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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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Name Age Date Colliery Cnty
McAdam, Thomas 23 May 1930 Dean & Chapter DUR
McAdams, George 34 14 Oct 1898 Croxdale DUR
McAlister, M. 13 15 Jul 1881 Axwell Park DUR
McAllister, Edward 23 11 May 1910 Wellington Pit CUL
McAllister, Edward 24 15 Aug 1947 Whitehaven, William Pit CUL
McAllister, Henry 22 11 May 1910 Wellington Pit CUL
McAllister, Hugh 49 11 May 1910 Wellington Pit CUL
McAllister, Isaac 55 15 Aug 1947 Whitehaven, William Pit CUL
McAllister, James 17 11 May 1910 Wellington Pit CUL
McAllister, John 21 11 May 1910 Wellington Pit CUL
McAllister, John 16 11 May 1910 Wellington Pit CUL
McAllister, Thomas 44 11 May 1910 Wellington Pit CUL
McAloon, Cornelius 30 16 Feb 1909 West Stanley DUR
McAndrew, H. 51 26 Nov 1936 Vane Tempest DUR
McAndrews, Jimmy 1979 Cowpen, Bates Pit NBL
McAndrews, Peter 25 Jun 1935 Lynemouth NBL
McAvoy, - 22 Jul 1852 Henry Pit CUL
McAvoy, Charles 1921 Seaton Burn NBL
McAvoy, George 23 27 Jul 1908 Ryhope DUR
McAvoy, James 21 30 Nov 1888 Cleator, No. 9 Pit (Metalliferous) CUL
McAvoy, John 1923 Wallsend, G Pit NBL
McAvoy, Patrick 1922 Wallsend NBL
McAvoy, Patrick, snr. 30 Oct 1819 Kell's Pit CUL
McAvoy, Sylvester 34 05 Sep 1922 Haig Pit CUL
McBain, James 35 11 May 1910 Wellington Pit CUL
McBride, Joseph 14 24 May 1899 Urpeth, Busty DUR
McBride, Thomas 25 30 Sep 1913 Linton NBL
McBurnie, David 26 09 Feb 1884 Castle Eden DUR
McCabe, Francis 14 18 Dec 1875 Tanfield Moor DUR
McCabe, James 19 Apr 1882 West Stanley DUR
McCabe, Patrick 14 04 Dec 1871 Haswell DUR
McCabe, Thomas 58 1956 Seaham DUR
McCafferty, James 20 Apr 1918 Wearmouth DUR
McCall, Alexander 25 16 Jan 1911 Seaton Delaval NBL
McCall, Matthew 45 09 Apr 1884 Whitehaven CUL
McCallister, Hector 20 12 Nov 1831 Whitehaven, Croft Pit CUL
McCallum, James 31 07 May 1905 Wallsend NBL
McCallum, John William 28 16 Aug 1934 Shotton DUR
McCallum, Robert 40 14 Nov 1884 Usworth DUR
McCallum, Robinson 24 06 Jan 1906 St. Helen's, Workington CUL
McCallum, William 68 20 Jun 1905 St. Helen's, Workington CUL
McCan, James 45 28 Mar 1876 Carterhome DUR
McCann, Anthony 22 22 Jun 1928 Vane Tempest DUR
McCann, Hugh 55 19 Nov 1868 Usworth DUR
McCann, Matthew 48 26 Jun 1877 Ryhope DUR
McCann, Peter 17 24 May 1903 Wardley DUR
McCann, William J. 26 17 Apr 1860 Iveston DUR
McCannon, Owen 29 08 Oct 1866 Ryhope DUR
McCarlton, Francis 17 25 Jun 1881 Salter Hall (Metalliferous) CUL
McCarren, John 60 19 Jul 1878 Team DUR
McCarroll, John 44 26 Apr 1912 Wheatley Hill DUR
McCartan, Matthew 23 02 Apr 1903 Margaret (Iron Ore) CUL
McCartenay, Stephen 42 02 May 1873 North Biddick DUR
McCarthy, George 28 02 Jul 1888 Pegswood Drift NBL
McCarthy, Simon Francis 36 06 Apr 1911 Clifton CUL
McCartney, John 17 22 Oct 1870 Whitehaven CUL
McCartney, Robert 1920 Cramlington, Scott Pit NBL
McCarton, Andrew 23 21 Jan 1876 Urpeth, C Pit DUR
McCashem, John 27 11 Jan 1844 Whitehaven, Duke Pit CUL
McCaughey, James 16 19 Feb 1894 South Hetton DUR
