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Date:	1st September 1828
Colliery:	New Pit, Houghton-le-Spring
Cause:	Explosion
Lives Lost:	7

An explosion took place in the new pit at Houghton-le-spring, belonging to Lord Durham, when three men and four boys were burnt to death. The accident was attributed to the sufferers themselves having incautiously left open a door in the mine on the Saturday. The foul air had by this means accumulated in the workings, and on the return of the pitmen on the morning with their lights, it immediately exploded and occasioned the fatal result.

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.

	Bradley, Thomas, aged 28
	Smith, George, aged 32
	Wilkin, John, aged 24
	3 of 7 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 , further details may be obtained by contacting Ian by email at ian.winstanley@blueyonder.co.uk

 

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