Disasters - Names		Disasters - Names

Date:	15th May 1963
Colliery:	Greenside
Cause:	Fall of stone
Lives Lost:	3

Three Die in Pit Roof Fall

Three men were killed by a fall of stone near the coal face 450ft. below the surface at Greenside Colliery, near Blaydon-on-Tyne, Durham, yesterday. They were buried by a fall of roof 10ft. long and it was several hours before their bodies were recovered

The dead men were Joseph. Scholey, aged 51, of Dodsworth Villas, Greenside ; Henry Maguire, aged 47, of Landscale Houses, Greenside; and Raymond Leathard, aged 37, of Westburn, Crawcrook. All were married and had children.

Source: The Times, May 16th, 1963

	Leathard, Raymond, aged 37, fall of stone, address: Westburn. Crawcrook
	Maguire, Henry, aged 47, fall of stone, address: Landscale Houses, Greenside
	Scholey, Joseph, aged 51, fall of stone, address: Dodsworth Villas, Greenside
	All names found
	Many of the post-nationalisation fatalities for Greenside Colliery were kindly provided by John Lawson.

16 May 1963

Three Die in Pit Roof Fall (The Times)

 

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