Black Prince Colliery

1845 - Black Prince Pit on Cornsay Fell was sunk.

1907 - Harvey, Three Quarters, Ballarat, Five Quarters seams abandoned

1928, 24 Sep - Main seam abandoned

1929, 30 Jul - Ballarat, Five Quarter, Top seams abandoned

Barrett, Peter, 09 May 1904, aged 52, Hewer, while hewing he suddenly came across two slip back, which canted out a plank, and a large stone fell upon and killed him, Buried: Tow Law Cemetery

Collingwood, John George, 18 Dec 1913, aged 25, Shifter, deceased was ridding an old bord when a piece of projecting side coal, which was weakened by a weight break, fell over and killed him

Coulthard, Samuel, 27 Nov 1912, aged 52, Coke Drawer, the deceased was apparently in good health, and was seen quenching his oven in the usual manner; shortly afterwards he was found face downwards lying on the coke oven bench in an insensible condition and died shortly afterwards; according to the medical evidence he died from shock caused by severe scalding; whether he had tripped up and fallen on to the stream of hot water running from the oven, or had taken a fit, there was, in the absence of a Post-mortem examination, no evidence to show

Coulthard, William, 16 Nov 1911, aged 51, Back-overman [More information ...]

Dawson, John, 01 Jun 1899, (accident: 08 May 1899), aged 48, Hewer, A stone fell out from between breakers on to his leg, and crushed it severely. Amputation was necessary. Died June 1st.

Dixon, William H., 20 Aug 1890, aged 16, Putter, while assisting a hewer to fill a tub of coal in a broken jud a sudden fall of stone took place

Dougherty, Michael, 28 May 1856, they were going up an incline from their work just as a train of empty tubs was descending; the rope broke, the tubs ran amain and struck both men, killing them instantly [More information ...]

Fell, William, 30 Mar 1908, aged 61, Shifter, He and his marrow had ridded through a bord room and put up timber. He was sitting down, apparently examining their work, when a piece of shale fell from between two pairs of gears. The shale fell from between two converging slips

Fryatt, James, 29 Oct 1873, aged 24, Pumper, crushed by tubs on engine plane

Grant, John, 05 Jul 1906, aged 42, Labourer, He was caught and became entangled in the gearing driving the spreaders. He was found there dead. [More information ...]

Hall, Thomas, 29 Apr 1869, aged 20, Hewer, killed by a fall of stone

Hanlon, Patrick, 16 Nov 1911, aged 46, Back-overman [More information ...]

Hodgson, Jonathan, 29 Jan 1884, (accident: 28 Jan 1884), aged 53, Hewer, severely crushed by a fall of stone in a broken jud

Hogarth, Wilson, 05 Aug 1893, aged 64, Furnaceman, Died from heart disease while returning from his work. He had suffered from this complaint for some time.

Irving, William, 11 Feb 1863, aged 12, Putter, crushed by underground tubs

Lowe, William, 30 Nov 1908, aged 30, Labourer [More information ...]

Marby, Ralph, 28 May 1856, they were going up an incline from their work just as a train of empty tubs was descending; the rope broke, the tubs ran amain and struck both men, killing them instantly [More information ...]

Marley, William, 22 Sep 1858, aged 49, Deputy, fall of stone while drawing timber

Newton, William, 16 Nov 1849, Hewer, On Friday, 16 November, the Durham Advertiser reported that William Newton, a hewer at the Black Prince Colliery, had been killed. He and Thomas Ramsey were filling a tub with coal "when a mass of coals about two tons in weight fell from the roof upon the deceased." Ramsey was only a yard and a half away, but was merely hit by a prop. The board where the two men had been working was considered quite safe.

Nichol, Thomas, 22 Apr 1870, aged 28, Hewer, crushed by a tub

Nixon, Abraham Joseph, 08 Oct 1900, aged 39, Screenman, Fatally crushed between buffers of empty trucks when going between to uncouple them., Buried: Tow Law Cemetery

Pearson, Joseph, 17 Nov 1881, (accident: 16 Nov 1881), aged 26, Loco Driver, died at Tow Law from injuries received the previous day at the Black Prince Colliery when he had been crushed between his engine and the engine house; he got off to change the points to put the engine into the shed while he was at dinner, and as he jumped back on, he slipped and fell

Plews, Henry, 30 Apr 1904, aged 14, Helper up, he was waiting by the side of the way of the putter bringing a full tub out from the face; he had not got his head clear of the tub, and when it came out it was crushed so severely between the tub and a prop that he died within a few minutes; there was plenty of room on the other side of the place

Robson, Joseph, 17 Nov 1882, aged 23, Coke Drawer, while riding between two trucks in the coke yard he was crushed to death

Rutter, George, 17 Jun 1867, aged 54, Mason, fall of roof in day drift

Siddle, James, 07 Mar 1904, aged 53, Hewer, took ill when following his employment, and died at home the same day from natural causes

Simmons, John, 24 Apr 1888, (accident: 19 Mar 1887), aged 40, Hewer, serious injuries to back by a fall of stone

Wallace, Featherstone, 11 Apr 1873, aged 55, Hewer, killed by a fall of stone

Wandless, Joseph, 24 Apr 1879, aged 15, Driver, engine bank rope broke, and set ran back and caught deceased

Warner, Isaac, 29 Jul 1910, (accident: 30 Dec 1909), aged 55, Horse-keeper, He was taking five horses and ponies from Black Prince Colliery by road to Tudhoe when he was knocked down and trampled upon. He walked back home and only worked two days after the occurrence. Finally he died on July 29th, from the injuries received

Wetton, Robert, 09 Nov 1898, aged 21, Hewer, while engaged hewing, some top stone fell away at a feather edge near the coal face and broke his back and bruised his head; died on the way out of the pit

Whitfield, John George, 06 Feb 1904, aged 37, Labourer, suffocated in coal-hopper by slipping down among duff coal, Buried: Tow Law Cemetery

Wilson, Thomas William, 27 May 1913, aged 16, Helper-up [More information ...]

Wright, Joseph, 20 Mar 1858, (accident: 18 Mar 1858), aged 47, Stone Worker, fell down a staple ; driving staple upwards