Dawdon Colliery

1900, Apr 17 - Sinking started on Theresa shaft, completed 5th October 1907

1900, Mar 19 - Sinking started on Castlereagh shaft, completed 10th September 1907

Attwood, George, 06 Sep 1907, aged 34, Sinker, the cable of an electric lamp broke and fell on to them, and others, as they were descending the pit in a kibble [More information ...]

Bacon, Edward, 06 Jun 1963, aged 51, killed by a fall of stone [More information ...]

Barden, James Richard, 17 Mar 1930, (accident: 23 Jan 1929), aged 34, Machine Man, killed by a fall of stone, Buried: Christ Church Churchyard, Seaham

Baron, Joseph William (jnr), 02 Nov 1968, aged 32, crushed while working on stone tippler, Buried: Princess Road Cemetery, Seaham [More information ...]

Black, J. A., 21 Dec 1941, (accident: 20 Dec 1941), aged 27, Putter, died from injuries received

Boad, G., 25 Jan 1943, (accident: 15 Jan 1943), aged 60, Deputy Overman, died from injuries received

Bolton, J., 19 Mar 1952, aged 49

Briggs, Robert Wallace, 11 Sep 1907, aged 30, Sinker, they were thrown from a cradle, on which they were standing, to the bottom of the pit and killed, Buried: Princess Road Cemetery, Seaham [More information ...]

Brown, F., 09 Apr 1945, (accident: 15 Mar 1945), aged 63, Datal, caught by haulage rope

Bryan, John Henry, 27 May 1914, aged 20, Shifter, Deceased was working with a stoneman taking a canch at the face of a wall, when a large fall, 10 feet long from the canch to the face, took place and buried deceased. A hitch formed a loose side on the left, and the fall apparently commenced from here. Four pairs of gears were under the stone which fell, but were smashed down by it. The roof was bad and heavy.

Buckley, J., 05 Jan 1940, aged 16, Driver, struck by tubs

Carr, S., 23 Mar 1945, aged 62, Datal, crushed by tubs

Casey, Randolph, 29 Jul 1959, aged 44, killed by a fall of stone, Buried: Thorpe Road Cemetery, Horden

Clark, -, 1988, Stage Loader Attendant, He fell into a stone crusher at the end of the stageloader. The first anyone knew he was missing was when his hand clutching his cap lamp was spotted on a shaker on surface. The mine stood still for a number of days till most of his body parts were found. The last thing found belonging to him was his boots, no laces, no toe caps, or his feet. These were found in a underground staple [approximate date]

Close, Francis, 27 Sep 1961, aged 42, Buried: Princess Road Cemetery, Seaham

Clyde, George Edwin Walter, 14 Oct 1931, aged 44, Drawer, killed by a fall of stone, Buried: Princess Road Cemetery, Seaham

Coates, Thomas T., 22 May 1925, (accident: 02 May 1925), aged 14, Driver, fractured skull

Crake, Ralph Wheatman, 11 Feb 1937, (accident: 26 Feb 1936), aged 24, rupture, Buried: Ryhope Cemetery

Davis, W., 02 Jan 1948, (accident: 21 Jul 1947), aged 55, Datal, slipped

Davison, -, 27 Feb 1931, [Not employed], an unemployed miner called Davison was accientally killed while trespassing in search of coal near Dawdon Colliery. He attempted to jump on some moving waggons, slipped and was run over [date of report]

Davison, William James, 23 Aug 1923, aged 24, Screener, crushed, Buried: Princess Road Cemetery, Seaham

Dodds, Charles, 12 Mar 1929, (accident: 24 Nov 1927), aged 31, Hewer, struck by prop, Buried: Princess Road Cemetery, Seaham

Douglas, Thomas, 23 Sep 1901, aged 26, Sinker, the scaffold on which he was working broke and he fell into sump and was drowned [More information ...]

Duck, Frederick Robson, 16 Nov 1910, aged 15, Driver, He was driving a pony attached to two full tubs, and had left the flat and proceeded 22 yards on a slightly dipping road, then round a turn and down a dip of 22 yards at three inches per yard. He was walking behind the last tub when another full tub ran into him from behind and crushed him. On leaving the flat he had neglected to put the chock on, and also dreg the remaining tub as he should have done. The accident was entirely due to his own neglect, for which he unfortunately paid with his life [More information ...]

