Seaton Delaval Colliery roof fall, 1889

A fall of roof at Seaton Delaval Colliery, Northumberland, killed two stowers, John Lynn and George Perry, on 26 January 1889.

Cause

A fall of roof.

What happened

On Saturday 26 January 1889 a fall of roof at Seaton Delaval Colliery, then worked by A. E. Burdon and Partners, killed two stowers: John Lynn, 53, and George Perry, 63.

Recorded claims

Individual factual claims, each attached to the source(s) that support it below. Where sources disagree, both are kept.

• On 26 January 1889 a fall of roof at Seaton Delaval Colliery killed John Lynn, 53, and George Perry, 63. ^1,2
• Both men were stowers. ^1,2
• The colliery belonged to A. E. Burdon and Partners. ²

Related terminology

Mining terms this disaster is structurally linked to, with the nature of the relationship.

• Colliery (contextual relationship)
  Named twice in this record, first in the summary: “A fall of roof at Seaton Delaval Colliery, Northumberland, killed two stowers, John Lynn and George Perry, on…”
• Roof Fall (contextual relationship)
  Named 3 times in this record, first in the summary: “A fall of roof at Seaton Delaval Colliery, Northumberland, killed two stowers, John…”

Sources

1. (primary) Durham Mining Museum: Seaton Delaval Colliery — Durham Mining Museum
2. (secondary) Mining deaths 1880-1889, surnames P, part 2 (Ian Winstanley) — Healey Hero (Ian Winstanley's mining deaths lists)

Record created: 8 October 2026 · Last researched: 8 October 2026