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
					Olaman, G.	14	14 Aug 1936	Murton	DUR
					Olaman, James Robert	39	26 Mar 1889	Murton	DUR
					Olaman, John George	30	31 Mar 1898	Sherburn Hill	DUR
					Old, John		15 Sep 1917	Wearmouth	DUR
					Old, William	37	10 Jan 1894	Holmside	DUR
					Oldham, George	43	23 Nov 1911	Dean & Chapter	DUR
					Oldham, William	30	16 Jan 1882	Haswell	DUR
					Olds, Joseph	63	09 Feb 1938	Washington, F Pit	DUR
					Olds, Martin	49	17 Nov 1903	Wearmouth	DUR
					Oliphant, Caleb R.		1946	Newbiggin	NBL
					Oliver, Andrew		08 Apr 1857	Greenlaw Walls	NBL
					Oliver, Andrew	71	05 Jun 1888	West Sleekburn	NBL
					Oliver, Archibald	19	18 Oct 1907	Twizell	DUR
					Oliver, Christopher		23 Nov 1844	Waldridge	DUR
					Oliver, Edward	38	06 Aug 1896	Bowden Close	DUR
					Oliver, George	51	28 Sep 1813	Fatfield, Hall Pit	DUR
					Oliver, George	41	09 May 1833	Springwell	DUR
					Oliver, George		09 May 1833	Springwell	DUR
					Oliver, George	45	15 Oct 1861	Seaham	DUR
					Oliver, George	51	13 Feb 1907	Leasingthorne	DUR
					Oliver, George		1915	Tynedale	NBL
					Oliver, George	32	14 Mar 1917	Wingate Grange	DUR
					Oliver, George		1942	Bedlington, A Pit	NBL
					Oliver, Herbert	40	19 Mar 1888	Eston (Ironstone)	NRY
					Oliver, James		09 May 1833	Springwell	DUR
					Oliver, James	21	16 Jan 1862	Hartley	NBL
					Oliver, James	42	06 May 1897	East Hetton	DUR
					Oliver, James		20 May 1916	Ashington	NBL
					Oliver, John	27	16 Jan 1862	Hartley	NBL
					Oliver, John	15	23 Mar 1868	St. Hilda	DUR
					Oliver, John	57	10 May 1897	Snaefell	IOM
					Oliver, John	33	09 Aug 1899	Holmside	DUR
					Oliver, John	23	26 Feb 1925	Boldon	DUR
					Oliver, John	31	23 Feb 1937	Ravensworth	DUR
					Oliver, John	40	19 Jan 1942	Silksworth	DUR
					Oliver, John Hunter	35	08 Mar 1902	Benwell, Charlotte Pit	NBL
					Oliver, John James	22	10 May 1897	Snaefell	IOM
					Oliver, Johnson	13	28 Sep 1813	Fatfield, Hall Pit	DUR
					Oliver, Norman Edward	15	24 Mar 1915	New Herrington	DUR
					Oliver, Peter	15	16 Jan 1862	Hartley	NBL
					Oliver, Robert	14	20 Mar 1896	Ashington	NBL
					Oliver, Robert	61	15 May 1919	Throckley	NBL
					Oliver, Robinson	19	04 Oct 1907	Herrington	DUR
					Oliver, Septimus	28	28 Sep 1895	Hazlerigg	NBL
					Oliver, T.	69	25 Jul 1943	Lambton	DUR
					Oliver, William	8	09 May 1833	Springwell	DUR
					Oliver, William	17	16 Jan 1862	Hartley	NBL
					Oliver, William	56	16 Jan 1862	Hartley	NBL
					Oliver, William	30	24 Jul 1875	Upleatham (Ironstone)	NRY
					Oliver, William	59	20 Dec 1883	Radcliffe	NBL
					Oliver, William Hogg		1920	Cramlington, Wrightson Pit	NBL
					Oliver, William Thomas	29	22 May 1909	Silksworth	DUR
					Olley, Edward (Ted)	39	Dec 1955	Dawdon	DUR
					Olley, George		23 Oct 1965	Chilton	DUR
					Olloman, John	30	18 Jan 1878	Thornley	DUR
					Olmer, John Thomas	35	24 Jun 1906	Boldon	DUR
					Oloman, Robert	38	23 Nov 1908	Hebburn	DUR
					Olomand, G.		06 Mar 1920	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 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 .
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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