nixon, 22 Mar 1926, aged 55, Stoneman, instantly killed when crushed against a drum in the Kenton Way Ends, Brockwell Seam of the Caroline Pit, died from a broken neck and other injuries, address: 13 Caroline Cottages, Denton Burn [Inquest: 24 Mar 1926]

Heslop, George, 12 Sep 1911, aged 19, Putter, killed by a fall of stone

Hetherington, George Gill, 30 Mar 1925, killed in the 1925 disaster (inrush of water from old Paradise Pit) [More information ...]

Hetherington, Matthew, 30 Mar 1925, killed in the 1925 disaster (inrush of water from old Paradise Pit) [More information ...]

Jackson, Edward, 30 Mar 1925, killed in the 1925 disaster (inrush of water from old Paradise Pit) [More information ...]

Jagger, Irving, 21 Jun 1918, aged 16, Driver, killed by a fall of stone

Jobling, Ralph, 24 Jul 1940, (accident: 23 Jun 1940), aged 42, crushed by runaway set

Jobson, Robert, 15 Sep 1883, aged 46, Stoneman, killed by a fall of stone

Johnson, William James, 30 Mar 1925, killed in the 1925 disaster (inrush of water from old Paradise Pit), Buried: disaster plot in Elswick Cemetery [More information ...]

Kirkland, John, 30 Jul 1910, aged 48, Stoneman, killed by a fall of stone

Knights, William Frank, 12 Mar 1913, aged 34, Datal Shifter, deceased was with the chargeman in a cross-cut 9 feet wide; before firing the shot in the bottom canch it was necessary to set a pair of gears to replace those set by the hewer; deceased was knocking some sticky coal from the roof with an axe to prepare for the gears when the stone fell; it was 6 feet by 4 feet by 10 inches and canted out the gears set during the working shift; the chargeman had examined the roof immediately before the accident

Latchman, Thomas Alfred, 30 Mar 1925, killed in the 1925 disaster (inrush of water from old Paradise Pit), Buried: disaster plot in Elswick Cemetery [More information ...]

Learmouth, Alexander, 30 Mar 1925, killed in the 1925 disaster (inrush of water from old Paradise Pit), Buried: disaster plot in Elswick Cemetery [More information ...]

Lee, John William, 30 Mar 1925, killed in the 1925 disaster (inrush of water from old Paradise Pit), Buried: disaster plot in Elswick Cemetery [More information ...]

Lewcock, Robert, 04 Aug 1939, (accident: 02 Aug 1939), aged 50, Stoneman, killed by a fall of stone

Lowery, John Henry, 1897, alleged to have died form the effects on an injury to his knee, caused while assisting to lift a tub on to the rails; after hearing the evidence, however, a verdict of "Death from natural causes" resulting from influenza was brought in [fatality reported during the year but not classified as a reportable accident]

Lyons, William Armitage, 30 Mar 1925, killed in the 1925 disaster (inrush of water from old Paradise Pit), Buried: disaster plot in Elswick Cemetery [More information ...]

Marshall, Robert, 05 Aug 1908, aged 20, Shifter, fall of roof stone at face of stone drift

Martin, John William, 30 Mar 1925, killed in the 1925 disaster (inrush of water from old Paradise Pit), Buried: disaster plot in Elswick Cemetery [More information ...]

McGleave, Thomas, 19 Mar 1925, aged 54, Miner, killed by a fall of stone

Melling, Benjamin, 17 Feb 1905, aged 59, Shifter, Deceased acted as assistant to the foreshift deputy in longwall workings in the Brockwell seam where the roof is post. The stonemen had shot in the top canch in a gateway during the night and the stone next the face had apparently been sprung by the shot, and the deputy examining before the hewers came in, noticed this and directed deceased to prop it, and as he (deceased) was preparing to do this a mass of false bedded stone fell on him. The deputy was close at hand. The Local Inspectors reported that they thought "it was a pure accident"

Miller, William, 08 Jul 1935, aged 45, Stoneman, killed by a fall of stone [More information ...]

Murthwaite, John William, 30 Mar 1925, killed in the 1925 disaster (inrush of water from old Paradise Pit), Buried: disaster plot in Elswick Cemetery [More information ...]

Nixon, Benjamin, 1917, [approximate date]

Nixon, James, 30 Mar 1925, killed in the 1925 disaster (inrush of water from old Paradise Pit), Buried: disaster plot in Elswick Cemetery [More information ...]

Nixon, Joseph, 30 Mar 1925, killed in the 1925 disaster (inrush of water from old Paradise Pit), Buried: disaster plot in Elswick Cemetery [More information ...]

Norris, W. H. G., 11 Jun 1945, aged 32, Stoneman, killed by a fall of stone

Pattinson, William Ferguson, 08 Jul 1935, aged 48, Stoneman, killed by a fall of stone [More information ...]

Pitchford, Silas, 12 Mar 1917, (accident: 13 Oct 1916), aged 61, Hewer, killed by a fall of stone

Potts, John William, 30 Mar 1925, killed in the 1925 disaster (inrush of water from old Paradise Pit), Buried: disaster plot in Elswick Cemetery [More information ...]

