
Durham Advertiser 24 February 1882
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LIST OF THE KILLED
The following is a full list of the names, addresses and particulars as to family or otherwise, of the men killed by the explosion :-
TRIMDON GRANGE
Wm Robinson (deputy), widow and 1 child
John Errington, widow and 3 children
Samuel Richardson, single
James Stobb, widow and 3 children
Thomas Priestley, widow and 1 child
John Douglas, boy
Thomas Sharp, single
John Hughes, single
Thomas Hunter, widow and 6 children
Andrew Smith, single
Cornelius Jones, boy
Robert Soulsby, widow
Joseph Hyde, single
John Ramsay, single
Joseph Dormand, boy
Thomas Dormand, boy
William Jefferson, boy
George Jefferson, single
John Allison, single
Henry Burke, widow and 4 children
Edward Spencer, single
George Wigham, widow and 3 children
Fred. Bower, widow and 2 children
Wm Mandally, widow
John Williams, widow and 1 child
Thomas Peate, single
George Richardson, widow and 2 children
Michael Hart, widow and 7 children
Thos Horden (back overman) widow and up-grown family
George Clasmith, single
William Bowen, boy
John Wilsop, widow and 3 children
Ralph Robertson, single
Robert Edwards, single
David Edwards, single
Jacob Soalsbym, widow
John Wilson (Beaton), single
Matthew Day, boy
Henry Joles, boy
Richard Thwaites (deputy) single (widower)
George Dobson, single
R. Mercer, boy
Richard Dove, single
David Griffith, single
John Edmund, boy
William Parker, boy
TRIMDON COLLIERY
Wm Hyde, widow and 1 child
Wm Williams, widow and 3 children
Henry Miller, single
John Smith, widow and 2 children
Thomas Prior, single
Thomas Clark, widow and 2 children
Wm Walker, widow and 2 children
Michael Docherty, single
Joseph Burnett, 22, single }
George Burnett, 19, single } brothers
James Burnett, 17, single }
Robert Maitland, widow and 3 children
Matthew French, boy
OLD TRIMDON
James Boyd, boy
Michael McCall, 22, single }
John McCall, 17, single } brothers
Thomas McCall, 17, single }
William Jennings, boy
Patrick Dorking, boy
KELLOR (EAST HETTON)
Herman Schler, Under Viewer
George Slack, single
Thos. Blenkinsopp, widow and 4 children
Jacob Barryman, widow and 3 children
Christopher Prest, widow and 3 children
Frank Ramshaw, single
LIST OF THE RESCUED
The following are the men who were in the Harvey seam at the time of the explosion and were rescued:-
H. Ramshaw | John Storey |
Ralph Wynne | Richard Edwards |
William Taylor | Samuel Jones |
John Priestley | J Roach |
Matthew Hunter | M McCabe |
E Spencer | Wm Moore |
Thomas Thompson | P Roberis |
H Mercler | Jacob Soulaby (deputy) |
Geo Rolson | — Heaton |
John Collier | Mat. Scott |
William Young | Joseph Roach |
M.E. Mallony | Wm. Leighton |
Peter Brown | James Robson |
John Wynne | H. Nessham |
Jos. Hepnell | Mark Bilmer |
2. This is an extract from the Durham Advertiser showing those who were killed and those who were rescued.
- What clue is given here about how these people died?
- How many boys were killed?
- How many children lost their fathers?
- How would the lives of these children change now that their fathers were dead?
- How many people survived?