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Whitburn Colliery |
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Whitburn Colliery |
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Whitburn Colliery
also known as Marsden Colliery
Location: |
Whitburn, nr. Sunderland
4 miles [6 km] N of Sunderland
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Map Ref: |
(Sheet 88) NZ408637, 54° 57' 58" N, 1° 21' 46" W |
Maps: |
1928 map from Reid's Handy Colliery Guide |
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1933 map from the Colliery Engineer magazine, shows the disposition of pits in the Harton Coal Co. Ltd. group and the railway links between them |
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1947 map detailed map from the Ordnance Survey |
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1951 map from the Guide to the Coalfields (Colliery Guardian) |
Opened: |
May 1879 |
Closed: |
31 May 1968 |
Pits: |
No. 1 Pit, locn: (Sheet 88) NZ407639, sinking: 14 Jul 1874 |
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Shaft details for No. 1 Pit |
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No. 2 Pit |
Owners: |
1874 - Whitburn Coal Co. |
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1891 - Harton Coal Co. Ltd. |
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1947 - National Coal Board (N.C.B.) |
Output: |
1882 - Coal. |
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1883 - Coal. Fireclay. |
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1888 - Coal. Fireclay. |
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1890 - Coal. Fireclay. |
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1894 - Coal: Gas, Household, Steam. Fireclay. |
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1896 - Coal: Gas, Household, Steam. Fireclay. |
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1900 - Coal: Gas, Household, Steam. |
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1902 - Coal: Gas, Household, Steam. |
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1905 - Coal: Gas, Household, Steam. |
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1910 - Coal: Gas, Household, Steam. |
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1915 - Coal: Gas, Household, Steam. |
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1921 - Coal: Gas, Household, Steam. |
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1925 - Coal: Gas, Household, Manufacturing, Steam. |
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1930 - Nos. 1 & 2 - Coal: Gas, Household, Manufacturing, Steam. |
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1935 - No. 1 - Coal: Gas, Household, Manufacturing, Steam. |
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1935 - No. 2 - Coal: Gas, Household, Manufacturing, Steam. |
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1947 - Coal: Gas, Household, Steam. (490,000 tons) |
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1950 - Coal: Gas, Household, Manufacturing, Steam. |
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1955 - Coal: Gas, Household, Steam. |
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1960 - Coal: Coking, Gas, Household, Steam. |
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1964 - Coal: Coking, Gas, Household, Steam. |
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1967 - Coal: Coking, Gas, Household, Steam. |
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1968 - Coal: Coking, Gas, Household, Steam. |
Employment: |
Year | Pit | Total | ![Scale](i/scale6.gif) | Below | Above |
1880 | | Sinking |
1894 | | 1,737 | ![](i/g1.gif) ![](i/g2.gif) | 1,288 | 449 |
1896 | | 1,902 | ![](i/g1.gif) ![](i/g2.gif) | 1,429 | 473 |
1900 | | 2,155 | ![](i/g1.gif) ![](i/g2.gif) | 1,687 | 468 |
1902 | | 1,594 | ![](i/g1.gif) ![](i/g2.gif) | 1,229 | 365 |
1905 | | 1,783 | ![](i/g1.gif) ![](i/g2.gif) | 1,388 | 395 |
1910 | | 2,488 | ![](i/g1.gif) ![](i/g2.gif) | 2,022 | 466 |
1915 | | 412 | ![](i/b.gif) | | 412 |
1915 | No. 1 | 720 | ![](i/b.gif) | 720 | |
1915 | No. 2 | 926 | ![](i/b.gif) | 926 | |
| Total | 2,058 | ![](i/g1.gif) ![](i/g2.gif) | 1,646 | 412 |
1921 | No. 1 | 1,940 | ![](i/g1.gif) ![](i/g2.gif) | 1,390 | 550 |
1921 | No. 1 | Above: 1 and 2 combined |
1921 | No. 2 | 1,557 | ![](i/b.gif) | 1,557 | |
| Total | 3,497 | ![](i/g1.gif) ![](i/g2.gif) | 2,947 | 550 |
1925 | | 528 | ![](i/b.gif) | | 528 |
1925 | No. 1 | 1,341 | ![](i/b.gif) | 1,341 | |
1925 | No. 2 | 1,297 | ![](i/b.gif) | 1,297 | |
| Total | 3,166 | ![](i/g1.gif) ![](i/g2.gif) | 2,638 | 528 |
1930 | Nos. 1 & 2 | 493 | ![](i/b.gif) | | 493 |
1930 | No. 1 | 937 | ![](i/b.gif) | 937 | |
1930 | No. 2 | 1,094 | ![](i/b.gif) | 1,094 | |
| Total | 2,524 | ![](i/g1.gif) ![](i/g2.gif) | 2,031 | 493 |
1935 | No. 1 | 1,284 | ![](i/g1.gif) ![](i/g2.gif) | 903 | 381 |
1935 | No. 2 | 616 | ![](i/b.gif) | 616 | |
| Total | 1,900 | ![](i/g1.gif) ![](i/g2.gif) | 1,519 | 381 |
1940 | | 1,620 | ![](i/g1.gif) ![](i/g2.gif) | 1,280 | 340 |
1945 | | 1,570 | ![](i/g1.gif) ![](i/g2.gif) | 1,266 | 304 |
1947 | | 1,628 | ![](i/g1.gif) ![](i/g2.gif) | 1,288 | 340 |
1950 | | 1,928 | ![](i/g1.gif) ![](i/g2.gif) | 1,520 | 408 |
1955 | | 1,763 | ![](i/g1.gif) ![](i/g2.gif) | 1,434 | 329 |
1960 | | 1,850 | ![](i/g1.gif) ![](i/g2.gif) | 1,550 | 300 |
1964 | | 1,326 | ![](i/g1.gif) ![](i/g2.gif) | 1,079 | 247 |
1967 | | 1,017 | ![](i/g1.gif) ![](i/g2.gif) | 770 | 247 |
1968 | | 1,017 | ![](i/g1.gif) ![](i/g2.gif) | 770 | 247 |
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NCB Employment Figures
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Colliery Management (prior to 1970)
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Seams Worked: |
1905 - Bensham, Brockwell, Yard |
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1910 - Bensham, Brockwell, Yard |
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1915 - Bensham, Brockwell, Yard |
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1921 - Bensham, Brockwell, Five Quarter, Yard |
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1925 - Bensham, Five Quarter, Hutton, Yard |
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1930 - Nos. 1 & 2 - Bensham, Five Quarter, Hutton, Yard |
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1935 - No. 1 - Bensham, Brockwell, Hutton |
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1935 - No. 2 - Bensham, Yard |
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1950 - Bensham, Hutton, Six Quarter, Yard |
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1955 - Bensham, Five Quarter, Harvey, Hutton, Yard |
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1960 - Bensham, Hutton, Six Quarter, Yard |
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1964 - Bensham, Hutton, Six Quarter, Yard |
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1967 - Bensham, Hutton, Six Quarter, Yard |
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1968 - Bensham, Hutton, Six Quarter, Yard |
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Catalogue of plans of abandoned mines for Whitburn Colliery |
Notes: |
1874, Jul 14 - Commenced to sink the Whitburn winnings; a bore-hole was put down below the Brockwell Seam, without finding any workable coal. |
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1877 - The first successful shaft sunk by the KindChaudron method in England was commenced in this year by the Whitburn Coal Company at Marsden, and was completed in two years, it having been found impossible to sink it by the ordinary methods, although over 12,000 gallons of water were being pumped. |
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1934, 16 May - Five Quarter seam abandoned |
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Miscellaneous Notes and Incidents for Whitburn Colliery |
Description
The chief industries of this parish [Whitburn] consist of coal-mining, farming, and quarrying limestone. Near the Whitburn colliery there is a large paper and pulp manufactory. The coal is worked by the Harton Coal Co., Limited, who have recently acquired the Marsden royalties and Whitburn colliery. This colliery was sunk in 1878, by the "kind chaudron system," which had to be adopted, owing to the existence of large water-feeders, which were struck during boring operations. The shaft through that portion of the strata is constructed of strong iron tubing, and has a diameter of 13 feet. There are two shafts: No. 1 is 180 fathoms deep, and No. 2, 115 fathoms; both are working the Bensham seam, which has a thickness of from 4 feet to 6 feet 6 inches. There are the usual bands peculiar to this seam, from which are manufactured fire and other kinds of bricks. Coal is worked for about a mile beneath the sea, and is chiefly used for household purposes. The daily output amounts to nearly 1500 tons, the number of men employed in all departments being about 1600. Electric light is largely used at the surface, and all the signals are worked by that method.