Dunn, Henry S., 06 Sep 1907, aged 27, Sinker, the cable of an electric lamp broke and fell on to them, and others, as they were descending the pit in a kibble [More information ...]

Edminson, M., 23 Feb 1922, (accident: 20 Feb 1922), aged 60, Screener, died from injuries received

Emery, William Charles, 06 Nov 1929, aged 26, Filler, killed by a fall of stone, Buried: Wheatley Hill Cemetery [More information ...]

Evans, George, 29 Apr 1934, (accident: 24 Apr 1934), aged 63, Deputy, killed by a fall of stone, Buried: Princess Road Cemetery, Seaham

Field, John Henry, 21 Mar 1908, aged 51, Stoneman, fell down shaft [More information ...]

Fleury, James, 21 Aug 1925, aged 17, Driver, crushed

Foster, Ralph, 18 Feb 1914, aged 14, Driver, deceased was coming outbye with his pony and a full tub towards a separation door, and presumably was sitting upon the limbers; when the pony restarted to go through the doorway the lad probably lost his balance, and fell with his head either against a sharp stone or against the end of the crook in the door frame; his skull was fractured and he died in the pit, Buried: Princess Road Cemetery, Seaham

Freeman, Thomas, 06 Jun 1963, aged 37, killed by a fall of stone, Buried: Princess Road Cemetery, Seaham [More information ...]

Geddes, W., 06 May 1927, aged 57, Stoneman, crushed

Glithro, Thomas W., 11 Sep 1907, aged 25, Sinker, they were thrown from a cradle, on which they were standing, to the bottom of the pit and killed [More information ...]

Greenwood, George William, 30 Nov 1910, aged 44, Deputy, A putter coming out-bye found some stone had fallen from the left side of the gateway, and sent for the deputy, who, after examining the place, proceeded to set a plank and prop to secure some stone on the right side. While so engaged a heavy fall of stone from the roof took place and buried him. When got out he was dead

Grieves, Ralph, 25 Apr 1960

Hamilton, Richard Charles, 28 Mar 1926, (accident: 20 Jul 1925), aged 19, Putter, as a result, it is alleged, of injuries to his finger through being crushed by a tub

Hasson, Frederick, 19 May 1927, aged 20, Putter, crushed, Buried: Princess Road Cemetery, Seaham

Hastings, Samuel, 27 Feb 1910, (accident: 08 Feb 1910), aged 19, Pony Putter, He was taking in an empty tub which it was necessary to put into a siding until the full tub was brought out of the place. With this in view, and while still on the limbers, he twisted the tub so that it took the points for the siding. The pony should have been stopped here and unyoked from the tub. He either failed to stop the pony in time, or it moved away when he was lifting the limbers, and his head was crushed between the tub and a prop at the side, Buried: Princess Road Cemetery, Seaham

Hepworth, Robert, 20 Jul 1917, aged 14, Pony Driver, he was run over and and killed by the set

Hockings, W. B., 25 Jul 1929, (accident: 24 Jul 1929), aged 15, Landing Lad, run over

Hughes, Richard, 14 Apr 1911, (accident: 12 Apr 1911), aged 14, Shaft Landing Lad, the full set coming into the shaft landing took time empty road; the deceased was behind the empty set, which was made up ready to go out, and was between it and other tubs; the full set bumped the empty set back and the boy was crushed; the switch was self-acting; it should always have been in the right position for the set to take the proper road; when examined by the wagonwayman only ten minutes before the accident and also afterwards it was found in good working order; careful inquiries failed to throw any light on the cause of this accident, Buried: Princess Road Cemetery, Seaham

Hull, James Peter Rice, 25 Dec 1924, (accident: 23 Dec 1924), aged 19, Putter, crushed between tub and baulk, Buried: Grangetown Cemetery, Sunderland

Jones, S., 18 Apr 1944, (accident: 17 Apr 1944), aged 34, Hewer, killed by a fall of stone

