Ellington Colliery

1937, 06 Jul - Main, Five Quarter seams abandoned

Current Status - Colliery closed and site cleared

Anderson, William Ralph Brown, 30 Jan 1932, septicaemia

Armstrong, James William, 20 Jan 1938, Conveyor Chock-drawer, fall of stone, address: 99 Juliet Street, Ashington [More information ...]

Barker, Raymond, 27 Jan 1936, crushed between tubs

Bell, R., 17 Mar 1949, killed by a fall of stone

Bell, Walter Lorraine, 22 May 1929, killed by a fall of stone

Bellerby, Joseph Robinson, 13 May 1914, (accident: 12 May 1914), aged 44, Coal Filler, deceased was preparing to set a plank on a machine face, when a stone 3 feet by 2 feet by 3 inches fell on to his neck and shoulders and stunned him; he had filled the coal out 3 feet 6 inches beyond the last plank, and as the roof contained a number of glazed slips, deceased should have set a prop before commencing to notch a hole in the solid coal for the plank; he died the following day

Black, R., 17 Oct 1959

Brown, George, 03 Apr 1914, aged 57, Coal Filler, Deceased was working by himself at the time of accident. A workman heard him shout, and found him under a stone 6 feet by 3 feet by 5 inches, which had fallen from the roof. The fall was due in all probability to badly set timber. There was a slip on one side, but this continued some distance outbye, and should have been guarded against.

Brown, J. T., 08 Jun 1954, Asphyxia

Brown, James, 28 Nov 1948, silico-tuberculosis

Brown, John G., 15 Jul 1925, killed by a fall of stone

Buglas, Thomas, 04 Jun 1941, killed by a fall of stone

Buxton, Robert, 29 Jul 1927, killed by a fall of stone

Chrisp, Joshua Jefferson, 04 Aug 1927, killed by a fall of stone

Colpitts, M., 31 Oct 1970, fall of stone in an old continuous mining district [approximate date]

Cowton, Archie, 1924, [approximate date]

Coyne, Pat, 03 Apr 1923, killed by an engine

Daly, J., 18 Apr 1956, killed by a fall of stone

Deane, Michael, 04 Jan 1921, killed by a fall of stone

Dixon, Thomas, 1916, [approximate date]

Douglas, Matthew W., 13 Oct 1941, killed by a fall of stone

Forsythe, J. E. B., 14 Jun 1961, crushed by mine car

Foster, Christopher, 02 Nov 1937

Graham, J., 31 May 1954, pneumoconiosis

Green, J. P., 05 Nov 1960, killed by a fall of stone

Hedley, J., 08 Jun 1972, killed by a fall of stone

Henderson, George, 05 Jun 1934, killed by a fall of stone

Herron, J. M., 13 Mar 1960, killed by a fall of stone

Hetherington, J. C., 06 Dec 1962, killed by a fall of stone

Hutchinson, James Lawrence, 29 Apr 1912, (accident: 16 Apr 1912), aged 23, Timber loader, he was riding on the rear buffers of an empty iron tub, when it left the way; in falling he caught the tub with his jaw, making an incised wound, from which he died on the 29th inst.

Jeffreys, Herbert, 30 Nov 1942, killed by a fall of stone

Jeffreys, Robert, 22 Oct 1930, killed by a fall of stone

Jewins, C., 11 Feb 1959

Jobson, John, 16 Jan 1941, killed by a fall of stone

Johnstone, James, 17 Jan 1927, killed by a fall of stone

Keyes, J. G. E., 13 Nov 1962, run over by loco

Laidlaw, J. W., 06 Feb 1975, killed by a fall of coal

Lewins, C., 10 Feb 1959, killed by a fall of stone

Mason, Robert, 1932, crushed by roof fall - died 24 hours later [approximate date]

Maughan, William, 08 Jul 1924, killed by a fall of stone

Moore, G., 02 Mar 1955, struck by engine

Moore, Leo, 03 May 1935, killed by tubs

Morgan, Patrick, 18 Aug 1915, killed by a fall of stone

Nicholson, John George, 11 Oct 1934, killed by a fall of stone

Norton, A. M., 03 Feb 1953, crushed by tubs

Patten, J., 09 May 1968, killed by a fall of stone

Pierce, Edward, 12 Dec 1921, killed by a fall of stone

Price, D., 23 Jul 1947, killed by a fall of stone

Pringle, John G. W., 27 Mar 1945, killed by a fall of stone

Reavly, Thomas, 18 Apr 1929, killed by a fall of stone

Reay, P. B., 10 Oct 1949

Redshaw, Adam, 02 Jun 1918, killed by a fall of stone

Richardson, John, 30 Apr 1941, killed by a fall of stone

Richardson, W., 11 Aug 1960, killed by a fall of stone

Robson, Joseph, 04 May 1911, aged 26, Rivetter, fell off pulley frames

Rodgers, Michael, 09 Mar 1970, trapped by tram

Rodgers, Thomas, 18 Apr 1929, killed by a fall of stone

Russan, William, 08 Mar 1919, scalded in boiler

Satterley, James, 14 May 1912, aged 42, Coal Filler, when filling machine cut coal in a heading 7 ft. wide, stone came away at a slip which had been noticed; it is probable the timber had been neglected

Scott, Abraham, 21 Nov 1919, killed by a fall of stone

Scott, Robert, 1955, [exact date unknown] crushed by cage

Shears, E. W., 23 Dec 1959, killed by a fall of stone

Simons, Herman, 25 Feb 1934, killed by a fall of stone

Spowart, Thomas, 29 Jul 1944, killed by a fall of stone

Steadman, James Henry, 17 Sep 1936, crushed abdomen

Stephenson, S., 16 Jan 1968, trapped by weights

Stipe, Edward, 09 Aug 1914, crushed by pony

Stobbart, J., 06 Dec 1962, struck by steel strap

Strachan, James Peter, 01 Dec 1961, killed by a fall of stone

Sumby, George R., 04 Oct 1912, killed by a fall of stone

Sweet, Bertie, 21 Dec 1909, aged 18, Locomotive fireman, caught between towing chain and workmen's carriage

Swinburne, George T., 1945, [approximate date]

Tanney, Michael, 13 Feb 1942, killed by a fall of stone

Taylor, John, 31 Mar 1914, aged 23, Hewer, Deceased had been working single in a heading, and was found dead under a large stone, by the deputy. The stone weighing about 1½ ton, had rolled out some single props. The roof was not a good one, and the deputy should have set sets of gears, instead of single props. The accident would probably have been prevented if proper precautions had been taken.

Tunn, J. O., 08 Jun 1972, killed by a fall of stone

Turnbull, A. E., 07 Dec 1948, crushed between wagons

Wallace, W., 20 Nov 1964, crushed by trams

Walsh, Michael, 08 Jun 1941, killed by a fall of stone

Wardhaugh, Thomas E., 20 Nov 1944, caught by cutting picks

White, R., 07 Aug 1947, killed by a fall of stone

Willey, Robert, 27 Oct 1936

Winn, Colin Donald, Mar 1971, aged 27, Underground Electrician, fall of stone, married with two children [More information ...]