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Thomas Davison

Age:   31
Died:   26th Jun 1942
Accident:   26th Jun 1942 8:00 PM
Year Born:   abt. 1911
Colliery:   Murton
Company:   South Hetton Coal Co., Ltd.
Occupation:   Stoneman
Notes:  
explosion ; killed in the 1942 explosion (ignition caused by incendive spark created by exploder while shots were fired)
Buried:   Murton Cemetery
Category:  

Description

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


Tombstone

Murton — Cemetery

Location: OS Map 88, Grid Ref NZ393468



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Names on this tombstone
NameDiedAgeBorn
Doris DAVISON       
Thomas DAVISON  26th Jun 1942  31  1911 

Related Articles

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Date
Article (Newspaper)
27 Jun 1942  Durham Colliery Explosion, Eight Men Killed (The Times)
27 Jun 1942  Murton Pit Disaster Heroism, 13 Lives Lost In Explosion, Putter Saves Blazing Boy (Sunderland Echo and Shipping Gazette)
29 Jun 1942  News in Brief (The Times)
29 Jun 1942  Murton Hero Tells Of Pit Disaster (Sunderland Echo and Shipping Gazette)
30 Jun 1942  Murton Mourns Pit Explosion Victims (Sunderland Echo and Shipping Gazette)
11 Jul 1942  News and Notes (The Science and Art of Mining)
26 Oct 1942  Murton Hero's Award, Sequel To Pit Explosion (Sunderland Echo and Shipping Gazette)
23 Nov 1942  Murton Pit Hero, Tributes At Two Ceremonies (Sunderland Echo and Shipping Gazette)
06 Feb 1943  Murton Colliery Explosion (The Science and Art of Mining)

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Email  Researcher  Date  Interest 
wendy bolster   09 Aug 2012 

Looking for relatives of my grandfather thomas davision , Murton colliery b. 1853 married Eliz. turnbull, immigrated to US in 1883


Neil Davison   07 May 2019 

Looking for ancestors of my grandfather Thomas who was killed in Murton mine explosion in 1942


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