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
					Wyatt, John	29	26 Jan 1880	Silksworth	DUR
					Wyke, Andrew		06 Dec 1872	Springwell	DUR
					Wylam, John	24	30 Mar 1898	Usworth	DUR
					Wylie, Alexander	47	11 Mar 1904	Plashetts	NBL
					Wylie, George P.		1908	Preston	NBL
					Wylie, John	32	15 Mar 1991	Easington	DUR
					Wylie, Walter	36	15 Aug 1947	Whitehaven, William Pit	CUL
					Wylie, William	35	03 Aug 1911	Beamish	DUR
					Wymer, Reuben	36	19 May 1903	Dipton	DUR
					Wymess, James	13	04 Oct 1875	Harton	DUR
					Wyndham, James	57	17 Oct 1890	Page Bank	DUR
					Wynn, Charles William	13	28 Aug 1905	Sherburn Hill	DUR
					Wynn, Francis	33	11 May 1907	Chopwell	DUR
					Wynn, James	16	24 Oct 1838	Harrington, John Pit	CUL
					Wynn, John	21	24 Oct 1838	Harrington, John Pit	CUL
					Wynn, Robert	25	24 Oct 1838	Harrington, John Pit	CUL
					Wynn, Robert	14	26 Sep 1895	Silksworth	DUR
					Wynn, Thomas	42	28 Feb 1884	Wardley	DUR
					Wynn, William	36	15 Feb 1843	Conside	DUR
					Wynne, John	16	05 Jan 1877	Usworth	DUR
					Wynne, Robert	30	22 Mar 1894	Bearpark	DUR
					Wypher, David	24	16 Jan 1862	Hartley	NBL
					Wyse, Bert	19	20 Jan 1930	Hazard	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 .

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