Tanfield Moor Colliery

1762 - Boring operations from the surface were in progress in the vicinity of Tanfield Moor.

1764 - Mention is made of a pit, known as Fortune Pit, Tanfield Moor, and also of the Cap Pit.

1843 - The Hobson Pit, Tanfield Moor Colliery, was sunk from the surface to the Brockwell Seam.

1947, 04 Dec - Brass Thill, Hutton, Hutton Bottom Section, Main, Shield Row seams abandoned

Atkinson, Robert, 21 Feb 1905, aged 28, Hewer [More information ...]

Blakey, J. M., 22 Oct 1937, aged 43, Hewer, killed by a fall of stone

Brown, George, 19 Aug 1878, aged 25, Chock Drawer, killed by a fall of stone

Brown, Robert, 17 Jul 1908, aged 20, Hewer, fall of roof stone at working face

Cauley, Patrick, 08 May 1876, aged 37, Hewer, killed by a fall of stone

Ferguson, Alexander, 23 Oct 1923, aged 23, Assistant Onsetter, fell down the shaft from the Five Quarter Seam

Gedling, Jane, 23 Mar 1888, aged 35, [Not Employed], accidentally run over by coal trucks whilst trespassing on Tanfield Moor Colliery branch railway

Gibson, Henry, 09 Jan 1891, 1:30 p.m., 4th hour of shift, aged 22, Pony Putter, deceased caught his head against a projecting stone as he was jumping on the tub [Inquest attended]

Greener, John, 12 Jan 1887, aged 53, Horse Keeper, crushed by cage in shaft, Buried: All Saints, Lanchester

Harrison, John E., 01 Mar 1895, 1:00 p.m., 7th hour of shift, aged 22, Putter, crushed between two tubs and cage at a staple; to get empty tubs from one side of the staple to the other it was necessary to pass them through the cage, eight at a time; seven were standing ready when the eighth came up in the cage; the staple boy shouted to a driver to draw his full set against the empties in order to start them, when the deceased jumped out of the manhole and got hold of the tub in the cage to push it through, when the others followed and caught him, crushing him between the first and second tubs; deceased had no business to touch the tubs until they were through the cage

Howe, Richard, 1917, [approximate date]

Huggup, John, 24 May 1877, aged 25, Chock Drawer, fall of stone while taking out chocks

Keelor, William, 26 Jun 1925, aged 42, Hewer, he was decapitated when he was run over by a set of trucks on the mineral line of the LNER near Tantobie

Kelly, Patrick, 02 Apr 1890, (accident: 27 Mar 1890), aged 19, Putter, strained while at work, and died 2 April

McCabe, Francis, 18 Dec 1875, aged 14, Driver, Chester Ward Coroner's Inquest, place: Tanfield Moor Coll., cause: crushed by coal tub (DRO Ref: COR/C/2/476)

McClain, David, 28 Jun 1911, aged 23, Hewer, killed by a fall of stone

McMahon, George, 17 Jan 1917, aged 59, Buried: Tanfield Cemetery

Miller, Charles, 01 Sep 1917, aged 66, large fall of stone, inquest held 04 Sep 1917 at the Co-operative Hall Tantobie, Buried: Tanfield Cemetery

Newton, W. E., 14 Jan 1932, aged 42, Stoneman, killed by a fall of stone

Nixon, William, 13 Dec 1875, aged 54, Hewer, Chester Ward Coroner's Inquest, place: White le Head, cause: fall of stone, Shield Row seam, Tanfield Moor pit (DRO Ref: COR/C/2/475)

Noble, Benjamin John, 01 May 1869, aged 19, Water Leader, fell down shaft, Buried: St. Margaret of Antioch Churchyard, Tanfield

O'Connor, James, 07 Jul 1900, aged 40, Hewer, He was hewing in a narrow working when a stone fell close to the face, canting out some timber. The deputy was in the place shortly before the accident and timbered it well up. Plenty of spare timber was close at hand. [Inquest attended]

Pace, Cuthbert Henry, 01 Sep 1900, aged 23, Waggonman, The deceased was crushed between the wall and a waggon as he was running the latter out from the screens. [Inquest attended]

Pringle, M., 14 Dec 1866, aged 29

Reay, Matthew, 13 Sep 1875, aged 20, Hewer, Chester Ward Coroner's Inquest, place: White le Head, cause: fall of stone, shield row seam, Tanfield Moor Coll (DRO Ref: COR/C/2/393)

Reay, Matthew, 06 Oct 1890, (accident: 24 Sep 1890), aged 13, Driver, when leading a pony it turned round and hit him on the side of the head; died October 6th

Simpson, William, 07 Nov 1931, aged 61, died from injuries received, Buried: Tanfield Cemetery