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Luke Cummings
| Age: | 14 |
| Died: | 20th Jun 1911 |
| Accident: | 20th Jun 1911 |
| Year Born: | abt. 1897 |
| Colliery: | Dean and Chapter |
| Company: | Bolckow, Vaughan and Co., Ltd. |
| Occupation: | Haulage Lad |
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| Buried: | Duncombe Cemetery, Ferryhill |
| Category: | Miscellaneous Underground Accidents :: Haulage :: Run over or crushed by Trams and Tubs |
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His duties were to disconnect the clips by which the sets were attached to the overhead endless rope; owing to the plane being of an undulating nature it was necessary to use a clip at both ends, the one at the rear end being detached first; this he had already done when the set reached the kip, but apparently he experienced some difficulty in getting the front clip free from the rope, and he kept on walking in front of the set till it knocked him off the kip at a point where it was 2 feet 9 inches higher than the empty road; he received internal injuries and died four hours later; the place of accident was well lighted with electric lights, and there was an electric signal a few yards away by means of which he could easily have stopped the set
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1901 Census
Address: Ferryhill Village, Co. Durham
(Ref: RG13 / 4632 / 213 / 29 / 180)
| Name | Age | Rel | Mar | Occupation | Where Born | Born |
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| CUMMINGS, Ralph | 29 | Head | Mar | Coal Miner Hewer | DUR: Haswell | 1872 |
| CUMMINGS, Lily | 26 | Wife | Mar | DUR: Carrville | 1875 | |
| CUMMINGS, Luke | 4 | Son | DUR: Ferryhill | 1897 | ||
| CUMMINGS, William | 2 | Son | DUR: Ferryhill | 1899 | ||
| CUMMINGS, Frances | 11m | Dau | DUR: Ferryhill |
1911 Census
Address: 13 Manor Terrace, Ferryhill, Co. Durham
(Ref: RG14 / 1720 / 546 / 2 / 14)
| Name | Age | Rel | Mar | Occupation | Where Born | Born |
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| CUMMINGS, Ralph | 39 | Head | Mar | Coal Miner | DUR: Haswell | 1872 |
| CUMMINGS, Lily | 36 | Wife | Mar | DUR: Carrville | 1875 | |
| CUMMINGS, Luke | 14 | Son | Incline Bank head minder | DUR: Ferryhill | 1897 | |
| CUMMINGS, William Cha. | 12 | Son | DUR: Ferryhill | 1899 | ||
| CUMMINGS, Frances | 10 | Dau | DUR: Ferryhill | 1901 | ||
| CUMMINGS, Michael | 9 | Son | DUR: Ferryhill | 1902 | ||
| CUMMINGS, Lily | 7 | Dau | DUR: Ferryhill | 1904 | ||
| CUMMINGS, Margaret | 5 | Dau | DUR: Ferryhill | 1906 |
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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Ferryhill — Duncombe Cemetery
Location: OS Map 93, Grid Ref NZ303324
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| Name | Died | Age | Born |
| Elizabeth CUMMINGS | 13th May 1898 | 3 | 1895 |
| Lily CUMMINGS | |||
| Luke CUMMINGS | 20th Jun 1911 | 14 | 1897 |
| Ralph CUMMINGS | |||
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- 1901 Census — taken 31st March, 1901
- 1911 Census — taken 2nd April, 1911
- 1911 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 6237) Where to find this report
- 1911 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 6237), Durham District (No. 3) by A. D. Nicholson, H.M. Inspector of Mines, Page: 41, Accident Number: 2 Where to find this report
- Church/Cemetery photograph (T-00346-01-0002) © Kev Duncan
- Headstone(s) in Duncombe Cemetery, Ferryhill
- Tombstone photograph (T-00369-01-0002) © Kev Duncan
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| Researcher | Date | Interest | |
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| anne dunn nee cummings | 20 Dec 2009 |
he would have been my uncle, my fathers brother, my fathers name was michael,there parents were liy and ralph cummings they had eight children in all |
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| Glenis E Cherry | 02 Dec 2010 |
family history. he would have been my great-uncle. |
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| anne dunn | 14 May 2013 |
LUKE CUMMINGS WOULD BE MY UNCLE HE WAS KILLED AGED 14 AT DEAN AND CHAPTER MINE |
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