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Thomas Hutchinson

Age:   49
Died:   6th May 1897
Accident:   6th May 1897 3:30 AM
Year Born:   abt. 1848
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:   Quarrington Churchyard
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

Quarrington Hill — St. Pauls Churchyard/Cemetery (Church demolished)

Location: OS Map 93, Grid Ref NZ334380




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Names on this tombstone
NameDiedAgeBorn
Dorothy HUTCHINSON  20th May 1907  64  1843 
Thomas HUTCHINSON  6th May 1897  49  1848 

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-07942-12-0256) © Clive Lawson

Researchers

Email  Researcher  Date  Interest 
shirley hutchinson walsh   04 Jul 2009 

Looking for grandad joseph norman. Married to sarah alice worked at easington pit in 1923.


Eileen Howells nee Kirton   01 Feb 2009 

My great grandfather. I would like to hear from others researching Hutchinsons originating from Marmaduke of Crossgate, Durham City.


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