Washington Glebe Disaster - 1908

Fatfield Disaster - 1708

Lonnen Pit Disaster - 1736

Springwell Disaster - 1837

Usworth Disaster - 1885

Washington 'F' Pit Fatalities

Usworth Memorial - 1885

Usworth Disaster - Anniversary

Usworth Memorial - 1845 to 1974

Durham Chronicle Reports - 1885

Usworth - The Richardson Family

Usworth Colliery Photo Gallery

1708 - 69 die at Fatfield Colliery  (18 August)
1736 - 72 die at Lonnen Pit, Fatfield
1743 - 80 die at Bensham
1743 - 17 die at North Biddick  (Butney)
1756 - 4 die at Chartershaugh
1763 - 15 die at Fatfield
1767 - 39 die at Fatfield
1773 - 19 die at North Biddick  (Butney)
1773 - 23 die at Chartershaugh
1778 - 24 die at Chartershaugh  (Dolly)
1794 - 30 die at Picktree  (Rickleton)
1794 - 28 die at Harraton
1796 - 6 die at Washington
1798 - 7 die at Washington
1805 - 38 die at Oxclose Colliery, Washington
1805 - 35 die at Hebburn Colliery
1808 - 4 die at Harraton
1812 - 92 die at Felling Pit  (25 May)
1813 - 32 die at Fatfield Hall Pit
1814 - 5 die at Mount Moor  (Near Sheddons Hill)
1815 - 57 die at Newbottle Colliery, Fence Houses
1815 - 38 die at Row Pit Disaster, Harraton, Washington
1815 - 40 men and 30 boys killed - Heaton Colliery flood
1817 - 38 die at Row Pit, Harraton
1817 - 8 die at Harraton  (Nova Scotia)
1817 - 27 die at West Rainton Pit  (December)
1819 - 35 die at Sheriff Hill Pit
1821 - 52 die at Wallsend Colliery
1823 - 59 die at Plain Pit, Rainton  (3 November)
1825 - 11 die at Fatfield  (Judith)
1826 - 34 die at Jarrow Colliery

1828 - 15 die at Washingtom 'I' Pit
1833 - 27 die at Springwell 'B' Pit
1833 - 47 die at Springwell Colliery  (9 May)
1835 - 102 die at Wallsend Pit  (18 June)
1837 - 27 die at Springwell Colliery  (6 December)
1841 - 32 die at Willington
1844 - 95 die at Haswell  (28 September)
1845 - 39 die at Jarrow Colliery
1849 - 31 die at Hebburn Colliery
1850 - 13 die at Wellington  (Usworth)
1851 - 34 die at Washington
1855 - 28 die at Elemore Colliery, nr Hetton  (2 December)
1860 - 76 die at Burradon Disaster
1862 - 204 die at Hartley Colliery, nr Blyth
1866 - 24 die at Pelton Disaster
1867 - 10 die at Washington
1880 - 164 miners and 181 pit ponies die at Seaham  (8 Sept)
1882 - 74 die at Trimdon Grange Disaster  (16 February)
1882 - 35 die at Tudhoe Blast  (18 April)
1885 - 42 die at Usworth Colliery Disaster  (2 March)
1886 - 28 die at Elemore Colliery  (1 December)
1891 - 4 die at Usworth
1896 - 20 die at Brancepeth  (13 April)
1899 - 6 die at Brandon Pit  (15 August)
1906 - 26 die at Wingate  (14 October)
1908 - 14 die at Washington Glebe Disaster  (20 February)
1909 - 168 die at West Stanley  (16 February)
1942 - 13 die at Murton Colliery  (26 June)
1947 - 21 die at Louisa Colliery, nr Stanley  (22 August)
1951 - 81 die at Easington Explosion  (29 May)