St Hilda's Colliery Disaster
Date:
28 Jun 1839
Location:
South Shields, County Durham, England
Surnames/tags:
Mining Disasters England Disasters
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Contact: TBC
History and Circumstances
- Date: 28 June 1839
- Location: St Hilda's Colliery, South Shields Colliery, County Durham, England
- Victims: 51 lives lost
- Cause: Colliery Explosion
Victims
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| Argyle, Joseph, aged 45, Deputy Overman, went down and rescued his son, returned, and brought out dead, Buried: St. Hilda's Churchyard, South Shields
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| Brown, Michael, aged 12, Driver, Buried: St. Hilda's Churchyard, South Shields
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| Calvert, George, aged 28, Hewer, married, Buried: Holy Trinity Churchyard, South Shields on 30 Jun 1839
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| Cooper, Thomas, aged 13, Craneboy, Buried: St. Hilda's Churchyard, South Shields
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| Dickinson, John, aged 12, Driver, son of John Dickinson, Buried: Holy Trinity Churchyard, South Shields on 30 Jun 1839
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| Dickinson, John, aged 49, Rolleywayman, father of John, Buried: Holy Trinity Churchyard, South Shields on 30 Jun 1839
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| Dinning, John, aged 25, Hewer, married, Buried: Holy Trinity Churchyard, South Shields on 30 Jun 1839 {NBI}
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| Dobson, Thomas, aged 32, Putter, single man, Buried: Holy Trinity Churchyard, South Shields
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| Douglas, Jonathan, aged 10, Driver, Buried: St. Hilda's Churchyard, South Shields
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| Douthwaite, John, aged 18, Putter, Buried: Holy Trinity Churchyard, South Shields
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| Ellison, Jonathan, aged 52, Hewer, married, Buried: Holy Trinity Churchyard, South Shields on 30 Jun 1839
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| Elstob, Thomas, aged 9, Trapper, son of Thomas Elstob, Buried: St. Hilda's Churchyard, South Shields
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| Elstob, Thomas, aged 32, Hewer, father of Thomas Elstob, Buried: St. Hilda's Churchyard, South Shields
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| Fairley, John, aged 33, Rolleywayman, single man, Buried: St. Paul's Churchyard, Jarrow
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| Faulkner, Alexander, aged 21, Putter, single man, Buried: St. Hilda's Churchyard, South Shields
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| Forsyth, Alexander, aged 19, Putter, single man, Buried: St. Hilda's Churchyard, South Shields
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| Gibson, Benjamin, aged 53, Keeker, father of Richard and Thomas, Buried: St. Hilda's Churchyard, South Shields
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| Gibson, Charles, aged 20, Putter, Buried: St. Hilda's Churchyard, South Shields
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| Gibson, Matthew, aged 38, Water Leader, married, Buried: Holy Trinity Churchyard, South Shields on 30 Jun 1839
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| Gibson, Richard, aged 16, Putter, son of Benjamin Gibson, brother of Thomas, Buried: St. Hilda's Churchyard, South Shields
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| Gibson, Thomas, aged 14, Putter, son of Benjamin Gibson, brother of Richard, Buried: St. Hilda's Churchyard, South Shields
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| Hall, George, aged 18, Putter, brother of John, Buried: St. Hilda's Churchyard, South Shields
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| Hall, John, aged 16, Putter, brother of George, Buried: St. Hilda's Churchyard, South Shields
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| Hall, William, aged 28, Hewer, single man, Buried: Holy Trinity Churchyard, South Shields on 30 Jun 1839
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| Hardy, Edward, aged 17, Putter, single man, Buried: St. Hilda's Churchyard, South Shields
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| Harrison, Thomas, aged 56, Wasteman, Buried: Holy Trinity Churchyard, South Shields on 30 Jun 1839
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| Horn, Thomas, aged 57, Wasteman, widower, Buried: Holy Trinity Churchyard, South Shields
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| Hudson, William, aged 22, Putter, single man, Buried: Holy Trinity Churchyard, South Shields
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| Johnson, Robert, aged 23, Putter, Buried: St. Hilda's Churchyard, South Shields
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| Lamb, Henry, aged 26, Hewer, single man, brother of William, Buried: Holy Trinity Churchyard, South Shields
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| Lamb, William, aged 29, Hewer, married, brother of Henry, Buried: Holy Trinity Churchyard, South Shields
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| Longstaff, George, aged 48, Hewer, father of James and William, Buried: St. Hilda's Churchyard, South Shields
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| Longstaff, George, married
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| Longstaff, James, aged 9, driver, son of George Longstaff, brother of William, Buried: St. Hilda's Churchyard, South Shields
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| Longstaff, William, aged 11, Driver, son of George Longstaff, brother of James, Buried: St. Hilda's Churchyard, South Shields
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| Moody, John, aged 12, Crane Boy, brother of Joseph, Buried: Holy Trinity Churchyard, South Shields
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| Moody, Joseph, aged 16, Driver, brother of John, Buried: Holy Trinity Churchyard, South Shields
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| Ramshaw, Patrick, aged 16, Putter, single man, brother of William, Buried: Holy Trinity Churchyard, South Shields
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| Ramshaw, William, aged 23, Putter, single man, brother of Patrick, Buried: Holy Trinity Churchyard, South Shields
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| Ranson, James, aged 24, Hewer, married, Buried: St. Paul's Churchyard, Jarrow
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| Rogerson, William, aged 21, Hewer, married, native of Percy Main, Buried: Christ Church Churchyard, Tynemouth
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| Scott, Alexander, aged 15, Putter, brother of George, Buried: St. Paul's Churchyard, Jarrow
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| Scott, George, aged 28, Hewer, brother of Alexander, Buried: St. Paul's Churchyard, Jarrow
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| Snowdon, John, aged 25, Hewer, married, Buried: St. Hilda's Churchyard, South Shields
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| Spence, Roger, aged 26, Hewer, married, native of Percy Main, Buried: Christ Church Churchyard, Tynemouth
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| Stephenson, Andrew, aged 21, Hewer, married, Buried: St. Hilda's Churchyard, South Shields
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| Stephenson, John, aged 23, Hewer, married, Buried: Holy Trinity Churchyard, South Shields
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| Todd, William, aged 25, Hewer, single man, Buried: St. Hilda's Churchyard, South Shields
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| Walker, George, aged 20, Putter, single man, Buried: Holy Trinity Churchyard, South Shields
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| Wright, William, aged 46, left a widow Catherine and 6 children
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| Young, William, aged 28, Hewer, married, Buried: St. Hilda's Churchyard, South Shields
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Sources
Durham Mining Museum
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