Chester Ward Coroner
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Covering Dates: 1874-1875, 1881
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- Chester Ward Coroner
Catalogue Description
Inquest filesThe following information is given: name, age, place of inquest, cause of death, original file number and date.
Abbreviations: Asy. = asylum; FOS = fall of stone; mansr. = manslaughter;
w = weeks, y = years, m = months, d = days, n/k = not known, a=approximate age
Catalogue Contents
Name Age Place Cause Case no. Date (Ref: COR/C/2/1-478)Ref: COR/C/2/1
Rebecca Blacklock, age 13, Birtley, run over by coal wagon, 41, February 1874
Ref: COR/C/2/2Gavin Miller, age 5 weeks, Gateshead, accidentally smothered, 42, February 1874
Ref: COR/C/2/3John Bartley, age 30, Washington run over by train, 43, February 1874
Ref: COR/C/2/4William Parkinson, age 33, Felling, rupture of blood vessels, 44, February 1874
Ref: COR/C/2/5Rachel Lancaster, age 42, Harton Colliery, found dead in bed, 45, February 1874
Ref: COR/C/2/6John Pool, age 40, Durham, apoplexy, 46, February 1874
Ref: COR/C/2/7Harriet M. T. Faircloth, age 3, Chester Moor, run over by train, 47, February 1874
Ref: COR/C/2/8Thomas Burns, age 34, Hebburn, accidentally burned, 48, February 1874
Ref: COR/C/2/9Joseph Nixon, age 56, South Shields, found dead in bed, 49, February 1874
Ref: COR/C/2/10George Robinson, age 72, Gateshead, erysipelas, 50, February 1874
Ref: COR/C/2/11Mary Gartland, age 7, Monkwearmouth, accidentally burned, 51, February 1874
Ref: COR/C/2/12John Leng, age 35, Jarrow, drowned at work, 52, February 1874
Ref: COR/C/2/13Matthew H. Penman, age 14, Jarrow, crushed at work, 53, February 1874
Ref: COR/C/2/14Martin H. Iredale, age 17, Low Teams, natural causes, 54, February 1874
Ref: COR/C/2/15Isabella Pearson, age 65, North Hylton, natural causes, 55, February 1874
Ref: COR/C/2/16Hannah Jackson, age 53, Blackhill, drowned whilst temporarily insane, 56, February 1874
Ref: COR/C/2/17James McNicholas, age 25, Durham, explosion at work, 57, February 1874
Ref: COR/C/2/18Edward Rollands, age 72, South Shields, fell from window, 58, February 1874
Ref: COR/C/2/19Anna M. Jeffrey, age 15 months, Tyne Dock, accidentally burned, 59, February 1874
Ref: COR/C/2/20Catherine Kelly, age 11 months, Gateshead, accidentally scalded, 60, February 1874
Ref: COR/C/2/21Robert Skelly, age 4, South Shields, accidentally crushed, 61, February 1874
Ref: COR/C/2/22Anthony Arkwright, age 13.5, Washington Colliery, accidental death at Washington F pit, 62, February 1874
Ref: COR/C/2/23Sarah H. Rowe, age 58, Gateshead, run over by cab, 63, February 1874
Ref: COR/C/2/24William Sitterington, age 18, Westoe, fell down ships hold, 64, February 1874
Ref: COR/C/2/25Percival Hall, age 57, West Boldon, found dead, 65, February 1874
Ref: COR/C/2/26William Armour, age 35, Pelton Fell, accidentally burned, 66, February 1874
Ref: COR/C/2/27Henry Stoker, age 13, Framwellgate Moor, crushed by coal wagon, 67, February 1874
Ref: COR/C/2/28Charles Branagan, age 20, Harton, Green Lane, crushed on N.E.R., 68, February 1874
Ref: COR/C/2/29Robert T. Irvine, age 8, South Shields, run over by coal wagon, 69, February 1874
Ref: COR/C/2/30Isaac Little, age 45, Wardley Colliery, fall of stone in Hutton seam, 70, February 1874
Ref: COR/C/2/31Hugh Burns, age 14 days, Gateshead, accidentally overlaid by mother, 72, March 1874
Ref: COR/C/2/32Charles Knight, age 29, South Shields, natural causes, 73, March 1874
Ref: COR/C/2/33John Barrett, age not known, Durham Gaol, pulmonary consumption, 74, March 1874
Ref: COR/C/2/34Margaret Green, age 36, Blackhill, natural causes, 75, March 1874
Ref: COR/C/2/35Ann Pickering, age 53, Windy Nook, hanging whilst temporarily insane, 76, March 1874
Ref: COR/C/2/36Elizabeth A. Turner, age 4 years 3 months, Gateshead, accidentally burned, 77, March 1874
Ref: COR/C/2/37John Stocks, age 40, Chester-le-Street, run over by horse and cart, 47b, April 1874
Ref: COR/C/2/38David McCloud, age 36, Tyne Docks, fall on a ship, 48, April 1874
Ref: COR/C/2/39Jane A. Smeatern, age 4, Gateshead, run over by coal cart, 49, April 1874
Ref: COR/C/2/40James Graham, age 33, Durham Gaol, hanging whilst temporarily insane, 50, May 1874
Ref: COR/C/2/41Thomas Dowell, age 68, South Shields, hanging whilst temporarily insane, 51, May 1874
Ref: COR/C/2/42Sarah Freeman, age 45, Gateshead, fall from a window, 52, May 1874
Ref: COR/C/2/43Patrick McKenna, age 40, Felling Shore, natural causes, 53, May 1874
Ref: COR/C/2/44James Briggs, age 78, Framwellgate Moor, natural causes, 54, May 1874
Ref: COR/C/2/45Edward C. Stanley, age 35, Tyne Dock, killed on N.E.R., 55, May 1874
Ref: COR/C/2/46Ann Cain, age 15, Gateshead, accidentally shot by brother, 56, May 1874
Ref: COR/C/2/47James Reed, age 60, Gateshead, found dead, burned, 57, May 1874
Ref: COR/C/2/48Samuel McCall, age 4, Pelton Fell, fall from ladder, 58, May 1874
Ref: COR/C/2/49George Reed, age 23, Gateshead, accidentally crushed at work, 59, May 1874
Ref: COR/C/2/50James Sivell, age 52, Gateshead, natural causes, 60, May 1874
Ref: COR/C/2/51Robert Ardle, age 58, Mountside, Tanfield, manslaughter, shot by Robert Harrison, 61, May 1874
Ref: COR/C/2/52Mathew Newton, age, 46, Swalwell, head injury from fall, 62, May 1874
Ref: COR/C/2/53Bridget Hughes, age 62, Jarrow, excessive drinking, 63, May 1874
Ref: COR/C/2/54George Bailes, age 3, South Shields, run over by wagon, 64, May 1874
Ref: COR/C/2/55James Hock, age 7, South Shields, run over by coal cart, 65, May 1874
Ref: COR/C/2/56Richard W. Scott, age 3 weeks, Ryton, overlaid & smothered by mother, 66, May 1874
Ref: COR/C/2/57Marion D. Rea, age 9 weeks, Pit Hill, overlaid & smothered by mother, 67, May 1874
Ref: COR/C/2/58John Hawkins, age 25, Low Felling, hit by falling wall at work, 68, May 1874
Ref: COR/C/2/59Owen Shields, age not known, Washington, accidentally poisoned at work, 69, May 1874
Ref: COR/C/2/60Euphemia Boston, age 2.5, Gateshead, accidentally burned, 70, May 1874
