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William Charlton
| Age: | 53 |
| Died: | 16th Feb 1909 |
| Accident: | 16th Feb 1909 3:45 PM |
| Year Born: | abt. 1856 |
| Colliery: | West Stanley |
| Company: | Owners of West Stanley Colliery |
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| Notes: | cause of death/injury: monoxide, burnt (Brockwell Seam), address: 3 Manx Street, Stanley ; killed in the 1909 explosion (cause of ignition uncertain) |
| Buried: | St. Andrew's Churchyard, Stanley |
| Category: | Explosions of Fire-damp or Coal Dust |
The text of the report from the Mines Inspector into this disaster is available in the Disaster Reports section of this website.
1901 Census
Address: 9 Peel Street, Stanley, Co. Durham
(Ref: RG13 / 4665 / 13 / 18)
| Name | Age | Rel | Mar | Occupation | Where Born | Born |
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| CHARLTON, William | 46 | Head | Mar | Coal Miner | NBL: Cramlington | 1855 |
| CHARLTON, Elizabeth | 40 | Wife | Mar | | DUR: Tow Law | 1861 |
| CHARLTON, Nelson | 13 | Son | | Pony Driver | DUR: Stanley | 1888 |
| CHARLTON, James | 7 | Son | | | DUR: Stanley | 1894 |
| CHARLTON, William | 2 | Son | | | DUR: Stanley | 1899 |
| CHARLTON, Annie | 9 | Dau | | | DUR: Stanley | 1892 |
| CHARLTON, Janet | 3 | Dau | | | DUR: Stanley | 1898 |
| CHARLTON, Thomas | 6m | Son | | | DUR: Stanley | |
| CHARLTON, Thomas | 79 | Father | Wid | | DUR: Gateshead | 1822 |
1911 Census
Address: 6 Ernest Terrace, Shield Row, Stanley, Co. Durham
| Name | Age | Rel | Mar | Occupation | Where Born | Born |
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| CHARLTON, Elizabeth Margaret | 50 | Head | Wid | | DUR: Tow Law | 1861 |
| CHARLTON, Anne | 19 | Dau | | Domestic Servant | DUR: Stanley | 1892 |
| CHARLTON, Janet Enid | 13 | Dau | | Scholar | DUR: Stanley | 1898 |
| CHARLTON, William | 12 | Son | | Scholar | DUR: Stanley | 1899 |
| CHARLTON, Elizabeth | 8 | Dau | | Scholar | DUR: Stanley | 1903 |
| CHARLTON, Mary | 6 | Dau | | Scholar | DUR: Stanley | 1905 |
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.
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Memorial: 1909 West Stanley Colliery Disaster
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 Details of Compensation/Arbitration
Pub.
Date | Article (Newspaper) |
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| 17 Feb 1909 | Colliery Disaster In Durham, 140 Miners Entombed (The Times) |
| 18 Feb 1909 | Colliery Disaster, Thirty-Four Rescued (The Times) |
| 19 Feb 1909 | The Colliery Disaster, Messages From The King And Queen (The Times) |
| 20 Feb 1909 | The Colliery Disaster (The Times) |
| 22 Feb 1909 | The Colliery Disaster (The Times) |
| 23 Feb 1909 | The Colliery Disaster (The Times) |
| 27 Feb 1909 | The Durham Colliery Disaster, The Mine Closed (The Times) |
| 30 Mar 1909 | The Durham Colliery Disaster, Inquest (The Times) |
| 31 Mar 1909 | The Durham Colliery Disaster, Inquest (The Times) |
| 01 Apr 1909 | The Durham Colliery Disaster, Inquest (The Times) |
| 01 Apr 1909 | The Durham Colliery Disaster, Inquest and Verdict (The Times) |
| 15 Apr 1933 | After 24 Years (The Science and Art of Mining) |
| 29 Feb 1936 | West Stanley Monument (The Science and Art of Mining) |
- Mines Inspectors Report into the 1909 Explosion (Cd 4788)
- The Death Pit by Eric Forster, The Story of the West Stanley Colliery Explosion 1909, Published by Frank Graham
- Durham Mining Disasters, c.1700 - 1950s by Maureen Anderson, Published by Wharncliffe Books, 2008, ISBN 1-845630-73-4
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