Durham Mining Museum - Memorial Roll

Please note: not all of the sufferers listed here are shown in the other tables - the disaster index only shows those accidents where 5 or more lives were lost.

				Name	Age	Date	Colliery	Cnty
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				Ruck, Thomas	21	06 Feb 1890	Llanerch, Pontypool	WLS
				Rudge, George	27	06 Feb 1890	Llanerch, Pontypool	WLS
				Rudge, Grantley	21	08 Oct 1902	Tirpentwys	MON
				Rumley, James	40	24 Feb 1858	Lower Duffryn	GLA
				Runn, Richard	30	02 Jul 1879	Blantyre, No. 1 Pit	LKS
				Rusby, Charles	40	04 Jul 1893	Thornhill, Combs Pit	YKS
				Rusby, Fred	17	04 Jul 1893	Thornhill, Combs Pit	YKS
				Rush, Thomas J.	26	21 Nov 1978	Bentley	YKS
				Rusher, R.		13 Jan 1954	Glyncorrwg	GLA
				Rushforth, William	31	16 Feb 1942	Barnsley Main	YKS
				Rushton, Charles	25	21 Mar 1940	Mossfield	STS
				Rushton, Donald	33	22 Mar 1962	Hapton Valley	LAN
				Rushton, Edmund	43	27 Feb 1861	Linnyshaw	LAN
				Rushton, Edward	36	21 Dec 1910	Hulton Colliery, Pretoria Pit	LAN
				Rushton, G. T.	41	02 Jul 1937	Holditch	STS
				Rushton, George Wilfred		30 Sep 1950	Creswell	DBY
				Rushton, John	37	25 Jan 1879	Fitzwilliam Main	YKS
				Rushton, John	27	07 Nov 1883	Altham, Moorfield Pit	LAN
				Rushton, John	31	21 Dec 1910	Hulton Colliery, Pretoria Pit	LAN
				Rushton, L.		18 Aug 1908	Maypole	LAN
				Rushton, Lawrence	44	07 Nov 1883	Altham, Moorfield Pit	LAN
				Rushton, Levi	20	10 Dec 1866	Bank	LAN
				Rushton, T.		01 Jan 1942	Sneyd	STS
				Rushton, Willam	14	07 Nov 1883	Altham, Moorfield Pit	LAN
				Rushton, William	17	18 Jun 1885	Clifton Hall, Trencherbone Mine	LAN
				Russ, Edwin Vincent	43	06 Apr 1971	Cynheidre-Pentremawr	CMN
				Russell, A.		30 Aug 1930	Auchinraith, Blackband Seam	LKS
				Russell, Archibald Gibb		10 Jan 1947	Burngrange, Nos. 1 And 2 (Oil Shale) Mine	MLN
				Russell, John	27	19 Feb 1857	Lundhill	YKS
				Russell, John	20	22 Oct 1877	Blantyre, No. 2 Pit	LKS
				Russell, John		24 Feb 1930	Wath Main	YKS
				Russell, Joseph		16 Nov 1864	Withymore	STS
				Rutherford, Leslie	25	30 Sep 1950	Creswell	DBY
				Rutter, S.	37	16 Oct 1889	Mossfield	STS
				Rutter, Thomas		21 Dec 1868	Norley	LAN
For those names marked a web page providing more details of the accident is available online. Click on the icon to display the page.
For those names marked the text of the Mines Inspectors report into the incident is available online. Click on the icon to display the report.
Those names marked with , were killed in a disaster for which a memorial has been erected or for which we have images concerning the disaster, alternately their name may be mentioned on a memorial plaque. Click on the symbol next to the name to see the appropriate web page for the memorial.
For those names marked the Mines Inspectors report shows that they were killed in the accident.
For those names marked the Mines Inspectors report into the incident shows that they were injured in the accident.
For those names marked the Mines Inspectors report into the incident shows that they were called as a witness at the inquiry into the accident.

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