Washington 'F' Pit

Allon, Robert, 03 Dec 1947, aged 40, died from injuries received, Buried: Washington Cemetery

Baker, John George, 12 Jul 1938, aged 30, Machine Asst., killed by a fall of stone, Buried: Holy Trinity Churchyard, Donwell (Usworth Parish Church)

Connell, C., 21 Sep 1933, (accident: 20 Sep 1933), aged 23, Hewer, fall of stone, died from injuries received

Curtis, Henry, 14 Sep 1908, (accident: 10 Sep 1908), aged 21, Hewer, fall of roof stone at working face, Buried: Our Lady's Catholic Church, Washington

Dixon, George, 18 Jan 1875, aged 29, Hewer, Chester Ward Coroner's Inquest, place: New Washington, cause: crushed by fall of stone Washington F pit (DRO Ref: COR/C/2/211)

Gill, John (Jacky), 26 Oct 1956, aged 28, Conveyor puller, he was drawing chocks in the Third East face of the Busty seam in an area only 2 feet 6 inches high when a stone 22 feet 6 inches long and 4 feet across and weighing 2 tons fell from the roof and killed him instantly

Hall, Thomas (Tit), 06 Jan 1937, (accident: 12 Nov 1936), aged 64, Hewer, killed by a fall of stone, Buried: Washington Cemetery

Heron, Jackie, 03 Sep 1955, aged 17, Apprentice Electrician, electrocuted

Hill, James, 18 Aug 1931, aged 40, Hewer, killed by a fall of stone, Buried: Holy Trinity Churchyard, Donwell (Usworth Parish Church)

Hill, Thomas, 11 Dec 1908, aged 18, Pony Putter, crushed by loaded tub against a prop, Buried: Washington Cemetery

Humes, Matthew Henry, 15 Sep 1937, aged 18, Driver, caught by set, Buried: Holy Trinity Churchyard, Donwell (Usworth Parish Church)

Hunter, Thomas, 25 Jan 1941, Buried: Washington Cemetery

Jefferson, Henry, 25 May 1910, aged 54, Shifter, fall of side stone [Sunderland Echo reports: accident - 25 May 1910 pg 3 col 4; inquest - 30 May 1910 pg 3 col 2]

Lawson, Edward (Ted), 25 Jun 1943, aged 34, Cutter, killed by a fall of stone, Buried: Washington Cemetery

Longworth, William Alexander, 25 Aug 1957, aged 31, Buried: Washington Cemetery

Marjoram, W., 22 Jul 1940, (accident: 24 Nov 1933), aged 36, Hewer, killed by a fall of stone

Marley, Turner, 17 Jan 1928, (accident: 16 Jan 1928), aged 29, Cutter, killed by a fall of stone, Buried: Holy Trinity Churchyard, Donwell (Usworth Parish Church)

Marshall, Stephen J., 15 May 1901, aged 28, Joiner, While a vertical boiler was being raised by means of jacks and shear legs; the guide rope connected to the latter broke, and one of the shear legs struck deceased. The rope was unfit for use, although diseased had got it from the store himself [Inquest attended]

Middleton, John William, 25 Jul 1941, aged 57, gassed, Buried: Holy Trinity Churchyard, Donwell (Usworth Parish Church)

Mills, Ernest Walkington, 23 Sep 1930, aged 29, Hewer, runover by set

Mould, Sydney, 25 Aug 1957, aged 41, Buried: Holy Trinity Churchyard, Donwell (Usworth Parish Church)

Nelmes, Edward Calep, 04 Jun 1937, aged 16, Driver, fall from timber, Buried: Washington Cemetery

Olds, Joseph, 09 Feb 1938, aged 63, Deputy, killed by a fall of stone, Buried: Washington Cemetery

Ophield, Henry, 25 Apr 1924, 4 p.m., 9th hour of shift, aged 20, Smith's Striker, Deceased with five others was pushing a tram carrying a turn-table on which was coiled 2,700 yards of steel rope weighing 2 tons 19 cwts., along two temporarily laid rails crossing a permanent way, when one of the rails became displaced and the rope and turn-table fell off the tram and caught him, causing a fracture of the pelvis and serious internal injury, from which he died 1 hour later. Had the rails crossing the permanent way been fixed in position and not merely laid in loosely, the accident might have been avoided

Patterson, Ralph Alexander, 18 Mar 1903, aged 68, Shifter, A place was to be turned away out of a landing on an engine plane in the Main Coal seam, and deceased and another shifter, who was injured, were engaged placing a running balk under the ends of four balks extending across the road and supporting the roof so that the props under these balks could be removed to get access to the side. The four balks had been middle propped, and the running balk put under their ends in a temporary manner, and they were preparing to put in a permanent prop at one end of it when the roof collapsed. The stone is short blue metal. The Local Inspectors reported that deceased "was accidentally killed by a fall of stone, which was a pure accident."

Pearson, Joseph, 08 Jun 1901, aged 21, Waggon Man, While deceased was lowering a tall waggon from under the screens by means of the break, he slipped and fell between the wheels [Inspection made & inquest attended]

Perkins, John, 29 Dec 1922, aged 22, Putter, killed by a fall of stone

Ray, Thomas, 22 Jul 1955, aged 55, Buried: Washington Cemetery

Roddy, Matthew, 14 May 1909, aged 19, Putter, head crushed between tub and timber while riding on limbers [Sunderland Echo reports: accident - 14 May 1909], Buried: Our Lady's Catholic Church, Washington

Screen, George Maynard, 04 Jun 1936, aged 63, Shifter, killed by a fall of stone, Buried: Washington Cemetery

Steel, G., 25 Nov 1939, aged 49, Hewer, killed by a fall of stone

Thompson, J. T., 03 May 1948, aged 60, Stoneman, shock

Thompson, Thomas, 24 May 1917, aged 51, Timber Drawer, killed by a stone measuring 9 ft. by 9 ft. 6 in. which fell whilst he was drawing timber in the Low Main seam, Buried: Holy Trinity Churchyard, Donwell (Usworth Parish Church)

Wallace, Thomas, 03 Jun 1861, killed by a fall of stone

Ward, John, 01 Jul 1901, aged 36, Hewer, The deceased was hewing at a longwall face when some stone fell from slips in the roof [Inspection made & inquest attended], Buried: Our Lady's Catholic Church, Washington

Whiteman, G. W., 14 May 1940, (accident: 24 Oct 1939), aged 42, Hewer, killed by a fall of stone

Wilkinson, Stephen, 29 Apr 1952, aged 46, Buried: Washington Cemetery

Windmill, Samuel, 27 Nov 1906, aged 60, Hewer, crushed by tubs [Sunderland Echo reports: accident - 27 Nov 1906 pg 3] [More information ...]

Wood, George, 26 Apr 1934, aged 55, Hewer, killed by a fall of stone, Buried: Our Lady's Catholic Church, Washington