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
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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
					Knapp, Alfred John	14	17 Jul 1913	Seaham	DUR
					Knapper, Samuel	49	21 Aug 1934	Follonsby	DUR
					Knapper, Stephen	16	15 Jun 1971	Easington	DUR
					Knight, Francis	13	06 Jul 1874	Pegswood	NBL
					Knight, George	36	23 Jul 1902	Langley Park	DUR
					Knight, J. G.	44	11 Feb 1925	Thrislington	DUR
					Knight, James	49	03 Sep 1894	Wheatley Hill	DUR
					Knight, James W.	61	28 Nov 1946	Bowburn	DUR
					Knight, John	34	08 Aug 1911	Bullocks Hall	NBL
					Knight, Samuel	16	17 Sep 1884	Hamsterley	DUR
					Knight, Samuel	37	10 Feb 1958	Tanfield Lea, Margaret	DUR
					Knight, William	17	14 Apr 1892	Cramlington	NBL
					Knights, William Frank	34	12 Mar 1913	Montagu	NBL
					Knott, Edward	12	29 Nov 1805	Oxclose	DUR
					Knott, George	28	04 Dec 1873	Bitchburn	DUR
					Knott, George	12	13 Jan 1875	Byermoor	DUR
					Knott, Thomas	15	29 Nov 1805	Oxclose	DUR
					Knott, William	18	29 Nov 1805	Oxclose	DUR
					Knotts, Isaac	55	01 Jul 1891	Garesfield	DUR
					Knowles, Archibald		26 Oct 1872	Murton	DUR
					Knowles, H.		03 Apr 1914	Murton	DUR
					Knowles, John	18	27 Oct 1892	Croft Pit, Whitehaven	CUL
					Knowles, John Hall	47	09 Jun 1906	Preston	NBL
					Knowles, John William	34	07 Nov 1913	West Pelton	DUR
					Knowles, Joseph E.	56	08 Jan 1942	Bearpark	DUR
					Knowles, Moses Mowbray	24	05 Aug 1910	Browney	DUR
					Knowles, Robert		28 Jan 1932	Ryhope	DUR
					Knowlson, J. L.	14	19 Nov 1929	New Herrington	DUR
					Knowlson, John	15	09 Nov 1903	Langley Park	DUR
					Knox, Aaron	66	30 Aug 1865	Cold Knott	DUR
					Knox, David	14	08 Sep 1880	Seaham	DUR
					Knox, George		24 Apr 1857	South Hetton	DUR
					Knox, George	25	19 Sep 1893	Derwent	DUR
					Knox, George		1939	Cambois	NBL
					Knox, H.	16	08 Dec 1938	Watergate	DUR
					Knox, Henry		18 Dec 1860	Thornley	DUR
					Knox, Henry	14	22 Feb 1877	Bebside	NBL
					Knox, Henry	30	25 Sep 1894	Whitburn	DUR
					Knox, James	67	13 Dec 1927	Haig Pit	CUL
					Knox, James	43	29 Jan 1931	Haig Pit	CUL
					Knox, John	11	24 May 1812	Felling	DUR
					Knox, John	63	17 Jul 1867	Bishop's Close	DUR
					Knox, John	25	08 Nov 1869	Wingate Grange	DUR
					Knox, John	17	08 Sep 1880	Seaham	DUR
					Knox, John Pearson	60	18 Jun 1952	Boldon	DUR
					Knox, Joseph		1928	Broomhill	NBL
					Knox, Peter	36	21 Oct 1892	Harraton	DUR
					Knox, Ralph	64	22 May 1899	East Holywell	NBL
					Knox, Robert		04 Dec 1891	Teams Railway	DUR
					Knox, Robert	50	05 Mar 1920	Framwellgate Moor	DUR
					Knox, Thomas	23	29 Nov 1805	Oxclose	DUR
					Knox, Thomas	51	31 Oct 1836	Little Houghton	DUR
					Knox, Thomas	60	20 Nov 1868	Framwellgate	DUR
					Knox, Thomas	59	06 Aug 1896	Silksworth	DUR
					Knox, Thomas Albert		1934	Bedlington, A Pit	NBL
					Knox, William	8	21 Sep 1845	Elemore	DUR
					Knox, William	10	29 May 1861	Seaham	DUR
					Knox, William	38	01 Sep 1893	Murton	DUR
					Knox, William Prince	50	19 Dec 1944	Sherburn Hill	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.
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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