Disasters - Names		Disasters - Names

Date:	16th February 1909
Colliery:	West Stanley
Cause:	Explosion, firedamp propagated by coal dust, cause of ignition uncertain
Lives Lost:	168

The text of the report from the Mines Inspector into this disaster is available in the Disaster Reports section of this website.

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

	Agar, Joseph, aged 16, cause of death/injury: burned to death (Busty Seam), address: 17 Henry Street, Stanley
	Agar, Matthew, aged 16, cause of death/injury: burnt (Busty Seam), address: 17 Henry Street, Stanley
	Allan, Robert, aged 20, cause of death/injury: monoxide (Tilley Seam), address: 19 Gladstone Terrace, No Place, Buried: mass grave in St. Joseph's (Roman Catholic) Churchyard, Stanley
	Anderson, Thomas, aged 20, cause of death/injury: monoxide, badly burnt (Busty Seam), address: 19 Gordon Terrace, Stanley
	Batty, William, aged 21, cause of death/injury: monoxide (Tilley Seam), address: Ernest Terrace, Stanley
	Bell, James, aged 54, cause of death/injury: monoxide (Towneley Seam), address: Benton Terrace, Stanley, Buried: St. Andrew's Churchyard, Stanley
	Benfold, John, aged 15, cause of death/injury: monoxide, burnt (Towneley Seam), address: 6 Henry Street, Stanley, Buried: St. Andrew's Churchyard, Stanley
	Booth, George (Jnr), aged 20, cause of death/injury: monoxide (Tilley Seam), address: 2 Sand Street, Stanley
	Booth, Thomas, aged 18, cause of death/injury: dioxide, burnt (Brockwell Seam), address: 2 Sand Street, Stanley
	Bottoms, Terrace, aged 32, cause of death/injury: monoxide (Brockwell Seam), address: 2 Sylvia Terrace, Stanley
	Bowers, George, aged 32, cause of death/injury: monoxide, burnt (Brockwell Seam), address: 8 Wood Street, Stanley, Buried: St. Peter's Churchyard, Sacriston
	Brennan, James, aged 24, cause of death/injury: monoxide, (Towneley Seam), address: 6 Sand Street, Stanley, Buried: mass grave in St. Joseph's (Roman Catholic) Churchyard, Stanley
	Broadmore, Richard, aged 17, cause of death/injury: monoxide, burnt (Busty Seam), address: Henry Street, Stanley
	Brophy, William, aged 14, cause of death/injury: very badly burned (Busty Seam), address: 15 Ramsey Street, Stanley
	Brown, Robert, aged 43, cause of death/injury: monoxide, violence to head (Tilley Seam), address: 2 Fanny Pit Cottages, Stanley, Buried: St. Andrew's Churchyard, Stanley
	Burns, Joseph, aged 48, cause of death/injury: monoxide (Brockwell Seam), address: 4 Agnes Street, Stanley
	Burns, Richard, aged 22, cause of death/injury: monoxide (Towneley Seam), address: 4 Agnes Street, Stanley
	Carr, George, aged 37, cause of death/injury: contused wounds of head, badly burnt (Brockwell Seam), address: 11½ Peel Street, Stanley
	Carr, Thomas, aged 23, cause of death/injury: monoxide (Towneley Seam), address: 16 Council Street, Stanley, Buried: St. Andrew's Churchyard, Stanley
	Carter, John, aged 18, cause of death/injury: dioxide, burnt (Brockwell Seam), brother of Joseph, address: 3 Kettledrum Street, Stanley, Buried: St. Andrew's Churchyard, Stanley
	Carter, Joseph, Jnr., aged 23, cause of death/injury: dioxide, burnt (Brockwell Seam), brother of John, address: 3 Kettledrum Street, Stanley, Buried: St. Andrew's Churchyard, Stanley
	Charlton, James, aged 15, cause of death/injury: monoxide, burnt (Brockwell Seam), address: 3 Manx Street, Stanley
	Charlton, Thomas Nelson, aged 21, cause of death/injury: monoxide, injured head (Towneley Seam), address: 3 Manx Street, Stanley
	Charlton, William, aged 53, cause of death/injury: monoxide, burnt (Brockwell Seam), address: 3 Manx Street, Stanley
