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Michael McGurk


Age:   34
Died:   16th Feb 1909
Accident:   16th Feb 1909 3:45 PM
Year Born:   abt. 1875
Colliery:   West Stanley
Company:   Owners of West Stanley Colliery
Occupation:  
Notes:  
cause of death/injury: monoxide (Towneley Seam), address: 3 Ann Street, Stanley ; killed in the 1909 explosion (cause of ignition uncertain)
Buried:   mass grave in St. Joseph's (Roman Catholic) 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.


Memorial: 1909 West Stanley Colliery Disaster

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Memorial

Stanley — St. Joseph's (Roman Catholic) Churchyard

Location: OS Map 88, Grid Ref NZ196533



This is a low resolution image for web display, if you would like to have a higher resolution image, then please us quoting reference T-01581-01-0009 and we will make the image available on a temporary page for you to access.

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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

Sources
  • Mines Inspectors Report into the 1909 Explosion (Cd 4788)
  • Church/Cemetery photograph (T-01580-01-0009) © Roy Lambeth
  • Memorial photograph (T-01581-01-0009) © Roy Lambeth
  • Picture extracted from the Consett Chronicle Momento of the West Stanley Disaster showing disaster scenes and images of those who were killed

Researchers

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nicholas savill   23 Jan 2021 

He was the husband of great Aunt .


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