ON May 29, it is the 60th anniversary of an explosion in Easington Colliery which killed 83 miners. About 2,500 men worked underground at Easington in 1951, and the village's population was about 11,000. These are the names of the victims:
Anson, John, 64, shifter, of 8 Thomas Street, Easington Colliery.
Armstrong, William, 55, datal, of 6 Barwick Street, Easington Colliery.
Bedding, Mark Smart, 38, filler, of 84 Wordsworth Road, Easington Colliery.
Blevins, Matthew, 27, filler, of 28 Inchcape Terrace, Easington Colliery.
Brenkley, George, 20, filler.
Brenkley, Thomas, 32, filler, of 24 Dean Avenue, Easington Colliery.
Brennan, Louis, 49, stoneman, of 3 Cuba Street, Easington Colliery.
Brown, George Miller, 50, datal, of 14 Cook Street, Easington Colliery.
Burdess, Henry, 43, deputy and rescue worker of Willington. Overcome by noxious gas, June 1.
Burn, Bertram, 25, filler, of 12 Thorpe Street, Easington Colliery.
Cain, Emmerson, 63, stoneman, of 22 Ashton Street, Easington Colliery.
Cairns, Frederick, 23, filler, of 72 Station Road, Easington Colliery.
Calvert, George, 50, stoneman, of 5 Clifton Street, Easington Colliery.
Calvin, James, 51, conveyor maintenance, of 1 Laburnum Crescent, Easington Colliery.
Carr, Frederick, 50, electrician, of 5 Leachmere Terrace, Ryhope.
Carr, George William, 45, timber drawer, of 5 Cook Street, Easington Colliery.
Carr, James, 38, timber drawer, of 7 Vincent Street, Easington Colliery.
Challoner, John Edwin (Teddy), 53, deputy, of 10 Boston Street, Easington Colliery.
Champley, Richard, 43, cutter, of 29 Hazel Terrace, Shotton.
Chapman, Albert Kerr, 44, stoneman, of 48 Attlee Crescent, Easington Colliery.
Charlton, Joseph, 42, master shifter, of 15 Baldwin Street, Easington Colliery (brother-in-law of John Lamb).
Clough, John, 57, Shifter, of 2 West Crescent, Easington Colliery.
Dryden, William Arthur, 27, Filler, of 13 Tower Street, Easington Colliery.
Ellison, John, 19, datal, of 2 Wear Terrace, Easington Colliery.
Fishburn, Charles, 54, shifter, of 7 Cardiff Street, Easington Colliery.
Fishburn, Henry, 23, Filler, of 111 Station Road, Easington Colliery.
Garside, Thomas, 20, datal, of 49 Oak Road, Easington Colliery.
Godsman, Joseph, 41, Cutter, of 41 North Road, Wingate.
Goulburn, George, 57, mason's labourer, of 54 Station Road, Easington Colliery.
Gowland, Albert, 51, deputy, of 20 Bradley Street, Easington Colliery.
Goyns, Ernest, 60, stoneman, of 20 Stokoe Crescent, Easington Colliery.
Goyns, Herbert, 56, stoneman, of 1 Fifteenth Street, Wheatley Hill.
Harker, John, 53, shifter, of 30 Glebe Avenue, Easington Colliery.
Henderson, John William, 56, Shifter, of The Cottage, Hawthorne.
Hepple, Thomas, 31, Filler, of 16 Easington Street, Easington Colliery.
Hunt, Daniel, 54, datal, of 8 Castle Street, Easington Colliery.
Hunt, Stephen, 24, Filler, of5 The Crescent, Easington Colliery.
Hunt, William, 43, Datal, of 29 West Crescent, Easington Colliery.
Hutton, Arthur Chambers, 42, filler, of 72 Oak Road, Easington Colliery.
Jepson, Frederick Ernest, 68, shifter, of 11 Abbot Street, Easington Colliery.
Jones, Lawrence, 36, filler, of 1 Attlee Crescent, Easington Colliery.