	Chaytor, William, aged 52, body was not recovered until March 1933 (24 years later), address: High Street, Stanley
	Clark, John, aged 58, cause of death/injury: monoxide, burnt (Towneley Seam), father of William Henry Clarke, address: 5 Peel Street, Stanley, Buried: St. Andrew's Churchyard, Stanley
	Clark, William Henry, aged 24, cause of death/injury: carbon monoxide, badly burned (Towneley Seam), son of John Clark, address: 5 Peel Street, Stanley
	Clarke, John James, aged 19, cause of death/injury: monoxide (Towneley Seam), address: 6 Peel Street, Stanley
	Coils, Archibold, aged 31, cause of death/injury: monoxide (Brockwell Seam), address: 44 West Terrace, New Kyo
	Coulson, Matthew, aged 20, cause of death/injury: monoxide, burnt (Towneley Seam), address: 7 Kettledrum Street, Stanley
	Coulson, Thomas, aged 62, cause of death/injury: carbon monoxide, badly burned (Towneley Seam), address: 7 Kettledrum Street, Stanley
	Counsell, Allan, aged 23, cause of death/injury: monoxide (Brockwell Seam), address: 7 Rifle Street, Stanley
	Counsell, John, aged 58, cause of death/injury: monoxide (Brockwell Seam), address: 7 Henry Street, Stanley
	Cowen, Mark, aged 66, cause of death/injury: shattered head, badly burned (Towneley Seam), address: 2 Benton Terrace, Stanley
	Coxon, Matthew Robson, cause of death/injury: monoxide, not burnt (Towneley Seam)
	Coyne, Thomas, aged 28, cause of death/injury: monoxide, not burnt (Towneley Seam), address: 2 Laxey Street, Stanley, Buried: mass grave in St. Joseph's (Roman Catholic) Churchyard, Stanley
	Croney, James, aged 15, cause of death/injury: monoxide, burnt (Towneley Seam), address: 11 Manx Street, Stanley, Buried: mass grave in St. Joseph's (Roman Catholic) Churchyard, Stanley
	Croney, John Henry, cause of death/injury: monoxide, burnt (Towneley Seam), address: 5 Kettledrum Street, Stanley, Buried: mass grave in St. Joseph's (Roman Catholic) Churchyard, Stanley
	Crozier, Thomas, aged 18, cause of death/injury: very badly burned (Busty Seam), address: 12 Henry Street, Stanley
	Crozier, William (Jnr), aged 29, cause of death/injury: dioxide (Towneley Seam), address: 12 Henry Street, Stanley
	Crozier, William (Snr), aged 53, cause of death/injury: great violence; shattered skull (Busty Seam), address: 12 Henry Street, Stanley
	Cummings, Joseph, aged 38, cause of death/injury: monoxide (Towneley Seam), address: 8 George Street, Stanley, Buried: mass grave in St. Joseph's (Roman Catholic) Churchyard, Stanley
	Davison, Edward, aged 23, cause of death/injury: monoxide, burnt (Brockwell Seam), address: 6 Rifle Street, Stanley
	Dean, James William, aged 19, cause of death/injury: monoxide (Tilley Seam), address: 18 Henry Street, Stanley
	Donkin, James, aged 14, cause of death/injury: monoxide, burnt (Busty Seam), address: 5 Kettledrum Street, Stanley
	Donnelly, Francis (Jnr), aged 18, cause of death/injury: monoxide, burnt (Towneley Seam), address: 7 Peel Street, Stanley, Buried: mass grave in St. Joseph's (Roman Catholic) Churchyard, Stanley
	Donnelly, John, aged 34, cause of death/injury: monoxide (Brockwell Seam), address: Beamish Street, Stanley, Buried: mass grave in St. Joseph's (Roman Catholic) Churchyard, Stanley
	Doran, Patrick, aged 41, cause of death/injury: monoxide (Towneley Seam), address: 14 Ramsey Street, Stanley, Buried: mass grave in St. Joseph's (Roman Catholic) Churchyard, Stanley
	Dover, John William, aged 17, cause of death/injury: burned to death (Busty Seam), address: 13 Rifle Street, Stanley
	Doyle, William, aged 16, cause of death/injury: monoxide (Tilley Seam), address: 17 Lucy Street, Stanley, Buried: mass grave in St. Joseph's (Roman Catholic) Churchyard, Stanley
