Durham Mining Museum - Thomas Jefferson

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Thomas Jefferson

Age:	55
Died:	18^th Apr 1882
Accident:	18^th Apr 1882 1:15 AM
Year Born:	abt. 1827
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]
Category:


Description

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.


Census Data

1881 Census

Address: 103 Church Street, Tudhoe, Co. Durham
(Ref: RG11 / 4958 / 60 / 38)

Name	Age	Rel	Mar	Occupation	Where Born	Born
JEFFERSON, Thomas	53	Head	Mar	Coal Miner	NBL: Cullercoats	1828
JEFFERSON, Ann	53	Wife	Mar		NBL: North Shields	1828
JEFFERSON, Thomas	25	Son	Unn	Coal Miner	NBL: Witler	1856
JEFFERSON, Johnson	23	Son	Unn		NBL: Witler	1858
JEFFERSON, Christopher	18	Son	Unn		NBL: Witler	1863
JEFFERSON, Margaret	15	Dau	Unn		NBL: Backwith	1866
JEFFERSON, Annie	13	Dau		Scholar	DUR: Harten	1868
JEFFERSON, William	10	Son			DUR: Houghton Le Spring	1871
JEFFERSON, Isabella	5	Grand Dau			DUR: Tudhoe	1876

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 Tudhoe Colliery Disaster


Memorial

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Names in this memorial picture
Name	Died	Age	Born
James CAIRNS	18^th Apr 1882	57	1825
Michael CAIRNS	18^th Apr 1882	26	1856
Robert CAIRNS	18^th Apr 1882	21	1861
Joseph FAULKNER	18^th Apr 1882	52	1830
Jonathan GAIR	18^th Apr 1882	57	1825
Thomas JEFFERSON	18^th Apr 1882	55	1827
William PINKNEY	18^th Apr 1882	48	1834
Matthew RUTTER	18^th Apr 1882	56	1826
William WHITE	18^th Apr 1882	56	1826
James WHITTER	18^th Apr 1882	57	1825


Related Articles

Pub. Date	Article (Newspaper)
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)


Further Reading

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


Sources

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


Researchers

Email	Researcher	Date	Interest
	Keith Wilson	24 Dec 2011	Wilsons and Jefferson, Lisles of Cullercoats.

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