Whitburn Colliery, as its name implies is purely a colliery village, about a mile and
a half north of Whitburn, occupied by the miners engaged at the Harton Coal Co.'s
pit. Here is an iron mission chapel served from Whitburn, and a Wesleyan Chapel, a
small brick building, built in 1884, which will seat about 200.
The Colliery Schools at Whitburn Colliery were established by the owners in 1883
in a small way. In 1885 the present school for mixed was added, and the infant
department much enlarged and improved. The schools are now very good ones, and
provide room in the mixed for 200 children, and in the infants' for about the same.
Whellan's 1894 Directory of County Durham
Disasters (5 or more killed)
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Names of those killed at this colliery
Please note that this collection of names is by no means complete!
| | ![Individal page Individal page](i/pers.gif) | | | | Ainsley, Gilbert Miller, 14 Jul 1913, aged 32, Hewer, whilst hewing in a "wall" 6 yards wide in a bord and wall whole district of a seam 5 feet thick with a "blue" roof of poor quality, a large stone, 10 feet long, 5 feet wide, and 1 foot 6 inches thick in the centre, tapering to a feather-edge practically all round, fell from the roof close up to the coal face and left-hand coal side, breaking the ends of two planks partly set under it, and killed him instantly; considering the nature of the roof, more timber should have been set on both sides of the barrow-way timber, Buried: Harton Cemetery, South Shields |
| | ![Individal page Individal page](i/pers.gif) | | | | Arundel, Alexander, 14 Nov 1922, aged 17, Landing Lad, crushed by a set of tubs |
| | ![Individal page Individal page](i/pers.gif) | | | | Arundel, H., 13 May 1939, (accident: 02 May 1939), aged 31, Stoneman, head injuries |
| | ![Individal page Individal page](i/pers.gif) | | | | Atkinson, Colin Watson, 04 Jun 1901, aged 69, Truck Greaser, supposed to have been crushed between waggons which were being lowered into the colliery sidings [Inspection made & inquest attended] [Sunderland Echo reports: accident - 04 Jun 1901 pg 3] |
| | ![Individal page Individal page](i/pers.gif) | | | | Atkinson, Edward Middlemiss Lewis, 15 Sep 1908, aged 15, Engine plane lad, run over by tub at junction on endless rope haulage road, Buried: Harton Cemetery, South Shields |
| | ![Individal page Individal page](i/pers.gif) | | | | Beadling, Charles, 09 Dec 1888, aged 28, Stoneman, fall of stone from a canch which was being timbered |
| | ![Individal page Individal page](i/pers.gif) | | ![NEEMARC NEEMARC](i/f_neem.gif) | | Beadling, Thomas, 10 Feb 1919, (accident: 07 Feb 1919), aged 39, Stoneman, died from blood poisoning set up by injuries received when his nose was penetrated by a poisonous wire |
| | ![Individal page Individal page](i/pers.gif) | | | | Bell, R., 29 Jun 1934, (accident: 17 Dec 1925), aged 42, Hewer, killed by a fall of stone |
| | ![Individal page Individal page](i/pers.gif) | | | | Belsay, John, 30 May 1896, (accident: 19 May 1896), aged 18, Landing Lad, He appeared to have made the set ready in the landing, which is a heavy one, and to have been putting the "cow" on the hind end, when 3 full tubs ran down the flat and jammed him against the set. Died on the 30th May [Inspection made] [Sunderland Daily Echo reports: accident - 03 Jun 1896 pg 3] |
| | ![Individal page Individal page](i/pers.gif) | | | | Bence, Daniel Mark, 02 Apr 1907, aged 45, Back Overman, lost in the mine [More information ...] |
| | ![Individal page Individal page](i/pers.gif) | | | | Blackburn, Thomas, 25 Jun 1901, aged 21, Waggon Attendant, Deceased and another man were larking instead of attending to their work, and did not hear an approaching waggon. On realizing the danger deceased pushed his mate to a place of safety, but was unable to extricate himself in time [Inspection made & inquest attended] |
| | ![Individal page Individal page](i/pers.gif) | | | | Blencoe, George, 25 Oct 1897, aged 49, Hewer, Deceased and another man were turning a place away from a stenton when this happened. The roof was considered good. The stone fell from a slip running along one side. The deputy had examined the place a very short time before the accident, and it was considered to be in safe working order [Inquest attended] |
| | ![Individal page Individal page](i/pers.gif) | | | | Bone, Alexander, 27 Jan 1921, aged 27, Shifter, crushed by tubs which had ran amain, Buried: St. Stephen's Churchyard, South Shields |
| | ![Individal page Individal page](i/pers.gif) | | | | Borwick, Patrick, 20 May 1912, aged 17, Screen labourer, whilst probably stooping down to clean some coal off the rail in front of a wagon under the screens, his head was caught between the wagon axle box and a column supporting the screens [Sunderland Echo reports: accident - 21 May 1912 pg 4] |
| | ![Individal page Individal page](i/pers.gif) | | | | Boulton, Henry Victor, 19 Feb 1924, 4.0 a.m., 5th hour of shift, aged 49, Stoneman, Deceased was preparing to build an old wood chock on a roadway when a fall of roof occurred, killing him instantly |
| | ![Individal page Individal page](i/pers.gif) | | | | Brown, George, 1896, [Not employed], was trespassing on the Marsden (Whitburn Colliery) Railway, when he was knocked down and killed [fatality reported during the year but not classified as a reportable accident] |
| | ![Individal page Individal page](i/pers.gif) | | | | Brown, Thomas, 27 Jan 1892, 1:15 p.m., 4th hour of shift, aged 36, Hewer, A shot had been fired by the deputy which had not blown the coal, and, as deceased was engaged in getting it down, the coal and the stone above suddenly came away from a "slip." [Inspection made & inquest attended] |
| | ![Individal page Individal page](i/pers.gif) | | | | Burgess, John George, 26 Apr 1910, (accident: 11 Apr 1910), aged 24, Banksman, Caught by sneck of cage, hand cut. Death from lock-jaw |
| | ![Individal page Individal page](i/pers.gif) | | | | Burn, Daniel, 28 Dec 1893, 2:00 a.m., 3rd hour of shift, aged 61, Shifter, A fall of stone had taken place on a road near a working face. Deceased and another man were sent to put the road right, and when they were doing this a break in the roof was heard, the other man ran out over, but the deceased ran in an opposite direction for a few yards to get his lamp, when the stone fell on him [Inquest attended] [Sunderland Daily Echo reports: accident - 29 Dec 1893 pg 3 col 1] |
| | ![Individal page Individal page](i/pers.gif) | | | | Cadman, William, 15 Jan 1890, 4:30 p.m., 3rd hour of shift, aged 13, Driver, Fell in front of his set of tubs and killed |
| | ![Individal page Individal page](i/pers.gif) | | | | Carr, Norman, 17 Aug 1962, aged 45 |
| | ![Individal page Individal page](i/pers.gif) | | | | Castro, Joseph, 31 Aug 1896, aged 16, Driver, He was bringing an empty tram along the road, and at a sharp turn it got off the way, knocking a prop and plank out, and bringing down a large piece of stone [Inspection made & inquest attended] [Sunderland Daily Echo reports: accident - 01 Sep 1896 pg 3] |
| | ![Individal page Individal page](i/pers.gif) | | | | Chestney, William O., 28 Jan 1887, aged 12, Coal Cleaner, crushed between waggon and screen support |
