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Charles Chivers
| Age: | 25 |
| Died: | 20th Feb 1908 |
| Accident: | 20th Feb 1908 9:30 p.m. |
| Year Born: | abt. 1883 |
| Colliery: | Washington, Glebe Pit |
| Company: | Washington Coal Co. Ltd. |
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| Notes: | left a wife and two children ; killed in the 1908 explosion (ignition caused by shot firing) |
| Buried: | Washington 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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| Census Data | |
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1881 Census
Address: 1 Hoppers Street, Houghton Le Spring, Co. Durham
(Ref: RG11 / 4972 / 119 / 46)
| Name | Age | Rel | Mar | Occupation | Where Born | Year |
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| CHIVERS, Charles | 40 | Head | Mar | Coal Miner | SOM: Bath | 1841 |
| CHIVERS, Eliza | 32 | Wife | Mar | GLS: Bristol | 1849 | |
| CHIVERS, Alice | 14 | Dau | MON: Herrington | 1867 | ||
| CHIVERS, Joseph | 9 | Son | Scholar | DUR: Houghton Le Spring | 1872 | |
| CHIVERS, John | 6 | Son | Scholar | DUR: Houghton Le Spring | 1875 | |
| CHIVERS, Thomas W. | 1 | Son | DUR: Houghton Le Spring | 1880 |
1901 Census
Address: Houghton Le Spring, Co. Durham
| Name | Age | Rel | Mar | Occupation | Where Born | Year |
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| CHIVERS, Charles | 58 | Coalminer Stoneman | SOM: N K | 1843 | ||
| CHIVERS, Eliza | 56 | Boot Binder | GLS | 1845 | ||
| CHIVERS, Charles | 18 | Mason Labourer | DUR: Houghton Le Spring | 1883 | ||
| CHIVERS, James | 16 | Mason Labourer | DUR: Houghton Le Spring | 1885 |
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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| 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.
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