Durham Mining Museum - Memorial Index

Here we present a number of photographs of the memorials raised for those killed in mining disasters. Some of the images are, unfortunately, not very good - this will be corrected when good weather and free time coincide!

If you know of any other mining memorials - then please Mail: Webmaster especially their location.

Disaster Memorials

Date	Colliery	Cause	Lives
24 May 1812	Felling	Explosion	92
30 May 1826	Stargate	Explosion	38
18 Jun 1835	Wallsend	Explosion	102
28 Sep 1844	Haswell	Explosion	95
08 Oct 1855	Walker Rolling Mills	Boiler explosion	8
02 Mar 1860	Burradon	Explosion	74
16 Jan 1862	New Hartley	Trapped underground	204
19 Jan 1871	Wheatley Hill	Inundation	5
25 Oct 1871	Seaham	Explosion	34
26 Sep 1876	Wheatley Hill	Explosion	4
18 Jan 1878	Thornley	Explosion	4
08 Sep 1880	Seaham	Explosion	164
16 Feb 1882	Trimdon Grange	Explosion	74
18 Apr 1882	Tudhoe	Explosion	37
02 Mar 1885	Usworth	Explosion	42
02 Dec 1886	Elemore	Explosion	28
24 Oct 1887	Walker	Explosion	8
11 Apr 1891	Usworth	Boiler Explosion	4
13 Apr 1896	Brancepeth	Explosion	20
14 Oct 1906	Wingate Grange	Explosion	26
28 Jan 1908	Roachburn	Inrush of clay, sand, moss and water	3
20 Feb 1908	Washington Glebe	Explosion	14
16 Feb 1909	West Stanley	Explosion	168
11 May 1910	Wellington	Explosion	137
13 Aug 1916	Woodhorn	Explosion	13
24 Feb 1923	Medomsley	Cage fell down shaft	8
30 Mar 1925	Montague View Pit	Inrush	38
29 May 1951	Easington	Explosion	83
13 Feb 1992	Wearmouth		2

19 Feb 1857	Lundhill	Explosion	189
22 Sep 1934	Gresford	Explosion	265

Colliery Memorials

Bardon Mill	Blackhall	Brancepeth	Chopwell
Craghead	Dean & Chapter	Elemore	Fishburn
Handen Hold	Harton	Hylton	Kibblesworth
Murton	Oakenshaw	Quarrington Hill	Risehow
Ryhope	Scremerston	Shilbottle	Shotton
South Hetton	Sunnybrow	Thornley	Thrislington
Washington F Pit	Wearmouth	Wheatley Hill	Whittle
Willington

Mining Memorials

Redhills Memorial Gardens	Spennymoor Area
St. Hilda WW1 Memorial	Westerhope



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