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John George House

Age:   46
Died:   3rd Jun 1885
Accident:   3rd Jun 1885
Year Born:   abt. 1839
Colliery:   Margaret Pit, Newbottle
Company:   Earl of Durham
Occupation:   Back Overman
Notes:  
left a wife ; killed in the 1885 disaster (inrush of water from old workings)
Buried:   St. Matthew's Churchyard, Newbottle
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: 9 Success Row, Newbottle, Co. Durham
(Ref: RG11 / 4973 / 78 / 35)

Name Age  Rel  Mar Occupation Where Born Born
HOUSE, John 43HeadMarCoal Miner DUR: Washington  1838
HOUSE, Margaret 42WifeMar CUL: Nelson Hill  1839
HOUSE, Thomas 18SonUnnCoal Miner DUR: Easington  1863
ELLESON, Dorothy 15ServantUnnGeneral Servant DUR: Lambton  1866

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.


Tombstone

Newbottle — St. Matthew's Churchyard

Location: OS Map 88, Grid Ref NZ340516




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-00722-01-0002 and we will make the image available on a temporary page for you to access.

Names on this tombstone
NameDiedAgeBorn
John George HOUSE  3rd Jun 1885  46  1839 
Margaret HOUSE  21st Feb 1913  73  1840 

Related Articles

Pub.
Date
Article (Newspaper)
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)

Further Reading


Sources
  • 1881 Census — taken 3rd April, 1881
  • Church/Cemetery photograph (T-00721-01-0002) © Kev Duncan
  • Headstone(s) in St. Matthew's Churchyard, Newbottle
  • Tombstone photograph (T-00722-01-0002) © Kev Duncan

Researchers

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Graeme Robson   01 Mar 2021 

john George House was my GG Grandmothers brother Hannah House...any info about would be appreciated....thanks.


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