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Robert Cowen


Age:   45
Died:   20th Feb 1908
Accident:   20th Feb 1908 9:30 p.m.
Year Born:   abt. 1863
Colliery:   Washington, Glebe Pit
Company:   Washington Coal Co. Ltd.
Occupation:  
Notes:  
killed in the 1908 explosion (ignition caused by shot firing)
Buried:   Washington Cemetery

Description

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.


Census Data

1901 Census

Address: 99 Engine Row, Sherburn, Co. Durham

Name Age  Rel  Mar Occupation Where Born Year
COWEN, Robert 37HeadMarCoal Miner Stoneman DUR: Sherburn 1864
COWEN, Mary Ann 32WifeMar DUR: Chester Moor 1869
COWEN, Robert William 14SonDriver in Coal Mine DUR: Chester Moor 1887
COWEN, Louisa 10Dau DUR: Sherburn 1891

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.


Tombstone

Washington — Cemetery

Location: OS Map 88, Grid Ref NZ314567




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-01167-01-0002 and we will make the image available on a temporary page for you to access.

Names on this tombstone
NameDiedAgeBorn
Mary Ann COWEN  16th Mar 1947  78  1869 
Robert COWEN  20th Feb 1908  45  1863 

Related Newspaper Articles

22 Feb 1908 Fatal Colliery Explosion, Fourteen Lives Lost (The Times)
24 Mar 1908 The Washington Colliery Accident (The Times)

Further Reading


Sources
  • 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-01167-01-0002) © Kev Duncan

 

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