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| Location: | Hebburn 4 miles [6 km] ENE of Newcastle |
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| Map Ref: | (Sheet 88) NZ315653, 54° 58' 52" N, 1° 30' 28" W | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Maps: |  1807 map from "The Picture of Newcastle Upon Tyne…", published in 1807 by D. Akenhead |
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| 1898 map from Reid's Handy Colliery Guide |
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| 1928 map from Reid's Handy Colliery Guide |
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| 1947 map detailed map from the Ordnance Survey |
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| Opened: | 1792 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Closed: | 1932 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Pits: | A Pit | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| B Pit, locn: (Sheet 88) NZ318651, closed: 19th Cent. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Shaft details for B Pit |
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| C Pit, locn: (Sheet 88) NZ306651 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Shaft details for C Pit |
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| Owners: | 1792 - Mr. Wade | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1850's - Messrs. Easton & Co. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| around 1857-60 - Messrs. Easton, Anderson & Partners | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1880's - Tyne Coal Co. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1890's - Wallsend & Hebburn Coal Co. Ltd. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Output: | 1882 - Coal. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1888 - Coal. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1890 - Coal. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1896 - A Pit - Coal: Gas, Steam. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1896 - C Pit - Coal: Gas, Steam. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1902 - Coal: Gas, Steam. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1914 - Coal: Gas, Steam. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1921 - Coal: Gas, Steam. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1930 - Coal: Gas, Household, Manufacturing, Steam. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Colliery Management (prior to 1955)
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| Seams Worked: | 1894 - Bensham, Hutton, Low Main, Main | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1914 - Beaumont, Bensham, Hutton, Yard | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1921 - Bensham, Five Quarter, Hutton, Yard [Beaumont Abandoned] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1930 - Beaumont, Bensham, Busty, Five Quarter, Hutton, Yard | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Catalogue of plans of abandoned mines for Hebburn Colliery |
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| Notes: | 1821 - Borings were put down from the thill of the High Main Seam to below the Low Main Seam at the G Pit, Hebburn Colliery. |
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1875 - A staple was put down below the thill of the C Pit, Hebburn Colliery, proving the Beaumont Seam. |
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1884 - Heapstead destroyed by fire |
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1886 - The C Pit staple, Hebburn Colliery, was sunk further to the Brockwell Seam, and a boring put down further still. |
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1909 - Beaumont seam abandoned |
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1918 - Beaumont seam abandoned |
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1930, 10 Sep - Beaumount seam abandoned |
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1931, 18 Feb - Bottom Busty seam abandoned |
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1931, 24 Sep - Five Quarter, Six Quarter seams abandoned |
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1932, 06 Oct - Bensham seam abandoned |
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1932, 16 Mar - Yard seam abandoned |
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1932, 24 Aug - Hutton seam abandoned |
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| Miscellaneous Notes and Incidents for Hebburn Colliery |
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Description
Hebburn Colliery is situated about a mile west of that at Jarrow. Coals appear to have been worked here at an early period; and these mines probably formed part of the supposed passage alluded to in the following extract :— "In 1656, a mad design was entertained by — Clavering and Adam Sheppardson, to contrive a way from the cole-pitts, about two miles from the castle (of Newcastle), underground to the castle of Tynemouth, for to relieve the enemy with provisions if need required, and for that purpose there was a great store of provisions laid in, and to be laid in Hebburne-house, and eighty firelocks and a great number of stilettoes laid in Fellen-house."
The present colliery was commenced in 1792. The winning was considered one of the most arduous and difficult that had up to that period been attempted, the quantity of water drained amounting to upwards of 3000 gallons per minute, until stopped back by the then infant art of wood tubbing. The strata here are identical with those at Jarrow. In "Forster's Section" is a table of the strata sunk through to the High Main, from whence it appears that the Monkton Seam, 3 feet thick, lies at the depth of 20 fathoms; that ten insignificant seams of coal, varying from 1½ inch to 1 foot 2 inches in thickness, occur between it and the High Main; and that the latter, 6 feet thick, is come to at the depth of 129 fathoms, 4 feet and 11½ inches. The Bensham Seam, as at Jarrow, is about 45 fathoms below the High Main. The Heworth Band also prevails in this colliery, where its thickness, in the line of Hebburn Hall, amounts to a preventative of working the seam as a whole; and the workings in that quarter are therefore carried on in the bottom part only, being about 3 feet thick. The Main Coal was always considered of excellent quality, bordering upon Wallsend colliery along the mid-stream of the river Tyne.
The difficulties to which the working of this colliery has been exposed, were singularly great and diversified, in the first place, the cost and risk of winning were considered enormous at that period. The quantity of inflammable gas also, evolved during many years of inexperienced practice, caused innumerable and heavy explosions; and the workmen, hardened by custom, frequently saw without alarm streams of blue flame emanating from the furnace. At that time, the business of the colliery was principally carried on by steelmills, upwards of 100 of which were in daily use; and the ventilating current, according to custom, was carried entire through all the ramifications of the mine, being stated to run a course of 30 miles between its entry and departure. About the year 1810, a general creep overtook the whole colliery, which suspended all coal-working for a considerable time. During its continuance, when the discharge of inflammable air was too great to admit of ventilating furnaces, the expedient of an air-pump was tried. It was 5 feet square, was wrought by one of the steam-engines, and produced a considerable current; but, from the nature of the application, was, of course, liable to irregularity and stoppage.
