Durham Mining Museum - Memorial Roll - Miscellaneous Names [T*]

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In Memorium

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.

					Date	Colliery	Name of Persons killed, Age, Occupation, Cause of Accident, and Remarks
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					13 Oct 1759	Whitehaven area	Tate, James, aged 60, "Killed in coal pit", of Gins [Date of burial], Buried: Holy Trinity, Whitehaven;
					21 Oct 1727	Whitehaven area	Tate, William, "Burnt in ye coal pit" [Date of burial], Buried: Holy Trinity, Whitehaven;
					08 Jun 1846	Brandling Junction Staith	Taylor, Christopher, aged 26, Labourer, fell on to the ships deck from the staith whilst dropping a waggon of coals
					14 Jun 1936	Hickleton Main	Taylor, David Hindmarch, aged 39, Buried: St. Matthew's Churchyard, Silksworth;
					14 Jun 1754	Whitehaven area	Taylor, John, "Burnt in coal mines" [Date of burial], Buried: Holy Trinity, Whitehaven;
					26 Sep 1863	Unknown	Taylor, John, aged 28, [date of burial], Buried: Eston, Christ Church on 26 Sep 1863 {NBI};
					25 Apr 1771	Unknown	Taylor, Thomas, killed by the fall of a quarry, Buried: Kirksby Ireleth
					11 Apr 1861	Unknown	Taylor, William, aged 27, [date of burial], Buried: Eston, Christ Church on 11 Apr 1861 {NBI};
					24 Mar 1865	Unknown	Taylor, William, aged 36, [date of burial], Buried: Eston, Christ Church on 24 Mar 1865 {NBI};
					22 Sep 1853	Lambton Railway	Tayor, Thomas, aged 10, crushed by waggons, (accident: 03 Sep 1853)
					Nov 1874	Unknown	Telford, George, aged 26, Chester Ward Coroner's Inquest, place: Tyne Dock, cause: crushed between coal wagons (DRO Ref: COR/C/2/137)
					22 Jul 1901	Plumpton (Limestone)	Thistlethwaite, Richard, aged 35, Shot Firer, About half a charge of 950 lbs. of powder had been put into a deep hole when the explosion occurred [Inspection made & inquest attended]
					10 Jul 1888	De Beers, South Africa	Thomas, B.
					03 Oct 1705	Gateshead, Stony Flatt	Thompson, Adam, killed in the 1705 explosion, Buried: October 4th
					03 Nov 1826	Ferryhill	Thompson, John, aged 41, killed by the fall of a large stone [date of burial]
					15 Nov 1851	Sunderland railway	Thompson, John, aged 50, killed on the railway
					18 Oct 1869	Fletcher Pit	Thompson, John, Cage acc
					06 May 1887	Nanaimo, No. 1, Vancover	Thompson, John, aged 32, from Maryport
					04 Nov 1959	Colliery Railway	Thompson, Matthew, aged 33, Loco Fireman, head on collision with another colliery train
					03 Oct 1705	Gateshead, Stony Flatt	Thompson, Michael, killed in the 1705 explosion, Buried: October 6th
					01 Sep 1859	Unknown	Thompson, Robert, aged 20, [date of burial], Buried: Eston, Christ Church on 01 Sep 1859 {NBI};
					05 Jan 1897	Bell's Close clay quarry	Thompson, Robert, aged 52, Clay Digger, Deceased at completion of his shift, and after the other men had left the quarry, ascended to a ledge 7 feet or 8 feet high to get his jacket. According to the evidence he suffered from a weak heart, and had within the previous hour complained of a feeling of dizziness. Apparently he had a recurrence of this dizziness, and had fallen from the ledge whilst in that state, as there was nothing in the condition of the quarry to account for the accident [Inspection made]
					03 Oct 1705	Gateshead, Stony Flatt	Thornton, Bryon, killed in the 1705 explosion, Buried: October 6th
					21 Feb 1782	Fatfield area	Thornton, Matthew, of Fatfield, son of Thomas, Buried: 22 Feb 1782 at Chester-le-Street
					21 Feb 1782	Fatfield area	Thornton, Thomas, Pitman, of Fatfield, father of Matthew, Buried: 22 Feb 1782 at Chester-le-Street
