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| Date: | 24th December 1813 |
| Colliery: | Felling |
| Cause: | Explosion |
| Lives Lost: | 22 |
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About half-past one o'clock on the morning, an explosion took place in Felling colliery, by which nine men and thirteen boys were hurried into eternity, several others severely burnt, and all the under-ground horses but one destroyed. The accident occurred at the time of calling course, or when one set of men were relieving another. Several of the morning shift men were standing round the mouth of the pit, waiting to go down, when the blast occurred, and the part who had just descended met it soon after they had reached the bottom of the shaft ; these were most miserably burnt and mangled. Among the unfortunate sufferers were the two overmen of the colliery, Mr. William Haswell and Mr. Thomas Morrows, and two of the deputies, Mr. Robert Stoves and Mr. Martin Greener. The deceased men left eight widows and eighteen fatherless children.
| 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. |
See also: N1813-04
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| Fatalities | |
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 | Aislebrough, Nicholas, aged 56, of High Felling, Buried: St. Mary's Churchyard/Cemetery, Heworth on 26th Dec 1813 |
| | Anderson, John, aged 17, of Low Felling, Buried: St. Mary's Churchyard/Cemetery, Heworth on 25th Dec 1813 |
| | Appleby, George, aged 24, of High Felling, Buried: St. Mary's Churchyard/Cemetery, Heworth on 26th Dec 1813 |
| | Bailey, Matthew, aged 18, of Low Felling Lane, Buried: St. Mary's Churchyard/Cemetery, Heworth on 31st Dec 1813 |
| | Greener, James, aged 15, of Ouston, Buried: St. Mary's Churchyard/Cemetery, Heworth on 26th Dec 1813 |
Greener, Martin, aged 55, Deputy, of Ouston, Buried: St. Mary's Churchyard/Cemetery, Heworth on 27th Dec 1813 | |
| | Greener, William, aged 18, of Ouston, Buried: St. Mary's Churchyard/Cemetery, Heworth on 26th Dec 1813 |
| | Hall, John, aged 11, of Low Felling, Buried: St. Mary's Churchyard/Cemetery, Heworth on 25th Dec 1813 |
Haswell, William, aged 39, Overman, of Low Felling, Buried: St. Mary's Churchyard/Cemetery, Heworth on 26th Dec 1813 | |
| | Love, John, aged 20, of Low Felling, Buried: St. Mary's Churchyard/Cemetery, Heworth on 27th Dec 1813 |
| | Lowther, James, aged 13, of Low Felling, Buried: St. Mary's Churchyard/Cemetery, Heworth on 25th Dec 1813 |
| | Lowther, Thomas, aged 13, of Low Felling, Buried: St. Mary's Churchyard/Cemetery, Heworth on 25th Dec 1813 |
| | Maddison, William, aged 60, of High Felling, Buried: St. Mary's Churchyard/Cemetery, Heworth on 26th Dec 1813 |
| | Maxfield, William, aged 12, of High Felling, Buried: St. Mary's Churchyard/Cemetery, Heworth on 26th Dec 1813 |
| | Morely, Thomas, aged 10, of High Felling, Buried: St. Mary's Churchyard/Cemetery, Heworth on 26th Dec 1813 |
Morrows, Thomas, aged 30, Overman, Buried: St. Mary's Churchyard/Cemetery, Heworth on 25th Dec 1813 | |
| | Orricks, John Ray, aged 24, Buried: St. Mary's Churchyard/Cemetery, Heworth on 27th Dec 1813 |
| | Reed, Thomas, aged 26, of High Felling, Buried: St. Mary's Churchyard/Cemetery, Heworth on 27th Dec 1813 |
| | Richardson, William, aged 15, of Low Felling, Buried: St. Mary's Churchyard/Cemetery, Heworth on 9th Jan 1814 |
| | Rodgers, Edward, aged 10, of High Felling, Buried: St. Mary's Churchyard/Cemetery, Heworth on 26th Dec 1813 |
Stoves, Robert, aged 40, Deputy, of Low Felling, Buried: St. Mary's Churchyard/Cemetery, Heworth on 25th Dec 1813 | |
| | Turnbull, William, aged 10, of High Felling Lane, Buried: St. Mary's Churchyard/Cemetery, Heworth on 26th Dec 1813 |
| | Young, John, aged 37, of Low Felling, Buried: St. Mary's Churchyard/Cemetery, Heworth on 27th Dec 1813 |
| | Young, John, aged 8, of Low Felling, Buried: St. Mary's Churchyard/Cemetery, Heworth on 26th Dec 1813 |
All names found | |
Youngest: 8 years old ; Oldest: 60 ; Average: 24 | |
Some of the names of mining fatalities on this web site have been kindly provided by
Brian Proctor from his research into early newspapers (primarily of the Newcastle Area)
and are marked with
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| 31 Dec 1813 | News (Newcastle Courant) |
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