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Please note: this page provides the details we have for those fatalities not shown on the colliery pages - i.e. for those fatalities at collieries/pits etc. for which we do not have a web page.
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Date | Colliery | Name of Persons killed, Age, Occupation, Cause of Accident, and Remarks |
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01 Nov 1904 | Battery Pier (Slate) | Cain, Thomas, aged 55, Quarryman |
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24 Aug 1844 | Pit at Deaham | Callthorpe, William, aged 17, rope broke, fell down shaft, bother-in-law of Thomas Ostle, Buried: Dearham Churchyard |
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| 16 Sep 1873 | Salter & Eskett (Metalliferous) | Cameron, Thomas, aged 25, Miner, killed by a fall of roof |
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 | 23 Jul 1892 | Usworth Siding | Campbell, Robert, accidentally killed in Usworth Siding, Buried: Holy Trinity Churchyard, Washington;
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21 Feb 1782 | Fatfield area | Canvas, Robert, Pitman, of Fatfield, Buried: 22 Feb 1782 at Chester-le-Street |
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21 Feb 1782 | Fatfield area | Carr, Joseph, jnr., of Fatfield, son of Joseph snr., Buried: 21 Feb 1782 at Chester-le-Street |
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21 Feb 1782 | Fatfield area | Carr, Joseph, snr., Pitman, of Fatfield, father of Joseph jnr., Buried: 21 Feb 1782 at Chester-le-Street |
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| 25 Jul 1881 | Byers Green Coke Ovens | Carr, Robert, aged 56, found drowned in colliery pond, having no marks of violence on him but how, or by what means, there is no sufficient evidence to show [Inquest: 27 Jul 1881] |
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15 Jan 1904 | Moat (Sandstone) | Carruthers, George, aged 39, Quarryman |
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| Dec 1874 | Unknown | Cavanagh, Peter, aged 25, Chester Ward Coroner's Inquest, place: High Felling, cause: crushed between coal wagon and wall (DRO Ref: COR/C/2/152) |
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12 Oct 1853 | Low Grange | Charlton, Cuthbert, killed by a fall of stone |
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| 30 May 1804 | Unknown | Charlton, John, aged 53, Pitman, of Harraton, shown in Parish records as being accidentally killed - may not be Colliery related |
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| 26 Oct 1888 | Unknown | Chicken, Matthew, Underground Horsekeeper, died after being confined to bed about a week; on taking to his bed he informed friends and a medical man, that about three weeks previously, viz., on 26th September, a pony which he was attending to crushed him against the wall of the stable ; this had not been mentioned to the colliery people, nor had it been named to his fellow horse-keeper, and he had continued to follow his employment; he had organic disease of the kidneys |
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| 17 Jun 1806 | Unknown | Chisholm, Thomas, aged 9, of Chartershaugh, son of William Chisholm (Waggonman), shown in Parish records as being accidentally killed - may not be Colliery related |
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| 12 Mar 1878 | Hetton Coal Drops | Church, John, found dead at Hetton coal drops, presumed fell deom siding into yard [Sunderland Daily Echo reports: accident - 12 Mar 1878 pg 2 col 6; inquest - 14 Mar 1878 pg 2 col 5] [date of report] |
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| 24 Oct 1905 | Grizedale (Slaterock) | Clark, Joseph, aged 22, Carter, Deceased who was in the employment of the occupier of the quarry was, assisted by one of the quarryman, placing a stone in a cart at the quarry when the little finger of his left hand was crushed. He continued working but at night visited a doctor who dressed the finger, and advised him to lay it up for a while. He, however, continued to work until the 21st October, and on the following day he complained of pains in his jaw and breast, and eventually lockjaw supervened from which he died, (accident: 05 Oct 1905) |
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23 Dec 1840 | Lambton waggon way | Cleghorn, Joseph, aged 36, On 23 December, Joseph Cleghorn, 36, employed on Lambton waggon way, Bishopwearmouth, was accidentally run over by a train of coal waggons. One of his legs was severed, and after being taken home, he died a few days later. The inquest into his death took place on 29 December |
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| 21 Jul 1900 | Amble Coal Staithes | Coates, George, in the employ of the Radcliffe Coal Co. - walked over the Company's Coal Statithes at Amble Harbour and died from the injuries he received |
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| 31 Dec 1899 | Greengates | Collinson, Matthew, aged 38, Labourer, Caught by a belt in engine-house by the ear, causing a scalp wound. Died on 31st inst., (accident: 30 Dec 1899) |