Ref: COR/C/2 61James Donley, age 50, Dipton, fall of stone, Busty Seam, South Medomsley, 71, May 1874
Ref: COR/C/2/62John Green, age not known, Durham, fall of clay at work, 72, May 1874
Ref: COR/C/2/63James Athey, age 34, Crawcrook, fall of stone, 5/4 seam, Emma Colliery, 73, May 1874
Ref: COR/C/2/64John R. Greives, age 2, South Shields, natural causes, 74, May 1874
Ref: COR/C/2/65Henry Plumber, age 18, Waldridge, injured on Waldridge Colliery railway, 75, May 1874
Ref: COR/C/2/66William Bellamy, age 32, Durham, run over by wagon at work, 77, May 1874
Ref: COR/C/2/67George Wilkinson, age 57, Pelaw, run over by train, 78, May 1874
Ref: COR/C/2/68Isabella Johnson, age not known, Durham, congestion of lungs/accidental burning, 79, June 1874
Ref: COR/C/2/69Henry Fitzpatrick, age 32, Washington, murder, fractured skull, 80, June 1874
Ref: COR/C/2/70Edward Shea, age 47, Westoe, run over by horse and cart, 81, June 1874
Ref: COR/C/2/71John Stewart, age 58, East Jarrow, accident at work, 82, June 1874
Ref: COR/C/2/72George C. Harrington, age 50, Dunston Lodge Asylum, suicide, hanging, 83, June 1874
Ref: COR/C/2/73Unknown male, age approximately 30, Monkwearmouth, run over by train, 84, June 1874
Ref: COR/C/2/74John Winship, age 60, Gateshead, crushed at work, 85, June 1874
Ref: COR/C/2/75Edward Reay, age 35, Gateshead, fall at work, 86, June 1874
Ref: COR/C/2/76Arthur M. Gordon, age 37, Felling, run over by train, 87, June 1874
Ref: COR/C/2/77Jane Robson, age 50, Blaydon, natural causes, 88, June 1874
Ref: COR/C/2/78unknown male, age approximately 35, Norwood, found dead in disused pit shaft, 89, June 1874
Ref: COR/C/2/79William Henry, age 56, Consett, trampled by horse, 90, June 1874
Ref: COR/C/2/80Thomas Arkless, age 20, Sunniside, run over on wagonway, 91, June 1874
Ref: COR/C/2/81William Bowes, age 42, Old Washington, fall from crane at work, 92, June 1874
Ref: COR/C/2/82Robert Sutherland, age 39, Houghton Colliery, run over by coal tubs, 1D, September 1874
Ref: COR/C/2/83John Rogerson, age 40, Wardley Colliery, natural causes, 2D, September 1874
Ref: COR/C/2/84Thomas Ramsey, age 4, South Shields, run over by coal wagon, 3D, September 1874
Ref: COR/C/2/85James Cowie, age 30, Jarrow, run over by engine, 4D, September 1874
Ref: COR/C/2/86James Carson, age 40, Monkwearmouth, fall from scaffolding, 5, September 1874
Ref: COR/C/2/87Henry Thompson, age 67, South Shields, fall from scaffolding, 6, September 1874
Ref: COR/C/2/88Joseph Pratt, age 5, Jarrow, accidentally drowned in lime pit, 7, September 1874
Ref: COR/C/2/89Elijah Eley, age 18, Blaydon, drowned in River Tyne, 8, September 1874
Ref: COR/C/2/90Thomas Powell, 40, Jarrow, drowned in River Don, 9, September 1874
Ref: COR/C/2/91Catherine Nelson, age 4, Sheriff Hill, burns caused by quick lime, 10, September 1874
Ref: COR/C/2/92Eveline Pinner, age 2 years 5 months, Jarrow, run over by horse and cart, 11, September 1874
Ref: COR/C/2/93John Hall, age 60, Jarrow, dropsy accelerated by excessive drinking, 12, September 1874
Ref: COR/C/2/94David Fahay, age 26, Felling Shore, scalded in tank of alkaline liquor, 13, September 1874
Ref: COR/C/2/95Patrick Hirill, age 52, Gateshead, crushed by machinery at work, 14, September 1874
Ref: COR/C/2/96Jane Moffat, age 58, Gateshead, sudden head disease, apoplexy, 15, September 1874
Ref: COR/C/2/97Arthur Parsons, age 21, Hebburn Quay, killed by heavy piece of timber, 16, October 1874
Ref: COR/C/2/98Eliza Dolan, age 6 months, Sacriston, convulsions induced by teething, 17, October 1874
Ref: COR/C/2/99John Hedley, age 2 months, Gateshead, supposed croup, 18, October 1874
Ref: COR/C/2/100Thomas Dobbie, age 66, Ryton, run over by train, 19, October 1874
Ref: COR/C/2/101Henry Smith, age 25, Jarrow, legs amputated by wagons at work, 20, October 1874
Ref: COR/C/2/102Patrick Mealey, age 35, Durham, drowned in River Wear, 21, October 1874
Ref: COR/C/2/103Dorothy Mitchinson, age 86, Sheriff Hill, accidentally burned, 22, October 1874
Ref: COR/C/2/104William Reay, age 28, Consett Water Works, fell into a cutting whilst drunk, 24D, October 1874
Ref: COR/C/2/105John Casson, age 30, High Felling, scalded by hot soda at work, 23, October 1874
Ref: COR/C/2/106John Nixon, age 71, Jarrow, choked whilst eating pie, 25D, October 1874
Ref: COR/C/2/107William Brown, age 16, Annfield Plain, crushed at South Derwent Colliery, 26, October 1874
Ref: COR/C/2/108Andrew McGee, age 4 months, Birtley, overlaid and suffocated, 27, October 1874
Ref: COR/C/2/108aGeorge Rose, age 23, Chester-le-Street, run over by train at work, 28, October 1874
Ref: COR/C/2/109Terrence Rafferty, age 35, Derwent Cottages, intoxicating liquor & exposure to weather, 29, October 1874
Ref: COR/C/2/110Henry Adamson, age 56, Swalwell, heart disease accelerated by burns, 30, October 1874
Ref: COR/C/2/111James Jameson, age 28, Gateshead, head disease, 31, October 1874
Ref: COR/C/2/112Andrew Spoors, age 66, Tyne Dock, found drowned in Tyne Dock, 32, October 1874
Ref: COR/C/2/113William Henry Thubron, age 14, Iveston, thrown from horse, 33, October 1874
Ref: COR/C/2/114Matthew Gustard, age 34, Framwellgate Moor, fall of stone, Busty Seam, Framwellgate Moor Colliery, 34, October 1874
Ref: COR/C/2/115John Richardson, age 77, Pity Me, natural causes, 35, October 1874
Ref: COR/C/2/116Adam Scott, age 13, Consett, accidentally burned, 36, October 1874
Ref: COR/C/2/117Thomas Curry, age 63, Monkwearmouth, natural causes, 37, October 1874
Ref: COR/C/2/118Mary Ann Stoker, age 26, Gateshead, natural causes, 38D, October 1874
Ref: COR/C/2/119William Johnson, age 49, Greenside, suicide by shooting, 39D, October 1874
Ref: COR/C/2/120Henry Welsh, age 25, Gateshead, crushed by fall of stone at work, 40D, October 1874
Ref: COR/C/2/121Charles Nicholson, age 6 weeks, Monkwearmouth, overdose of Laudanum, 41, November 1874
Ref: COR/C/2/122Unknown male, age approximately 65, Pity Me, sudden death, paralysis of the heart, 42, November 1874
Ref: COR/C/2/123Elizabeth Ann Corbett, age 4 months, Gateshead, accidentally overlaid, 43D, November 1874
