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John Gutteridge
| Age: | 39 |
| Died: | 8th Dec 1891 |
| Accident: | 8th Dec 1891 3:30 PM, 6th hour of shift |
| Year Born: | abt. 1852 |
| Colliery: | Sherburn, Lady Durham Pit |
| Company: | Earl of Durham |
| Occupation: | Hewer |
| Notes: | a very large fall of stone took place without warning while they were finishing a broken lift in a jud or stook |
| Buried: | St. Mary Magdalene, Belmont |
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No. 60 on the list occurred at Lady Durham Colliery, belonging to the Earl of Durham, on the 8th of December, about 3.30 p.m., causing the death of two coal hewers named George Hopper and John Gutteridge.
They were engaged taking the last stook of a pillar out, surrounded on two sides by the goaf. The deputy was close by, waiting until they had finished, when he was going to draw the timber out of the jud. One of the hewers made a remark that the place was very quiet, and the other asked for some props to be taken out, so that he could fill the tub with more ease ; the deputy, however, very properly refused to do so. Soon after this the place fell without the slightest warning ; the deputy has the greatest difficulty in getting clear, as he was knocked down by the fall. The two deceased men never had a chance of escaping, as the roof fell before they could move even a few feet. The roof is a treacherous one, being composed of a bastard post with coal pipes in it. Since this accident, chocks have been used, and I am hopeful that they will prevent a reoccurrence of an accident like this.
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1881 Census
Address: 57 Hartlepool Street, Thornley, Co. Durham
(Ref: RG11 / 4969 / 149 / 77)
| Name | Age | Rel | Mar | Occupation | Where Born | Born |
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| GUTRIDGE, John | 29 | Head | Mar | Coal Miner | HUN | 1852 |
| GUTRIDGE, Jane | 21 | Wife | Mar | NBL: Bebside | 1860 | |
| GUTRIDGE, Jane Ann | 4 | Dau | DUR: Thornley | 1877 | ||
| GUTRIDGE, Eleanor | 2 | Dau | DUR: Thornley | 1879 | ||
| GUTRIDGE, Robert | 6m | Son | 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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Belmont — St. Mary Magdalene Churchyard
Location: OS Map 88, Grid Ref NZ303437
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| Name | Died | Age | Born |
| Eleanor GUTTERIDGE | 8th Oct 1896 | 18 | 1878 |
| Jane GUTTERIDGE | |||
| John GUTTERIDGE | 8th Dec 1891 | 39 | 1852 |
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Columns: 1: No. of Accident ; 2: Date and Hour of the Accident ; 3: Hour of the Person's Shift, i.e. No of Hours he had been at work when the Accident happened to him ; 3: Name of the Mine or Colliery ; 4: Where situate ; 5: Name of the Owner or Company ; 6: Persons killed ; 7: Reputed Age ; 8: Occupation ; 9: Cause of Accident, and Remarks |
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- 1881 Census — taken 3rd April, 1881
- 1891 Mines Inspectors Report (C 6625), Durham District (No. 4) by Thomas Bell, H.M. Inspector of Mines, Page: 12 Where to find this report
- 1891 Mines Inspectors Report (C 6625), Durham District (No. 4) by Thomas Bell, H.M. Inspector of Mines, Page: 33, Accident Number: 60 Where to find this report
- Church/Cemetery photograph (T-03045-06-0002) © Kev Duncan
- Headstone(s) in St. Mary Magdalene Churchyard, Belmont
- Tombstone photograph (T-03049-06-0002) © Kev Duncan
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| Researcher | Date | Interest | |
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| Brian Richardson | 21 Jan 2010 |
Researching family tree on my mothers side. I know that the Gutteridge family moved from Huntingdon in Cambridgeshire. John Gutteridges was born in Huntingdon in 1820. He was then a Church Sexton but moved to Thornley in Co Durham where he became a coal miner. This John Gutteridge I believe was one of his sons. |
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| Ruth Smith | 21 Oct 2011 |
All variant spellings of Gutteridge |
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| Margaret Hedley | 07 Jul 2012 |
Working on behalf of a client researching Gutteridge family |
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