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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
Seagar, Wilfred 15 13 Jan 1921 Derwent DUR
Searle, John 30 04 Dec 1936 Thrislington DUR
Searr, James 25 15 Nov 1905 Medomsley DUR
Seaton, Thomas 39 25 May 1881 Upleatham (Ironstone) NRY
Seatory, John 27 07 Oct 1891 St. Hilda DUR
Sebastian, Thomas 19 16 Jan 1862 Hartley NBL
Sedgewick, R. 33 17 Feb 1959 Fishburn DUR
Sedgewick, Robert 43 23 Aug 1902 Whitburn DUR
Sedgewick, William 10 08 Dec 1864 Willington DUR
Sedgwick, Arnold Stanley 55 Sep 1944 Deaf Hill DUR
Sedgwick, Joseph 35 20 Nov 1872 Spennymoor DUR
Sedgwick, William 43 22 Jun 1859 Willington DUR
Seed, Charles 43 05 Jun 1944 New Brancepeth DUR
Seed, Henry 22 20 Jan 1949 Ushaw Moor DUR
Seed, W. 25 15 Nov 1929 Westwood DUR
Seedhouse, C. 25 18 Apr 1939 Deaf Hill DUR
Seedhouse, W. 39 12 Apr 1940 Wingate Grange DUR
Seedhouse, William 39 12 Apr 1900 Wingate Grange DUR
Seeds, William 41 02 Dec 1886 Elemore DUR
Selby, Amos 35 19 May 1911 Gordon House DUR
Selby, George 39 18 Jun 1905 Shilbottle NBL
Selby, John 21 08 Jan 1885 Auckland Park DUR
Self, Charles 58 08 Mar 1905 Lady Durham DUR
Selfe, Obadiah 28 20 Oct 1938 Woodhorn NBL
Selfe, William John Hillier 62 25 Jan 1906 Broomhill NBL
Selkirk, Edward S. 16 17 Oct 1925 Harton DUR
Selkirk, James 09 Jun 1785 Wallsend NBL
Selkirk, John 16 Feb 1909 West Stanley DUR
Sellars, Edward 25 16 May 1903 Stanghow (Ironstone) NRY
Sellars, John 18 06 Mar 1903 Auckland Park DUR
Sellers, Robert William 44 08 Nov 1949 Langley Park DUR
Sellkirk, R. G. 14 08 Dec 1904 Harraton DUR
Senior, John 34 18 Oct 1860 Chilton DUR
Senior, Joseph 17 02 Nov 1874 Skelton (Ironstone) NRY
Senior, Luke 52 04 May 1886 Boosbeck (Ironstone) NRY
Sennet, James 50 07 Jun 1870 Shotton DUR
Sennett, Joseph 23 31 Aug 1921 Easington DUR
Senogles, William 46 10 May 1897 Snaefell IOM
Settery, George 1930 Cramlington, Amelia Pit NBL
Sevilla, P. 13 08 Oct 1871 South Medomsley DUR
Seward, Leonard 36 15 Aug 1947 Whitehaven, William Pit CUL
Sewell, Alexander 32 03 Mar 1908 Brayton Domain, No. 4 CUL
Sewell, Bennett 41 30 Nov 1882 Sherburn DUR
Sewell, George 23 18 Oct 1907 Hebburn DUR
Sewell, Henry 56 26 Dec 1884 Lofthouse (Ironstone) NRY
Sewell, James 1923 Throckley, Blucher Pit NBL
Sewell, Richard 63 17 Mar 1887 Willington DUR
Sewell, Thomas 45 10 Jun 1878 Etherley, Rush Pit DUR
Sewell, William 14 09 Nov 1916 Pelton DUR
Sewell, William 67 22 Oct 1941 Dean & Chapter DUR
Seyburn, Thomas 36 19 Nov 1891 Sherburn DUR
Seymour, A. 56 13 Sep 1937 Dean & Chapter DUR
Seymour, Albert 64 29 May 1951 Easington DUR
Seymour, George 66 29 May 1929 Roddymoor DUR
Seymour, John 15 26 Feb 1902 Littleburn DUR
Seymour, Norman 30 24 Jul 1941 Mainsforth DUR
Seymour, Thomas 37 22 Sep 1902 Hazlerigg NBL
Seymour, William John 26 14 Mar 1877 Beamish, Air Pit DUR
Seymour, William Smith 50 21 Dec 1951 Derwent 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 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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