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  Trimdon Grange Colliery  Index  Trimdon Grange Colliery  

Trimdon Grange Colliery


  Description Disasters Names Local Collieries Credits  

Location: Trimdon Grange
7½ miles [12 km] SE of Durham
Map Ref: (Sheet 93) NZ368357, 54° 42' 54" N, 1° 25' 43" W
Maps: 1898 map from Reid's Handy Colliery Guide
1928 map from Reid's Handy Colliery Guide
1951 map from the Guide to the Coalfields (Colliery Guardian)
Opened: May 1845
Closed: 16 Feb 1968
Sinking Started: 21 May 1845
Pits: New Pit, locn: (Sheet 93) NZ367356, opened: 1872, sinking: 1872
  Shaft details for New Pit
  Shaft details for Trimdon Grange Colliery
Owners: 1845 - Joseph Smith
1852 - Matthew Forster
1850's - South Hetton Co. (Forster, Walker, Burrell, Green & Co.)
1880, Aug - Walter Scott Ltd.
1937 - East Hetton Collieries Ltd.
1947 - National Coal Board (N.C.B.)
Output: 1873 - Coal.
1888 - Coal.
1896 - Coal: Coking, Gas, Household, Manufacturing.
1902 - Coal: Coking, Gas, Household, Manufacturing.
1914 - Coal: Coking, Gas, Household, Manufacturing.
1921 - Coal: Coking, Gas, Household, Manufacturing.
1930 - Coal: Coking, Household, Manufacturing, Steam.
1947 - Coal: Gas, Household, Manufacturing, Steam. (192,412 tons)
1950 - Coal: Coking, Gas, Household, Manufacturing, Steam.
1955 - Coal: Coking, Gas, Household, Steam.
1960 - Coal: Coking, Household, Steam.
1961 - Coal: Coking, Household, Steam.
1964 - Coal: Coking, Gas.
1967 - Coal: Coking, Gas.
1968 - Coal: Coking, Gas.
Employment:
Year Pit  Total Below Above
1854Working
1896994804190
19021,128871257
19141,377948429
19211,4301,021409
1930864691173
1940350250100
1945648471177
1947645471174
1950759585174
1955845657188
1960830652178
1961796629167
1964738603135
1967751598153
1968692585107
  NCB Employment Figures
  Colliery Management (prior to 1955)
Seams Worked: 1882 - Harvey, Low Main
1894 - Harvey, Low Main
1914 - Five Quarter, Harvey, Hutton, Low Main, Main Coal
1921 - Busty, Five Quarter, Harvey, Hutton, Low Main, Main Coal
1930 - Brockwell, Harvey, Hutton, Maudlin
1950 - Busty, Tilley
1955 - Busty, Tilley
1960 - Busty, Tilley
1961 - Busty, Tilley
1964 - Bottom Busty, Tilley
1967 - Bottom Busty, Tilley
1968 - Bottom Busty, Harvey, Tilley
    Catalogue of plans of abandoned mines for Trimdon Grange Colliery
Notes:

1845 - Began on 25 May to sink Trimdon Grange Colliery from the surface to the Low Main Seam.

1872 - Commenced to sink the New Pit, Trimdon Grange Colliery, from the surface to the Busty Seam.

1873 - Five Quarter seam worked out

1876 - Main seam laid off

1923 - Trimdon Colliery shaft used as part of downcast for Trimdon Grange Colliery

1930-7 - Colliery closed

1938, 23 Aug - Five Quarter, Hutton, Low Main, Main seams abandoned

1962 - Coking ceased

  Miscellaneous Notes and Incidents for Trimdon Grange Colliery


  Summary Disasters Names Local Collieries Credits  

Description

Trimdon Grange Colliery was formerly the property of the late Mr. Mathew Forster, and was purchased by its present owner Mr. Walter Scott, contractor, of Newcastle-on-Tyne, in August 1880, together with the adjoining colliery of East Hetton, also known as Kelloe. The shafts of Trimdon Grange Pit are situated within a few hundred yards of Trimdon Station of the Hartlepool and Ferryhill Railway, the colliery itself being situated upon the south edge of the Durham coal field.

Official Report into the 1882 Disaster


Trimdon Grange is a colliery village, partly in this township [Trimdon] and partly in the township of Kelloe.

The Schools were established by the proprietors of the colliery in 1852, and have since been enlarged. There is now space for 500 children, with an average attendance, including infants, of 390.

