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

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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					20 Mar 1914	Peak House (Quarry)	Gallagher, Anthony, aged 21, Quarryman, deceased was working at the foot of the quarry face, when a fall of overburden occurred, burying him; the face had probably been loosened by heavy rain, and the overburden should have been slanted or cut back
					21 Aug 1893	Springwell Railway	Gallon, James, aged 37, Miner, was walking along the branch railway near to Springwell Colliery when he was run over by the waggons, and received severe injuries, from which he shortly afterwards died
					05 Aug 1737	Corpsill	Gamel, William
					22 Jul 1855	Unknown	Gardiner, Thomas, aged 11, in attempting to stop a laden coal tub had his head jammed between it and the last tub of the set which was standing on the rolley way, he died instantly [date of inquest]
					22 May 1903	Haverigg (Clay)	Gardner, Edward, aged 56, Navvy, While deceased was clearing up the rails in a clay quarry to get the bogie to the face a mass of clay, weighing from 1½ to 2 tons, fell suddenly from the face of work, 10 or 12 feet above the rails, and knocked him against the bogie. The weather had been wet for most of the two days previous to the accident.
					Apr 1875	Unknown	Gibson, Joseph, aged 14, Chester Ward Coroner's Inquest, place: Windy Nook, cause: injuries received on Whitehill Wagonway (DRO Ref: COR/C/2/250)
					15 Sep 1896	Quarry Pit	Gill, John, aged 35, Cleaning Coals, He was moving trucks contrary to orders, and was crushed between one of them and the screen so severely that he was killed on the spot
					02 May 1893	Lutterington	Gill, Thomas, aged 40, Hewer, was found dead in working place; he had been attended for some time by a doctor for heart disease; ventilation of pit all right
					10 Sep 1873	Browney Bank	Gillas, John, aged 16, Timber Leader, killed by a fall of stone
					01 Sep 1906	Skinningrove	Gittins, James, aged 31, Deputy
					19 Aug 1834	Little Hulton	Goodhill, Nancy, aged 17, explosion of inflammable gas
					05 Aug 1737	Corpsill	Gordon, David
					05 Aug 1737	Corpsill	Graham, Arthur
					28 Jun 1893	Allerdale, William Pit	Graham, George, aged 27, Hewer, After firing a shot in the roof, the deceased began dressing the loose stone, when a large stone fell on to him. An examination showed that the stone had fallen from between "slips," which were not noticed until after the fall [Inspection made & inquest attended]
					1897	Unknown	Graham, Mary, aged 7, [Not employed], died in the infirmary from injuries received on the Bedlington Colliery Railway; she was swinging on the coupling chains of a truck, when the engine joined the trucks and ran over her legs [fatality reported during the year but not classified as a colliery accident]
					03 Oct 1705	Gateshead, Stony Flatt	Green, John, killed in the 1705 explosion, Buried: October 5th
					21 Feb 1782	Fatfield area	Greenwell, George, Pitman, of Chester-le-Street, Buried: 22 Feb 1782 at Chester-le-Street
					13 Jan 1906	Peareth, Sandstone quarry	Greenwell, Thomas, aged 14, Horse Driver
					22 May 1900	Lambton Drops	Grierson, James, aged 26, Buried: Bishopwearmouth Cemetery, Sunderland;
					24 Mar 1858	Consett	Grieveson, Joseph, aged 35, Hewer, killed by a fall of stone
					08 Oct 1855	Walker Iron Works	Griffith, Thomas, aged 19, boiler explosion
					12 Aug 1862	Long Row	Gurley, William, aged 55, Buried: St. Bartholomew, Longbenton on 14 Aug 1862 {NBI};
					20 Jul 1905	Billy Mill (Sandstone)	Guthrie, Edward, aged 60, Stoneman, While deceased was dressing stone in a shed at the quarry, he commenced to vomit blood, he moved away to a joiner's bench, where he was found by another workmen and died almost immediately. An inquest was held, and a verdict returned that death was due to haemorrhage of the lungs
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
Some of the names of mining fatalities on this web site have been kindly provided by Jim Grainger from his research into early newspapers (primarily the Durham Advertiser and Durham Chronicle) and are marked with .

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