Views of the Collieries (1844)
The coal mining industry, to which this district owes its origin, was commenced at the close of the last century, and is now carried on by the Wallsend and Hebburn Coal Company.
This colliery was opened in 1792 when the A pit was sunk, and was at that time owned by a Mr. Wade. The C pit was subsequently sunk, and both this and the A pit were put down to the main seam, a depth of 112 fathoms, which proved to be one of the finest quality of house coal, and was the well known "Wallsend," the royalty of that name joining the Hebburn royalty. About the year 1840 the Bensham seam was opened out, and seventeen years later the Hutton or Low main was sunk to their depths, being 160 and 180 fathoms respectively. After passing through various ownerships the colliery is now being worked by the Wallsend & Hebburn Coal Company, Ltd., and provides employment for over 1300 men and boys.
Whellan's 1894 Directory of County Durham
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Disasters (5 or more killed)
| 6th | Oct | 1805 | Explosion, 35 lives lost (Show Names) | ||
| 12th | Aug | 1814 | Explosion, 11 lives lost (Show Names) | ||
| 19th | Jul | 1836 | Explosion, 5 lives lost (Show Names) | ||
| 5th | Jun | 1849 | Explosion, 33 lives lost (Show Names) | ||
| 6th | May | 1852 | Explosion of firedamp, caused by naked light, 22 lives lost (Show Names) | ||
| 4th | Nov | 1889 | Explosion, 6 lives lost (Show Names) |
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Names of those killed at this colliery
Please note that this collection of names is by no means complete!
 | Abbott, John, 25 Apr 1906, (accident: 21 Feb 1906), aged 55, Shifter, Buried: Jarrow Cemetery [More information ...] | |||||
| Anderson, W., 20 Nov 1922, (accident: 17 Nov 1922), aged 18, Landing Lad, crushed between a tub and girder whilst taking out a drag | |||||
Aspinall, James, 31 Oct 1888, aged 23, Hewer, killed by a fall of roof | ||||||
Bailey, George, 06 Oct 1805, aged 42, Hewer, killed in the 1805 explosion, Buried: 10th October [More information ...] | ||||||
Barkas, R., 11 Jul 1930, aged 39, Hewer, killed by a fall of stone | ||||||
Barnfather, John, 06 May 1852, 10:00 a.m., aged 19, killed in the 1852 explosion (caused by naked light), single [More information ...] | ||||||
Barnfather, Nicholas, 05 Jun 1849, 6:00 a.m., aged 13, Driver, killed in the 1849 explosion [More information ...] | ||||||
Barrett, William, 20 Aug 1904, aged 39, Hewer, Deceased was walking inbye to his work along with others when he seemed to trip and fell forward and his head struck a prop; he was at once attended to but died almost immediately. It was at first thought that he had broken his neck, but a post-mortem examination revealed no injury and that death was due to heart disease. An inquest was held and medical evidence given to this effect, and so the Jury found. The Local Inspectors after reciting the conditions of the road concluded "in our opinion he must have tripped himself up." | ||||||
Batey, George, 06 May 1852, 10:00 a.m., aged 30, killed in the 1852 explosion (caused by naked light), left a wife and 3 children [More information ...] | ||||||
| Bones, John, 05 Nov 1889, (accident: 04 Nov 1899), aged 23, Stoneman, killed in the 1889 explosion, severely burnt by a blown-out shot, and died within a few days, Buried: Jarrow Cemetery [More information ...] | |||||
Bradley, Peter, 22 Nov 1901, aged 26, Hewer, Deceased and his marrow were hewing in a broken lift when a sudden fall of roof took place [Inspection made & inquest attended] | ||||||
Bramwell, John, 13 Dec 1906, aged 55, Hewer, killed by a fall of coal [More information ...] | ||||||
Brooksbank, Allan, 06 May 1852, 10:00 a.m., aged 26, killed in the 1852 explosion (caused by naked light), married a widow 3 months ago, with 3 children. She has been 4 times married and has lost 3 of her husbands to explosions [More information ...] | ||||||
Broughbank?, Matthew, 06 Oct 1805, aged 18, Driver, killed in the 1805 explosion, Buried: 9th October [More information ...] | ||||||
Brown, James, 08 Sep 1893, 12:30 p.m., 6th hour of shift, Putter, It is said that the deceased was crushed in the pit, but continued at work for a day or so. He afterwards died from typhoid fever, accelerated by the accident [Inquiries made] | ||||||
 | Brown, James Henry, 29 Oct 1912, aged 43, Hewer, whilst coming out-bye at the end of his shift, he was caught by a fall of stone 10 yards from his working place in a "wall," the last tub taken out had probably knocked a prop out from under a plank, Buried: Hebburn Cemetery | |||||
Burns, John, 05 Sep 1904, aged 15, Driver [More information ...] | ||||||
