Thomas Martin
| Age: | 46 |
| Died: | 24th Nov 1834 |
| Accident: | 24th Nov 1834 |
| Year Born: | abt. 1788 |
| Colliery: | Hartley |
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| Occupation: | |
| Notes: | rope broke whilst descending shaft |
| Buried: | St. Albans Churchyard, Earsdon |
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Thomas Martin, William Witty, John Berrick, and a boy named John Howe, were killed at Hartley colliery, by the breaking of the rope in descending the shaft. Verdict — accidental death. Deodand on the rope, 1s. No blame attached to any person connected with the colliery. The unfortunate men were much respected by their employers. They left three widows and ten children to lament their untimely fate.
Earsdon — St. Alban's Churchyard
Location: OS Map 88, Grid Ref NZ321725
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| Names on this tombstone |
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| Name | Died | Age | Born |
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| Jane MARTIN | 27th Jun 1870 | 84 | 1786 |
| Jane MARTIN | 30th May 1901 | 76 | 1825 |
| Richard MARTIN | | | |
| Thomas MARTIN | 13th Mar 1890 | 59 | 1831 |
| Thomas MARTIN | 24th Nov 1834 | 46 | 1788 |
- Church/Cemetery photograph (T-00792-01-0002) © Kev Duncan
- Headstone(s) in St. Alban's Churchyard, Earsdon
- Local Historian's Table Book of Remarkable Occurrences Connected with the Counties of Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, Northumberland and Durham by M.A. Richardson. Published in five volumes in 1844.
- Tombstone photograph (T-06087-09-0002) © Kev Duncan
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