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John Allison
| Age: | 19 |
| Died: | 16th Feb 1882 |
| Accident: | 16th Feb 1882 2:30 p.m. |
| Year Born: | abt. 1863 |
| Colliery: | Trimdon Grange |
| Company: | Walter Scott |
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| Notes: | single man ; killed in the 1882 explosion (ignition probably caused by shot firing) |
| Buried: | Trimdon Cemetery |
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| Description | |
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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.
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| Census Data | |
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1881 Census
Address: 17 Lane Row, Trimdon, Co. Durham
(Ref: RG11 / 4904 / 43 / 28)
| Name | Age | Rel | Mar | Occupation | Where Born | Year |
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| ALLISON, George | 49 | Head | Mar | Gen Lab | DUR: Elwick | 1832 |
| ALLISON, Jane | 47 | Wife | Mar | DUR: Stockton | 1834 | |
| ALLISON, George | 22 | Son | Unn | Gen Lab | DUR: Elwick | 1859 |
| ALLISON, Thomas | 20 | Son | Unn | DUR: Elwick | 1861 | |
| ALLISON, John | 18 | Son | Unn | Coal Miner | DUR: Elwick | 1863 |
| ALLISON, William | 14 | Son | Unn | Gen Lab | DUR: Trimdon | 1867 |
| ALLISON, Mary Jane | 10 | Dau | Scholar | DUR: Trimdon | 1871 | |
| ALLISON, Francis Foster | 9 | Son | Scholar | DUR: Trimdon | 1872 | |
| ALLISON, Frederick | 3 | Son | DUR: Trimdon | 1878 |
Please note: the census extracts shown here are our 'best guess match' to the fatality shown on this page and is not intended to be definitive — only knowledge of the family would allow this.
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| Disaster Memorial | |
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| Memorial | |
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Trimdon — Cemetery
Location: OS Map 93, Grid Ref NZ375342
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| Names in this memorial picture | |||
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| Name | Died | Age | Born |
| John ALLISON | 16th Feb 1882 | 19 | 1863 |
| George Colling BURNETT | 16th Feb 1882 | 19 | 1863 |
| James White BURNETT | 16th Feb 1882 | 17 | 1865 |
| Joseph Whitfield BURNETT | 16th Feb 1882 | 23 | 1859 |
| Richard DAWE | 16th Feb 1882 | 20 | 1862 |
| Michael DOCHERTY | 16th Feb 1882 | 19 | 1863 |
| David GRIFFITHS | 16th Feb 1882 | 19 | 1863 |
| John MCHALE | 16th Feb 1882 | 16 | 1866 |
| Michael MCHALE | 16th Feb 1882 | 21 | 1861 |
| Thomas MCHALE | 16th Feb 1882 | 13 | 1869 |
| Thomas PEAT | 16th Feb 1882 | 21 | 1861 |
| Edward SPENCER | 16th Feb 1882 | 19 | 1863 |
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| Related Newspaper Articles | |
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| 17 Feb 1882 | Disastrous Colliery Explosion (The Times) |
| 18 Feb 1882 | The Trimdon Grange Colliery Explosion (The Times) |
| 20 Feb 1882 | The Trimdon Colliery Explosion (The Times) |
| 24 Feb 1882 | The Catastrophe at Trimdon, The Whole of the Bodies Recovered (Durham County Advertiser) |
| 05 Apr 1882 | Trimdon Grange Colliery Explosion (The Times) |
| 19 Aug 1882 | Trimdon Grange Colliery Explosion (The Times) |
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| Further Reading | |
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- Official Report into the 1882 Trimdon Grange Disaster (C.3319)
- Explosions in Coal Mines by W. N. & J. B. Atkinson, published in 1886
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- 1881 Census — taken 3rd April, 1881
- Church/Cemetery photograph (T-00084-00-0002) © Kev Duncan
- Memorial photograph (T-00075-00-0002) © Kev Duncan
- Tombstone(s) and Memorial in Trimdon Cemetery
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