Hunwick Colliery

Braton, Robert, 15 Oct 1894, 10:20 a.m., 1st hour of shift, aged 35, Hewer, Fall of stone while working in a wide bord

Clarkson, Thomas, 13 May 1903, (accident: 01 May 1903), aged 32, Stoneman, he was repairing timber on a road when roof, which was short, worked down upon him and caused a wound on the top of his head; blood poisoning set in, and he died on the 13th, Buried: Bishop Auckland Churchyard

Clennell, Thomas, 06 Jan 1912, aged 19, Helper-up [More information ...]

Close, William, 23 Sep 1896, aged 52, Hewer, He returned to a supposed missed shot, and when within a short distance of it it exploded and killed him

Coates, John, 06 Jun 1870, aged 13, crushed by tubs on engine plane

Curry, Richard, 09 Jan 1865, aged 14, Driver, crushed by cage descending

Cuthbert, Richard, 31 Jul 1903, aged 59, Hewer, When kirving a jud a portion of the overlying seggar fell over the sprags, and fatally injured him., Buried: Churchyard/Cemetery, Newfield

Egglestone, Anthony, 19 Feb 1859, aged 56, Stone Worker, killed by a fall of stone, Buried: Byers Green, Churchyard of St. Peter the Apostle

Hakin, Joseph, 31 Oct 1904, aged 44, Hewer, caught by full tubs on self-acting incline, after empty set had passed him, and was killed

Hardy, Thomas, 17 Feb 1885, aged 53, Hewer, fell down and died from natural causes while at work ; air all right

Hodgson, Bartholomew, 05 Feb 1889, aged 42, Hewer, died from natural causes while following his employment in the pit, ventilation right

Howden, Charles, 18 Mar 1862, aged 18, Pony Putter, crushed by tub

Howden, William, 02 Nov 1859, aged 13, Horse Driver, crushed by cage in shaft [More information ...]

Janson, William, 08 Sep 1880, aged 27, Locomotive Fireman, while shunting a waggon of ballast into a siding it got off the way at a crossing and he was thrown off it and run over

Johnson, Joseph, 31 Jan 1856, (accident: 30 Jan 1856), aged 10, Francis Hardy heard someone cry out and found Johnson standing near a waggon; he said he had been crushed between two waggons. жHe was immediately taken into a joiners shop, a cart sent for, and was taken home to Bishop Auckland.Ж Surgeon Mr. Hutchinson attended, but Johnson died the following day — he was only 10 years old

King, Astin, 28 Sep 1860, aged 25, Hewer, killed by a fall of stone

Nolan, Martin, 29 Apr 1868, aged 55, Screenman, crushed between waggons

Price, Robert, 13 Sep 1871, aged 43, Hewer, killed by a fall of stone

Thompson, Edward, 12 Nov 1910, (accident: 01 Nov 1910), aged 37, Shifter, After working about half his shift underground on November 1st, he complained to a fellow workman of a cold shiver and went home. Two days afterwards a doctor was called in and found he was suffering from a punctured wound on the shoulder and septic poisoning. He rapidly got worse and died on November 12th. At the inquest evidence was brought to prove that he had received a blow on the shoulder with a piece of stone, and the doctor said the injury he saw was the cause of death. The deceased never made any mention of the occurrence to the man he was working with