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
					Sykes, Benjamin	16	11 Apr 1859	Howden	DUR
					Sykes, George W.	38	01 Aug 1940	Blackhall	DUR
					Sykes, James	29	10 Jun 1872	Cold Knott	DUR
					Sykes, Richard	52	29 Apr 1919	Bowden Close	DUR
					Sykes, William	53	21 Apr 1931	Kibblesworth	DUR
					Sylkie, James	47	16 Jan 1894	Byermoor	DUR
					Symonds, Alfred	24	19 Apr 1877	Wearmouth, B Pit	DUR
					Symonds, George	16	16 Feb 1882	Trimdon Grange	DUR
					Symonds, Thomas	13	08 Nov 1876	Tanfield Lea	DUR
					Symonds, William	14	02 Oct 1888	Hutton Henry	DUR
					Symons, James	18	23 Jun 1911	Lady Durham	DUR
					Symons, Kenneth	40	01 Apr 1971	Metal Bridge Drift	DUR
					Syson, George		26 Nov 1922	New Brancepeth	DUR
					Syson, R.	19	22 Apr 1934	Harraton	DUR
					Syzland, Robert	31	02 Mar 1885	Usworth	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 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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