Durham Mining Museum - Colliery Disaster (original) (raw)

The text of the report presented to Parliament into this disaster is available in the UK Disaster Reports section of this website.

	Ashton, James, aged 17
	Atkinson, Edward, aged 36, left a wife and two children
	Barraclough, George, aged 36, left a wife and four children
	Batty, Francis, aged 15
	Beevers, John, aged 56, left a wife and two children
	Billington, Edward, aged 24
	Billington, William, aged 11
	Brook, Charles, aged 37, left three children
	Brook, William, aged 14
	Brown, David, aged 37, left a wife and two children
	Burkinshaw, Hugh, aged 22
	Burkinshaw, James, aged 19
	Burton, John, aged 26, left a widow
	Charlesworth, John, aged 13
	Charlesworth, Joseph, aged 14
	Darwin, John, aged 36, left a wife
	Darwin, Thomas, aged 28, left a wife and two children
	Field, George, aged 32, left a wife and two children
	Firth, Henry, aged 34, left a wife and four children
	Firth, Thomas, aged 45
	Fisher, George, aged 23
	Gilliatt, John, aged 11
	Gilliatt, Thomas, aged 19
	Goldthorpe, William, aged 13
	Goodliffe, Samuel, aged 19
	Guest, George, aged 41, left a wife and one child
	Guest, Joseph, aged 16
	Guest, William, aged 15
	Hammond, Charles, aged 25
	Hammond, Edward, aged 20, left a wife
	Hammond, Thomas, aged 39, left a wife and four children
	Hardisty, William, aged 11
	Harper, Amos, aged 37, left a wife and seven children
	Harper, George, aged 10
	Hartley, John, aged 25
	Hiland, William, aged 11
	Hinchcliffe, William, aged 2
	Holland, Isaac, aged 15
	Holland, William, jnr., aged 11
	Hunbley, William, aged 35, left a wife and four children
	Hutchinson, William, aged 24
	Kaye, John, aged 18
	Loy, George, aged 40, left a wife and five children
	Loy, John, aged 15
	McDonald, Patrick, aged 19
	Mooney, Thomas, aged 15
	Parsons, John, jnr., aged 20
	Parsons, John, sen., aged 48, left a wife
	Parsons, William, aged 13
	Rennison, Edward, aged 18
	Sager, Joseph, aged 29, left a wife and six children
	Seddons, James, aged 26, left a wife and two children
	Sells, Joseph, aged 10
	Smith, John, aged 36, left a wife
	Swift, Isaac, aged 23
	Swift, Joseph, aged 25
	Sykes, Abram, aged 25
	Sykes, John, aged 18
	Taylor, John, aged 26, left a widow
	Taylor, Ralph, aged 25
	Tetley, George, aged 23, left a wife and one children
	Turner, George, aged 21
	Utley, Edward, aged 36, left a widow
	Utley, Thomas, aged 12
	Winder, John, aged 31, left a wife and four children
	Winter, George, aged 19
	Winter, Robert, aged 28
	Wood, Charles, aged 17
	68 of 75 names found
	Youngest: 2 years old ; Oldest: 56 ; Average: 24
	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.

• South Yorkshire Mining Disasters, Vol. 1, 19th century by Brian Elliott, Published by Wharncliffe Books, 2012, ISBN 1-903425-64-6

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