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
					Snaith, Alfred Raymond	31	25 Nov 1955	Dawdon	DUR
					Snaith, John Ord	58	16 Oct 1940	Mainsforth	DUR
					Snaith, Thomas Neal	39	Jan 1929	Dinnington	NBL
					Snaith, Walter	31	10 May 1936	New Brancepeth	DUR
					Snaith, William	38	08 Dec 1887	Edmondsley	DUR
					Snarr, John William	32	25 Jan 1915	Marley Hill	DUR
					Snell, J. W.	57	20 Jun 1927	Ryhope	DUR
					Sney, Patrick		12 Dec 1856	Byers Green	DUR
					Snooks, Philip		06 Jan 1836	Hetton, Downs Pit (Eppleton)	DUR
					Snowball, Robert E.		12 Mar 1920	Langley Park	DUR
					Snowball, Thomas	53	24 Jul 1939	Silksworth	DUR
					Snowden, Franklin	15	31 Dec 1914	North Biddick	DUR
					Snowden, John	53	03 Jan 1904	Walker	NBL
					Snowden, R. M.		15 Dec 1934	Marsden	DUR
					Snowdon, Andrew Oliver	56	28 Mar 1924	Pegswood	NBL
					Snowdon, Eric Walker	43	24 Nov 1966	Wheatley Hill	DUR
					Snowdon, George Edward		1925	Bedlington, F Pit	NBL
					Snowdon, John		22 Feb 1837	Auckland, St. Helens	DUR
					Snowdon, John	25	28 Jun 1839	St. Hilda	DUR
					Snowdon, John		30 Jan 1929	Fishburn	DUR
					Snowdon, Joseph	12	23 Aug 1892	An old drift	NBL
					Snowdon, Joseph	14	03 May 1901	Brancepeth, A Pit	DUR
					Snowdon, Joseph	14	27 Mar 1910	Brancepeth, A Pit	DUR
					Snowdon, Robert	19	12 Mar 1888	Seaton Delaval	NBL
					Snowdon, Story	28	10 Dec 1851	Whitewell	DUR
					Snowdon, Susannah	51	23 Aug 1892	An old drift	NBL
					Snowdon, Thomas	61	18 Apr 1882	Tudhoe	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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