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

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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					05 Aug 1737	Corpsill	Salkeld, John
					13 May 1943	Tanfield	Saul, Thomas, aged 25, Hewer, killed by a fall of stone, (accident: 11 May 1943), Buried: Harelaw Cemetery (new);
					03 Oct 1705	Gateshead, Stony Flatt	Sayers, John, killed in the 1705 explosion, Buried: October 7th
					05 Dec 1868	Ferryhill Iron Works	Scarr, William, aged 34, Labourer, accidentally run over by railway trucks
					Nov 1874	Unknown	Scott, George, aged 10, Chester Ward Coroner's Inquest, place: Eighton banks, cause: run over by wagon (DRO Ref: COR/C/2/128)
					17 Dec 1723	Unknown	Scott, John, of Burnhill, died by a fall in a coal pit
					11 Jan 1874	Old Throckley	Scott, John, aged 34, Hewer, explosion of powder, (accident: 30 Dec 1873)
					07 May 1953	Unknown	Scott, John Edward, aged 15, fatally injured at Colliery, Buried: Parish Burial Ground, Shotton Colliery;
					08 Nov 1899	Woodend Quarry (Limestone)	Shaw, James, aged 65, Quarryman, He was barring down a loose stone — about 3 cwt. — from a ledge 2 feet above the quarry floor. No one actually witnessed the accident, but apparently he slipped and the stone rolled on to him. A fatal result was not anticipated, but he died just a week after the accident [Inspection made & inquest attended]
					03 Dec 1888	Sheeprakes (Metalliferous)	Shaw, William, aged 45, Sinker, fell down shaft; whilst putting up some hoarding to protect the workmen from the storm of wind and rain raging at the time, the wind caught a board the deceased was carrying, and knocked him down the shaft
					05 Jun 1925	Roseberry (Whinstone)	Shepherd, Rita, aged 17, [Not employed], died whilst exploring old mine
					1717	Unknown	Sherbourn, John, fell down a shaft by the breaking of a chain
					25 May 1842	Unknown	Shevill, Timothy Hackworth, aged 23, killed by the explosion of a locomotive engine boiler, Buried: St. Thomas the Apostle Churchyard, Harelaw;
					29 Mar 1933	Birtley	Simms, William, aged 39, Engineman, he was accidentally killed when he was caught and crushed by the descending cage
					11 Jul 1898	Unknown	Simpson, Joseph, aged 48, Hewer, He had just got on to a waggon to ride up an incline on the private branch railway, when he was jolted off on the set starting, and fell under the wheels. Notices are posted at the bottom and top of the bank prohibiting riding, but as a conviction cannot be obtained against an offender, they are apparently of very little use
					18 Jun 1912	Carlton (Sandstone)	Slater, Joseph William, aged 36, Quarryman, he was engaged along with the owner of the quarry in working a piece of stone from the face when another stone unexpectedly came away; the owner, who was standing in a position of danger, jumped and was fortunate in getting clear, but deceased instead of remaining where he was, in a position of safety, also jumped, and his boot heel getting fast, he fell backwards and struck a stone with his head, fracturing his neck
					Apr 1874	Unknown	Smeatern, Jane A., aged 4, Chester Ward Coroner's Inquest, place: Gateshead, cause: run over by coal cart (DRO Ref: COR/C/2/39)
					21 Feb 1782	Fatfield area	Smiles, John, Pitman, of Fatfield, Buried: 21 Feb 1782 at Chester-le-Street
					1855	Escomb	Smith, George, aged 52, roof fall [approximate date]
					31 May 1844	Cleator Moor	Smith, James, was stifled by an accumulation of foul air in a coal mine
					05 Nov 1874	Pease's Brandon	Smith, James, aged 20, Hewer, killed by a fall of stone
					05 Aug 1737	Corpsill	Smith, Johnathan
					16 Sep 1910	Pontop & Jarrow Railway	Smith, Robert Harrison, aged 24, Platelayer, run over by waggon
					29 Oct 1896	Shap	Smith, Thomas, aged 30, Rubble Breaker, A charge of dynamite exploded in a shot hole, while he was attempting to withdraw a wooden stemmer which had become fast in the hole, and killed him
					1898	Unknown	Smith, William, aged 52, Engineman, He was suddenly taken ill on his engine and died immediately after being taken home. The doctor's evidence was to the effect that he had died from heart disease. Verdict of the jury accordingly.
