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| Date: | 6th October 1805 |
| Colliery: | Hebburn |
| Cause: | Explosion |
| Lives Lost: | 35 |
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An explosion took place in Hebburn colliery, by which thirty-five human beings lost their lives, leaving twenty-five widows and eighty-one children unprovided for.
| 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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Bailey, George, aged 42, Hewer, Buried: 10th October | |
Broughbank?, Matthew, aged 18, Driver, Buried: 9th October | |
Chapman, John, aged 30, Hewer, Buried: 9th October | |
Cooper, John, aged 19, Hewer, Buried: 10th October | |
Corby, Ralph, aged 40, Overman, Buried: 10th October | |
Coulshaw?, John, aged 30, Onsetter, Buried: 9th October | |
Davidson, Thomas, aged 44, Shifter, Buried: 9th October | |
Dodds, Thomas, aged 38, Wasteman, Buried: 9th October | |
Elrington, Jacob, aged 23, Hewer, Buried: 9th October | |
Gibson, George, aged 20, Collier, Buried: 9th October | |
Gibson, James, Buried: 1st December | |
Halliday, John, Buried: 1st December | |
Harbottle, John, aged 30, Hewer, Buried: 9th October | |
Heslop, George, aged 22, Hewer, Buried: 9th October | |
Jameson, Ralph, aged 25, Hewer, Buried: 10th October | |
Johnson, Francis, aged 24, Wasteman, Buried: 10th October | |
Liddell, James, aged 24, Hewer, Buried: 9th October | |
Lundy, Thomas, aged 18, Overman, Buried: 9th October | |
Raine, Joseph, aged 50, Shifter, Buried: 9th October | |
Stuart, Thomas, aged 28, Wasteman, Buried: 9th October | |
Telford, Thomas, aged 16, Driver, Buried: 9th October | |
Todd, David, aged 40, Onsetter, Buried: 10th October | |
Todd, Ralph, aged 26, Onsetter, Buried: 9th October | |
Wales, Joseph, Buried: 1st December | |
Wanless, John, Buried: 2nd December | |
Wilson, Edward, aged 25, Collier, Buried: 9th October | |
Young, Michael, Buried: 1st December | |
Young, Ralph, aged 45, Hewer, Buried: 9th October | |
28 of 35 names found | |
Youngest: 16 years old ; Oldest: 50 ; Average: 29 |
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