Trimdon Grange Colliery was sunk in May 1845, by Mr. Joseph Smith. In September the same year the Five Quarter seam was proved and opened out ; sinking operations were continued, and in 1847 the Main seam was opened out. In 1852 the colliery became the property of Messrs. Forsters. Sinking operations were recommenced in 1863, and the Low Main seam reached. In 1872 a new shaft was sunk to the Harvey seam, which was opened out in 1873. About this date the Five Quarter seam was worked out, and three years later, the Main seam was laid off. During all this period the pits were worked very irregularly, and were alike unprofitable to owners and unsatisfactory to the men employed. In 1880 the colliery was purchased by the present owner, Mr. Walter Scott of Newcastle, who has spent large sums in increasing and improving the plant, and is developing the resources of the undertaking, which is now worked on a large scale, and gives constant employment to over 700 men and boys. The Low Main and the Harvey seams produce coal of first-class quality. The latter is known in the London market as South Hartlepool Wallsend. On the 16th of February 1882, 71 men and boys lost their lives in this pit through an explosion.

Whellan's 1894 Directory of County Durham


  Summary Description Names Local Collieries Credits  

Disasters (5 or more killed)

  16th Feb 1882  Explosion, firedamp, ignition probably caused by shot firing, 74 lives lost (Show Names)

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  Summary Description Disasters Local Collieries Credits  

Names of those killed at this colliery

Please note that this collection of names is by no means complete!

      

Allison, Cuthbert, 18 Oct 1905, aged 44, Stoneman, he was doing some walling preparatory to taking down a top canch when a large stone fell and crushed his head against the pack

   

Allison, John, 16 Feb 1882, 2:30 p.m., aged 19, killed in the 1882 explosion (ignition probably caused by shot firing), single man, Buried: Trimdon Cemetery [More information ...]

      

Anderton, James, 31 Oct 1904, aged 32, Hewer, he had been out of the place to get his "bait," and on going back a fall of stone took place — 7 yards back from the face — and killed him

      

Armstrong, Albert, 10 Nov 1909, aged 17, Small runner, He was attempting to ride in the "Billy pit" cage from the ground level to the heapstead level. He was jerked against the engine house wall, severely crushed, and finally thrown out of the cage to the ground below. Of course he should not have done what he did

      

Athey, Chrisopher, 26 May 1904, aged 48, Deputy, he was travelling down a self-acting incline and got into a refuge hole to let the full set pass him, and then came out, when four full tubs came amain, owing to the chock in the landing at the top having been carelessly left open [More information ...]

     

Barlow, Charles, 02 Sep 1897, aged 19, Assistant Onsetter, He was descending the shaft to his work, and by some means just as the cage was leaving the heapstead it stopped and the cage chains lowered on to the top, he attempted to get out and while doing so the cage dropped away and he was crushed between the cage shoe and point "skeet" and killed instantly, Buried: St. Paul's Churchyard, Trimdon Station [More information ...]

      

Barnes, David, 16 May 1884, aged 38, Hewer, died while getting into a tub at pit bottom; intake air good; natural causes [fatality reported during the year but not classified as a colliery accident]

      

Barrett, Edward, 14 Apr 1859, aged 47, Shifter, crushed by tubs in self acting incline

      

Beattie, Robert, 27 May 1903, (accident: 25 May 1903), aged 18, Apparatus Small Runner, the apparatus chain by some means took him round the drum; he said he was going to take the chain off and was a striding across it when it caught him [More information ...]

      

Bentham, John, 17 Sep 1884, aged 19, Putter, blow on forehead from a crossing plate which caused concussion of the brain

   

Berryman, Jacob, 16 Feb 1882, 2:30 p.m., aged 33, Hewer, killed in the 1882 explosion (ignition probably caused by shot firing), left a wife and 3 children, Buried: St. Helen's Parish Church/Cemetery, Kelloe [More information ...]

      

Bewick, Abraham, 06 Oct 1876, aged 37, Deputy, fall of stone in a broken jud, supposed to have been renewing timber

   

Blenkinsop, Thomas, 16 Feb 1882, 2:30 p.m., aged 37, Master Shifter, killed in the 1882 explosion (ignition probably caused by shot firing), suffocated by after-damp coming from Trimdon Grange into East Hetton workings while endeavouring to rescue the workmen, left a wife and 4 children, Buried: Cassop cum Quarrington [More information ...]

   

Bowen, Frederick, 16 Feb 1882, 2:30 p.m., aged 23, killed in the 1882 explosion (ignition probably caused by shot firing), left a wife and 2 children, Buried: Trimdon Cemetery [More information ...]

