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John Lawson
| Age: | 16 |
| Died: | 18th Apr 1882 |
| Accident: | 18th Apr 1882 1:15 a.m. |
| Year Born: | abt. 1866 |
| Colliery: | Tudhoe |
| Company: | Weardale Iron & Coal Co. Ltd. |
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| Notes: | killed in the 1882 explosion (ignition probably caused by naked light) |
| Buried: | Holy Innocents Churchyard, Low Spennymoor |
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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.
Extracts from the Inquest into this death.
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1881 Census
Address: 98 Church Street, Tudhoe, Co. Durham
(Ref: RG11 / 4958 / 60 / 37)
| Name | Age | Rel | Mar | Occupation | Where Born | Year |
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| LAWSON, John | 41 | Head | Mar | Coal Miner | DUR: Quarrington Hill | 1840 |
| LAWSON, Esther | 39 | Wife | Mar | DUR: South Hetton | 1842 | |
| LAWSON, Matthew | 18 | Son | Unn | Coal Miner | DUR: Quarrington Hill | 1863 |
| LAWSON, Henry | 17 | Son | Unn | Coal Miner | DUR: Quarrington Hill | 1864 |
| LAWSON, John | 14 | Son | Unn | DUR: Quarrington Hill | 1867 | |
| LAWSON, Mary | 12 | Dau | Scholar | DUR: Quarrington Hill | 1869 | |
| LAWSON, Jane | 10 | Dau | DUR: Quarrington Hill | 1871 | ||
| LAWSON, Margaret | 4 | Dau | DUR: Tudhoe | 1877 | ||
| LAWSON, Elizabeth | 2 | Dau | DUR: Tudhoe | 1879 | ||
| LAWSON, Francis | 8 | Son | Scholar | DUR: Quarrington Hill | 1873 | |
| LAWSON, William | 6 | Son | Scholar | DUR: Quarrington Hill | 1875 |
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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| Tombstone | |
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Spennymoor — Holy Innocents Churchyard (Church Demolished)
Location: OS Map 93, Grid Ref NZ268340
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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-04476-08-0002 and we will make the image available on a temporary page for you to access.
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| Names on this tombstone | |||
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| Name | Died | Age | Born |
| John LAWSON | 18th Apr 1882 | 16 | 1866 |
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| Related Newspaper Articles | |
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| 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) |
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| Further Reading | |
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- Official Report into the 1882 Tudhoe Colliery Disaster (C.3327)
- 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-04482-08-0002) © Kev Duncan
- Tombstone photograph (T-04476-08-0002) © Kev Duncan
- Tombstone(s) and Memorial in York Road Cemetery, Spennymoor
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