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| Location: | Herrington 5 miles [8 km] SW of Sunderland |
| Map Ref: | (Sheet 88) NZ328527, 54° 52' 5" N, 1° 29' 19" W |
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Description
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Disasters (5 or more killed)
| 10th | Oct | 1812 | Explosion, 24 lives lost (Show Names) |
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Names of those killed at this colliery
Please note that this collection of names is by no means complete!
Anderson, Daniel, 10 Oct 1812, 1:00 p.m., aged 19, killed in the 1812 explosion, Buried: All Saints Churchyard, Penshaw on 12 Oct 1812 {NBI} [More information ...] | ||||||
Armstrong, John, 10 Oct 1812, 1:00 p.m., aged 28, killed in the 1812 explosion, Buried: All Saints Churchyard, Penshaw on 11 Oct 1812 {NBI} [More information ...] | ||||||
Barnes, John, 10 Oct 1812, 1:00 p.m., aged 17, killed in the 1812 explosion, Buried: All Saints Churchyard, Penshaw [More information ...] | ||||||
Barnes, William, 10 Oct 1812, 1:00 p.m., aged 15, killed in the 1812 explosion, Buried: All Saints Churchyard, Penshaw [More information ...] | ||||||
Berwick, John, 10 Oct 1812, 1:00 p.m., aged 8, killed in the 1812 explosion, Buried: All Saints Churchyard, Penshaw [More information ...] | ||||||
Carr, George, 10 Oct 1812, 1:00 p.m., killed in the 1812 explosion, Buried: All Saints Churchyard, Penshaw on 11 Oct 1812 {NBI} [More information ...] | ||||||
Cook, James, 10 Oct 1812, 1:00 p.m., aged 8, killed in the 1812 explosion, Buried: All Saints Churchyard, Penshaw on 12 Oct 1812 {NBI} [More information ...] | ||||||
Crosby, Thomas, 10 Oct 1812, 1:00 p.m., aged 67, killed in the 1812 explosion, Buried: All Saints Churchyard, Penshaw on 13 Oct 1812 {NBI} [More information ...] | ||||||
Forster, Joseph, 10 Oct 1812, 1:00 p.m., aged 16, killed in the 1812 explosion, Buried: All Saints Churchyard, Penshaw on 12 Oct 1812 {NBI} [More information ...] | ||||||
Forster, Robert, 10 Oct 1812, 1:00 p.m., killed in the 1812 explosion, Buried: All Saints Churchyard, Penshaw on 13 Oct 1812 {NBI} [More information ...] | ||||||
Gordon, Robert, 10 Oct 1812, 1:00 p.m., aged 61, killed in the 1812 explosion, Buried: All Saints Churchyard, Penshaw [More information ...] | ||||||
Hutchinson, John, 10 Oct 1812, 1:00 p.m., aged 20, killed in the 1812 explosion, Buried: All Saints Churchyard, Penshaw on 11 Oct 1812 {NBI} [More information ...] | ||||||
Hutchinson, William, 10 Oct 1812, 1:00 p.m., aged 17, killed in the 1812 explosion, Buried: All Saints Churchyard, Penshaw on 11 Oct 1812 {NBI} [More information ...] | ||||||
Lewis, Ralph, 10 Oct 1812, 1:00 p.m., aged 12, killed in the 1812 explosion, Buried: All Saints Churchyard, Penshaw [More information ...] | ||||||
Norton, Edward, 10 Oct 1812, 1:00 p.m., aged 25, killed in the 1812 explosion, Buried: All Saints Churchyard, Penshaw [More information ...] | ||||||
Sheards, Robert, 10 Oct 1812, 1:00 p.m., aged 7, killed in the 1812 explosion, Buried: All Saints Churchyard, Penshaw [More information ...] | ||||||
Smith, John, 10 Oct 1812, 1:00 p.m., aged 15, killed in the 1812 explosion, Buried: All Saints Churchyard, Penshaw on 12 Oct 1812 {NBI} [More information ...] | ||||||
Stringer, Andrew, 10 Oct 1812, 1:00 p.m., aged 17, killed in the 1812 explosion, Buried: All Saints Churchyard, Penshaw on 11 Oct 1812 {NBI} [More information ...] | ||||||
Welsh, Edward, 10 Oct 1812, 1:00 p.m., aged 8, killed in the 1812 explosion, Buried: All Saints Churchyard, Penshaw [More information ...] | ||||||
Welsh, Johnson, 10 Oct 1812, 1:00 p.m., aged 8, killed in the 1812 explosion, Buried: All Saints Churchyard, Penshaw [More information ...] | ||||||
Welsh, Thomas, 10 Oct 1812, 1:00 p.m., aged 15, killed in the 1812 explosion, Buried: All Saints Churchyard, Penshaw [More information ...] | ||||||
Wilson, Robert, 10 Oct 1812, 1:00 p.m., aged 14, killed in the 1812 explosion, Buried: All Saints Churchyard, Penshaw on 11 Oct 1812 {NBI} [More information ...] | ||||||
Wilson, William, 10 Oct 1812, 1:00 p.m., aged 29, killed in the 1812 explosion, Buried: All Saints Churchyard, Penshaw on 11 Oct 1812 {NBI} [More information ...] | ||||||
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If you know of any fatalities missing from the above list then please contact us with the details and we will add them to our database.
more information on some of the fatalities shown above
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Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)
a simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Mill Pit, Herrington
list of collieries/pits etc. near to Mill Pit, Herrington
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Credits
Sources:
- Parish Records
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Related Links:
| On this site | |
| | Newspaper articles |
| | Names of those killed in the 1812 disaster |
Further Reading:
- Explosions in Coal Mines by W. N. & J. B. Atkinson, published in 1886