| Busby, Thomas, 08 Feb 1916, aged 16, Buried: Hebburn Cemetery | |||||
| Butler, John, 03 Jan 1923, aged 64, Shifter, killed by a set of trucks which ran amain on an incline [Inquest date: 06 Jan 1923] | |||||
Button, Daniel, 07 May 1889, aged 34, Fireman, boiler explosion [More information ...] | ||||||
Cassidy, Thomas, 05 Jun 1849, 6:00 a.m., aged 23, Wasteman, killed in the 1849 explosion [More information ...] | ||||||
Chambers, Robert, 20 Jan 1904, aged 31, Hewer [More information ...] | ||||||
Chapman, John, 06 Oct 1805, aged 30, Hewer, killed in the 1805 explosion, Buried: 9th October [More information ...] | ||||||
Charlton, Christopher, 05 Jun 1849, 6:00 a.m., aged 26, Hewer, killed in the 1849 explosion [More information ...] | ||||||
Clough, Richard, 1897, Hewer, was alleged to have died from injuries caused by a fall of stone in the pit; at the adjourned inquest, after hearing the evidence resulting from the post-mortem examination, a verdict was returned that he died from pleurisy and congestion of the lungs by an accident to his side [fatality reported during the year but not classified as a colliery accident] | ||||||
Coal, James, 06 May 1852, 10:00 a.m., aged 36, killed in the 1852 explosion (caused by naked light) [More information ...] | ||||||
Cockburn, James, 11 Jun 1885, (accident: 13 Nov 1884), aged 21, Pony Putter, fall of stone, died of paralysis ; injured spine | ||||||
Coombe, Robert, 27 Sep 1904, (accident: 23 Oct 1901), aged 16, Driver, Deceased was coming outbye with a full tub and was found fastened between the limbers of his pony and the tub which had upended. He never was able to work after the accident, and was seven months in the infirmary at Hebburn. An inquest was held | ||||||
Cooper, John, 06 Oct 1805, aged 19, Hewer, killed in the 1805 explosion, Buried: 10th October [More information ...] | ||||||
Corby, Ralph, 06 Oct 1805, aged 40, Overman, killed in the 1805 explosion, Buried: 10th October [More information ...] | ||||||
Coulshaw?, John, 06 Oct 1805, aged 30, Onsetter, killed in the 1805 explosion, Buried: 9th October [More information ...] | ||||||
Cross, John, 27 Dec 1883, aged 17, Landing Boy, crushed by tubs on inclined plane | ||||||
Davidson, Thomas, 06 Oct 1805, aged 44, Shifter, killed in the 1805 explosion, Buried: 9th October [More information ...] | ||||||
Davison, John, 05 Jun 1849, 6:00 a.m., aged 53, Hewer, killed in the 1849 explosion [More information ...] | ||||||
Davison, Joseph, 05 Jun 1849, 6:00 a.m., aged 26, Hewer, killed in the 1849 explosion, wife and an infant [More information ...] | ||||||
Deans, William, 06 May 1852, 10:00 a.m., aged 37, killed in the 1852 explosion (caused by naked light), left a wife and 3 children [More information ...] | ||||||
Defty, Richard, 12 Aug 1814, aged 35, killed in the 1814 explosion [More information ...] | ||||||
Dennis, Robert, 05 Jun 1849, 6:00 a.m., aged 11, Trapper, killed in the 1849 explosion, son of Robert Dennis [More information ...] | ||||||
Dennis, Robert, 05 Jun 1849, 6:00 a.m., aged 42, Hewer, killed in the 1849 explosion, wife and 3 children [More information ...] | ||||||
Dixon, John, 12 Aug 1814, aged 38, killed in the 1814 explosion [More information ...] | ||||||
Dixon, Matthew, 13 May 1888, (accident: 05 Apr 1888), aged 29, Hewer, received a slight injury to his foot, from which he had so far recovered as to be able to walk about with the aid of a stick. On 29th April he was, however, seized with an illness and died 13th May. An inquest has held on 16th May, and I was informed by the coroner that, according to the testimony of the medical man, Dixon died from consumption and not from the result of his accident. The relatives of the deceased not being satisfied, the inquest was adjourned to permit a post mortem examination to be made, and on the 19th the verdict of the jury was, " that Matthew Dixon died from the effects of an accident to his foot received while working as a coal hewer at Hebburn Colliery." | ||||||
Dodds, Thomas, 06 Oct 1805, aged 38, Wasteman, killed in the 1805 explosion, Buried: 9th October [More information ...] | ||||||
Eden, Peter, 09 Sep 1899, aged 57, Hewer, He was engaged in taking down the upper portion of the seam, when a large mass of coal came away at a sooty parting, knocking out a prop and fracturing his ribs. The deputy was present at the time, but a previous examination had failed to disclose the presence of the "back." [Inspection made & inquest attended] | ||||||
Elrington, Jacob, 06 Oct 1805, aged 23, Hewer, killed in the 1805 explosion, Buried: 9th October [More information ...] | ||||||