      

Bowen, William, 14 Jul 1863, aged 24, Stoneman, killed by a fall of stone

      

Bowes, Thomas, 17 Aug 1896, aged 26, Hewer, While ascending the shaft with 14 other men at the end of his shift he dropped his lamp on to the cage bottom, and either took a fit or in attempting to pick his lamp up fell out and down the shaft, a distance of 180 yards [More information ...]

      

Briggs, Charles, 27 Jan 1879, aged 18, Collier, fall of roof in broken jud while filling a tub, it fell unexpectedly

      

Brown, James, 04 Feb 1883, aged 32, Shaftman, fell from main coal to low main, a distance of 44 yards [More information ...]

   

Brown, Peter, 16 Feb 1882, 2:30 p.m., aged 60, killed in the 1882 explosion (ignition probably caused by shot firing), Buried: St. Helen's Parish Church/Cemetery, Kelloe [More information ...]

      

Bruce, James, 25 Apr 1877, aged 30, Stoneman, explosion of powder while lighting a shot, it went off before he could get out of the way, being a rise hole in the powder ran down on to his candle

   

Burke, Henry, 16 Feb 1882, 2:30 p.m., aged 39, killed in the 1882 explosion (ignition probably caused by shot firing), left a wife and 4 children, Buried: Trimdon Cemetery [More information ...]

      

Burks, Matthew, 16 May 1899, aged 8, [Not Employed], He, along with some other boys, were riding on some empty waggons, and while doing so he got crushed between them and was killed.

   

Burnett, George Colling, 16 Feb 1882, 2:30 p.m., aged 19, Assistant Onsetter, killed in the 1882 explosion (ignition probably caused by shot firing), brother of Joseph and James, single man, Buried: Trimdon Cemetery [More information ...]

   

Burnett, James White, 16 Feb 1882, 2:30 p.m., aged 17, Landing lad, killed in the 1882 explosion (ignition probably caused by shot firing), brother of Joseph and George, single man, Buried: Trimdon Cemetery [More information ...]

   

Burnett, Joseph Whitfield, 16 Feb 1882, 2:30 p.m., aged 23, Putter, killed in the 1882 explosion (ignition probably caused by shot firing), brother of George and James, single man, Buried: Trimdon Cemetery [More information ...]

   

Burns, William, 16 Feb 1882, 2:30 p.m., aged 35, killed in the 1882 explosion (ignition probably caused by shot firing), Buried: Trimdon Cemetery [More information ...]

   

Clark, Thomas, 16 Feb 1882, 2:30 p.m., aged 24, killed in the 1882 explosion (ignition probably caused by shot firing), left a wife and 2 children, Buried: Trimdon Cemetery [More information ...]

     

Cole, John, 30 Apr 1859, aged 17, Pony Driver, crushed between a tub and the roof

      

Conlin, Martin, 06 Jun 1905, aged 56, Labourer, he was lowering down two trucks when he was caught and crushed between the side of the second truck and a cabin wall; the cabin has been there for 30 years, but will now be removed [More information ...]

     

Cook, Ernest, 08 Dec 1919, aged 26, Fitter, he was using a piece of timber to lift a conveyor into position when he came in contact with the live wire and was electrocuted

     

Cowen, Willis, 22 Apr 1909, aged 28, Stoneman, He was killed by a cauldron bottom 8 feet long, 7 feet wide, and 3 feet thick, falling upon him. All over the upper area of the stone there was a coal pipe about 4 inches thick, Buried: St. Helen's Parish Church/Cemetery, Kelloe

      

Coxford, Jacob, 22 Sep 1896, aged 30, Hewer, while hewing in a place with another man a stone fell from a slip in the roof and killed him

      

Cummings, George, 28 Apr 1900, aged 42, Shaftman, While engaged putting guides in a staple he slipped and fell off the cage top and fell on to the other cage top 22 yards below and was killed. [More information ...]

   

Dawe, Richard, 16 Feb 1882, 2:30 p.m., aged 20, killed in the 1882 explosion (ignition probably caused by shot firing), single man, Buried: Trimdon Cemetery [More information ...]

      

Dawson, Richard, 13 Jan 1874, aged 37, Stoneman, fall of stone and coal

      

Dennis, John, 08 Apr 1908, aged 15, Driver, This boy died from phthisis, but it was considered that an accident he had received six months previously, when at work in the mine, had accelerated his death. The first tub of his set had got off the way, and he was crushed between the end of the tub and the limbers

      

Dobbin, Nathaniel, 30 Jul 1898, (accident: 29 Jul 1898), aged 50, Wasteman, he was riding on a kibble or tram when his head came into contact with the roof, causing injuries to his neck and concussion to spinal cord; died the following day [More information ...]