	Dunn (McGarey), Albert, aged 14, cause of death/injury: dioxide (Tilley Seam), address: 16 Henry Street, Stanley, Buried: St. Andrew's Churchyard, Stanley
	Dunn (McGarey), Henry, aged 15, cause of death/injury: monoxide, burnt (Brockwell Seam), address: 16 Henry Street, Stanley, Buried: St. Andrew's Churchyard, Stanley
	Fewster, George, aged 33, cause of death/injury: dioxide, burnt (Brockwell Seam), address: 17 Chester Road, Stanley, Buried: St. Andrew's Churchyard, Stanley
	Finningham, John, aged 32, cause of death/injury: monoxide (Busty Seam), address: 28 Church Street, Stanley
	Foster, James, aged 22, cause of death/injury: burned to death (Brockwell Seam), address: 8 Rifle Street, Stanley
	Foster, John, aged 20, cause of death/injury: dioxide, badly burned (Busty Seam), address: Blue Bell Cottages, Shield Row
	Foster, Robert, aged 33, cause of death/injury: monoxide, burnt (Busty Seam), address: 8 Rifle Street, Stanley
	Gallagher, Frank, aged 25, cause of death/injury: monoxide, not burnt (Towneley Seam), address: 10 Chester Road, Stanley, Buried: mass grave in St. Joseph's (Roman Catholic) Churchyard, Stanley
	Gardner, James, aged 14, cause of death/injury: monoxide, compound fracture of leg (Tilley Seam), address: 6 Busty Street, Stanley
	Gibbons, Peter, aged 35, cause of death/injury: dioxide (Towneley Seam), address: 9 Back Busty Row, Stanley, Buried: mass grave in St. Joseph's (Roman Catholic) Churchyard, Stanley
	Gill, George, aged 16, cause of death/injury: dioxide (Brockwell Seam), brother of Henry, address: 2 Henry Street, Stanley, Buried: St. Andrew's Churchyard, Stanley
	Gill, Henry, aged 13, cause of death/injury: monoxide (Tilley Seam), brother of George, address: 2 Henry Street, Stanley, Buried: St. Andrew's Churchyard, Stanley
	Gittens, George, aged 30, cause of death/injury: monoxide (Brockwell Seam), address: 7 Hilda Terrace, Stanley
	Glendinning, John, aged 44, cause of death/injury: very badly burned (Busty Seam), father of John, address: 2 Kettledrum Cottages, Stanley, Buried: St. Andrew's Churchyard, Stanley
	Glendinning, John, aged 16, cause of death/injury: monoxide (Tilley Seam), son of John, address: 2 Kettledrum Cottages, Stanley, Buried: St. Andrew's Churchyard, Stanley
	Glennon, Joseph, aged 19, cause of death/injury: dioxide (Towneley Seam), address: 11 Rifle Street, Stanley, Buried: mass grave in St. Joseph's (Roman Catholic) Churchyard, Stanley
	Glennon, Patrick, aged 35, cause of death/injury: monoxide (Towneley Seam), address: 11 Rifle Street, Stanley, Buried: mass grave in St. Joseph's (Roman Catholic) Churchyard, Stanley
	Gourley, Stephen, aged 17, cause of death/injury: monoxide (Brockwell Seam), address: 2 Rifle Street, Stanley
	Graham, John William, aged 40, cause of death/injury: severely burnt, amputated whole of right buttock with thigh and leg attached. (Towneley Seam), address: Mona Street, Stanley, Buried: mass grave in St. Joseph's (Roman Catholic) Churchyard, Stanley
	Green, William, aged 34, cause of death/injury: monoxide, burnt (Brockwell Seam), address: 16 Ramsey Street, Stanley, Buried: St. Andrew's Churchyard, Stanley
	Halliday, George Bell, aged 17, cause of death/injury: monoxide (Tilley Seam), address: 11 Ramsey Street, Stanley
	Harrison, James, aged 35, cause of death/injury: monoxide, burnt (Brockwell Seam), address: 3 Beaconsfield Terrace, Stanley, Buried: mass grave in St. Joseph's (Roman Catholic) Churchyard, Stanley
	Hennessey, Patrick, aged 32, cause of death/injury: monoxide (Towneley Seam), address: 6 Beaconsfield Terrace, Stanley, Buried: mass grave in St. Joseph's (Roman Catholic) Churchyard, Stanley