Jones, Thomas Edward, 35, deputy, of 62 Station Road, Easington Colliery.
Jopling, Herbert Jeffrey, 57, shifter, of 11 Ashton Street, Easington Colliery.
Kelly, John, 57, datal, of 11 Clifton Street, Easington Colliery. Father of William.
Kelly, William (Billy), 28, filler, of 11 Clifton Street, Easington Colliery.
Lamb, John Edward Armstrong, 43, Datal, of 15 Butler Street, Easington Colliery.
Link, Jesse Stephenson, 44, datal, of 6 Anthony Street, Easington Colliery.
Lippeatt, Joseph Fairless, 37, filler, of Oak Road, Easington Colliery.
Lynch, Peter, 20, filler, of 4 Stephenson Square, Easington Colliery.
McRoy, Denis, 23, filler, of 22 Bolam Street, Easington Colliery.
McRoy, William James, 31, filler, of 9 Tower Street, Easington Colliery.
Milburn, Robert William, 26, filler, of 37 George Avenue, Easington Colliery.
Nelson, Harold, 49, stoneman, of 27 Bradley Street, Easington Colliery.
Newcombe, Albert, 67, stoneman, of 13 Beatty Street, Easington Colliery.
Nicholson, Norman, 29, filler, of 51 Oak Road, Easington Colliery.
Noble, Robert, 45, shifter, of 24 Austin Street, Easington Colliery.
Parkin, William, 24, filler, of 31 Thorntree Gill, Peterlee.
Parks, William Edward Forbes, 62, shifter, of 7 Raby Avenue, Easington Colliery.
Pase, Robert, 63, shifter, of 16 The Crescent, Easington Colliery.
Peaceful, Stanley, 37, stoneman, of 6 South Street, Thornley.
Penman, Alexander, 42, cutter, of 71 Oak Road, Easington Colliery.
Porter, James, 32, filler, of 51 George Avenue, Easington Colliery.
Porter, John Thomas, 23, filler, of 3 Alnwick Street, Easington Colliery.
Rice, Thomas Valentine, 53, shifter, of 2 Beaty Street, Easington Colliery.
Robinson, John, 50, stoneman, of 5 Carol Street, Easington Colliery.
Robson, John George, 25, filler, of East View, Easington Colliery.
Scott, George, 53, datal, of 1 Burns Street, Easington Colliery.
Seymour, Albert, 64, datal, of 32 Oak Road, Easington Colliery.
Sillito, Frederick, 52, shifter, of 10 Angus Street, Easington Colliery.
Stubbs, George Henry, 60, shifter, of 21 Alma Street, Easington Colliery.
Surtees, Hugh Bell, 36, datal, of 4 Bevan Crescent, Easington Colliery.
Surtees, Matthew White, 61, shifter, of 22 Alma Street, Easington Colliery.
Thompson, Laurence, 54, datal, of 2 Boyd Street, Easington Colliery.
Thompson, Thomas, 28, underground bricklayer, of 2 Wickham Street, Easington Colliery.
Trisnan, Thomas, 43, stoneman, of 56 Oak Road, Easington Colliery.
Turnbull, Robert, 64, master wasteman, of 29 Ascot Street, Easington Colliery.
Wallace, John (Jack) Young, 26, back overman and rescue worker of Deneside, Seaham. Overcome by noxious gas, May 29.
Wilkie, George, 63, shifter, of 16 Argent Street, Easington Colliery.
Wilkinson, Reginald, 40, stoneman, of 33 Hart Lane, West Hartlepool.
Williams, Matthew, 18, datal, of 6 Ashton Street, Easington Colliery.
Willins, Robert, 45, fore overman, of 11 Byron Street, Easington Colliery.
Wilson, John, 62, hauling engineman, of 23 Baldwin Street, Easington Colliery.
Wilson, Stephen, 60, shifter, of 9 Anthony Street, Easington Colliery.
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