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George Bowes
| Age: | 48 |
| Died: | 18th Apr 1882 |
| Accident: | 18th Apr 1882 1:15 AM |
| Year Born: | abt. 1834 |
| Colliery: | Tudhoe |
| Company: | Weardale Iron and Coal Co., Ltd. |
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| Notes: | wife and 2 children ; killed in the 1882 explosion (ignition probably caused by naked light) |
| Buried: | Mount Pleasant, Durham; mentioned on parents stone at St. John's, East Witton, Yorkshire |
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The text of the report from the Mines Inspector into this disaster is available in the Disaster Reports section of this website.
Extracts from the Inquest into this death.
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1881 Census
Address: 106 Front Row, Tudhoe, Co. Durham
(Ref: RG11 / 4958 / 94 / 25)
| Name | Age | Rel | Mar | Occupation | Where Born | Born |
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| BOWES, George | 45 | Head | Mar | Coal Miner | YKS: East Witton | 1836 |
| BOWES, Ann | 51 | Wife | Mar | DUR: Newfield | 1830 | |
| CALVERT, Robert | 31 | Step Son | Unn | Coal Miner | DUR: Bishop Auckland | 1850 |
| CALVERT, John | 22 | Step Son | Unn | Coal Miner | DUR: Bishop Auckland | 1859 |
| BOWES, James | 16 | Son | Unn | Coal Miner | DUR: Bishop Auckland | 1865 |
| BOWES, Mary Alice | 16 | Dau | Unn | Coal Miner | DUR: Bishop Auckland | 1865 |
| BOWES, George | 12 | Son | Unn | Coal Miner (Unemployted) | DUR: Coundon | 1869 |
| BOWES, Thomas | 10 | Son | Unn | Scholar | DUR: Coundon | 1871 |
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.
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| Memorial: 1882 Tudhoe Colliery Disaster | |
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Mount Pleasant, Durham; mentioned on parents stone at St. John's, East Witton, Yorkshire
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| Names on this tombstone | |||
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| Name | Died | Age | Born |
| Alice BOWES | 21st Jul 1877 | 77 | 1800 |
| Alice BOWES | 8th Sep 1917 | 90 | 1827 |
| George BOWES | 18th Apr 1882 | 46 | 1836 |
| James BOWES | 2nd Aug 1917 | 76 | 1841 |
| James BOWES | 23rd Apr 1871 | 70 | 1801 |
| Robinson BOWES | 7th Mar 1889 | 51 | 1838 |
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| Related Articles | |
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| Pub. Date | Article (Newspaper) |
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| 19 Apr 1882 | Fatal Colliery Explosion (The Times) |
| 20 Apr 1882 | The Tudhoe Colliery Explosion (The Times) |
| 21 Apr 1882 | The Colliery Explosions (The Times) |
| 22 Apr 1882 | The Tudhoe Colliery Explosion (The Times) |
| 24 Apr 1882 | The Colliery Explosions (The Times) |
| 25 Apr 1882 | The Tudhoe Colliery Explosion (The Times) |
| 30 Apr 1882 | The Tudhoe Colliery Explosion (The Times) |
| 25 May 1882 | The Tudhoe Colliery Explosion (The Times) |
| 30 Aug 1882 | The Tudhoe Colliery Explosion (The Times) |
| 20 Apr 1891 | The Tudhoe Colliery Disaster Memorial (The Middlesbrough Daily Gazette) |
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| Further Reading | |
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- Official Report into the 1882 Tudhoe Colliery Disaster (C.3327)
- 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
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- 1881 Census — taken 3rd April, 1881
- Headstone(s) and Memorial in York Road Cemetery, Spennymoor
- Tombstone photograph (T-09670-16-0307) © Dorothy Hargreaves
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| Researchers | |
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| Researcher | Date | Interest | |
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| leslie bowes | 12 Sep 2011 |
father george. his father john mother mary hanna bowes/fisher |
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| Leslie Bowes | 15 Sep 2014 |
Relations with information on my fathers side. My dad George , his dad John , his dad George . John married a fisher, George married Taylor , My dad married Blackburn , he lived in Preston Lancashire were I live. |
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| Leslie Bowes | 29 Aug 2016 |
Family members with information of my fathers early years. Thanks |
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| Barbara Larsen | 03 Jan 2019 |
Researching George Bowes for great-great granddaughter Sherilynn Bowes in US. Would like any information regarding this particular Bowes family. |
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