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
					Iredale, Joseph	44	19 Apr 1888	St. Helen's, Workington	CUL
					Ireland, Andrew	59	15 Oct 1878	Cleator	CUL
					Ireland, Hannah Mary	17	11 Mar 1899	Buckhill	CUL
					Irsdale, Robert	10	24 Oct 1838	Harrington, John Pit	CUL
					Irvine, John George	56	30 May 1940	Dean & Chapter	DUR
					Irvine, Joseph	18	29 Apr 1878	Delaval Benwell	NBL
					Irvine, Robert	22	13 Oct 1892	Oatlands	CUL
					Irvine, Robert T.	8	Feb 1874	Unknown	DUR
					Irving, David	23	27 Aug 1908	Threlkeld (Lead)	CUL
					Irving, Isaac (Ikey)		1938	Birkby	CUL
					Irving, J. G.		1922	East Holywell	NBL
					Irving, J. G.	32	06 Mar 1939	Hedley Pit	DUR
					Irving, James	37	08 May 1893	Walker	NBL
					Irving, James	21	11 May 1910	Wellington Pit	CUL
					Irving, James	40	03 Nov 1925	Greenside	DUR
					Irving, John	19	14 Mar 1897	Felling	DUR
					Irving, John	19	04 Feb 1899	Woodend (Metalliferous)	CUL
					Irving, John	36	28 Sep 1907	Lonsdale (Iron Ore)	CUL
					Irving, Joseph	22	04 Nov 1868	Camerton	CUL
					Irving, Joseph	59	28 Apr 1899	Broughton Moor	CUL
					Irving, Joseph W.		1919	South Tyne	NBL
					Irving, Robert	21	22 May 1900	Seaton Burn Branch Railway	NBL
					Irving, Robert	27	21 Oct 1914	Whitburn	DUR
					Irving, William	12	11 Feb 1863	Black Prince	DUR
					Irving, William	20	12 May 1890	Cleator, Glebe Pits	CUL
					Irving, William		11 May 1910	Wellington Pit	CUL
					Irving, William Oswald		31 Jul 1937	Ashington	NBL
					Irwin, Benjamin	34	27 Apr 1907	Tanfield Lea	DUR
					Irwin, George	36	29 Dec 1869	Bewicke Main	DUR
					Irwin, Joseph		25 Apr 1837	Gateshead Quarry	DUR
					Irwin, Peter	22	05 Nov 1934	Dorothea Pit, Newbottle	DUR
					Irwin, Samuel	37	06 Feb 1902	Woodhorn	NBL
					Irwin, Thomas	68	09 Mar 1871	Cornsay	DUR
					Irwin, William		29 Nov 1808	Harraton	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 details of mining fatalities on this web site have been kindly provided by The Woodhorn Colliery Museum and are marked with .

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