English, James, 06 May 1852, 10:00 a.m., aged 12, killed in the 1852 explosion (caused by naked light) [More information ...] | ||||||
| English, John J. K., 04 Jul 1918, aged 31, Buried: Hebburn Cemetery | |||||
 | Fairs, Thomas, 19 Jul 1836, explosion [More information ...] | |||||
Fawcus, George, 20 Mar 1894, aged 23, Putter, suddenly taken ill while at work and died the following day from peritonitis, as disclosed by the post mortem examination | ||||||
Fenwick, George, 31 Jan 1901, aged 49, Timber Drawer, The deceased was drawing timber in a bord when a fall of roof took place, extending over the timber behind him. | ||||||
Fenwick, Robert, 19 Dec 1910, aged 56, Wasteman, caught by set | ||||||
Frampton, J. H., 02 Mar 1928, aged 18, Landing Lad, crushed | ||||||
Gascoigne, John, 06 May 1852, 10:00 a.m., aged 31, killed in the 1852 explosion (caused by naked light), single [More information ...] | ||||||
Gatis, William, 13 Sep 1890, 11:30 a.m., 5th hour of shift, aged 44, Blacksmith, scalded by the opening of a valve on the steam pipes connected to an underground engine [More information ...] | ||||||
Gibson, George, 06 Oct 1805, aged 20, Collier, killed in the 1805 explosion, Buried: 9th October [More information ...] | ||||||
Gibson, James, 06 Oct 1805, killed in the 1805 explosion, Buried: 1st December [More information ...] | ||||||
 | Graham, George, 18 Jan 1842, Sinker, George Graham and George Richardson, sinkers at Hebburn B Pit, were taking out some brattice, when about ten fathoms of it suddenly gave way and fell on Graham, killing him instantly | |||||
Gray, John William, 01 Jan 1895, (accident: 26 Dec 1894, 7:30 p.m., 2nd hour of shift), aged 20, Putter, whilst getting on to the pony limmers he slipped, and his head was crushed between a tub and a prop; he died on the 1st January 1895 | ||||||
Greenwell, John, 06 May 1852, 10:00 a.m., aged 39, killed in the 1852 explosion (caused by naked light), left a wife and 3 children [More information ...] | ||||||
Hall, Edward, 20 Aug 1872, aged 28, Joiner, fell of heapsteads | ||||||
Hall, George, 06 May 1852, 10:00 a.m., aged 27, killed in the 1852 explosion (caused by naked light), left a wife and 3 children [More information ...] | ||||||
Halliday, John, 06 Oct 1805, killed in the 1805 explosion, Buried: 1st December [More information ...] | ||||||
Halliday, John H., 07 May 1889, aged 16, Labourer, boiler explosion [More information ...] | ||||||
Harbottle, John, 06 Oct 1805, aged 30, Hewer, killed in the 1805 explosion, Buried: 9th October [More information ...] | ||||||
Harrison, William, 20 Jan 1901, (accident: 28 Feb 1894), received an injury to his spine on February 28th, 1894, died on January 20th, 1901, from failure of the heart's action | ||||||
Hastie, Andrew, 13 Nov 1873, aged 27, Hewer, crushed while riding on a locomotive engine | ||||||
Hay, John, 05 Jun 1849, 6:00 a.m., aged 14, Driver, killed in the 1849 explosion [More information ...] | ||||||
Henderson, William, 05 May 1875, aged 45, Timber Drawer, Chester Ward Coroner's Inquest, place: Hebburn Colliery, cause: fall of stone in Hebburn A Pit (DRO Ref: COR/C/2/260) | ||||||
Hepplewhite, Robert, 12 Aug 1814, aged 28, killed in the 1814 explosion [More information ...] | ||||||
Heslop, George, 06 Oct 1805, aged 22, Hewer, killed in the 1805 explosion, Buried: 9th October [More information ...] | ||||||
Hinds, James, 12 Oct 1904, (accident: 01 Oct 1904), aged 57, Hewer [More information ...] | ||||||
Hopper, Robert, 05 Jun 1849, 6:00 a.m., aged 12, Driver, killed in the 1849 explosion [More information ...] | ||||||
Hopps, Robert, 04 Nov 1889, aged 33, Shifter, killed in the 1889 explosion [More information ...] | ||||||
| Hubbard, Thomas William, 23 Mar 1931, aged 48, Hewer, killed by a fall of stone, Buried: Hebburn Cemetery | |||||
Hutchinson, Alexander, 24 Apr 1873, aged 13, Flatter, killed by a fall of roof | ||||||
Jackson, Joseph, 26 Oct 1894, 11:00 a.m., 6th hour of shift, aged 49, Shifter, Whilst re-adjusting a prop, the baulks above slipped down, followed by a fall of stone [Inspection made & inquest attended] | ||||||
Jackson, William, 23 Oct 1876, aged 47, Hewer, killed by a fall of stone | ||||||
Jameson, Ralph, 06 Oct 1805, aged 25, Hewer, killed in the 1805 explosion, Buried: 10th October [More information ...] | ||||||
Jeswell, Joseph, 21 Sep 1912, aged 51, Hewer, a small fall of stone occurred close to where deceased was working, causing him to fall back; he was suffering from a diseased heart | ||||||
Johnson, Edward, 06 May 1852, 10:00 a.m., aged 18, killed in the 1852 explosion (caused by naked light), single [More information ...] | ||||||
