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Henry Gill

Age:   13
Died:   16th Feb 1909
Accident:   16th Feb 1909 3:45 PM
Year Born:   abt. 1896
Colliery:   West Stanley
Company:   Owners of West Stanley Colliery
Occupation:  
Notes:  
cause of death/injury: monoxide (Tilley Seam), brother of George, address: 2 Henry 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

Description

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


Census Data

1901 Census

Address: Stanley, Co. Durham

Name Age  Rel  Mar Occupation Where Born Born
GILL, Robert J. 43Hewer In Coalmine DUR: Pelton  1858
GILL, Esther 39 DUR: South Shields  1862
GILL, Robert J. 18Labourer DUR: Hebburn  1883
GILL, Mary J. 16 DUR: Stanley  1885
GILL, William 13Labourer DUR: Stanley  1888
GILL, Andrew 11 DUR: Stanley  1890
GILL, George 8 DUR: Stanley  1893
GILL, Henry 6 DUR: Stanley  1895
GILL, Ann 3 DUR: Stanley  1898
GILL, Isabella 1 DUR: Stanley  1900

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.


Memorial: 1909 West Stanley Colliery Disaster

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Tombstone

Stanley — St. Andrew's Churchyard

Location: OS Map 88, Grid Ref NZ196533



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Names on this tombstone
NameDiedAgeBorn
Esther GILL       
George GILL  16th Feb 1909  16  1893 
Henry GILL  16th Feb 1909  13  1896 
Robert John GILL       

Related Articles

Pub.
Date
Article (Newspaper)
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)

Further Reading

  • 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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