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
					Kaghan, John	15	11 Nov 1850	Houghton	DUR
					Kaghan, Thomas	14	11 Nov 1850	Houghton	DUR
					Kail, John	42	25 Nov 1902	Hylton	DUR
					Kane, Francis	34	11 Jul 1928	Marsden	DUR
					Kane, John	50	25 Mar 1889	Tudhoe	DUR
					Kane, Thomas	50	12 Jun 1894	East Hetton	DUR
					Kasher, Fred	28	06 Dec 1930	Brancepeth	DUR
					Kavanagh, Pat	19	16 Mar 1923	Houghton	DUR
					Kavender, John		26 Oct 1850	Thistleflat	DUR
					Kavil, Frank	21	20 Feb 1892	Littleburn	DUR
					Kay, George	16	24 May 1812	Felling	DUR
					Kay, George	16	09 Sep 1897	North Skelton (Ironstone)	NRY
					Kay, George	64	19 Oct 1904	Rosedale, West (Ironstone)	NRY
					Kay, George	22	01 Apr 1927	Seaham	DUR
					Kay, Harrison	24	24 Oct 1838	Harrington, John Pit	CUL
					Kay, James	18	24 May 1812	Felling	DUR
					Kay, John	48	06 Oct 1892	Cramlington	NBL
					Kay, John	22	06 Jul 1899	South Garesfield	DUR
					Kay, Richard	15	26 Jul 1887	Brandon, C Pit	DUR
					Kay, Thomas	38	28 Jan 1836	Hetton, Downs Pit (Eppleton)	DUR
					Kay, Thomas	16	23 Dec 1890	South Garesfield	DUR
					Kay, Thomas	51	14 Oct 1906	Wingate Grange	DUR
					Kay, William	47	05 Oct 1904	Binchester	DUR
					Kay, William		13 May 1929	Woodhorn	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.
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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