| | ![Individal page Individal page](i/pers.gif) | | | | Coe, John Thomas, 08 Aug 1901, aged 16, Clip Boy, He was caught by a full tub which ran amain owing to the clip slipping. The primary cause of the accident was the action of another boy in disobeying orders by allowing a set to collide with a tub and tram, thereby causing a jerk on the rope [Inquest attended] [Sunderland Echo reports: accident - 10 Aug 1901 pg 3] |
| | ![Individal page Individal page](i/pers.gif) | | | | Corner, Matthew, 03 May 1872, aged 53, killed crossing the railway, Buried: St. Peter's Churchyard, Harton, South Shields on 07 May 1872 {NBI} |
| | ![Individal page Individal page](i/pers.gif) | | | | Crawley, Patrick, 09 Oct 1893, 11:00 a.m., 6th hour of shift, aged 27, Hewer, He was kirving in the bottom coal, and the band above fell on him. He had been told to set sprags, lint neglected to do so [Inspection made & inquest attended] [Sunderland Daily Echo reports: accident - 13 Oct 1893 pg 3 col 1] |
| | ![Individal page Individal page](i/pers.gif) | | | | Cullen, J. S., 26 Jan 1895, 10:15 a.m., 7th hour of shift, aged 13, Flatter, the deceased was left his own flat to go to another one, presumably to look after empty tubs, although it was no part of his business; he rode in on the set from the crossing, and rode out on the full set, off which he was getting when he stumbled, and fell in front of the tubs |
| | ![Individal page Individal page](i/pers.gif) | | | | Cuthbert, George Edward, 06 Dec 1907, (accident: 26 Nov 1907), aged 16, Landing Lad, [Sunderland Echo reports: accident - 10 Dec 1907] [More information ...] |
| | ![Individal page Individal page](i/pers.gif) | | | | Davison, John, 05 Mar 1912, (accident: 19 Jan 1912), aged 41, a small piece of stone struck him on the nose, causing him to step suddenly aside, straining himself; he died on March 5th from peritonitis following an operation for strangulated hernia, Buried: Whitburn Cemetery |
| | ![Individal page Individal page](i/pers.gif) | | | | Dawson, Thomas Kay, 26 Feb 1930, aged 26, Rolleyway Man, killed by a fall of stone |
| | ![Individal page Individal page](i/pers.gif) | | ![NEEMARC NEEMARC](i/f_neem.gif) | | Dew, William Hodgson, 27 Jan 1919, aged 19, Putter, killed through being crushed between a tub and a prop |
| | ![Individal page Individal page](i/pers.gif) | | | | Dickinson, Robert Frost, 08 Jan 1909, aged 32, Coal cutterman, caught by disc of coal-cutting machine [Sunderland Echo reports: accident - 11 Jan 1909] |
| | ![Individal page Individal page](i/pers.gif) | | | | Dobson, John George, 25 Jan 1910, aged 19, Putter, crushed by tub, Buried: Harton Cemetery, South Shields |
| | ![Individal page Individal page](i/pers.gif) | | | | Dodsworth, George, 07 Jun 1902, aged 35, Onsetter, deceased was crushed between two runaway tubs and the shaft timber ; the road near the shaft on which the empty set of 30 tubs is made up, inclines inbye for its first portion, and then rises, and in order to get the first part of the set sufficiently far |
| | ![Individal page Individal page](i/pers.gif) | | | | Dunbar, William Henry, 13 Jan 1925, aged 26, Rolleyway Man, crushed by tubs, Buried: Harton Cemetery, South Shields |
| | ![Individal page Individal page](i/pers.gif) | | | | Dundas, Samuel, 28 Sep 1896, aged 18, Incline Boy, Through a misunderstanding between the boy at the top of the incline and the deceased with regard to the signals, a full tub was allowed to run amain down the incline which knocked some props out and caused some stone to fall on to the deceased. The boy in charge of the top of the incline should have been more careful [Inspection made & inquest attended] [Sunderland Daily Echo reports: accident - 01 Oct 1896 pg 3] |
| | ![Individal page Individal page](i/pers.gif) | | | | Dunlavey, John, 18 Jul 1902, aged 14, Trapper, as the deputy was leaving a hewer's place after timbering it up, he was asked by the hewer to provide another plank ; he gave a plank to deceased, who was stationed at a door some distance outbye and who had only worked eight days in the pit, and told him to follow a putter, who was going inbye to the hewer's place with two empty tubs drawn by a pony, and asked the putter to look after him ; the boy followed the putter, and when near the face stood to one side, at a somewhat narrow part of the road, to allow the full tub to be drawn out, when he was caught by it and crushed ; it was no part of deceased's duty to carry timber to the face, and the deputy was wrong in sending him [Sunderland Echo reports: accident - 18 Jul 1902 pg 3] |
| | ![Individal page Individal page](i/pers.gif) | | | | Dunleary, Michael, 25 Nov 1899, aged 50, He was killed on the private railway (worked under Board of Trade rules) on Saturday night, 25th November. It is supposed that he had missed the last train from Westoe Lane Station, South Shields, and was walking up the line to his home, when he was caught by a light engine which is run at 10.30 p.m., to bring the guards, &c., home after taking the last train up [fatality reported during the year but not classified as a reportable accident] |
| | ![Individal page Individal page](i/pers.gif) | | ![NEEMARC NEEMARC](i/f_neem.gif) | | Dunn, Alfred B., 16 Aug 1918, aged 17, Landing Keeper, caught by a full set of tubs |
| | ![Individal page Individal page](i/pers.gif) | | | | Elliott, B. A., |
| | ![Individal page Individal page](i/pers.gif) | | | | Elliott, D. R., 08 Nov 1922, (accident: 06 Nov 1922), aged 15, Landing Lad, died as the result of injuries through coming in contact with a prop |
| | ![Individal page Individal page](i/pers.gif) | | | | Ellul, John G., 25 Sep 1943, aged 14, Screens, crushed by trucks |
| | ![Individal page Individal page](i/pers.gif) | | | | Ellwood, Isaac, 17 Jun 1906, (accident: 30 Apr 1906), aged 33, Hewer, On 30th April deceased sprained his side by stepping back quickly to escape some falling top coal, and was off work three weeks when he resumed work up to June 2nd. He was taken to the Ingham Infirmary, South Shields, where he died, and an inquest, after a post-mortem examination was held and medical evidence was given, that death was due to "Appendicitis with subsequent peritonitis and septic pneumonia." The jury found that death was due to natural causes. |
| | ![Individal page Individal page](i/pers.gif) | | | | Ellwood, William, 27 Nov 1923, aged 16, Driver, died through being run over by a full tub, Buried: Harton Cemetery, South Shields |
| | ![Individal page Individal page](i/pers.gif) | | | | Evans, John, 27 Apr 1910, aged 44, Wasteman, caught by engine set |
| | ![Individal page Individal page](i/pers.gif) | | | | Farish, John R., 11 Jul 1928, aged 47, Hewer, killed by a fall of stone |
| | ![Individal page Individal page](i/pers.gif) | | | | Farish, Joshua, 07 Jul 1899, (accident: 29 Jun 1899), aged 58, Labourer, When repairing a tippler he was crushed between it and a tub which was being taken past. A post-mortem examination showed that death was due to pneumonia accelerated by the accident. He died July 7th [Inquest attended] |
| | ![Individal page Individal page](i/pers.gif) | | | | Farrow, Robert Sedgewick, 14 Aug 1921, aged 19, Datal, crushed head |
| | ![Individal page Individal page](i/pers.gif) | | | | Fleming, James, 05 Apr 1884, aged 49, Hewer, killed by a fall of stone |
