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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
Pocklington, William H. 22 08 Sep 1922 Eldon DUR
Pogue, Clarence 17 24 Feb 1923 Medomsley DUR
Pointing, Frederick 44 01 May 1912 Chester South Moor DUR
Pointon, Christopher 28 11 Aug 1899 Urpeth, C Pit DUR
Poland, Robert 16 04 Apr 1883 Montreal CUL
Poley, J. 16 10 Jan 1935 Fishburn DUR
Pollard, - 23 Mar 1950 Lynemouth NBL
Pollard, Benjamin 43 11 Jan 1859 Auckland, St. Helens DUR
Pollard, William 40 26 Aug 1913 Budle Crag whinstone quarry NBL
Pollet, Samuel 19 18 Jan 1876 West Thornley DUR
Pollock, Charles 47 03 Aug 1872 Ryhope DUR
Pollock, George Henry 26 18 Dec 1924 Croxdale DUR
Pollock, John 07 Apr 1856 Murton, Polka Pit DUR
Pollock, Thomas 44 13 Feb 1891 Greenside (Metalliferous) WES
Pollock, W. 20 Apr 1895 Asby CUL
Polson, Amos 14 12 Feb 1922 Shotton DUR
Pool, Edward 18 16 Oct 1877 Greenside DUR
Poole, Andrew 19 17 Aug 1872 Gill Head CUL
Poole, Anthony 15 26 Jun 1885 Parkside (Iron Ore) CUL
Poole, D. Pearson 58 04 Sep 1907 South Hetton DUR
Poole, Dickenson Pearson 58 10 Jan 1908 South Hetton DUR
Poole, John 54 29 Mar 1888 Dalton, No. 1 Pit (Metalliferous) LAN
Poole, William 1936 Wallsend, Rising Sun Pit NBL
Pooley, Thomas 36 03 Dec 1914 Shap Black Rock (Quarry) WES
Pope, Francis 48 10 Feb 1888 Stanley Drift DUR
Pope, Isaac 35 23 Mar 1875 Littleburn DUR
Pope, James 46 01 Oct 1878 Roanhead (Metalliferous) LAN
Popjoy, W. J. 18 08 Nov 1887 Herrington DUR
Porrit, John 19 01 Jun 1899 Goathland (Metalliferous) NRY
Porritt, Thomas 16 12 Sep 1903 Grinkle (Ironstone) NRY
Porritt, William Johnson 22 28 Mar 1911 Chester South Moor DUR
Porteous, James 29 05 Jul 1889 Prudhoe NBL
Porter, Daniel 20 17 Nov 1893 Burnopfield DUR
Porter, George 1929 West Wylam NBL
Porter, James 22 23 Jan 1914 Hazlerigg NBL
Porter, James 32 29 May 1951 Easington DUR
Porter, John 19 08 Oct 1855 Walker Iron Works NBL
Porter, John 53 07 Nov 1874 Ludworth DUR
Porter, John 79 03 Oct 1888 Unknown ?
Porter, John Thomas 23 29 May 1951 Easington DUR
Porter, Jonah 14 28 Jun 1888 Leasingthorne DUR
Porter, Richard 63 07 May 1913 Eppleton DUR
Porter, William 36 19 Dec 1878 Lindal Moor (Metalliferous) LAN
Porter, William 53 21 Jan 1897 Crosby, No. 1 Pit CUL
Portess, George 33 25 Apr 1865 Eppleton, Caroline Pit DUR
Porteus, Ronald 64 28 Sep 1886 Cramlington NBL
Porthouse, George 58 15 Aug 1947 Whitehaven, William Pit CUL
Porthouse, Joseph Henry 17 26 Aug 1912 Walkmill CUL
Poskett, John 26 11 Jun 1910 Spa Wood (Ironstone) NRY
Postle, Jonathan 17 27 Feb 1900 Dunston DUR
Postle, Ralph 25 21 Aug 1894 South Moor DUR
Postlethwaite, - 14 Aug 1858 Whitehaven, Croft Pit CUL
Postlethwaite, James 68 04 Aug 1905 Burlington (Slate) LAN
Postlethwaite, Thomas 59 31 Mar 1896 Wellington CUL
Postlethwaite, William 37 05 Nov 1873 Harrington, No. 7 Pit CUL
Potter, Benjamin Urwin 15 29 Jan 1914 Backworth NBL
Potter, Elias 52 13 Nov 1934 Easington DUR
Potter, Henry Barrass 16 03 Jan 1912 Beamish, Mary Pit DUR