Ramsay, John Witton, 15 May 1934, (accident: 05 Apr 1934), aged 59, Rollywayman, septicaemia

Ridley, Joseph, 02 Mar 1912, (accident: 19 Jul 1906), aged 38, Hewer, killed by a fall of stone

Robson, George, 01 Nov 1940, (accident: 31 Oct 1940), aged 57, Pumpman, weils disease

Robson, William Jefferson, 30 Jun 1905, aged 63, Screenman, Deceased, who was apparently a healthy man, was pushing a tub from the screens to an endless chain, when he was seen to reel and stagger. A banksman went to him at once, and found him lying grasping at a post, as though he was in a fit, and he died in a few minutes. There was no suggestion of any accident. A doctor came in 10 minutes. An inquest was held, and a verdict returned of death from natural causes [fatality reported during the year but not classified as a reportable accident]

Rogers, Richard, 30 Mar 1925, killed in the 1925 disaster (inrush of water from old Paradise Pit), Buried: disaster plot in Elswick Cemetery [More information ...]

Ryan, Ernest, 30 Mar 1928, aged 30, Motorman, broken clip

Ryan, Joseph, 10 Dec 1891, (accident: 09 Dec 1891, 8:00 p.m., 2nd hour of shift), aged 27, Rolleywayman, they were engaged getting some rails out of an old part of the pit when some gas ignited at their lamps [Inspection made & Inquest attended] [More information ...]

Salmon, John Charles, 30 Mar 1925, aged 17, killed in the 1925 disaster (inrush of water from old Paradise Pit) [More information ...]

Sanderson, William, 09 Dec 1933, (accident: 08 Dec 1933), aged 45, Rollywayman, crushed by tubs

Scott, John William, 05 Sep 1932, (accident: 01 Sep 1932), aged 48, Filler, killed by a fall of stone

Scott, Robert, 30 Jul 1943, (accident: 15 Jul 1943), aged 61, Stoneman, killed by a fall of stone

Scott, William, 24 May 1911, aged 14, Driver, killed by a fall of stone

Shaw, Alfred, 25 Mar 1930, (accident: 23 Mar 1930), aged 28, Rope Lad, killed by a fall of stone

Simpson, Charles, 30 Mar 1925, killed in the 1925 disaster (inrush of water from old Paradise Pit), Buried: disaster plot in Elswick Cemetery [More information ...]

Sousby, George, 24 Jul 1893, 10:15 a.m., 5th hour of shift, aged 36, Master Sinker, He had gone up the pit for a charge of explosive, and was descending again, when by some means he fell from the kibble. According to the evidence he was riding with one leg in and one out of the kibble, and he either fell through carelessness or in consequence of a sudden faintness [Inspection made & inquest attended]

Spowart, Stephen, 16 Jul 1892, 10:00 a.m., 4th hour of shift, aged 40, Carpenter, Deceased was superintending the erection of a headgear, and after getting the first pair of legs into position and raising the second pair, he went on the latter to adjust the cross pieces, when, through some misunderstanding, the legs were pulled over and he fell to the ground. Deceased gave all the signals to the man at the guide ropes [Inspection made & inquest attended]

Steele, James, 30 Mar 1925, killed in the 1925 disaster (inrush of water from old Paradise Pit), his brother-in-law, John Dodd, was killed in the same pit in 1929, Buried: disaster plot in Elswick Cemetery [More information ...]

Stewart, Robert Alexander, 27 Aug 1903, aged 48, Hewer, Deceased was kirving the coal in a winning headways 9 feet wide in the Beaumont seam when a stone about 4 feet square and 18 inches thick fell away from slips on all sides, canting out two props in its fall. The overman was in the place less than an hour before the accident, and it seemed quite safe to him. One of the Local Inspectors examined the place, and stated at the inquest that he was satisfied the occurrence was purely accidental.

Stobbart, John William, 31 Dec 1919, aged 27, Hewer, killed by a fall of stone

Stobbs, Alfred Dickinson, 11 Jul 1932, aged 26, Coal Cutter, electrocuted

Stobbs, Thomas William, 21 Nov 1923, aged 31, Hewer, killed by a fall of stone, Buried: St. John's Churchyard, Whorlton

Taylor, John D. D. H., 09 Mar 1939, (accident: 23 Oct 1935), aged 28, Filler, killed by a fall of stone

Thompson, John, 30 Mar 1925, killed in the 1925 disaster (inrush of water from old Paradise Pit), Buried: disaster plot in Elswick Cemetery [More information ...]

Thompson, John, 17 Jun 1932, aged 67, Banksman, fell down shaft

Thompson, Robert, 30 Mar 1925, killed in the 1925 disaster (inrush of water from old Paradise Pit), Buried: disaster plot in Elswick Cemetery [More information ...]

Thompson, William, 30 Mar 1925, killed in the 1925 disaster (inrush of water from old Paradise Pit), Buried: disaster plot in Elswick Cemetery [More information ...]

Tierney, Edward, 08 Jan 1940, aged 21, Putter, electrocuted

Trewick, John Thomas, 30 Mar 1925, killed in the 1925 disaster (inrush of water from old Paradise Pit), Buried: disaster plot in Elswick Cemetery [More information ...]

Trewick, William Armstrong, 30 Mar 1925, killed in the 1925 disaster (inrush of water from old Paradise Pit), Buried: disaster plot in Elswick Cemetery [More information ...]

Waller, John, 29 Jan 1889, (accident: 08 Nov 1888), aged 32, Wasteman, killed by a fall of roof

Warren, Robert, 04 Dec 1913, aged 30, Hewer [More information ...]

Welsh, John, 26 Apr 1899, (accident: 18 Apr 1899), aged 24, Hewer, Deceased and his marrow were working in a "broken jud" when a large stone fell away from some slips. The men considered the place safe, and there was plenty of loose timber beside them, but unfortunately it had not been made use of [Inspection made & inquest attended]

Young, George, 26 Dec 1916, aged 55, Hewer, killed by a fall of stone