I've been trying today to find some info online about Acklington Colliery (Where the heck was it!)
and on the
Durham Mining Museum page I noticed we have two of the miners recorded as killed on that page buried in the East Cemetery:
Christopher Robertson
Copeland:
06 Dec 1899, aged 31, Stone Tipper, Deceased after assisting to plumb the shaft, which was being deepened, was told to take a torch lamp on to the heap, but instead of going up the steps he unaccountably walked straight into the shaft, the fencing of which had not been replaced after they had finished the plumbing. [
headstone]
Daniel
Rutherforth:
07 Jul 1900, aged 68, Horsekeeper, The deceased was descending the shaft when he fell out of the cage. There was no evidence to show how the accident occurred, and it is probable he fainted or had a fit. (age disagrees with the cemetery transcription but the dates agree)
Both horrible deaths falling down the pit shaft. R.I.P.