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John Cherry

Age:   46
Died:   18th Apr 1882
Accident:   18th Apr 1882 1:15 a.m.
Year Born:   abt. 1836
Colliery:   Tudhoe
Company:   Weardale Iron & Coal Co. Ltd.
Occupation:  
Notes:  
wife and 3 children ; killed in the 1882 explosion (ignition probably caused by naked light)
Buried:   [not known]

Description

The text of the report from the Mines Inspector into this disaster is available in the Disaster Reports section of this website.

Extracts from the Inquest into this death.


Disaster Memorial


Memorial



This is a low resolution image for web display, if you would like to have a higher resolution image, then please email us quoting reference T-00449-01-0002 and we will make the image available on a temporary page for you to access.

Names in this memorial picture
NameDiedAgeBorn
Robert ARTUS  18th Apr 1882  45  1837 
George BOWES  18th Apr 1882  48  1834 
John BROWN  18th Apr 1882  37  1845 
John CHERRY  18th Apr 1882  46  1836 
Andrew COLDWELL  18th Apr 1882  40  1842 
Joseph Charles RICHARDS  18th Apr 1882  32  1850 
Michael RIVERS  18th Apr 1882  22  1860 
James RYMER  18th Apr 1882  38  1844 
James SHAW  18th Apr 1882  49  1833 
William THOMAS  18th Apr 1882  46  1836 

Related Newspaper Articles

19 Apr 1882 Fatal Colliery Explosion (The Times)
20 Apr 1882 The Tudhoe Colliery Explosion (The Times)
21 Apr 1882 The Colliery Explosions (The Times)
22 Apr 1882 The Tudhoe Colliery Explosion (The Times)
24 Apr 1882 The Colliery Explosions (The Times)
25 Apr 1882 The Tudhoe Colliery Explosion (The Times)
30 Apr 1882 The Tudhoe Colliery Explosion (The Times)
25 May 1882 The Tudhoe Colliery Explosion (The Times)
30 Aug 1882 The Tudhoe Colliery Explosion (The Times)

Further Reading


Sources
  • Memorial photograph (T-00449-01-0002) © Kev Duncan
  • Tombstone(s) and Memorial in York Road Cemetery, Spennymoor

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