| | ![Individal page Individal page](i/pers.gif) | | | | Foster, Robert, 03 Sep 1913, aged 24, Painter's Labourer, deceased was engaged in painting a locomotive shed roof when he overbalanced himself moving a plank; he fell a distance of about 16 feet on to his head, Buried: Harton Cemetery, South Shields |
| | ![Individal page Individal page](i/pers.gif) | | | | Gerowski, E., 30 Oct 1931, aged 61, Pipeman, struck by pipe [More information ...] |
| | ![Individal page Individal page](i/pers.gif) | | | | Gibson, Joseph, 11 Jun 1891, 11:00 a.m., 5th hour of shift, aged 40, Engine Plane Inspector, deceased and others were engaged removing a small fall when another fall occurred and caught the deceased; the roof at this point was broken and timbered [Inspection made & Inquest attended], Buried: Whitburn Cemetery |
| | ![Individal page Individal page](i/pers.gif) | | | | Glancy, Michael, 02 Dec 1893, aged 16, Pony Driver, killed at the Marsden Colliery Station, South Shields, by falling between the platform and the footboard of the carriage; the men are taken to and from South Shields on the private branch railway, and it appears that the deceased, in his anxiety to secure a seat, endeavoured to get into the carriage before the train came to a standstill, with the result as stated above |
| | ![Individal page Individal page](i/pers.gif) | | | | Gledhill, James, 14 Aug 1882, aged 26, Engineman, fell out of kibble down sinking pit |
| | ![Individal page Individal page](i/pers.gif) | | | | Goodman, John, 01 Aug 1929, aged 15, Tracer, crushed |
| | ![Individal page Individal page](i/pers.gif) | | | | Griffiths, Richard Spoors, 08 Dec 1914, aged 19, Driver, deceased was driving two full tubs down to a landing when the second tub became derailed; the deputy uncoupled the tubs, and the pony immediately started away; in grasping the check rein after the tub had moved about 5 feet, the driver got his head between the side of the tub and a prop; he was instantly killed, Buried: Harton Cemetery, South Shields |
| | ![Individal page Individal page](i/pers.gif) | | | | Grimwood, John, 06 Oct 1935, (accident: 04 Oct 1935), aged 62, Hewer, killed by a fall of stone |
| | ![Individal page Individal page](i/pers.gif) | | | | Haddick, Robert, 14 Feb 1933, aged 28, Rolleyway Man, crushed by tubs, Buried: Whitburn Cemetery |
| | ![Individal page Individal page](i/pers.gif) | | | | Harper, George, 28 Feb 1944, aged 33, Filler, killed by a fall of stone |
| | ![Individal page Individal page](i/pers.gif) | | | | Harrison, William, 11 Oct 1902, (accident: 11 Aug 1902), aged 46, Hewer, on 11th August deceased received a slight injury to his shoulder by a fall of stone in the pit, and was off work till 25th August, when he was given lighter work as the doctor reported "he was not at present able to do heavy work." ; he had only resumed a few days when he stopped work owing to dyspepsia and died suddenly away from home ; an inquest was held and a post mortem examination made, and it was found that death was due to heart disease |
| | ![Individal page Individal page](i/pers.gif) | | | | Harvey, Robert, 08 Apr 1954, aged 34, Stoneman, fatally injured when buried by a fall of stone caused by explosion of shots |
| | ![Individal page Individal page](i/pers.gif) | | | | Hastings, Robert Palmer, 19 Dec 1907, (accident: 18 Dec 1907), aged 14, Haulage lad, deceased worked near the bottom of a self-acting incline about 300 yards long laid with double way the whole distance, and provided with a travelling way on one side and the statutory refuge holes. The sets consisted of 16 tubs. During a temporary cessation of work he left the point at which he was employed and travelled up the incline to see a companion who worked at the top. While he was on the incline the sets began to run and he was caught by them at meetings. The empty set had four of its tubs derailed. He had been warned not to leave his post. The Local Inspectors in their report stated "Find that he was caught by the set and that he was not at his work.", Buried: Whitburn Cemetery |
| | ![Individal page Individal page](i/pers.gif) | | | | Hauxwell, Robert, 28 Jan 1914, (accident: 27 Jan 1914), aged 15, Landing Lad, deceased was walking outbye at the end of his shift, along a separate travelling road, when he purposely kept behind two other lads he was walking with, making his way through an open but fenced off stenton, passing over two fences on to the main haulage plane, knowing that a set of 34 full tubs would be shortly passing along towards the shaft; it is supposed that in trying to get on to the set to have a ride outbye, he fell; he was found shortly afterwards by the Overman, who heard him shouting for help; both of his legs were fractured above the ankles, and he died a few hours later |
| | ![Individal page Individal page](i/pers.gif) | | | | Henderson, Charles, 16 Mar 1910, aged 28, Shaftman, caught by cage |
| | ![Individal page Individal page](i/pers.gif) | | | | Hindson, J. W., 12 Dec 1942, aged 42, Filler, crushed by tubs |
| | ![Individal page Individal page](i/pers.gif) | | | | Hood, Robert, 23 Apr 1933, aged 47, Deputy, killed by a fall of stone, Buried: Harton Cemetery, South Shields |
| | ![Individal page Individal page](i/pers.gif) | | | | Hood, Robert, 23 Apr 1943, aged 47, Buried: Harton Cemetery, South Shields |
| | ![Individal page Individal page](i/pers.gif) | | | | Hopper, John, 05 Mar 1890, 2:00 p.m., 4th hour of shift, aged 41, Hewer, Fall of coal whilst working under it, Buried: St. Peter's Churchyard, Harton, South Shields on 09 Mar 1890 {NBI} |
| | ![Individal page Individal page](i/pers.gif) | | ![NEEMARC NEEMARC](i/f_neem.gif) | | Howden, Frederick W., 15 Dec 1916, aged 15, Landing Keeper, killed through falling out of a cage which was ascending in the shaft |
| | ![Individal page Individal page](i/pers.gif) | | | | Howey, John William, 11 Feb 1907, aged 34, Stoneman, killed by a fall of roof [Sunderland Echo reports: accident - 14 Feb 1907 pg 5] [More information ...] |
| | ![Individal page Individal page](i/pers.gif) | | | | Hughes, William, 17 Feb 1903, (accident: 24 Sep 1901), aged 52, Shifter, Deceased and two other men were timbering on an engine plane, and while deceased was holding up one end of a balk, one of his mates the other end, and the third man putting in a middle prop as a temporary support, a small quantity of stone fell and all appeared to have attempted to jump clear, but deceased caught his foot against the rail and the balk fell on his back and severely injured his spine. He lingered until death, unable to work, and as the death took place more than a year after the accident it is not included. |
| | ![Individal page Individal page](i/pers.gif) | | | | Hunter, William, 03 Oct 1903, (accident: 02 Oct 1903), aged 62, Shifter, This accident occurred on a colliery railway, which is also used as a passenger line and is worked under Board of Trade rules. The accident happened on a pay Friday night after deceased had received his pay and had had some liquor. He was run over by a train and both legs severed. He was removed to the South Shields Infirmary where he died., Buried: St. Peter's Churchyard, Harton, South Shields on 06 Oct 1903 {NBI} |
