Durham Mining Museum - Colliery Disaster 1887

Date:	24th October 1887
Colliery:	Walker
Cause:	Explosion of coal dust, firedamp and air
Lives Lost:	8


Fatalities

Photograph(s) of the memorial for this disaster are shown in the Memorials section

Cockburn, Joseph, aged 40, Stoneman

Defty, Henry, aged 36, Shifter

Hogg, Anthony, aged 25, Stoneman

Hylton, John, aged 27, Stoneman

McMullen, James, aged 31, Stoneman

Pickard, John, aged 56, Master Shifter

Richardson, William, aged 36, Stoneman

Wilson, Robert Laverick, aged 28, Stoneman

All names found

Youngest: 25 years old ; Oldest: 56 ; Average: 35

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.


Newspaper Articles

25 Oct 1887	Colliery Disaster (The Times)
26 Oct 1887	The Walker Colliery Explosion (The Times)

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