Judd, T., 29 Dec 1945, aged 43, Drawer, hit by prop

Kennedy, Robert Henry, 02 Oct 1914, aged 18, Putter, deceased, after being stopped on the road through a full tub coming off the rails, started his horse again and then attempted to jump on to the limbers; he was heard shouting "I can't get on the limbers," when immediately his head was caught between the side of the tub and a prop close to the tub side; a brattice sheet was hanging on this prop partially hiding it from view, Buried: Princess Road Cemetery, Seaham

Langley, Norman, Jun 1967, he was stepping into the cage when it was set in motion before the gate was shut, he fell underneath to the bottom of the shaft and to his death (60ft)

Lawrence, John Beston, 04 Jun 1913, aged 19, Spare Putter, deceased was assisting the onsetter in pushing tubs from the shaft round into the empty tub pass-bye; when the cage appeared he took hold of a tub in the bottom deck with the intention of doing the assistant banksman's work; the cage went on and he was pulled down, and his head and shoulders were crushed between the middle hoop of the cage and the staging at the inset; he was dead when released, Buried: Princess Road Cemetery, Seaham

Little, J., 04 Jul 1929, (accident: 27 Jun 1929), aged 21, Putter, crushed

Mallet, Sidney, 02 Nov 1968, crushed while working on stone tippler [More information ...]

Maratty, J., 25 Oct 1945, aged 45, Stoneman, killed by a fall of stone

Maratty, Patrick, 27 Dec 1911, aged 18, Putter, he was going inbye with an empty tub and was sitting on the limbers when his head was crushed between the tub and a low balk at a place where a second ripping was being taken down; there was a space of five inches between the tub top and the underside of the balk, and although he was thoroughly accustomed to the road, having passed along it 60 times during that shift, he had evidently, for the moment, forgotten the low place, Buried: Princess Road Cemetery, Seaham

Marsh, Edward John, 26 Apr 1923, (accident: 25 Apr 1923), aged 14, Driver, crushed

McDonald, Alexander, 14 Mar 1933, aged 46, Buried: Princess Road Cemetery, Seaham

McDonough, Bernard, 21 Jan 1926, aged 14, Trapper, crushed by set [More information ...]

Mead, William, 15 Oct 1954, aged 36, Buried: Princess Road Cemetery, Seaham

Milburn, Thomas, 1984, Safety Engineer, he was killed during the miners strike when he and a few others attempted to lower a boot end of a conveyer into the heading which had closed [C23] by hand - for some reason he was in front of the set when it went amain, he jumped into the side but he was caught by the set and killed [approximate date]

Muir, J. H., 28 Dec 1942, aged 15, Datal, caught by lever

Murphy, John, 13 Feb 1925, (accident: 22 Jun 1917), aged 29, Putter, injuries to spine

Musgrove, Frank Currie, 25 Jun 1931, (accident: 24 Apr 1931), aged 17, Pony Driver, alleged to have been hit by a haulage rope

Nixon, T., 01 Nov 1943, (accident: 21 Oct 1943), aged 51, Drawer, killed by a fall of stone

Nugent, H., 29 Jul 1928, (accident: 31 Mar 1928), aged 15, Driver, crushed

Olley, Edward (Ted), Dec 1955, aged 39, killed by a fall of stone

Owen, Ralph Griffith, 23 May 1934, aged 41, Drawer, killed by a fall of stone, Buried: Princess Road Cemetery, Seaham

Perry, Reginald, 02 Nov 1968, crushed while working on stone tippler [More information ...]

Phelan, John, 06 Nov 1929, aged 19, killed by a fall of stone [More information ...]

Pigg, F. L., 09 Dec 1930, aged 17, Driver, crushed

Potts, George, 27 Mar 1926, (accident: 26 Mar 1925), aged 22, Onsetter, crushed by tubs, Buried: Churchyard/Cemetery, Newfield

Preston, John, 17 Dec 1912, aged 17, Offtake lad, his duty was to change the clips on the overtub endless rope at a point on the haulage road where the rope was guided round a bend by two horizontal binding wheels fixed on vertical shafts; he also had to work a switch in order to supply a few men with tubs straight along from time to time, and to get to the switch he had to pass round the binding wheel; a boy close by stated that he saw deceased stumble, catch hold of the rope, then pass through between the binding wheels, a space of 3½ inches. It seems more probable that he was drawn into the wheels but succeeded in extricating himself, Buried: Princess Road Cemetery, Seaham