   

Dobson, George, 16 Feb 1882, 2:30 p.m., aged 26, killed in the 1882 explosion (ignition probably caused by shot firing), single man, Buried: Trimdon Cemetery [More information ...]

   

Docherty, Michael, 16 Feb 1882, 2:30 p.m., aged 19, killed in the 1882 explosion (ignition probably caused by shot firing), single man, Buried: Trimdon Cemetery [More information ...]

   

Dormand, Joseph, 16 Feb 1882, 2:30 p.m., aged 14, killed in the 1882 explosion (ignition probably caused by shot firing), Buried: Trimdon Cemetery [More information ...]

   

Dormand, Thomas, 16 Feb 1882, 2:30 p.m., aged 13, killed in the 1882 explosion (ignition probably caused by shot firing), Buried: Trimdon Cemetery [More information ...]

   

Douglas, John, 16 Feb 1882, 2:30 p.m., aged 13, killed in the 1882 explosion (ignition probably caused by shot firing), Buried: St. Helen's Parish Church/Cemetery, Kelloe [More information ...]

     

Dunn, David, 02 May 1923, (accident: 30 Apr 1919), aged 23, Hewer, killed by a fall of stone, Buried: St. Paul's Churchyard, Trimdon Station

      

Dunn, James, 11 Feb 1903, (accident: 10 Feb 1903), aged 34, Hewer, A piece of coal which he was getting down, suddenly fell away, and inflicted such injuries that he died the following day.

   

Durkin, Patrick, 16 Feb 1882, 2:30 p.m., aged 12, killed in the 1882 explosion (ignition probably caused by shot firing), Buried: Trimdon Cemetery [More information ...]

   

Edmunds, John Samuel, 16 Feb 1882, 2:30 p.m., aged 16, killed in the 1882 explosion (ignition probably caused by shot firing), Buried: Trimdon Cemetery [More information ...]

      

Edmunds, Thomas, 03 Apr 1903, (accident: 18 Feb 1895), aged 27, Putter, died from injuries received by a fall of stone in the pit on February 18th, 1895

   

Edwards, David, 16 Feb 1882, 2:30 p.m., aged 16, killed in the 1882 explosion (ignition probably caused by shot firing), single man, Buried: St. Helen's Parish Church/Cemetery, Kelloe [More information ...]

   

Edwards, Robert, 16 Feb 1882, 2:30 p.m., aged 17, killed in the 1882 explosion (ignition probably caused by shot firing), single man, Buried: St. Helen's Parish Church/Cemetery, Kelloe [More information ...]

     

Emery, George, 29 Nov 1899, aged 58, Stoneman, He was in the act of drilling a hole into a stone to get it down, when it fell away and killed him. Killed in the Harvey Seam, his son (Thomas) was killed in the same seam 2 years earlier, Buried: Trimdon Cemetery [More information ...]

     

Emery, Thomas Emerson, 09 Nov 1897, aged 14, Driver, He was crushing past a tub and prop, when the pony moved, and his head was crushed, killed in the Harvey Seam, his father (George) was killed in the same seam 2 years later, Buried: Trimdon Cemetery

   

Errington, John, 16 Feb 1882, 2:30 p.m., aged 33, killed in the 1882 explosion (ignition probably caused by shot firing), left a wife and three children, Buried: St. Helen's Parish Church/Cemetery, Kelloe [More information ...]

      

Fidam, Daniel, 23 Mar 1951, aged 33, killed by a fall of stone

      

Fishburn, Robert, 17 Sep 1890, (accident: 01 Sep 1890), aged 17, Putter, severe injury to spine by a tub which got off the way and crushed him

      

Fisher, John, 23 Dec 1903, aged 19, Hewing Putter, fall of ramble, top coal and band, at a slip, which could not be seen before the fall occurred, killed him

   

French, Matthew, 16 Feb 1882, 2:30 p.m., aged 13, killed in the 1882 explosion (ignition probably caused by shot firing), Buried: St. Cuthbert's Churchyard, Shadforth [More information ...]

      

Gallaghan, John, 05 Jul 1865, aged 13, Driver, killed by a fall of stone

      

Gill, Frederick, 04 Feb 1897, (accident: 29 Dec 1896), aged 16, Putter, In coming out-bye he fell and injured his right knee, and died from tetanus, the result of the injury, at Hartlepool Hospital on February 4th, 1897

    

Golesly, Jacob, 16 Feb 1882, 2:30 p.m., aged 47, killed in the 1882 explosion (ignition probably caused by shot firing) [More information ...]

