	Merrington Lane Colliery	Index	Merrington Lane Colliery

Merrington Lane Colliery

Location:	Spennymoor 5½ miles [9 km] S of Durham
Map Ref:	(Sheet 93) NZ268336, 54° 41' 48" N, 1° 35' 3" W
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Description

Disasters (5 or more killed)

None found.

Names of those killed at this colliery

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

						Bowden, Henry, 03 Mar 1923, aged 59, Shifter, fell from loco
						Chambers, George, 25 Dec 1920, (accident: 20 Dec 1920), aged 28, Stoneman, killed by a fall of stone
						Hudson, George William, 21 Nov 1925, (accident: 16 Nov 1925), aged 48, Hewer, crushed between a tub and the roof
						Norton, Richard, 13 May 1924, (accident: 10 May 1923, 8.0 a.m., 5th hour of shift), aged 29, Hewer, deceased was caught on the back by a stone 3 ft. by 3 ft. by 6 ins. thick at one side, tapering to a feather edge at the other, which fell from a keen parting in the roof, without warning, between the front row of props and the face. He died 11 months later from a fractured dislocation of the lumbar spine
						Showler, Richard R., 19 Nov 1920, aged 32, Hewer, killed by a fall of stone, Buried: York Road Cemetery, Spennymoor
						Summergill, Patrick B., 10 Sep 1923, aged 37, Shifter, fractured neck through slipping while supporting tubs

						6 names found

If you know of any fatalities missing from the above list then please contact us with the details and we will add them to our database.

Those names marked with , were killed in a disaster for which a memorial has been erected or for which we have images concerning the disaster, alternately their name may be mentioned on a memorial plaque. Click on the symbol next to the name to see the appropriate web page for the memorial.

Those names marked with , have a web page providing individual details of the accident, the page may also include a photograph of the deceased. Click on the symbol next to the name to see the web page.

Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)

a simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Merrington Lane Colliery

list of collieries/pits etc. near to Merrington Lane Colliery

Credits

Sources:

1924 Mines Inspectors Report, Northern Division (No. 2) by T. Greenland Davies, H.M. Inspector of Mines [DMM Ref: L-01624 - Tom Bainbridge Collection]
Headstone(s) and Memorial in York Road Cemetery, Spennymoor
Text kindly provided by Jim Grainger from his research into early newspapers (primarily the Durham Advertiser and Durham Chronicle).