| Date: | 10th September 1857 |
| Colliery: | Blaydon Main |
| Cause: | Explosion |
| Lives Lost: | 1 |
Blaydon Main ; an explosion took place with one of the deputies, who most incautiously went into the face of an old headway, standing at a fault with a naked light, although he had a safety lamp at hand. The explosion was of a very limited nature, but the place being unventilated, and the seam low, he was so severely burnt that he died in a few days, fully acknowledging that his misfortune was attributable entirely to his own want of reflection.
| Source: | 1857 Mines Inspectors Report |
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