    

Golesly, Robert, 16 Feb 1882, 2:30 p.m., aged 60, killed in the 1882 explosion (ignition probably caused by shot firing) [More information ...]

      

Green, Charles, 09 Mar 1892, 1:20 a.m., 9th hour of shift, aged 47, Deputy, while engaged with another man drawing chocks out of a jud, a large stone fell from a slip in the roof

      

Green, Frederick, 24 Oct 1906, (accident: 15 Oct 1906), aged 20, Shifter, He hurt his neck when pushing a tub up an inclined road. He died on October 24th from haemorrhage of the brain which was due to the strain to his neck.

   

Griffiths, David, 16 Feb 1882, 2:30 p.m., aged 19, killed in the 1882 explosion (ignition probably caused by shot firing), single man, Buried: Trimdon Cemetery [More information ...]

      

Hall, John, 23 Aug 1858, aged 11, Trapper, crushed by tub ; a hewer putting his own last tub

      

Hamilton, Robert, 15 Oct 1903, aged 59, Labourer, he and another man were taking a bogie down to the pit from the workshops, when an empty truck, which was supposed to be coupled to some other trucks in the coke yard, came away and ran into them; he was killed and the other man injured [More information ...]

      

Harney, James, 23 Sep 1881, aged 49, Screenman, crushed between truck and screen pillar while changing waggons

      

Harper, Hugh, 25 Sep 1911, aged 57, Joiner, he was engaged in erecting some stocks in a loose box in order that a horse, suffering from tetanus, might be slung; he had got inside the stocks to complete the manger when the horse gave a plunge forward and crushed Harper's head against the manger; up to that moment the horse had made no movement and the sudden plunge was probably due to his ailment; the conditions were such that the horse had to be put into the stocks before they could be completed

    

Hart, John, 16 Feb 1882, 2:30 p.m., aged 23, killed in the 1882 explosion (ignition probably caused by shot firing) [More information ...]

   

Hart, Michael, 16 Feb 1882, 2:30 p.m., aged 45, killed in the 1882 explosion (ignition probably caused by shot firing), left a wife and 7 children, Buried: Trimdon Cemetery [More information ...]

      

Hartt, George, 24 Jul 1895, 1:00 p.m., 7th hour of shift, aged 64, Screenman, died on the screens, while at work, from heart disease [fatality reported during the year but not classified as a colliery accident]

    

Herrington, John, 16 Feb 1882, 2:30 p.m., aged 36, killed in the 1882 explosion (ignition probably caused by shot firing) [More information ...]

      

Hewitson, Robert, 29 Nov 1905, aged 20, climbed over safety gates and threw himself down the shaft, falling 144 fathoms

   

Horden, Thomas, 16 Feb 1882, 2:30 p.m., aged 56, Back Overman, killed in the 1882 explosion (ignition probably caused by shot firing), left a wife and grown up family, Buried: St. Helen's Parish Church/Cemetery, Kelloe [More information ...]

    

Howell, Richard, 22 Jun 1915, aged 62, Shifter, killed by a fall of stone in the Low Main Seam, Buried: St. Paul's Churchyard, Trimdon Station

      

Howie, Ernest, 07 Jul 1905, aged 17, Pony Putter, fall of stone probably caused by deceased hewing coal off the side, and disclosing a slip in the roof which let the stone down

   

Hughes, John, 16 Feb 1882, 2:30 p.m., aged 29, killed in the 1882 explosion (ignition probably caused by shot firing), single man, Buried: St. Helen's Parish Church/Cemetery, Kelloe [More information ...]

     

Hughes, Samuel, 18 Nov 1849, (accident: 17 Nov 1849), aged 4, [Not employed], Samuel Hughes, who was about 4 years old and son of pitman Samuel Hughes, had been near Trimdon Grange Colliery pit heap on Saturday, 17 November, when his clothes caught fire. He was dreadfully burnt about his face, neck and shoulders, and died the following evening.

      

Hunter, Joseph, 11 Sep 1902, aged 59, Hewer, when kirving in the middle band of the Main coal seam he cut into a slip and a large stone fell from the roof and so severely injured him that he died within two hours [More information ...]

   

Hunter, Thomas, 16 Feb 1882, 2:30 p.m., aged 37, killed in the 1882 explosion (ignition probably caused by shot firing), left a wife and 6 children, Buried: St. Helen's Parish Church/Cemetery, Kelloe [More information ...]

