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

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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					14 Jun 1936	Hickleton Main	Taylor, David Hindmarch, aged 39, Buried: St. Matthew's Churchyard, Silksworth;
					25 Apr 1771	Unknown	Taylor, Thomas, killed by the fall of a quarry, Buried: Kirksby Ireleth
					Nov 1874	Unknown	Telford, George, aged 26, Chester Ward Coroner's Inquest, place: Tyne Dock, cause: crushed between coal wagons (DRO Ref: COR/C/2/137)
					22 Jul 1901	Plumpton (Limestone)	Thistlethwaite, Richard, aged 35, Shot Firer, About half a charge of 950 lbs. of powder had been put into a deep hole when the explosion occurred [Inspection made & inquest attended]
					03 Oct 1705	Gateshead, Stony Flatt	Thompson, Adam, killed in the 1705 explosion, Buried: October 4th
					11 Oct 1876	Wall	Thompson, George, aged 21, Banksman, fell down pit, affected by impure air
					04 Nov 1959	Colliery Railway	Thompson, Matthew, aged 33, Loco Fireman, head on collision with another colliery train
					03 Oct 1705	Gateshead, Stony Flatt	Thompson, Michael, killed in the 1705 explosion, Buried: October 6th
					05 Jan 1897	Bell's Close clay quarry	Thompson, Robert, aged 52, Clay Digger, Deceased at completion of his shift, and after the other men had left the quarry, ascended to a ledge 7 feet or 8 feet high to get his jacket. According to the evidence he suffered from a weak heart, and had within the previous hour complained of a feeling of dizziness. Apparently he had a recurrence of this dizziness, and had fallen from the ledge whilst in that state, as there was nothing in the condition of the quarry to account for the accident [Inspection made]
					25 Feb 1918	Unknown	Thorburn, John Thomas, aged 25, killed by a fall of stone, Buried: Evenwood Cemetery;
					03 Oct 1705	Gateshead, Stony Flatt	Thornton, Bryon, killed in the 1705 explosion, Buried: October 6th
					21 Feb 1782	Fatfield area	Thornton, Matthew, of Fatfield, son of Thomas, Buried: 22 Feb 1782 at Chester-le-Street
					21 Feb 1782	Fatfield area	Thornton, Thomas, Pitman, of Fatfield, father of Matthew, Buried: 22 Feb 1782 at Chester-le-Street
					14 Jul 1902	Coanwood, Whinstone quarry	Tiffen, Robert, aged 26
					08 Sep 1947	Tanfield	Todd, G., Labourer, caught in trench
					04 Apr 1868	Backsyke	Todd, George, aged 36, Hewer, killed by a fall of stone
					30 Jan 1846	Garmondsway Moor	Todd, James, aged 11, Trapper, had gone down the pit on Friday, 30 January, but as there was no work for him, he returned to bank and went on to the Engine Bank railway where he was run over and killed by four waggons
					03 Oct 1705	Gateshead, Stony Flatt	Todd, John, killed in the 1705 explosion, Buried: October 10th
					08 Jun 1899	Cragwood, Whinstone quarry	Todd, John, aged 24, Borer & Filler, Killed by a stone from a gelatine shot. A quarryman was charging a shot hole and was using a steel tool for a rammer, which caused a premature explosion.
					05 Aug 1737	Corpsill	Troutbeck, Richard
					Dec 1875	Unknown	Turnbull, Edward, aged 9, Chester Ward Coroner's Inquest, place: Burnopfield Colliery, cause: run over by coal wagon (DRO Ref: COR/C/2/473)
					18 Mar 1894	Unknown	Turnbull, George, aged 41, died after 9½ years illness, the result of an injury to his spine from a fall of roof
					15 Jan 1880	Lea	Turnbull, John, aged 49, Hewer, suffocated by foul air
					04 Jun 1880	Lea	Turnbull, Thomas, aged 54, Hewer, suffocated by foul air
					16 Aug 1905	Corbridge (Clay)	Turnbull, William Charlton, aged 28, Labourer, Deceased was working in a clay pit not 20 feet deep, therefore the accident does not come under the Quarries Act. A mass of clay amounting to about 1 ton fell from a face 14 feet deep, relieved by a crack, the existence of which was known. Deceased had been warned by a fellow workman to stand clear, as it was not safe. He took a shovel and tried to lever it down at the side, and jumped in the wrong direction when it fell, (accident: 15 Aug 1905)
					04 May 1887	Lindal, B. 30 (Metalliferous)	Tyson, John, aged 44, Miner, this man fired a shot in the side of the working; on looking at the result a piece of rock fell off the side onto him; if he had examined the place properly after firing the shot, the accident would not have occurred, as his mate at the inquest admitted they both knew this piece of rock to be bad before firing the shot, and they were in a hurry to get their metal out, and being near holiday time they wished to get as much money as possible
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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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