Durham Mining Museum - John Allison

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John Allison

Age:	19
Died:	16^th Feb 1882
Accident:	16^th Feb 1882 2:30 PM
Year Born:	abt. 1863
Colliery:	Trimdon Grange
Company:	Walter Scott
Occupation:
Notes:	single man ; killed in the 1882 explosion (ignition probably caused by shot firing)
Buried:	East End Cemetery, Trimdon
Category:


Description

The text of the report from the Mines Inspector into this disaster is available in the Disaster Reports section of this website.


Census Data

1881 Census

Address: 17 Lane Row, Trimdon, Co. Durham
(Ref: RG11 / 4904 / 43 / 28)

Name	Age	Rel	Mar	Occupation	Where Born	Born
ALLISON, George	49	Head	Mar	Gen Lab	DUR: Elwick	1832
ALLISON, Jane	47	Wife	Mar		DUR: Stockton	1834
ALLISON, George	22	Son	Unn	Gen Lab	DUR: Elwick	1859
ALLISON, Thomas	20	Son	Unn		DUR: Elwick	1861
ALLISON, John	18	Son	Unn	Coal Miner	DUR: Elwick	1863
ALLISON, William	14	Son	Unn	Gen Lab	DUR: Trimdon	1867
ALLISON, Mary Jane	10	Dau		Scholar	DUR: Trimdon	1871
ALLISON, Francis Foster	9	Son		Scholar	DUR: Trimdon	1872
ALLISON, Frederick	3	Son			DUR: Trimdon	1878

Please note: the census extracts shown here are our 'best guess match' to the person shown on this page and is not intended to be definitive — only knowledge of the family would allow this.


Memorial: 1882 Trimdon Grange Colliery Disaster


Memorial

Trimdon — East End Cemetery

Location: OS Map 93, Grid Ref NZ375342

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Names in this memorial picture
Name	Died	Age	Born
John ALLISON	16^th Feb 1882	19	1863
George Colling BURNETT	16^th Feb 1882	19	1863
James White BURNETT	16^th Feb 1882	17	1865
Joseph Whitfield BURNETT	16^th Feb 1882	23	1859
Richard DAWE	16^th Feb 1882	20	1862
Michael DOCHERTY	16^th Feb 1882	19	1863
David GRIFFITHS	16^th Feb 1882	19	1863
John MCHALE	16^th Feb 1882	16	1866
Michael MCHALE	16^th Feb 1882	21	1861
Thomas MCHALE	16^th Feb 1882	13	1869
Thomas PEAT	16^th Feb 1882	21	1861
Edward SPENCER	16^th Feb 1882	19	1863


Related Articles

Pub. Date	Article (Newspaper)
17 Feb 1882	Disastrous Colliery Explosion (The Times)
18 Feb 1882	The Trimdon Grange Colliery Explosion (The Times)
20 Feb 1882	The Trimdon Colliery Explosion (The Times)
24 Feb 1882	The Catastrophe at Trimdon, The Whole of the Bodies Recovered (Durham County Advertiser)
05 Apr 1882	Trimdon Grange Colliery Explosion (The Times)
19 Aug 1882	Trimdon Grange Colliery Explosion (The Times)
24 Jan 1931	Trimdon Disaster Recalled (The Science and Art of Mining)


Further Reading

Official Report into the 1882 Trimdon Grange Disaster (C.3319)
Durham Mining Disasters, c.1700 - 1950s by Maureen Anderson, Published by Wharncliffe Books, 2008, ISBN 1-845630-73-4
Explosions in Coal Mines by W. N. & J. B. Atkinson, published in 1886


Sources

1881 Census — taken 3rd April, 1881
Headstone(s) and Memorial in Trimdon Cemetery
Memorial in Trimdon Cemetery


Researchers

Email	Researcher	Date	Interest
	James chaytor	06 Nov 2013	Large Pit Heap in Front Street Trimdon Grange- Any information dates etc when land restoration took place. Contractors name if poss. Thanks.

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