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Thomas Luke

Age:   47
Died:   23rd May 1898
Accident:   23rd May 1898
Year Born:   abt. 1851
Colliery:   East Hetton
Company:   Walter Scott, Ltd.
Occupation:   Deputy
Notes:  
when bringing a pillar back they had got 15 yards of goaf on, and a very large stone fell and canted four rows of props out, and killed these three men instantly
Buried:   Quarrington Churchyard
Category:  

Description

When bringing a pillar back they had got 15 yards of goaf on, and a very large stone fell and canted four rows of props out, and killed these three men instantly


Census Data

1881 Census

Address: 2 Quarry Street, Wingate, Co. Durham
(Ref: RG11 / 4970 / 104 / 1)

Name Age  Rel  Mar Occupation Where Born Born
LUKE, Thomas 28HeadMarCoal Miner DUR: Coxhoe  1853
LUKE, Elizabeth 26WifeMar Rumsey  1855
LUKE, Ellen 8DauScholar DUR: Easington  1873
LUKE, Joseph 6SonScholar DUR: Cassop  1875
LUKE, Edward 5SonScholar DUR: Cassop  1876
LUKE, Alice 3DauScholar DUR: Chilton Colliery  1878
LUKE, Margaret Ann 6wDau DUR: Wingate  

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

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

Location: OS Map 93, Grid Ref NZ334380




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Names on this tombstone
NameDiedAgeBorn
Elizabeth LUKE       
Margaret Ann LUKE  20th Sep 1884  4  1880 
Thomas LUKE  23rd May 1898  47  1851 

Mines Inspectors Report Entry


Sources
  • 1881 Census — taken 3rd April, 1881
  • 1898 Mines Inspectors Report (C 9264), Durham District (No. 4) by R. D. Bain, H.M. Inspector of Mines, Page: 39, Accident Number: 234 Where to find this report
  • 1898 Mines Inspectors Report (C 9264), Page: 39, Accident Number: 234 Where to find this report
  • Church/Cemetery photograph (T-07942-12-0256) © Clive Lawson
  • Headstone(s) in St. Pauls Churchyard/Cemetery (Church demolished), Quarrington Hill
  • Tombstone photograph (T-01921-03-0002) © Kev Duncan

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