Johnson, Francis, 06 Oct 1805, aged 24, Wasteman, killed in the 1805 explosion, Buried: 10th October [More information ...] | ||||||
Johnson, John, 12 Aug 1814, aged 29, killed in the 1814 explosion [More information ...] | ||||||
Joicey, James, 13 Oct 1906, aged 52, Hewer, Deceased was hewing alone during the fore shift in a wall where there was 3 or 4 inches of water standing at the face. After he had worked three hours, he was seen to come back from the face about 7 yards and roll over and drop his lamp. Assistance was at hand at once, but he never rallied and died in a few minutes. There was no suggestion of any accident. An inquest was held after a post-mortem examination, and medical evidence showed that death was due to heart failure, and so the jury found. The Local Inspectors reported, after an examination of the place, simply reciting how they found it. | ||||||
Kennedy, James, 07 May 1889, aged 49, Fireman, boiler explosion [More information ...] | ||||||
Kirkbride, William, 23 Sep 1884, aged 38, Hewer, killed by a fall of stone | ||||||
| Lamb, Thomas, 19 Jul 1836, aged 7, explosion [More information ...] | |||||
Lashley, William, 05 Jun 1849, 6:00 a.m., aged 16, Putter, killed in the 1849 explosion [More information ...] | ||||||
Laverick, George, 05 Jun 1849, 6:00 a.m., aged 22, Shifter, killed in the 1849 explosion [More information ...] | ||||||
Laverick, Henry, 16 Mar 1899, aged 50, Hewer, While hewing in a wide bord, a large stone, with slippery sides (cauldron bottom) fell, knocking out the timber under it. The place had been carefully examined by the deputy (who set some props) and deceased about two hours previously, and was then considered to be securely timbered [Inspection made & inquest attended] | ||||||
Laverick, Thomas, 05 Jun 1849, 6:00 a.m., aged 33, Hewer, killed in the 1849 explosion, wife and 4 children [More information ...] | ||||||
Laws, Isaac, 21 Aug 1886, aged 35, accidentally knocked down by a locomotive on Hebburn Colliery Railway whilst trespassing [More information ...] | ||||||
Liddell, James, 06 Oct 1805, aged 24, Hewer, killed in the 1805 explosion, Buried: 9th October [More information ...] | ||||||
Logan, Thomas Johnson, Jul 1875, aged 10, Chester Ward Coroner's Inquest, place: Hebburn Colliery, cause: run over by coal wagon (DRO Ref: COR/C/2/320) | ||||||
Longstaff, George, 05 Jun 1849, 6:00 a.m., aged 33, Hewer, killed in the 1849 explosion, wife and 5 children [More information ...] | ||||||
Longstaff, Samuel, 05 Jun 1849, 6:00 a.m., aged 12, Switchboy, killed in the 1849 explosion, son of George Longstaff [More information ...] | ||||||
Lowcock, James, 05 Jun 1849, 6:00 a.m., aged 68, Borer, killed in the 1849 explosion, married [More information ...] | ||||||
Lowes, Edward, 05 Jun 1849, 6:00 a.m., aged 37, Platelayer and Deputy, killed in the 1849 explosion, 4 children [More information ...] | ||||||
Lundy, Thomas, 06 Oct 1805, aged 18, Overman, killed in the 1805 explosion, Buried: 9th October [More information ...] | ||||||
Macnamara, David, 19 Apr 1909, aged 63, Hewer, caught by set of tubs on engine plane | ||||||
Maddison, James, 19 Sep 1879, aged 24, Hewer, killed by a fall of stone | ||||||
Main, Thomas, 25 Dec 1920, (accident: 22 Dec 1920), aged 53, Deputy, he had stemmed three shots in a bord and had one miss-fired shot; when the filler had cleared the coal away, deceased returned with a driller to put in another hole with a compressed air hammer drill; he had omitted to mark the direction of the shot-hole whilst stemming the miss-fired shot, and drilled into the charge, which exploded, causing injuries to his head from which he died three days later; the miss-fired shot was probably due to disturbance of the detonator leads from the adjacent shot | ||||||
Marshall, Edward, 12 Aug 1814, aged 25, killed in the 1814 explosion [More information ...] | ||||||
| Mason, Thomas, 10 Nov 1909, aged 23, Coal filler, fall of stones at working face, Buried: Hebburn Cemetery | |||||
McElhatton, James, 25 Aug 1913, (accident: 11 Aug 1913), aged 19, Pony Putter, deceased in pushing a tub slipped and hurt his elbow; he did not cease work until 15th August; he died in the Newcastle Infirmary on 25th August from acute septic poisoning | ||||||
McKenna, James, 07 May 1889, aged 50, Fireman, boiler explosion [More information ...] | ||||||
McQuaid, James, 05 Nov 1889, (accident: 04 Nov 1889), aged 53, Shifter, killed in the 1889 explosion, Buried: Jarrow Cemetery [More information ...] | ||||||
Middleton, Mark, 06 Oct 1913, aged 24, Locomotive Fireman, whilst attempting to couple a locomotive to a set of wagons, deceased slipped off the rail between the buffers and was fatally crushed | ||||||