     

Hutchinson, Roland, 04 Mar 1967, aged 26, Buried: Deaf Hill Cemetery

      

Hutchinson, William, 25 Jan 1928, aged 51, Hewer, crushed, Buried: Trimdon Cemetery

      

Hutton, R., 22 Mar 1883, aged 62, Hewer, died from natural causes while following his employment in Trimdon Grange Colliery [fatality reported during the year but not classified as a colliery accident]

   

Hyde, Joseph, 16 Feb 1882, 2:30 p.m., aged 23, killed in the 1882 explosion (ignition probably caused by shot firing), single man, Buried: Trimdon Cemetery [More information ...]

   

Hyde, William J., 16 Feb 1882, 2:30 p.m., aged 26, killed in the 1882 explosion (ignition probably caused by shot firing), left a wife and 1 child, Buried: St. Helen's Parish Church/Cemetery, Kelloe [More information ...]

   

Jefferson, George, 16 Feb 1882, 2:30 p.m., aged 14, killed in the 1882 explosion (ignition probably caused by shot firing), brother of William, Buried: Trimdon Cemetery [More information ...]

   

Jefferson, William, 16 Feb 1882, 2:30 p.m., aged 18, killed in the 1882 explosion (ignition probably caused by shot firing), brother of George, Buried: Trimdon Cemetery [More information ...]

      

Jefferson, William, 25 Dec 1891, 11:30 p.m., 1st hour of shift, aged 52, Rapperman, descending from one seam to another he seems to have gone into the wrong deck of the cage, and was either drowned in such or crushed between the flat sheets and a bunton

   

Jennings, William, 16 Feb 1882, 2:30 p.m., aged 16, Putter, killed in the 1882 explosion (ignition probably caused by shot firing), a widow's son - her only support, Buried: Trimdon Cemetery [More information ...]

      

Johnson, John Zebulon, 09 Dec 1898, aged 36, Shifter, he and another man were lowering away and undermined some props, which caused a fall of stone from the roof which caught and killed him

   

Jones, Cornelius, 16 Feb 1882, 2:30 p.m., aged 18, killed in the 1882 explosion (ignition probably caused by shot firing), Buried: Trimdon Cemetery [More information ...]

      

Jones, David T., 11 Sep 1889, aged 8, [Not Employed], fell into some hot water near workshops and was scalded to death

     

Jones, James, 07 Dec 1897, aged 28, Hewer, While hewing in the main coal seam a piece of the top coal fell away at a breaker and killed him, Buried: St. Bartholomew's Churchyard, Thornley

   

Jones, John Francis, 16 Feb 1882, 2:30 p.m., aged 38, killed in the 1882 explosion (ignition probably caused by shot firing), unmarried, Buried: Trimdon Cemetery [More information ...]

   

Joyce, Henry, 16 Feb 1882, 2:30 p.m., aged 16, killed in the 1882 explosion (ignition probably caused by shot firing), Buried: St. Helen's Parish Church/Cemetery, Kelloe [More information ...]

     

Kirkbride, George Edward, 17 Mar 1917

      

Laws, James A., 04 Oct 1906, aged 23, Hewer, He was killed by a fall of stone which came away from a slip between the running planks.

      

Laws, William, 07 Oct 1862, aged 12, Horse Driver, crushed by his set of full tubs

      

Lazenby, William, 16 Aug 1883, aged 6, Buried: Trimdon Cemetery

      

Leng, Mark Spence, 14 Feb 1899, aged 35, Hewer, He was hewing in his place and exposed a slip, at which a large stone fell from the roof on to him and killed him instantly.

      

Lennox, James, 08 Sep 1859, (accident: 30 Aug 1859), Hewer, killed by a fall of coal ; kirving after blasting

      

Lerrington, S., 14 Apr 1948, aged 42, Stoneman, killed by a fall of stone

      

Lippett, James Nicol, 05 Jun 1903, aged 29, Hewer, killed by a fall of stone from roof, which he had previously unsuccessfully attempted to get down

      

Lowther, Thomas, 11 Feb 1906, (accident: 07 May 1903), Hewer, Injured by a fall of stone, 7th May, 1903. Died 11th February, 1906.

   

Madrell, William, 16 Feb 1882, 2:30 p.m., aged 40, killed in the 1882 explosion (ignition probably caused by shot firing), left a wife, Buried: St. Helen's Parish Church/Cemetery, Kelloe [More information ...]

   

Maitland, Robert, 16 Feb 1882, 2:30 p.m., aged 40, killed in the 1882 explosion (ignition probably caused by shot firing), left a wife and 3 children, Buried: St. Cuthbert's Churchyard, Shadforth [More information ...]

