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George Shipley

Age:   34
Died:   25th Oct 1871
Accident:   25th Oct 1871 11:30 PM
Year Born:   abt. 1837
Colliery:   Seaham, No. 3 Pit
Company:   Earl Vane
Occupation:   Shifter
Notes:  
killed in the 1871 explosion (caused by outburst of gas from roof, probably ignited by naked light)
Buried:   [not known]
Category:  

Memorial: 1871 Seaham Colliery Disaster

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Names in this memorial picture
NameDiedAgeBorn
John RICHARDSON  25th Oct 1871  50  1821 
William ROBINS  25th Oct 1871  28  1843 
George SHIPLEY  25th Oct 1871  34  1837 
Thomas SPENCE  25th Oct 1871  39  1832 
Robert STRAUGHAIR  25th Oct 1871  24  1847 
Thomas TONES  25th Oct 1871  64  1807 
John WEDDLE  25th Oct 1871  52  1819 
William YOUNG  25th Oct 1871  67  1804 

Related Articles

Pub.
Date		Article (Newspaper)
25 Oct 1871  Colliery Explosion At Seaham (Annual Register for 1871)
27 Oct 1871  Fatal Colliery Explosion (The Times)
28 Oct 1871  The Colliery Explosion at Seaham (The Times)
30 Oct 1871  The Colliery Explosion at Seaham (The Times)
04 Nov 1871  Home News (The Graphic)
20 Jan 1872  Recent Colliery Explosions (The Times)

Further Reading

  • Durham Mining Disasters, c.1700 - 1950s by Maureen Anderson, Published by Wharncliffe Books, 2008, ISBN 1-845630-73-4
  • Troubled Seams - the Story of a Pit and its People by John E. McCutcheon, published in 1955 by J. Greenwood and Sons

Sources
  • 1871 Mines Inspectors Report (C. 653), South Durham, Westmoreland, and Cleveland District by James Willis, H.M. Inspector of Mines, Page: 33, Accident Number: 65 Where to find this report
  • Memorial in Christ Church Churchyard, Seaham
  • Memorial photograph (T-00146-00-0002) © Kev Duncan

Researchers

Email  Researcher  Date  Interest 
Stephen Morns   25 Oct 2016 

Family tree. I am (his great grandson) descended from his daughter Isabella's marriage to William Grant. Their son George Grant (aka Morns) is the father of John Morns (my father)

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