	Herron, Thomas (Snr), aged 60, cause of death/injury: monoxide (Busty Seam), address: Sand Street, Stanley, Buried: St. Andrew's Churchyard, Stanley
	Hodgson, Anthony, cause of death/injury: head shattered (Busty Seam)
	Hodgson, Joseph, aged 25, cause of death/injury: monoxide, burnt (Towneley Seam), address: 3 Benton Terrace, Stanley
	Hodgson, Sydney, aged 19, cause of death/injury: monoxide (Brockwell Seam), address: 3 Benton Terrace, Stanley
	Ivy, John (Snr), aged 53, cause of death/injury: monoxide (Busty Seam), address: 4 Manx Street, Stanley
	Jamieson, James, aged 62, cause of death/injury: dioxide, badly burnt (Busty Seam), address: 18 Henry Street, Stanley, Buried: St. Andrew's Churchyard, Stanley
	Jefferson, William, aged 24, cause of death/injury: monoxide, severe contused wounds of head (Brockwell Seam), address: 10 Rifle Street, Stanley
	Johnson, John, cause of death/injury: monoxide (Busty Seam)
	Johnson, John Richard, cause of death/injury: monoxide (Busty Seam)
	Johnson, John William, aged 46, cause of death/injury: monoxide, not burnt (Towneley Seam), address: 12 Chester Road, Stanley
	Johnson, Joseph, cause of death/injury: monoxide, burnt (Brockwell Seam)
	Johnson, Robert, aged 15, cause of death/injury: monoxide (Tilley Seam), address: Fanny Pit Cottages, Stanley
	Johnson, Robert, cause of death/injury: monoxide, burnt (Brockwell Seam)
	Killingback, Thomas, aged 26, cause of death/injury: monoxide (Tilley Seam), address: 14 Catherine Terrace, Shield Row
	Lackenby, John, aged 18, cause of death/injury: carbon dioxide, burnt (Towneley Seam), address: 4 Havelock Terrace, Stanley
	Lambert, James, aged 17, cause of death/injury: burned to death (Brockwell Seam), address: 10 Kettledrum Street, Stanley
	Laverick, Ralph, aged 19, cause of death/injury: monoxide (Tilley Seam), address: 22 High Street, Stanley
	Lawson, George, Jnr., aged 17, cause of death/injury: monoxide (Tilley Seam), address: 12 Ann Street, Stanley
	Lawson, George, Snr., aged 42, cause of death/injury: monoxide, burnt (Brockwell Seam), address: 12 Ann Street, Stanley
	Lawson, Thomas, aged 19, cause of death/injury: monoxide (Brockwell Seam), address: 12 Ann Street, Stanley
	Leadbitter, Robert, aged 28, cause of death/injury: lived 33 hours, heart failure following monoxide poisoning and concussion. (Towneley Seam), address: 2 Peel Street, Stanley, Buried: St. Andrew's Churchyard, Stanley
	Lodge, Edward, aged 17, cause of death/injury: monoxide (Brockwell Seam), address: 10 Ann Street, Stanley
	Mackay, John, aged 22, cause of death/injury: monoxide, burned to death (Busty Seam), address: 8 Kettledrum Street, Stanley
	Manistre, Edward William, aged 19, cause of death/injury: very badly burned (Busty Seam), address: Rifle Street, Stanley
	Manistre, Henry, aged 13, cause of death/injury: monoxide (Tilley Seam), address: 12 Rifle Street, Stanley
	Manistre, John Henry, aged 15, cause of death/injury: burnt and crushed about the trunk (Busty Seam), address: 14 Rifle Street, Stanley
	McAloon, Cornelius, aged 30, cause of death/injury: monoxide, compound fracture of skull (Towneley Seam), address: 7 Bircham Street, South Moor, Buried: mass grave in St. Joseph's (Roman Catholic) Churchyard, Stanley
	McGough, William, aged 31, cause of death/injury: monoxide, burnt (Brockwell Seam), address: 7 Delacour Street, Stanley
	McGreavy, James, aged 16, cause of death/injury: monoxide, burnt (Towneley Seam), address: 1 Manx Street, Stanley, Buried: mass grave in St. Joseph's (Roman Catholic) Churchyard, Stanley
