Wallsend Colliery

also known as Russell's Wallsend

Location:

Wallsend
4 miles [6 km] ENE of Newcastle

Map Ref:

(Sheet 88) NZ310664, 54° 59' 28" N, 1° 30' 56" W

Maps:

1807 map from "The Picture of Newcastle Upon Tyne…", published in 1807 by D. Akenhead

1860s map detailed map from the Ordnance Survey

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:

bef. 1782

Closed:

Pits:

A Pit, locn: (Sheet 88) NZ299659

Shaft details for A Pit

C/Gas Pit, locn: (Sheet 88) NZ298668, sinking: 18 Oct 1784

Shaft details for C/Gas Pit

Church Pit

Edward Pit

F Pit, locn: (Sheet 88) NZ301676

Shaft details for F Pit

G/George/Church Pit, locn: (Sheet 88) NZ309664

Shaft details for G/George/Church Pit

Rising Sun Pit, locn: (Sheet 88) NZ298683, sinking: 09 Jul 1906 (See also Rising Sun Colliery)

Shaft details for Rising Sun Pit

Owners:

1820's - William Russell

1850's - Losh, Wilson, Bell & Co.

1890's - Wallsend & Hebburn Coal Co. Ltd.

Output:

1902 - Coal: Household, Steam.

1914 - Coal: Household, Steam.

1921 - G - Coal: Household, Steam.

1921 - Edward - Coal: Gas, Manufacturing, Steam.

1923 - Edward - Coal: Gas, Household.

1923 - G - Coal: Gas, Household.

1924 - G - Coal: Gas, Household.

1924 - Edward - Coal: Gas, Household.

1925 - G - Coal: Gas, Household.

1925 - Edward - Coal: Gas, Household. Clay.

1927 - Edward - Coal: Gas, Household, Steam.

1927 - G - Coal: Gas, Household. Clay.

1929 - Edward - Coal: Gas, Household, Steam.

1929 - G - Coal: Gas, Household, Manufacturing, Steam. Clay.

1930 - Edward - Coal: Gas, Household, Steam.

1930 - G - Coal: Gas, Household, Manufacturing, Steam. Clay.

1934 - G - Coal: Gas, Household, Manufacturing, Steam.

Employment:

Year	Pit	Total	Below	Above
1854		Resumed Nov. 1854
1896		140	42	98
1896		Sinking
1902		793	609	184
1914		877	737	140
1914	Edward	246	201	45
1914	Yard	506	427	79
	Total	1,629	1,365	264
1921	G	1,360	1,108	252
1921	Edward	462	373	89
	Total	1,822	1,481	341
1923	Edward	786	658	128
1923	G	1,397	1,310	87
	Total	2,183	1,968	215
1924	G	1,386	1,117	269
1924	Edward	682	549	133
	Total	2,068	1,666	402
1925	G	581	482	99
1925	Edward	1,092	854	238
	Total	1,673	1,336	337
1927	Edward	535	446	89
1927	G	841	656	185
	Total	1,376	1,102	274
1929	Edward	556	452	104
1929	G	637	505	132
	Total	1,193	957	236
1930	Edward	437	340	97
1930	G	622	479	143
	Total	1,059	819	240
1934	G	21	7	14

Colliery Management (prior to 1955)

Seams Worked:

1914 - Bensham, Low Main, Yard

1921 - G - Bensham, Five Quarter, Low Main, Yard

1921 - Edward - Bensham, Yard

1923 - Edward - Bensham, Yard

1923 - G - Bensham, Five Quarter, Low Main, Yard

1924 - G - Bensham, Five Quarter, Low Main, Yard

1924 - Edward - Bensham, Yard

1925 - G - Bensham, Metal, Yard

1925 - Edward - Bensham, Low Main, Yard

1927 - Edward - Bensham, High Main, Metal, Yard

1927 - G - Bensham, Low Main, Yard

1929 - Edward - Bensham, High Main, Metal, Yard

1929 - G - Low Main, Yard

1930 - Edward - Bensham, High Main, Metal, Yard

1930 - G - Low Main, Metal, Yard

1934 - G - Five Quarter, Low Main

Catalogue of plans of abandoned mines for Wallsend Colliery

Notes:

1842 - The High Main Seam being abandoned and tubbed off at Tyne Main Colliery in this year, an arrangement was entered into with the owners of Felling, Walker, Wallsend, Willington and Heaton Collieries, under which they contributed to the cost of keeping the large pumping engine at Friar's Goose at work to prevent the water from passing to the dip. The quantity of water raised by the engine at Friar's Goose Pit in 1849 amounted to 1,170 gallons per minute.

1930, 10 Sep - Bensham seam abandoned

1931, 11 Jun - Five Quarter seam abandoned

1931, 22 Jun - Yard seam abandoned

1931, 31 Dec - Metal seam abandoned

1933, 30 Sep - Yard seam abandoned

1935 - Five Quarter, Six Quarter seams abandoned

1935, 14 Oct - Low Main or Hutton seam abandoned

Miscellaneous Notes and Incidents for Wallsend Colliery

Description

The winning of the colliery at Wallsend, about 60 years ago, was attended with great expense and difficulty, owing to the then imperfect state of machinery as applied to such purposes. So discouraging, indeed, did the prospect appear, that the ancestor of the present proprietor, William Russell, Esq., after embarking in it, took measures for abandoning an enterprize which was destined afterwards to constitute one of the chief sources of his princely fortunes. The high main seam, however, was found throughout the property nearly six feet thick, of the most unexceptionable quality, and under the most favourable circumstances as to mining. Owing to the far-famed prosperity of the colliery, the designation of "Wallsend coal" has continued for many years a passport to the quickest sale and the highest prices; and though the above-mentioned high main seam, which originally obtained this celebrity, has long been worked out, the appellation is still considered advantageous in the recommendation of coal. Indeed, this favourite and important cognomen has been assumed with respect to the coals shipped from the Wear, the Tees, and other districts both in England and Scotland. To distinguish the coal sent from the colliery now under consideration, it was for some time called "Russell's Wallsend"" It is now, however, termed in the coal certificates, "Bensham Wallsend," and "Bensham Main."

Views of the Collieries (1844)

Disasters (5 or more killed)

1767 ? lives lost

9th Jun 1785 Explosion, 1 lives lost (Show Names)

4th Dec 1785 Explosion, 2 lives lost

9th Apr 1786 Explosion, 6 lives lost (Show Names)

4th Oct 1790 7 lives lost (Show Names)

25th Sep 1799 Explosion, 13 lives lost (Show Names)

20th Sep 1803 Explosion, 13 lives lost (Show Names)

23rd Oct 1821 Explosion, 52 lives lost (Show Names)

18th Jun 1835 Explosion, 102 lives lost (Show Names)

19th Dec 1838 Explosion, 11 lives lost (Show Names)

9th Aug 1925 Explosion, 5 lives lost (Show Names)

Those entries marked with , signify a disaster for which a memorial has been erected or for which we have images concerning the disaster, alternately their name may be mentioned on a memorial plaque. Click on the symbol next to the name to see the appropriate web page for the memorial.

