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| Date: | 12th August 1814 |
| Colliery: | Hebburn |
| Cause: | Explosion |
| Lives Lost: | 11 |
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A melancholy accident happened at Hebburn colliery, near Newcastle. Elias Mould, under-viewer, has descended one of the pits, with the deputies and overmen, to change the course of the air for ventilation, when the pit fired, and himself and ten others were unfortunately burnt to death.
| 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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Defty, Richard, aged 35 | |
Dixon, John, aged 38 | |
Hepplewhite, Robert, aged 28 | |
Johnson, John, aged 29 | |
Marshall, Edward, aged 25 | |
Mould, Elias, aged 37, Under viewer | |
Pratt, Peter, aged 24 | |
Routledge, John, aged 51 | |
Smith, George | |
Thack?ferry, Robert, aged 38 | |
10 of 11 names found | |
Youngest: 24 years old ; Oldest: 51 ; Average: 34 |
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