	McGreavy, Peter, aged 18, cause of death/injury: monoxide (Towneley Seam), address: Manx Street, Stanley, Buried: mass grave in St. Joseph's (Roman Catholic) Churchyard, Stanley
	McGurk, Michael, aged 34, cause of death/injury: monoxide (Towneley Seam), address: 3 Ann Street, Stanley, Buried: mass grave in St. Joseph's (Roman Catholic) Churchyard, Stanley
	McKenna, Patrick, aged 26, cause of death/injury: dioxide, burnt (Brockwell Seam), address: 34 Joicey Square, Stanley, Buried: mass grave in St. Joseph's (Roman Catholic) Churchyard, Stanley
	McNestry, John, aged 22, cause of death/injury: dioxide (Brockwell Seam), address: 10 Ann Street, Stanley, Buried: mass grave in St. Joseph's (Roman Catholic) Churchyard, Stanley
	McShane, William, aged 17, cause of death/injury: monoxide, burnt (Busty Seam), address: 13 Kay Street, Stanley, Buried: mass grave in St. Joseph's (Roman Catholic) Churchyard, Stanley
	Miller, Allen, aged 43, cause of death/injury: monoxide, burnt (Towneley Seam), father of Henry, address: 1 Mona Street, Stanley, his son (John) died from an accident at South Moor Colliery in September, Buried: St. Andrew's Churchyard, Stanley
	Miller, Henry, aged 15, cause of death/injury: monoxide, burnt (Brockwell Seam), son of Allen, address: 1 Mona Street, Stanley, his brother (John) died from an accident at South Moor Colliery in September, Buried: St. Andrew's Churchyard, Stanley
	Morris, William, aged 33, cause of death/injury: monoxide, not burnt (Towneley Seam), address: 8 Wood Street, Stanley, Buried: St. Andrew's Churchyard, Stanley
	Murphy, James, aged 15, cause of death/injury: badly burned (Towneley Seam), address: 10 High Street, Stanley
	Murphy, William, aged 42, cause of death/injury: dioxide (Towneley Seam), address: 10 High Street, Stanley
	Nicholson, William, aged 35, cause of death/injury: monoxide (Towneley Seam), address: 15 Chester Road, Stanley, Buried: St. Andrew's Churchyard, Stanley
	Nixon, John Thomas, aged 24, cause of death/injury: dioxide, burnt (Brockwell Seam), address: 1 Ann Street, Stanley, Buried: mass grave in St. Joseph's (Roman Catholic) Churchyard, Stanley
	Nixon, Joseph, aged 16, cause of death/injury: monoxide, burnt (Brockwell Seam), address: 1 Ann Street, Stanley, Buried: mass grave in St. Joseph's (Roman Catholic) Churchyard, Stanley
	Palmer, Willie, aged 58, cause of death/injury: monoxide (Busty Seam), address: 9 Rifle Street, Stanley
	Pattinson, Matthew, aged 39, cause of death/injury: monoxide (Brockwell Seam), address: 10 Ramsey Street, Stanley
	Payne, James, aged 32, cause of death/injury: monoxide (Brockwell Seam), address: 19 Chester Road, Stanley
	Pearson, John, aged 19, cause of death/injury: monoxide (Towneley Seam), address: 3 Sand Street, Stanley, Buried: St. Andrew's Churchyard, Stanley
	Peart, John Alfred, aged 15, cause of death/injury: burned to death (Towneley Seam), address: 7 Mona Street, Stanley
	Pilkington, James, aged 26, cause of death/injury: monoxide, violence to head; scalp wounds (Busty Seam), address: 38 High Street, Stanley
	Pilkington, John, aged 57, cause of death/injury: monoxide, burnt (Busty Seam), address: 9 Sand Street, Stanley
	Proud, Richard, aged 62, cause of death/injury: monoxide, burnt (Brockwell Seam), address: 14 Ann Street, Stanley, Buried: St. Andrew's Churchyard, Stanley
	Quinn, William, aged 17, cause of death/injury: monoxide, very badly burned (Busty Seam), address: 11 Ann Street, Stanley, Buried: mass grave in St. Joseph's (Roman Catholic) Churchyard, Stanley
	Ranson, William, aged 49, cause of death/injury: monoxide (Towneley Seam), address: 11 Henry Street, Stanley
