NEW HARTLEY
Hartley, Durham. 16th January, 1862.

Those Who Died

There were two hundred and four victims of the disaster. The male population of three hamlets has been swept away. All underground were dead and of those who worked at the pit, only twenty five of the surface men remain alive.
A wife of one of the lost men was very ill with consumption. When he did not come home from work, she got worried but it was only after a day or two that she was told the news and this was her deathblow. She died on the Sunday and her remains were interred besides those of her husband.

John Ainsley, aged 19 years. His parents John and Elizabeth lived in Morpeth and were both blind.
William Alderton, aged 31 years who left a wife and two children.
William Allan, aged 36 years who left a wife and five children.
James Armour, aged 43 years. He was a back-overman. He left a wife and five children.
William Anderson, aged 27 years who left a wife and four children.
John Armstrong, aged 36 years. He left a wife and two children.
Edward Armstrong, aged 12 years. John was his father and John aged 10 his brother.
John Armstrong, aged 10 years. His brother and father were lost.
Abraham Atchinson, aged 20 years who left a wife and four children the youngest was four months old.
William Bannan. His name could have been Bann or Barron aged 24 years.
Mark Bell, aged 23 years.
Thomas Bell, aged 23 years.
Thomas Bell, aged 13 years and was a cousin of the above Thomas. His mother was widowed and he had four brothers and one sister.
John Bennett, aged 25 years. Two of the victims, John Coil and Patrick Sherlock lodged with him.
James Berwick, aged 34 years left a pregnant wife and two daughters.
John Berwick, aged 32 years and was brother to James. He left a wife who died of consumption in March 1862 and five children.
Robert Berwick, aged 30 years left a wife and three children.
Samuel Birtley, aged 24 years left a wife and two children the youngest was born 21st January 1862.
Samuel Blackburn, aged 26 years who left a wife and one child.
John Broadfoot, aged 19 years.
Thomas Brown, aged 25 years who left a wife and a son.
Ralph Brown, aged 15 years and was Thomas’ brother. He was an orphan and had a brother. They lived with their sister-in-law who was married to Thomas.
George Brown, aged 31 years who worked as a brakeman on the inclined plane. He left a wife who was pregnant and two young children.
William Brown, aged 25 years left a wife and two children.
John Burn, aged 49 years let a wife and three children.
Thomas Burn, aged 14 years and was John’s son.
James Campbell, aged 18 years who left a wife and three children.
George Carling, aged 27 years who left a wife and four children.
Thomas Chambers, aged 55 years who left a wife and a daughter who was not in good health.
Clark Chambers, aged 19 years who was Thomas’ son.
Alfred Cheetham, aged 33 years who left a wife and two children.
Oswald Cleghorn, aged 24 years left a wife and three children.
Henry Clough or Cleugh, aged 47 years. He worked as a rolleyway man and this was his first day at work. He left a wife and three children.
John Coil, aged 28 years. He was an Irishman who lodged with the Bennetts.
Thomas Coil, aged 37 years. He was a deputy overman and left a wife and five children.
John Coulson, aged 33 years who left a wife and four children.
Robert Coulson, aged 26 years left a wife three children.
John Cousins, aged 18 years.
Robert Cousins, aged 10 years and was John’s brother.
Philip Cross, aged 59 years. He left a wife and two children and his widowed daughter, who had two children lived with them.
Philip Cross, aged 20 years who was Philip’s son.
John Davidson, aged 38 years. He worked as a rolleyway man who left a wife and three children.
William George Davidson, aged 11 years. Son of John.
Thomas Dawson, aged 49 years who left a wife, three daughters and one son.
John Dawson, aged 12 years who was Thomas’s son.
Robert Dixon, aged 12 years. His mother had two other children and his father was in a lunatic asylum.
William Dixon, aged 27 years who left a wife and two children.
William Dixon, aged 34 years. He was a single man but he had a son who lived in Corbridge.
John Douglas, aged 25 years left a wife and an adopted child.
Patrick Duffy, aged 34 years who was an Irishman and left a wife and three children.
James Duffy, aged 10 years.
Allison Elliott, aged 29 years who worked as a stoneman. He left a widow and three children.
Edward Elliott, aged 19 years. His parents kept a public house in Choppington.
George Fairbairn, aged 33 years son of William.
William Fairbairn, aged 70 years, He left a widow, Margaret who was described as a ‘poor weak woman’ who was left to live with her son Robert at Cowpen.
Henry Ford, aged 32 years who left a pregnant wife.
John Ford, aged 27 years who left a pregnant wife and a child.
Peter Ford, aged 12 years. He was the nephew of another victim, William Oliver. His 50 year old father was described as ‘an ailing man’ and he had a brother and a sister.