| | ![Individal page Individal page](i/pers.gif) | | | | Hutchins, William Joseph, 26 Jun 1913, aged 38, Hewer, deceased was sitting hewing when a large stone fell from a slippery parting in the roof and broke his neck; he told the putter a few minutes before that he would get the deputy to put a prop up when he came in; the timbering rules allowed the men too much latitude, and this accident was the unfortunate result, Buried: Harton Cemetery, South Shields |
| | ![Individal page Individal page](i/pers.gif) | | | | Hutchinson, Thomas William, 30 Sep 1927, aged 35, Horse Keeper, crushed, Buried: Harton Cemetery, South Shields |
| | ![Individal page Individal page](i/pers.gif) | | | | Irving, Robert, 21 Oct 1914, aged 27, Hewer, Deceased was attempting to work underneath the ramble or roof stone in a pillar working, and had set a prop and plank underneath the edge. Whilst he was hewing, a piece of stone 3 feet by 2 feet by 1 foot 10 inches canted the timber out and fell on to him, killing him instantly., Buried: Harton Cemetery, South Shields |
| | ![Individal page Individal page](i/pers.gif) | | | | Jager, Charles William, 10 Jul 1948, aged 50, Buried: Harton Cemetery, South Shields |
| | ![Individal page Individal page](i/pers.gif) | | | | Jefferson, J., 04 Aug 1936, aged 37, killed by a fall of stone |
| | ![Individal page Individal page](i/pers.gif) | | | | Johnson, Francis B., 11 Jun 1890, 4:30 p.m., 11th hour of shift, aged 35, Engineer, crushed by tubs on an endless rope incline |
| | ![Individal page Individal page](i/pers.gif) | | | | Jopling, W., 28 Mar 1933, aged 16, Datal, crushed by tubs |
| | ![Individal page Individal page](i/pers.gif) | | | | Judge, B., 31 Jan 1946, (accident: 30 Jan 1946), aged 60, Shifter, died from injuries received |
| | ![Individal page Individal page](i/pers.gif) | | | | Kane, Francis, 11 Jul 1928, aged 34, Hewer, killed by a fall of stone |
| | ![Individal page Individal page](i/pers.gif) | | | | Knox, Henry, 25 Sep 1894, 9:40 p.m., 4th hour of shift, aged 30, Hewer, Deceased was found under a stone, which had fallen while he was at work [Inspection made & inquest attended] |
| | ![Individal page Individal page](i/pers.gif) | | | | Liddle, Edward, 18 Aug 1893, 2:20 a.m., aged 32, Deputy, Deceased and another deputy were drawing timber, and had almost finished when a heavy fall took place and caught deceased. This is one of the usual sort of avoidable accidents to deputies when drawing juds. The prop he was engaged with should apparently have been drawn at an earlier stage [Inspection made] |
| | ![Individal page Individal page](i/pers.gif) | | | | Lilley, Thomas, 05 Aug 1900, aged 30, Shifter, He was assisting a pumpman to lay a range of pipes, and in order to get a straight lead he knocked out a prop, but omitted to set another in its place. Shortly afterwards, when passing the spot where the prop had been removed, a large stone fell. [Inquest attended] [Sunderland Echo reports: accident - 08 Aug 1900 pg 3] |
| | ![Individal page Individal page](i/pers.gif) | | | | Lindgreen, John, 08 Oct 1913, aged 27, Coal Cutter, deceased was fatally injured by a fall of roof, whilst in his working place; the place was not timbered in accordance with the timbering rules |
| | ![Individal page Individal page](i/pers.gif) | | | | Lowdon, George, 14 Aug 1912, aged 36, Waggon-way man, deceased was assisting to remove a fall of roof in the rolley-way, which had been caused by the engine-set; he was in the act of testing the roof when a further fall occurred, fatally injuring him, Buried: Whitburn Cemetery |
| | ![Individal page Individal page](i/pers.gif) | | | | Makepeace, James, 28 Nov 1889, (accident: 27 Nov 1889), aged 21, Weighman, crushed by waggons, Buried: St. Peter's Churchyard, Harton, South Shields on 01 Dec 1889 {NBI} |
| | ![Individal page Individal page](i/pers.gif) | | | | Marsden, William, 30 Mar 1893, (accident: 08 Jun 1892, 2:30 a.m., 5th hour of shift), aged 41, Deputy, In ascending or descending a "staple," a deputy who was with the deceased slipped and fell on to him. They were making an inspection of the mine previous to the pit starting work. Marsden died 30th March, 1893 [Enquiries made] |
| | ![Individal page Individal page](i/pers.gif) | | | | Marshall, John, 23 Jul 1909, aged 19, Engine plane lad, caught by runaway tubs, Buried: Harton Cemetery, South Shields |
| | ![Individal page Individal page](i/pers.gif) | | | | McGee, Dennis, 18 Jun 1911, (accident: 03 Oct 1910), aged 62, Wasteman, killed by a fall of stone |
| | ![Individal page Individal page](i/pers.gif) | | | | McGinley, Richard, 19 Apr 1928, (accident: 07 Nov 1927), aged 16, Landing Lad, crushed |
| | ![Individal page Individal page](i/pers.gif) | | | | McGlave, James, 13 Apr 1944, aged 63, Drawer, killed by a fall of stone |
| | ![Individal page Individal page](i/pers.gif) | | | | McKenna, Thomas, 05 Feb 1897, aged 31, Hewer, He was working in a place in a "broken" district and at the time was nicking. The accident was due entirely to carelessness. The overman had been in about half an hour before and told him to come from under the coal until timber had been set. He apparently went on nicking without any timber set when the coal came away. There was plenty of loose timber in the place [Inspection made & inquest attended] [Sunderland Daily Echo reports: accident - 11 Feb 1897 pg 3] |
| | ![Individal page Individal page](i/pers.gif) | | | | McMillan, James, 17 Dec 1924, (accident: 05 Dec 1924), aged 18, Plane boy, through jumping from a railway carriage whilst the train was in motion |
| | ![Individal page Individal page](i/pers.gif) | | | | McQuade, Henry, 05 Mar 1887, aged 16, Sending Minder, killed by a fall of stone |
| | ![Individal page Individal page](i/pers.gif) | | | | McTavy, Hugh Toner, 05 Aug 1926, (accident: 11 Feb 1924), aged 34, Shifter, killed by a fall of stone, Buried: Harton Cemetery, South Shields |
| | ![Individal page Individal page](i/pers.gif) | | | | Millet, Joseph, 24 Aug 1909, aged 16, Landing lad, crushed by tubs in landing |
| | ![Individal page Individal page](i/pers.gif) | | | | Moon, William, 04 Apr 1890, 8:00 p.m., 12th hour of shift, aged 38, Shaftman, when engaged taking out a wire rope conductor in the shaft, deceased fell off the top of the cage a depth of 600 feet [Sunderland Daily Echo reports: accident - 05 Apr 1890 pg 3 col 3] |
| | ![Individal page Individal page](i/pers.gif) | | | | Morton, Jacob, 17 Nov 1892, aged 38, Buried: St. Peter's Churchyard, Harton, South Shields on 20 Nov 1892 {NBI} |
| | ![Individal page Individal page](i/pers.gif) | | ![NEEMARC NEEMARC](i/f_neem.gif) | | Murphy, W., 1918, [approximate date] |
| | ![Individal page Individal page](i/pers.gif) | | | | Naylor, Thomas, 07 Feb 1921, (accident: 01 Jul 1919), aged 68, Shifter, strain through lifting a tub |
| | ![Individal page Individal page](i/pers.gif) | | | | Newham, Robert Charlton, 26 Apr 1934, aged 44, Waggonway Man, crushed, Buried: Harton Cemetery, South Shields |
| | ![Individal page Individal page](i/pers.gif) | | | | Newman, John, 25 Nov 1891, 6:00 p.m., 8th hour of shift, aged 31, Deputy, caught by a fall of stone when drawing timber [Inspection made] |
| | ![Individal page Individal page](i/pers.gif) | | | | Newton, Richard, 1896, aged 51, was knocked down by the locomotive and killed when trespassing on the railway at night [fatality reported during the year but not classified as a reportable accident] |
