Cassop Colliery

1836, Apr 04 - Borings were begun at Cassop from the surface to the Main Coal Seam.

1840 - Cassop Colliery shipped its first coal at Hartlepool.

1856 - Boring operations were commenced at bottom of Vale Pit, Cassop Colliery, to prove the Hutton and Harvey Seams.

1864 - Cassop Colliery sunk from the Main Coal to the Harvey Seam, and boring continued down to the Brockwell Seam.

1878 - Five Quarter and Main Coal seam abandoned

Bainbridge, Henry, 13 Jan 1854, aged 12, Pony Putter, he got on the limmers to ride outbye. As he was going along, his head was jammed between the tub and the roof. He died soon after being released

Barrass, William, 25 Aug 1848, aged 7, [Not Employed], he was crossing the railway with his grandfather's breakfast when he was knocked down and run over by a waggon full of props which was going between the raff-yard and the mouth of the shaft; he died shortly after being taken home.

Bell, John, 11 Sep 1846, aged 14, Driver, Friday, 11 September : John Bell, 14, a rolley driver in the B Pit at Cassop Colliery, was driving his pony and six tubs that evening, when he was covered by a large fall of stone and rubbish. He sustained severe head injuries and died on being taken out.

Blenkinsopp, Daniel John, 21 Oct 1844, aged 9, When returning from his work with several other boys got upon a train of waggons, which was about to start on the Cassop incline : on being observed by the inspector, they were all ordered to get off, but deceased instead of doing so, kept on climbing up. When the train started he was thrown off, and the last of the waggons passed over the high part of his thigh and groin, and crushed him severely. He died the same evening

Cuthbertson, Andrew, 25 Dec 1855, aged 70, he was жtaking down stones at work in the waste for the purpose of forming an air course, when a piece fell from the roof and struck him on the back of the head,Ж he died the same night

Felton, George, 05 Aug 1850, aged 59, crushed to death by a large stone falling from the roof

Forbes, Dominick, 03 Oct 1873, aged 30, Screenman, crushed by a waggon going over him

Gibbon, Francis, 23 Sep 1859, Hewer, killed by a fall of stone

Harrison, Michael, 28 Apr 1847, (accident: 17 Apr 1847), aged 49, Banksman, he received a slight injury to his thumb when the guard slipped as he was taking a tub of coal from the cage, by the following Monday, he was in considerable pain due to his arm being swollen, which, in turn, affected the muscles of his neck; on the 28th he died from what the surgeon described as "depression of the nervous system" — more likely tetanus or blood poisoning

Hope, John, 05 Apr 1861, aged 11, Putter, killed by a fall of stone

Johnson, James, 12 Jun 1855, aged 12, he was employed to pump water in the Five Quarter seam of the Vale Pit, on the morning of 12 June, he descended the shaft to go to work, got out of the cage, entered the seam, and then about 10 minutes later fell 15 fathoms to the bottom. He was unconscious when taken to bank, and жdied upon the pit heap about half-an-hour afterwards.Ж

Johnson, John, 29 Apr 1865, aged 45, Master Wasteman, crushed by descending cage in Five Quarter

Lamb, William, 14 Dec 1853, he was travelling behind a set of tubs when he was knocked down and suffocated by a mass of coal falling from the roof, the tubs had apparently knocked out a prop

Lane, Benjamin, 28 Jul 1873, aged 26, Screenman, stumbled under waggon which passed over him

McDormand, Thomas, 12 Feb 1855, aged 10, crushed by tubs [More information ...]

Mulligan, Peter, 12 Apr 1858, (accident: 03 Apr 1858), Hewer, explosion of gas [More information ...]

Price, John, 30 Jul 1862, aged 2, [Not Employed], killed by a rope sheave on surface railway

Richardson, George, 20 Jun 1862, aged 21, Hewer, unmarried, killed by an explosion of gas [More information ...]

Richardson, John, 26 Nov 1858, aged 20, Apparatus boy, fall from apparatus when up to oil sheave

Scott, John, 04 Oct 1854, (accident: Jun 1854), aged 17, in June he got on an empty coal waggon to ride it down an incline to his work at Cassop Colliery. The waggon ran amain and as he tried to jump off he stumbled, fell on the line and was run over. His left leg and knee were fractured; he died on 4 October