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Edward Ashman
| Age: | 41 |
| Died: | 20th Feb 1908 |
| Accident: | 20th Feb 1908 9:30 p.m. |
| Year Born: | abt. 1867 |
| Colliery: | Washington, Glebe Pit |
| Company: | Washington Coal Co. Ltd. |
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| Notes: | killed in the 1908 explosion (ignition caused by shot firing) |
| Buried: | Houghton Cemetery |
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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.
Photographs of those killed and futher individual details on the victims can be found here.
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1881 Census
Address: 14 Bowlby Street, Houghton Le Spring, Co. Durham
(Ref: RG11 / 4972 / 102 / 11)
| Name | Age | Rel | Mar | Occupation | Where Born | Year |
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| ASHMAN, James | 35 | Head | Mar | Coal Miner | SOM: Norton | 1846 |
| ASHMAN, Selinear | 33 | Wife | Mar | SOM: Norton | 1848 | |
| ASHMAN, Edward | 14 | Son | Coal Miner | SOM: Norton | 1867 | |
| ASHMAN, Arthurina | 10 | Dau | Scholar | DUR: Houghton Le Spring | 1871 | |
| ASHMAN, Elizabeth | 9 | Dau | Scholar | DUR: Houghton Le Spring | 1872 | |
| ASHMAN, Sarah A. | 8 | Dau | Scholar | DUR: Houghton Le Spring | 1873 | |
| ASHMAN, Frederick | 6 | Son | Scholar | DUR: Houghton Le Spring | 1875 | |
| ASHMAN, Ruth | 4 | Dau | Scholar | DUR: Houghton Le Spring | 1877 | |
| ASHMAN, Louisa | 3 | Dau | DUR: Houghton Le Spring | 1878 | ||
| ASHMAN, Richard | 1 | Son | DUR: Houghton Le Spring | 1880 | ||
| ASHMAN, Jane | 9m | Dau | DUR: Houghton Le Spring | |||
| RUGILLY, Edward | 50 | Lodger | Unn | General Labourer | CON | 1831 |
1901 Census
Address: Houghton-le-Spring, Co. Durham
| Name | Age | Rel | Mar | Occupation | Where Born | Year |
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| ASHMAN, Edward | 34 | Coal Miner Shifter | SOM: Midsummer Norton | 1867 | ||
| ASHMAN, Ellen | 34 | DUR: Fence Houses | 1867 |
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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| Tombstone | |
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Houghton-le-Spring — Cemetery
Location: OS Map 88, Grid Ref NZ343492
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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-00461-01-0002 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 |
| Edward ASHMAN | 20th Feb 1908 | 41 | 1867 |
| Ellen ASHMAN | 3rd Jan 1951 | 84 | 1867 |
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| Related Newspaper Articles | |
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| 22 Feb 1908 | Fatal Colliery Explosion, Fourteen Lives Lost (The Times) |
| 24 Mar 1908 | The Washington Colliery Accident (The Times) |
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- 1881 Census — taken 3rd April, 1881
- 1901 Census — taken 31st March, 1901
- Mines Inspectors Report into the 1908 Explosion (Cd 4183)
- Picture extracted from the Washington Glebe Disaster Postcard showing images of those who were killed, the postcard and futher individual details on the victims can be found here.
- Tombstone photograph (T-00461-01-0002) © Kev Duncan
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