					Jun 1852	Lindale Iron Ore Works	Thorpe, John, by foul air
					14 Jul 1902	Coanwood (Whinstone)	Tiffen, Robert, aged 26, Quarryman, A charge of about 30 lbs. of gunpowder had been inserted in a fissure in the rock, and the deceased men had just lit the fuse when the charge exploded. Probably some grains of loose powder at the edge of the fissure were ignited and the charge thereby fired, or this may have been done by sparks from the burning fuse
					10 Jul 1888	De Beers, South Africa	Timmins, W.
					08 Sep 1947	Tanfield	Todd, G., Labourer, caught in trench
					30 Jan 1846	Garmondsway Moor	Todd, James, aged 11, Trapper, had gone down the pit on Friday, 30 January, but as there was no work for him, he returned to bank and went on to the Engine Bank railway where he was run over and killed by four waggons
					03 Oct 1705	Gateshead, Stony Flatt	Todd, John, killed in the 1705 explosion, Buried: October 10th
					1853	Unknown	Topley, Robert, aged 20
					1864	Unknown	Topping, Joseph, aged 17
					26 Jul 1866	Cleator Moor Quarry	Trainer, -, Quarryman, killed by an explosion of powder
					28 Apr 1854	Walker Iron Works	Trayers, Francis, aged 16, he was passing a coal waggon at the time the coals were being emptied out, and although cautioned, he persisted in going towards the waggon, when the coals falling upon him caused instant death
					05 Aug 1737	Corporal/Corpsill Pit	Troutbeck, Richard, Collier, Buried: at St. Nicholas on 06 Aug 1737
					Dec 1875	Unknown	Turnbull, Edward, aged 9, Chester Ward Coroner's Inquest, place: Burnopfield Colliery, cause: run over by coal wagon (DRO Ref: COR/C/2/473)
					18 Mar 1894	Unknown	Turnbull, George, aged 41, Hewer, died after 9½ years illness, the result of an injury to his spine from a fall of roof [fatality reported during the year but not classified as a reportable accident]
					15 Jan 1880	Lea	Turnbull, John, aged 49, Hewer, suffocated by foul air
					15 Apr 1914	Toft Hill, disused shaft	Turnbull, William, found dead in a disused pit shaft
					16 Aug 1905	Corbridge (Clay)	Turnbull, William Charlton, aged 28, Labourer, Deceased was working in a clay pit not 20 feet deep, therefore the accident does not come under the Quarries Act. A mass of clay amounting to about 1 ton fell from a face 14 feet deep, relieved by a crack, the existence of which was known. Deceased had been warned by a fellow workman to stand clear, as it was not safe. He took a shovel and tried to lever it down at the side, and jumped in the wrong direction when it fell, (accident: 15 Aug 1905)
					26 Jul 1866	Cleator Moor Quarry	Turner, -, Quarryman, killed by an explosion of powder
					01 Dec 1775	Whitehaven area	Twaddel, Margaret, aged 29, "Killed in coal pit", daughter of George, Gins [Date of burial], Buried: Holy Trinity, Whitehaven;
					1956	Unknown	Tweddle, Robert J., Stoneman
					17 Sep 1858	Unknown	Twizell, William, aged 33, [date of burial], Buried: Eston, Christ Church on 17 Sep 1858 {NBI};
					07 Jun 1808	Bigrigg Common	Tydiman, -, aged 12, drowned in a mine pit
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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.
Some of the names of mining fatalities on this page have been kindly provided by Ian Winstanley of the Coal Mining History Resource Centre (CMHRC) and are marked with . The CMHRC is available here.
Some of the names of mining fatalities on this web page have been kindly provided by The West Cumbria Mines Research and are marked with .
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 and Durham Chronicle) and are marked with .

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