Hazlerigg Colliery

1934, 05 Jun - Low Main or Plessey seam abandoned

1950 - Main seam discontinued

Arkle, Robert, 10 Oct 1922, (accident: 07 Jul 1919), aged 49, Miner, found dead at work

Ashurst, John, 26 Sep 1905, (accident: 25 Sep 1905), aged 59, Stoneman [More information ...]

Ashworth, Thomas, 18 Mar 1913, aged 17, Endless Rope Lad, deceased was found near his post in the underground shaft sidings and had been run over by a full set travelling at the rate of 2 miles per hour; he was decapitated

Asworth, Thomas, 1913, [approximate date]

Bailey, Frederick, 02 Mar 1923, aged 41, Hewer, killed by a fall of stone

Bainbridge, Thomas E., 08 Jan 1902, (accident: 06 Jan 1902), aged 46, Hewer, the cotteril securing the limbers to a set of tubs, which a driver was taking inbye from the top of a self-acting incline, fell out, and the tubs ran back and crushed deceased ; the road was in good order and had deceased stood to one side he might have escaped, but he probably lost his presence of mind

Batey, William, 03 Jan 1901, aged 13, Endless Rope Boy, While deceased was knocking off the screw clip by which the tubs were attached to the rope, he fell in front of the tubs [Inspection made & inquest attended]

Bell, William, 24 Aug 1927, (accident: 17 Aug 1927), aged 49, Hewer, crushed by tubs

Briggs, Andrew, 29 Dec 1907, (accident: 18 Dec 1907), aged 55, Hewer, explosion of firedamp, Buried: St. Nicholas Churchyard, Gosforth [More information ...]

Brown, John, 15 Jan 1900, (accident: 03 Jan 1900), aged 31, Stoneman, He was preparing to rid the stones from a shot when a large stone fell from slips between the props. The place was examined by the chargeman 10 minutes before, and considered safe. [Inspection made & inquest attended]

Charlton, Michael, 17 Feb 1900, aged 20, Putter & Hewer, The deceased was passing up an incline, when he was crushed between some props and a set of tubs which had got amain in consequence of the improper removal of the chock at the bank head. [Inspection made & inquest attended]

Clapperton, Thomas Benson, 06 Jun 1913, aged 22, Hewer, deceased lighted a squib by means of "touch" paper to blow down with a charge of gunpowder some coal in a longwall face; he failed to get away in time, being found partly buried under the coal, some 4 feet from the shot-hole

Conway, Patrick Joseph, 09 Aug 1920, aged 17, Landing Boy, run over by carriages

Cooley, Ralph, 03 Jun 1938, aged 63, Filler, killed by a fall of stone

Cooper, John, 09 Nov 1905, aged 52, Shifter [More information ...]

Craig, Norman, 24 Jan 1950, aged 30, Shotfirer, killed by a fall of stone

Davey, Thomas, 29 Dec 1927, (accident: 19 Dec 1927), aged 69, Watchman, caught by carriage

Davidson, Francis, 30 Jan 1930, (accident: 26 Jan 1929), aged 56, Stoneman, killed by a fall of stone

Edgar, John, 09 Sep 1935, (accident: May 1935), aged 47, Hewer, killed by a fall of stone

Farrar, Vivian, 31 Dec 1938, aged 33, Wagonman, caught by waggons

Foreman, John Thomas, 12 Apr 1906, (accident: 06 Jul 1905), aged 29, Blacksmith [More information ...]

Forster, Thomas, 01 Jul 1916, (accident: 28 Apr 1914), aged 27, Hewer, killed by a fall of stone

Franks, Joseph William, 15 Dec 1939, aged 58, Chargeman, killed by a fall of stone

Graham, John, 18 Feb 1904, (accident: 14 Dec 1903), aged 77, Crossing Keeper [More information ...]

Gray, Lewis Spottiswood, 24 Oct 1923, (accident: 27 Sep 1923), aged 20, Putter, crushed by tubs

Gray, Michael, 30 Nov 1911, aged 33, Chargeman, killed by a fall of stone

Hansom, Henry King, 04 Feb 1936, aged 34, Coal Cutter, crushed by cutter

Harris, George Francis, 12 Jan 1954, aged 64, Deputy, gassed

Henderson, Matthew, 03 Jan 1924, 5.15 a.m., 2ndnd hour of shift, aged 17, Endless-rope Lad, It was deceased's duty to detach sets of full tubs from the endless rope as the tubs approached the shaft bottom. A set of seven full tubs was nearing the shaft and deceased had detached the rear end clip. He was walking along the shaft siding by the side of the tubs, preparatory to the detaching of the front clip, when, in some way not ascertainable, he fell between the moving tubs. He was run over and instantly killed

Heron, Alexander, 17 Oct 1918, aged 17, Putter, crushed by tub

Hodgson, Matthew, 18 Jul 1945, aged 62, Deputy, killed by a fall of stone

Howey, John Thomas, 18 Sep 1916, aged 49, Onsetter, fell down shaft, Buried: St. Nicholas Churchyard, Gosforth

