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
					Ash, Arthur	33	23 Feb 1944	Dean & Chapter	DUR
					Ash, Michael	50	12 Dec 1890	Cleator, Jacktrees Mines (Metalliferous)	CUL
					Ashbridge, John	28	06 Dec 1920	Wellington	CUL
					Ashbridge, Robert Henry	17	28 Oct 1905	Moorhouse Guards	CUL
					Ashburn, George	14	28 Nov 1892	South Tanfield	DUR
					Ashburn, George	43	30 Sep 1955	Beamish, Mary Pit	DUR
					Ashburn, Isaac	44	20 Apr 1868	Asby	CUL
					Ashburn, Isaac	54	24 Nov 1905	Bullgill	CUL
					Ashburner, Levi	69	02 Jul 1898	Croft	CUL
					Ashburner, Thomas K.	25	17 Jul 1902	Wyndham (Metalliferous)	CUL
					Ashcough, Wilson	30	16 Apr 1874	Brotton (Ironstone)	NRY
					Ashcroft, Edward		17 May 1932	Ashington	NBL
					Ashden, James	41	25 Oct 1871	Seaham, No. 3 Pit	DUR
					Ashley, Ralph		08 Dec 1778	Dolly Pit, Chaytor's Haugh	DUR
					Ashley, Walter (jnr)		08 Dec 1778	Dolly Pit, Chaytor's Haugh	DUR
					Ashman, Edward	41	20 Feb 1908	Washington, Glebe Pit	DUR
					Ashman, Fredrick	28	14 Feb 1902	Houghton	DUR
					Ashmore, John		21 Feb 1782	Fatfield area	DUR
					Ashton, William	36	30 Jun 1908	Walbottle	NBL
					Ashurst, James	17	11 Feb 1874	Castle Eden	DUR
					Ashurst, James		1946	Weetslade	NBL
					Ashurst, John	69	20 Jul 1902	Wingate Grange	DUR
					Ashurst, John	59	26 Sep 1905	Hazlerigg	NBL
					Ashworth, Thomas	58	08 Aug 1906	Harrington	CUL
					Ashworth, Thomas	17	18 Mar 1913	Hazlerigg	NBL
					Ashworth, W. H.	30	09 Feb 1931	Vane Tempest	DUR
					Askerley, John	42	05 May 1864	Leasingthorne	DUR
					Askew, George	46	16 May 1902	Shildon	DUR
					Askew, Joseph		28 Nov 1876	Kibblesworth	DUR
					Askew, Thomas	45	07 Mar 1883	Whitehaven	CUL
					Askew, William	28	30 Oct 1819	Kell's Pit	CUL
					Askew, William	52	03 Sep 1897	Park	LAN
					Aspin, David	31	1899	South Shields, South Pier Works	DUR
					Aspin, Jane		1918	Seaton Delaval	NBL
					Aspinal, James		1923	Backworth	NBL
					Aspinall, Charles	14	15 Aug 1892	Urpeth, Busty	DUR
					Aspinall, James	23	31 Oct 1888	Hebburn	DUR
					Aspinall, William	67	01 Nov 1880	Sunnybrow	DUR
					Astley, Thomas	38	01 Aug 1919	Friars Goose	DUR
					Asworth, Thomas		1913	Hazlerigg	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 details of mining fatalities on this web site have been kindly provided by The Woodhorn Colliery Museum and are marked with .
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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