Names of those killed at this colliery

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

						Adams, Robert, 1920, [approximate date]
						Adams, William, 1898, Shaftman, he was employed in cutting a bunton hole in the shaft side, when he suddenly fell dead on the cradle
						Allerton, William, 19 Dec 1838, 9:00 p.m., killed in the 1838 explosion, left a wife and 2 children [More information ...]
						Appleby, Henry, 18 Jun 1835, 2:00 p.m., aged 17, Putter, killed in the 1835 explosion [More information ...]
						Appleby, James, 18 Jun 1835, 2:00 p.m., aged 11, Trapper, killed in the 1835 explosion [More information ...]
						Armstrong, Thomas Henry, 1930, [approximate date]
						Bambridge, Robert, 23 Oct 1821, 8:00 a.m., aged 7, killed in the 1821 explosion [More information ...]
						Banks, Peter, 09 Aug 1925, 6:50 a.m., at 6.50a.m.on Sunday 9th August 1925 an explosion occurred in the 9th West District of the Yard Seam of the Edward Colliery owned by Wallsend & Hebburn Coal Co. near to where an electrically driven coal-cutting machine was at work, the four miners attending the machine [J. Coxon, R. Hogg, F. Matthews, P. Banks] were killed by shock and burns and J. T. Young died from carbon monoxide poisoning in the outbye [More information ...]
						Barras, Christopher, 25 Sep 1799, aged 20, killed in the 1799 explosion [More information ...]
						Bell, Douglas Alfred, 1922, [approximate date]
						Bell, Edward, 18 Jun 1835, 2:00 p.m., aged 19, Helper Up, killed in the 1835 explosion [More information ...]
						Bell, Francis, 18 Jun 1835, 2:00 p.m., aged 22, Crane-man, killed in the 1835 explosion [More information ...]
						Bell, Richard, 18 Jun 1835, 2:00 p.m., aged 19, Putter, killed in the 1835 explosion [More information ...]
						Bell, Robert, 18 Jun 1835, 2:00 p.m., aged 13, Rolley-driver, killed in the 1835 explosion [More information ...]
						Bell, William, 23 Oct 1821, 8:00 a.m., aged 16, killed in the 1821 explosion [More information ...]
						Bell, William, 23 Oct 1821, 8:00 a.m., aged 45, killed in the 1821 explosion [More information ...]
						Bell, William, 18 Jun 1835, 2:00 p.m., aged 16, Rolley-driver, killed in the 1835 explosion [More information ...]
						Bell, William, 1915, [approximate date]
						Birbeck, Thomas, 25 Sep 1799, aged 20, killed in the 1799 explosion [More information ...]
						Bones, William, 19 Dec 1838, 9:00 p.m., killed in the 1838 explosion, left a wife and 9 children (the wife on her death bed) [More information ...]
						Bowden, Robert, 23 Oct 1821, 8:00 a.m., aged 27, killed in the 1821 explosion [More information ...]
						Bowlam, Henry, 23 Oct 1821, 8:00 a.m., aged 77, killed in the 1821 explosion [More information ...]
						Boyd, George, 1902, [approximate date]
						Brown, Christopher, 08 Jul 1903, (accident: 07 Jul 1903), aged 13, Driver, A putter had been slightly injured and was being taken outbye in an empty tub, and at the siding the tub had to be lifted from the full to the empty way, as full tubs were standing in the full way. While this was being done deceased came outbye with two full tubs ; he was sitting on the timbers. Shouts warned him to keep back, but he was apparently unable to stop his pony and a person ran and caught it by the head; deceased jumped off but was crushed between the tubs and a prop. The Local Inspectors examined the place and reported "We have found the place satisfactory and in good order."
						Brown, Martin, 18 Jun 1835, 2:00 p.m., aged 33, Hewer, killed in the 1835 explosion [More information ...]
						Buckley, John, 23 Oct 1821, 8:00 a.m., aged 12, killed in the 1821 explosion [More information ...]
						Buddle, John, 18 Jun 1835, 2:00 p.m., aged 19, Putter, killed in the 1835 explosion [More information ...]