Ref: COR/C/2/124Patrick Welsh, age 21, Hebburn, injuries received from accidental fall, 44D, November 1874
Ref: COR/C/2/125Thomas Watson, age 41, Felling, natural causes, 45, November 1874
Ref: COR/C/2/126Philip Bundey, age 40, Hilltop near Dipton, wilful murder by Hugh Bailey, 46, November 1874
Ref: COR/C/2/127Caroline Whitfield, age 8, Barlow, accidentally burnt, 47D, November 1874
Ref: COR/C/2/128George Scott, age 10, Eighton Banks, run over by wagon, 48, November 1874
Ref: COR/C/2/129Charles William, age 38, Pelaw Railway Station, run over by engine, 48, November 1874
Ref: COR/C/2/130Andrew Oliver, age 65, Gateshead, suicide by hanging, 50D, November 1874
Ref: COR/C/2/131Samuel S. Chamberlain, age 17 months, South Shields, scalds and shock, 51D, November 1874
Ref: COR/C/2/132John Monaghan, age 55, Pattinson Town, knocked down by goods train on N.E.R., 52, November 1874
Ref: COR/C/2/133George William Maddison, age 5 months, Gateshead, accidentally overlaid, 53, November 1874
Ref: COR/C/2/134George Hall, age 74, Monkwearmouth, fell between North Dock gates, 54, November 1874
Ref: COR/C/2/135Joseph Rhodes, age 21, Durham County Hospital, crushed and mangled by machinery, 55D, November 1874
Ref: COR/C/2/136John Martin, age 26, New Shildon, crushed on N.E.R., 56D, November 1874
Ref: COR/C/2/137George Telford, age 26, Tyne Dock, crushed between coal wagons, 57D, November 1874
Ref: COR/C/2/138Jane Heppell, age 50, Winlaton, run over by horse and cart, 58, November 1874
Ref: COR/C/2/139Thomas Cooper, age 55, Heworth, natural causes, heart disease, 59D, November 1874
Ref: COR/C/2/140John Thompson, age 50, Sherriff Hill, crushed at work resulting in peritonitis, 60D, November 1874
Ref: COR/C/2/141George Defty, age 16, Monkwearmouth, run over by coal tubs, B Pit, Wearmouth, 61D, November 1874
Ref: COR/C/2/142Thomas Mathew Spark, age 13, Leadgate, crushed at Iveston Colliery, 62D, November 1874
Ref: COR/C/2/143James Robb, age 56, Hebburn Quay, crushed at work, 63D, November 1874
Ref: COR/C/2/144John McCann, age 43, Gateshead, excessive drinking, starvation, 64D, November 1874
Ref: COR/C/2/145Thomas Wood, age 17, Boldon Colliery, injuries from explosion of gunpowder, 65D, November 1874
Ref: COR/C/2/146John Fenwick, age 33, Monkwearmouth, suicide by drowning, 66D, November 1874
Ref: COR/C/2/147John Loyden, age 40, Jarrow, knocked down by locomotive, 67D, November 1874
Ref: COR/C/2/148Unknown male, age not known, South Shields, found drowned in river Tyne, 68D, November 1874
Ref: COR/C/2/149Thomas Larmoth, age 4 years 4 months, Catchgate, burns and shock, 69D, December 1874
Ref: COR/C/2/150Hugh Bell, age 20, West Kyo, fall of stone, Shield Row Seam, Tanfield Colliery, 70D, December 1874
Ref: COR/C/2/151Robert Blake, age 49, Washington, killed by locomotive, Penshaw Station, 71, December 1874
Ref: COR/C/2/152Peter Cavanagh, age 25, High Felling, crushed between coal wagon and wall, 72D, December 1874
Ref: COR/C/2/153William Armitage, age 47, Wreckington, natural causes, gout of the stomach, 73D, December 1874
Ref: COR/C/2/154Annie Todd, age 23, Crook Hill, suicide, arsenic poison, 74D, December 1874
Ref: COR/C/2/155Edward Candler, age 55, Gateshead, drinking and neglect, 75D, December 1874
Ref: COR/C/2/156George Dodd, age 44, Harton, fell down stairs when drunk, 76D, December 1874
Ref: COR/C/2/157David Smith, age 40-45, Gateshead, congestion of lungs caused by exposure, 77D, December 1874
Ref: COR/C/2/158David Nelson, age 46, South Shields, fell down stairs, 78D, December 1874
Ref: COR/C/2/159John Barnfather, age 1 month, Gateshead, convulsive fits, 79D, December 1874
Ref: COR/C/2/160William Dent, age 35, South Shields, struck on head on steamer Stalkshaw, 80D, December 1874
Ref: COR/C/2/161Mary Sewell, age 57, Gateshead, suicide, hanging, 81D, December 1874
Ref: COR/C/2/162John Owens, age 7 months, South Shields, convulsions, 82D, December 1874
Ref: COR/C/2/163William Hope, age 70, Low Fell, exhaustion, exposure to weather, 83D, December 1874
Ref: COR/C/2/164Julia Peters, age 6 weeks, Heworth Lane, suffocation of lungs, 84D, December 1874
Ref: COR/C/2/165Edward Riches, age 43, Westoe, run over by engine, Pontop Wagonway, 85D, December 1874
Ref: COR/C/2/166Unknown male, age approximately 35, South Shields, found drowned on sea shore, 86D, December 1874
Ref: COR/C/2/167John Pearson, age 58, South Moor, fall of coal in Morrison Pit, 87D, December 1874
Ref: COR/C/2/168Unknown male, age approximately 35, South Shields, found drowned on Herd Sands, 88D, December 1874
Ref: COR/C/2/169John Brokensha, age 48, South Shields, drowned, shipwreck of 'Aredia' of Truro, 89D, December 1874
Ref: COR/C/2/170Unknown male, age approximately 29, South Shields, found drowned on sea shore, 90D, December 1874
Ref: COR/C/2/171Mary Burns, age 19 days, Felling Shore, no evidence of cause of death, 91D, December 1874
Ref: COR/C/2/172Jane Mycroft, age 33, Nevilles Cross, exposure to cold in Bessie Wood, 92D, December 1874
Ref: COR/C/2/173John Conway, age 47, Gateshead, injury to head caused by fall, 1E, December 1874
Ref: COR/C/2/174Sarah Jane Carson, age 6 weeks, East Jarrow, fit, 2E, December 1874
Ref: COR/C/2/175Mary Watson, age 3 days, Heworth Lane, accidental suffocation, 3, December 1874
Ref: COR/C/2/176Mary Carrick, age 64, Gateshead, effusion of blood in left side of brain, 4, December 1874
Ref: COR/C/2/177Jane Scott, age 5 years 6 months, Durham, congestion of lungs caused by burns, 5, December 1874
Ref: COR/C/2/178Ann Boyd, age 64, Gateshead, tetanus, 6, December 1874
Ref: COR/C/2/179Unknown male, age not known, Marsden Rock, found drowned, 8E, December 1874
Ref: COR/C/2/180Unknown male, age approximately 27, Marsden Rock, found drowned, 8E, December 1874
Ref: COR/C/2/181John Hall, age 14, Leadgate, run over by coal wagon, 9E, December 1874
Ref: COR/C/2/182Henry Dye, age 30, Jarrow, heart disease, 10E, December 1874
Ref: COR/C/2/183William Smart, age 42, South Shields, found dead on steamer Lightning, n.c., 11E, December 1874
