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George Dickinson

Age:   51
Died:   11th Apr 1911
Accident:   11th Apr 1911
Year Born:   abt. 1860
Colliery:   Bowden Close
Company:   Pease and Partners Ltd.
Occupation:   Hewer
Notes:  
he was working with his nephew bringing back a four yard lift; on sounding the roof they found it heavy, so they set a plank with two props and also a prop and head, which was as much as they considered necessary to make the place safe; shortly afterwards a fall of roof occurred and part of it caught deceased; it smashed down the plank and canted out some more timber; the stone came away from a slip running parallel to the barrow way and extended for a distance of eight feet, with a maximum width of four feet; in its thickest part it was 14 inches thick
Buried:   Crook Cemetery
Category:   Falls in the Mine :: Falls of Roof :: At working faces, whilst hewing or working

Census Data

1891 Census

Address: 1, South Terrace, Helmington Row, Crook, Co. Durham
(Ref: RG12 / 4074 / 72 / 48 / 133)

Name Age  Rel  Mar Occupation Where Born Born
DICKINSON, George 31HeadMarCoal Miner DUR: Roddymoor  1860
DICKINSON, Ethel A. 31WifeMar CUL: Salkeld Dyke  1860
RUTTERS, Richard 22BordUnnCoal Miner DUR: Auckland Park  1869

1901 Census

Address: 19, Woodifield Rows, Crook. Co. Durham
(Ref: RG13 / 4653 / 61 / 30 / 205)

Name Age  Rel  Mar Occupation Where Born Born
DICKINSON, George 41HeadMarCoal Miner Hewer DUR: Crook  1860
DICKINSON, Ethel A. 41WifeMar CUL: Salkeld Dyke  1860

1911 Census

Address: 22, Commercial Street, Crook, Co. Durham
(Ref: RG14 / 1722 / 547 / 2 / 8)

Name Age  Rel  Mar Occupation Where Born Born
DICKINSON, George 50HeadMarCoal Hewer DUR: Roddymoor  1861
DICKINSON, E. A. 50WifeMar CUL: Salkeld Dyke  1861
ROBSON, Agnes 69MlawWid YKS: Millom  1842
ELGEY, Joseph 35BordUnnStorekeeper DUR: Winston  1876

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.


Tombstone

Crook — Cemetery

Location: OS Map 92, Grid Ref NZ167357




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Names on this tombstone
NameDiedAgeBorn
Ethel Ann DICKINSON       
George DICKINSON  11th Apr 1911  51  1860 

Sources
  • 1891 Census — taken 5th April, 1891
  • 1901 Census — taken 31st March, 1901
  • 1911 Census — taken 2nd April, 1911
  • 1911 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 6237), Durham District (No. 3) by A. D. Nicholson, H.M. Inspector of Mines, Page: 33, Accident Number: 7 Where to find this report
  • Church/Cemetery photograph (T-06004-09-0002) © Kev Duncan
  • Headstone(s) in Crook cemetery
  • Tombstone photograph (T-06843-10-0002) © Kev Duncan

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