						Buddle, Matthew, 18 Jun 1835, 2:00 p.m., aged 14, Putter, killed in the 1835 explosion [More information ...]
						Buddle, Michael, 18 Jun 1835, 2:00 p.m., aged 17, Putter, killed in the 1835 explosion [More information ...]
						Buddle, Roger, 23 Oct 1821, 8:00 a.m., aged 17, killed in the 1821 explosion [More information ...]
						Bullock, Henry, 14 Sep 1899, aged 13, Driver, At the request of another driver whose tub had been off the way, the deceased was leading the pony round the turn when the pony suddenly started off, and taking deceased unawares, he was crushed between a tub and prop [Inspection made & inquest attended]
						Cain, Edward, 1925, [approximate date]
						Campbell, Edward, 23 Oct 1821, 8:00 a.m., aged 35, killed in the 1821 explosion [More information ...]
						Chappellow, John, 28 Jan 1907, aged 54, Overman [More information ...]
						Charlton, William, 1928, [approximate date]
						Chicken, John, 18 Jun 1835, 2:00 p.m., aged 19, Putter, killed in the 1835 explosion [More information ...]
						Clark, George, 17 Dec 1913, (accident: 13 Dec 1913), aged 43, Wasteman, deceased and another man were clearing up a small fall, when a side waver of coal came off at a breaker, and within a few minutes a large stone, 7 feet long, 4 feet wide and 1 foot 3 inches thick, tapering off at each end, which had been partly supported by the coal and by a running plank 3 feet away, fell from the roof, canting the timbers out; deceased was, it is supposed, in the act of clearing away some debris from the previous fall to make room for the foot of a prop next to the coal, when the stone came away; he died four days later from shock caused by a fracture of the spine
						Clark, Robert, 18 Jun 1835, 2:00 p.m., aged 21, Putter, killed in the 1835 explosion [More information ...]
						Clarke, Willliam, 06 Jun 1911, aged 15, Driver, fell in front of tubs
						Clarkson, John, 03 Mar 1913, aged 14, Pony Driver [More information ...]
						Cole, Richard, 1918, [approximate date]
						Cole, Richard, 1925, [approximate date]
						Collins, David, 18 Jun 1835, 2:00 p.m., aged 19, Putter, killed in the 1835 explosion [More information ...]
						Combie, Edward, 18 Jun 1835, 2:00 p.m., aged 12, Rolley-driver, killed in the 1835 explosion [More information ...]
						Combie, Edward, 18 Jun 1835, 2:00 p.m., aged 22, Putter, killed in the 1835 explosion [More information ...]
						Combie, James, 18 Jun 1835, 2:00 p.m., aged 11, Trapper, killed in the 1835 explosion [More information ...]
						Combie, Robert, 18 Jun 1835, 2:00 p.m., aged 20, Putter, killed in the 1835 explosion [More information ...]
						Cook, Thomas, 1916, [approximate date]
						Cook, William Frederick, 1924, [approximate date]
						Cousins, James, 18 Jun 1835, 2:00 p.m., aged 20, Putter, killed in the 1835 explosion [More information ...]
						Coxford, William, 24 Sep 1909, aged 15, Waler, bottom board of wagon he was riding on gave way
						Coxon, Joseph, 09 Aug 1925, 6:50 a.m., at 6.50a.m.on Sunday 9th August 1925 an explosion occurred in the 9th West District of the Yard Seam of the Edward Colliery owned by Wallsend & Hebburn Coal Co. near to where an electrically driven coal-cutting machine was at work, the four miners attending the machine [J. Coxon, R. Hogg, F. Matthews, P. Banks] were killed by shock and burns and J. T. Young died from carbon monoxide poisoning in the outbye [More information ...]
						Crister, William, 18 Jun 1835, 2:00 p.m., aged 56, Deputy Overman, killed in the 1835 explosion [More information ...]
						Crister, William, jun., 18 Jun 1835, 2:00 p.m., aged 17, Crane-man, killed in the 1835 explosion [More information ...]
