.. if you're in your late, late Seventies
like I am;
.. if you've been holding onto a 1919 photo taken at Station Town School
like my Mom did, second row from the front, second child to the right of the Teacher.
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| Sta III Station Town School 1919 |
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Would tonight be a good time to read 'A Christmas Carol' by Charles Dickens (February 7, 1812 - June 9, 1870)? Not really. Maybe Dickens didn't get it right when it came to the coal mines.
Check out the Durham Mining Museum (online) where volunteers have assembled a wealth of information on coal mine disasters. Documented investigations backed up with testimonies. More importantly, the 1901 census, listing off the family unit.
For example: James Morrison
James (39) and Catherine (29) and their Children: 10y, 8,y and 10 Months.
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Highlighted in red above is my Grandmother, Catherine
However ......
James Morrison is not my Grandfather because at the Age of 44 he:
| Died: | 14th Oct 1906 | |||
| Accident: | 14th Oct 1906 11:40 PM | |||
| Year Born: | abt. 1862 | |||
| Colliery: | Wingate Grange Colliery |
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Widowed, Catherine married Joseph H., who is my Grandfather, a coal miner, and a soldier who didn't return from The Great War.
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| Joseph |
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Vancouver City Hall has moved the Fire Hydrant closer to the intersection.
and Home owners have moved the stairs for their Secondary suite tenants.
2022 And another Reno. Would Grandmother H be surprised? NO!!
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Catherine's Maiden name? Whitwham, from the town of Whitwham, which leaves me wondering if it was a requirement by the 1901 Census to provide a Surname rather than just plain ..... Catherine.
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The Durham Mining Museum
Information on working conditions: Children workers: boys only; starting at 12 years; jobs, ages, hours and pay scale in the Pits and its all here:
In Memoriam
The data has been gleaned from a number of sources, those details that have been verified by newspaper reports etc. are shown in bold face, the remainder have yet to be verified. In some cases we have obtained the names of the sufferers from the sources we have consulted - these can be viewed by following the link in the right hand column.
Collecting and updating this information is an ongoing exercise - any help or information would be greatly welcomed.
The above graph shows the number of fatalities recorded in our database for the period specified. This database covers the northern counties which constitute our primary focus: County Durham, Northumberland, Cumberland etc. It is not representative of the fatalities across the UK - that is outside the scope of this web site.
Disasters - 1900-09
http://www.dmm.org.uk/names/d1900-09.htm
only those accidents where 5 or more lives were lost are shown in the tables
