Durham Mining Museum - John Peter Burney (original) (raw)
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| Age: | 21 |
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| Died: | 3rd Jun 1941 |
| Accident: | 3rd Jun 1941 2:15 PM |
| Year Born: | abt. 1920 |
| Colliery: | Whitehaven, William Pit |
| Company: | Cumberland Coal Co. (Whitehaven) Ltd. |
| Occupation: | Haulage Hand |
| Notes: | killed in the 1941 explosion (explosion of gas produced by chemical action between water and burning carbon) |
| Buried: | Whitehaven 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.
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| Tombstone | |
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Whitehaven — Cemetery
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| Names on this tombstone | |||
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| Name | Died | Age | Born |
| Alice BURNEY | |||
| Catherine BURNEY | 4 | ||
| John BURNEY | 12th Jan 1940 | 47 | 1893 |
| John Peter BURNEY | 3rd Jun 1941 | 21 | 1920 |
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| Related Articles | |
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| Pub.Date | Article (Newspaper) |
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| 04 Jun 1941 | Whitehaven Pit Explosion, Nine Dead And Three Missing (The Times) |
| 14 Jun 1941 | Whitehaven Collieries Explosion (The Science and Art of Mining) |
| 28 Jun 1941 | William Pit Inquiry (The Science and Art of Mining) |
| 12 Jul 1941 | Duke At Haig Pit (The Science and Art of Mining) |
| 09 Aug 1941 | Whitehaven Colliery Inquiry (The Science and Art of Mining) |
| 11 Jul 1942 | The Whitehaven Explosion, Two Unusual Features (The Science and Art of Mining) |
| 25 Jul 1942 | Explosion At The William Pit (The Science and Art of Mining) |
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| Further Reading | |
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- Mines Inspectors Report into the 1941 Explosion (Cmd. 6367)
- Northumberland & Cumberland Mining Disasters by Maureen Anderson, Published by Wharncliffe Books, 2009, ISBN 1-845630-81-5
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- Mines Inspectors Report into the 1941 Explosion (Cmd. 6367)
- Headstone(s) in Whitehaven Cemetery
- Tombstone photograph (T-09205-14-0245) © Joseph Ritson
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