Ref: COR/C/2/184Patrick Cassidy, age 44, Jarrow, natural causes, 12E, December 1874
Ref: COR/C/2/185Mary Robson, age 85, South Shields, burned by clothing catching fire, 13E, December 1874
Ref: COR/C/2/186John Peacock, age 21, Mount Pleasant Colliery, crushed by fall of stone, 14E, December 1874
Ref: COR/C/2/187Bernard Airey, age 13, Gateshead, accidentally drowned, 15E, December 1874
Ref: COR/C/2/188Hugh Daley, age 37, Durham Gaol, hung for murder of Philip Burdey, 16E, December 1874
Ref: COR/C/2/189Peter Askew, age 61, Ingham Infirmary, crushed at High Shields Station, 17E, December 1874
Ref: COR/C/2/190Henry Yapp, age 26, Durham, injured right arm caused by locomotive, 18E, December 1874
Ref: COR/C/2/191John Stoker, age 50, Ushaw Moor, crushed between tubs, Ushaw Moor Colliery, 19E, December 1874
Ref: COR/C/2/192Mary Ellen Laughtan, age 2 months, Gateshead, convulsion caused by aptha (thrush), 20E, January 1875
Ref: COR/C/2/193Mary Falconer, age 56, South Shields, found dead in bed, 21E, January 1875
Ref: COR/C/2/194Cecelia Ann Keys, age 10 weeks, Gateshead, accidentally overlaid and smothered, 22E, January 1875
Ref: COR/C/2/195William Hailes, age 37, South Shields, crushed by machinery on S.S. Abana, 23E, January 1875
Ref: COR/C/2/196John Clay, age 81, Gateshead, accidentally fell, 24, January 1875
Ref: COR/C/2/197Louisa Ann Laws, age 6 months, Gateshead, convulsions, 25E, January 1875
Ref: COR/C/2/198Martha Cuthbertson, age 56, Gateshead, fracture, left leg and pyemia, 26E, January 1875
Ref: COR/C/2/199Robert Gray, age 4 years 6 month, Durham, shock caused by explosion of gas, 27E, January 1875;
Henry Clark Gray, age 2 years 6 months, Durham, shock caused by explosion of gas, 27E, January 1875
Ref: COR/C/2/200James Robinson (McCoy), age 24, Durham Gaol, fever induced by cold, 28E, January 1875
Ref: COR/C/2/201Robert McIvor, age 8, Bill Quay, drowned in quay, 29E, January 1875
Ref: COR/C/2/202John Carrick, age 11 months, Gateshead, insufficient food, 30, January 1875
Ref: COR/C/2/203William Oxley, age 77, Stanley, cold and exposure, 31, January 1875
Ref: COR/C/2/204Patrick McCahey, age 20, High Felling, embolism, 32, January 1875
Ref: COR/C/2/205William Silverton, age 23, Westoe, fell down hatchway, SS Prudhoe Castle, 33E, January 1875
Ref: COR/C/2/206Susannah Bray, age 11 months, Jarrow, convulsions caused by whooping cough, 34E January 1875
Ref: COR/C/2/207Robert Robson, age 36, Craghead, run over by coal wagon, 35E, January 1875
Ref: COR/C/2/208George Moseley, age 28, Framwellgate Moor, explosion of gunpowder, Framwellgate Moor Colliery, 36E, January 1875
Ref: COR/C/2/209Elizabeth Jackson, age 44, Gateshead, general debility / ulcer on leg, 37E, January 1875
Ref: COR/C/2/210George Knott, age 12, Byer Moor, run over by coal tub, 38E, January 1875
Ref: COR/C/2/211George Dixon, age 29, New Washington, crushed by fall of stone, Washington F Pit, 39E, January 1875
Ref: COR/C/2/212Christina Williams, age 61, Durham Gaol, natural decay, 40E, January 1875
Ref: COR/C/2/213Walter Richardson, age 26, Ingham Infirmary, fractured skull / fall from horse, 1F, March 1875
Ref: COR/C/2/214Margaret Donkin, age 56, Durham, burns and shock, 2F, March 1875
Ref: COR/C/2/215Ann Baxter, age 18 months, Gateshead, fit / convulsions, 3F, March 1875
Ref: COR/C/2/216William Radican, age 38, Gateshead, choked eating meat, 4F, March 1875
Ref: COR/C/2/217Francis Hanson Brown, age 11 years, South Shields, crushed on Pontop Wagon Way, 5F, March 1875
Ref: COR/C/2/218Robert Ingles, age 7 weeks, New Hebburn, cold, exposure, neglect, 6, March 1875
Ref: COR/C/2/219Ann Pratt, age 29, Gateshead, disease of the heart, 7, March 1875
Ref: COR/C/2/220Jane Herron, age 33, Oxhill, suicide / poison (oil of vitriol), 8, March 1875
Ref: COR/C/2/221Joseph Davison, age 15, East Stanley, run over by coal tub, East Stanley Pit, 9, March 1875
Ref: COR/C/2/222Jane Mallam, age 73, South Shields, fit of epilepsy, 10, March 1875
Ref: COR/C/2/223Slight Home Moore, age 3, South Shields, scalds and shock, 11, April 1875
Ref: COR/C/2/224Robert Newall, age 16, West Kyo, killed in shaft of South Tanfield Colliery, 12, April 1875
Ref: COR/C/2/225James Hutton, age 80, White le Head, run over by wagon, 13, April 1875
Ref: COR/C/2/226Thomas Lawlor, age 30, Durham Gaol, pulmonary consumption, 14F, April 1875
Ref: COR/C/2/227John Chatt, age 20, W. Muggleswick, fracture of skull caused by kick of horse, 15F, April 1875
Ref: COR/C/2/228Jane Robinson, age 32, Durham Gaol, disease of the heart, 16F, April 1875
Ref: COR/C/2/229George Colling, age 44 Monkwearmouth, faint fit of natural causes, 17F, April 1875
Ref: COR/C/2/230Nancey Stoddart, age 3 months, Sheriff Hill, natural causes, 18F, April 1875
Ref: COR/C/2/231Elizabeth Christian, age 2, South Shields, scalds and shock, 19F, April 1875
Ref: COR/C/2/232James Dunn, age 13, Hebburn Quay, burns and shock, 20F, April 1875
Ref: COR/C/2/233William Austin, age 14, Medomsley, crushed by coal tubs at Derwent Colliery, 21F, April 1875
Ref: COR/C/2/234Robert Bush, age 10, Old Washington, crushed by steam traction engine, 22F, April 1875
Ref: COR/C/2/235Thomas Cockwell, age 2, Felling, suffocated by sand, 23F, April 1875
Ref: COR/C/2/236Thomas Stephenson, age 53, Waldridge Colliery, suffocated, 24F, April 1875
Ref: COR/C/2/237John Turnbull, age 52, Sacriston Colliery, compound fracture, leg, 25F, April 1875
Ref: COR/C/2/238Jane Hall, age 50, South Shields, heart disease, 26F, April 1875
Ref: COR/C/2/239Edwin Whitfield Burnet, age 70, Jarrow, failure of the heart action, 27F, April 1875
Ref: COR/C/2/240Mary Emma Aitken, age 18 months, Cutlers Hall Road, scalded, 28F, April 1875
Ref: COR/C/2/241John Jones, age 39, Durham Gaol, chronic disease of the stomach, 29F, April 1875
Ref: COR/C/2/242Isabella Thomalla, age 35 Jarrow suicide / poison (hartshorn), 30F, April 1875
Ref: COR/C/2/243Henry Peter Normanton, age 2, Southwick, fell with wooden crochet needle in mouth, 31F, April 1875
Ref: COR/C/2/244Catherine Owen, age 26, Jarrow, suicide, hanging, 32, April 1875
