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
					Lucas, Albert	27	03 Jun 1914	Wallsend, Rising Sun Pit	NBL
					Lucas, Henry	16	13 Sep 1909	Brancepeth	DUR
					Lucas, John Dalton	34	11 May 1910	Wellington Pit	CUL
					Lucas, John James	52	11 May 1910	Wellington Pit	CUL
					Luccock, Thomas	17	05 Nov 1902	South Hetton	DUR
					Luke, George	27	29 Aug 1854	Broomside, Grange Pit	DUR
					Luke, George	27	07 May 1895	Ashington	NBL
					Luke, George	54	26 Feb 1899	Newbottle	DUR
					Luke, John	38	02 Dec 1886	Elemore	DUR
					Luke, R.	40	14 Jul 1929	Sherburn Hill	DUR
					Luke, Ralph	19	08 Mar 1909	Cowpen	NBL
					Luke, Samuel	58	21 Feb 1942	South Hetton	DUR
					Luke, Thomas	47	23 May 1898	East Hetton	DUR
					Luke, Thomas	16	08 Feb 1912	Herrington	DUR
					Luke, William		1935	Broomhill	NBL
					Lumbley, John	46	18 Mar 1889	Grinkle (Ironstone)	NRY
					Lumley, Bartholomew	58	24 Jan 1901	Byers Green	DUR
					Lumley, Francis	22	26 Sep 1895	Blackhill	DUR
					Lumley, James		1945	Cowpen, Bates Pit	NBL
					Lumley, Robert	26	19 Aug 1902	Bewicke Main	DUR
					Lumley, Robert Harrison	56	09 Nov 1927	Tursdale	DUR
					Lumpton, William	65	29 Aug 1925	Auckland Park	DUR
					Lumsden, George	39	27 Mar 1901	Ryhope	DUR
					Lumsden, John	63	13 Dec 1876	Shipcote	DUR
					Lumsden, John	49	14 Sep 1880	Sunnybrow	DUR
					Lumsden, Thomas		25 Feb 1834	Fanny Pit, Gateshead	DUR
					Lumsden, Thomas	68	18 Nov 1884	Moorsley	DUR
					Lumsdon, Thomas	18	03 May 1815	Heaton Main	DUR
					Lundstrom, E.	24	13 Nov 1929	Malton	DUR
					Lundy, Thomas	18	06 Oct 1805	Hebburn	DUR
					Lunn, Robert Carl		Aug 1913	Chilton	DUR
					Lunn, William Thomas	46	25 Jul 1894	Eston (Ironstone)	NRY
					Lupton, John W.		1942	Newbiggin	NBL
					Lupton, William	36	12 Dec 1868	Iveston	DUR
					Luther, J.	55	22 Oct 1948	Boldon	DUR
					Lutz, Robert	14	20 Aug 1906	Murton	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 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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