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| Date: | 5th September 1826 |
| Colliery: | Heworth |
| Cause: | Explosion |
| Lives Lost: | 5 |
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About six o’clock on the morning, an explosion took place in Heworth colliery, when three men and two boys were unfortunately killed, and ten others scorched and bruised. This explosion dashed to pieces the stoppings, brattices, and props, and brought down the roof in several places. Some of the men who were working in a distant part of the mine, were unhurt and even unconscious, until they came to bank, of the accident having happened.
| 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: N1826-04
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| Fatalities | |
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 | Bailey, William |
 | Hunter, Joseph, Pitman |
| | Scott, John, aged 33, Master Wasteman, Buried: St. Mary's Churchyard/Cemetery, Heworth |
| | Southwell, John |
| | Tulip, John, aged 7, Buried: St. Mary's Churchyard/Cemetery, Heworth |
All names found | |
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 | |
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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| Newspaper Articles | |
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| 09 Sep 1826 | Explosion at Heworth Colliery (Newcastle Courant) |
| 09 Sep 1826 | Accident at High Heworth Colliery (Newcastle Weekly Chronicle) |
| 12 Sep 1826 | Explosion at High Heworth Colliery (Tyne Mercury) |
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