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Robert Harrison

Age:   61
Died:   2nd Mar 1885
Accident:   2nd Mar 1885 8:58 PM
Year Born:   abt. 1824
Colliery:   Usworth
Company:   John Bowes and Partners
Occupation:   Shifter
Notes:  
killed in the 1885 explosion (ignition caused by shot firing)
Buried:   Holy Trinity Churchyard, Donwell (Usworth Parish Church)
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: 25 Square, Usworth, Co. Durham
(Ref: RG11 / 4984 / 117 / 34)

Name Age  Rel  Mar Occupation Where Born Born
HARRISON, Robert 57HeadMarCoal Miner DUR: Tanfield  1824
HARRISON, Margaret 58WifeMar DUR: Washington  1823
HARRISON, Mary Jane 19DauUnn DUR: Tanfield  1862
HARRISON, Robert 17SonCoal Miner DUR: Tanfield  1864
HARRISON, Elizabeth 12DauScholar DUR: Whickham  1869

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: 1885 Usworth Colliery Disaster

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Memorial

Donwell — Holy Trinity Churchyard

Location: OS Map 88, Grid Ref NZ297586




This is a low resolution image for web display, if you would like to have a higher resolution image, then please us quoting reference T-02466-04-0002 and we will make the image available on a temporary page for you to access.
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Names in this memorial picture
NameDiedAgeBorn
John BALL  2nd Mar 1885  68  1817 
Samuel BROWN  2nd Mar 1885  51  1834 
Thomas CRAKE  2nd Mar 1885  66  1819 
Elijah DONNELLY  2nd Mar 1885  44  1841 
Joshua GREENER  2nd Mar 1885  38  1847 
Robert HARRISON  2nd Mar 1885  61  1824 
Robert SYZLAND  2nd Mar 1885  31  1854 
Ridley TAYLOR  2nd Mar 1885  38  1847 
James WALMSLEY  2nd Mar 1885  25  1860 

Related Articles

Pub.
Date		Article (Newspaper)
04 Mar 1885  Terrible Colliery Explosion (The Times)
05 Mar 1885  The Usworth Colliery Explosion (The Times)
06 Mar 1885  The Usworth Colliery Disaster (The Times)
07 Mar 1885  The Usworth Colliery Explosion (The Times)
09 Mar 1885  Usworth Colliery Explosion (The Times)
12 Mar 1885  Usworth Colliery Explosion (Sunderland Daily Echo)
14 Mar 1885  Letters to the Editor, Usworth Colliery Explosion (The Times)
26 Mar 1885  The Usworth Colliery Explosion (The Times)
03 Apr 1885  The Usworth Colliery Explosion (The Times)
10 Jun 1885  The Disaster At Usworth Colliery, Prosecution Of The Owners (Sunderland Daily Echo)

Further Reading


Sources
  • 1881 Census — taken 3rd April, 1881
  • Church/Cemetery photograph (T-01346-01-0002) © Kev Duncan
  • Headstone(s) and Memorial in Our Lady's Catholic Church (R.C.), Washington
  • Memorial in Our Lady's Catholic Church (R.C.), Washington
  • Memorial photograph (T-02466-04-0002) © Kev Duncan

Researchers

Email  Researcher  Date  Interest 
Wayles R. Harrison, III   21 Dec 2010 

The early Virginia (Benjamin) Harrison family and before.

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