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Welcome to the Durham Mining Museum website. All the available information is shown in the categories and menu options shown on the left of each web page. If you are a regular visitor to the site then please check the What's new page to see what has changed since your last visit.

This site covers mining in the Northern part of England i.e. County Durham (DUR), Northumberland (NBL), Cumberland (CUL), Westmorland (WES) and the Ironstone mines of North Yorkshire (NRY). For information on mining in other areas of the country there may be a site listed in our Links section.

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In Memoriam
Month

Northern England - covered by this web site
Date Colliery Cnty Cause Lives Sufferers
11 Jan 1844 Whitehaven, Duke Pit CUL Explosion 11 Names
16 Jan 1862 New Hartley NBL Miners entombed when engine beam broke and blocked only working shaft 204 Names
17 Jan 1826 Jarrow DUR Explosion 34 Names
28 Jan 1836 Hetton, Downs Pit (Eppleton) DUR Explosion 20 Names
28 Jan 1743 North Biddick DUR Explosion 17 Names
29 Jan 1931 Haig Pit CUL Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by shot firing 27 Names
Rest of UK - not on this site
1 Jan 1844 Dinas, Middle Pit GLA Explosion 12 Names
1 Jan 1942 Sneyd STS Explosion, coal dust, ignition caused by friction between up-going rope and underside of the down-coming tub of the runaway set 55 Names
10 Jan 1947 Burngrange, Nos. 1 And 2 (Oil Shale) Mine MLN Explosion, firedamp and fire, ignition caused by flame of open acetylene cap lamp 15 Names
10 Jan 1872 Oakwood MON Explosion of gas 11 Names
10 Jan 1871 Renishaw Park DBY Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by blown-out shot 26 Names
10 Jan 1893 Wheal Owles (Metalliferous) CON Inrush of water from old workings 20 Names
12 Jan 1825 Middleton Colliery, Gosforth Pit YKS Explosion 25 Names
12 Jan 1918 Podmore Hall, Minnie Pit STS Explosion, firedamp and coal dust, ignition probably caused by defective safety lamp 156 Names
13 Jan 1879 Dinas GLA Explosion, firedamp 63 Names
14 Jan 1895 Diglake STS Inrush of water from old workings of Diglake Colliery 77 Names
14 Jan 1846 Risca, Black Vein Pit MON Explosion 35 Names
16 Jan 1884 Garnant GLA Breaking of rope 10 Names
18 Jan 1889 Hyde CHS Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by naked light 23 Names
21 Jan 1905 Elba GLA Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by contraband 11 Names
21 Jan 1880 Leycett, Fair Lady Pit STS Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by shot firing 62 Names
23 Jan 1866 High Brooks, Park Lane LAN Explosion of firedamp 30 Names
23 Jan 1877 Stonehill LAN Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by lighted candle 18 Names
24 Jan 1849 Darley Main YKS Explosion 75 Names
25 Jan 1932 Llwynypia GLA Explosion, coal dust, ignition caused by match 12 Names
27 Jan 1884 Naval GLA Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by shot firing 14 Names
27 Jan 1896 Tylorstown GLA Explosion, firedamp propagated by coal dust, ignition caused by shot firing 57 Names