West Wylam Colliery

1936, 25 Jan - Victoria seam abandoned

Allenby, William, 22 Aug 1895, 1:00 p.m., 6th hour of shift, aged 46, Stoneman, explosion of gunpowder shot when charging a hole in a stone drift; a third man was injured [More information ...]

Bon, P., 02 Feb 1872, aged 39, Hewer, killed by a fall of stone

Burlinson, Robert W., 1913, [approximate date]

Carrick, William, 21 Oct 1903, aged 26, Hewer, Deceased sometimes worked as a putter, and sometimes as a hewer. On the day of the accident he acted in both capacities. Not having sufficient work as a putter the deputy allowed him to hew part of his shift, and directed him to work at the side of a pillar in the Yard seam. Deceased worked at the point for some time, and then went to the other side of road, and while hewing there a stone fell from the side upon him. The fore shift deputy had not visited deceased after he started to hew. The Local Inspectors reported "that it was a pure accident, and seemed to our judgment quite unforeseen."

Collins, Joseph Thompson, 1938, [approximate date]

Currey, Ernest Learmouth, 1930, [approximate date]

Dinning, Joseph, 19 Jun 1907, aged 52, Stoneman [More information ...]

Dixon, Fred, 1916, [approximate date]

Dixon, Thomas, 18 Jun 1907, aged 16, Landing Lad [More information ...]

Dobson, John, 25 Nov 1890, 3:00 p.m., 6th hour of shift, aged 56, Rolleywayman, found dead on an incline

Dodd, John, 1944, [approximate date]

Douglas, James, 31 Mar 1909, aged 25, Hand Putter, crushed while lifting tub on to rails

Elliott, William, 1916, [approximate date]

Ellison, Matthew, 15 Nov 1886, aged 13, Driver, full tub passed partly over him

Errington, James, 1922, [approximate date]

Fawcett, James, 1936, [approximate date]

Featherstone, Joseph Harrison, 1928, [approximate date]

Forster, Thomas, 1915, [approximate date]

Gibson, John, 17 Aug 1901, aged 14, Driver, While deceased was driving a pony and set of tubs one of the latter became derailed and knocked out a prop, causing a fall of roof [Inspection made & inquest attended]

Grigg, John, 1937, [approximate date]

Herdman, William, 1936, [approximate date]

Herron, Henry, 24 Jan 1878, aged 12, Trapper, crushed by stone and coal

Hind, Matthew, 1918, [approximate date]

Jackson, William, 22 Aug 1895, 1:00 p.m., 6th hour of shift, aged 16, Stoneman, explosion of gunpowder shot when charging a hole in a stone drift; a third man was injured [More information ...]

Kennedy, David, 1926, [approximate date]

Kennedy, John, 1926, [approximate date]

Laidlaw, William, 1920, [approximate date]

Latham, Stephen, 1927, [approximate date]

Layton, William, 07 May 1895, 6:30 a.m., 1st hour of shift, aged 41, Locomotive Driver, he was leaning over from his engine looking to the back of the train, when his head came in contact with a lamp post, which stood 2 feet 6 inches from the engine

Leithrow, William, 1932, [approximate date]

Little, Adam, 14 Feb 1895, 12:00 a.m., 6th hour of shift, aged 17, Putter, Little, with two other lads, went in to hew some coals near a "hitch" on the 13th, where they should not have gone; it seems though that the deputy must have known, as he had set some timber, which, however, was not sufficient, and on going to the place the following day the stone fell on to Little

Marley, William, 23 Aug 1898, aged 56, Screener, The deceased was crossing the railway when he was run over by a locomotive. He had just come out of a cabin, and had evidently not taken the precaution to see whether anything was approaching [Inspection made]

Noble, Thomas, 1917, [approximate date]

Outterside, James W., 1920, [approximate date]

Porter, George, 1929, [approximate date]

Rowell, John Thomas, 11 Oct 1907, aged 23, Hewer, killed by a fall of roof [More information ...]

Rowell, Joseph, 1921, [approximate date]

Shotton, Robert, 08 Sep 1875, aged 25, Hewer, suffocated by stythe

Slack, Thomas, 01 May 1890, 6:30 a.m., 2nd hour of shift, aged 20, Landing Man, deceased slipped while a tempting to take the chain off a set of full tubs and was killed

Spence, Charles, 05 Jul 1907, aged 30, Stoneman [More information ...]

Spirit, John Thomas, 1919, [approximate date]

Stewart, William Laidlaw, 1920, [approximate date]

Tyson, W., 14 May 1879, aged 33, Hewer, crushed by tubs on inclined plane

White, Henry Wilkinson, 1923, [approximate date]

Whitfield, David, 03 Nov 1909, aged 22, Hewer, fall of roof stone at working face

Whitfield, Joseph, 1918, [approximate date]