Raffle, John Purves, Jan 1934, (accident: 29 Mar 1910), aged 65, Hewer

Robinson, Daniel, 23 Jul 1926, (accident: 11 Dec 1925), aged 17, Screener, died from injuries received

Robson, Emmerson, 30 Sep 1930, aged 38, Buried: Princess Road Cemetery, Seaham

Rodgers, William Waggot, 10 Dec 1923, aged 14, Driver, crushed, Buried: Princess Road Cemetery, Seaham

Rogan, Vincent, 28 May 1925, (accident: 16 Mar 1925), he suffered injuries to his back and head when he was struck by a fall of roof, he died at Sunderland Infirmary , death was from tuberculosis, septic pneumonia, and abscess on the lungs, and heart failure; at the inquest medical witnesses were unable to say if death was accelerated by the injury

Rogerson, Frederick, 17 Jun 1916, (accident: May 1916), aged 11?, Pony Driver, he suffered an injury to his head and was taken to Sunderland Hospital where he remained for a fortnight. He resumed work on 13 June, but struck his head on a prop while riding on the limmers. Two days later, he complained of head pains, and died on 17 June. Death was due to 'accute double pneumonia'

Rudkin, J., 27 Dec 1943, aged 59, Stoneman, killed by a fall of stone

Schneider, George, 11 Aug 1903, aged 36, Labourer, he was assisting to erect a new boring machine, when part of it, owing to a piece of timber breaking, fell upon and killed him

Shepherd, Walter J. B., 23 Feb 1923, aged 14, Trapper, Buried: Princess Road Cemetery, Seaham

Simpson, Joseph, 05 Sep 1908, aged 49, Joiner, He was putting in the mould for a concrete floor, and was standing on a 7 by 2½ inches batten driving a nail to fasten a stay, when he overbalanced and fell 30 feet to the ground. His skull was fractured. He only had one nail to drive and therefore, presumably, did not use more than the one batten as a scaffold. There were several other battens within reach had he thought it necessary to use them

Smith, George R., 11 Sep 1907, aged 23, Sinker, they were thrown from a cradle, on which they were standing, to the bottom of the pit and killed [More information ...]

Smith, Robert, 02 Mar 1938, aged 46, he collapsed and died while riding outbye on his first day back at work after being off work nine days with influenza; death was due 'to heart disease accelerated by his work'

Snaith, Alfred Raymond, 25 Nov 1955, aged 31, Run rider, explosion on surface

Spence, Randolph, 1965, timbering up on top of a joy miner when the picks pulled in [approximate date]

Stoker, Jonah, 20 Jul 1927, aged 58, Stoneman, killed by a fall of stone, Buried: Princess Road Cemetery, Seaham

Tempest, W., 21 Aug 1948, (accident: 06 Aug 1947), aged 51, Deputy, died from injuries received

Thirlwell, William, 01 Sep 1922, (accident: 30 Aug 1922), aged 44, Waggonway Man, crushed between a wagon and a truck

Turns, David Dick Brown, 19 Sep 1923, aged 50, Painter, killed at bank

Walker, W., 16 Jan 1931, aged 38, Stoneman, killed by a fall of stone

Walters, Edward, 10 Mar 1926, aged 45, Stoneman, fall

Waugh, Charles William, 26 Apr 1927, aged 38, Deputy, killed by a fall of stone, Buried: Princess Road Cemetery, Seaham [More information ...]

Williams, John Edward, 27 Jul 1910, aged 40, Hewer, The putter had got off the way with a full tub, and whilst deceased was helping to lift it on the tub ran back and crushed his head against the canch behind him

Williams, Silas, 27 May 1914, aged 53, Hewer, Deceased was hewing at the side of a lift in a longwall face, when a piece of coal fell off the face on to his leg, fracturing it. The coal is scalloped and not systematically undercut. Deceased failed to detect the danger. He died for months later, his death being caused by embolism due to the injury.

Woodhouse, Ralph, 1985, he was cleaning a surface bunker when the side coal came away from the side and knocked him out of the cradle [approximate date]