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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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28 Nov 1908 | Cox Green (Freestone quarry) | Raffle, William, aged 22, Quarryman, a piece of stone fell off the side of the face and injured his spine, he died on the 28th November, (accident: 25 Sep 1908) |
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 | 13 Oct 1953 | Leycett | Ramm, William Christopher, aged 40, Buried: Ushaw Moor Cemetery;
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| Sep 1874 | Unknown | Ramsey, Thomas, aged 4, Chester Ward Coroner's Inquest, place: South Shields, cause: run over by coal wagon (DRO Ref: COR/C/2/84) |
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| 17 Dec 1728 | Unknown | Ramshaw, John, killed by waggons |
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| 01 Jun 1867 | Pelaw Main | |||||||
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| 04 Feb 1803 | Unknown | Reed, Thomas, aged 23, Waggonman, of Tanfield, shown in Parish records as being accidentally killed - may not be Colliery related |
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| 14 Feb 1812 | Unknown | Reed, William, aged 31, Waggonman, of Slush Row, shown in Parish records as being accidentally killed - may not be Colliery related |
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| 1840 | Seaton Engine | Richardson, G., aged 19, drawn into the drum of the engine [approximate date] |
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11 May 1899 | Burtree Dyke, Whinstone quarry | Richardson, John, aged 55, Quarryman, Some stone fell from the face just above where he was working and injured one of his feet so severely that amputation was necessary. Died the following day., (accident: 10 May 1899) |
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| 10 Apr 1901 | Hodbarrow (Clay) | Richardson, William, aged 19, Labourer, A piece of clay, weighing 15 or 20 cwt., suddenly slipped from the face and caught deceased, who was at work in the quarry bottom. The quarry was only 8 feet deep at that point, and the place had been examined by an official, who considered it perfectly safe [Inspection made & inquest attended] |
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| Dec 1874 | Unknown | Riches, Edward, aged 43, Chester Ward Coroner's Inquest, place: Westoe, cause: run over by engine, Pontop Wagonway (DRO Ref: COR/C/2/165) |
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03 Oct 1705 | Gateshead, Stony Flatt | Riddel, Thomas, killed in the 1705 explosion, Buried: October 5th |
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05 Aug 1737 | Corpsill | Ridley, John |
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| 03 Jun 1913 | Hindpool (Clay) | Rigg, Robert Mason, aged 55, Labourer, deceased and two other workmen were engaged in getting clay; they had undercut to a depth of 18 inches, and had then made a nick with a spade in the top and poured water therein with the object of making the clay fall over; unfortunately about 10 minutes before the dinner hour, the ground fell and caught deceased |
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03 Oct 1705 | Gateshead, Stony Flatt | Risdall, Thomas, killed in the 1705 explosion, Buried: October 13th |
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05 Aug 1737 | Corpsill | Robinson, Timothy |
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| 08 Feb 1799 | Unknown | Robson, Francis, aged 16, son of John Robson, Wright, shown in Parish records as 'Fell down a Pit' |
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04 Jun 1853 | Quarrington Hill | Robson, Philip, aged 10, he had been attempting to get on the shafts of a laden rolley when he slipped and was run over, his head was cut and severely crushed; he died half an hour later |
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18 Nov 1905 | Pelaw (Clay & Shale) | Robson, Robert, aged 64, Shot Firer |
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| 24 Nov 1705 | Gateshead | Robson, William |
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| 23 Aug 1904 | Kirkcross (Limestone) | Rogers, Joseph, aged 46, Engineman, While deceased was working at a windmill pump he stood on an 11-inch plank which he himself had fixed about 7½ feet above a ledge in the quarry. He slipped and fell off the plank, and his head came in contact with a wooden water box and his skull was fractured and he never recovered consciousness. The plank fell with him as it was not nailed or firmly secured at either end, (accident: 22 Aug 1904) |
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| 1897 | Unknown | Rothery, William, aged 60, [Not employed - farmer], was found dead at the bottom of a well 30 feet deep, from which water was pumped to Harrington Colliery [fatality reported during the year but not classified as a colliery accident] |
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21 Feb 1887 | Troutbeck | Rowlandson, John, aged 29, Miner, fall of a large piece of rock while the two men were preparing to put a shot into it |
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| Mar 1914 | Pontop Drift | Rudham, John, aged 40, Buried: St. Andrew's Churchyard, Stanley;
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19 Oct 1839 | Ironside pit, Whitburn | Russell, -, boiler explosion |
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19 Oct 1839 | Ironside pit, Whitburn | Russell, -, boiler explosion |
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| 29 Sep 1870 | Consett | Rutherford, Matthew, aged 34, Banksman, crushed by cage in shaft |
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| 27 Sep 1648 | Unknown | Rutter, George, Buried: St. Mary's Churchyard/Cemetery, Heworth;
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Some of the names of mining fatalities on this page have been kindly provided by Ian Winstanley of the
Coal Mining History Resource Centre
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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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