Disasters - Names		Disasters - Names

Date:	31st May 1867
Colliery:	Washington
Cause:	Fall down shaft
Lives Lost:	10

An accident occurred this evening, at Washington Colliery, about eight miles south of Newcastle, resulting in the death of eight men and two boys. It appeared that on being drawn to bank the brakesman in charge of the engine did not stop the machinery as the cage got to the mouth of the pit. The result was that the cage, with its occupants, was drawn right up against the "chocks," near the pullies, with so much violence that the wire rope broke, letting the cage and the men fall down the shaft. All the men must have been instantaneously killed, the pit being 250 yards in depth.

Source:

Local Records or Historical Register of Remarkable Events by T. Fordyce, Published in 1867

	Atkinson, Philip, aged 13, Putter, over winding
	Brannon, Patrick, aged 40, Hewer, over winding, wife and four children
	Briggs, William, aged 24, Hewer, over winding, wife and one child
	Coyles, John, aged 39, Hewer, over winding, wife and nine children
	Curran, H., aged 38, Hewer, over winding, wife and five children
	Kearney, Patrick, aged 40, Hewer, over winding, wife and seven children
	Milner, Hiram, aged 51, Hewer, over winding, wife and three children
	Mulaney, Michael, aged 15, Putter, over winding
	Smith, John, aged 33, Hewer, over winding, wife and seven children
	Todd, Jonas, aged 30, Hewer, over winding, wife and two children
	All names found
	Youngest: 13 years old ; Oldest: 51 ; Average: 32

05 Jun 1867

The Death of Ten Pitmen (The Times)

 

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