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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.

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Name Age Date Colliery Cnty
Feaney, Christopher 36 28 Aug 1935 Blackhall DUR
Fearon, Henry 1759 Gilbert Gill Pit, Clifton CUL
Fearon, Henry 26 07 Feb 1882 Mouzell LAN
Fearon, Henry 25 Apr 1887 Winder CUL
Fearon, William Walter 45 08 Jun 1907 Wood Drift CUL
Feasby, John 43 28 Oct 1890 Eston (Ironstone) NRY
Featherstone, John 46 05 Dec 1899 Lingdale (Ironstone) NRY
Featherstone, John 34 03 May 1904 Sedling (metalliferous) DUR
Featherstone, John 45 25 Dec 1908 Whitehall Level (Fluorspar) DUR
Featherstone, Joseph Harrison 1928 West Wylam NBL
Featherstone, Matthew 15 18 Nov 1898 Newfield DUR
Featherstone, Twentyman Graham 24 27 Nov 1922 St. Helen's No.3, Workington CUL
Featherstone, William 42 12 Feb 1900 Benwell NBL
Featonby, George 36 18 Sep 1878 Haswell DUR
Feaver, Robert 31 02 Sep 1878 Eston (Ironstone) NRY
Fee, Thomas 23 07 Mar 1913 Ladysmith CUL
Feeley, Robert 21 27 Mar 1895 Murton DUR
Feescroft, John 53 29 Dec 1915 Hetton DUR
Fell, Douglas James Michael 20 05 Sep 1922 Haig Pit CUL
Fell, Robert 48 12 Feb 1928 Haig Pit CUL
Fell, William 61 30 Mar 1908 Black Prince DUR
Felton, George 13 05 Apr 1843 Stormont Main DUR
Felton, George 59 05 Aug 1850 Cassop DUR
Felton, M. 29 May 1860 Hetton, East Minor Pit DUR
Felton, Matthew 16 08 Oct 1844 Bowburn DUR
Felton, William 11 31 Oct 1866 Pelton DUR
Fenn, Ernest M. 26 27 Feb 1925 Blackhall DUR
Fenton, Christopher 8 19 Jul 1819 Sheriff Hill DUR
Fenton, George 11 19 Jul 1819 Sheriff Hill DUR
Fenton, Thomas 17 11 May 1916 Windlestone DUR
Fenton, alias Bunton, Joseph 1918 Backworth NBL
Fenwick, Cuthbert 27 30 Mar 1905 Backworth NBL
Fenwick, Emmanuel 57 17 Nov 1900 Esh DUR
Fenwick, George 32 22 Feb 1872 Oakenshaw DUR
Fenwick, George 35 04 Aug 1880 Heworth DUR
Fenwick, George 49 31 Jan 1901 Hebburn, A Pit DUR
Fenwick, George H. Purvis 64 16 Jul 1937 Delight DUR
Fenwick, Greenwell Stephenson 21 22 Aug 1912 Seaton Delaval NBL
Fenwick, Henry Hall 24 24 Sep 1936 Murton DUR
Fenwick, James 12 10 Dec 1886 Cowpen NBL
Fenwick, James 26 19 May 1918 Heworth DUR
Fenwick, James W. 50 13 Sep 1915 Heworth DUR
Fenwick, John 67 03 Jun 1845 Hazard DUR
Fenwick, John 22 11 Nov 1850 Houghton DUR
Fenwick, John 6 11 May 1888 Pelton Fell DUR
Fenwick, John 29 07 Jun 1895 Waldridge DUR
Fenwick, Joseph 34 24 Dec 1890 Dunston DUR
Fenwick, Margery Ann 4 09 Apr 1855 Blyth & Tyne Railway NBL
Fenwick, Mark 06 Dec 1837 Springwell DUR
Fenwick, Norman 32 22 Aug 1947 Louisa Pit, Stanley DUR
Fenwick, Richard 31 Dec 1894 Watergate [CUL] CUL
Fenwick, Robert 13 22 Jul 1873 Backworth, A Pit NBL
Fenwick, Robert 30 04 Dec 1885 North Elswick NBL
Fenwick, Robert 56 19 Dec 1910 Hebburn DUR