| | ![Individal page Individal page](i/pers.gif) | | | | O'Connor, William, 19 Feb 1900, aged 38, Hewer, He was helping a putter to lift a full tub on to the road at a jud turn. As soon as the tub was on the rails, the pony pushed back, and deceased was caught in a stooping position between the full tub and an empty one. [Inspection made & inquest attended] [Sunderland Echo reports: accident - 22 Feb 1900 pg 3] |
| | ![Individal page Individal page](i/pers.gif) | | | | Ogilvie, John, 22 Aug 1901, (accident: 18 Jul 1901), sprained his side; a post mortem examination was held and, after hearing the medical evidence, the jury returned a verdict of death from natural causes |
| | ![Individal page Individal page](i/pers.gif) | | | | Ogilvie, Robert Lake, 04 Nov 1936, aged 19, Datal, runaway tubs |
| | ![Individal page Individal page](i/pers.gif) | | | | Parker, Ralph Forster, 02 Oct 1905, aged 14, Trapper, [Sunderland Echo reports: accident - 03 Oct 1905 pg 6] [More information ...] |
| | ![Individal page Individal page](i/pers.gif) | | | | Patchett, John, 05 Apr 1889, aged 13, Driver, pony stumbled and knocked a prop out causing a stone to fall from the roof |
| | ![Individal page Individal page](i/pers.gif) | | | | Pattison, John, 08 Apr 1911, aged 58, Stoneman, killed by a fall of stone [Sunderland Echo reports: accident - 17 Apr 1911 pg 3 col 3] |
| | ![Individal page Individal page](i/pers.gif) | | | | Pease, George, 21 Apr 1923, (accident: 04 May 1922), aged 60, Hewer, crushed |
| | ![Individal page Individal page](i/pers.gif) | | | | Perry, John, 09 Sep 1897, aged 53, Stoneman, Deceased and others had fired a shot in the left-hand side, which had no doubt loosened the top stone on the other side, where another shot was prepared. A jagged stone had been left on the top of a plank, and deceased decided to get it down. In doing so, he loosened the stone on the right-hand side of the place, which came away upon him. There was no necessity for him to go under the stone [Inquest attended] |
| | ![Individal page Individal page](i/pers.gif) | | | | Pyle, William Thomas, 24 Dec 1906, (accident: 15 Nov 1906), aged 57, Shifter [More information ...] |
| | ![Individal page Individal page](i/pers.gif) | | | | Race, Ralph, 24 Jan 1954, (accident: 08 Jan 1954), aged 56, struck his head on a girder and as a result of this he died on 24th January |
| | ![Individal page Individal page](i/pers.gif) | | | | Reed, George, 19 Jan 1903, aged 36, Hewer, A small pillar of coal known as a "stook" was being taken out in the second or broken workings in the Bensham seam when some coal from it suddenly fell upon deceased. The coal usually sticks to the roof, but in this case it came away easily. The Local Inspectors examined the place, and were of opinion that deceased "met with his death accidentally." |
| | ![Individal page Individal page](i/pers.gif) | | | | Rickett, George Wakefield, 11 Apr 1938, aged 17, Datal, tubs amain, Buried: Harton Cemetery, South Shields |
| | ![Individal page Individal page](i/pers.gif) | | | | Robinson, J. R., 28 Dec 1938, aged 40, Deputy, crushed by tubs [More information ...] |
| | ![Individal page Individal page](i/pers.gif) | | | | Robinson, John, 07 Jul 1902, aged 37, Hewer, while hewing at the face of a bord in the Bensham seam, a stone fell from the roof, canting out some timber ; a hitch crossed the place at an angle, and may have weakened the stone [Sunderland Echo reports: accident - 10 Jul 1902 pg 3], Buried: Boldon Cemetery |
| | ![Individal page Individal page](i/pers.gif) | | ![NEEMARC NEEMARC](i/f_neem.gif) | | Robson, Thomas W., 18 Dec 1914, (accident: 04 Dec 1914), aged 45, Hewer |
| | ![Individal page Individal page](i/pers.gif) | | | | Sedgewick, Robert, 23 Aug 1902, (accident: 20 Nov 1901), aged 43, Rolleyway Man, the return wheel of an endless rope haulage is fixed under the kip near the shaft ; while the haulage was standing deceased was oiling the wheel and was caught by it when it started ; he did not give any directions for the haulage to stand while he was so engaged |
| | ![Individal page Individal page](i/pers.gif) | | | | Shaw, Matthew, 17 Feb 1892, 8:30 p.m., 4th hour of shift, aged 50, Hewer, He was busy nicking, when a stone fell without warning, from a slippery parting [Inspection made & inquest attended] |
| | ![Individal page Individal page](i/pers.gif) | | | | Sibbald, James Christopher, 27 Jul 1942, aged 47, Salvage, killed by a fall of stone, Buried: Harton Cemetery, South Shields |
| | ![Individal page Individal page](i/pers.gif) | | | | Sickling, Fred, 24 Dec 1914, (accident: 30 Nov 1914), aged 17, Landing Lad, deceased, after having rapped the full set away from the landing on the main haulage, walked with two other lads up the haulage plane, which was a wide road with a clear 4 feet 6 inches travelling way, and as the set passed them they took hold of the tubs and ran by the side; the second had tripped over a "fluke," and deceased, who was following, fell over him and his left leg was caught by the tubs; he died three weeks later, Buried: Whitburn Cemetery |
| | ![Individal page Individal page](i/pers.gif) | | | | Simmons, Thomas, 06 Jun 1889, aged 25, Deputy, fall of roof while drawing out props |
| | ![Individal page Individal page](i/pers.gif) | | | | Smith, John Robert, 13 Jun 1930, aged 41, Rolleyway Man, runaway tubs, Buried: Harton Cemetery, South Shields |
| | ![Individal page Individal page](i/pers.gif) | | | | Smith, Matthew Hurst, 06 Oct 1899, aged 21, Screeman, He was lowering down two empty waggons under the screens and, according to his own statement, was crushed between them whilst attempting to couple them when in motion [Inspected & inquest attended] |
| | ![Individal page Individal page](i/pers.gif) | | | | Smith, Robert, 07 Jul 1891, aged 28, Locomotive Driver, caught his head against a foot-bridge and was almost immediately killed [fatality reported during the year but not classified as a reportable accident], Buried: St. Peter's Churchyard, Harton, South Shields on 11 Jul 1891 {NBI} |
| | ![Individal page Individal page](i/pers.gif) | | | | Snowden, Robert Mathison, 15 Dec 1934, Drawer, killed by a fall of stone [More information ...] |
| | ![Individal page Individal page](i/pers.gif) | | | | Soady, Robert, 14 Feb 1905, aged 34, Timber Drawer [More information ...] |
| | ![Individal page Individal page](i/pers.gif) | | | | Soulsby, Robert Bowman, 27 Feb 1918, aged 15, Buried: Harton Cemetery, South Shields |
| | ![Individal page Individal page](i/pers.gif) | | | | Spraggon, Shotton, 05 Feb 1932, aged 56, Stoneman, crushed by tubs, Buried: Whitburn Cemetery [More information ...] |
| | ![Individal page Individal page](i/pers.gif) | | | | Stephenson, Thomas, 31 Oct 1924, 10.10 a.m., 4th hour of shift, aged 27, Tub Mender, run over by wagon on the surface - the wheel went over his arms, and the ribs on the left side were fractured, address: 5 Charles Street, Marsden, Buried: Whitburn Cemetery [More information ...] |
| | ![Individal page Individal page](i/pers.gif) | | | | Stevens, Thomas, 17 Feb 1906, (accident: 16 Feb 1906), aged 17, Landing Keeper, struck by set [Sunderland Echo reports: accident - 17 Feb 1906 pg 5] [More information ...] |
