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Daniel Porter

Age:   20
Died:   17th Nov 1893
Accident:   17th Nov 1893 11:30 PM, 5th hour of shift
Year Born:   abt. 1873
Colliery:   Burnopfield
Company:   John Bowes and Partners Ltd.
Occupation:   Hewer
Notes:  
Deceased was engaged taking down top coal when a fall of stone occurred, knocking or canting out some props, and crushing him. The stone had been examined shortly before the accident, and considered safe and properly timbered [Inquest attended]
Buried:   St. James' Churchyard, Burnopfield
Category:  

Census Data

1881 Census

Address: No 97, Tanfield, Co. Durham
(Ref: RG11 / 4942 / 67 / 20)

Name Age  Rel  Mar Occupation Where Born Born
PORTER, John 35HeadMarCoal Miner CUL: Dalston  1846
PORTER, Sarah 35WifeMar CUL: Dalston  1846
PORTER, Elizabeth 11DauUnnScholar CUL: Dalston  1870
PORTER, William 9SonUnnScholar DUR: Tanfield  1872
PORTER, Daniel 7SonScholar DUR: Tanfield  1874
PORTER, Margaret 4DauScholar DUR: Tanfield  1877
PORTER, Sarah 2Dau DUR: Tanfield  1879

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

Burnopfield — St. James Churchyard

Location: OS Map 88, Grid Ref NZ165568




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Names on this tombstone
NameDiedAgeBorn
Daniel PORTER  17th Nov 1893  20  1873 
John PORTER       
Meggie PORTER  1st Jul 1893  17  1876 
Sarah PORTER       

Mines Inspectors Report Entry


Sources
  • 1881 Census — taken 3rd April, 1881
  • 1893 Mines Inspectors Report (C 7339), Newcastle District (No. 3) by J. L. Hedley, H.M. Inspector of Mines, Page: 54, Accident Number: 67 Where to find this report
  • Church/Cemetery photograph (T-03027-06-0064) © Bob Dunn
  • Headstone(s) in St. James Churchyard, Burnopfield
  • Tombstone photograph (T-03022-06-0064) © Bob Dunn

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