McCauley, George 1936 Bedlington, A Pit NBL
McChesney, Robert 15 09 Jun 1882 Margaret Pit, Newbottle DUR
McChessney, Robert 10 08 Sep 1868 Rainton DUR
McClain, David 23 28 Jun 1911 Tanfield Moor DUR
McClaughlan, Duncan 32 22 Feb 1883 Ryhope DUR
McClelland, John 60 11 Jul 1898 Delves DUR
McClenegan, David 27 02 Jan 1878 Ehen CUL
McCluskie, James 24 25 Jun 1885 Harrington, No. 7 Pit CUL
McClusky, Henry (Jnr) 26 11 May 1910 Wellington Pit CUL
McClusky, Henry (Snr) 55 11 May 1910 Wellington Pit CUL
McClusky, James 21 11 May 1910 Wellington Pit CUL
McClutchey, Richard 24 16 Jan 1862 Hartley NBL
McColley, John 17 15 Mar 1875 Whitehaven CUL
McConachie, Alexander 14 09 Jan 1899 Hylton DUR
McConnel, Albert 14 18 Mar 1911 Randolph DUR
McConner, Owen 50 30 Apr 1880 Tursdale DUR
McConville, John 16 07 Mar 1910 Beamish DUR
McCormack, Patrick 16 23 Dec 1890 Sherburn House DUR
McCormick, James (Jnr) 15 11 May 1910 Wellington Pit CUL
McCormick, James (Snr) 58 11 May 1910 Wellington Pit CUL
McCormick, John Henry 34 28 Apr 1943 Dean & Chapter DUR
McCormick, Michael 43 12 Jan 1876 Cornsay DUR
McCormick, Thomas 52 16 Nov 1903 Sacriston DUR
McCormick, Thomas 16 16 Jan 1913 Chopwell DUR
McCourt, James 36 11 May 1910 Wellington Pit CUL
McCourt, John 1923 Seaton Delaval NBL
McCourt, Joseph 26 06 Dec 1902 Washington DUR
McCourt, Patrick 26 06 Aug 1877 Cramlington NBL
McCourt, Robert 34 11 May 1910 Wellington Pit CUL
McCourt, Thomas 29 11 May 1910 Wellington Pit CUL
McCourt, Thomas 29 11 May 1910 Wellington Pit CUL
McCoy, John 27 Feb 1903 Holmside DUR
McCoy, Malcolm John 17 24 Mar 1938 Wheatley Hill DUR
McCoy, Michael 24 Apr 1856 Whitwell DUR
McCoy, Robert 46 31 Jan 1921 Horden DUR
McCrachen, William 24 16 Jan 1862 Hartley NBL
McCran, Michael 47 30 Dec 1949 Thrislington DUR
McCreadie, George 47 05 Sep 1922 Haig Pit CUL
McCreadie, Gordon 17 05 Sep 1922 Haig Pit CUL
McCreadie, Robert Routledge 19 05 Sep 1922 Haig Pit CUL
McCreavy, Robert 20 03 Jun 1941 Whitehaven, William Pit CUL
McCrery, Robert 12 16 Aug 1867 Page Bank DUR
McCrickard, Edward 16 29 Mar 1899 Auckland Park DUR
McCue, James 17 10 Jan 1873 Charlaw DUR
McCullagh, P. 40 03 Aug 1935 Victoria Garesfield DUR
McCullep, John 49 09 Apr 1904 Raisby Hill quarry DUR
McCullock, Richard 75 26 Nov 1867 Rainton, Adventure Pit DUR
McCumisky, George 36 11 May 1910 Wellington Pit CUL
McCumisky, Michael 41 11 May 1910 Wellington Pit CUL
McCutcheon, Hugh 50 04 May 1900 Raisby Hill (Limestone) DUR
McDade, Joseph 27 17 Jan 1889 South Hetton DUR
McDavid, Nicholas 46 19 May 1902 Seaham DUR
McDermot, Michael 13 20 Aug 1873 Whitwell DUR
McDermot, Peter 45 19 Sep 1899 Framwellgate DUR
McDermott, Michael 45 17 Jul 1858 Whitwell DUR
McDevitt, Joseph 65 29 Dec 1927 Murton DUR
McDonald, Alexander 46 14 Mar 1933 Dawdon DUR
McDonald, Bernard 21 Sep 1917 Ryhope DUR
McDonald, David 30 Aug 1922 Ashington NBL
McDonald, Fred 27 05 Dec 1936 Sherburn Hill DUR
McDonald, G. L. 40 17 Aug 1927 Swalwell Garesfield DUR
McDonald, J. M. 26 Oct 1976 Ashington NBL
McDonald, James 44 20 Dec 1865 Trimdon DUR
