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| Date: | 11th October 1799 |
| Colliery: | Lumley |
| Cause: | Explosion |
| Lives Lost: | 39 |
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A violent explosion took place in Lumley colliery, in the county of Durham, by which dreadful catastrophe thirty-nine human beings were launched into eternity.
| Source: | Local Historian's Table Book of Remarkable Occurrences Connected with the Counties of Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, Northumberland and Durham by M.A. Richardson. Published in five volumes in 1844. |
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Cusby?, John, aged 9, son of William Cusby | |
Cusby?, John, aged 18 | |
Cusby?, Thomas, aged 25 | |
Cusby?, William, aged 36, father of John Cusby | |
Dixon, William, aged 12 | |
Dunn, Martin, aged 61 | |
Gofton?, John, aged 19 | |
Gofton?, Matthew, aged 21 | |
Grey, Thomas, aged 50, father of Thomas Grey | |
Grey, Thomas, aged 17, son of Thomas Grey | |
Humble, George, aged 15 | |
Humble, Thomas, aged 23 | |
Humble, Thomas, aged 26 | |
Liddle, George, aged 26 | |
Liddle, William, aged 24 | |
Rogerson, Robert, aged 63 | |
Smith, Martin, aged 30 | |
Smith, Thomas, aged 20 | |
Younger, Ralph, aged 18 | |
Younger, Thomas, aged 15 | |
20 of 39 names found | |
Youngest: 9 years old ; Oldest: 63 ; Average: 26 |
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