						Croser, John, 18 Jun 1835, 2:00 p.m., aged 23, Hewer, killed in the 1835 explosion [More information ...]
						Curry, James Harrow, 1924, [approximate date]
						Daley, James, 1929, [approximate date]
						Davidson, William Byers, 19 Aug 1906, (accident: 17 Aug 1906), aged 23, Hewer [More information ...]
						Davison, Thomas, 23 Oct 1821, 8:00 a.m., aged 36, killed in the 1821 explosion [More information ...]
						Dawson, Ralph, 20 Sep 1803, aged 22, killed in the 1803 explosion [More information ...]
						Dawson, Robert, 18 Jun 1835, 2:00 p.m., aged 13, Trapper, killed in the 1835 explosion [More information ...]
						Dinning, Bateman, 18 Jun 1835, 2:00 p.m., aged 12, Putter, killed in the 1835 explosion [More information ...]
						Dinning, Thomas, 19 Dec 1838, 9:00 p.m., killed in the 1838 explosion, left a wife and 5 children [More information ...]
						Dinning, William, 18 Jun 1835, 2:00 p.m., aged 17, Putter, killed in the 1835 explosion [More information ...]
						Dixon, David, 10 Dec 1914, (accident: 09 Dec 1914), aged 16, Staple Bottom Lad, Deceased was employed pulling off the full tubs at the bottom of a staple. After he had rapped the cage with the empty tubs away, the descending cage with the full tubs caught against the staple side about 2 feet down, the tub being off the rails. While the lads at the top were lifting the tub into the cage, levering it with a 5 feet 6 inches long prop, deceased started to clean the bottom of the staple up with a shovel, leaning forward into the shaft, having pushed the fence gates to one side. The lads at the top let the prop fall down the staple which hit deceased on the back of the head. He died the next morning.
						Dixon, Ralph, 09 Apr 1786, killed in the 1786 explosion [More information ...]
						Dodds, A., 1929, [approximate date]
						Dodds, Charles, 09 Apr 1786, killed in the 1786 explosion [More information ...]
						Dodds, Joseph, 09 Apr 1786, killed in the 1786 explosion [More information ...]
						Donkin, Leslie, 1913, [approximate date]
						Elliott, Matthew, 09 Apr 1786, killed in the 1786 explosion [More information ...]
						Elrington, Thomas, 18 Jun 1835, 2:00 p.m., aged 15, Attending Davy lamps, killed in the 1835 explosion [More information ...]
						English, John, 18 Jun 1835, 2:00 p.m., aged 19, Putter, killed in the 1835 explosion [More information ...]
						English, Nicholas, 23 Oct 1821, 8:00 a.m., aged 32, killed in the 1821 explosion [More information ...]
						Fawcett, Thomas, 28 Jan 1907, aged 48, Back Overman [More information ...]
						Ferry, John, 23 Oct 1821, 8:00 a.m., aged 26, killed in the 1821 explosion [More information ...]
						Finn, John, 1929, [approximate date]
						Fogget, George, 20 Sep 1803, killed in the 1803 explosion [More information ...]
						Fogget, Matthew, 20 Sep 1803, aged 14, killed in the 1803 explosion [More information ...]
						Garbutt, James, 1924, [approximate date]
						Giles, Andrew, 18 Jun 1835, 2:00 p.m., aged 16, Rolley-driver, killed in the 1835 explosion [More information ...]
						Giles, Henry, 18 Jun 1835, 2:00 p.m., aged 21, Putter, killed in the 1835 explosion [More information ...]
						Giles, James, 18 Jun 1835, 2:00 p.m., aged 19, Putter, killed in the 1835 explosion [More information ...]
						Giles, John, 18 Jun 1835, 2:00 p.m., aged 19, Putter, killed in the 1835 explosion [More information ...]
						Gillis, John, 18 Jun 1835, 2:00 p.m., aged 20, Putter, killed in the 1835 explosion [More information ...]
