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William Kerry
| Age: | 63 |
| Died: | 18th Apr 1882 |
| Accident: | 18th Apr 1882 1:15 AM |
| Year Born: | abt. 1819 |
| 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: | [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.
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1881 Census
Address: 91 Front Row, Tudhoe, Co. Durham
(Ref: RG11 / 4958 / 92 / 22)
| Name | Age | Rel | Mar | Occupation | Where Born | Born |
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| KERRY, William | 61 | Head | Mar | C Miner | DBY: Horsley | 1820 |
| KERRY, Alice | 51 | Wife | Mar | Moray, Ross and Cromarty, Scotland | 1830 | |
| KERRY, Margaret | 19 | Dau | Unn | Dressmaker | DUR: Castle Eden | 1862 |
| KERRY, William | 17 | Son | Unn | C Miner | DUR: Castle Eden | 1864 |
| KERRY, Mary | 14 | Dau | Unn | DUR: Oakenshaw | 1867 | |
| KERRY, George | 12 | Son | Unn | Coal Miner | DUR: Shotton | 1869 |
| KERRY, Catherine W. | 9 | Dau | Unn | Scholar | DUR: Hetton | 1872 |
| KERRY, John | 7 | Son | Unn | Scholar | DUR: Tudhoe | 1874 |
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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| Names in this memorial picture | |||
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| Name | Died | Age | Born |
| Thomas COOK | 18th Apr 1882 | 61 | 1821 |
| William KERRY | 18th Apr 1882 | 63 | 1819 |
| John MARSH | 18th Apr 1882 | 61 | 1821 |
| Joseph MIDGLEY | 18th Apr 1882 | 62 | 1820 |
| Thomas SNOWDON | 18th Apr 1882 | 61 | 1821 |
| Peter STRONG | 18th Apr 1882 | 66 | 1816 |
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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
- Memorial in York Road Cemetery, Spennymoor
- Memorial photograph (T-00447-01-0002) © Kev Duncan
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| Researchers | |
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| Researcher | Date | Interest | |
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| Peter Kerry | 05 May 2009 |
Family tree purposes. |
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| Anita Shelton | 16 Jan 2011 |
William Kerry was my maternal great great grandfather. |
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| Paula Robson | 27 Oct 2012 |
i am researching this family for a friend of mine who grandmother was Catherine Winewood Kerry. She is interested in finding more about the family especially Catherines mother Alice Mcrea who came from Ross and Cromarty - who was she previously married to and what happened to her husband did he also die in a mining accident - any information received would be appreciated, regards Paula |
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| Ann Brown ( nee Lowrie ) | 29 Oct 2012 |
William Kerry was my great grandfather |
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