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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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| 30 Sep 1872 | Unknown | Fakenbridge, Thomas, aged 21, [date of burial], Buried: Eston, Christ Church on 30 Sep 1872 {NBI};
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29 Jan 1864 | Willington | Farnaby, George, aged 18, Fireman, killed by the exploding of a boiler |
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| 11 Mar 1866 | Unknown | Farndale, John, aged 37, [date of burial], Buried: Eston, Christ Church on 11 Mar 1866 {NBI};
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10 Jul 1888 | De Beers, South Africa | Faull, John |
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| 29 Jan 1869 | Unknown | Fawcett, Thomas, aged 17, [date of burial], Buried: Eston, Christ Church on 29 Jan 1869 {NBI};
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03 Jun 1735 | Arlecdon (Coal Close) | Fearon, John, Suffocated |
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05 Feb 1872 | Whitehaven, Cleator and Egremont Railway | Fearon, Samuel, aged 24, Engine Driver, locomotive boiler exploded |
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25 Dec 1908 | Whitehall Level (Fluorspar) | Featherstone, John, aged 45, Miner, killed by a fall of ore, (accident: 22 Dec 1908) |
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| 09 Apr 1855 | Blyth and Tyne Railway | Fenwick, Margery Ann, aged 4, [Not Employed], lost her life on the Blyth and Tyne Railway near the South Pit by the engine running over her, Buried: Churchyard of St. Mary the Virgin, Horton;
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04 Oct 1888 | Unknown | Fenwick, Thomas, aged 16, was found lying beside his set of four tubs, the set had not left the road and his pony was standing quietly, he showed symptoms of having had a fix of apoplexy, and the medical man confirmed this view |
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| 1873 | Unknown | Filmer, William, aged 16 |
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12 Jan 1866 | Harton Railway | Findley, James, died from injuried received when run over by coal waggons on the Harton railway |
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11 Oct 1905 | Peareth (Sandstone) | Finn, William, aged 32, Labourer, fall of ground |
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28 Sep 1808 | Kimbleworth | Firth, William, explosion of fire-damp |
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22 Aug 1895 | Hetton Colliery Railway | Fishburn, J. W., [Sunderland Daily Echo reports: accident - 22 Aug 1895 pg 3] [date of report] |
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28 Jul 1860 | Medomsley Branch line | Fisher, William, aged 30, fell under waggons on the branch line, (accident: 27 Jul 1860) |
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29 Mar 1905 | Hetton Railway | Fletcher, George, he was found dead on the railway below the coal trucks at Hetton, it was reported that 45 full waggons and the locomotive had passed over his body |
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03 Oct 1705 | Gateshead, Stony Flatt | Fletcher, Richard, killed in the 1705 explosion, Buried: October 5th |
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Sep 1908 | Queen's Mine, Buluwayo | Foley, George, shaft accident, native of Frizington |
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20 Dec 1858 | Hetton Railway | Ford, -, aged 10, killed on the Hetton Railway by a boiler explosion along with his father (James) |
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20 Dec 1858 | Hetton Railway | Ford, James, Engineman, killed on the Hetton Railway by a boiler explosion along with his son |
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10 Jan 1913 | Loaning Head sandstone quarry | Fordy, James, aged 47, Quarry Chargeman, deceased, whilst engaged wedging stone down at the face, was buried by a fall of stone; the stone fell from a "back." |
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08 Apr 1840 | Garmondsway | Forrest, John, aged 45, Pitman, crushed between a waggon and the screens |
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25 Oct 1911 | Lambton Railway | Forster, John Ridley, aged 27, Guard, he was engaged along with a loco-engineman and fireman in shunting some trucks of waste material into a siding where the refuse is tipped; the engine had pushed the trucks to a certain point and then left them, and from this point the trucks gravitated into the siding; it was the custom to put one or two sprags into the wheels to prevent the trucks moving too quickly, and deceased was doing this when he slipped under the wheels of one of the waggons and was internally injured so seriously that he died on the following day, (accident: 24 Oct 1911) |
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03 Jul 1865 | Victoria | Forster, Joseph, aged 14, Banker Out, fell down shaft from surface |
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| 02 Feb 1801 | Unknown | Forster, Marshall, aged 42, Pitman, of Birtley, shown in Parish records as being accidentally killed - may not be Colliery related |
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08 Nov 1833 | Black Fell | |||||
| 19 Sep 1627 | Unknown | Forster, William, of Willington, "kilde in a colepit" |
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07 May 1815 | Unknown | Forsythe, Matthew, aged 17, of Oxclose, son of Francis and Margaret Forsythe, killed by a fall from the Coal Pit Engine [date of burial], Buried: 07 May 1815 [Washington Parish Records] |
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04 Sep 1858 | Alston, Manor House Vein | Foster, Thomas, single, when the roof of the mine gave way, and about 15 tons of stone fell upon them [date of newspaper report] |
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04 Sep 1858 | Alston, Manor House Vein | Foster, William, single, when the roof of the mine gave way, and about 15 tons of stone fell upon them [date of newspaper report] |
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28 May 1835 | Brough | Fothergill, Edward, Miner, killed a sharp stone falling upon his head whilst at the bottom of an iron mine [Date of Inquest] |
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| 20 Jun 1858 | Unknown | Fountain, John, aged 63, [date of burial], Buried: Eston, Christ Church on 20 Jun 1858 {NBI};
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| 03 Jun 1866 | Unknown | Fountain, John, aged 46, [date of burial], Buried: Eston, Christ Church on 03 Jun 1866 {NBI};
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| 16 Jun 1854 | Unknown | Fowler, Matthew, aged 32, [date of burial], Buried: Eston, Christ Church on 16 Jun 1854 {NBI};
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| 11 Jun 1862 | Unknown | Fox, Joseph, aged 33, explosion of firedamp |
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| 14 Dec 1807 | Unknown | |||||||
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23 Nov 1839 | Slainsford | Frizel, John, fatal accident [date of report] |
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29 Aug 1829 | Hetton Railway | Frost, -, waggon accident, left a wife and three children |
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