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Please note: this page provides the details we have for those fatalities not shown on the colliery pages - i.e. for those fatalities at collieries/pits etc. for which we do not have a web page.
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Date | Colliery | Name of Persons killed, Age, Occupation, Cause of Accident, and Remarks |
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22 Jul 1901 | Plumpton (Limestone) | Ackrigg, Samuel, aged 25, Quarryman, About half a charge of 950 lbs. of powder had been put into a deep hole when the explosion occurred [Inspection made & inquest attended] |
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04 Nov 1959 | Colliery Railway | Aconley, William, aged 50, Loco Driver, head on collision with another colliery train |
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19 Sep 1892 | Percy Main Staithes | Adams, John, was riding on a waggon and either fell or was thrown off by the waggons getting off the road at the points, sustaining such injuries that he died a few hours afterwards; the deceased had no business on the waggon |
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Aug 1833 | Warden Law Waggonway | Adamson, -, run over by waggons [Sunderland Herald reports: accident - 10 Aug 1833 pg 4 col 4] |
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21 Feb 1782 | Fatfield area | Addison, Nathaniel, Pitman, of Fatfield, Buried: 22 Feb 1782 at Chester-le-Street |
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| 06 Jun 1630 | Unknown | Allan, Robert, aged boy, "kilde in a colepit" |
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| 1927 | Unknown | Allison, George, aged 32 |
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19 Jan 1720 | Whitehaven area | Anderson, John, "Killed by getting coals" [Date of burial], Buried: Holy Trinity, Whitehaven;
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18 Nov 1827 | Hetton Waggon way | Anderson, Matthew, run over by a coal waggon |
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18 May 1855 | Unknown | Anderson, Thomas, aged 64, he received a severe fracture to his right leg from a mass of coal which he and his fellow workmen had 'holed and kirved,' his leg was amputated the same evening and he died a few hours later |
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10 Jul 1888 | De Beers, South Africa | Andrews, C. |
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Apr 1860 | Unknown | Archbell, John, aged 27, Buried: Wilton on 21 Apr 1860 |
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May 1658 | Galla-Flatt | Archer, James, father of Stephen Archer, drowned, body recovered 36 years later, Buried: St. Andrew's, Newcastle on 24 Apr 1695 |
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May 1658 | Galla-Flatt | Archer, Stephen, son of James Archer, drowned, body recovered 36 years later, Buried: St. Andrew's, Newcastle on 24 Apr 1695 |
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| Jun 1874 | Unknown | Arkless, Thomas, aged 20, Chester Ward Coroner's Inquest, place: Sunniside, cause: run over on wagonway (DRO Ref: COR/C/2/80) |
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22 Jul 1850 | Low Grange | Armour, George, aged 11, boiler explosion |
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10 Jul 1888 | De Beers, South Africa | Armstrong, G. |
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25 Sep 1848 | Unknown | Armstrong, George, aged 62, Joiner, he was run over by a tender and a train of 36 laden coal waggons attached to a locomotive engine |
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28 Nov 1848 | Lambton Railway | Armstrong, George, aged 46, Waggon Driver, While in charge of a train of empty coal waggons approaching the bank head of the Lambton Railway at Bishopwearmouth, George Armstrong, a waggon driver aged 46, was thrown off 50 yards from the station. One of the waggons passed over his legs and chest; he was taken home and died the same evening, 28 November. |
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19 Jan 1863 | Rowanburn | Armstrong, James, aged 9, caught by machinery |
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| 08 Dec 1859 | Unknown | Ash, William, aged 34, [date of burial], Buried: Eston, Christ Church on 08 Dec 1859 {NBI};
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21 Feb 1782 | Fatfield area | Ashmore, John, Pitman, of Fatfield, Buried: 22 Feb 1782 at Chester-le-Street |
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1899 | South Shields, South Pier Works | Aspin, David, aged 31, Labourer, He was employed by the River Tyne Commissioners (who own a quarry at South Shields), at their South Pier Works, South Shields, was riding on one of a number of railway trucks, when he was jolted off and fell under the wheels of the last truck. As it was construction work I have not entered it in the ordinary list [fatality reported during the year but not classified as a reportable accident] |
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29 Jan 1907 | Stuart Mine, Fayett Co., West Virginia U.S.A. | Atkinson, John, aged 33, killed in an explosion, Buried: Holy Sepulchre Churchyard, Ashington;
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17 Aug 1908 | Pontop and Jarrow Railway | Atkinson, John Gerwan, aged 18, Shunter, crushed between trucks while signalling |
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12 Jul 1848 | Shiney Row | Atkinson, Thomas, aged 13, Thomas Atkinson, the 13 year old son of Isaac the miller was in charge of two horses belonging to Shiney Row Colliery on 10 July, when he was found lying near the factory. The boy had been kicked by one of the horses and suffered a severe wound above his right temple. He died on the 12th., (accident: 10 Jul 1848) |
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| 1869 | Unknown | Austin, William, aged 19 |
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20 Oct 1920 | Unknown | Ayre, William, aged 62, On 14 Dec 1917 he suffered injuries to his head and arms when he was caught by a fall of stone. He was off work for a year, then started on the screens. About a month later he complained of noises in the head, and died on 20th Oct. Death was reported as being from natural causes, (accident: 14 Dec 1917) |
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Some of the names of mining fatalities on this web site have been kindly provided by
Jim Grainger from his research into early newspapers (primarily the Durham Advertiser
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