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Jacob Berryman
| Age: | 33 |
| Died: | 16th Feb 1882 |
| Accident: | 16th Feb 1882 2:30 p.m. |
| Year Born: | abt. 1849 |
| Colliery: | Trimdon Grange |
| Company: | Walter Scott |
| Occupation: | Hewer |
| Notes: | left a wife and 3 children ; killed in the 1882 explosion (ignition probably caused by shot firing) |
| Buried: | St. Helen's Parish Church/Cemetery, Kelloe |
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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: 33 South View, Kelloe, Co. Durham
(Ref: RG11 / 4969 / 53 / 26)
| Name | Age | Rel | Mar | Occupation | Where Born | Year |
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| BERRYMAN, Jacob | 34 | Head | Mar | Coal Miner | SOM | 1847 |
| BERRYMAN, Elizabeth | 29 | Wife | Mar | Durham | 1852 | |
| BERRYMAN, Isaac | 7 | Son | Scholar | Durham | 1874 | |
| BERRYMAN, Richard | 4 | Son | DUR: Houghton | 1877 | ||
| BERRYMAN, Sarah | 1 | Dau | DUR: Houghton | 1880 |
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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Kelloe — St. Helen's Parish Church/Cemetery
Location: OS Map 93, Grid Ref NZ345365
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| Names in this memorial picture | |||
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| Name | Died | Age | Born |
| Jacob BERRYMAN | 16th Feb 1882 | 33 | 1849 |
| John ERRINGTON | 16th Feb 1882 | 33 | 1849 |
| John HUGHES | 16th Feb 1882 | 29 | 1853 |
| Thomas HUNTER | 16th Feb 1882 | 37 | 1845 |
| William MADRELL | 16th Feb 1882 | 40 | 1842 |
| Christopher PREST | 16th Feb 1882 | 35 | 1847 |
| George RICHARDSON | 16th Feb 1882 | 29 | 1853 |
| Ralph H. ROBINSON | 16th Feb 1882 | 17 | 1865 |
| William ROBINSON | 16th Feb 1882 | 34 | 1848 |
| Thomas SHARP | 16th Feb 1882 | 42 | 1840 |
| Richard THWAITES | 16th Feb 1882 | 27 | 1855 |
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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-02059-03-0002) © Kev Duncan
- Memorial photograph (T-00004-00-0002) © Kev Duncan
- Tombstone(s) and Memorial in St. Helen's Parish Church/Cemetery, Kelloe
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