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William (Jnr) Crozier
| Age: | 29 |
| Died: | 16th Feb 1909 |
| Accident: | 16th Feb 1909 3:45 PM |
| Year Born: | abt. 1880 |
| Colliery: | West Stanley |
| Company: | Owners of West Stanley Colliery |
| Occupation: | Hewer |
| Notes: | cause of death/injury: dioxide (Towneley Seam), address: 12 John Street, Stanley ; killed in the 1909 explosion (cause of ignition uncertain) |
| Buried: | trench 1 in the mass grave in 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.
1881 Census
Address: 28 Lanton Street, West Herrington, Co. Durham
(Ref: RG11 / 4974 / 54 / 34)
| Name | Age | Rel | Mar | Occupation | Where Born | Born |
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| TURNER, Henry | 53 | Head | Mar | Coalminer | DUR: West Stanley | 1828 |
| TURNER, Thomasina | 45 | Wife | Mar | | NBL | 1836 |
| TURNER, John | 25 | Son | Unn | Coalminer | DUR: South Moor | 1856 |
| TURNER, George | 14 | Son | Unn | Coalminer | DUR: West Stanley | 1867 |
| TURNER, Thomas | 12 | Son | | Scholar | DUR: West Stanley | 1869 |
| TURNER, William | 1 | Son | | | DUR: New Herrington | 1880 |
| TURNER, Alice | 18 | Dau | Unn | | DUR: West Stanley | 1863 |
| TURNER, Sarah | 7 | Dau | | Scholar | DUR: West Stanley | 1874 |
| CROZIER, William | 23 | Lodger | Unn | Coalminer | NBL | 1858 |
1891 Census
Address: 36 High Streetm Tanfield, Stanley
(Ref: RG12 / 4086 / 50 / 29)
| Name | Age | Rel | Mar | Occupation | Where Born | Born |
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| CROZIER, William | 36 | Head | Mar | Coal Miner | NBL: Coxlodge | 1855 |
| CROZIER, Alice | 28 | Wife | Mar | | DUR: Tanfield | 1863 |
| CROZIER, William | 11 | Son | | Scholar | DUR: West Herrington | 1880 |
| CROZIER, Thomasina | 9 | Dau | | Scholar | DUR: Little Burn | 1882 |
| CROZIER, Agnes | 7 | Dau | | Scholar | DUR: Brancepeth | 1884 |
| CROZIER, Henry | 4 | Son | | | DUR: Tanfield | 1887 |
| CROZIER, Elizabeth | 2 | Dau | | | DUR: Tanfield | 1889 |
| CROZIER, Thomas | 7m | Son | | | DUR: Tanfield | |
1901 Census
Address: 12 John Street, Stanley
(Ref: RG13 / 4664 / 73 / 13)
| Name | Age | Rel | Mar | Occupation | Where Born | Born |
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| CROZIER, William | 43 | Head | Mar | Hewer | NBL: Gosforth | 1858 |
| CROZIER, Alice | 39 | Wife | Mar | | DUR: Stanley | 1862 |
| CROZIER, William | 21 | Son | Unn | Hewer | DUR: New Herrington | 1880 |
| CROZIER, Thomasina | 19 | Dau | Unn | | DUR: Boyne | 1882 |
| CROZIER, Agnes | 17 | Dau | Unn | | DUR: Boyne | 1884 |
| CROZIER, Henry | 15 | Son | Unn | Screener | DUR: Stanley | 1886 |
| CROZIER, Elizabeth | 13 | Dau | Unn | | DUR: Stanley | 1888 |
| CROZIER, Thomas | 11 | Son | Unn | | DUR: Stanley | 1890 |
| CROZIER, Alice | 9 | Dau | Unn | | DUR: Stanley | 1892 |
| CROZIER, John | 7 | Son | Unn | | DUR: Stanley | 1894 |
| CROZIER, George | 5 | Son | Unn | | DUR: Stanley | 1896 |
| CROZIER, Margaret A. | 1 | Dau | Unn | | DUR: Stanley | 1900 |
1911 Census
Address: 5 Peel Street, Stanley
(Ref: RG14 / 550 / 1 / 1 / 262)
| Name | Age | Rel | Mar | Occupation | Where Born | Born |
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| CROZIER, Alice | 48 | Head | Wid | | DUR: Parish of Beamish Stanley | 1863 |
| CROZIER, Henry | 24 | Son | Unn | Colliery Labourer | DUR: Parish of Beamish Stanley | 1887 |
| CROZIER, Alice | 18 | Dau | Unn | | DUR: Parish of Beamish Stanley | 1893 |
| CROZIER, John | 17 | Son | Unn | Colliery Labourer | DUR: Parish of Beamish Stanley | 1894 |
| CROZIER, George | 15 | Son | Unn | Screener | DUR: Parish of Beamish Stanley | 1896 |
| CROZIER, Margaret | 12 | Dau | Unn | Scholar | DUR: Parish of Beamish Stanley | 1899 |
| CROZIER, Sarah | 10 | Dau | | Scholar | DUR: Parish of Beamish Stanley | 1901 |
| CROZIER, Hilda | 8 | Dau | | Scholar | DUR: Parish of Beamish Stanley | 1903 |
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.
1909 death in the Registration District of Lanchester, Sub-district of Tanfield, in the County of Durham |
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When and where died |
Name and surname |
Sex |
Age |
Occupation |
Cause of death |
Signature, description and residence of informant |
When registered |
Signature of registrar |
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Sixteenth Feburary 1909 Towneley Seam West Stanley Colliery Stanley UD |
William Crozier |
Male |
29 years |
Coal Hewer of 12 John Street Stanley |
Injuries to head caused by an explosion whilst he was employed within Busty seam West Stanley Colliery |
Certificate received from John Graham Coroner for Chester Ward Inquest held 20th February and 29th March 1909 |
Eleventh April 1909 |
Jonathan Green Registrar |
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Memorial: 1909 West Stanley Colliery Disaster
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Stanley — St. Andrew's Churchyard
Location: OS Map 88, Grid Ref NZ196533
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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
- Mines Inspectors Report into the 1909 Explosion (Cd 4788)
- 1881 Census — taken 3rd April, 1881
- 1891 Census — taken 5th April, 1891
- 1901 Census — taken 31st March, 1901
- 1911 Census — taken 2nd April, 1911
- Copy of Death Certificate kindly provided by Frances Simpson
- Memorial photograph (T-05528-09-0009) © Roy Lambeth
- Picture extracted from the Consett Chronicle Momento of the West Stanley Disaster showing disaster scenes and images of those who were killed
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Kenneth Crozier
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23 Nov 2009 |
My Grandfathers older Brother
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frances simpson
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19 Jan 2016 |
The three Crozier men, William, Thomas and William jr who died in this pit disaster were my Grt Grandfather & two of my grt uncles.
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Debbie Roberts
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16 Feb 2022 |
William Crozier is my GG Grandfather and his two sons my GG Uncles.
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