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John Isaac Statt
| Age: | 35 |
| Died: | 16th Feb 1909 |
| Accident: | 16th Feb 1909 3:45 PM |
| Year Born: | abt. 1874 |
| Colliery: | West Stanley |
| Company: | Owners of West Stanley Colliery |
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| Notes: | cause of death/injury: monoxide, burnt (Busty Seam), address: 5 Ann 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: Stanley, Co. Durham
| Name | Age | Rel | Mar | Occupation | Where Born | Born |
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| STATT, John I. | 27 | | | Coal Miner Hewer | DUR: Flinthill | 1874 |
| STATT, Jane H. | 26 | | | | DUR: Annfield Plain | 1875 |
| STATT, Janet | 6 | | | | DUR: West Stanley | 1895 |
| STATT, Emma E. | 3 | | | | DUR: West Kyo | 1898 |
| STATT, Leslie | 8m | | | | DUR: West Stanley | |
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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Stanley — St. Andrew's Churchyard
Location: OS Map 88, Grid Ref NZ196533
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| Name | Died | Age | Born |
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| Jane Hannah STATT | | | |
| John Isaac STATT | 16th Feb 1909 | 35 | 1874 |
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)
- 1901 Census — taken 31st March, 1901
- Headstone(s) in Church of England Churchyard, Stanley
- Picture extracted from the Consett Chronicle Momento of the West Stanley Disaster showing disaster scenes and images of those who were killed
- Tombstone photograph (T-01597-01-0009) © Roy Lambeth
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Mike Hopper
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22 Jun 2009 |
John Isaac Statt was my great grandfather. I have detais of his family back to 1601
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barbara walker
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17 Feb 2012 |
morrison busty pit disaster in the late nineteen forties. i have two great uncles that died in the disaster and in the morrison busty website there is no mention of such a disaster.
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Ann-Maree Thornton
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11 Feb 2018 |
John Isaac Statt was my Great Grandfather, I have just begun to do my family history and would love any information.
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