NEXT Thursday - February 16 - is the 130th anniversary of the Trimdon Grange Colliery Disaster in which 74 men and boys lost their lives. Wednesday's Memories will tell the story, and I'm just about to set our graphic artist away to create the cover with a list of the names of the victims. I don't think we'll be able to get all of these details on the page, so before I edit them out, I thought I place them here. It'd be interesting to know if there are any descendants still about:
TRIMDON GRANGE COLLIERY DISASTER
February 16, 1882
Key: all addresses were in Trimdon Grange, unless stated. All men were single and unmarried, unless stated.
John Allison, 19, of Lane Row. Hewer. Born: Elwick, near Hartlepool.
Jacob Berryman, 33, of Kelloe. Died rescuing. Left widow, three children
Thomas Blenkinsop, 37, of Kelloe. Master wasteman. Died rescuing. Left widow, four children.
Peter Brown, 50, of Trimdon Grange. Furnaceman.
James Boyd-McDonald, 13, of Old Trimdon. Coupler. Born: County Durham.
William Bowen, 16, of Reading Room Row. Born: Thornley.
Frederick Bowen, 23, of Office Row. Hewer. Born: Sunderland. Left widow, two children
James White Burnett, 17, of Burnett’s Row, Trimdon Colliery. Landing minder. Born: Trimdon.
George Colling Burnett, 19, of Burnett’s Row, Trimdon Colliery. Shaftsman. Born: Trimdon.
Joseph Whitfield Burnett, 23, of Burnett’s Row, Trimdon Colliery. Putter. Born: Trimdon.
Henry Burke, 40, of Office Row. Born: Ireland. Left widow, four children
Thomas Clark, 24, of Hoggs-Pratts Street, Trimdon Colliery. Born: Derbyshire. Left widow, two children.
Matthew Day, 13, of Station Terrace. Driver. Born: Monk Hesleden, near Hartlepool.
Richard Dawe, 20, of Longwood Row. Born: Cornwall.
George Dobson, 26, of Overmans Row. Hewer. Born: Sedgefield.
Michael Docherty, 19, of Coffee Pot Row, Trimdon Colliery. Hewer. Born: Ireland.
Thomas Dormand, 12, of Lane Row. Born: Trimdon.
Joseph Dormand, 14, of Lane Row. Driver. Born: Wingate.
John Douglas, 14, of Plantation Row. Born: Trimdon
Patrick Durkin, 12, of Old Trimdon. Born: Ireland.
John Samuel Edmunds, 13, of Longwood Row. Driver. Born: Bridgend, Wales.
David Edwards, 16, of Trimdon Grange. Driver.
Robert Edwards, 18, of Trimdon Grange.
John Errington, 33, of Plantation Row. Weighman. Born: Trimdon. Left widow, three children.
Matthew French, 13, of Trimdon Colliery. Trapper.
David Griffiths, 19, of Longwood Row. Putter. Born: Stafford.
Michael Hart, 45, of Reading Room Row. Hewer. Born: Ireland. Left widow, seven children
Thomas Horden, 56, of Trimdon Grange. Back overman. Left widow and adult children.
John Hughes, 29, of Rose Street. Hewer. Born: Wales
Thomas Hunter, 37, of Plantation Row. Born: Kelloe. Left widow, six children
Joseph Hyde, 23, of Lane Row. Hewer. Born: Ireland.
William James Hyde, 26, of Trimdon Colliery. Left widow, child
George Jefferson, 14, of Lane Row. Switch boy. Born: South Hetton.
William Jefferson, 18, of Lane Row. Onsetter. Born: South Hetton.
William Jennings, 16, of Salters Lane. Assistant shaftsman. Born: Ireland.
Cornelius Jones, 18, of Plantation Row. Born: Wales.
John Francis Jones, 38, of Plantation Row. Hewer. Born: Wales.
Henry Joyce, 16, of Trimdon Grange.
George Lishman (or Symonds), 16, of Trimdon Grange.
Thomas McHale, 13, of Old Trimdon. Driver.
John McHale, 17, of Old Trimdon. Driver.
Michael McHale, 21, of Old Trimdon.
William Madrell, 40, of Office Row. Left widow
Robert Maitland, 40, of Trimdon Colliery. Hewer. Left widow, three children
Ralph Mercer, 18, of Overmans Row. Putter. Born: Rosedale, North Yorkshire.
Henry Miller, 24, of Hoggs-Pratts Street, Trimdon Colliery. Born: Staffordshire.
William Parker, 16, of Longwood Row. Born: Seaton Carew.
Thomas Peat, 21, of Reading Room Row. Born: Trimdon.
Christopher Prest, 35, of Kelloe. Died rescuing. Left widow, three children
Thomas Priestly, 29, of Plantation Row. Born: Etherley, Bishop Auckland. Left widow, child
Thomas Prior, 27, of Hoggs-Pratts Street, Trimdon Colliery. Born: Gateshead.
John Ramsey, 26, of Lane Row. Onsetter. Born: Trimdon.
Frank Ramshaw, 17, of Kelloe. Died rescuing.
Samuel Richardson, 17, of Plantation Row. Born: Usworth, Sunderland.
George Richardson, 29, of Reading Room Row. Born: Easington. Left widow, two children
Ralph Robinson, 19, of Trimdon Grange. Putter.
William Robinson, 34, of Lane Row. Deputy. Born: Quarrington Hill. Left widow, child.
Enoch Sayer, 18, of Plantation Row. Born: Aysgarth, North Yorkshire.
Herman Carl Schier, 23, of Kelloe. Underviewer. Died rescuing.
Thomas Sharp, 43, of Trimdon Grange.
George Slack, 21, of Kelloe. Died rescuing.
Andrew Smith, 23, of Plantation Row. Hewer. Born: Cassop, Co Durham.
John Smith, 26, of Office Row, Trimdon Colliery. Born: Liverpool. Left widow, two children
Jacob Soulsby, 27, of Duff Heap Row. Hewer. Born: Trimdon. Left widow
Robert Soulsby, 60, of Plantation Row. Hewer. Born: South Shields. Left widow and adult children.
Edward Spencer, 19, of Office Row. Born: Wales.
James Stubbs, 31, of Plantation Row. Born: Bowden Close. Left widow, three children
Richard Thwaites, 24, of Overmans Row. Deputy. Born: Trimdon.
William Walker, 22, of Reading Room Row. Born: Ferryhill. Left widow, two children.
George Wigham, 28, of Office Row. Born: Wrekenton, Gateshead. Left widow, three children.
John Williams, 31, of Reading Room Row. Born: Wales. Left widow, child
William Williams, 31, of Hoggs-Pratts Street, Trimdon Colliery. Born: Cornwall. Left widow, three children
John Wilson, 15, of Hammonds Houses. Born: Trimdon.
John Wilson, 33, of Reading Room Row. Born: Durham City. Left widow, three children
Note: Spellings of surnames vary. For instance, some sources list Peat as Peel, Robinson as Robson, McHale as McCail, Stubbs as Stobbs, Berryman as Barryman etc
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