Ref: COR/C/2/245Thomas Malone, age 24 Low Moor, fall of clay and sand, Kimblesworth Colliery, 33, April 1875
Ref: COR/C/2/246William Morton Wilson, age 8 months, Jarrow, scalds, convulsions and shock, 34F, April 1875
Ref: COR/C/2/247Mary Anderson, age 2, Felling, coma, contusions to crown of head, 35F, April 1875
Ref: COR/C/2/248Mariah Kennedy, age 93, West Pelton, gastritis, peritonitis, 36F, April 1875
Ref: COR/C/2/249Thomas Fallon, age 32, Durham Infirmary, caught in machinery, Henderson and Co., 37F, April 1875
Ref: COR/C/2/250Joseph Gibson, age 14, Windy Nook, injuries received on Whitehill Wagonway, 38F, April 1875
Ref: COR/C/2/251William Robinson, age 61, Tyne Dock, found drowned in Tyne Dock, 39F, April 1875
Ref: COR/C/2/252Michael Brady, age 93, Birtley, decapitated by buffer of express engine, 40F, April 1875
Ref: COR/C/2/253Mary McShane, age 10 weeks, Friars Goose, overlaid, 41F, May 1875
Ref: COR/C/2/254Susannah Johnston, age 38, Jarrow, excessive drinking, 42F, May 1875
Ref: COR/C/2/255Thomas Atkinson, age 30, Blaydon, suicide, hanging, 43F, May 1875
Ref: COR/C/2/256William John McKenna, age 9 months, Hebburn, convulsive fits, teething, 44F, May 1875
Ref: COR/C/2/257William Johnson, age 21, Monkwearmouth, found drowned, 45F, May 1875
Ref: COR/C/2/258Henry Maidman (London), age 22, Tyne Dock, drowned in Tyne Dock (SS Northumbria), 46F, May 1875
Ref: COR/C/2/259Pietro Sesso, age 17, Jarrow, fall on Italian brig Maresea, 47F, May 1875
Ref: COR/C/2/260William Henderson, age 45, Hebburn Colliery, fall of stone in Hebburn A Pit, 48F, May 1875
Ref: COR/C/2/261Henry Pearson, age 53, Iveston, suicide, drowning, 49F, May 1875
Ref: COR/C/2/262Thomas Scott, age 13, Leadgate, blow to head from merry go round, 50F, May 1875
Ref: COR/C/2/263Patrick Murphy, age 2, Consett, scalded, 51F, May 1875
Ref: COR/C/2/264Elizabeth Davison, age 2, Chester-le-Street, run over by horse drawn cart, 52F, May 1875
Ref: COR/C/2/265Ellen Armstrong, age 3, Gateshead, fit of convulsions, 53F, May 1875
Ref: COR/C/2/266Henrietta Shipley, age 3 years 4 months, South Shields, convulsions, 54F, May 1875
Ref: COR/C/2/267Robert Prudhoe, age 71, Winlaton, found drowned in Hobby Dam, Blaydon, 55F, May 1875
Ref: COR/C/2/268James Smith, age 5, Durham County Hospital, internal injuries, crushed by wagon, 56F, May 1875
Ref: COR/C/2/269Margaret Pearson, age 9, South Shields, run over on St. Hilda's wagonway, 57F, May 1875
Ref: COR/C/2/270Thomas Candlish, age 15, Gateshead, drowned in River Tyne, 58F, May 1875
Ref: COR/C/2/271Thomas Alexander, age 33, South Shields, suicide, hanging, 59F, May 1875
Ref: COR/C/2/272John Greig, age 21, Whitburn, drowned ,capsized boat whilst sailing, 60F, May 1875;
Eleanor Jackson, age 17, Whitburn, drowned ,capsized boat whilst sailing, 60F, May 1875
Ref: COR/C/2/273Frances Edwards, age 38, Jarrow, fell down stairs, 61, May 1875
Ref: COR/C/2/274Isabella Hay, age 19, North Hylton, found drowned, 62F, May 1875
Ref: COR/C/2/275Henry J. Johnson Randall, age 17, Whitburn, found drowned, 63F, May 1875
Ref: COR/C/2/276William Greig, age 18, Whitburn, found drowned, 64F, May 1875
Ref: COR/C/2/277Thomas Wright, age 49, South Shields, accidental fall, 65F, May 1875
Ref: COR/C/2/278John Tate, age 34, Wardley Colliery, disease of the heart, 66F, May 1875
Ref: COR/C/2/279Robert Raine Gladstone, age 2, Felling, fell into tin of boiling toffee, 67F, May 1875
Ref: COR/C/2/280Isabella McColvin, age 6, Gateshead, fell into a pond, 68F, May 1875
Ref: COR/C/2/281James Cleet, age 70, South Shields, found dead onboard barque Savannah, 69F, May 1875
Ref: COR/C/2/282Mary Allendar, age 2 years 6 months, Jarrow, bronchitis, whooping cough and cold, 70F, May 1875
Ref: COR/C/2/283Margaret Kelley, age 20, Dipton, loss of blood and exhaustion (childbirth), 71F, May 1875
Ref: COR/C/2/284George Forsyth, age 44, Westoe, crushed on SS Norma, 72F, May 1875
Ref: COR/C/2/285John Fiddeman, age 60, Jarrow, crushed left foot, 73, May 1875
Ref: COR/C/2/285aHelena Sophia Bates, age 2 months, Gateshead, accidentally overlaid, 74, May 1875
Ref: COR/C/2/286William Foster, age 62, Foxholes, run over, 75F, June 1875
Ref: COR/C/2/287Patrick Brannon, age 24, Durham Gaol, pulmonary consumption, 76F, June 1875
Ref: COR/C/2/288Unknown female, age approximately 33, Monkwearmouth, found in River Wear, 77F, June 1875
Ref: COR/C/2/289Andrea Cazotte, age 30, Tyne Docks, fall (top mast), Italian barque Mariguitte, 78F, June 1875
Ref: COR/C/2/290Lydia Stapleton, age 2, Hebburn Quay, accidentally crushed, 79F, June 1875
Ref: COR/C/2/291John Strutt, age 54, Tyne Dock, disease of the heart, 80F, June 1875
Ref: COR/C/2/292David Service, age 18 months, Jarrow, convulsions, pyemia, taken carbolic acid, 81F, June 1875
Ref: COR/C/2/293Thomas Goundry, age 4, Fatfield, drowned in River Wear, 82F, June 1875
Ref: COR/C/2/294John Convill, age 14, Derwent Haugh, drowned in River Tyne, 83F, June 1875
Ref: COR/C/2/295Priscilla E. Elliott, age 22, Tyne Docks, fell onto upturned feet of a stool, 84F, June 1875
Ref: COR/C/2/296Louisa Fields, age 6 weeks, Gateshead, convulsions, improper food, 85F, June 1875
Ref: COR/C/2/297George Ord, age 17, Broom Park, crushed by cage in shaft, 1G, June 1875
Ref: COR/C/2/298William Richardson, age 40, Durham County Hospital, crushed by coal truck, Bearpark Colliery, 2G, June 1875
Ref: COR/C/2/299James Marsh, age 4, Crossgate Moor, drowned, River Browney, 3G, June 1875
Ref: COR/C/2/300James Shelvin, age 63, Gateshead, fell down stairs, 4G, June 1875
Ref: COR/C/2/301George Sturgeon, age 3 months, South Shields, congestion of lungs caused by a cold, 5G, June 1875
Ref: COR/C/2/302Richard Green, age 17, Jarrow Quay, run over by train, 6G, June 1875
Ref: COR/C/2/303Mary Ann Connolly, age 35-40, South Shields, aneurysm, 7G, June 1875
Ref: COR/C/2/304unknown newborn female, age not known, Gateshead, stillborn, 8G, June 1875
Ref: COR/C/2/305Robert Watson, age 33, Dunston, excessive liquor, want of proper food, 9, June 1875
