Disasters - Names		Disasters - Names

Date:	12th August 1842
Colliery:	Penshaw
Cause:	Boiler explosion
Lives Lost:	2

An engine used for drawing coal on the railway blew up, killing two people. The boiler was split into pieces, and portions were thrown to a considerable distance. The building was completely destroyed, and unfortunately the engine-man, Stephen Hann, a young man only twenty-two years of age, and a little boy who was not connected with the works named Barber, to whom he was much attached, were killed.

Source:

Text kindly provided by Jim Grainger from his research into early newspapers (primarily the Durham Advertiser and Durham Chronicle).

	Barber, -, aged boy, [Not employed], boiler explosion
	Hann, Stephen, aged 22, Engine man, boiler explosion
	All names found
	Some of the names of mining fatalities on this web site have been kindly provided by Jim Grainger from his research into early newspapers (primarily the Durham Advertiser and Durham Chronicle) and are marked with .

 

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