Preston Colliery

1929, 28 Sep - Yard, Bensham, Low Main, Beaumont, Top Busty, Brockwell seams abandoned

Amis, Robert Thomas, 06 Feb 1919, (accident: 29 Jan 1919), aged 41, Hewer, crushed by tub

Bilton, John Thomas, 11 Nov 1919, (accident: 28 Oct 1919), aged 50, Hewer, killed by a fall of stone

Bolton, Ralph Hall, 12 Oct 1922, (accident: 29 Sep 1922), aged 41, Deputy Overman, killed by a fall of stone

Brown, Henry, 29 May 1919, (accident: 27 May 1919), aged 41, Stoneman, premature explosion of shot

Brown, Samuel, 25 Mar 1915, aged 33, Buried: Tynemouth Cemetery

Campbell, John William, 31 Mar 1914, (accident: 18 Mar 1914), aged 22, Brusher, fell down

Cole, James, 16 Nov 1900, aged 36, Sinker, explosion of gas, [Inspection made & inquest attended] [More information ...]

Dunn, Frank, 16 Nov 1900, aged 32, Sinker, explosion of gas, [Inspection made & inquest attended], Buried: St. Andrew's Churchyard, Stanley [More information ...]

Grimsdon, John, 10 Mar 1879, aged 36, Hewer, killed by a fall of stone

Hall, John George, 24 Aug 1906, aged 38, Stoneman [More information ...]

Harrison, John Thomas, 07 Mar 1883, aged 13, Driver, killed by a fall of stone, address: No. 6 Simpson Street, Chirton

Heckels, Matthew Henry, 08 Jul 1930, aged 51, Depot Manager, run over by wagon

Herdman, John, 15 Mar 1859, Banksman, fell down shaft with tub, broke his back and died a few days later [More information ...]

Jackson, John Thomas, 17 Dec 1909, aged 21, Hewer, fall of roof stone at working face

Knowles, John Hall, 15 Jun 1906, (accident: 09 Jun 1906), aged 47, Stoneman, killed by a fall of stone, Buried: Preston Cemetery, North Shields [More information ...]

Lambert, William, 28 Jan 1874, aged 32, Sinker, cradle rope broke

Lockie, Thomas William, 25 Apr 1912, aged 22, Hewer, deceased was on pit bank and had an attack of heart failure; the fall caused shock, and he died on the way to the infirmary

Lodge, Robert Adams, 15 Mar 1917, (accident: 02 Mar 1917), aged 32, Hewer, strained himself

Main, Richard, 31 Jul 1918, (accident: 22 Jul 1918), aged 14, Driver, run over by full tub

Martin, Frank, 16 Nov 1900, aged 35, Sinker, explosion of gas, [Inspection made & inquest attended] [More information ...]

Matthews, Joseph, 17 May 1910, aged 32, Hewer, explosion of shot (gunpowder)

McGuire, Philip, 20 Aug 1911, (accident: 14 Dec 1910), aged 40, Hewer, fall of band

Mordue, T., 16 Nov 1900, aged 24, Bricklayer, explosion of gas, [Inspection made & inquest attended] [More information ...]

Mountain, William, 18 Sep 1900, Putter, was injured on February 28th, and did not work again for 12 months, when he managed to work five shifts; the on 18th September 1900, he died from tuberculosis, the direct result of the accident

Noble, Robert, 19 Aug 1919, aged 58, Buried: Preston Cemetery

Oastler, William, 13 Dec 1870, aged 13, Driver, crushed by horse crank and pump

Pate, Arthur, 16 Nov 1907, (accident: 12 Nov 1907), aged 19, Pony Putter, killed by a fall of stone [More information ...]

Pells, Robert, 11 Jan 1914, aged 22, Horsekeeper, Deceased had attended to his horses and presumably was about to signal himself out of the pit, being duly authorised to do so. He put his head through the protecting gate, probably to see where the cage was, when the cage descended and caught his head and killed him.

Pickett, John, Jan 1916, (accident: 17 Dec 1915), aged 74, Wasteman, killed by a fall of stone

Richardson, William, 22 Jun 1909, aged 16, Pony Driver, fell before tubs drawn by pony

Rutter, Robert, 18 Dec 1908, (accident: 14 Mar 1908), aged 40, Shifter, injured knee while lifting tub on rails and blood poisoning supervened

Smith, Ernest Sizer, 29 Oct 1919, (accident: 28 Oct 1919), aged 22, Putter, run over by tub

Stapylton, James, 20 Oct 1903, aged 18, Screen Engineman, Deceased was in charge of the engine for working the cleaning belts. While the engine was running he reached forward near bevel gearing to screw up a grease lubricator, and was dragged into the bevel wheels and instantly killed. A notice near his engine forbidding the oiling of the machinery in motion appears to have been frequently disregarded by him.

Stead, Frederick Robtert, 31 Jul 1912, (accident: 24 Jul 1912), aged 44, Hewer, whilst lifting a tub on the way he strained himself, but worked the shift out and also the two following shifts; he died on the 31st July, 1912, from shock due to strained abdomen

Summerbell, Fred, 10 May 1928, aged 42, Undermanager, found drowned

Tinn, Victor, 13 Nov 1888, aged 23, Putter, killed by a fall of stone

Townsley, Joseph, 09 Nov 1928, aged 48, Sub - Overman, killed by a fall of stone

Watson, George, 09 Nov 1928, aged 67, Shifter, killed by a fall of stone

Weatherley, Jacob, 12 Jun 1913, aged 41, Deputy [More information ...]

White, William, 26 Dec 1912, (accident: 08 Nov 1912), aged 14, Ropeway boy, died from blood poisoning set up by a wounded finger caused by a loose wire in a haulage rope

Wilcock, Ernest Edward, 23 Nov 1908, (accident: 06 Oct 1908), aged 32, Hewer, fall of side stone at the working face

Williamson, Thomas, 18 Aug 1911, (accident: Apr 1907), aged 30, Joiner

Wilson, Robert, 15 Mar 1859, Foreman, of Messrs. Heppell and Landells (Engine Builders), crushed by a falling tub at the bottom of the shaft [More information ...]

Wylie, George P., 06 Jun 1908, aged 17, Lamp Cabin, run over by wagons

Young, James Edward, 20 Aug 1924, 1.10 p.m., 4th hour of shift, aged 38, Deputy, deceased was setting a prop beneath the end of a plank at the face of a heading, when a stone fell from a jack in the roof and killed him. The plank should have been ended by two fillers who had been working in this place, but had left it an hour and a half earlier

Younger, John Henry, 13 Oct 1901, aged 29, died suddenly in the mine; it was alleged that his death was due to foul air inhaled in the mine six months previously; a post mortem examination revealed the fact that he died from heart disease