Potter, Jamesd 1929 Backworth NBL
Potter, John 14 04 Sep 1872 Coxhoe DUR
Potter, John 43 08 Sep 1880 Seaham DUR
Potter, Robert 47 08 Sep 1880 Seaham DUR
Potter, Robert 1900 Bedlington NBL
Potter, Robert 49 15 May 1900 West Sleekburn NBL
Potter, T. 27 06 Dec 1937 St. Hilda DUR
Potter, Thomas 27 19 Nov 1883 Lofthouse (Ironstone) NRY
Potter, William 42 26 May 1882 Herrington DUR
Potts, Adam 1922 South Tyne NBL
Potts, Edward 15 22 Aug 1853 Thornley DUR
Potts, George 22 27 Mar 1926 Dawdon DUR
Potts, J. 15 23 Apr 1872 North Seaton NBL
Potts, James 32 06 Feb 1869 Millbanks CUL
Potts, James Herbertson 26 13 Nov 1905 Dinnington NBL
Potts, James William 15 21 Jun 1902 Esh DUR
Potts, John 29 23 Aug 1883 Willington DUR
Potts, John 1916 Seaton Burn NBL
Potts, John 1916 Cramlington, Wrightson Pit NBL
Potts, John William 30 Mar 1925 Montagu, View Pit NBL
Potts, Joseph 35 26 Jul 1907 Pelaw Main Railway DUR
Potts, M. 44 13 Oct 1935 Wardley DUR
Potts, M. Aug 1970 Murton DUR
Potts, Robert 36 21 Jul 1914 Dean & Chapter DUR
Potts, Robert Lawrence 14 28 Jul 1916 Lumley New Winning DUR
Potts, T. 13 Jun 1921 Murton DUR
Potts, Thomas Sep 1834 Haswell DUR
Potts, Thomas 25 Oct 1845 South Moor DUR
Potts, Thomas 44 23 Aug 1932 Murton DUR
Potts, Thomas Boyd 18 Jul 1936 Cowpen, Bates Pit NBL
Potts, William 9 07 Oct 1854 Hetton Railway, Copt Hill Incline DUR
Potts, William 41 08 Sep 1880 Seaham DUR
Potts, William 53 07 Nov 1906 Clifton CUL
Potts, William 18 12 Sep 1914 Murton DUR
Potts, William 1929 Benwell NBL
Potts, William Watt 60 09 Nov 1967 Boldon DUR
Poulter, Henry 31 12 Feb 1906 Margaret Pit, Newbottle DUR
Poulter, John 66 11 Jul 1916 Dorothea Pit, Newbottle DUR
Pounder, Henry 29 06 Aug 1896 Wheatley Hill DUR
Pounder, Thomas 9 24 Nov 1885 Newfield DUR
Pounder, Thomas 40 02 Jan 1917 Jaw Blades DUR
Povey, Frederick 1926 Newsham NBL
Powe, Albert 19 05 Sep 1922 Haig Pit CUL
Powe, Thomas 71 13 Feb 1912 Ladysmith CUL
Powell, A. 1916 Cambois NBL
Powell, George 18 11 Mar 1875 Eston (Ironstone) NRY
Powell, James 20 18 Aug 1869 Evenwood DUR
Powell, W. 39 27 Jul 1932 Fishburn DUR
Powell, W. 39 27 Jul 1932 Boldon DUR
Powell, William 32 14 Jul 1888 Deckham Hall DUR
Powell, William 47 20 Jul 1924 Langley Park DUR
Powers, Samuel 29 07 Jan 1907 Dunston DUR
Powers, W. 38 25 Sep 1946 Easington DUR
Powton, Robert 24 17 Dec 1903 Hamsterley DUR
Poynter, William 1916 Backworth NBL
Poynton, T. 48 22 May 1929 Ravensworth DUR
Poyzer, Henry P. 17 11 Jan 1918 Blaydon Main 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 names of mining fatalities on this web site have been kindly provided by The Wheatley Hill History Club and are marked with .


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 .


Some of the names of mining fatalities on this web site have been extracted from material deposited at the North East England Mining Archive and Research Centre (NEEMARC) — principally the records of the Durham Miners' Association and are marked with .


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