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  Name Index   Name Index  

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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see bottom of page for details
Name Age Date Colliery Cnty
Leach, Thomas 31 11 May 1897 Whitehaven, Croft Pit CUL
Leadbitter, David 37 03 May 1942 Wearmouth DUR
Leadbitter, J. P. 46 26 Mar 1947 Wearmouth DUR
Leadbitter, Joseph 30 26 Sep 1887 East Holywell NBL
Leadbitter, Matthew 52 10 Mar 1926 Easington DUR
Leadbitter, Robert 28 16 Feb 1909 West Stanley DUR
Leadbitter, Thomas 24 Apr 1856 Kibblesworth DUR
Leader, Charles 31 26 Oct 1880 Cornsay DUR
Lear, Albert 17 26 Oct 1907 Oakenshaw DUR
Learmouth, Alexander 30 Mar 1925 Montagu, View Pit NBL
Leatham, Robert 37 02 Mar 1860 Burradon NBL
Leathard, Mark 45 04 Apr 1868 South Pelaw DUR
Leathard, Raymond 37 15 May 1963 Greenside DUR
Leck, Robert Gray 16 24 May 1812 Felling DUR
Ledger, George 17 Jan 1826 Jarrow DUR
Ledger, James 59 20 Jul 1904 Ryhope DUR
Ledger, N. 45 13 Nov 1945 Watergate DUR
Ledger, Thomas 1914 Throckley NBL
Ledgerwood, George 31 20 Jan 1938 Lynemouth NBL
Ledgerwood, Thomas 17 05 Nov 1891 Ashington NBL
Ledgerwood, William 16 Aug 1940 Linton NBL
Lee, Abraham 19 28 Dec 1922 Sherburn House DUR
Lee, Andrew 48 05 Jan 1875 Pegswood NBL
Lee, Frederick 30 24 Apr 1917 Mainsforth DUR
Lee, Frederick William 43 22 Mar 1914 North Walbottle NBL
Lee, George Watson 21 13 Jan 1875 Rainton, Nicholson Pit DUR
Lee, Henry 47 02 Apr 1863 Woodifield DUR
Lee, Isaac 22 19 Jan 1869 Andrews House DUR
Lee, Isiah 26 05 Nov 1915 New Brancepeth DUR
Lee, J. M. 21 13 May 1946 Craghead DUR
Lee, James 60 30 Jan 1924 Wheatley Hill DUR
Lee, James 43 31 Mar 1944 Shotton DUR
Lee, Job 38 16 Apr 1874 Upleatham (Ironstone) NRY
Lee, John 12 Jun 1794 Harraton DUR
Lee, John 14 25 Sep 1799 Wallsend NBL
Lee, John 32 12 Feb 1868 Coxhoe DUR
Lee, John 21 12 Aug 1878 Stella DUR
Lee, John 28 19 Sep 1878 Tudhoe DUR
Lee, John 40 12 Jul 1894 Washington DUR
Lee, John 27 14 Mar 1906 Brandon DUR
Lee, John 1918 Pegswood NBL
Lee, John 12 Dec 1949 Bearpark DUR
Lee, John George 1937 Wallsend, Rising Sun Pit NBL
Lee, John H. 12 07 Apr 1884 Blaydon Burn DUR
Lee, John Joseph 36 01 Jun 1927 Craig Lea DUR
Lee, John William 30 Mar 1925 Montagu, View Pit NBL
Lee, John William Jones 21 22 Aug 1934 Wheatley Hill DUR
Lee, Joseph 39 30 Mar 1865 Whitworth DUR
Lee, Joseph 40 17 Feb 1896 Greengates Quarry (Whinstone) NRY
Lee, Mark 66 13 Nov 1884 Alexandrina DUR
Lee, Matthew 18 13 Mar 1868 Castle Eden DUR
Lee, Matthew 45 16 Jan 1877 Midgeholme NBL
Lee, Matthew 23 11 Dec 1889 Beamish DUR
Lee, Matthew H. 43 22 Aug 1949 Sherburn Hill DUR
Lee, Richard 40 29 Nov 1878 Wooley DUR
Lee, Robert 14 09 Jul 1888 Stobswood NBL
Lee, Robert 41 20 Nov 1903 Etherley, George Pit DUR
Lee, Robert 18 01 Mar 1904 West Stanley DUR
Lee, Sydney 17 18 Jun 1920 Brandon DUR
Lee, T. 40 21 Oct 1944 Morrison Busty DUR
Lee, T. A. 68 01 Aug 1878 Heworth DUR
Lee, Thomas 17 Mar 1767 North Biddick DUR
Lee, Thomas 12 Jun 1794 Harraton DUR
Lee, Thomas 37 17 Sep 1904 Dean & Chapter DUR
Lee, Thomas 49 13 Apr 1905 Eden DUR
Lee, Thomas 1920 Wallsend NBL
Lee, W. 49 26 Feb 1941 Horden DUR
Lee, William 35 18 Nov 1880 Rainton, Alexandrina Pit DUR
Lee, William 20 10 Feb 1895 Mickleton Quarry NRY
Lee, William 09 May 1895 Felling DUR
Lee, William 74 1897 Cambois NBL
Lee, William 40 09 Sep 1899 Esh DUR
Lee, William 1941 Pegswood NBL
Lee, William H. 27 15 Aug 1947 Whitehaven, William Pit CUL
Leece, William 28 01 Oct 1897 Burlington (Slate) LAN
Leech, Thomas 10 Feb 1857 Shildon Lodge DUR
Leedale, William Henry 44 05 Jan 1904 Auckland Park DUR
Leeman, Thomas 61 09 Jun 1897 Washington DUR
Leeson, James 48 15 Aug 1947 Whitehaven, William Pit CUL