Miller, Andrew, 04 Nov 1889, aged 36, Shot Firer, killed in the 1889 explosion [More information ...] | ||||||
Moore, Thomas, 16 Sep 1887, aged 13, Trapper, crushed by tubs on engine plane | ||||||
Mould, Elias, 12 Aug 1814, aged 37, Under viewer, killed in the 1814 explosion [More information ...] | ||||||
Nixon, Joseph, 05 Jun 1849, 6:00 a.m., aged 19, Putter, killed in the 1849 explosion [More information ...] | ||||||
O'Brien, Michael, 08 Sep 1898, aged 61, Wasteman, Deceased was coming out-bye at the close of his shift, and as he was crossing over the shaft siding, was knocked down by some full tubs and crushed between them and the side [Inspection made & inquest attended] | ||||||
| O'Donnell, Anthony, 19 Jan 1914, aged 48, Coal Filler, Deceased and another man were filling coal in a seam worked bord and wall. Four shots had been fired by the shot firer, and they were filling the coal thus blown down, while the remainder of the shot-holes were drilled, when a large stone — half of a very large "chauldron pot," 14 feet long, 7 feet 6 inches wide, and 19 inches thick — fell on to deceased and killed him instantly. It was thought that the noise of the hammer-drill had prevented deceased from hearing any movement there might have been. In future no coal will be filled until all the shot-holes have been drilled., Buried: Hebburn Cemetery | |||||
Oloman, Robert, 23 Nov 1908, aged 38, Joiner, fell from kibble in pumping shaft | ||||||
Orr, Joseph, 06 May 1852, 10:00 a.m., aged 35, killed in the 1852 explosion (caused by naked light), left a wife and 3 children [More information ...] | ||||||
Osborne, John, 05 Jul 1890, aged 39, Boiler Minder, scalded while taking a man-hole door off a boiler under the fire bars | ||||||
Parson, James, 06 May 1852, 10:00 a.m., aged 22, killed in the 1852 explosion (caused by naked light), left a wife and 1 child [More information ...] | ||||||
| Patrick, John, 09 Jul 1896, aged 46, Joiner, Deceased was about to descend from a scaffold in connexion with a new roof when he fell backwards to the ground, crushing his skull and dying at once [Inquiries made], Buried: Jarrow Cemetery | |||||
Pattison, George, 06 May 1852, 10:00 a.m., aged 22, killed in the 1852 explosion (caused by naked light), single [More information ...] | ||||||
Peel, John, 06 May 1852, 10:00 a.m., aged 66, killed in the 1852 explosion (caused by naked light), left a wife [More information ...] | ||||||
Phillips, Silas, 06 May 1852, 10:00 a.m., aged 23, Deputy, killed in the 1852 explosion (caused by naked light), left a wife and 2 children [More information ...] | ||||||
Piggsford, John, 06 May 1852, 10:00 a.m., aged 25, killed in the 1852 explosion (caused by naked light), single [More information ...] | ||||||
Pratt, Peter, 12 Aug 1814, aged 24, killed in the 1814 explosion [More information ...] | ||||||
Raine, Joseph, 06 Oct 1805, aged 50, Shifter, killed in the 1805 explosion, Buried: 9th October [More information ...] | ||||||
Rawlings, Thomas, 13 Sep 1890, 11:30 a.m., 5th hour of shift, aged 55, Blacksmith, scalded by the opening of a valve on the steam pipes connected to an underground engine [More information ...] | ||||||
Richardson, Hailes, 05 Jun 1849, 6:00 a.m., aged 19, Putter, killed in the 1849 explosion [More information ...] | ||||||
Richardson, Thomas, 05 Jun 1849, 6:00 a.m., aged 20, Hewer, killed in the 1849 explosion [More information ...] | ||||||
Richardson, Thomas, 06 May 1852, 10:00 a.m., aged 26, killed in the 1852 explosion (caused by naked light), left a wife and 2 children [More information ...] | ||||||
Richardson, Tristram, 05 Jun 1849, 6:00 a.m., aged 45, Shifter, killed in the 1849 explosion, wife and 2 children [More information ...] | ||||||
Richardson, William, 05 Jun 1849, 6:00 a.m., aged 45, Hewer, killed in the 1849 explosion, wife and 6 children [More information ...] | ||||||
Rigby, William, 26 Jun 1878, aged 18, Timber Lad, killed by a fall of stone | ||||||
Ringwood, J. H., 29 Mar 1924, (accident: 06 Feb 1924), aged 58, Shunter, injury to big toe | ||||||
Routledge, John, 12 Aug 1814, aged 51, killed in the 1814 explosion [More information ...] | ||||||
Salthouse, A., 08 May 1928, (accident: 28 Nov 1924), aged 38, Driller, killed by a fall of stone | ||||||
Sangster, John, 23 Dec 1892, 11:00 a.m., 7th hour of shift, aged 44, Hewer, Riding on a full set contrary to rules, and was crushed against the roof [Inquiries made] | ||||||
Scott, William, 06 May 1852, 10:00 a.m., aged 27, killed in the 1852 explosion (caused by naked light), left a wife and 3 children [More information ...] | ||||||
Sewell, George, 18 Oct 1907, aged 23, Hewer [More information ...] | ||||||