| | ![Individal page Individal page](i/pers.gif) | | | | Stubley, Thomas L., 19 Mar 1946, aged 20, Haulage |
| | ![Individal page Individal page](i/pers.gif) | | | | Sutton, James, 18 Jul 1906, (accident: 12 Jul 1906), aged 52, Hewer [More information ...] |
| | ![Individal page Individal page](i/pers.gif) | | | | Taylor, David, 04 Nov 1966, aged 59, died from injuries received, Buried: Harton Cemetery, South Shields |
| | ![Individal page Individal page](i/pers.gif) | | | | Tearney, Joseph, 01 Jan 1930, (accident: 23 Jul 1928), aged 40, Wasteman, died as the result of injuries to his knee-cap through being tripped up by a rope |
| | ![Individal page Individal page](i/pers.gif) | | | | Thompson, H. E., 02 Jul 1927, aged 54, Rolleyway Man, crushed by tubs |
| | ![Individal page Individal page](i/pers.gif) | | | | Thompson, John George, 1896, Hewer, It was alleged that John George Thompson, a hewer, employed at Whitburn Colliery, had died from an injury received in the pit, but after hearing the evidence of the doctor, who made a post mortem examination, the jury returned a verdict of "died from heart disease." [fatality reported during the year but not classified as a reportable accident] |
| | ![Individal page Individal page](i/pers.gif) | | | | Turnbull, Herbert, 29 Oct 1953, aged 42, Filler, walking outbye when fatally injured by a full set of tubs |
| | ![Individal page Individal page](i/pers.gif) | | | | Urwin, James, 18 Aug 1915, aged 55, caught by the set, Buried: St. Peter's Churchyard, Harton, South Shields |
| | ![Individal page Individal page](i/pers.gif) | | | | Waters, Robert, 20 May 1938, (accident: 19 May 1938), aged 17, Datal, recekved fatal injuries through being struck by a tub |
| | ![Individal page Individal page](i/pers.gif) | | | | Weir, John Thomas, 04 May 1895, 12:15 a.m., 1st hour of shift, aged 34, Hewer, a large fall of stone occurred when the deceased and two other men were taking some side coal off in their working place, and caught deceased; the stone fell from "slips" or "jacks" in the roof, which were not detected beforehand [Sunderland Daily Echo reports: accident - 06 May 1895 pg 3], Buried: Holy Trinity, Cornforth on 07 May 1895 {NBI} |
| | ![Individal page Individal page](i/pers.gif) | | | | Wetheral, James, 22 Mar 1900, aged 19, Putter, A full set was off the road on the engine bank, and a deputy and putter uncoupled three tubs and stayed them up. Unfortunately the stay gave way, and the full tubs ran amain and caught deceased at the bank bottom. [Inspection made & inquest attended] |
| | ![Individal page Individal page](i/pers.gif) | | | | Wilkinson, Garfield, 14 Aug 1946, (accident: 16 Jul 1946), aged 48, Haulage Hand, died at the Ingham Infirmary, South Shields from multiple fractures accidentally sustained after he stepped backwards into the path of a moving set of tubs while under the impression that an empty set of tubs was running and coming in his direction. He was found lying between the two sets of lines with the first full tub of a set derailed. He was badly injured and help was obtained to remove him to the Ingham Infirmary, Buried: Harton Cemetery, South Shields |
| | ![Individal page Individal page](i/pers.gif) | | | | Wilkinson, Joseph, 19 Dec 1935, aged 46, Buried: Whitburn Cemetery |
| | ![Individal page Individal page](i/pers.gif) | | | | Wilkinson, Richard, 25 Sep 1895, (accident: 23 Sep 1895, 6:30 a.m., 7th hour of shift), aged 55, Stoneman, deceased and another man were widening the road, and in replacing the timber, the baulks were set 4 feet instead of 6 feet apart; nevertheless, a stone fell from between two of them; his son (Robert McKenzie) was killed in the same pit a few weeks previously, Buried: Whitburn Cemetery |
| | ![Individal page Individal page](i/pers.gif) | | | | Wilkinson, Robert McKenzie, 16 Aug 1895, 6:45 p.m., 4th hour of shift, aged 17, Putter, the deceased was found crushed between the roof and the top of a tub; the road was in good order, and there was no evidence to show how he came to be in that position; his father (Richard) was killed in the same pit a few weeks later, Buried: Whitburn Cemetery |
| | ![Individal page Individal page](i/pers.gif) | | | | Wilson, Thomas Nixon, 17 Feb 1900, aged 36, Onsetter, The top deck had been loaded and the cage was being raised, when the deceased was pushed against it by a heavy timber tram which he was going to put into the empty road. He was drawn up by the cage and crushed between it and the shaft timber. [Inspection made & inquest attended] |
| | ![Individal page Individal page](i/pers.gif) | | | | Winter, John Thomas Ingram, 31 Dec 1902, aged 18, Screener, seven lines of rails from seven coal belts converge gradually until all are merged in one line of rails ; a truck loaded at No. 2 belt had been moved forward a few yards and stood in such a position that a track deceased was moving forward from No. 1 belt would not clear it, and this deceased recognised after the truck he was engaged with began to move, and he attempted to stop it by getting in between the trucks and applying the brake, and was so crushed that he died the same day |
| | ![Individal page Individal page](i/pers.gif) | | | | Young, G. R., 13 Dec 1930, (accident: 08 Dec 1930), aged 20, Clip Boy, crushed |
| | ![Individal page Individal page](i/pers.gif) | | | | Young, Preston, 19 Jun 1901, aged 63, Underground Mason, The deceased and another man were pointing wood brattice in a working headway and had just sat down to get their "bait" when a flag of stone three or four inches thick fell away breaking off at the edge of the brattice props [Inspection made & inquest attended] [Sunderland Echo reports: accident - 19 Jun 1901 pg 6], Buried: Whitburn Cemetery |
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— principally the records of the Durham Miners' Association and are marked with
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more information on some of the fatalities shown above
Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)
a simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Whitburn Colliery
list of collieries/pits etc. near to Whitburn Colliery
Gallery Images:
Credits
Sources:
- NEEMARC - Ref: NUMDA/1/6/40, D.M.A. Minutes, Circulars etc. for 1915 (two volumes: covers Jan-Jun, Jul-Dec)
- NEEMARC - Ref: NUMDA/1/6/42, D.M.A. Minutes, Circulars etc. for 1917 (one volume: covers Jan-Jun)
- NEEMARC - Ref: NUMDA/1/6/43, D.M.A. Minutes, Circulars etc. for 1918 (two volumes: covers Jan-Jun, Jul-Dec)
- NEEMARC - Ref: NUMDA/6/1/1/1, Reports of the Compensation Department, Vol I covering Sep 1918-Dec 1919
- 1880 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
- 1881 Mines Inspectors Report (C 3241)
- 1882 Mines Inspectors Report (C 3621) Where to find this report
- 1884 Mines Inspectors Report (C 4429), Newcastle District by James Willis, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
- 1887 Mines Inspectors Report (C 5450) Where to find this report
- 1888 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
- 1888 Mines Inspectors Report (C 5779), Newcastle District (No. 3) by James Willis, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
- 1889 Mines Inspectors Report (C 6015), Newcastle District (No. 3) by James Willis, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