Ref: COR/C/2/306William Hurst, age 24, Winlaton, fall of stone at Axwell Colliery, 10, June 1875
Ref: COR/C/2/307Sarah Jackman, age 38, Hebburn Quay, lead poisoning, work at white lead works, 11G, June 1875
Ref: COR/C/2/308David Carruthers, age 14, Blaydon, manslaughter: stone thrown by David Timney, 12G, June 1875
Ref: COR/C/2/309Unknown male, age 13, South Shields, drowned in River Tyne, 13G, June 1875
Ref: COR/C/2/310Isabella Clark, age 7 months, South Shields, scalded/shock, 14G, June 1875
Ref: COR/C/2/311Sarah Robson, age 20, High Spen, crushed by threshing machine, 15, June 1875
Ref: COR/C/2/312James Dinning, age 5 days, Gateshead, fit of convulsions, 16, July 1875
Ref: COR/C/2/313Unknown male, age 40, South Shields, apoplexy, 17, July 1875
Ref: COR/C/2/314Henry Logan Hanna, age 2 years 7 months, Hebburn Quay, natural causes, 18, July 1875
Ref: COR/C/2/315William Smith, age 39, Felling, disease of liver & heart, 19G, July 1875
Ref: COR/C/2/316Thomas Hunter, age 30, Chester-le-Street, jumped from moving train, 20G, July 1875
Ref: COR/C/2/317William Pattinson, age 58, Felling, angina pectoris, 21G, July 1875
Ref: COR/C/2/318James Watson, age 23, Tyne Dock, hit by falling derrick on SS Sappho, 22G, July 1875
Ref: COR/C/2/319John Sanderson, age 55, Harton Green Lane, killed by engine crank, Boldon Colliery, 23G, July 1875
Ref: COR/C/2/320Thomas Johnson Logan, age 10, Hebburn Colliery, run over by coal wagon, 24G, July 1875
Ref: COR/C/2/321James Beatham, age 25, East Kyo, blasting coal in South Tanfield Colliery, 25G, July 1875
Ref: COR/C/2/322Robert Cuttler, age 69, East Boldon, run down by locomotive, 26, July 1875
Ref: COR/C/2/322aEmma Thompson, age 6, Gateshead, fall onto concrete, 84H, July 1875
Ref: COR/C/2/323Charles Liscombe, age 14, South Shields, crushed, coal wagons St. Hilda's Pit yard, 28, July 1875
Ref: COR/C/2/324George Cummins, age 47, Wardley Colliery, fell down shaft, 29, July 1875
Ref: COR/C/2/325Isabella Burns, age 6 days, Felling Shore, bronchitis/convulsions, 30, July 1875
Ref: COR/C/2/326George Cummins, age 44, Pelton Fell, run over on Wardley Wagonway, 31G, July 1875
Ref: COR/C/2/327Benjamin W. Armstrong, age 13, Beamish, crushed, Low Main Seam, 2nd Pit, 32, July 1875
Ref: COR/C/2/328William Newbegin, age 35, South Moor, suicide, drowning, 33G, July 1875
Ref: COR/C/2/329Margaret Musgrove, age 3 months, Craghead, natural causes, 34G, July 1875
Ref: COR/C/2/330Joseph Peel, age 16, Sacriston, scalded at Victoria Pit, 35, July 1875
Ref: COR/C/2/331Ralph Deans, age 3 years 3 months, Tyne Dock, found drowned, 36, July 1875
Ref: COR/C/2/332Charles Hocks, age 26, Westoe/South Shields, crushed by wagon, 37G, July 1875
Ref: COR/C/2/333James Hannen, age 47, Westoe, erysipelas of brain, 38G, July 1875
Ref: COR/C/2/334Cuthbert Wilson, age 10, Hebburn Colliery, drowned in Hebburn Colliery engine pond, 39G, July 1875
Ref: COR/C/2/335Ralph Anderson Jobes, age 55, Teams, fell down rope hole in Redheugh Colliery, 40G, July 1875
Ref: COR/C/2/336Barnard Duffy, age 49, High Felling, bronchitis, excessive drinking, 41G, July 1875
Ref: COR/C/2/337Mary Ann Wilson, age 38, Shotley Bridge, accidental overdose of Laudanum, 42G, July 1875
Ref: COR/C/2/338Samuel J. Booth, age 14 weeks, South Shields, constitutional syphilis, 43, July 1875
Ref: COR/C/2/339Thomas Woff, age 17, Blaydon, drowned in River Tyne, 44, July 1875
Ref: COR/C/2/340John Lonsdale (died 7/3/75), age 36, Framwellgate, drowned at Hunwick, body found Durham, 45G, July 1875
Ref: COR/C/2/341Thomas Gibbon, age 26, Cleadon, kicked on head by horse, 46G, July 1875
Ref: COR/C/2/342John Maddison, age 25, Ouston, fall of stone, Hutton Seam, A Pit, Ouston, 47G, July 1875
Ref: COR/C/2/343Charles H. Macdonald, age 9 months, Gateshead, improper food, 48G, July 1875
Ref: COR/C/2/344William H. Robinson, age 17, Gateshead, concussion of the brain, 49, July 1875
Ref: COR/C/2/345John Robinson, age 22, Mounsett, killed by horse & cart, 50G, July 1875
Ref: COR/C/2/346Henry Graham, age 15, Low Felling, drowned in Friars Goose Dene, 51, July 1875
Ref: COR/C/2/347John William Walls, age 5, Low Teams, drowned in Redheugh brickfield pond, 52G, July 1875
Ref: COR/C/2/348Michael Gilligan, age 22, Durham Gaol, hanged for murder of John Kilcran, 55, August 1875
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Ref: COR/C/2/348Elizabeth Pearson, age 28, Durham Gaol, hanged for murder of James Watson, 53, August 1875
Ref: COR/C/2/348William MacHugh, age 36, Durham Gaol, hanged for murder of Thomas Mooney, 54, August 1875
Ref: COR/C/2/349John Edward Davis, age 7, South Shields, run over by wagon, 56G, August 1875
Ref: COR/C/2/350Carl F.H.H. Schomann, age 16, South Shields, fell overboard from Ostee, 57G, August 1875
Ref: COR/C/2/351Andrew Scott, age 16 months, Gateshead, infantile choleraic diarrhoea, 58, August 1875
Ref: COR/C/2/352John Bramner, age 27, Hebburn Quay, drowned/capsized boat, 59, August 1875
Ref: COR/C/2/353James Shaw, age 6 weeks, South Shields, improper food & neglect, 60G, August 1875
Ref: COR/C/2/354George Crispin, age 42, Felling Shore, fell from brig Albert, 61G, August 1875
Ref: COR/C/2/355Frederick W. Ferens, age 11, Southwick, head injury, blasting, Carley Hill Quarry, 62G, August 1875
Ref: COR/C/2/356Edith Elizabeth Cole, age 2 years 9 months, Low Fell, run over by horse & cart, 63, August 1875
Ref: COR/C/2/357Peter Lady, age 30, Plawsworth, rheumatic fever, pericarditis, 64G, August 1875
Ref: COR/C/2/358Isabella Guthrie, age 15, Dunston, drowned in brickfield pond, 65, August 1875
Ref: COR/C/2/359Sarah Alice Johnson, age 1 year 9 months, Monkwearmouth, scalded by coffee, 66G, August 1875
Ref: COR/C/2/360Robert Richardson, age 69, Gateshead, accidentally poisoned, 67G, August 1875
Ref: COR/C/2/361Robert Orick, age 59, South Shields, apoplexy, 68G, August 1875
Ref: COR/C/2/362Richard Thomas Smith, age 7 years 4 months, South Shields, fell through Salmons ballast bridge, 69G, August 1875
Ref: COR/C/2/363George Richardson, age 13, Monkwearmouth, drowned in River Wear, 70G, August 1875
