South Medomsley Colliery

1863 - Boring operations from the surface were in progress on South Medomsley Royalty.

1864 - The Ann Pit (13 ft. in diameter), South Medomsley Colliery, was sunk from the surface to the Brockwell Seam.

1867 - The Mary Pit, South Medomsley Colliery, was sunk from the surface to the Brockwell Seam.

1894 - Main seam abandoned - coal exhausted

1914 - Shield Row seam abandoned

1929, 29 May - Low Hutton seam abandoned

1931, 29 Jul - Tilley seam abandoned

1936, 08 Jan - Main seam abandoned

1944, Nov - Five Quarter seam abandoned

1948, Oct - Abandoned

1949, May - Shield Row seam abandoned

1950 - Brass Thill seam abandoned

Allan, William, 13 Jan 1876, aged 23, Screenman, breakage of a tub coupling chain on incline plane on surface

Blackwood, John, 31 Jan 1908, aged 27, Putter and hewer, while riding outbye on a loaded coal tub his head appears to have caught roof

Bolam, James MacIntosh, 11 Jun 1912, (accident: 26 Jun 1911), aged 20, Shifter, stone fell from roof upon him, when he went back to place after a shot had been fired, causing injury to spine; he died June 11, 1912

Donley, James, 20 May 1874, aged 50, Hewer, Chester Ward Coroner's Inquest, place: Dipton, cause: fall of stone Busty seam, S. Medomsley (DRO Ref: COR/C/2/61)

Edger, Thomas, 14 Feb 1887, aged 40, Hewer, explosion of a shot

Foster, Joseph, 03 Dec 1954

Hall, J. T., 26 Sep 1871, aged 34, Driver, fall of a piece of pyrites from screen

Jackson, Robert, 09 Nov 1876, aged 44, Shifter, crushed by a tub

Jeffrey, William, 13 Dec 1875, aged 41, Hewer, Chester Ward Coroner's Inquest, place: Dipton, cause: fall of stone, Busty seam Mary Pit, South Medom. (DRO Ref: COR/C/2/474)

Lacey, Samuel, 01 Apr 1905, aged 52, Hewer, killed by shot [More information ...]

McGhee, Hugh, 19 Dec 1895, 3:30 p.m., 5th hour of shift, aged 38, Hewer, he was carrying loose powder in his coat pocket, and slipped his foot, when his candle ignited it

Merrington, Joseph, 29 Mar 1934, aged 37, Hewer, explosion, Buried: Cemetery at East Castle [More information ...]

Moore, William, 06 Jun 1888, (accident: 01 Jun 1888), aged 50, Hewer, fall of coal whilst wedging down band

Murphy, Patrick, 01 May 1876, aged 58, Hewer, killed by a fall of stone

Newstead, J. P., 13 Oct 1921, aged 17, Driver, as a result, it is alleged of injuries he received to his hand through being bruised by a sprag

Newton, Luke, 29 Mar 1934, aged 20, Putter, explosion, Buried: Cemetery at East Castle [More information ...]

Nicholson, George, 29 Mar 1934, aged 27, Hewer, explosion, Buried: Cemetery at East Castle [More information ...]

Nicholson, John, 20 Apr 1887, aged 44, Hewer, explosion of fire damp and air

Nixon, Joseph, 17 Jul 1930, aged 17, died from burns received, Buried: St. John the Evangelist Churchyard, Dipton

Ridley, Henry, 26 Jan 1910, aged 26, Hewer, killed by a fall of stone, Buried: Burnopfield Cemetery

Robinson, James, 04 Feb 1890, 5:00 p.m., 11th hour of shift, aged 13, Screen Boy, Found dead at one end of a travelling belt

Sanderson, Benjamin, 22 Sep 1899, aged 66, Hewer, The deceased was working in a skirting and was supposed to be setting a prop and head-tree, when a fall of stone from slips took place. The working was otherwise well timbered, and the deputy was going into the place for the third time when the accident occurred [Inspection made & inquest attended], Buried: St. John the Evangelist Churchyard, Dipton

Scott, John, 20 Mar 1890, aged 30, Hewer, killed by a fall of roof

Sevilla, P., 08 Oct 1871, aged 13, Wailer, fall of tub from gangway

Simpson, William, 28 Oct 1904, aged 65, Platelayer, A tank engine, going tank first, was pushing two empty coke trucks past the screens to the coke yard. Deceased was cleaning out a drain or runner in a space of 2½ feet between the rail and a wall, and he was run over unknown to the engine driver, who stated at the inquest that he sounded the whistle while moving forward. The fireman was also on the locomotive. The Jury added a rider to their verdict of accidental death "that more care should be taken in shunting on the colliery branches."

Stoner, George, 02 May 1901, aged 22, Hewer, The deceased was in the act of getting a prop to set under some stone which required supporting when the stone fell away from slips. A prop and headtree were canted out by the fall [Inspection made & inquest attended]

Wears, John, 05 Jun 1893, 6:00 a.m., 1st hour of shift, aged 28, Hewer, The deputy on examining the place previous to the deceased commencing work, saw that the clay above the coal was not safe, and went in with the deceased and told him how to take it down. Deceased appears to have been working in the coal instead of obeying the deputy's instructions, as he was found buried under the clay [Inspection made & inquest attended]