| Disasters - Names |
|
Disasters - Names | ||
 |
 |
|||
| Date: | 6th June 1963 |
| Colliery: | Dawdon |
| Cause: | Fall of roof |
| Lives Lost: | 2 |
 |
 |
| Description | |
|
|
Two Killed in Pit Accident
Work at Mine ceases
Two men were killed in a fall 1,500ft. underground and two-and-a-half miles out under the North Sea at the Dawdon Colliery, Seaham, Co. Durham, yesterday. Rescue workers worked throughout the night to try and clear the fall and reach the men.
Their names were given as Edward Bacon, aged 51, a maintenance man, of Stavordale Street, Dawdon, and Thomas Freeman, aged 37, a stoneman, of Ross Terrace, Dawdon.
It was decided last night to withdraw the 2,200 miners from the colliery today until the bodies have been recovered. Mr. Charles Grievson, secretary of the Dawdon Miners' lodge, said: "We cannot work when two of our members are lying dead."
Mr. Bacon was married and his son, Lawrence, aged 22, also works at the colliery, but in another district. Mr. Freeman was married and had two children, aged nine and six.
A National Coal Board spokesman said preparations had to be made every yard to make the rest of the roof safe. Dawdon is one of the largest pits in the south-east Durham coalfield.
Source: The Times, June 6th, 1963
|
|
| Fatalities | |
|
|
Bacon, Edward, aged 51, killed by a fall of stone | |
 | Freeman, Thomas, aged 37, killed by a fall of stone, Buried: Princess Road Cemetery, Seaham |
All names found | |
For those names marked |
|
|
| Newspaper Articles | |
|
|
| 06 Jun 1963 | Two Killed in Pit Accident, Work at Mine ceases (The Times) |
Return
Return to Top
