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