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| Date: | 18th January 1844 |
| Colliery: | Killingworth, West Moor |
| Cause: | Explosion |
| Lives Lost: | 5 |
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A slight explosion of gas occurred at Killingworth colliery, near Newcastle, by which five persons were killed.
| Source: | Local Records or Historical Register of Remarkable Events by John Latimer, Published in 1857 |
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 | Bates, Thomas |
| | Hardy, William |
| | Hindmarsh, Joseph |
| | Nicholson, John, aged 37, Buried: St. Bartholomew, Longbenton on 21 Jan 1844 {NBI} |
| | Richardson, William |
| | Storey, John, aged 36, Buried: St. Bartholomew, Longbenton on 21 Jan 1844 {NBI} |
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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
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