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William Brady Walton
| Age: | 27 |
| Died: | 26th Jun 1942 |
| Accident: | 26th Jun 1942 8:00 PM |
| Year Born: | abt. 1915 |
| Colliery: | Murton |
| Company: | South Hetton Coal Co., Ltd. |
| Occupation: | Putter |
| Notes: | explosion ; killed in the 1942 explosion (ignition caused by incendive spark created by exploder while shots were fired) |
| Buried: | Murton Cemetery |
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The text of the report from the Mines Inspector into this disaster is available in the Disaster Reports section of this website.
Murton — Cemetery
Location: OS Map 88, Grid Ref NZ393468
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| Names on this tombstone |
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| Name | Died | Age | Born |
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| Jonathan WALTON | | | |
| Rebecca WALTON | 5th Jan 1951 | 72 | 1879 |
| William B. WALTON | 26th Jun 1942 | 27 | 1915 |
Pub.
Date | Article (Newspaper) |
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| 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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