      

Martin, John, 08 Jun 1875, aged 23, Hewer, killed by a fall of coal

      

Mather, John Robert, 16 Nov 1899, aged 17, Assistant Banksman, He was going to a cabin to get a meal, and got on to a truck under the screens which was being pulled out by a horse, and was so severely crushed between the truck and a wall that he died shortly afterwards. He had no business to get on to or ride on the truck.

      

Maughan, Robert, 07 Oct 1896, aged 43, Stoneman, He had got to the meeting station in-bye and was taking off his clothes when he fell down dead. A post-mortem examination showed he died from natural causes

   

McDonald, James Boyd, 16 Feb 1882, 2:30 p.m., aged 13, killed in the 1882 explosion (ignition probably caused by shot firing), Buried: Trimdon Cemetery [More information ...]

   

McHale, John, 16 Feb 1882, 2:30 p.m., aged 16, killed in the 1882 explosion (ignition probably caused by shot firing), brother of Michael and Thomas, single man, Buried: Trimdon Cemetery [More information ...]

      

McHale, L., 20 Aug 1923, aged 41, Filler, killed by a fall of stone

   

McHale, Michael, 16 Feb 1882, 2:30 p.m., aged 21, killed in the 1882 explosion (ignition probably caused by shot firing), brother of John and Thomas, single man, Buried: Trimdon Cemetery [More information ...]

   

McHale, Thomas, 16 Feb 1882, 2:30 p.m., aged 13, killed in the 1882 explosion (ignition probably caused by shot firing), brother of Michael and John, single man, Buried: Trimdon Cemetery [More information ...]

      

McIntyre, Peter, 13 May 1903, aged 36, Hewer, On coming out-bye he took ill and afterwards died in the engine house on the surface. At the inquest the jury returned a verdict of "death due to syncope caused by powder 'reeks' from shots owing to a temporarily defective brattice." [More information ...]

   

Mercer, Ralph, 16 Feb 1882, 2:30 p.m., aged 18, killed in the 1882 explosion (ignition probably caused by shot firing), Buried: Trimdon Cemetery [More information ...]

      

Middleton, J., 27 May 1930, (accident: 31 Oct 1929), aged 39, Hewer, killed by a fall of stone

      

Miller, R., 06 Mar 1932, (accident: 21 May 1930), aged 30, Hewer, fall of stone, died from injuries received

     

Mountain, Joseph, 19 Jul 1884, aged 32, Deputy, fall of a large stone while engaged drawing timber, Buried: Trimdon Cemetery

     

Myers, Matthew Oloman, 08 Jan 1940, aged 18, Buried: Trimdon Grange Cemetery

     

Neasham, Robert, 23 Nov 1939, (accident: 06 Nov 1939), aged 19, Surface Hand, struck by cage, died from injuries received, Buried: Trimdon Grange Cemetery

      

Nicholson, James M., 18 Dec 1889, aged 22, Truckman, while lowering some empty trucks towards the screens he fell off the brake and was run over

      

Orton, John, 20 Sep 1857, aged 17, boiler exploded [More information ...]

     

Owen, Henry, 27 Dec 1916, (accident: 1906), aged 49, He died at Hartlepool Hospital on 27 December. At the inquest his widow said that he had had good health until an accident at Trimdon Grange Colliery about ten years ago. He was off work nearly twelve months, then returned on light work. He had recently complained of pains in his back and bladder, and went to hospital on 7 December. A post mortem showed that death was due to 'a fractured dislocation of the spine, and kidney and bladder trouble'. The jury retruned a verdict that 'death was due to accidental injury and kidney trouble'

      

Owens, Herbert, 1926, (accident: 26 Nov 1926), was digging for coal in the pit heap when the tunnel collapsed, was badly burned and eventually died from his injuries

    

Owens, Simon, 16 Feb 1882, 2:30 p.m., aged 16, killed in the 1882 explosion (ignition probably caused by shot firing) [More information ...]

     

Owens, Thomas G., 05 Nov 1922, (accident: 17 Mar 1920), aged 21, Pony Putter, sprain from lifiting a tub on to the way

   

Parker, William, 16 Feb 1882, 2:30 p.m., aged 16, killed in the 1882 explosion (ignition probably caused by shot firing), Buried: St. Helen's Parish Church/Cemetery, Kelloe [More information ...]

   

Peat, Thomas, 16 Feb 1882, 2:30 p.m., aged 21, killed in the 1882 explosion (ignition probably caused by shot firing), single man, Buried: Trimdon Cemetery [More information ...]