Shillaw, William, 05 Jun 1849, 6:00 a.m., aged 22, Hewer, killed in the 1849 explosion [More information ...] | ||||||
| Short, Cuthbert, 19 Jul 1836, aged 30, explosion [More information ...] | |||||
Smith, George, 12 Aug 1814, killed in the 1814 explosion [More information ...] | ||||||
Smith, John, 06 May 1852, 10:00 a.m., aged 33, killed in the 1852 explosion (caused by naked light), left a wife and 4 children [More information ...] | ||||||
Smith, R., 12 Jan 1930, (accident: 07 Apr 1924), aged 59, Hewer, struck by stone | ||||||
Smith, Robert, 05 Jun 1849, 6:00 a.m., aged 18, Putter, killed in the 1849 explosion [More information ...] | ||||||
Soulsby, Thomas, 09 Sep 1902, aged 52, Wasteman, deceased was found dead in a refuge hole in the pit ; in the refuge hole was found a small stone about 3½ inches long by 2 inches thick, but deceased's body showed no marks of injury ; an inquest was held and a post mortem examination made, and the jury returned a verdict of death from natural causes | ||||||
| Spensley, David, 21 Feb 1924, (accident: 15 Feb 1924), aged 20, Putter, died from injuries received, Buried: Hebburn Cemetery | |||||
Stephenson, Nicholas, 20 Apr 1898, aged 18, Driver, He was found dead under the second tub of a set which he was driving. He had probably fallen off the limbers, but as in the last case there was no evidence to show how the accident had occurred [Inspection made & inquest attended] | ||||||
Stuart, Henry, 04 Nov 1889, aged 19, Putter, killed in the 1889 explosion [More information ...] | ||||||
Stuart, Thomas, 06 Oct 1805, aged 28, Wasteman, killed in the 1805 explosion, Buried: 9th October [More information ...] | ||||||
Tate, Edward, 22 Jan 1902, (accident: 19 Jan 1902), aged 58, Deputy, while assisting in extinguishing a fire in the inbye stables in the Hutton seam (39 ponies destroyed) a fall of hot stone took place from the roof, he was burnt both by the stone that fell on him and by the hot pavement on which he fell | ||||||
Taylor, Abraham, 05 Jun 1849, 6:00 a.m., Shifter, killed in the 1849 explosion, wife and 6 children [More information ...] | ||||||
Telford, Thomas, 06 Oct 1805, aged 16, Driver, killed in the 1805 explosion, Buried: 9th October [More information ...] | ||||||
Thack?ferry, Robert, 12 Aug 1814, aged 38, killed in the 1814 explosion [More information ...] | ||||||
Thompson, John, 1898, (accident: 18 Feb 1896), He was injured at the Hebburn Colliery on the 18th February, 1896, died from the injured then received, but as more than a year and a day has elapsed since the accident, it is not included in the List of Colliery Accidents | ||||||
Todd, David, 06 Oct 1805, aged 40, Onsetter, killed in the 1805 explosion, Buried: 10th October [More information ...] | ||||||
Todd, Ralph, 06 Oct 1805, aged 26, Onsetter, killed in the 1805 explosion, Buried: 9th October [More information ...] | ||||||
| Trotter, John, 17 Jul 1924, aged 24, Hewer, killed by a fall of stone, Buried: Hebburn Cemetery | |||||
Turnbull, George, 05 Jun 1849, 6:00 a.m., aged 41, Shifter, killed in the 1849 explosion, wife and 6 children [More information ...] | ||||||
Turner, Mark, 27 Nov 1894, aged 26, was picking coal from a waste heap and got on to a full waggon when in motion, by some means he fell off, and the wheel passed over his neck | ||||||
Wales, Joseph, 06 Oct 1805, killed in the 1805 explosion, Buried: 1st December [More information ...] | ||||||
Wanless, John, 06 Oct 1805, killed in the 1805 explosion, Buried: 2nd December [More information ...] | ||||||
Ward, Thomas, 28 Feb 1873, aged 36, Shaftman, fell off cradle in shaft [More information ...] | ||||||
Wardle, James, 05 Jun 1849, 6:00 a.m., aged 17, Putter, killed in the 1849 explosion [More information ...] | ||||||
Wardle, Michael, 06 May 1852, 10:00 a.m., aged 10, killed in the 1852 explosion (caused by naked light) [More information ...] | ||||||
Wardle, Samuel, 06 May 1852, 10:00 a.m., aged 18, killed in the 1852 explosion (caused by naked light), single [More information ...] | ||||||
Wardle, Thomas, 18 Mar 1914, aged 22, Spare Locomotive Fireman, deceased attempted to couple a hopper-shaped chauldron wagon to an ordinary spring buffer railway truck, while they were in motion, and was crushed between the two and instantly killed; the chauldron wagons being lower and narrower than the trucks allowed the bodies of the two wagons to come close together; deceased knew this, and he ought not to have attempted an impossible feat | ||||||
