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Rennison Carter
| Age: | 35 |
| Died: | 3rd Jun 1885 |
| Accident: | 3rd Jun 1885 |
| Year Born: | abt. 1850 |
| Colliery: | Margaret Pit, Newbottle |
| Company: | Earl of Durham |
| Occupation: | Deputy |
| Notes: | left a wife and 3 children ; killed in the 1885 disaster (inrush of water from old workings) |
| 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.
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1881 Census
Address: 90 Chandler Row, Penshaw, Co. Durham
(Ref: RG11 / 4973 / 148 / 29)
| Name | Age | Rel | Mar | Occupation | Where Born | Born |
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| CARTER, Rennison | 30 | Head | Mar | Coal Miner | DUR: Thornley | 1851 |
| CARTER, Ellen | 29 | Wife | Mar | DUR: Wingate | 1852 | |
| CARTER, Isabella | 8 | Dau | Scholar | DUR: Thornley | 1873 | |
| CARTER, Mary | 3m | Dau | DUR: Thornley |
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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| Related Articles | |
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| Pub. Date | Article (Newspaper) |
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| 04 Jun 1885 | Colliery Accident (The Times) |
| 04 Jun 1885 | Flooding Of A Durham Colliery, Loss Of Fourteen Lives (The Middlesbrough Daily Gazette) |
| 05 Jun 1885 | The Colliery Disaster Near Penshaw, Twelve Men Entombed (Sunderland Daily Echo) |
| 06 Jun 1885 | The Colliery Accident in Durham (The Times) |
| 08 Jun 1885 | The Colliery Disaster In Durham, All The Bodies Recovered (The Middlesbrough Daily Gazette) |
| 08 Jun 1885 | The Colliery Accident At Bunker Hill, All The Bodies Recovered, A Singular Custom. — A Sad Case (Sunderland Daily Echo) |
| 09 Jun 1885 | The Margaret Pit Accident, Coroner's Inquiry (Sunderland Daily Echo) |
| 10 Jun 1885 | The Disaster at Philadelphia, Appeal for Aid (Sunderland Daily Echo) |
| 12 Jun 1885 | The Accident At The Margaret Pit, Official Inspection (Sunderland Daily Echo) |
| 17 Jun 1885 | The Accident At The Margaret Pit (Sunderland Daily Echo) |
| 24 Jun 1885 | The Accident At The Margaret Pit, Inquest This Day (Sunderland Daily Echo) |
| 25 Jun 1885 | The Accident At The Margaret Pit, The Inquest (Sunderland Daily Echo) |
| 04 Aug 1885 | The Disaster At The Margaret Pit, Official Report (Sunderland Daily Echo) |
| 05 Jun 1886 | The Colliery Accident In Durham (The Times) |
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| Further Reading | |
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- Mines Inspectors Report into the 1885 Disaster (C. 4497)
- Durham Mining Disasters, c.1700 - 1950s by Maureen Anderson, Published by Wharncliffe Books, 2008, ISBN 1-845630-73-4
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- 1881 Census — taken 3rd April, 1881
- 1885 Mines Inspectors Report (C 4760) Where to find this report
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| Researchers | |
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| Researcher | Date | Interest | |
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| hastings | 22 Jun 2012 |
family history |
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| Alisdair Gibbs-Barton | 22 Aug 2014 |
I am researching for a friend, who is the descendant of another Rennison Carter , who was the great nephew of this Rennison Carter. ( I think ...) I have details of the family if anyone needs them. |
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| Ann James | 22 Dec 2016 |
My great grandfather was called Rennison Carter and his daughter Rose Ann Carter my grandmother married Thomas Callan. I was told from being a child he died from gas inhaled in a pit disaster. Any other information you can give me would be appreciated. |
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