McDonald, James 01 Jun 1923 Ashington NBL
McDonald, James Boyd 13 16 Feb 1882 Trimdon Grange DUR
McDonald, John 12 06 Dec 1864 Bowden Close DUR
McDonald, John 69 28 Feb 1922 Urpeth DUR
McDonald, John 1969 East Hetton DUR
McDonald, Lawrence 28 11 Aug 1932 Ryhope DUR
McDonald, Patrick 29 12 Sep 1861 Pease's West, Emma Pit DUR
McDonald, R. 58 01 Feb 1929 Sherburn House DUR
McDonough, Bernard 14 21 Jan 1926 Dawdon DUR
McDonough, James 17 20 Oct 1875 Auckland Park DUR
McDormand, Thomas 10 12 Feb 1855 Cassop DUR
McDougle, James 13 30 Mar 1868 Murton, Middle Pit DUR
McDowell, Robert 44 05 Sep 1922 Haig Pit CUL
McDowell, Thomas 15 10 Jun 1880 Alexandrina DUR
McDowell, Thomas 19 05 Sep 1922 Haig Pit CUL
McDowell, W. 28 Jun 1877 Rosegill CUL
McDuff, James T. 39 09 Nov 1910 Burnhope DUR
McElhatton, James 19 25 Aug 1913 Hebburn DUR
McEvoy, Charles 36 11 Nov 1910 West Thornley DUR
McEvoy, John 40 16 Sep 1884 Ryhope DUR
McFadden, Hugh 28 Nov 1890 Bowthorn CUL
McFarlane, Patrick 16 08 Mar 1911 Dean & Chapter DUR
McFarlane, William 20 Sep 1856 Plain Pit DUR
McGahan, Owen 28 20 Nov 1868 Wearmouth DUR
McGahan, Owen 14 08 Jul 1920 Dean & Chapter DUR
McGarrell, Andrew 38 10 Aug 1865 Stanley DUR
McGarry, James 44 11 May 1910 Wellington Pit CUL
McGarry, John 27 11 May 1910 Wellington Pit CUL
McGarry, John 19 04 Oct 1912 South Garesfield DUR
McGarry, Thomas 31 11 May 1910 Wellington Pit CUL
McGartling, Hugh 16 30 Jan 1891 Leasingthorne DUR
McGarvey, Hugh N. 50 12 Sep 1935 Thrislington DUR
McGarvie, Hugh 1920 Wallsend, G Pit NBL
McGaughin, Archibald 23 12 Nov 1831 Whitehaven, Croft Pit CUL
McGaughin, John 12 Nov 1831 Whitehaven, Croft Pit CUL
McGean, Patrick 04 Mar 1900 Walkmill CUL
McGeary, Thomas Reuben Gibson 18 24 Aug 1910 Widdrington NBL
McGee, Alexander 50 06 Dec 1837 Springwell DUR
McGee, Daniel 60 25 Nov 1893 Flimby CUL
McGee, Dennis 62 18 Jun 1911 Whitburn DUR
McGee, Edward 20 1897 Wardley DUR
McGee, George 18 06 Dec 1837 Springwell DUR
McGee, James 33 14 Apr 1883 Dipton DUR
McGee, James 34 11 May 1910 Wellington Pit CUL
McGee, Matthew 62 15 Feb 1898 Herrington DUR
McGee, Patrick 20 06 Aug 1894 Brancepeth DUR
McGhee, Hugh 38 19 Dec 1895 South Medomsley DUR
McGhin, P. 53 12 Sep 1944 Ryhope DUR
McGill, M. 17 21 Jun 1929 Dean & Chapter DUR
McGillion, Alexander 60 30 Oct 1819 Kell's Pit CUL
McGinley, R. 16 19 Apr 1928 Marsden DUR
McGinnis, John 31 08 Sep 1880 Seaham DUR
McGlave, J. 63 13 Apr 1944 Marsden DUR
McGleave, Thomas 1925 Montagu NBL
McGlen, Barnard 31 09 Dec 1877 Brandon, C Pit DUR
McGlone, John 15 19 Mar 1907 North Biddick DUR
McGlone, Thomas 29 21 Oct 1895 Washington DUR
McGoldrick, Edward 18 06 Jul 1911 Tanfield Lea DUR
McGoldrick, Thomas 56 21 Jun 1965 Easington DUR
McGorrell, Miles 50 09 Sep 1907 Ryhope DUR
McGough, John 33 18 Jan 1899 Hamsteels DUR
McGough, Patrick 32 16 Oct 1918 Harton DUR
McGough, Thomas 64 02 Apr 1924 Seaham DUR
McGough, William 31 16 Feb 1909 West Stanley DUR
McGourk, Joseph 17 16 Sep 1883 Thornley DUR
McGovern, John 14 09 Mar 1880 Tanfield Lea DUR
