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

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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					03 Oct 1705	Gateshead, Stony Flatt	Jackson, Abigail, killed in the 1705 explosion, Daughter of Joseph, Buried: October 4th
					02 Oct 1887	Lindal, B. 30 (Metalliferous)	Jackson, John, aged 38, Miner, after firing two shots in their working places, deceased and his mate had their breakfast; on returning to the working a short time afterwards deceased's mate heard the timber crack and shouted to him to come out of his place a short time until it settled, Jackson replied that it was all right, immediately the whole place collapsed burying the deceased
					03 Oct 1705	Gateshead, Stony Flatt	Jackson, Joseph, killed in the 1705 explosion, Buried: October 4th
					15 Sep 1926	near Handen Hold	Jackson, William, aged 28, killed while getting small coals from an old pit heap
					08 Oct 1855	Walker Iron Works	James, John, aged 33, boiler explosion
					21 Feb 1782	Fatfield area	Jan?, Christopher, Pitman, of Fatfield, father of Thomas, Buried: 21 Feb 1782 at Chester-le-Street
					21 Feb 1782	Fatfield area	Jan?, Thomas, of Fatfield, son of Christopher, Buried: 21 Feb 1782 at Chester-le-Street
					28 Sep 1808	Kimbleworth	Jarvis, John, explosion of fire-damp
					10 Jan 1917	Pukening (New Zealand)	Jefferson, John, aged 29, memorial in Washington Cemetery
					08 Oct 1855	Walker Iron Works	Jenkins, Josiah, aged 33, boiler explosion
					Dec 1814	A Coal Pit	John, Davison, aged 18, killed in the 1814 disaster, of the Mount, son of Alexander and Catherine Davison, Buried: Washington on 01 Jan 1915
					25 Sep 1801	Unknown	Johnson, Richard, aged 50, Horse Keeper, of Fatfield, shown in Parish records as being accidentally killed - may not be Colliery related
					20 Mar 1796	Unknown	Johnson, William, of Lindale, he was killed by a small stone falling on his head when at the foot of the starn in a mine pit of iron ore, Buried: Pennington
					1899	Unknown	Johnson, William, aged 68, Wasteman, He received a small cut on the leg, but of so slight a nature that he finished his shift, walked a mile to the pit bottom, and another mile home. He was afterwards attended by a doctor for a few days, and then by another, who treated him for bronchitis. On his death, as the result of a post-mortem, the latter doctor certified that the man had died from weak action of the heart, accelerated by chronic bronchitis [fatality reported during the year but not classified as a colliery accident]
					19 Dec 1823	Good Intent Pit	Johnston, David, killed by a fall of roof
					1828	Great Clifton	Johnston, William, fell down shaft of coal pit while affected by choke damp
					03 Oct 1705	Gateshead, Stony Flatt	Jordan, Edward, killed in the 1705 explosion, Buried: October 10th
					03 Oct 1705	Gateshead, Stony Flatt	Jordan, Leonard, killed in the 1705 explosion, Buried: October 5th
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 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 .
Some of the details of mining fatalities on this web site have been generated from Parish/Bishop's Transcript's burial records kindly supplied by Julie Thompson and are marked with .

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