Johnson, Amos, 18 Nov 1915, aged 24, Hewer, killed by a fall of stone

Johnson, Thomas, 21 Sep 1899, aged 15, Driver, When driving a pony attached to a set of full tubs, he by some means fell off the limbers, and was found underneath the first tub [Inspection made & inquest attended]

Lamberth, Samuel, 23 Oct 1939, aged 43, Stoneman, killed by a fall of stone

Malloy, Patrick, 19 Dec 1901, (accident: 25 Sep 1901), aged 29, Shifter, Deceased and his marrow were building a pack wall at the longwall face when a fall of roof suddenly occurred. There was a plentiful supply of timber close at hand [Inquest attended]

Maughan, Thomas, 29 Jul 1915, aged 17, Breaking Lad, killed by a fall of stone

McIllmurray, William James, 26 Oct 1925, aged 36, Screen Engineman, crushed by machinery

McPeake, John Robert, 13 Jan 1912, (accident: 09 Jan 1912), aged 35, Stoneman, deceased and another man had fired four shots (about 4 lbs.) of samsonite with fuze in a stone drift rising 1 in 3, 15 yards in advance of the canvas brattice, and going back 25 minutes later to stem another shot, they were both overcome by the fumes from the explosive; death was due to carbon monoxide poisoning

Murray, John, 06 Aug 1940, aged 63, Chargeman, killed by a fall of stone

Murray, John Ward, 12 Jul 1933, aged 31, Hewer, killed by a fall of stone

Nicholson, George William, 21 Dec 1922, aged 14, Driver, crushed by tubs

Nicholson, John, 04 Mar 1944, (accident: 29 Feb 1944), aged 59, Spare Winding Engineman, crushed

Oliver, Septimus, 28 Sep 1895, 5:55 a.m., 6th hour of shift, aged 28, Sinker, this accident was due to a mistake on the part of the engineman, who lowered the kibble onto the deceased, who was at work on the scaffold, fixing it at one side of the pit; the engineman stated that he thought the signal to lower the scaffold had been given, and he lowered accordingly, whereas the chargeman and waiter-on said that no such signal had been given [More information ...]

Porter, James, 23 Jan 1914, aged 22, Putter and Hewer, deceased was fatally crushed by an empty set over-running its journey; it was being lowered by gravity from the drum of a small compressed air hauler, when an empty oil bottle got underneath the brake lever and prevented the driver from applying the brake

Robertson, Joseph, 25 Apr 1932, aged 52, Filler, killed by a fall of stone

Robinson, John William, 28 Jun 1938, (accident: 27 Jun 1938), aged 66, Filler, explosion of shot

Robinson, Robert Ernest, 09 Jun 1896, aged 23, Mining Engineer, [fatality reported during the year but not classified as a reportable accident], Buried: St. Andrew's Churchyard, Bishop Auckland [More information ...]

Ross, John, 17 Aug 1910, aged 15, Endless rope lad, Run over by carriage

Scott, Joseph, 21 Nov 1910, aged 27, Rolleywayman, killed by a fall of stone

Seymour, Thomas, 22 Sep 1902, (accident: 16 May 1901), aged 37, Hewer, died 22nd September, 1902 (more than a year after the accident), fall of coal and stone at face of a longwall place in Low Main seam, no inquest held

Smith, John, 19 Aug 1912, aged 38, Hewer, deceased had returned to the longwall face after the deputy had fired two shots; ten minutes afterwards he was kirving at the gate-end when he was buried by a fall of roof and fatally injured

Smith, Peter, 02 Feb 1904, aged 59, Hewer [More information ...]

Smith, Robert, 21 Feb 1940, aged 41, Filler, killed by a fall of stone, Buried: Dudley Cemetery

Soulsby, George, 03 Dec 1916, aged 20, Apprentice Fitter, electrocuted

Straughan, Edward, 15 Mar 1908, (accident: 20 Jun 1903), aged 43, Stoneman, fall of girder

Tulip, Robert Carr, 11 Jun 1947, aged 42, Conveyor Puller, killed by a fall of stone

Walton, Thomas, 21 Aug 1906, (accident: 17 Aug 1906), aged 58, Deputy, Buried: St. Nicholas Churchyard, Gosforth [More information ...]

Warnock, Hugh Watson, 16 Apr 1909, aged 41, Stoneman, fall of roof on road he was repairing

Westerby, James, 27 Jan 1931, (accident: 27 Jan 1930), aged 32, Hewer, killed by a fall of stone

White, Joshua E., 12 Sep 1944, aged 43, Filler, run over by set

Wilby, John, 22 Oct 1964, aged 62, Miner

Wilson, Robert, 01 Apr 1938, (accident: 29 Mar 1938), aged 41, Stoneman, killed by a fall of stone

Young, Albert, 06 Jul 1918, (accident: 29 Jun 1918), aged 28, Hewer, killed by a fall of stone

Young, Elias, 01 Nov 1918, aged 43, Hewer, killed by a fall of stone

Young, Samuel, 07 Apr 1908, (accident: 14 Oct 1907), aged 66, Stoneman, killed by a fall of stone