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
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					Soady, Robert	34	14 Feb 1905	Whitburn	DUR
					Soames, William Lovell	60	28 Jun 1922	Lambton, D Pit	DUR
					Softley, Edward	17	16 Jan 1862	Hartley	NBL
					Sokell, J.	64	30 Oct 1947	Dean & Chapter	DUR
					Solan, John	32	06 Aug 1891	Framwellgate	DUR
					Soloman, Jacob	61	11 Dec 1880	Wardley	DUR
					Solsbey, John		03 Jul 1825	Fatfield, Juliet Pit	DUR
					Somerville, John J.	16	08 Apr 1909	Brancepeth	DUR
					Somerville, William		1920	Silksworth	DUR
					Somerville, William	33	28 Oct 1921	Eppleton	DUR
					Soppett, John	45	06 Apr 1903	Dorothea Pit, Newbottle	DUR
					Soppitt, Benjamin Pringle	44	06 Sep 1953	South Hetton	DUR
					Soppitt, E.		16 Mar 1901	Murton	DUR
					Soppitt, Edward		1922	Wallsend, Edward Pit	NBL
					Soulsby, Abraham	15	30 Oct 1861	Houghall	DUR
					Soulsby, Edward	7	28 Sep 1813	Fatfield, Hall Pit	DUR
					Soulsby, Edward	14	28 Sep 1813	Fatfield, Hall Pit	DUR
					Soulsby, George	14	18 Jun 1835	Wallsend	NBL
					Soulsby, George	20	19 Aug 1914	Ashington	NBL
					Soulsby, George		1917	Hazlerigg	NBL
					Soulsby, Henry	13	16 Jul 1878	Wingate Grange	DUR
					Soulsby, Henry	18	30 Jul 1886	Urpeth	DUR
					Soulsby, Henry	31	21 Aug 1914	Barrington	NBL
					Soulsby, Jacob	16	20 Dec 1860	Hetton, Minor Pit	DUR
					Soulsby, Jacob	27	16 Feb 1882	Trimdon Grange	DUR
					Soulsby, John	16	18 Jun 1835	Wallsend	NBL
					Soulsby, John George	34	25 Mar 1909	Isabella Pit, Blyth	NBL
					Soulsby, Joseph		01 Apr 1866	Job's Hill	DUR
					Soulsby, Joseph	62	16 Jan 1888	Eppleton	DUR
					Soulsby, Joseph	17	30 Jan 1928	Thornley	DUR
					Soulsby, Matthew	9	28 Sep 1813	Fatfield, Hall Pit	DUR
					Soulsby, Matthew	31	18 Jun 1835	Wallsend	NBL
					Soulsby, Robert	45	02 Mar 1860	Burradon	NBL
					Soulsby, Robert	60	16 Feb 1882	Trimdon Grange	DUR
					Soulsby, Robert	50	16 Nov 1900	Trimdon Grange	DUR
					Soulsby, Robert Bowman	15	27 Feb 1918	Whitburn	DUR
					Soulsby, Robert Henry		28 Aug 1858	Bedlington	NBL
					Soulsby, Thomas	70	02 Oct 1896	Boldon	DUR
					Soulsby, Thomas	52	09 Sep 1902	Hebburn	DUR
					Soulsby, William	48	30 Aug 1861	Hetton	DUR
					Soulsby, William	46	28 Sep 1868	Eppleton	DUR
					Sousby, George	36	24 Jul 1893	Caroline	NBL
					Souter, G. A.	35	03 Oct 1946	Harton	DUR
					Souter, John Ayre	57	25 Sep 1918	Burnhope	DUR
					South, Charles	74	03 Apr 1901	Usworth	DUR
					Southall, William Bethel Jones		1934	Backworth	NBL
					Southam, John William	26	26 Sep 1906	Sir John Walsh (Iron Ore)	CUL
					Souther, John	58	11 May 1864	Seaton	DUR
					Southern, Anthony	18	03 May 1815	Heaton Main	DUR
					Southern, Brian	25	27 Feb 1962	Horden	DUR
					Southern, James	13	02 Oct 1868	Willington	DUR
					Southern, James	57	02 Aug 1929	Dorothea Pit, Newbottle	DUR
					Southern, John	60	03 Sep 1871	Penshaw	DUR
					Southern, John	40	08 Sep 1880	Seaham	DUR
					Southern, John George	40	10 Aug 1909	Hylton	DUR
					Southern, Joseph	15	28 Sep 1813	Fatfield, Hall Pit	DUR
					Southern, Matthew Waister	31	01 Aug 1911	Hylton	DUR
					Southern, Ralph	12	28 Mar 1877	Brandon, C Pit	DUR
					Southern, Richard	45	07 May 1909	Holmside	DUR
					Southern, Robert	14	03 May 1815	Heaton Main	DUR
					Southern, Sidney	32	22 Jul 1910	Bishop Middleham (quarry)	DUR
					Southern, Thomas	52	08 May 1953	Ryhope	DUR
					Southern, W. O.	42	Jan 1964	Harton & Westoe	DUR
					Southern, William	25	03 May 1815	Heaton Main	DUR
					Southern, William	23	29 Apr 1896	Derwent, Hunter Pit	DUR
					Southran, William	28	19 Jun 1823	Walker	NBL
					Southward, Edward	46	03 Jun 1885	Seaham	DUR
					Southward, James	18	11 May 1910	Wellington Pit	CUL
					Southward, John R.	67	04 Jun 1879	Salter & Eskett (Metalliferous)	CUL
					Southward, W. J.		21 Dec 1929	Harrington, No. 10	CUL
					Southwell, John		05 Sep 1826	Heworth	DUR
					Southwell, William	54	25 Nov 1902	Watergate [CUL]	CUL
					Sowerby, Ben	42	19 Dec 1914	Adelaide	DUR
					Sowerby, John	11	03 Apr 1858	South Hetton	DUR
					Sowerby, Richard Watson	31	22 Dec 1911	High Force whinstone quarry	DUR
					Sowerby, Thomas	46	26 Jul 1921	West Auckland	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.
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
The list of the fatalities from the 1860 Burradon disaster were kindly provided by Bill Henderson.
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 kindly provided by Ray Swan from his research into Northumberland mining deaths and are marked with .
Some of the names of mining fatalities on this web site have been kindly provided by Brian Proctor from his research into early newspapers (primarily of the Newcastle Area) and are marked with .

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