Walbottle Colliery

1877 - Splint seam abandoned - Abandoned

1878 - Abandoned

1915 - Brockwell, Engine (Beaumont), Hodge, Low Main, Tilley, Stone Coal seams abandoned

1921, Mar - Low Main, Hutton seams abandoned

1930, 31 Jan - Brockwell seam abandoned

1937, 30 Jan - Tilley, Stone or Top Busty, Three Quarter, Hutton, Low Main seams abandoned

Armstrong, James, 26 Jun 1877, aged 28, Hewer, killed by a fall of stone, Buried: St. Michael & All Angels, Newburn

Armstrong, John, 26 Dec 1869, aged 66, Screener, fell off screens

Armstrong, Joseph, 03 Oct 1874, aged 24, Labourer, crushed by pit pullies whilst greasing them

Ashton, William, 30 Jun 1908, aged 36, Hewer, fall of roof stone at the working face

Brogden, William, 17 Mar 1874, aged 19, Onsetter, coal fell down the shaft on to him

Browell, Robert, 11 Nov 1893, (accident: 01 Nov 1893, 11:00 a.m., 2nd hour of shift), aged 30, Hewer, Deceased was taking out a pillar in the "brokens," when a fall of stone took place from between a small "fault" and a parting in the roof [Inspection made & inquest attended], Buried: St. Michael & All Angels, Newburn

Brown, Joseph Gilbert, 28 Dec 1906, aged 20, Putter [More information ...]

Carr, James, 18 May 1893, (accident: 14 Apr 1893, 2:00 p.m., 4th hour of shift), aged 23, Hewer, He was bending down kirving or picking some dirt from the coal, when a small piece of band fell on the back of his head, forcing his month on to his knee, which was cut, and knocking two teeth out. He died on the 18th May, from blood poisoning [Inquest attended]

Chambers, George, 03 Dec 1888, aged 60, Pumping Engineman, fell from intermediate hanging on to the bottom of pit

Clark, Patrick, 31 Oct 1889, aged 43, Hewer, killed by a fall of roof

Cockburn, Thomas, 22 Jan 1901, (accident: 27 Oct 1896), died from injuries received

Cribbins, George, 22 Jun 1889, aged 41, Deputy, fall of roof while drawing out props

Dance, Joseph, 24 May 1867, aged 45, Hewer, over winding [More information ...]

Dodds, William, 13 Jan 1874, aged 15, Trapper, run over by set of tubs on engine plane

Floyd, William, 11 Nov 1867, aged 13, Driver, killed by a fall of stone

Gardiner, Richard, 22 Aug 1895, aged 18, Pony Putter, died from typhoid fever; it was alleged that he had received an injury in the pit some time before, but the doctor stated that the death had not been accelerated by any such cause [fatality reported during the year but not classified as a colliery accident]

Grafton, Joseph, 20 Apr 1875, aged 39, Hewer, killed by a fall of stone

Grey, James, 03 Sep 1873, aged 35, Hewer, killed by a fall of stone

Grey, James, 01 Oct 1873, aged 35, Hewer, killed by a fall of stone

Higgins, William, 13 Dec 1905, aged 16, Incline Attendant [More information ...]

Hodgson, Victor, 16 Mar 1893, 7:40 a.m., 2nd hour of shift, aged 14, Incline Lad, This boy was working at the foot of an incline plane, coupling tubs, he was sitting in a safe place when the "sets" started, but on bearing the tubs running back he tried to get into another place opposite, and was caught. A coupling link broke at the welding, causing the full tubs to run against the empty ones, and breaking the rope. The accident was evidently due to defective welding, but it is doubtful whether it could have been detected on examination. [More information ...]

Horne, Alfred, 07 Jun 1914, aged 52, Pumpman, deceased was found lying dead between the rails on a curve on a main and tail rope rolleyway; he had charge of a pump worked by the tail rope; his legs had been cut off by the tail rope, which had crossed over owing to the collapse of a sheave; from the evidence it appeared that he was doing something to the sheave at the time

Johnson, William, 21 Feb 1873, aged 36, Brakesman, crushed by machinery

Kitching, Joshua, 04 Oct 1912, aged 28, Stoneman, whilst putting a pack on at the gate-end of a longwall face, a large stone fell from a roll in the roof, which had previously been noticed and timbered; the timber was insufficient to hold the stone

Lamb, John, 24 Apr 1881, aged 33, Buried: West Auckland Cemetery

Lamb, John, 24 Apr 1896, aged 33, Hewer, The deceased was working in a place about 6 feet wide when a large stone about 5 feet in diameter suddenly came away from close up to the face as he was "kirving." A plank with two props and another prop were under the stone and were knocked out by the fall [Inspection made & inquest attended]

Lowrison, Joseph, 28 Oct 1893, 10:00 a.m., 1st hour of shift, aged 47, Back Overman, This was a simple accident. The full tubs were standing on the crossing, and deceased was pulling them out of the way of the empty tubs, when his foot slipped, and he fell against the pony, which was startled, and dragged two of the empties over the deceased [Inquest attended]

Murray, Guy, 13 Dec 1895, 10:00 p.m., 5th hour of shift, aged 58, Shifter, the deceased and another man were taking up clay to make height for the tub, and, interfering with some props, caused the stone to fall

Newton, Edward, 20 Nov 1872, aged 30, Hewer, killed by a fall of stone

Ormston, James, 24 May 1867, aged 63, Furnaceman, over winding [More information ...]

Oswald, John, 18 Nov 1870, aged 38, Shaftman, fell down shaft from middle seam

Parker, John, 28 Jul 1887, aged 17, Putter, fell down shaft

Parkin, Richard, 22 Mar 1906, (accident: 13 Dec 1905), aged 44, Hewer, crushed by tubs [More information ...]

Ryan, Patrick, 1911, [approximate date]

Ryan, Patrick, 17 May 1911, aged 24, Hewer, killed by a fall of stone

Scully, John, 21 Jul 1887, aged 24, Waiter On, fell down the shaft

Smith, Roger, 15 Mar 1899, (accident: 17 Feb 1899), aged 34, Hewer, explosion of fire damp [Inspection made & inquest attended] [More information ...]

Smith, William, 24 Jul 1901, aged 16, Driver, The deceased was driving a set of tubs past the bottom of a self-acting incline when a runaway tub came down the incline, and caught him. The boy at the bankhead had been lowering the full set on to it, and evidently the chock had not been secured [Inquest attended]

Stephenson, William, 02 Apr 1904, aged 42, Deputy, Buried: St. Michael & All Angels, Newburn [More information ...]

Walker, William, 24 Jun 1892, 1:15 p.m., 4th hour of shift, aged 39, Hewer, He was working out the bottom coal when a piece of overhanging clay band, under which he had set a prop and plank, suddenly fell upon him. He should have taken the band down before commencing work [Inspection made & inquest attended]

Wheeler, William, 17 Dec 1868, aged 14, Driver, fell down staple, Buried: St. Michael & All Angels, Newburn