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
					Ayack, James Kelly	24	26 Sep 1876	Wheatley Hill	DUR
					Aynsley, F.		21 Feb 1903	Murton	DUR
					Ayre, Arthur	21	18 Sep 1911	Spa Wood (Ironstone)	NRY
					Ayre, Arthur	44	21 Mar 1983	New Herrington	DUR
					Ayre, J.	57	24 Aug 1943	Philadelphia	DUR
					Ayre, J. M.		1915	North Seaton	NBL
					Ayre, John	13	26 Jan 1857	Old Durham	DUR
					Ayre, John Edward	22	27 Jan 1892	Throckley	NBL
					Ayre, Matthew	24	29 Aug 1901	Wingate Grange	DUR
					Ayre, Richard	19	26 Jun 1923	Dorothea Pit, Newbottle	DUR
					Ayre, William	62	20 Oct 1920	Unknown	DUR
					Aytack, Arthur	22	08 Sep 1899	Cambois	NBL
					Ayton, James	31	08 Jun 1858	Castle Eden	DUR
					Ayton, John	27	06 Aug 1878	Rowantree A (Ironstone)	DUR
For those names marked a web page providing more details of the accident is available online. Click on the icon to display the page.
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.
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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