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

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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					08 Nov 1833	Black Fell	Lamb, W., Wasteman, explosion of firedamp
					16 Feb 1692	Unknown	Laurin, Michael, Buried: St. Mary's Churchyard/Cemetery, Heworth;
					19 Jan 1847	Rainton Bridge Engine	Laybourn, William, aged 47, Pitman, fracture of leg and arm by railway waggons
					17 Feb 1896	Greengates Quarry (Whinstone)	Lee, Joseph, aged 40, Quarryman, He was holding four steel plates while a chain was put round them and they fell over upon him. Died on the 17th, (accident: 11 Feb 1896)
					10 Feb 1895	Mickleton Quarry	Lee, William, aged 20, Horse Driver, foot severely crushed, run over by a waggon while shunting, he died from lockjaw on the 10th inst., (accident: 31 Jan 1895)
					21 Dec 1888	Arnold Pit (Metalliferous)	Letcher, John, aged 48, Miner, struck by plank which fell down rise; deceased sent this plank up the rise, and lashed the rope once round, instead of twice; when near the top of the rise the rope slipped off the plank, which fell on deceased, who was standing at the bottom of the rise; this accident was caused by deceased's own negligence as it is against the rules to stand at the bottom of a rise while anything is being sent up
					12 Jul 1870	Grey Southern	Lewin, Edward, Hewer, killed by a fall of stone
					21 Feb 1782	Fatfield area	Lewins, William, snr., Deputy, of Chester-le-Street, Buried: 21 Feb 1782 at Chester-le-Street
					24 Dec 1900	Quarrybank (Limestone)	Lewthwaite, J. T. H., aged 25, Labourer, A crane was being taken down with the object of erecting it in another quarry, when the upright — 27 feet by 10 inches square — suddenly fell over and struck deceased. [Inspection made & inquest attended]
					27 Sep 1894	Montagu Brickworks	Liddle, Joseph, aged 50, Engineman, died in the Newcastle Infirmary from injuries received at the Montagu Brickworks, Scotswood; this accident was also reported to H.M. Inspector of Factories, in compliance with the provision of the Factory Act., (accident: 26 Sep 1894)
					10 Jul 1888	De Beers Diamond Mine, Kimberly, South Africa	Lindsay, Clarence Stewart, aged 28, Buried: Bishopwearmouth Cemetery, Sunderland;
					24 Aug 1844	Pit at Deaham	Lister, Benjamin, aged 12, rope broke, fell down shaft, Buried: Dearham Churchyard
					1840	Hartlepool Railway	Lister, Matthew, aged 15, Greaser, by coal waggons running over him [approximate date]
					24 Aug 1844	Pit at Deaham	Lister, Wilfred, aged 8, rope broke, fell down shaft, Buried: Dearham Churchyard
					12 Oct 1903	Moat (Sandstone)	Little, John, aged 54, Foreman Labourer, While engaged removing the overburden of the quarry, which consisted of stiff red clay 9 feet thick, with a few stones in it, deceased had undercut a length of 6 yards to a depth of from 6 to 9 inches, and was so engaged when suddenly a mass of clay — practically the whole height and width — fell away, and part of it caught him and broke his neck. The weather had been very wet.
					08 Oct 1855	Walker Iron Works	Lloyd, Evan, aged 26, boiler explosion
					29 Mar 1912	Kenton (sandstone quarry)	Lockwood, Frank, aged 34
					12 Jun 1727	Unknown	Loe, Edward, killed in a marle pit, Buried: Bolton
					05 Jun 1925	Roseberry (Whinstone)	Long, Albert Reginald, aged 17, [Not employed], died whilst exploring old mine
					16 Dec 1802	Unknown	Love, Anthony, aged 31, Pitman, of Birtley, shown in Parish records as being accidentally killed - may not be Colliery related
					1897	Unknown	Lowdon, John, aged 14, died from the effects of injuries received in attempting to get onto a set of waggons on the Ravensworth Colliery waggonway [fatality reported during the year but not classified as a colliery accident]
					22 Nov 1912	Ouston Colliery Railway	Lowes, Leonard, aged 20, Assistant dilly rider, whilst coupling up a chaldron wagon by hand, the set of trucks was lowered before he was clear
					18 Jun 1873	South Belmont	Lowther, William, aged 16, Driver, crushed by tubs
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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