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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
Spanton, William 39 08 Sep 1880 Seaham DUR
Spark, Andrew Brown 40 23 Jan 1902 Tudhoe DUR
Spark, George E. 56 16 Apr 1937 Chopwell DUR
Spark, John 30 13 Aug 1869 South Pontop DUR
Spark, John 37 02 Aug 1879 Inkerman DUR
Spark, John 52 21 Dec 1926 Stargate DUR
Spark, John Henry 18 24 Feb 1910 Broughton Moor CUL
Spark, Joseph 18 09 Jan 1854 Bishopley Quarry DUR
Spark, Thomas Mathew 13 19 Nov 1874 Iveston DUR
Spark, William 62 02 Mar 1885 Usworth DUR
Spark, William John jnr. 18 06 Dec 1912 West Shield Row DUR
Sparks, Hugh 16 08 Sep 1880 East Pontop DUR
Sparks, Jackson 19 05 Sep 1922 Haig Pit CUL
Sparks, Robert 57 26 Nov 1943 New Delaval NBL
Sparks, William John 23 05 Sep 1922 Haig Pit CUL
Sparnon, John 18 10 May 1920 Usworth DUR
Sparrow, James 29 09 Jul 1874 Usworth DUR
Spaul, John 56 15 Jul 1878 Upleatham (Ironstone) NRY
Spawton, W. 62 21 Oct 1949 Greenside DUR
Spear, Thomas 21 28 May 1908 Houghton DUR
Spears, Samuel 41 13 May 1875 Castle Eden DUR
Spears, Wilfred 21 15 Apr 1912 Hamsterley DUR
Spedding, Carlisle 59 08 Aug 1755 Whitehaven CUL
Spedding, Thomas 48 13 Nov 1891 South Durham DUR
Spedding, William 17 19 Sep 1893 Sherburn House DUR
Speechley, John 36 25 Jan 1909 Usworth DUR
Speed, George 50 10 Jun 1913 Morrison DUR
Speed, John 15 04 May 1849 Harbour House Pit DUR
Speed, Robert 46 19 Jan 1900 Murton DUR
Speekman, John 30 21 Nov 1881 Newfield DUR
Speight, Isaac 56 03 Apr 1888 Ouston DUR
Spells, Christopher Charles 14 16 Mar 1898 Cowpen, Mill Pit NBL
Spence, Alexander 1924 Seaton Delaval NBL
Spence, Charles 30 05 Jul 1907 West Wylam NBL
Spence, James 58 24 Dec 1895 Witton Park Slag Heap (quarry) DUR
Spence, John 12 03 Aug 1830 Jarrow, Alfred Pit DUR
Spence, John 19 Feb 1848 Woodfield, Crook DUR
Spence, John 43 10 Oct 1870 Spennymoor DUR
Spence, Joseph 25 28 Jul 1873 Harrington, No. 5 Pit CUL
Spence, Joseph 24 06 Mar 1930 Bishop Middleham DUR
Spence, Randolph 1965 Dawdon DUR
Spence, Robert 34 05 Apr 1843 Stormont Main DUR
Spence, Robert 18 Dec 1857 Moorsley DUR
Spence, Roger 26 28 Jun 1839 St. Hilda DUR
Spence, Thomas 39 25 Oct 1871 Seaham, No. 3 Pit DUR
Spence, Thomas 36 02 Dec 1886 Elemore DUR
Spence, Tristram 31 13 Apr 1896 Brancepeth, A Pit DUR
Spence, Wilson 52 14 Jul 1891 Brancepeth DUR
Spenceley, D. 18 05 Jul 1867 Castle Eden DUR
Spencely, William 67 30 Nov 1857 Pittington, Adelaide Pit DUR
Spencer, Edward 19 16 Feb 1882 Trimdon Grange DUR
Spencer, George Nicholas 45 04 Aug 1938 West Thornley DUR
Spencer, John 73 12 Dec 1903 Usworth DUR
Spencer, Johnson Elliott 41 09 Feb 1938 Cornsay DUR
Spencer, R. 38 18 Oct 1933 Thornley DUR
Spencer, William 73 18 Aug 1903 Whitehaven CUL
Spensley, David 20 21 Feb 1924 Hebburn DUR
Spensley, John 19 02 Jun 1815 Success Pit, Newbottle DUR
Spensley, Simon 11 02 Jun 1815 Success Pit, Newbottle DUR
Spicer, Joseph 21 04 Jan 1875 Eston (Ironstone) NRY
Spinks, W. 24 04 Sep 1945 South Moor DUR
Spirit, John Thomas 1919 West Wylam NBL
Spirit, S. 15 14 Dec 1904 Brandon DUR
Spooner, James 32 25 Nov 1893 Haswell DUR
Spooner, John William 14 10 May 1911 Cowpen NBL
Spooner, Joseph 41 06 Nov 1868 Eppleton DUR
Spooner, Thomas 14 11 Jul 1895 Haswell DUR
Spooner, William 32 06 Jul 1920 South Hetton DUR
Spoors, James 39 15 Feb 1919 St. Hilda DUR
Spoors, William 22 20 Feb 1882 Seaton Burn NBL
Spoors, William 59 06 Apr 1915 Sacriston DUR
Spottiswood, Hugh 37 07 Sep 1915 Horden DUR
Spottiswood, Thomas Henry 22 27 Nov 1913 South Tyne NBL
Spowait, George Jr. 23 05 Nov 1898 Widdrington NBL
Spowart, Alexander 1924 Wallsend NBL
Spowart, Stephen 75 02 Aug 1885 Dinnington NBL
Spowart, Stephen 40 16 Jul 1892 Montagu, Caroline Pit NBL
Spowart, Thomas 1917 Ferneybeds NBL
Spowart, Thomas 1922 Backworth NBL
Spowart, Thomas 29 Jul 1944 Ellington NBL
Spraggon, Shotton 56 05 Feb 1932 Marsden DUR
Spratt, David Alexander 17 02 Feb 1912 North Seaton NBL
Sproaks, Robert 47 18 Feb 1901 North Biddick DUR
Sproat, James 59 30 Sep 1878 Ryhope DUR
Sproates, Thomas 15 31 Jan 1866 Rough Lea DUR
Spry, John 53 08 Sep 1880 Seaham DUR
Spry, Richard 51 21 Dec 1937 Murton DUR
Spurgeon, George 43 19 Jul 1904 Longacres (Ironstone) NRY

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 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 .


Many of the post-nationalisation fatalities for Greenside Colliery were kindly provided by John Lawson.


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 details of mining fatalities on this web site have been generated from Parish/Bishop's Transcript's burial records kindly supplied by Julie Thompson 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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