						Goldsbury, Robert, 10 Jul 1913, aged 14, Driver, deceased and six others were ascending the upcast shaft upon the top deck of the cage; deceased was sitting down at the end of the cage, and as the cage neared the bank he probably commenced to get up ready for getting out; as the cage lifted the doors which close the shaft top, the rush of air caused him to lose his balance and he fell; his head was jammed between the cage floor and the bearer supporting the flat sheets; he was instantly killed; fence gates are provided, but when not in use slide upon bearers at the top of the cage; on this occasion the onsetter had failed to place the gates in position [More information ...]
						Goodchild, Edward, 1919, [approximate date]
						Gordon, John, 23 Oct 1821, 8:00 a.m., aged 20, killed in the 1821 explosion [More information ...]
						Graham, Robert Archibald, 1930, [approximate date]
						Green, James, 18 Jun 1835, 2:00 p.m., aged 19, Crane-man, killed in the 1835 explosion [More information ...]
						Green, Peter, 18 Jun 1835, 2:00 p.m., aged 16, Stone stower, killed in the 1835 explosion [More information ...]
						Grieves, Victor, 1913, [approximate date]
						Hall, George, 18 Jun 1835, 2:00 p.m., aged 11, Putter, killed in the 1835 explosion [More information ...]
						Hall, John, 18 Jun 1835, 2:00 p.m., aged 18, Putter, killed in the 1835 explosion [More information ...]
						Hall, Joseph, 1925, [approximate date]
						Halsall, Matthew, 1923, [approximate date]
						Hamar, Thomas, 29 Oct 1894, 9:15 p.m., 4th hour of shift, aged 38, Sinker, Whilst being drawn up the shaft in the loop with other men, he slipped off, and, falling into the water beneath, was drowned [Inquest attended] [More information ...]
						Hammon, Jonas, 20 Sep 1803, killed in the 1803 explosion [More information ...]
						Hann, John, 20 Sep 1803, aged 22, killed in the 1803 explosion [More information ...]
						Hap, Robert, 23 Oct 1821, 8:00 a.m., aged 25, killed in the 1821 explosion [More information ...]
						Harbottle, Joseph, 18 Jun 1835, 2:00 p.m., aged 72, Trapper, killed in the 1835 explosion [More information ...]
						Hautt, Thomas, 23 Oct 1821, 8:00 a.m., aged 41, killed in the 1821 explosion [More information ...]
						Haxon, Francis, 18 Jun 1835, 2:00 p.m., aged 14, Trapper, killed in the 1835 explosion [More information ...]
						Hayes, Robert, 1922, [approximate date]
						Hays, Albert Henry, 1924, [approximate date]
						Hays, Peter, 23 Oct 1821, 8:00 a.m., aged 19, killed in the 1821 explosion [More information ...]
						Heggie, Robert, 1915, [approximate date]
						Henry, Edward, 1914, [approximate date]
						Hepple, John, 18 Jun 1835, 2:00 p.m., aged 12, Trapper, killed in the 1835 explosion [More information ...]
						Hepple, Richard, 23 Oct 1821, 8:00 a.m., aged 17, killed in the 1821 explosion [More information ...]
						Herring, John, 1926, [approximate date]
						High, Charles William, 22 Apr 1914, aged 23, Set-rider, deceased, in order to loosen the rope, was riding on the first wagon of a set of five railway wagons, which were being drawn up an incline by a rope from a stationary engine; when nearing the top the engineman noticing something was wrong stopped the engine, and deceased was found lying dead in the 4-feet way, having been run over by the wagons, and that three of the wagons were derailed; there was no evidence to show whether the wagons getting off the rails had thrown deceased off, on whether in falling off on to the rails he had derailed the wagons
						Hodgson, Edward, 14 Feb 1887, aged 51, Shaftman, fall of pumps
						Hogg, Reginald, 09 Aug 1925, 6:50 a.m., at 6.50a.m.on Sunday 9th August 1925 an explosion occurred in the 9th West District of the Yard Seam of the Edward Colliery owned by Wallsend & Hebburn Coal Co. near to where an electrically driven coal-cutting machine was at work, the four miners attending the machine [J. Coxon, R. Hogg, F. Matthews, P. Banks] were killed by shock and burns and J. T. Young died from carbon monoxide poisoning in the outbye [More information ...]
