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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
Swaddle, George 20 17 Mar 1865 Newfield DUR
Swaddle, Thomas 28 02 May 1889 Brandon, C Pit DUR
Swailes, J. 30 27 Apr 1944 Tanfield Lea DUR
Swainston, James 26 18 Mar 1909 Langley Park DUR
Swainston, Nichol 20 20 Dec 1939 Bowburn DUR
Swainston, William H. 47 20 Dec 1922 Boldon DUR
Swales, Thomas 16 30 Apr 1912 Lintz DUR
Swall, James 24 22 Jun 1883 Bowden Close DUR
Swan, George 43 25 Oct 1872 North Seaton NBL
Swan, John 15 03 Jun 1890 Littleburn DUR
Swan, John 20 16 Mar 1925 Thornley DUR
Swan, Joseph 14 08 May 1924 Bessie Pit DUR
Swan, Michael 23 22 Aug 1884 Haswell DUR
Swan, Nicholas 16 23 Sep 1909 Seaham DUR
Swan, Richard Dixon 16 09 Jan 1903 Bournmoor DUR
Swan, Thomas 13 18 Jun 1835 Wallsend NBL
Swan, Thomas William 58 19 Mar 1924 Wallsend NBL
Swann, Robert 63 12 May 1905 Sherburn House DUR
Swanson, George 58 26 Mar 1934 Ashington NBL
Swanson, James 1915 Broomhill NBL
Swanson, John 1914 Seaton Delaval NBL
Swanston, John 57 30 Nov 1889 West Sleekburn NBL
Sweeney, B. 16 29 Jul 1946 Addison DUR
Sweeney, Patrick 32 11 Apr 1905 North Biddick DUR
Sweeney, Thomas 14 09 Sep 1911 North Biddick DUR
Sweeny, Anthony 12 18 Nov 1876 Ludworth DUR
Sweet, Bertie 18 21 Dec 1909 Ellington NBL
Sweet, Septimus 10 Oct 1941 Woodhorn NBL
Sweet, William 48 07 May 1909 Ashington NBL
Sweeting, Robert 26 24 Aug 1875 Binchester DUR
Sweeting, Thomas 50 05 Nov 1901 Tursdale DUR
Swift, Edward 41 03 Sep 1912 Byers Green DUR
Swift, Harold 56 12 Jul 1940 New Brancepeth DUR
Swift, James 22 03 Jan 1868 North Hetton DUR
Swift, John 37 09 Jul 1889 New Brancepeth DUR
Swift, John 17 22 Nov 1894 Hazard DUR
Swift, Joseph 33 10 Dec 1870 Tudhoe DUR
Swift, Mark 31 31 Aug 1853 Wingate Grange DUR
Swift, Myles 37 20 Sep 1949 Leasingthorne DUR
Swinbank, George 22 05 Sep 1922 East Hetton DUR
Swinbank, Joseph 13 06 Mar 1893 West Auckland DUR
Swinbank, Richard 28 Jan 1858 Nettlesworth DUR
Swinburn, John 53 07 Aug 1879 Addison DUR
Swinburn, William 13 09 Apr 1880 West Shield Row DUR
Swinburne, Ernest 14 18 Jun 1900 Brandon DUR
Swinburne, George T. 1945 Ellington NBL
Swinburne, John Thomas 15 12 Feb 1912 Lintz DUR
Swinburne, T. 59 31 Dec 1922 Greenside DUR
Swinburne, Thomas 59 31 Dec 1932 Greenside DUR
Swinburne, William Alfred 42 25 Mar 1926 East Tanfield DUR
Swinhoe, Joseph 1922 Seaton Delaval NBL
Swinhoe, Robert 40 28 Sep 1813 Fatfield, Hall Pit DUR
Swinhoe, Thomas 9 28 Sep 1813 Fatfield, Hall Pit DUR
Swinhoe, Thomas 43 05 Nov 1883 Seaton Delaval NBL
Swinhoe, Wilkinson George 15 28 Sep 1813 Fatfield, Hall Pit DUR
Swinhoe, William 36 28 Sep 1813 Fatfield, Hall Pit DUR
Swinney, Lionel M. 1929 North Walbottle NBL
Swinney, R. 55 23 Sep 1929 Lambton DUR
Swinney, R. 52 24 Jan 1947 Lumley DUR
Swinney, Thomas Spowart 1931 Broomhill NBL
Swinston, John 45 02 Dec 1892 Shiremoor NBL
Swinton, John 62 19 May 1919 Shotton DUR
Swinton, John 43 24 Apr 1950 New Brancepeth DUR
Sword, Thomas 46 04 Apr 1931 Wingate Grange DUR
Sword, William McDonald 15 31 Jul 1913 Wingate Grange 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.


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 details of mining fatalities on this web site have been kindly provided by The Woodhorn Colliery Museum and are marked with .


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 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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