      

Pembleton, George, 12 Sep 1866, aged 26, Hewer, killed by a fall of stone

      

Percy, Thomas, 28 Nov 1922, (accident: 08 Nov 1922), aged 52, Hewer, killed by a fall of stone

      

Plant, William, 10 Jan 1892, (accident: 09 Jan 1892, 11:45 a.m., 9th hour of shift), aged 22, Waggonman, crushed between a truck and screen leg; there was not sufficient room to pass [More information ...]

   

Prest, Christopher, 16 Feb 1882, 2:30 p.m., aged 35, Deputy, killed in the 1882 explosion (ignition probably caused by shot firing), left a wife and 3 children, Buried: St. Helen's Parish Church/Cemetery, Kelloe [More information ...]

   

Priestley, Thomas, 16 Feb 1882, 2:30 p.m., aged 29, killed in the 1882 explosion (ignition probably caused by shot firing), left a wife and one child, Buried: Trimdon Cemetery [More information ...]

      

Proudfoot, George, 28 Sep 1918, died from head injuries following a fall of stone

   

Pryor, Thomas, 16 Feb 1882, 2:30 p.m., aged 26, killed in the 1882 explosion (ignition probably caused by shot firing), Buried: Trimdon Cemetery [More information ...]

     

Quinn, Patrick, 09 Nov 1852, aged 25, he stepped out of the way of a set and was hit by another which was coming the other way. He died on 9 November

   

Ramsay, John, 16 Feb 1882, 2:30 p.m., aged 26, Onsetter, killed in the 1882 explosion (ignition probably caused by shot firing), single man, Buried: St. Helen's Parish Church/Cemetery, Kelloe [More information ...]

   

Ramshaw, Frank, 16 Feb 1882, 2:30 p.m., aged 17, Putter, killed in the 1882 explosion (ignition probably caused by shot firing), single man, Buried: St. Helen's Parish Church/Cemetery, Kelloe [More information ...]

      

Ramshaw, Henry, 17 Jul 1883, aged 55, Engineman, died from natural causes while following his employment in Trimdon Grange Colliery [fatality reported during the year but not classified as a colliery accident]

     

Redden, Thomas, 05 Nov 1922, (accident: 26 Oct 1922), aged 25, Hewer, killed by a fall of stone, Buried: St. Paul's Churchyard, Trimdon Station

      

Reding, Thomas, 03 May 1865, aged 12, Tub Coupler, crushed by tubs

   

Richardson, George, 16 Feb 1882, 2:30 p.m., aged 29, killed in the 1882 explosion (ignition probably caused by shot firing), left a wife and 2 children, Buried: St. Helen's Parish Church/Cemetery, Kelloe [More information ...]

     

Richardson, John, 28 Jun 1878, aged 48, Collier, heavy fall of stone which cam suddenly while working in a jud, Buried: St. Lawrence Churchyard, Pittington

      

Richardson, Robert, 01 Mar 1914, (accident: 26 Feb 1914), aged 64, Screenman, whilst lowering trucks down a siding (inclination 1 in 124), deceased crossed the metals in front to put down the brake on the other side, and, on returning, he was knocked down by some part of the moving truck, and fell against a truck standing on an adjacent line; his ribs were fractured and a lung penetrated; he died from the injuries on 1st March

      

Richardson, Rowland, 02 Jan 1895, 1:30 p.m., 4th hour of shift, aged 55, Shifter, died from heart disease while following his work in the pit, ventilation all right [fatality reported during the year but not classified as a colliery accident]

   

Richardson, Samuel, 16 Feb 1882, 2:30 p.m., aged 17, killed in the 1882 explosion (ignition probably caused by shot firing), single man, Buried: Trimdon Cemetery [More information ...]

      

Richardson, Samuel, 13 Jan 1909, aged 14, Helper up, killed by tubs [More information ...]

      

Robertson, Thomas, 29 Dec 1859, aged 22, Hewer, fall of coal and stone, taking off side coal

   

Robinson, Ralph H., 16 Feb 1882, 2:30 p.m., aged 17, killed in the 1882 explosion (ignition probably caused by shot firing), single man, Buried: St. Helen's Parish Church/Cemetery, Kelloe [More information ...]

   

Robinson, William, 16 Feb 1882, 2:30 p.m., aged 34, Deputy, killed in the 1882 explosion (ignition probably caused by shot firing), left a wife a one child, Buried: St. Helen's Parish Church/Cemetery, Kelloe [More information ...]