						Holmes, Thomas, 25 Sep 1799, aged 18, killed in the 1799 explosion [More information ...]
						Huggup, Thomas, 18 Jun 1835, 2:00 p.m., aged 11, Trapper, killed in the 1835 explosion [More information ...]
						Humpage, Peter, 1912, [approximate date]
						Hutton, John, 23 Oct 1821, 8:00 a.m., aged 22, killed in the 1821 explosion [More information ...]
						Hutton, William, 23 Oct 1821, 8:00 a.m., aged 25, killed in the 1821 explosion [More information ...]
						Jackson, Joseph Crooks, 1928, [approximate date]
						Jackson, William, 23 Oct 1821, 8:00 a.m., aged 21, killed in the 1821 explosion [More information ...]
						Johnson, John, 23 Oct 1821, 8:00 a.m., aged 23, killed in the 1821 explosion [More information ...]
						Johnson, William, 23 Oct 1821, 8:00 a.m., aged 26, killed in the 1821 explosion [More information ...]
						Johnson, William, 18 Jun 1835, 2:00 p.m., aged 47, Sinker, killed in the 1835 explosion [More information ...]
						Jones, Joseph, 1922, [approximate date]
						Kelly, James, 23 Oct 1821, 8:00 a.m., aged 20, killed in the 1821 explosion [More information ...]
						Kelly, William, 20 Sep 1803, killed in the 1803 explosion [More information ...]
						Kennedy, George, 18 Jun 1835, 2:00 p.m., aged 16, Rolley-driver, killed in the 1835 explosion [More information ...]
						Kent, William, 1906, [approximate date]
						King, George, 1927, [approximate date]
						Kyle, George, 23 Oct 1821, 8:00 a.m., aged 11, killed in the 1821 explosion [More information ...]
						Kyle, George, 18 Jun 1835, 2:00 p.m., aged 9, Trapper, killed in the 1835 explosion [More information ...]
						Lang, Louis, 10 Feb 1899, aged 15, Driver, He was leading a pony attached to four full tubs and an empty timber tram down a slight incline, when the pony ran away, and deceased was run over by the tubs [Inspection made & inquest attended]
						Lavery, Patrick, 1927, [approximate date]
						Lawson, Joseph, 18 Jun 1835, 2:00 p.m., aged 63, Deputy Overman, killed in the 1835 explosion [More information ...]
						Layfield, Charles, 1911, [approximate date]
						Lee, John, 25 Sep 1799, aged 14, killed in the 1799 explosion [More information ...]
						Lee, Thomas, 1920, [approximate date]
						Leighton, John, 19 Dec 1838, 9:00 p.m., killed in the 1838 explosion, left a wife and 5 children [More information ...]
						Lewins, John, 1920, [approximate date]
						Longstaff, George, 23 Oct 1821, 8:00 a.m., aged 46, killed in the 1821 explosion [More information ...]
						Lowery, James Beck, 1926, [approximate date]
						Lowery, Thomas, 23 Oct 1821, 8:00 a.m., aged 33, killed in the 1821 explosion [More information ...]
						Lowry, John, 18 Jun 1835, 2:00 p.m., aged 15, Attending Davy Lamps, killed in the 1835 explosion [More information ...]
						Maddison, Jacob, 19 Dec 1838, 9:00 p.m., killed in the 1838 explosion, left a wife and a large family [More information ...]
						Maddison, Mark, 09 Apr 1786, killed in the 1786 explosion [More information ...]
						Marling, William Robert, 1925, [approximate date]
						Marsh, John, 1908, [approximate date]
						Mason, Arthur, 20 Oct 1927, aged 17, Buried: Church Bank Cemetery, Willington Quay
						Mason, George, 23 Oct 1821, 8:00 a.m., aged 21, killed in the 1821 explosion [More information ...]
						Mason, Luke, 18 Jun 1835, 2:00 p.m., aged 19, Putter, killed in the 1835 explosion [More information ...]
						Mason, Peter, 18 Jun 1835, 2:00 p.m., aged 17, Putter, killed in the 1835 explosion [More information ...]
						Mason, Robert, 18 Jun 1835, 2:00 p.m., aged 13, Trapper, killed in the 1835 explosion [More information ...]