Fenwick, Robert 59 14 Sep 1925 Marley Hill DUR
Fenwick, Robert 48 18 Jul 1969 Easington DUR
Fenwick, T. 48 17 Feb 1938 Morrison Busty DUR
Fenwick, T. W. 39 01 Dec 1928 Hetton DUR
Fenwick, Thomas 16 Dec 1871 Lintz DUR
Fenwick, Thomas 16 04 Oct 1888 Unknown ?
Fenwick, Thomas 27 Aug 1894 Hamsterley DUR
Fenwick, William 53 18 Jan 1889 Houghton DUR
Fenwick, William 21 19 Sep 1895 Littletown DUR
Fenwick, William (jnr) 06 Dec 1837 Springwell DUR
Fenwick, William (snr) 06 Dec 1837 Springwell DUR
Ferguson, Alexander 23 23 Oct 1923 Tanfield Moor DUR
Ferguson, Henry 29 29 Oct 1896 Twizell DUR
Ferguson, J. 03 Jun 1867 Seaton Moor CUL
Ferguson, J. 25 Nov 1889 Murton DUR
Ferguson, J. 1917 Fourstones (Metalliferous) NBL
Ferguson, J. W. 1923 Bedlington NBL
Ferguson, James boy 18 Jan 1856 Thornley DUR
Ferguson, James 19 07 Sep 1882 Seaton Delaval NBL
Ferguson, James 56 12 Feb 1907 Stanley DUR
Ferguson, James 53 09 May 1907 Newburgh NBL
Ferguson, James 28 04 Dec 1918 Brayton Domain, No. 4 CUL
Ferguson, John 62 20 Dec 1860 Hetton, Minor Pit DUR
Ferguson, John 03 Feb 1866 Houghton DUR
Ferguson, John 55 16 Dec 1905 Watergate [CUL] CUL
Ferguson, John 23 Nov 1917 Houghton DUR
Ferguson, Joseph 50 23 Jan 1878 Harraton DUR
Ferguson, Joseph 17 27 Jun 1912 Bowburn DUR
Ferguson, Matthew 60 Jan 1922 Dinnington NBL
Ferguson, Matthew R. 13 02 Jun 1893 Houghton DUR
Ferguson, R. W. 43 24 Sep 1929 Wearmouth DUR
Ferguson, Richard 24 06 Oct 1904 Horden DUR
Ferguson, Thomas 16 12 Apr 1888 Seaton Burn NBL
Ferguson, William 21 Jul 1866 Lumley DUR
Ferguson, William 1930 Bedlington, E Pit NBL
Ferguson, William 55 04 Apr 1949 Auckland Park DUR
Ferrier, Andrew 22 23 May 1911 Bedlington NBL
Ferris, Duncan 16 18 Mar 1897 Dorothea Pit, Newbottle DUR
Ferrow, John James 1934 Cowpen, Isabella Pit NBL
Ferry, George 14 28 Sep 1844 Haswell DUR
Ferry, John 26 23 Oct 1821 Wallsend, Russell's NBL
Ferry, John 35 28 Sep 1844 Haswell DUR
Ferry, John 1937 Cowpen, Bates Pit NBL
Ferry, Robert William 25 17 May 1910 Thornley DUR
Ferry, Thomas 21 03 Apr 1888 Binchester DUR
Ferryman, James 17 11 May 1910 Wellington Pit CUL
Fewster, George 33 16 Feb 1909 West Stanley 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.


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 page have been kindly provided by Ian Winstanley of the Coal Mining History Resource Centre and are marked with , further details may be obtained by contacting Ian by email at ian.winstanley@blueyonder.co.uk


Many of the fatalities for Brayton Domain Colliery were kindly provided by Terry Carrick.


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 details of mining fatalities on this web site have been generated from Parish/Bishop's Transcript's burial records kindly supplied by Julie Thompson and are marked with .


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