East Howle Colliery

1872 - East Howle Colliery commenced to sink and was put down to the Brockwell Seam.

1897 - Brockwell Seam - The coal being in a great measure exhausted, and the remainder being unprofitable to work

1902 - Harvey seam abandoned - coal exhausted

1906 - Hutton, Harvey, Top Busty, Bottom Busty, Brockwell seams abandoned - the minerals being exhausted or unprofitable to work

Alderson, John, 03 Feb 1883, aged 15, Screen Boy, head crushed between tub and screen legs ; too little room [More information ...]

Barber, Benjamin, 03 Jan 1894, 1:45 p.m., 7th hour of shift, aged 13, Coupler, Run over by set of tubs, but it is not known how he became entangled with them.

Bradley, J. R., 16 Sep 1889, aged 22, Locomotive Fireman, while attempting to get on a set of waggons while in motion on the sidings he fell and was run over

Cate, Richard James, 11 Feb 1905, aged 35, Hewer, fall of stone in the face while he was hewing; the place was well timbered, but the stone fell without any warning and canted out some props, Buried: Duncombe Cemetery, Ferryhill

Clarkson, George, 22 Apr 1886, aged 17, Waggonman, died from blood poisoning, the result of injuries received in November last by being crushed between waggons and screen legs

Devenport, Andrew, 10 Nov 1889, (accident: 31 Jan 1889), aged 21, Hewer, suddenly crushed on back and legs by a fall of stone, Buried: Quarrington Churchyard

Elms, Samuel, 14 Jan 1889, aged 48, Hewer, fall of coal whilst sitting kirving ; he had met with two slips where it gave way

Ganner, Samuel, 07 Mar 1900, aged 15, Helper-up, Sitting on a canch when a piece of stone fell from the roof at a slip and killed him., Buried: Rock Road Cemetery, Spennymoor

Hail, W. T., 11 Jun 1883, aged 13, Trapper, head crushed between cage and bunton while riding to bank, he is supposed to have put his head out [More information ...]

Hawthorne, Thomas, 19 Aug 1898, aged 36, Stoneman, he was found lying dead close to where he had lighted a powder shot; he had been injured by stones on the head and shoulder [More information ...]

Henderson, William, 27 Mar 1889, aged 11, [Not Employed], died from injuries received by being run over by waggons while trespassing on the colliery sidings

Herring, George, 28 Apr 1897, aged 45, Hewer, fatally injured by a fall of stone from roof while working at coal face

Hudson, George, 23 Mar 1878, (accident: 24 Jan 1878), aged 42, Collier, serious injury to back by fall of coal, neglect of spragging

Manchester, Joshua, 25 Feb 1903, aged 53, Hewer, he was on his way out-bye when he was caught by the engine set as it was entering a landing [More information ...]

Marshall/Nixon, Robert, 14 Jun 1884, aged 16, Small runner, crushed to death between tubs on coke ovens [fatality reported during the year but not classified as a colliery accident] [More information ...]

Naitby, George, 09 Mar 1898, aged 20, Screenman, Shoulder crushed between a truck and an upright, and legs broken by being run over by some trucks he was lowering down under the screens. He was taken to the Infirmary at Newcastle, but died the same day., Buried: Holy Trinity, Cornforth on 12 Mar 1898 {NBI}

Nelson, Joseph W., 17 Jul 1907, aged 20, he drowned while swimming in the colliery reservoir; he was seen by his friends to come to the surface once, then disappear into about ten feet of water. Alfred Hodgson, miner, made repeated attempts to save him, but got cramp and had to leave the water. The level of the reservoir was dropped five feet during the search for the body, but it was not until the next day that it was recovered using drags

Nixon/Marshall, Robert, 14 Jun 1884, aged 16, Small runner, crushed to death between tubs on coke ovens [fatality reported during the year but not classified as a colliery accident] [More information ...]

Ramage, John Henry, 03 Feb 1905, aged 28, Labourer, he was oiling the casing of the shaft of a jigging screen when his jacket got caught; he was not the regular man, but had been at the job before when his brother was off duty; orders are that oiling is to be done at 6 a.m. and 10.30 when the engine is standing, Buried: Duncombe Cemetery, Ferryhill [More information ...]

Ramshaw, John Thomas, 19 Sep 1899, aged 13, Trapper, Run over by a full tub of the driver's set, he was riding, which is against the rules, on the first tub of the sets and fell off. [More information ...]

Salkeld, James, 29 Oct 1883, aged 70, Shifter, fall of stone while working in the waste

Sheppard, Herbert, 30 May 1883, (accident: 18 May 1883), aged 13, Driver, fractured skull by falling off and being run over by his set of tubs

Starkie, John, 17 Nov 1895, (accident: 15 Nov 1895, 5:50 p.m., 2nd hour of shift), aged 22, Shifter, broken back by fall of roof; he drew out some props so as to build a pack, and so caused the fall [More information ...]

Webb, George Gray, 07 Mar 1899, aged 30, Stoneman, He was building a pack in the long wall, when a fall of stone from the roof took place and killed him., Buried: Holy Trinity Churchyard, Cornforth

Whitfield, Edward, 09 Sep 1901, aged 18, Apprentice Fitter, when descending upcast shaft to Hutton Seam by means of ladders, he fell from the platform at that seam to the bottom of the shaft, a distance of 140 yards, and was killed, Buried: Duncombe Cemetery, Ferryhill [More information ...]

Williams, Albert Edwin, 18 Nov 1901, aged 16, Small Runner, crushed to death by trucks while lowering them down, Buried: York Road Cemetery, Spennymoor

Williams, John William, 08 Jun 1904, aged 17, Small filler, bruised internally by being caught between an upright under screens and a truck he was lowering, Buried: York Road Cemetery, Spennymoor [More information ...]