Ref: COR/C/2/364Peter Cavannagh [alias Cavander], age 46, Gateshead, fell down stairs, 71G, August 1875
Ref: COR/C/2/365Hugh McLaney, age 66, Stanley, fell down stairs, 72G, August 1875
Ref: COR/C/2/366Robert Hall, age 51, Gateshead, suicide, hanging, 73G, August 1875
Ref: COR/C/2/367John Nicholson Johnson, age 27, Templetown, fall of stone, Bensham Seam, Harton Colliery, 74G, August 1875
Ref: COR/C/2/368John Dormer, age 40, Gateshead, fall of stone, Bensham Seam, Tyne Main Colliery, 75G, August 1875
Ref: COR/C/2/369John George Gellins, age 14, Monkwearmouth, drowned in colliery pond, 76G, August 1875
Ref: COR/C/2/370Mary Ayre, age 87, South Street, fall on flagged footpath, 77G, August 1875
Ref: COR/C/2/371Patrick Hopkins, age 35, Jarrow, drowned in River Tyne, 78G, September 1875
Ref: COR/C/2/372William Pucell [Crooks], age 21, Westoe, fell from jetty on Cookson Quay, 79G, September 1875
Ref: COR/C/2/373Unknown Male, age 35, South Shields, found drowned near South Pier, 80G, September 1875
Ref: COR/C/2/374John McCabe, age 35, Consett, inflammation of lungs, 81, September 1875
Ref: COR/C/2/375John Forder, age 66, New Gateshead, drowned in River Tyne, 82G, September 1875
Ref: COR/C/2/376Elizabeth McGee, age 22, Dunston, disease of the heart, 83G, September 1875
Ref: COR/C/2/377Rebeca Ledger, age 17, Sacriston, took irritant (rat) poison, 84G, September 1875
Ref: COR/C/2/378Jane Ann Tilly, age 17 days, Quebec, fit of convulsions, 85G, September 1875
Ref: COR/C/2/379William Simpson, age 16, Monkwearmouth, drowned whilst bathing in sea at Roker, 86G, September 1875
Ref: COR/C/2/380Thomas Hansbury, age 46, Jarrow, fell at Palmers Shipyard, 87G, September 1875
Ref: COR/C/2/381William McGrevy, age 50, Low Fell, firing a cannon, burst when discharged, 88G, September 1875
Ref: COR/C/2/382John Dawson, age 41, East Pontop Colliery, fell down airshaft, Lower Pit, East Pontop, 89G, September 1875
Ref: COR/C/2/383Henry H. Martin, age 1 year 10 months, South Shields, trampled by horse, 90, September 1875
Ref: COR/C/2/384John Lockey, age 40, Winlaton, accident in Blaydon Burn Colliery, 91, September 1875
Ref: COR/C/2/385Edward Heastie, age 63, Durham Gaol, disease of the lungs, 92, September 1875
Ref: COR/C/2/386John Welch [Coxhoe], age 40, Durham Union Workhouse, pneumonia, 93, September 1875
Ref: COR/C/2/387Patrick Bannen, age 40, County Hospital, Durham, knocked down by locomotive, 94, September 1875
Ref: COR/C/2/388Owen Jones, age 68, Westwood Colliery, injuries caused by fall, 95, September 1875
Ref: COR/C/2/389Patrick McGarrey, age 11, Gateshead, drowned in Hawks Pond, 96G, September 1875
Ref: COR/C/2/390Mary Kelly, age 50, Gateshead, syncope, 97, September 1875
Ref: COR/C/2/391David Pert, age 57, Tyne Dock, aneurysm, 98G, September 1875
Ref: COR/C/2/392Catherine Cochrane, age 3 days, Gateshead, debility due to premature birth, 99G, September 1875
Ref: COR/C/2/393Matthew Reay, age 20, White le Head, fall of stone, Shield Row Seam, Tanfield Moor Colliery, 100G, September 1875
Ref: COR/C/2/394John Fowler, age 20, Ryton, fall of stone, Five Quarter Seam, Emma Pit, Ryton, 1H, September 1875
Ref: COR/C/2/395George Jones, age 12, Lintz Colliery, kicked by horse, 2H, September 1875
Ref: COR/C/2/396James Lynch, age 42, Teams, damaged spine, 3H, September 1875
Ref: COR/C/2/397Mary Kernan, age 70, Consett, acute bronchitis, 4H, September 1875
Ref: COR/C/2/398James O'Neill, age 24, Durham, crushed, machinery, Sacriston Brick Works, 5H, September 1875
Ref: COR/C/2/399Michael Clark, age 68, Southwick, fell down stairs, 6H, September 1875
Ref: COR/C/2/400John Robert Hume, age 5 months, Whitburn New Colliery, crushed by mother, fell whilst intoxicated, 7H, September 1875
Ref: COR/C/2/401Elizabeth Wilson, age 9, Monkwearmouth, accidentally burned, 8H, September 1875
Ref: COR/C/2/402William John Hope, age 48, Ingham Infirmary, fell down hold of Brig Brotherly Love, 9H, September 1875
Ref: COR/C/2/403William Proud, age 6, Craghead, crushed by coal wagon, 10H, September 1875
Ref: COR/C/2/404Leautina C.M. Chambers, age 33, South Shields, congestion of lungs, excessive drinking, 11H, September 1875
Ref: COR/C/2/405Thomas Harrison, age 15, Gateshead, struck in abdomen by a piece of hot iron, 12H, September 1875
Ref: COR/C/2/406Unknown Male Person, age not known, South Shields, found drowned in River Tyne, 13H, September 1875
Ref: COR/C/2/407Jane Wheatley, age 79, Washington, visitation of God and facial paralysis, 14H, September 1875
Ref: COR/C/2/408Thomas Joyce, age 1 year 6 months, Gateshead, accidentally scalded, 15H, October 1875
Ref: COR/C/2/409Nicholas Leybourne, age 16, Lanchester, fell under train at Lanchester Station, 16H, October 1875
Ref: COR/C/2/410Patrick Laughlan, age 32, Consett, fell from platform of blast furnace, 17H, October 1875
Ref: COR/C/2/411Thomas McMann, age 30, Wardley Colliery, found dead on railway line, 18, October 1875
Ref: COR/C/2/412James Weymss, age 13, West Harton Colliery, crushed, Bensham Seam, Harton Colliery, 19H, October 1875
Ref: COR/C/2/413Robert Garnham, age 65, West Pelton Colliery, crushed, Alma Pit, West Pelton, 20H, October 1875
Ref: COR/C/2/414John Curry, age 64, Eden Hill, mortification caused by cut left thumb, 21H, October 1875
Ref: COR/C/2/415William Yarrow, age 52, South Moor, asphyxia, excessive indulgence of liquor, 22H, October 1875
Ref: COR/C/2/416Robert Gowland, age 40, West Usworth, fall of stone, New Low Seam, Springwell Colliery, 23H, October 1875
Ref: COR/C/2/417Jane Hall [Miller], age 53, Bill Quay, disease of the heart, 24H, October 1875
Ref: COR/C/2/418William Culley, age 60, Gateshead, failure of hearts action, 25H, October 1875
Ref: COR/C/2/419Mary Jane Lough, age 24, Gateshead, exhaustion, neglect, 26H, October 1875
Ref: COR/C/2/420James Fairley, age 36, Gateshead, fell from engine, run over by wagons, 27H, October 1875
Ref: COR/C/2/421Annabella Paxton, age 54, Monkwearmouth, manslaughter by George Paxton (husband), 28H, October 1875
Ref: COR/C/2/422Richard Cruddace, age 3, Low Teams, accidentally scalded, 29H, October 1875
