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James Cairns
| Age: | 57 |
| Died: | 18th Apr 1882 |
| Accident: | 18th Apr 1882 1:15 AM |
| Year Born: | abt. 1825 |
| Colliery: | Tudhoe |
| Company: | Weardale Iron and Coal Co., Ltd. |
| Occupation: | |
| Notes: | married ; killed in the 1882 explosion (ignition probably caused by naked light) |
| Buried: | [not known] |
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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.
1881 Census
Address: 5 Church Street, Tudhoe, Co. Durham
(Ref: RG11 / 4958 / 50 / 18)
| Name | Age | Rel | Mar | Occupation | Where Born | Born |
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| CAIRNS, James | 56 | Head | Mar | Coal Miner | IRL | 1825 |
| CAIRNS, Hannah | 52 | Wife | Mar | | NBL: Allendale | 1829 |
| CAIRNS, Michael | 25 | Son | Unn | Colliery Engineman Driver | DUR: South Hetton | 1856 |
| CAIRNS, Robert | 20 | Son | Unn | Colliery Engineman Driver | DUR: Shotton | 1861 |
| CAIRNS, Catherine | 17 | Dau | Unn | | DUR: Shotton | 1864 |
| WARREN, Lydia | 4 | Grand Dau | | | DUR: Mount Pleasant | 1877 |
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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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) |
- 1881 Census — taken 3rd April, 1881
- Headstone(s) and Memorial in York Road Cemetery, Spennymoor
- Memorial in York Road Cemetery, Spennymoor
- Memorial photograph (T-00448-01-0002) © Kev Duncan
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