Hamsteels Colliery

1903 - Harvey seam abandoned - coal exhausted

1929, 20 Jun - Lower Busty, Upper Busty seams abandoned

1937, 02 Mar - Harvey seam abandoned

1948 - Busty seam discontinued

1951 - Clifford, Weatherhill and Ethel Drift worked

Allendale, Thomas, 29 Apr 1872, aged 9, Wailer, amusing himself by looking down the shaft over the surface fencing, having climbed to the top for that purpose; over balanced himself and fell down the pit

Allsop, Mark, 19 Apr 1883, aged 18, Fireman, fell off some trucks while shunting and was run over in the coke works at Hamsteels Colliery [fatality reported during the year but not classified as a colliery accident]

Argyle, William, 06 Jul 1872, aged 13, Driver, caught between a prop and his tub

Bell, Jacob, 28 Feb 1902, aged 41, Hewer, alleged to have died from an injury to eye in pit on July 12th last, but postmortem examination showed death was due to natural causes

Blenkison, Thomas, 11 Dec 1899, (accident: 20 Jul 1897), aged 44, Hewer, Died to-day from injuries received while following his employment on July 20th 1897.

Cochrane, Thomas, 15 Jan 1896, aged 67, Fireman, While emptying a truck of coals it was moved by a high wind and ran over and killed him

Collinson, Robert, 26 Jun 1923, aged 39, Fitter, he was helping to load a pump on a rolley when it slipped and crushed him to death, Buried: Esh Winning Cemetery

Coulson, Patrick, 03 Nov 1887, aged 28, Small Runner, died from natural causes while at his work on the coke ovens

Dunn, William, 21 Apr 1906, aged 40, Hewer, Death due to exhaustion following upon diarrhoea, coupled with fatty degeneration of the heart.

Flynn, Peter, 07 Oct 1910, aged 49, Hewer, He was hewing in a bord 9 yards wide, the seam being 7 feet high including a band 2 feet 9 inches thick in the middle. The band stone projected about a foot beyond the bottom coal, and under this space a pair of gears had been set close up to the coal. While he was kirving in the bottom coal the front side of the band fell on to him leaving the gears standing. An inclined sprag set higher up the band would have prevented the accident

Forster, John, 30 Jan 1870, aged 22, Stoneman, killed by a fall of stone

Granville, John Peel, 08 Jan 1908, aged 40, Locomotive Fireman, locomotive accident, Buried: St. John The Baptist, Hamsteels [More information ...]

Hall, Jeremiah Gaze, 26 Aug 1907, aged 50, Deputy, he fell off a ladder as he was climbing down the pit, and was killed, Buried: St. John The Baptist, Hamsteels

Harrison, Richard, 02 May 1916, aged 57, Hewer, while working in the Main Coal Drift he was injured by a fall of stone, he died some hours after being taken home [aproximate date], Buried: St. John The Baptist, Hamsteels

Howard, John Henry Butterfield, 16 Dec 1898, (accident: 12 Dec 1898), aged 19, Putter, crushed between tubs and side away when attempting, contrary to the rules, to get into a driver's set when it was in motion; died on the 16th inst. [More information ...]

Hughes, John, 13 Jul 1900, aged 48, Hewer, Killed by fall of stone from roof of his working place.

Humphreys, Thomas, 11 Nov 1899, aged 30, Hewer, Killed by fall of stone from roof of working place, which was caused by slips.

Hutchinson, William, 26 Jul 1881, aged 46, Deputy, fall of a large stone from between two slips while drawing a jud, Buried: St. John The Baptist, Hamsteels

Jenkins, Joseph, 20 Jul 1878, (accident: 08 Jul 1878), aged 30, Collier, severely crushed by fall of stone while taking off side coal for a landing

Lowery, John Thomas, 04 Feb 1919, aged 14, Pony Driver, he died from injuries received, there were not witnesses to the accident, but it was thought that his jacket was caught by the hauling rope and he was carried to the surface an drawn between the kip walls and two tubs [Inquest 07 Feb 1919], Buried: St. John The Baptist, Hamsteels

Maughan, Richard Robinson, 13 Sep 1933, aged 40, Buried: St. John The Baptist, Hamsteels

McGough, John, 18 Jan 1899, aged 33, Coke Filler, Crushed between a full truck of coke and a side of a wall where a gangway way crosses the line. He died the same night.

Payne, Joshua Moor, 01 Aug 1898, aged 23, Putter, when taking an empty tub in-bye it got off the way and displaced some timber, and this liberated a large stone in the roof, which caught and killed him

Plews, -, 20 May 1918, (accident: Feb 1916), pony fell on him [More information ...]

Rutter, George William, 24 Jun 1914, (accident: 01 May 1914), aged 29, Hewer, killed by a fall of stone, died in Durham Hospital, Buried: St. John The Baptist, Hamsteels [More information ...]

Short, Edward, 09 Mar 1883, aged 36, Hewer, fall of stone from between two slips

Walton, James, 03 Feb 1885, aged 54, Hewer, fall of top coal and band

Wanless, Thomas, 22 Oct 1869, aged 27, Banksman, fell down pit from a kick by pony

Worthington, John, 26 Jul 1893, 10:15 p.m., 3rd hour of shift, aged 66, Hewer, A sudden fall of his broken jud took place and he was caught by it before he could reach a place of safety., Buried: St. John The Baptist, Hamsteels