Durham Mining Museum - Memorial Roll

Please note: not all of the sufferers listed here are shown in the other tables - the disaster index only shows those accidents where 5 or more lives were lost. This page is a summary of the information we have in our database - check the listing for the specific colliery (click on the colliery link) - this may provide further information e.g. burial place, family information, cause of death.

					Name	Age	Date	Colliery	Cnty
Quick Links
Link to web page on the accident
	Link to Mines Inspectors Report
		Link to Memorial page
			Link to Individual page
				see bottom of page for details
					Aiken, John	17	28 Oct 1848	Cleator Moor, Whinny Hill	CUL
					Aiken, Thomas	39	28 Oct 1848	Cleator Moor, Whinny Hill	CUL
					Ainscough, James Blaney	14	18 Feb 1897	Silksworth	DUR
					Ainscough, John Berry	36	27 Dec 1927	Shotton	DUR
					Ainsley, Gilbert Miller	32	14 Jul 1913	Whitburn	DUR
					Ainsley, James	20	14 Oct 1906	Wingate Grange	DUR
					Ainsley, John	19	16 Jan 1862	Hartley	NBL
					Ainsley, John	39	19 Sep 1888	Brandon	DUR
					Ainsley, Joseph	61	17 Feb 1882	Tudhoe	DUR
					Ainsley, Robert	14	18 Mar 1914	South Pelaw	DUR
					Ainsley, Samuel	52	16 Aug 1914	Newburgh	NBL
					Ainsley, Thomas	21	07 Aug 1862	Charlaw	DUR
					Ainsley, Walter	43	02 Jan 1853	Leasingthorne	DUR
					Ainsley, Walter	32	10 Nov 1947	Houghton	DUR
					Ainsley, William	35	21 Jul 1851	Whitewell	DUR
					Ainslie, Robert	33	21 Mar 1846	Whitwell Pit	DUR
					Ainsworth, Edward	30	15 Jan 1899	Roanhead (Metalliferous)	LAN
					Ainsworth, John	15	14 Oct 1880	Park	LAN
					Airey, Joseph	45	09 May 1897	Applethwaite Quarry	WES
					Aisbett, George	33	30 Nov 1808	Fatfield, Hall Pit	DUR
					Aisbett, Thomas	15	04 Oct 1847	Londonderry Pit	DUR
					Aisbett, William		14 Dec 1868	Cramlington, Dudley Pit	NBL
					Aisbitt, J.	36	09 Dec 1931	Eden	DUR
					Aisbitt, Robert	26	28 Aug 1924	Langley Park	DUR
					Aisbitt, Thomas	8	09 May 1833	Springwell	DUR
					Aisbitt, Thomas	31	29 Jan 1869	Springwell	DUR
					Aislebrough, Nicholas	56	24 Dec 1813	Felling	DUR
					Aitchenhead, A.	30	24 Oct 1932	Easington	DUR
					Aitchinson, James	56	06 May 1897	Outfields	CUL
					Aitchison, George Robert	15	31 Jan 1908	Bedlington	NBL
					Aitchison, Henry	42	13 Mar 1974	Wearmouth	DUR
					Aitken, John		1917	Montagu	NBL
For those names marked a web page providing more details of the accident is available online. Click on the icon to display the page.
For those names marked the text of the Mines Inspectors report into the incident is available online. Click on the icon to display the report.
Those names marked with , were killed in a disaster for which a memorial has been erected or for which we have images concerning the disaster, alternately their name may be mentioned on a memorial plaque. Click on the symbol next to the name to see the appropriate web page for the memorial.
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 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 .
Some of the names of mining fatalities on this web site have been kindly provided by Brian Proctor from his research into early newspapers (primarily of the Newcastle Area) and are marked with .

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