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Thomas Quinn

Age:   22
Died:   26th Sep 1876
Accident:   26th Sep 1876
Year Born:   abt. 1854
Colliery:   Wheatley Hill
Company:   Original Hartlepool Collieries Co., Ltd.
Occupation:   Collier
Notes:  
Killed by an explosion of gas ; Killed by an explosion of gas in the barrier way in main coal seam. Quinn holed his bord into an old drift from the Greenhill goaf, which was full of gas, and on the rise side of a 33 feet fault, naked lights being used at the time
Buried:   St. Bartholomew's Churchyard, Thornley
Category:  

Description

The extract from the annual Mines Inspector report concerning this accident is available in the Disaster Reports section of this website.


Memorial: 1876 Wheatley Hill Colliery Disaster

Memorial Image


Memorial

Thornley — St. Bartholomew's Churchyard

Location: OS Map 93, Grid Ref NZ360396




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Names in this memorial picture
NameDiedAgeBorn
William Edward Johns ABRAM  26th Sep 1876  16  1860 
James Kelly AYACK  26th Sep 1876  24  1852 
George Dixon DOBINSON  26th Sep 1876  34  1842 
Thomas QUINN  26th Sep 1876  22  1854 

Related Articles

Pub.
Date		Article (Newspaper)
13 Nov 1876  The Wheatley Hill Colliery Explosion (The Middlesbrough Daily Gazette)

Sources
  • 1876 Mines Inspectors Report (C. 1734), Durham by Thomas Bell, H.M. Inspector of Mines, Page: 274 Where to find this report
  • 1876 Mines Inspectors Report (C. 1734), Durham by Thomas Bell, H.M. Inspector of Mines, Page: 288, Accident Number: 54 Where to find this report
  • Church/Cemetery photograph (T-00020-00-0002) © Kev Duncan
  • Memorial in St. Bartholomew's Churchyard, Thornley
  • Memorial photograph (T-00014-00-0002) © Kev Duncan

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Mark Quinn   30 Nov 2019 

Genealogy. Thomas J. Quinn is my Great, Great Grandfather

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