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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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14 Feb 1957 | Bowes Railway | Wakefield, Thomas, aged 57, Buried: Birtley Cemetery;
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06 Jan 1831 | Pit at Debdon | Wakenshaw, Alexander, aged 56, killed by falling down the coal pit at Debdon, Buried: Rothbury Parish Church |
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15 Feb 1854 | North Sunderland | Walker, Daniel, aged 17, fell from a lime-waggon, which went over him, and so greatly injured him that he died in a few hours afterwards |
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08 Sep 1841 | Glebe Colliery | Walker, Edward, aged 13, Miner, fell down shaft |
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25 Apr 1870 | East Hartford | ||||||
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03 Jun 1858 | Sandwith Quarry | Walker, John, Labourer, fell down cliff when avoiding a fall |
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12 Mar 1926 | Unknown | Walker, John James, aged 16, five tons of earth and stone fell on him, address: Buttermere Avenue, Arrowthwaite, Whitehaven |
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03 Oct 1705 | Gateshead, Stony Flatt | Walker, Michael, killed in the 1705 explosion, servant to John Hastings, Buried: October 4th |
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21 Nov 1892 | Unknown | ||||||
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08 Sep 1853 | Limekiln Banks | Walker, Thomas, aged 44, Manager, it was thought that he had fallen from the top of the kiln which was about 15 feet deep |
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| 1865 | Unknown | Walker, William, aged 25 |
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25 Jan 1881 | West Allen (Metalliferous) | Walton, Christopher, aged 32, Miner, while engaged in charging an unsound blast hole, it exploded and killed him on the spot |
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| 1854 | Whitwood | Wandless, James, aged 14, killed "unlawfully" in explosion |
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26 Aug 1850 | Hill and Freestone Quarry | Ward, John, aged 26, Quarryman, a piece of stone slipped away and fell upon his back, and he died in about five minutes [Date of Inquest] |
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05 Aug 1737 | Corporal/Corpsill Pit | ||||
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Nov 1803 | East Witton, Braithwaite Moor | Warriner, James, aged 25, killed by 'two several visitations of God in the Collieries near East Witton', son of George and Mary Warriner, Buried: in Parish of Middleham on 06 Dec 1803 |
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Nov 1803 | East Witton, Braithwaite Moor | Warriner, John, aged 15, killed by 'two several visitations of God in the Collieries near East Witton', son of George and Mary Warriner, Buried: in Parish of Middleham on 16 Nov 1803 |
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07 Oct 1904 | Coxheath (Sandstone) | Waters, William, aged 45, Quarryman, struck by stone |
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05 Aug 1737 | Corporal/Corpsill Pit | ||||
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04 Oct 1861 | Gosforth Waggonway | Watson, Elizabeth, aged 68, [Not Employed], run over by coal trucks |
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| 22 Jul 1860 | Unknown | Watson, John, aged 24, [date of burial], Buried: Wilton, St. Cuthbert on 22 Jul 1860 {NBI};
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Sep 1864 | Unknown | Watson, Joseph, Lead Mine Inspector, fell down a deep shaft |
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| 16 Aug 1859 | Unknown | Watson, Robert, aged 47, [date of burial], Buried: Eston, Christ Church on 16 Aug 1859 {NBI};
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16 Mar 1871 | Unknown | Watson, William, Miner, he was engaged in boring a hole in the breast of the working, suddenly a large quantity of stone rushed, knocked him off a ladder on which he was standing, and, falling on his chest, killed him on the spot |
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05 Feb 1863 | Stamfordham Quarry | Waugh, Peter, aged 77, Sandstone Dealer, he gone to get stone when it appears he worked underneath a hanging stone which fell, and it is supposed killed him instantly |
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24 Nov 1913 | Mill Knock sandstone quarry | Wear, William Heslop, aged 40, Quarryman, deceased was engaged preparing a bed close to the bottom of the quarry for a stone, which had been sprung by a shot, to fall on; it is supposed that he must have loosened some part of the rock that was holding the upper portion, for the whole piece up to the shot-hole, over 12 tons in weight, came away and caught him; the stone, though overhanging and sprung by the shot, was considered to be quite safe |
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13 Feb 1904 | Crigglestone | Webster, Joseph, aged 29, Buried: St. Lawrence Churchyard, Pittington;
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25 Apr 1837 | Gateshead Quarry | Welch, Matthew, crushed by stone when scaffolding collapsed |
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| 22 Sep 1861 | Unknown | Wells, William Henry, aged 18, [date of burial], Buried: Eston, Christ Church on 22 Sep 1861 {NBI};
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| Oct 1874 | Unknown | Welsh, Henry, aged 25, Chester Ward Coroner's Inquest, place: Gateshead, cause: crushed by fall of stone at work (DRO Ref: COR/C/2/120) |
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| 19 Jul 1804 | Unknown | Welsh, John, aged 41, Pitman, of Harraton Outside, shown in Parish records as being accidentally killed - may not be Colliery related |
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13 Jun 1887 | Foxy Pit | Welsh, William, committed suicide by jumping down the pit |
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| 1929 | Unknown | West, Thomas, aged 45 |
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| 02 May 1861 | Unknown | Wharton, James, aged 26, [date of burial], Buried: Eston, Christ Church on 02 May 1861 {NBI};
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03 Jan 1908 | Ricklees (Sand quarry) | Wheatley, Matthew, aged 34, Quarryman, fall of sand |
