Sacriston Colliery

1882 - Sacriston and Witton Collieries linked

1900 - Shield Row Drift Driven

1936, 21 Oct - Main seam abandoned

1940's - Shield Row Drift Closed

1947, Jan - Five Quarter seam abandoned

Anderson, William Stewart, 17 Aug 1930, aged 62, as he was coming outbye at the end of his shift he collapsed and died; the doctor who carried out the post mortem said that death was due to 'cerebral haemorrhage, which might have been caused by any sudden exertion or even a blow on the back of the head'

Appleby, James, 1951, [details unknown]

Atkinson, Joseph, 28 Aug 1900, aged 57, Platelayer, while working on private branch railway nearly a mile from colliery he was run over and killed by a set of six trucks.

Bailey, William, 13 Nov 1873, aged 29, Hewer, crushed between two tubs

Bell, William, 30 Dec 1936, aged 47, Drawer, killed by a fall of stone, Buried: Sacriston Cemetery

Bickle, Albert Jefferson, 09 Mar 1945, aged 50, Datal, injured toe, Buried: Sacriston Cemetery

Britton, John William, 04 Dec 1940, aged 46, Stoneman, cause of death: fracture and dislocation of cervical vertebrae, accidentally sustained in the course of his employment when crushed by a fall of stone from the roof, address: 7 Woodland Terrace, Nettlesworth, (Inquest: 07 Dec 1940), Buried: Sacriston Cemetery [More information ...]

Brown, Gilderay W., 01 May 1909, aged 35, Fitter, he slipped on some brick paving and injured his elbow; he died in a short time in an engine house; medical opinion was to the effect that death was due to the severe pain caused by the blow over the left ulnar nerve

Clarney, N., 03 Sep 1937, aged 37, Rolleyway Man, injured his head

Cornell, Charles, 01 Nov 1909, aged 57, Hewer, This case was purely accidental. He was hewing in a bord, where the face had been nicked on the left side, when a piece of coal, weighing from one to two tons, came away from a "back" and fastened him against a prop. The place was properly timbered, and, but for the "back," which prior to the occurrence was invisible, the accident would not have happened

Cornforth, Frederick, 30 Sep 1938, aged 33, Pan Puller, killed by a fall of stone, Buried: Pelton Cemetery

Dale, L., 07 Dec 1942, aged 48, Hewer, killed by a fall of stone

Darling, Francis, 03 Sep 1913, aged 20, Electrician's Assistant, from the evidence at the inquest it would appear that deceased was standing between wagons, a short distance apart, for a private purpose, when in the course of shunting operations some more wagons bumped into those standing; had he looked along the siding he would have seen what was taking place, as there was an uninterrupted view; unfortunately he was deaf and so did not hear the whistle of the engine

Dawson, Thomas, 22 Apr 1926, aged 40, Hewer, killed by a fall of stone, Buried: Sacriston Cemetery [More information ...]

Dunn, Thomas, 20 Apr 1896, aged 2, [Not Employed], while trespassing on private branch railway the waggons ran over and killed him

Dyke, Henry, 21 Apr 1928, (accident: 10 Apr 1928), aged 64, Hewer, collapsed while working in the Shield Row Drift, he later died at Pelton House Hospital due to natural causes

Elliott, Robert, 20 Sep 1904, (accident: 01 Feb 1904), aged 39, Engineman, On February 1st last, when he was lifting a belt to put a bolt in one of the links with a lever and chain, one of the links broke, and he fell backwards on to a rail with the end of his spine, and the blow set up cancer, from which he died on September 20th

Emmerson, Joseph, 22 Jul 1893, 11:45 p.m., 8th hour of shift, aged 23, Stoneman, severe injuries to head by fall of stone

Goodburn, G. W., 27 Jun 1938, (accident: 06 Jan 1938), aged 29, Hewer, died from injuries received by a crush

Green, Robert, 23 Oct 1876, aged 43, Collier, fall of stone - he had removed two props

Green, Robert, 14 Oct 1892, aged 55, Deputy, took a fit while at work in the pit, and died from cerebral haemorrhage, after having suffered for some days [fatality reported during the year but not classified as a colliery accident]

Grieveson, John, 07 Apr 1954, aged 28, Cutterman, killed in the 6th west face of the Brockwell Seam, Buried: St. Bede's (R.C.) Churchyard, Sacriston

Grievson, George, 10 Aug 1918, (accident: Jun 1918), injured by a fall of stone and died in Durham County Hospital

Harvey, J. T., 27 Feb 1935, (accident: 26 Feb 1935), aged 46, Stoneman, killed by a fall of stone

Hewitson, M. G. R., 20 Sep 1923, aged 23, Hewer

Hopps, John James, 14 May 1934, aged 53, Stoneman, killed by a fall of stone, Buried: Sacriston Cemetery

Hunter, J., 02 May 1930, (accident: 26 Aug 1929), aged 42, Hewer, killed by a fall of stone