Legg, George 20 01 Dec 1912 Beamish, Mary Pit DUR
Legg, John 41 29 May 1900 West Stanley DUR
Legg, Peter 1938 Burradon NBL
Legget, Walter 16 04 Jul 1906 Bedlington NBL
Leggett, Samuel 51 18 May 1935 New Brancepeth DUR
Leggitt, Henry 14 07 Sep 1869 Eston (Ironstone) NRY
Leigh, Felix 57 04 Jan 1906 Stanley Drift DUR
Leigh, Francis Edgar 39 16 Feb 1912 Shildon Lodge DUR
Leigh, Leonard 38 Apr 1929 Seaton Burn NBL
Leigh, R. W. 41 25 Jun 1928 Hetton Lyons DUR
Leightell, Archbold 18 19 Jun 1876 Pelton DUR
Leightley, Anthony 46 23 Mar 1946 Hartford NBL
Leightley, Anthony Brydon 39 13 Jul 1904 Cramlington NBL
Leighton, John 19 Dec 1838 Wallsend, Church Pit NBL
Leighton, John Thomas 23 09 Apr 1919 Marley Hill DUR
Leighton, Robert 25 10 Mar 1904 Brancepeth, C Pit DUR
Leithrow, William 1932 West Wylam NBL
Lemain, Henry 15 08 Feb 1873 Cramlington NBL
Lemin, Edward 39 21 Dec 1909 Cramlington NBL
Lemmon, Daniel 28 Sep 1844 Haswell DUR
Lemon, David 61 02 Dec 1922 Ryhope DUR
Lenahan, Michael 22 25 Apr 1895 Dinnington, Augusta Pit NBL
Leng, Mark Spence 35 14 Feb 1899 Trimdon Grange DUR
Leng, Tom 45 07 Nov 1951 Brusselton DUR
Lennaham, Michael 58 12 Mar 1908 Dinnington NBL
Lennon, R. 41 25 Mar 1948 Harton DUR
Lennox, James 08 Sep 1859 Trimdon Grange DUR
Lenny, Walter 58 13 Jan 1897 Wingate Grange DUR
Leonard, Edward James 22 10 Jan 1926 Hetton Lyons DUR
Leonard, Frederick 1932 Newsham NBL
Leonard, Thomas 14 22 Jun 1912 Burnhope DUR
Leonard, William 45 17 Apr 1871 Wheatley Hill DUR
Lerrington, S. 42 14 Apr 1948 Trimdon Grange DUR
Leslie, James 18 24 Feb 1921 Houghton DUR
Leslie, Thomas 6 04 May 1889 Seaham DUR
Leslie, Thomas John 44 11 Feb 1908 Seaton Delaval NBL
Letcher, John 48 21 Dec 1888 Arnold Pit (Metalliferous) ?
Lethbridge, John 18 16 Oct 1900 East Hetton DUR
Level, Frank 40 18 Jan 1876 Stella, Addison Pit DUR
Levitt, Robert 15 20 Feb 1902 Seaham DUR
Lewcock, Charles 1920 North Walbottle NBL
Lewcock, Robert 1939 Montagu NBL
Lewens, Martin 50 15 Jun 1871 Wheatley Hill DUR
Lewens, Martin 21 02 Feb 1888 St. Hilda DUR
Lewin, Edward 12 Jul 1870 Grey Southern ?
Lewin, Henry 59 06 Dec 1939 Ushaw Moor DUR
Lewins, C. 10 Feb 1959 Ellington NBL
Lewins, John 1920 Wallsend NBL
Lewins, Thomas 40 24 Oct 1864 Eppleton, Jane Pit DUR
Lewins, William 14 May 1917 Woodhorn NBL
Lewins, William, snr. 21 Feb 1782 Fatfield area DUR
Lewis, - 1954 Cambois NBL
Lewis, Edward 32 09 Nov 1875 Chilton DUR
Lewis, Edward 22 12 Apr 1876 Skelton Park (Ironstone) NRY
Lewis, Edward 25 06 Oct 1885 Ashington NBL
Lewis, Edward 26 08 Feb 1922 Lambton DUR
Lewis, John 42 13 Feb 1891 Backworth, C Pit NBL
Lewis, John 33 10 Jan 1894 Harrington, No. 9 Pit CUL
Lewis, Lawrence 1930 East Holywell NBL
Lewis, Lawrence 09 May 1930 East Holywell NBL
Lewis, Ralph 12 10 Oct 1812 Herrington Mill Pit DUR
Lewis, Robert 57 18 Oct 1877 White Lee DUR
Lewis, Thomas 13 11 Dec 1899 Lumley DUR
Lewison, Simpson 20 Dec 1847 Arbour House Pit, Lumley DUR
Lewney, Robert 24 10 May 1897 Snaefell IOM
Lewthwaite, Dan 27 11 May 1910 Wellington Pit CUL
Lewthwaite, J. T. H. 25 24 Dec 1900 Quarrybank (Limestone) CUL
Leybourne, W. 59 15 Apr 1943 Chester Moor DUR
Leyburn, John 24 20 Nov 1852 Houghton DUR
Leyland, John 22 12 Jun 1898 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


Some of the details of mining fatalities on this web site have been kindly provided by The Woodhorn Colliery Museum and are marked with .


The list of the fatalities from the 1860 Burradon disaster were kindly provided by Bill Henderson.


Many of the post-nationalisation fatalities for Greenside Colliery were kindly provided by John Lawson.


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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