Ref: COR/C/2/423George Gibbons, age 38, Burnhope Colliery, fall of stone, Busty Bank Seam, Burnhope Colliery, 30H, October 1875
Ref: COR/C/2/424Joseph Kirton, age 9, Monkwearmouth, found drowned on Roker beach, 31H, October 1875
Ref: COR/C/2/425Robert Thompson, age 2, Gateshead, fell into River Tyne, drowned, 32H, October 1875
Ref: COR/C/2/426Mary Emma Lorimer, age 33, Gateshead, fit of excitement, ardent spirits, 33H, October 1875
Ref: COR/C/2/427William Davey, age 7, Monkwearmouth, acute inflamation of membranes of brain, 34H, October 1875
Ref: COR/C/2/428John Scorer Hodgson, age 6 months, Monkwearmouth, suffocated, insufficient ventilation, 35H, November 1875
Ref: COR/C/2/429Edward Davison, age 60, Medomsley, fall from horseback, 36H, November 1875
Ref: COR/C/2/430Andrew Tate, age 59, Washington, drowned in Woodhouse Farm pond, 37H, November 1875
Ref: COR/C/2/431Ebeneezer Keel Blakey, age 36, South Shields, exhaustion, excessive drinking, 38H, November 1875
Ref: COR/C/2/432Richard Leonard, age 23, Gateshead ,fell off wagon, 39, November 1875
Ref: COR/C/2/433William Fenwick, age 1, Burnopfield, fit of convulsions, 40, November 1875
Ref: COR/C/2/434Allan Forsyth, age 12, Felling, works pond, drowned in chemical, 41, November 1875
Ref: COR/C/2/435Robert Greenwell, age 24, Pelton Fell, insufficient evidence as to cause of death, 42H, November 1875
Ref: COR/C/2/436Robert Robertson, age 25, Tyne Dock, drowned, 43H, November 1875
Ref: COR/C/2/437Ingram Lynn, age 70, Monkwearmouth, suicide, hanging, 44H, November 1875
Ref: COR/C/2/438Robert Harrison, age 53, Durham Gaol, general debility, natural decay, 45H, November 1875
Ref: COR/C/2/439Ralph Burchell, age 3, Felling, accidentally burnt, 46H, November 1875
Ref: COR/C/2/440John Atkinson, age 68, Birtley, punctured lung, 47H, November 1875
Ref: COR/C/2/441Andrew Elliott, age 19, West Stanley, fall of stone, Low Main Seam, Kettle Drum Pit, 48H, November 1875
Ref: COR/C/2/442Edward Johnston, age 70, Jarrow, drowned, River Tyne, ferry landing, Jarrow, 49H, November 1875
Ref: COR/C/2/443Robert Coupland, age 33, South Shields, struck in stomach at Jarrow Chemical Company, 50H, November 1875
Ref: COR/C/2/444Roger Buddle, age 48, Washington, heart disease, 51H, November 1875
Ref: COR/C/2/445Robert Holmes, age 16, Eighton Banks, drowned in Red Row Quarry, Springwell, 52, November 1875
Ref: COR/C/2/446William James Glassey, age 24, Pelton, fell/drowned in Stanley Burn, 53H, November 1875
Ref: COR/C/2/447Thomas Hall, age 22, Gateshead, injured whilst trying to couple engine, 54H, November 1875
Ref: COR/C/2/448Edward Craig, age 14, Eighton Banks, drowned in River Team, 55H, November 1875
Ref: COR/C/2/449Robert Henry Pygle, age 9, Sacriston, drowned in a pond, 56H, November 1875
Ref: COR/C/2/450Celia Ann Robinson, age 6, Blackhill scalded 57H November 1875
Ref: COR/C/2/451William Murray, age 9 months, Burnhope Colliery, scalded, 58H, November 1875
Ref: COR/C/2/452William Owen, age 29, Tyne Dock, drowned in Tyne Dock, 59H, November 1875
Ref: COR/C/2/453Henry William Stratton, age 11 weeks, Sheriff Hill, suffocated by bed clothes, 60H, November 1875
Ref: COR/C/2/454Elizabeth Brown, age 43, Gateshead, suicide by hanging, 61H, November 1875
Ref: COR/C/2/455Edward Hall, age 29 hours, Jarrow, cyanosis, 62H, November 1875
Ref: COR/C/2/456Margaret Winter, age 42, Bensham, Gateshead, exhaustion, excessive drinking, lack food, 63H, November 1875
Ref: COR/C/2/457Robert Miller, age 14 weeks, Teams, fit, internal convulsions, 64H, November 1875
Ref: COR/C/2/458John Young, age 27, South Shields, fell down stairs, 65H, November 1875
Ref: COR/C/2/459Herbert William Atkinson, age 2 years 6 weeks, Gateshead, scalded, 66, November 1875
Ref: COR/C/2/460Robert C. Brown, age 1 year 10 months, Jarrow, effects of hereditary syphilis, 67, December 1875
Ref: COR/C/2/461John Nevins Stephenson, age 19, South Shields, drowned by upsetting boat, 68H, December 1875
Ref: COR/C/2/462Mary Dufy, age 2 years 10 months, Monkwearmouth, lockjaw caused by burns, 69H, December 1875
Ref: COR/C/2/463Richard Liddle, age 46, Catchgate, dislocation of neck, 70H, December 1875
Ref: COR/C/2/464Unknown male child, age approximately 3 days, Gateshead, wilful murder, 71H, December 1875
Ref: COR/C/2/465Patrick Cassidy, age 47, Gateshead, internal injuries caused by fall, 72H, December 1875
Ref: COR/C/2/466Unknown male [Richard Wake?], age approximately 35, Monkwearmouth Shore, drowned in North Quay, Monkwearmouth, 73H, December 1875
Ref: COR/C/2/467William McIntyre, age 32, Durham Gaol, pulmonary consumption, 74H, December 1875
Ref: COR/C/2/468William Pattison, age 50, Jarrow, heart disease, 75H, December 1875
Ref: COR/C/2/469Matthew Brown, age 43, Boldon Colliery, knocked down by locomotive engine, 76H, December 1875
Ref: COR/C/2/470Joseph Dixon, age 35, Gateshead, blood poisoning, 77H, December 1875
Ref: COR/C/2/471Ann Mary Barnfather, age 1 year 5 months, Tyne Dock, fit of convulsions, 78H, December 1875
Ref: COR/C/2/472Francis Johnston, age 42, Aberdeen, [mate of brig 'Annie Laurie'], heart disease, 79H, December 1875
Ref: COR/C/2/473Edward Turnbull, age 9 Burnopfield Colliery, run over by coal wagon, 80H, December 1875
Ref: COR/C/2/474William Jeffery, age 41, Dipton, fall of stone, Busty Seam, Mary Pit, South Medomsley, 81, December 1875
Ref: COR/C/2/475William Nixon, age 82, White le Head, fall of stone, Shield Row Seam, Tanfield Moor Pit, 82, December 1875
Ref: COR/C/2/476Francis McCabe, age 14, Tanfield Moor Colliery, crushed by coal tub, 83, December 1875
Ref: COR/C/2/477Letter from Thomas Dean, Bishop Auckland, Coroner, to John Graham, concerning revision of coroners salaries and the number of inquests held, 18 March 1881; includes form 'returns for County Durham district or Division of Darlington ward, 1876'
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Ref: COR/C/2/478Correspondence concerning coroner's salary, January - March 1881
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