The Overwind - 30th July 1973
In Memory
Copied from Durham Mining Museum. John
Shaft accident, overwind, caused by failure of mechanical break of winding engine.
18 Lives Lost
Birkin, Joseph , aged 60, Face Worker
Briggs, Clarence , aged 52, Deputy
Brocklehurst, Joseph William , aged 58, Deputy
Brooks, Clifford , aged 58, Deputy
Chapman, Henry , aged 48, Deputy
Cooper, Gordon Richard , aged 30, Development Worker
Eyre, George , aged 60, Gearhead Attendant
Kilroy, Michael , aged 53, Development Worker
Kiminsky, Jan , aged 58, Development Worker
Plewinsky, Lucjam , aged 59, General Worker
Reddish, Frederick , aged 53, Development Worker
Rodgers, Wilfred , aged 59, Face Worker
Sissons, Charles Leonard , aged 43, Road Repairer
Stone, Frank , aged 53, Road Repairer
Turner, Charles Richard , aged 60, Deputy
Tyler, Albert , aged 64, Back Repairer
Yates, William , aged 62, Development Worker
Seriously injured
Frank Cowley 43 Development Worker
Malcolm Joseph Cowley 29 Development Worker
James Reddish 25 Development Worker
Graham Richardson 34 Heavy Supplies Worker
George Denis Stone 41 Overman
Harry Taylor 47 Development Worker
Terence Thornley 18 Face Trainee
Terence Graham Vaughan 38 Development Worker
William Henry Watson 47 Face Worker
Richard Wrobels 44 Face Worker
Seriously injured in the rescue operation
John Maxwell 35 Reserve Face Worker More information from Durham Mining Museum