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Date:  3rd November 1931
Colliery:  Rising Sun, Northumberland
Cause:  Explosion of firedamp
Lives Lost:  2

Description

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Source: 1931 Mines Inspectors Report

Fatalities

  

O'Brien, John, aged 52, burned by an explosion of firedamp, died subsequently, address: Renwick-street, Byker

  

Walton, John Robert, aged 36, burned by an explosion of firedamp, died subsequently, address: Balmoral-street, Wallsend

 
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Newspaper Articles

04 Nov 1931  Explosion In Wallsend Mine, Nine Men Injured (The Times)
06 Nov 1931  News in Brief (The Times)

 

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