Joynes, Herbert, 04 Apr 1910, aged 50, Hewer, He was hewing in a broken lift in a seam 2 feet thick. Having worked his coal forward 3 feet beyond the last row of props, he was creeping out to get some more timber to set, when a large stone 8 feet by 1½ feet by 1½ feet thick fell from between slips in the roof on to him. The cause of death was suffocation, as he was unable to breathe owing to the weight of the stone on his chest. The place was well timbered

Kirkup, Robert, 23 May 1939, aged 45, Buried: Sacriston Cemetery

Layton, Robert Peart, 09 Jul 1948, aged 56, Surface Waggonman, struck and killed by a moving coal wagon

Liddle, John, 13 Jul 1869, aged 14, Mason, head crushed while riding on engine plane

Lynn, Thomas, 04 Feb 1942, aged 63, Buried: Sacriston Cemetery

McCormick, Thomas, 16 Nov 1903, aged 52, Hewer, drowned by an inrush of water into their working places; lived in Elliot Street, Buried: St. Bede's (R.C.) Churchyard, Sacriston [More information ...]

Mordue, John, 29 Feb 1952, aged 51, Stoneman, fall of stone, address: Holly Crescent, Sacriston, Buried: Sacriston Cemetery

Morrell, Jonathan, 09 Jun 1944, aged 41, Overman, he was killed by a fall of stone in the Brockwell Seam; while inspecting the working place he noticed a triangular stone 6 feet long, 2 feet wide and 18 inches thick in the roof; he instructed two men to timber under the stone, but as he moved away he paused and glanced up at the stone, as he did so it fell on top of him and was followed by a second large stone

Muskett, C., 11 Mar 1929, (accident: 17 Jan 1929), aged 56, Hewer, fall

Ord, John Jos, 17 Jul 1921, (accident: 13 Jul 1921), aged 41, Hewer, killed by a fall of stone

Peel, Joseph, 08 Jul 1875, (accident: 14 May 1875), aged 16, Shaft Boy, scalded by water from a boiler while ascending a staple, Chester Ward Coroner's Inquest, place: Sacriston, cause: scalded at Victoria Pit (DRO Ref: COR/C/2/330)

Renwick, Thomas, 01 Jun 1894, 8:45 a.m., 4th hour of shift, aged 19, Waggonman, while lowering wagons down to the screens his foot got fast in a crossing and he was run over

Richardson, John, 09 Oct 1901, (accident: 07 Oct 1901), aged 59, Stoneman, preparing to timber new flat end when a stone fell away at slips in the roof and broke his ribs, Buried: St. Peter's Churchyard, Sacriston

Richardson, William, 04 Dec 1940, aged 54, Pump & pipeman, killed by a fall of stone [More information ...]

Ritchings, John Charles, 20 Jul 1927, aged 16, Datal, crushed, Buried: Sacriston Cemetery

Roberts, Harry, 03 Feb 1908, aged 25, Stoneman, when he and others were ridding stone away after firing shots in a top caunch, a frame of stone fell from a jack and killed him; the stone was 24 feet long, 5 feet broad, by 3 feet thick

Scott, George W., 04 Dec 1940, aged 37, Fore overman, killed by a fall of stone [More information ...]

Smith, William, 04 Dec 1940, aged 35, Stoneman, killed by a fall of stone [More information ...]

Spoors, William, 06 Apr 1915, (accident: 01 Apr 1915), aged 59, died in hospital from burns and shock after an accident five days earlier; he was in a half-kneeling position about 30 yards from the face when a shot went off and he was caught by the blast

Stephenson, Joseph Birtley, 23 Aug 1923, aged 47, Shaftman, accidentally killed while taking down baulks of timber down to the Brass Thill seam; he and another man had removed three baulks from the top of the cage, but as they took off the fourth Stephenson noticed it was catching, and as he went to ease it, he slipped and fell down the shaft, landing on another cage 78 feet below

Thompson, J., 26 Mar 1948, aged 30, Stoneman, killed by a fall of stone

Ushaw, Thomas, 19 May 1905, (accident: 17 May 1905), aged 58, Fitter, He and his marrow had taken their tools down the pit preparatory to doing some work at the pumps the next morning. They returned to the shaft and deceased rapped the cage away, the onsetter having left. He was not quick enough in getting into the cage, and was caught between the cage and the guide and so severely injured that he died two days later [More information ...]

Watson, Thomas, 16 Aug 1898, aged 23, Hewer, After completing his work in the pit and having come to the surface, he attempted to get on to a set of full waggons, for the purpose of riding on a private branch railway, but slipped, and the last waggon ran over and killed him. He was trespassing at the time.

Welsh, Joseph, 04 Dec 1940, aged 45, Deputy, killed by a fall of stone, Buried: Chilton Cemetery [More information ...]

Whittaker, John, 16 Nov 1903, aged 30, Hewer, drowned by an inrush of water into their working places; lived in Elliot Street [More information ...]

Winn, John Rae, 13 Jul 1945, (accident: 20 Oct 1943), aged 31, Filler, died from injuries received, Buried: Sacriston Cemetery

Winn, William, 09 Dec 1908, aged 41, Hewer, alleged to have strained himself whilst at work in the mine; medical evidence at the inquest said he would have died in any case very shortly, but that death was probably accelerated by the alleged strain received in the mine