Durham Mining Museum - William Howarth

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William Howarth

Age:	20
Died:	2^nd Mar 1885
Accident:	2^nd Mar 1885 8:58 PM
Year Born:	abt. 1865
Colliery:	Usworth
Company:	John Bowes and Partners
Occupation:	Boiler Fireman
Notes:	killed in the 1885 explosion (ignition caused by shot firing)
Buried:	Holy Trinity Churchyard, Donwell (Usworth Parish Church)
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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: 13 Railway Terrace, Usworth, Co. Durham
(Ref: RG11 / 4984 / 127 / 53)

Name	Age	Rel	Mar	Occupation	Where Born	Born
HOWARTH, Jonas	46	Head	Mar	Coal Miner	YKS: Bingley	1835
HOWARTH, Jane	47	Wife	Mar		DUR: Washington	1834
HOWARTH, Moses	19	Son	Unn	Coal Miner	DUR: Thornley	1862
HOWARTH, John	17	Son	Unn	Blacksmith	DUR: Thornley	1864
HOWARTH, William	15	Son		Coal Miner	DUR: Thornley	1866
HOWARTH, Jane E.	13	Dau		Scholar	DUR: Washington	1868
HOWARTH, Mary A.	12	Dau		Scholar	DUR: Washington	1869
HOWARTH, Joseph	6	Son		Scholar	DUR: Usworth	1875

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


Memorial

Donwell — Holy Trinity Churchyard

Location: OS Map 88, Grid Ref NZ297586

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Names in this memorial picture
Name	Died	Age	Born
William BROWN	2^nd Mar 1885	23	1862
Thomas DOBSON	2^nd Mar 1885	18	1867
Moses HARLER	2^nd Mar 1885	37	1848
William HOWARTH	2^nd Mar 1885	20	1865
John INGLEBY	2^nd Mar 1885	48	1837
J. W. OUTHWAITE	2^nd Mar 1885	29	1856
Robert RICHARDSON	2^nd Mar 1885	39	1846
William SPARK	2^nd Mar 1885	62	1823
John TAYLOR	2^nd Mar 1885	20	1865
Matthew WINSHIP	2^nd Mar 1885	59	1826


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

Mines Inspectors Report into the 1885 Disaster (C. 4549)
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 Our Lady's Catholic Church (R.C.), Washington
Memorial in Our Lady's Catholic Church (R.C.), Washington


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