	Readman, Charles, aged 15, cause of death/injury: monoxide, badly burned (Busty Seam), address: 14 High Street, Stanley
	Reay, Luke, aged 37, cause of death/injury: burnt, head cut severely (Towneley Seam), address: 11 High Street, Stanley, Buried: mass grave in St. Joseph's (Roman Catholic) Churchyard, Stanley
	Riley, Stephen, aged 17, cause of death/injury: monoxide, burnt (Brockwell Seam), address: 4 Rifle Street, Stanley, Buried: mass grave in St. Joseph's (Roman Catholic) Churchyard, Stanley
	Riley, Thomas, aged 42, cause of death/injury: violence to head (Tilley Seam), address: 4 Rifle Street, Stanley, Buried: mass grave in St. Joseph's (Roman Catholic) Churchyard, Stanley
	Robson, John, aged 54, cause of death/injury: monoxide, burnt scalp wound (Busty Seam), address: 3 Manx Street, Stanley
	Robson, Thomas, aged 43, cause of death/injury: dioxide, burnt (Towneley Seam), address: 12 Beaconsfield Terrace, Stanley, Buried: St. Andrew's Churchyard, Stanley
	Rogers, John, aged 57, body was not recovered until March 1933 (24 years later), address: 1 Whitewell Terrace, Stanley, Buried: buried in his wife's grave in St. Joseph's (Roman Catholic) Churchyard, Stanley
	Rowell, William, aged 52, cause of death/injury: monoxide (Busty Seam), address: 6 Wylam Terrace, Shield Row
	Samuel, William, aged 17, cause of death/injury: monoxide, burnt (Towneley Seam), address: 4 Ann Street, Stanley
	Scott, Walter, aged 43, cause of death/injury: monoxide, not burnt (Towneley Seam), address: 5 Chester Road, Stanley
	Scott, William, aged 22, cause of death/injury: monoxide (Brockwell Seam), address: 16 Harvey Street, Stanley, Buried: St. Andrew's Churchyard, Stanley
	Selkirk, John, cause of death/injury: monoxide, burnt (Towneley Seam), address: 30 Grange Villa
	Shackleton, Thomas, aged 39, cause of death/injury: dioxide (Towneley Seam), address: 29 High Street, Stanley
	Shepherd, Arthur Thomas, aged 32, cause of death/injury: monoxide (Brockwell Seam), address: 4 Lucy Street, Stanley, Buried: St. Andrew's Churchyard, Stanley
	Short, Thomas, aged 18, cause of death/injury: monoxide (Tilley Seam), address: 10 Manx Street, Stanley, Buried: Holy Trinity Churchyard, Pelton
	Simm, John, aged 23, cause of death/injury: monoxide, badly burned, violence (face torn) (Busty Seam),
	Smith, Ernest Blair, aged 28, cause of death/injury: burned to death (Towneley Seam), address: 34 High Street, Stanley, Buried: St. Andrew's Churchyard, Stanley
	Smith, John Joseph, aged 20, cause of death/injury: monoxide (Towneley Seam), address: 6 Ann Street, Stanley, Buried: mass grave in St. Joseph's (Roman Catholic) Churchyard, Stanley
	Smith, John William, aged 18, cause of death/injury: monoxide, burnt (Brockwell Seam), address: 1 Henry Street, Stanley
	Smith, Thomas, aged 16, cause of death/injury: carbon monoxide, badly burned (Towneley Seam), address: 6 Ann Street, Stanley, Buried: mass grave in St. Joseph's (Roman Catholic) Churchyard, Stanley
	Smith, William, aged 13, cause of death/injury: burned to death (Towneley Seam), address: 6 Ann Street, Stanley, Buried: mass grave in St. Joseph's (Roman Catholic) Churchyard, Stanley
	Smithson, John Joseph, aged 18, cause of death/injury: monoxide (Busty Seam), address: 4 Mona Street, Stanley, Buried: St. Andrew's Churchyard, Stanley
	Statt, John Isaac, aged 35, cause of death/injury: monoxide, burnt (Busty Seam), address: 5 Ann Street, Stanley, Buried: St. Andrew's Churchyard, Stanley
	Storey, George, aged 58, cause of death/injury: monoxide (Towneley Seam), address: 51 Joicey Square, Stanley
