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Thomas Wall

Age:   45
Died:   16th Apr 1895
Accident:   16th Apr 1895 8:30 PM, 4th hour of shift
Year Born:   abt. 1850
Colliery:   Felling
Company:   John Bowes and Partners Ltd.
Occupation:   Shot Firer
Notes:  
deceased may either have been lighting up a shot when the charge exploded, or he may have lit up, and thinking there was a misfire, returned to the place too soon
Buried:   St. Mary's Churchyard/Cemetery, Heworth
Category:  

Census Data

1881 Census

Address: 45 George Street East, West Herrington, Co. Durham
(Ref: RG11 / 4974 / 87 / 25)

Name Age  Rel  Mar Occupation Where Born Born
WALL, Thomas 31HeadMarCoalminer DUR: Monkwearmouth  1850
WALL, Dorothy 24WifeMar DUR: Hartlepool  1857
WALL, Harriet Alice 6DauScholar DUR: Philadelphia  1875
WALL, Ellen Horn 4DauScholar DUR: Philadelphia  1877

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

Heworth — St. Mary's Churchyard

Location: OS Map 88, Grid Ref NZ286619



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Names on this tombstone
NameDiedAgeBorn
Thomas WALL  16th Apr 1895  45  1850 

Sources
  • 1881 Census — taken 3rd April, 1881
  • 1895 Mines Inspectors Report (C 8074), Newcastle District (No. 3) by J. L. Hedley, H.M. Inspector of Mines, Page: 29, Accident Number: 90 Where to find this report
  • Headstone(s) and Memorial in St. Mary's Churchyard, Heworth
  • Tombstone photograph (T-03783-08-0064) © Bob Dunn

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