						Mason, Thomas, 18 Jun 1835, 2:00 p.m., aged 12, Trapper, killed in the 1835 explosion [More information ...]
						Mason, William, 18 Jun 1835, 2:00 p.m., aged 15, Putter, killed in the 1835 explosion [More information ...]
						Mathers, George, 1930, [approximate date]
						Matthews, Francis, 09 Aug 1925, 6:50 a.m., at 6.50a.m.on Sunday 9th August 1925 an explosion occurred in the 9th West District of the Yard Seam of the Edward Colliery owned by Wallsend & Hebburn Coal Co. near to where an electrically driven coal-cutting machine was at work, the four miners attending the machine [J. Coxon, R. Hogg, F. Matthews, P. Banks] were killed by shock and burns and J. T. Young died from carbon monoxide poisoning in the outbye [More information ...]
						McAvoy, John, 1923, [approximate date]
						McAvoy, Patrick, 1922, [approximate date]
						McCallum, James, 07 May 1905, (accident: 18 Mar 1905), aged 31, Hewer, While the deceased was walking outbye with his father about the 18th March, he struck his head against a balk end fell backwards. Nothing was thought of it at the time. On 8th May deceased was taken to the Newcastle Infirmary, and found to be suffering from meningitis, from which death resulted on 17th May. A post mortem examination was made and medical evidence given at the inquest that the meningitis arose from natural causes and not from any accident, and so the Jury found
						McGarvie, Hugh, 1920, [approximate date]
						McNay, Edward, 18 Jun 1835, 2:00 p.m., aged 18, Putter, killed in the 1835 explosion [More information ...]
						Mewes, William, 1923, [approximate date]
						Miller, Charles, 1932, [approximate date]
						Miller, George, 18 Jun 1835, 2:00 p.m., aged 16, Putter, killed in the 1835 explosion [More information ...]
						Miller, George, 14 Jun 1902, aged 30, Labourer, a coal cutting machine was being removed from a railway truck with the aid of a hydraulic jack, and deceased was assisting at the work which the enginewright who was present, was directing ; the coal cutting machine accidentally canted over and caught deceased in the bowels
						Miller, Jamers, 18 Jun 1835, 2:00 p.m., aged 20, Putter, killed in the 1835 explosion [More information ...]
						Miller, John, 18 Jun 1835, 2:00 p.m., aged 12, Trapper, killed in the 1835 explosion [More information ...]
						Moon, Michael, 23 Oct 1821, 8:00 a.m., aged 12, killed in the 1821 explosion [More information ...]
						Moon, Michael, 23 Oct 1821, 8:00 a.m., aged 44, killed in the 1821 explosion [More information ...]
						Moore, James, 18 Jun 1835, 2:00 p.m., aged 12, Way cleaner, killed in the 1835 explosion [More information ...]
						Moore, Thomas, 18 Jun 1835, 2:00 p.m., aged 14, Helper Up, killed in the 1835 explosion [More information ...]
						Morrow, Thomas, 25 Sep 1799, aged 30, killed in the 1799 explosion [More information ...]
						Mugridge, Thomas Henry, 1929, [approximate date]
						Murray, John Robert, 14 Dec 1910, aged 16, Staple breaker, fell down drop staple
						Newall, James E., 1914, [approximate date]
						Newton, Thomas Lionel Harker, 1926, [approximate date]
						Norman, John, 23 Oct 1821, 8:00 a.m., aged 30, killed in the 1821 explosion [More information ...]
						O'Gara, James, 1934, [approximate date]
						Oughton, Richard, 1927, [approximate date]
						Ovington, Christopher, jun., 18 Jun 1835, 2:00 p.m., aged 19, Putter, killed in the 1835 explosion [More information ...]
						Ovington, Christopher, sen., 18 Jun 1835, 2:00 p.m., aged 67, Door Keeper, killed in the 1835 explosion [More information ...]
						Owen, Henry, 1941, [approximate date]
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