- 1890 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
- 1890 Mines Inspectors Report (C 6346), Newcastle District (No. 3) by James Willis, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
- 1891 Mines Inspectors Report (C 6625), Newcastle District (No. 3) by J. L. Hedley, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
- 1892 Mines Inspectors Report (C 6986), Newcastle District (No. 3) by J. L. Hedley, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
- 1893 Mines Inspectors Report (C 7339), Newcastle District (No. 3) by J. L. Hedley, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
- 1894 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
- 1894 Mines Inspectors Report (C 7667), Newcastle District (No. 3) by J. L. Hedley, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
- 1895 Mines Inspectors Report (C 8074), Newcastle District (No. 3) by J. L. Hedley, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
- 1896 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department, also available online at Peak District Mines Historical Society Ltd
- 1896 Mines Inspectors Report (C 8450), Newcastle District (No. 3) by J. L. Hedley, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
- 1897 Mines Inspectors Report (C 8819), Newcastle District (No. 3) by J. L. Hedley, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
- 1899 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 134), Newcastle District (No. 3) by John L. Hedley, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
- 1900 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
- 1900 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 536), Newcastle District (No. 3) by John L. Hedley, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
- 1901 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 1062), Newcastle District (No. 3) by J. L. Hedley, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
- 1902 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
- 1902 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 1590), Newcastle District (No. 3) by J. B. Atkinson, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
- 1903 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 2119), Newcastle District (No. 3) by J. B. Atkinson, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
- 1905 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
- 1905 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 2910), Newcastle District (No. 3) by J. B. Atkinson, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
- 1906 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 3449), Newcastle District (No. 3) by J. B. Atkinson, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
- 1907 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 4045), Newcastle District (No. 3) by J. B. Atkinson, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
- 1908 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 4672), Newcastle District (No. 3) by J. B. Atkinson, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
- 1909 List of Mines - from Reid's Handy Colliery Guide
- 1909 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 5177), Newcastle District (No. 3) by J. B. Atkinson, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
- 1910 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
- 1910 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 5676), Newcastle District (No. 2) by J. B. Atkinson, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
- 1911 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 6237), Newcastle District (No. 2) by J. B. Atkinson, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
- 1912 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 6983), Newcastle District (No. 2) by J. B. Atkinson, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
- 1913 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 7439), Northern Division (No. 2) by J. R. R. Wilson, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
- 1914 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 8023), Northern Division (No. 2) by J. R. R. Wilson, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
- 1915 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
- 1919 List of Mines - from Reid's Handy Colliery Guide
- 1921 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
- 1924 Mines Inspectors Report, Northern Division (No. 2) by T. Greenland Davies, H.M. Inspector of Mines [DMM Ref: L-01624 - Tom Bainbridge Collection]
- 1925 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
- 1930 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
- 1931 Mines Inspectors Report
- 1932 Mines Inspectors Report
- 1935 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
- 1940 Colliery Year Book and Coal Trades Directory published by Louis Cassier Co. Ltd.
- 1945 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
- 1947 The Colliery Year Book and Coal Trades Directory. Published by The Louis Cassier Co. Ltd., from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian
- 1950 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
- 1955 Guide to the Coalfields published by the Colliery Guardian
- 1960 Guide to the Coalfields published by the Colliery Guardian
- 1964 Guide to the Coalfields published by the Colliery Guardian
- 1967 Guide to the Coalfields published by the Colliery Guardian
- 1968 Guide to the Coalfields published by the Colliery Guardian
- An Account of the strata of Northumberland & Durham as proved by Borings & Sinkings, Supplement, published by the North of England Institute of Mining & Mechanical Engineers, 1910
- Banners of the Durham Coalfield, Norman Emery, 1998, Sutton Publishing Ltd., ISBN 0-7509-1708-3
- Contributions by members of the Public
- Durham Miners' Association, Compensation Department, Minutes of Arbitration Committee - September 1920
- Headstone(s) in Boldon Cemetery
- Headstone(s) in Harton Cemetery, South Shields
- Headstone(s) in Holy Trinity Churchyard, Cornforth
- Headstone(s) in St. Peter's Churchyard, Harton, South Shields
- Headstone(s) in St. Stephens Churchyard, South Shields
- Headstone(s) in Whitburn Cemetery
- History, Topography, and Directory of the County Palatine of Durham by Francis Whellan. Second edition published in 1894.
- Mineral Statistics for 1883 - Government report from the Mines Department (C 4058), published in 1884 — includes List of Mines and Mineral Works
- National Burial Index published by The Federation of Family History Societies & Associates
- Victoria History of the Counties of England � Durham. Published in three volumes in 1907.
Related Links:
| On this site |
| Newspaper articles |
| Pictures in the Gallery section for Whitburn Colliery |
| Article in the Transactions of the Mining Engineers |
| External sites |
| Marsden Banner Group |
Further Reading:
- Banners of the Durham Coalfield, Norman Emery, 1998, Sutton Publishing Ltd., ISBN 0-7509-1708-3, provides a brief history of the colliery along with the history of the associated Miners Lodge Banner
- Pictures of Old Marsden - "The Village that Vanished" published 1991 by South Tyneside Libraries, ISBN 0-906617-07-3
Further Research:
Research Notes for Whitburn Colliery
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