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22 Jan 1901 | Blakelaw, Sandstone quarry | White, George, aged 50, Engineman, At the time of the accident, deceased was the only man at the quarry. He had come early in order to get up steam for the crane boiler. On the arrival of the other workmen, he was found lying at the quarry bottom, having apparently fallen from the top, a distance of 30 feet [Inspection made & inquest attended] |
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12 Sep 1919 | Tudhoe Iron Works | Whitehouse, William, aged 28, Picture ds20030405012, Buried: Rock Road Cemetery, Spennymoor;
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12 Oct 1853 | Low Grange | Whitfield, John, killed by a fall of stone |
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| 17 Jun 1859 | Unknown | Whitmore, Samuel, aged 46, [date of burial], Buried: Eston, Christ Church on 17 Jun 1859 {NBI};
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| 1936 | Unknown | Whyman, James, aged 56 |
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27 Sep 1848 | Little Green Colliery, Middleton | Wild, James, aged 26, James Wild and Thomas Cheetham went into an old mine at Little Green Colliery, Middleton, on 27 September. They had been warned not to enter the mine, but disobeyed orders and both were severely burnt when their candle ignited some fire damp and caused an explosion. Wild, aged 26, died the following evening; he left a wife and two children. There was little hope of Cheetham recovering. |
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| 22 Oct 1723 | Unknown | Wild, John, of Low Spen, he and his horse fell down a pit |
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| 1931 | Unknown | Wilkin, John, aged 47 |
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| 16 Dec 1862 | Unknown | Wilkinson, George, aged 14, [date of burial], Buried: Eston, Christ Church on 16 Dec 1862 {NBI};
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| 12 Jun 1857 | Unknown | Wilkinson, John, aged 34, [date of burial], Buried: Eston, Christ Church on 12 Jun 1857 {NBI};
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09 Jan 1934 | Hairs Drift, Burnopfield | Wilkinson, John Raymond, aged 21, Hand Putter, he was struck by a plank which fell from the roof and broke his neck, Buried: Burnopfield Cemetery;
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31 Jan 1873 | Coal Pit, Alston | Wilkinson, Jonathan, aged 31, Miner, crushed by a fall of roof, residence: Ashgill, Garrigill, near Alston |
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24 Aug 1903 | Albert Edward Staithes, North Shields | William, Campbell, aged 18, accidentally killed |
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30 Oct 1928 | Snowdown, Kent | William, Robert, aged 32, accidentally killed [details difficult to read on tombstone!], Buried: St. John's Churchyard, Ashington;
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27 Aug 1853 | North Sunderland | Willis, Michael, killed by falling down a coal pit shaft |
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30 Jul 1892 | Blaydon Main Railway | Wilson, Edward, aged 19, Railway Guard, employed by the Stella Coal Company on their Blaydon Main Railway, was coupling two waggons, which were moving along slowly, when one of the wheels somehow caught his foot, and he fell, the wheel running along the inside of his leg to the lower part of his body, (accident: 20 Jul 1892), Buried: Blaydon Churchyard |
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| 02 Jul 1712 | Unknown | Wilson, Henry, fell down coal pit |
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03 Jun 1735 | Arlecdon (Coal Close) | Wilson, Joseph |
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| 04 Apr 1855 | Unknown | Wilson, William, aged 14, [date of burial], Buried: Eston, Christ Church on 04 Apr 1855 {NBI};
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| 17 Jun 1806 | Unknown | Wind, John, aged 15, of Chartershaugh, son of Richard Wind (Pitman), shown in Parish records as being accidentally killed - may not be Colliery related |
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28 Jul 1857 | Hayhole Docks | Winskill, Richard, killed on the railway at the docks |
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| 1861 | Unknown | Winston, Daniel, aged 37 |
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| 17 Nov 1864 | Unknown | Winter, John, aged 34, [date of burial], Buried: Eston, Christ Church on 17 Nov 1864 {NBI};
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17 Apr 1860 | Marley Hill Staith | Wintrip, Gilbert, aged 60, fell 30 feet from the staith and was instantaneously killed |
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| 02 Feb 1870 | Unknown | Wood, James, aged 20, [date of burial], Buried: Eston, Christ Church on 02 Feb 1870 {NBI};
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28 Apr 1897 | Broughton Craggs (Limestone) | Wood, John, aged 35, Quarryman, Two quarries, distant from each other about 150 yards, are worked by the same owner. A "pop" shot was fired in one quarry, and a stone from it struck Wood (who was at work in the other quarry) on the head, killing him on the spot. A special code of signals and blasting regulations has since been established [Inspection made & inquest attended] |
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04 Jul 1899 | Shap | Wood, Thomas, aged 50, Labourer, Braking railway waggon down into loading bank, in concrete department, when the brake failed to act as the rails were wet, and he was caught between the waggon and platform wall and severely injured about back. Died on July 4th in Carlisle Infirmary., (accident: 22 Jun 1899) |
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06 Feb 1947 | Hickleton Main | Wood, William Ivey, aged 44, Buried: Memorial Gardens, Burnhope;
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06 May 1887 | Nanaimo, No. 1, Vancover | Woodbank, - |
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12 May 1910 | Low Cold Knott | ||||||
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22 Sep 1842 | Yeathouse Iron Ore | Wrangham, William, aged 36, killed by a fall of stone, (accident: 17 Nov 1842) |
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09 Feb 1830 | Cocksons Pit | Wright, Robert, drowned in engine cistern |
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15 Sep 1871 | Cold Hesleden Incline | Wright, Thomas, aged 8, [Not employed], accidentally run over by coal waggons on Cold Heseldon Incline |
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15 Feb 1843 | Conside | Wynn, William, aged 36, had been working at Conside Pit on 7 February, when a large stone fell from the roof and severely crushed him. He lingered until 15 February, (accident: 07 Feb 1843) |
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