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| Date: | 18th April 1882 |
| Colliery: | Tudhoe |
| Cause: | Explosion, firedamp, ignition probably caused by naked light |
| Lives Lost: | 37 |
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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.
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| Fatalities | |
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 | Armstrong, Hugh, aged 19, Buried: St. Charles (RC) Churchyard, Tudhoe Village |
| | Armstrong, Thomas, aged 15, Buried: St. Charles (RC) Churchyard, Tudhoe Village |
| | Artus, Robert, aged 45, married |
| | Bowes, George, aged 48, wife and 2 children |
| | Brown, John, aged 37, recovered alive but died from severe burns |
| | Burn, John, aged 21 |
| | Cairns, James, aged 57, married |
| | Cairns, Michael, aged 26 |
| | Cairns, Robert, aged 21 |
| | Cherry, John, aged 46, wife and 3 children |
| | Coldwell, Andrew, aged 40, wife and 2 children, Buried: Holy Innocents Churchyard, Low Spennymoor |
| | Cook, Thomas, aged 61, married |
| | Faulkner, Joseph, aged 53, wife and 1 child, Buried: Holy Innocents Churchyard, Low Spennymoor |
| | Gair, Jonathan, aged 57, married |
| | Jefferson, Thomas, aged 55, married |
| | Kerry, William, aged 63, wife and 2 children |
| | Lambton, John Jarvis, aged 17 |
| | Lambton, William, aged 21, married |
| | Lawson, John, aged 16, Buried: Holy Innocents Churchyard, Low Spennymoor |
| | Marsh, Joseph, aged 61, married, Buried: Holy Innocents Churchyard, Low Spennymoor |
| | Midgley, Joseph, aged 62, married |
| | Pattison, William, aged 18 |
| | Pinkney, William, aged 48, married |
| | Richards, Joseph Charles, aged 32 |
| | Rivers, Michael, aged 22 |
| | Roberts, Edward, aged 15 |
| | Rutter, Matthew, aged 56, married |
| | Ryhmer, James, aged 38, wife and 4 children, Buried: Holy Innocents Churchyard, Low Spennymoor |
| | Shaw, James, aged 49, wife and 6 children |
| | Sloggett, John, aged 17 |
| | Smith, William, aged 18 |
| | Snowdon, Thomas, aged 61, married |
| | Stephenson, George, aged 16 |
| | Strong, Peter, aged 66, married |
| | Thomas, William, aged 46, wife and 4 children |
| | White, William, aged 56, married |
| | Whitter, James, aged 57, married |
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Youngest: 15 years old ; Oldest: 66 ; Average: 39 | |
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| 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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| Additional Links | |
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 | The text of the report from the Mines Inspector into this disaster is available in the UK Disaster Reports section of this website. |
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