	Stoves, Robert, aged 30, cause of death/injury: monoxide (Towneley Seam), address: 13 Ann Street, Stanley, Buried: St. Andrew's Churchyard, Stanley
	Thompson, Thomas, aged 22, cause of death/injury: monoxide (Towneley Seam), address: 3 Havelock Terrace, Stanley
	Uncles, James, aged 16, cause of death/injury: monoxide, burnt (Towneley Seam), address: 16 Ann Street, Stanley
	Walker, John Parkin, aged 25, cause of death/injury: dioxide (Towneley Seam), address: 1 Agnes Street, Stanley, Buried: St. Andrew's Churchyard, Stanley
	Wallis, William, aged 39, cause of death/injury: monoxide, burnt (Towneley Seam), address: 3 Busty Row, Stanley
	Walton, Isaac, aged 26, cause of death/injury: monoxide (Brockwell Seam), address: 14 Chester Road, Stanley
	Watson, George, aged 56, cause of death/injury: monoxide (Busty Seam), address: 5 Henry Street, Stanley
	Watson, Thomas, aged 17, cause of death/injury: monoxide (Towneley Seam), address: 20 Ramsey Street, Stanley, Buried: mass grave in St. Joseph's (Roman Catholic) Churchyard, Stanley
	Welsh, Joseph, aged 24, cause of death/injury: monoxide (Brockwell Seam), address: 12 Busty Street, Stanley, Buried: St. Andrew's Churchyard, Stanley
	Whelan, Thomas, aged 17, cause of death/injury: monoxide, burnt (Brockwell Seam), address: Lucy Street, Stanley, Buried: mass grave in St. Joseph's (Roman Catholic) Churchyard, Stanley
	Whitehead, Thomas, aged 38, cause of death/injury: monoxide, not burnt (Towneley Seam), address: 21 Ramsey Street, Stanley
	Whitfield, John William, aged 40, cause of death/injury: monoxide (Towneley Seam), address: 47 High Street, Stanley, Buried: St. Andrew's Churchyard, Stanley
	Wilkinson, Alex, aged 22, cause of death/injury: monoxide (Brockwell Seam), address: 29 Delacour Street, Stanley
	Willis, Joseph, aged 55, cause of death/injury: monoxide, burnt (Busty Seam), address: 8 Beaconsfield Terrace, Stanley
	Wood, John, aged 36, cause of death/injury: monoxide, burnt (Brockwell Seam), address: 101 John Street, No Place, Buried: mass grave in St. Joseph's (Roman Catholic) Churchyard, Stanley
	Wood, Ralph, aged 17, cause of death/injury: violence to head (Towneley Seam), address: 11 Douglas Street, Stanley
	Wood, Stephen, aged 39, cause of death/injury: burned to death (Towneley Seam), address: 11 Douglas Street, Stanley, Buried: St. Andrew's Churchyard, Stanley
	Worby, Thomas, aged 26, cause of death/injury: monoxide, burnt (Towneley Seam), address: 1 Bethany Terrace, Stanley
	Wright, Henry, aged 46, cause of death/injury: head burned and shattered (Busty Seam), address: 1 Havelock Terrace, Stanley
	All names found
	Youngest: 13 years old ; Oldest: 66 ; Average: 29
	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.

17 Feb 1909	Colliery Disaster In Durham, 140 Miners Entombed (The Times)
18 Feb 1909	Colliery Disaster, Thirty-Four Rescued (The Times)
19 Feb 1909	The Colliery Disaster, Messages From The King And Queen (The Times)
20 Feb 1909	The Colliery Disaster (The Times)
22 Feb 1909	The Colliery Disaster (The Times)
23 Feb 1909	The Colliery Disaster (The Times)
27 Feb 1909	The Durham Colliery Disaster, The Mine Closed (The Times)
30 Mar 1909	The Durham Colliery Disaster, Inquest (The Times)
31 Mar 1909	The Durham Colliery Disaster, Inquest (The Times)
01 Apr 1909	The Durham Colliery Disaster, Inquest (The Times)
01 Apr 1909	The Durham Colliery Disaster, Inquest and Verdict (The Times)

• Mines Inspectors Report into the 1909 Explosion (Cd 4788)
• The Death Pit by Eric Forster, The Story of the West Stanley Colliery Explosion 1909, Published by Frank Graham

 

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