Warwick, Thomas, 26 Feb 1906, aged 46, Hewer, Deceased descended the shaft about 4.20 a.m. and walked about 200 yards to an engine set which takes the hewers inbye; when he arrived at the set he was taken ill and died in a few minutes. There was no suggestion of any accident. A post-mortem examination was made end an inquest held, at which medical evidence was given to the effect that death was due to heart disease, and so the Jury found. | ||||||
Watson, George, 05 Jun 1849, 6:00 a.m., aged 35, Shifter, killed in the 1849 explosion, wife and 4 children [More information ...] | ||||||
Wear, William, 06 May 1852, 10:00 a.m., aged 32, killed in the 1852 explosion (caused by naked light), left a wife and 4 children [More information ...] | ||||||
Welsh, William, 04 Nov 1889, aged 23, Stoneman, killed in the 1889 explosion [More information ...] | ||||||
Wheatley, George, 02 Feb 1896, (accident: 21 Oct 1895, 12:30 p.m., 3rd hour of shift), aged 45, Hewer, deceased appears to have slipped off the bottom "canch" and sprained himself; he died February 2nd 1896 | ||||||
Willis, John, 05 Jun 1849, 6:00 a.m., aged 12, Trapper, killed in the 1849 explosion, a widow's son [More information ...] | ||||||
Wilson, Cuthbert, Jul 1875, aged 10, Chester Ward Coroner's Inquest, place: Hebburn Colliery, cause: drowned in Hebburn Colliery engine pond (DRO Ref: COR/C/2/334) | ||||||
Wilson, Edward, 06 Oct 1805, aged 25, Collier, killed in the 1805 explosion, Buried: 9th October [More information ...] | ||||||
Wilson, Edward, 05 Jun 1849, 6:00 a.m., aged 12, Helper Up, killed in the 1849 explosion [More information ...] | ||||||
Wilson, Edward, 26 Jul 1901, aged 16, Greaser, He was run over by some waggons which were being shunted to the screens. He said he slipped his foot and fell in front of the waggons [Inspection made & inquest attended] | ||||||
Wilson, John, 05 Jun 1849, 6:00 a.m., aged 33, Hewer, killed in the 1849 explosion, wife and 4 children [More information ...] | ||||||
Wilson, John, 30 Jan 1924, (accident: 17 Jan 1924), aged 68, Stoneman, killed by a fall of stone | ||||||
Winlow, John, 05 Jun 1849, 6:00 a.m., aged 60, Shifter, killed in the 1849 explosion, widower, leaving 5 children [More information ...] | ||||||
| Winship, John, 01 Apr 1901, aged 45, Hewer, While deceased was hewing in a working five yards wide, a "cauldron bottom" fell from the roof, canting out a prop and headtree. The place had previously been examined by the overman and a deputy. Plenty of loose timber at hand [Inspection made & inquest attended], Buried: Hebburn Cemetery | |||||
Woodhouse, T. L., 06 Jul 1924, (accident: 02 Jul 1924), aged 32, Stoneman, fall | ||||||
Woods, John, 24 Feb 1912, (accident: 14 Feb 1912), aged 60, Shifter, renewing timber and taking stone down at an old "bordroom," stone fell catching deceased on his knee, causing a bad wound from which he died ten days later | ||||||
Youll, William, 05 Jun 1849, 6:00 a.m., aged 51, Wasteman, killed in the 1849 explosion, wife and 7 children [More information ...] | ||||||
Young, Michael, 06 Oct 1805, killed in the 1805 explosion, Buried: 1st December [More information ...] | ||||||
Young, Ralph, 06 Oct 1805, aged 45, Hewer, killed in the 1805 explosion, Buried: 9th October [More information ...] | ||||||
Young, Thomas, 05 Jun 1849, 6:00 a.m., aged 12, Driver, killed in the 1849 explosion [More information ...] | ||||||
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more information on some of the fatalities shown above
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Sources:
- 1854 List of mines by T. Y. Hall, published in Vol II (1853-4) of the Transactions of the North of England Institute of Mining Engineers
- 1872 Mines Inspectors Report (C 840)
- 1873 Mines Inspectors Report (C 1056)
- 1875 Mines Inspectors Report (C 1499)
- 1876 Mines Inspectors Report (C 1734)
- 1878 Mines Inspectors Report (C 2321)
- 1879 Mines Inspectors Report (C 2604)
- 1880 List of Mines
- 1881 Mines Inspectors Annual Report
- 1883 Mines Inspectors Report (C 4078)
- 1884 Mines Inspectors Report (C 4429)
- 1885 Mines Inspectors Report (C 4760)
- 1887 Mines Inspectors Report (C 5450)
- 1888 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department, from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian
- 1888 Mines Inspectors Report (C 5779), Newcastle District (No. 3) by James Willis, H.M. Inspector of Mines, copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian
- 1889 Mines Inspectors Report (C 6015)
- 1890 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department, from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian
- 1890 Mines Inspectors Report (C 6346), Newcastle District (No. 3) by James Willis, H.M. Inspector of Mines, copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian<