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Thomas Lowry
| Age: | 23 |
| Died: | 9th Oct 1819 |
| Accident: | 9th Oct 1819 |
| Year Born: | abt. 1796 |
| Colliery: | Lumley, George Pit |
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| Notes: | explosion ; killed in the 1819 explosion |
| Buried: | Chester-le-Street on 10 Oct 1819 |
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A dreadful accident happened from the explosion of inflammable gas, in the George pit, near Lumley. The gas ignited at the candle of a hewer named Gee, who had worked into a board, where, owing, it was supposed, to a fall of the roof, a quantity of gas had accumulated from a blower. By this accident eleven men and boys were killed on the spot. Gee and another boy died on the following day of the injury they sustained, and many others were severely hurt.
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BURIALS in the Parish of Chester-le-Street, in the County of , in the Year 1819 | ||||||
| Page | No | Name | Abode | When buried | Age | By whom the Ceremony was performed |
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| 664 | Thomas Lowry | of Great Lumley | October 10th 1819 | 23 years | John Dodd Curate |
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| Memorial: 1819 Lumley Colliery Disaster | |
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Chester-le-Street on 10 Oct 1819
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- Burial register entry courtesy of Julie Thompson
- Local Historian's Table Book of Remarkable Occurrences Connected with the Counties of Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, Northumberland and Durham by M.A. Richardson. Published in five volumes in 1844.
- Memorial photograph (T-10704-17-0009) © Roy Lambeth
- Parish/Bishop's Transcript's burial records kindly supplied by Julie Thompson
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| Researcher | Date | Interest | |
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| Gwen Robson | 05 Jun 2009 |
Lowery/Lowry Collery workers Painshaw Ryton |
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