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03 Oct 1705 | Gateshead, Stony Flatt | Cooke, Robert, killed in the 1705 explosion, Buried: October 6th |
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| 01 Aug 1901 | Bannerside (Slate) | Cooper, Benjamin, aged 44, Quarryman, Deceased was working on a ledge in the quarry with a rope looped round him. He came to the top to speak to the foreman; they talked together for several minutes. and the foreman turned away, when deceased, in returning to his place on the ledge, fell to the quarry bottom, a distance of 30 feet [Inspection made & inquest attended] |
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05 Aug 1737 | Corpsill | Copeland, James |
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| 25 Feb 1908 | Lady Park (Slate) | Copley, William Henry, aged 40, Quarryman, he was standing on a ledge barring out a piece of rock which came a way suddenly and knocked him over the quarry face |
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| 18 Sep 1895 | Unknown | Corby, George, aged 72, Master Shifter, died from bronchitis and dropsy, consequent, it was said, on a strain received in the pit three month previously; no inquest was, however, held [fatality reported during the year but not classified as a colliery accident] |
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| 22 May 1898 | Unknown | Corman, Con, aged 7, [Not employed], she was killed when playing with a gate, at a level crossing, belonging to the Walker Colliery Co., on Saturday afternoon, 22nd May |
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| 08 Jun 1904 | Howden (Whinstone) | Corner, David, aged 18, Putter & Filler, when filling whinstone into a hopper a piece of stone, 6 ft. long by 2 ft. 4 ins. by 1 ft. by 3 ins, suddenly fell from the roof of a slip and killed him |
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| 18 Jul 1887 | Ann Pit | Courtney, Robert, aged 33, Miner, fall of roof reeling timber out |
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| 20 Apr 1900 | Alston & Nentforce (Limestone) | Cousin, John, aged 31, He was working on a ledge 6 or 7 feet wide, when by some means he fell over the face to the quarry floor, a distant of 31 feet. |
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| 24 Jan 1845 | Unknown | Cowl, John |
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| 17 Feb 1898 | Birtley, Clay quarry | Crawford, Benjamin, aged 27, Labourer, His mate was pinching down a piece of clay, and deceased stood on a bogie, believing he was at a safe distance. However, a lump struck the bogie and jerked him off, when another piece of clay rolled down and crushed him [Inspection made & inquest attended] |
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| 1897 | Unknown | Crawford, Margaret, aged 1.5, [Not employed], aged 18 months, was killed on the Harrington Colliery Railway by being run over by a train of waggons [fatality reported during the year but not classified as a colliery accident] |
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| 23 Apr 1894 | Wearmouth Quay | Crone, James, aged 56, Carpenter, was engaged in some work at the quay belonging to the Wearmouth Coal Company, Limited, when he fell into a boat below containing tools, &c., and fractured his skull |
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| 24 Jul 1899 | Sandwith Quarry (Sandstone) | Cross, Richard, aged 31, Locomotive Driver, Deceased left his engine to lower a wagon down a slight incline, and his head was caught between the wagon and a wall. At the point where the accident occurred there was only 6½ inches clearance, and the jury recommended that if possible more space should be provided between the wall and the rails [Inspection made & inquest attended] |
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25 Apr 1837 | Gateshead Quarry | Croyle, George, jnr., crushed by stone when scaffolding collapsed |
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25 Apr 1837 | Gateshead Quarry | Croyle, George, snr., crushed by stone when scaffolding collapsed |
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| 26 Oct 1883 | Harrington (Metalliferous) | |||||||
| Jul 1875 | Unknown | Cummins, George, aged 44, Chester Ward Coroner's Inquest, place: Pelton Fell, cause: run over on Wardley Wagonway (DRO Ref: COR/C/2/326) |
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22 Mar 1880 | Salter & Eskett (Metalliferous) | Curlett, John, Miner, fall of ore from roof |
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21 Feb 1782 | Fatfield area | Curry, Thomas, Pitman, of Fatfield, Buried: 21 Feb 1782 at Chester-le-Street |
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| 20 Dec 1886 | Langland, No. 2 Pit | Cutt, Thomas, aged 49, Miner, fall of roof stone ; the deceased and his mate had been ordered by the manager to put in three head trees ; they had put two in and were engaged putting in the third when a fall came (without the slightest warning), knocking out the two head trees and burying deceased, who was got out in 10 minutes, but he was quite dead |
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