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
					Osborne, Francis Hector		1927	Backworth	NBL
					Osborne, J. W.	32	23 Dec 1930	Thornley	DUR
					Osborne, James Sperring	41	04 Nov 1903	Brancepeth, C Pit	DUR
					Osborne, John	39	05 Jul 1890	Hebburn, C Pit	DUR
					Osborne, William	21	11 Aug 1884	Dearham	CUL
					Osbourne, Isaac	26	05 Sep 1922	Haig Pit	CUL
					Osbourne, Samuel Morris	66	06 Dec 1918	Woodhorn	NBL
					Osburn, William	32	19 Jun 1860	South Kelloe	DUR
					O'Shaughnessy, John (Jack)	38	1933	Silksworth	DUR
					O'Shaughnessy, Jonathan Robert	30	07 Jun 1951	Houghton	DUR
					O'Shaughnessy, Samuel	46	18 Nov 1947	Houghton	DUR
					Osmond, Alfred George Harold	15	07 Mar 1910	Houghton	DUR
					Osmond, Thomas	61	03 Apr 1911	Wearmouth	DUR
					Ostle, John	27	11 Jan 1891	St. Helen's, Workington	CUL
					Ostle, Thomas	24	24 Aug 1844	Pit at Deaham	CUL
					Oswald, George	13	22 May 1848	Dorothea Pit, Newbottle	DUR
					Oswald, George	30	07 Apr 1904	Dorothea Pit, Newbottle	DUR
					Oswald, Henry	35	20 Feb 1908	Washington, Glebe Pit	DUR
					Oswald, John	54	16 Jan 1845	Dorothea Pit, Newbottle	DUR
					Oswald, John	38	18 Nov 1870	Walbottle	NBL
					Oswald, Robert	19	06 Feb 1903	Tanfield Lea, Bute Pit	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 , 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 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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