					23 Aug 1892	An old drift	Snowdon, Joseph, aged 12, [Not employed], suffocation by carbonic acid gas
					23 Aug 1892	An old drift	Snowdon, Susannah, aged 51, [Not employed], suffocation by carbonic acid gas
					04 Jun 1879	Salter & Eskett (Metalliferous)	Southward, John R., aged 67, Miner, Crushed by bogie at foot of brake road.
					17 Jun 1874	Great Clifton	Starbuck, Isaac, aged 61, leapt down coal mine - of unsound mind
					19 Sep 1844	Unknown	Stenman, Matthew, aged 9, Matthew Stenman, aged nine, was killed on 19 September. He had been riding on some coal waggons underneath the screens when his hand was caught on them. He was pulled onto the railway and the waggons went over his legs, head and one of his wrists
					09 Feb 1915	[Canada]	Stewart, John, aged 26, killed by a flood in a mine in Canada, tombstone in Christ Church Churchyard, Seaham, Buried: Christ Church Churchyard, Seaham;
					19 Oct 1900	Summerhill, Sand quarry	Stewart, William, aged 17, Labourer, He was filling a cart, when a huge mass of sand slipped away and completely covered him. Two youths who were standing near, were also suffocated by the same rush of sand, but as they were not employed at the quarry, they are not included in the list. [Inspection made & inquest attended]
					22 Dec 1893	Unknown	Stobart, Joseph, died from pneumonia; an effort was made to attribute the death to a colliery accident, but the medical evidence was directly opposed to that view, and the latter version was accepted by the jury
					Feb 1874	Unknown	Stoker, Henry, aged 13, Chester Ward Coroner's Inquest, place: Framwellgate Moor, cause: crushed by coal wagon (DRO Ref: COR/C/2/27)
					25 Apr 1906	Nentforce (Limestone)	Stokoe, William, aged 48, Quarryman, Deceased, who wore clogs, was working on a ledge about 4 feet wide, about 15 feet from the top of the quarry and about 30 feet from the bottom. He called to two men working below that he was about to roll a stone over, and one of them saw him do so, and then saw another stone, about 2 feet square and 1 foot thick, roll forward behind him and catch him about the ankles, and he fell head first to the bottom of the quarry, alighting on a heap of rough stones. He was unconscious, and never regained consciousness, his skull being fractured., (accident: 23 Apr 1906)
					24 Dec 1862	Hetton Drops	Stoner, George, Buried: Bishopwearmouth Cemetery, Sunderland;
					05 Jan 1810	Unknown	Storey, John, aged 29, Pitman, of Ouston, shown in Parish records as being accidentally killed - may not be Colliery related
					14 Feb 1887	Ouston Waggonway	Stothert, William, aged 20, accidentally killed following his employment on the Ouston Waggonway, (accident: 12 Feb 1887), Buried: St. Mary's Churchyard/Cemetery, Heworth;
					23 Feb 1888	Unknown	Strong, James, aged 45, Stoneman, died from injuries received by a shot, which he had lit, exploding before he had retreated a sufficient distance [fatality reported during the year but not classified as a colliery accident], (accident: 16 Dec 1881)
					08 Dec 1913	Skinningrove Iron Works	Stubley, Alfred, aged 25, Jouneyman Slater, accidentally killed, (accident: 13 Dec 1913)
					13 Nov 1898	Shawl (Limestone Quarry)	Styan, William, aged 52, Owner and Manager, he was going to the quarry to see some repairs that were being done to an engine, and must have mistaken his way, owing to a fog, and fell over into the quarry, a distance of 20 ft.; receiving such injuries that he died on the 13th inst., (accident: 10 Nov 1898)
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 , 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.
For those names marked we have a digital photograph of the tombstone, see the information page for further details.
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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