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John Garside

Age:   51
Died:   6th May 1897
Accident:   6th May 1897 3:30 AM
Year Born:   abt. 1846
Colliery:   East Hetton
Company:   Walter Scott, Ltd.
Occupation:   Stoneman
Notes:  
Inundation of water in Cassop way of Harvey seam, owing to workings holing into old workings from Cassop colliery ; killed in the 1897 disaster (inundation of water from old workings)
Buried:   St. Helen's Parish Church/Cemetery, Kelloe
Category:  

Description

The text of the report from the Mines Inspector into this disaster is available in the Disaster Reports section of this website.


Tombstone

Kelloe — St. Helen's Parish Church/Cemetery

Location: OS Map 93, Grid Ref NZ345365




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Names on this tombstone
NameDiedAgeBorn
Elizabeth GARSIDE       
John GARSIDE  6th May 1897  51  1846 

Related Articles

Pub.
Date
Article (Newspaper)
07 May 1897  Colliery Disaster (The Times)
13 May 1897  The Flooded Colliery (The Times)
15 May 1897  The Flooded Colliery (The Times)
31 May 1930  Echo Of Pit Disaster (The Science and Art of Mining)
12 Nov 1932  Trying Ordeal Recalled (The Science and Art of Mining)

Further Reading

  • Durham Mining Disasters, c.1700 - 1950s by Maureen Anderson, Published by Wharncliffe Books, 2008, ISBN 1-845630-73-4

Mines Inspectors Report Entry


Sources
  • 1897 Mines Inspectors Report (C 8819), Durham District (No. 4) by R. D. Bain, H.M. Inspector of Mines, Page: 42, Accident Number: 202 Where to find this report
  • Church/Cemetery photograph (T-02059-03-0002) © Kev Duncan
  • Headstone(s) and Memorial in St. Helen's Parish Church/Cemetery, Kelloe
  • Tombstone photograph (T-02056-03-0002) © Kev Duncan

Researchers

Email  Researcher  Date  Interest 
Helen Barker   29 Mar 2021 

JOHN GARSIDE WAS MY GREAT GREAT GRANDFATHER.


Paul Garside   26 Apr 2022 

John Garside was my Great Great Grandfather, he was born 3rd Aug 1845, Framwellgate Moor, not 1846


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