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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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see bottom of page for details
Name Age Date Colliery Cnty
Place, Elias 42 14 Feb 1880 Murton DUR
Place, Joseph L. 14 23 May 1922 Heworth DUR
Place, Stephen 44 30 Apr 1875 Storey Lodge DUR
Place, Stephen 23 13 Mar 1879 Norwood DUR
Place, Stephen 24 18 Apr 1898 Norwood DUR
Pladdy, Peter 23 11 Jan 1844 Whitehaven, Duke Pit CUL
Plant, Benjamin 52 06 Nov 1913 North Walbottle NBL
Plant, E. 18 13 Jan 1948 Horden DUR
Plant, Frank 30 15 Oct 1958 Horden DUR
Plant, James 46 28 Nov 1927 Chilton DUR
Plant, Joseph 1930 North Walbottle NBL
Plant, William 22 10 Jan 1892 Trimdon Grange DUR
Plant, William 47 19 Aug 1899 Thrislington DUR
Plaskett, John 23 16 Jun 1900 Oatlands CUL
Platford, Walter 30 22 Jan 1907 Dean & Chapter DUR
Platt, William 51 26 Oct 1866 Inkerman DUR
Platten, Rising 52 23 Feb 1901 South Pontop DUR
Platten, Robert 14 10 Dec 1891 South Derwent DUR
Platten, William 44 26 Mar 1884 South Tanfield DUR
Platts, John 36 18 Jul 1864 Hetton, Blossom Pit DUR
Platts, Joseph 51 14 Dec 1935 Bowburn DUR
Platts, Moses 17 21 Mar 1866 Tursdale DUR
Platts, Ralph 38 25 Apr 1900 Walker NBL
Playford, Thomas 58 20 Dec 1901 Eston (Ironstone) NRY
Pletts, M. 23 30 Dec 1904 Dean & Chapter DUR
Plews, Henry 14 30 Apr 1904 Black Prince DUR
Plews, T. W. 17 30 May 1918 Hamsteels DUR
Plews, Thomas 22 01 Dec 1921 Kimblesworth DUR
Plous, John 13 23 Jun 1903 Seaham DUR
Plumb, D. 16 07 Jun 1939 Roddymoor DUR
Plumber, Henry 18 May 1874 Unknown DUR
Plummer, G. 43 07 May 1943 Kimblesworth DUR
Plummer, George 25 19 Jun 1876 Ellenborough CUL
Plummer, Jacob 41 10 Oct 1910 Craghead DUR
Plummer, John 42 16 Jul 1917 Harton DUR
Plummer, William 43 29 Jan 1921 Harton DUR
Plumpton, David 14 10 Apr 1878 South Hetton DUR
Plunket, Patrick 46 08 Sep 1903 South Brancepeth 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.


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 names of mining fatalities on this web page have been kindly provided by The West Cumbria Mines Research Group 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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