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| Date: | 3rd November 1823 |
| Colliery: | Rainton, Plain Pit |
| Cause: | Explosion |
| Lives Lost: | 55 |
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A dreadful explosion of inflammable air took place in the Plain pit of Rainton colliery, in the parish of Houghton-le-Spring, Durham, belonging to the marquis of Londonderry, when fifty-three men and boys perished, and several others were dreadfully hurt, two of whom afterwards died ; twelve horses were also killed. A little before eight o'clock, one of the overmen, and soon after, one of the workmen, descended the pit, and succeeded in bringing several of the sufferers to bank ; and in the course of the morning the bodies of all who had perished were brought up, with the exception of four, who were in the most distant parts of the mine. The bodies presented a most shocking spectacle, being much burnt, and many of them very much mutilated.
| 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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 | Adamson, Thomas, died two days later |
| | Anderson, John |
| | Armstrong, George |
| | Carr, Richard |
| | Carr, Thomas |
| | Cowie, John |
| | Crake, Thomas |
| | Dawson, Thomas |
| | Dawson, William |
| | Dial, Matthew |
| | Dinning, Henry |
| | Elliott, George |
| | Elliott, George |
| | Elliott, Wardle |
| | Gibson, John, aged 15, son of Robert |
| | Gibson, Robert, father of John |
| | Golightly, - |
| | Golightly, - |
| | Golightly, Thomas |
| | Hall, Thomas |
| | Hand, John |
| | Hann, Bob |
| | Harburne, Charles |
| | Harrison, - |
| | Harrison, - |
| | Hull, - (son 1) |
| | Hull, - (son 2) |
| | Hull, John |
| | Hutchinson, William, died two days later |
| | Johnson, - |
| | Johnson, - |
| | Lowry, Francis |
| | Mason, - |
| | Nealson, George |
| | Ord, John |
| | Pratt, Cuthbert |
| | Pudley, John |
| | Ramshaw, Edward |
| | Roddson, Joseph |
| | Shield, James |
| | Shield, Robert |
| | Short, Adam |
| | Short, William |
| | Smith, Christopher |
| | Thompson, George |
| | Welsh, John |
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Some of the names of mining fatalities on this page have been kindly provided by Ian Winstanley of the
Coal Mining History Resource Centre
and are marked with |
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| Newspaper Articles | |
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| 08 Nov 1823 | Explosion in the Rainton Coal-Pit (The Times) |
| 20 Nov 1823 | Rainton Colliery, Safety Lamp (The Times) |
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