McGowan, John 14 22 Oct 1903 Elemore DUR
McGowan, Joseph 16 23 Apr 1920 Tudhoe DUR
McGowan, Michael 13 18 Nov 1852 Seaham, Lady Pit DUR
McGowan, Thomas 1912 Backworth NBL
McGowen, Farrel 47 23 May 1907 Raisby Hill, Limestone quarry DUR
McGraham, Edward 25 18 Dec 1861 Thornley DUR
McGraham, Peter 15 12 Jul 1923 Medomsley DUR
McGrail, Robert Heslop 15 24 Aug 1927 Burnhope DUR
McGran, James 33 30 Oct 1819 Kell's Pit CUL
McGrath, Joseph 14 15 May 1906 Ouston DUR
McGrath, Norman 01 Sep 1934 Choppington NBL
McGrath, W. 14 Mar 1898 Murton DUR
McGrath, William 13 06 Feb 1868 Seaton DUR
McGrath, William 47 04 Feb 1923 Wearmouth DUR
McGreavy, James 16 16 Feb 1909 West Stanley DUR
McGreavy, John 52 02 Mar 1885 Usworth DUR
McGreavy, Peter 18 16 Feb 1909 West Stanley DUR
McGregor, Duncan 18 03 Aug 1909 Wingate Grange DUR
McGregor, James 15 16 Nov 1908 Boldon DUR
McGregor, W. T. M. 27 23 Jan 1899 Brandon DUR
McGuigan, Joseph 16 01 May 1916 Craghead, Oswald DUR
McGuigan, Michael 30 08 Sep 1925 Craghead DUR
McGuigan, P. 22 20 Jul 1925 Craghead DUR
McGuighan, Peter 38 15 Dec 1911 Wearmouth DUR
McGuiness, George E. 1914 Seghill NBL
McGuiness, John 40 08 Aug 1868 Cleator Moor CUL
McGuiness, John 21 25 Apr 1882 Whitehaven CUL
McGuiness, P. 72 23 Oct 1950 Addison DUR
McGuiness, Patrick 32 20 Apr 1871 Wearmouth DUR
McGuiness, Thomas 13 11 Nov 1850 Houghton DUR
McGuinnes, George Edward 19 27 Sep 1913 Seghill NBL
McGuinnes, Richard 24 28 Apr 1902 Seghill NBL
McGuinnis, John 22 25 Mar 1870 Cleator Moor CUL
McGuire, E. 29 07 Aug 1937 Ravensworth DUR
McGuire, Hugh 23 30 Jan 1914 Brandon DUR
McGuire, James 12 09 Sep 1866 Ryhope DUR
McGuire, James 56 25 Sep 1884 Usworth DUR
McGuire, John 37 24 Sep 1901 Addison DUR
McGuire, John 63 23 Mar 1914 Holmside, Oswald DUR
McGuire, Philip 40 20 Aug 1911 Preston NBL
McGuire, Thomas 44 09 May 1934 Tanfield Lea, Margaret Pit DUR
McGurk, John 19 07 Oct 1879 Whitehaven CUL
McGurk, John 6 1899 Throckley railway NBL
McGurk, John 17 14 Feb 1910 Blaydon Main DUR
McGurk, Michael 34 16 Feb 1909 West Stanley DUR
McGurrell, Jonathan 53 06 Nov 1908 Lumley, 3rd Pit DUR
McGwin, James 26 27 Jan 1886 South Benwell NBL
McHale, John 16 16 Feb 1882 Trimdon Grange DUR
McHale, Joseph 1931 Throckley NBL
McHale, L. 41 20 Aug 1923 Trimdon Grange DUR
McHale, Michael 21 16 Feb 1882 Trimdon Grange DUR
McHale, Patrick 27 17 Jul 1899 Trimdon DUR
McHale, Thomas 13 16 Feb 1882 Trimdon Grange DUR
McHugh, Edward 50 21 May 1906 Seathwaite Tarn (Whinstone) LAN
McHugh, J. J. 39 24 May 1957 Greenside DUR
McIllmurray, William James 1925 Hazlerigg NBL
McIlroy, Costlet 42 20 May 1877 Cleator, No. 6 Pit CUL
McIlwarth, Stephen 56 14 Dec 1915 Lumley, 6th Pit DUR
McInlay, Barnard 31 22 Dec 1876 Wearmouth DUR
McIntyre, James 37 24 Jul 1889 Haswell DUR
McIntyre, John 30 24 Mar 1870 Whitehaven CUL
McIntyre, John 38 03 Jun 1877 Seghill NBL
McIntyre, Peter 36 13 May 1903 Kelloe DUR
McIntyre, Peter 36 13 May 1903 Trimdon Grange DUR
McIver, J. 09 Nov 1951 Ashington NBL
McJennet, H. 17 28 Dec 1899 Elliscales (Metalliferous) LAN
McKay, Jefferson 21 May 1916