WALKER. Walker, Durham. 1823.

In evidence to the Committee, George Johnson, a viewer at the Heaton Colliery, remembered that six lives had been lost at Walker when men were cleaning rubbish from the bottom of an old shaft when there was a fall of stones and rubbish and six men were killed.

The local burial registers give the names killed as:

  • William Southran, of Bigges Main, buried 22nd June, aged 28.
  • Forest Mitcheson, of Walker, buried 22 June, aged 35.
  • William Bambridge, of Bigges Main, buried 22 June, aged 31.
  • Thomas Copeland, of Bigges Main, buried 23 June, aged 26.

 

REFERENCES
Report from the Select Committee on Accidents in Mines. 4th September 1835. p.89.

Information supplied by Ian Winstanley and the Coal Mining History Resource Centre.

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