Durham Mining Museum - Memorial Roll - Miscellaneous Names [D*]

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.

					Date	Colliery	Name of Persons killed, Age, Occupation, Cause of Accident, and Remarks
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					14 Dec 1908	Brickworks (Clay quarry)	Daniels, George, aged 39, Clay digger, when removing baring, it fell over and knocked him off the bench on which he was standing into the bottom of the clay pit, a distance of about 12 feet, fatally injuring him
					11 Jul 1901	Plumpton (Limestone)	Danson, Henry, aged 40, Quarryman, Danson was barring down loose stones at a point about 35 feet from quarry sole, when an unexpected rush of the loose material caught him. He apparently slipped when trying to get out of the way, and rolling down the slope, was crushed by one of the large stones (about two tons weight) which followed him down, and killed him on the spot [Inspection made & inquest attended]
					02 Jun 1876	East Beechburn	Dargue, Thomas, aged 49, Collier, fall of coal while holing, had neglected to put in props
					08 Oct 1910	Croft (Sand)	Davidson, Joseph, aged 31, Builder, Deceased, who was one of the quarry owners, was working in the quarry bottom, when a rush of sand buried him up
					20 May 1880	Oxhill	Davidson, Thomas, aged 27, Buried: St. Andrew's Churchyard, Stanley;
					05 Dec 1896	Seamer Road Brickworks	Davidson, William Morris, aged 54, Foreman, While examining an engine the governor balls hit his head and he fell under the connecting rod, which crushed his head, and killed him instantly
					Aug 1875	Unknown	Davis, John Edward, aged 7, Chester Ward Coroner's Inquest, place: South Shields, cause: run over by wagon (DRO Ref: COR/C/2/349)
					1840	Unknown	Davison, R., aged 50, by a coal waggon above ground [approximate date]
					09 Nov 1906	Round Hill (Whinstone)	Davison, Robert, aged 60, Quarryman, He was killed by a fall of ground from above where he was working. Very heavy rains probably loosened the ground.
					31 Jul 1861	[Newcastle]	Davison, William, aged 28, Buried: Christ Church Churchyard, Great Lumley;
					23 Nov 1833	Low Moorsley	Dawson, -, Overman
					03 Jul 1783	Unknown	Dawson, Daniel, from Fellfoot Longdale, killed in a quarry, Buried: Seathwaite
					21 May 1908	[Cle Elum U.S.A.]	Dawson, Joseph, aged 28, Buried: St. John's Churchyard, Burnhope;
					10 Oct 1812	Unknown	Dawson, Thomas, aged 29, Pitman, of Penshaw, shown in Parish records as being accidentally killed - may not be Colliery related
					20 Mar 1801	Unknown	Dawson, William, aged 32, Pitman, of Fatfield, shown in Parish records as being accidentally killed - may not be Colliery related
					06 Oct 1805	Unknown	Defty, Emmanuel?, aged 39, Overman, of Jarrow, shown in Parish records as being accidentally killed - may not be Colliery related
					14 Nov 1626	Unknown	Demster, Robert, of Willington, "slaine in a colepit"
					05 May 1873	Unknown	Denton, Thomas, aged 24, killed by a locomotive, Buried: Holy Trinity Churchyard, Cornforth;
					03 Oct 1705	Gateshead, Stony Flatt	Distans, John, killed in the 1705 explosion, Buried: October 5th
					08 Oct 1855	Walker Iron Works	Dixon, Abraham, aged 25, boiler explosion
					05 Aug 1737	Corpsill	Dixon, George
					05 Aug 1737	Corpsill	Dixon, John
					08 Sep 1932	Coniston Quarry	Dixon, Joseph, aged 50, killed instantly when rocks weighing between 30 and 40 tons fell on him while working in a quarry
					07 Dec 1754	Unknown	Dodgson, Daniel, fell down coal pit
					08 Oct 1855	Walker Iron Works	Donnely, Patrick, aged 19, boiler explosion
					07 Dec 1900	Bedlington Station Brickworks	Douglas, Roger, aged 18, Buried: St. Peter's Cemetery, West Sleekburn;
					21 May 1900	Plumgarths (Limestone)	Dowthwaite, George, aged 42, Foreman, While replacing a brick in a kiln he was overcome by the fumes and burnt to death.
					20 Oct 1799	Unknown	Dunn, John, aged 34, Pitman, of Chester, shown in Parish records as being accidentally killed - may not be Colliery related
					18 Aug 1908	Clintz, No. 2 (Iron Ore)	Dunn, Terence, aged 48, Miner, he was struck in the eye by a piece of dirt from his pick; inflammation set in and he died on August 18, (accident: 29 Jul 1908)
For those names marked a web page providing more details of the accident is available online. Click on the icon to display the page.
Those names marked with , were killed in 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.
Those names marked with , have a web page providing individual details of the accident, the page may also include a photograph of the deceased. Click on the symbol next to the name to see the web page.
Some of the names of mining fatalities on this page have been kindly provided by Ian Winstanley of the Coal Mining History Resource Centre and are marked with , further details may be obtained by contacting Ian by email at ian.winstanley@blueyonder.co.uk

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