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
					Ryall, John	55	17 Apr 1928	Roddymoor	DUR
					Ryan, Edward	17	15 Aug 1890	Wearmouth	DUR
					Ryan, Ernest		1928	Montagu	NBL
					Ryan, J.	52	16 Jun 1925	Horden	DUR
					Ryan, John	13	12 Jul 1869	Springwell	DUR
					Ryan, John	60	30 Jul 1885	Yarlside	LAN
					Ryan, John	35	30 Oct 1944	Whitehouse, Witton Gilbert	DUR
					Ryan, Joseph	27	10 Dec 1891	Montagu Main, Old Pit	NBL
					Ryan, Joseph	14	07 Sep 1912	West Pelton	DUR
					Ryan, Martin		1917	Shilbottle	NBL
					Ryan, Patrick		1911	Walbottle	NBL
					Ryan, Patrick	24	17 May 1911	Walbottle	NBL
					Ryans, Thomas		15 Nov 1948	Bearpark	DUR
					Ryder, George William	17	28 Oct 1906	Dean & Chapter	DUR
					Ryhmer, James	38	18 Apr 1882	Tudhoe	DUR
					Rynn, Robert		1930	Wallsend	NBL
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.
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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