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| Date: | 20th December 1860 |
| Colliery: | Minor Pit, Hetton |
| Cause: | Accumulation of fire damp exploded when boiler fire doors opened |
| Lives Lost: | 22 |
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This evening another of those lamentable explosions, so frequent in this district, took place in one of the workings of the far famed Hetton Colliery ; and unfortunately, twenty two persons fell victims, not improbably, to the recklessness or carelessness of some of themselves, or, it may be to hidden causes which are inexplicable. The whole of the horses and ponies in the pit were destroyed by fire, which had seized on the hay in the stables, and the way in which they met their deaths was horrible in the extreme.
| Source: | Local Records or Historical Register of Remarkable Events by T. Fordyce, Published in 1867 |
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Box, James, aged 20, Shifter, riding the south wagonway in the West Minor pit | |
Ferguson, John, aged 62, Shifter, making refuge stalls in the inclined plane in the West Minor pit Ridding South wagon way in West minor pit | |
 | Gibbons, John, aged 63, Shifter, Buried: St. Nicholas's Churchyard, Hetton-le-Hole |
Gray, Francis, aged 29, Deputy | |
Greives, John, aged 20, Timber Leader, found near the furnace in the West Minor pit | |
Hall, Robert, aged 17, Shifter, riding the south wagonway in the West Minor pit | |
Jobling, John, aged 40, Shifter | |
Lowdon, John, aged 62, Shifter, repairing timber at the station in the South-East Drift in the West Minor pit | |
Marley, William, aged 58, Furnaceman, found near the furnace in the West Minor pit | |
Mitchinson, Thomas, aged 61, Shifter, repairing timber at the station in the South-East Drift in the West Minor pit | |
Richardson, William, aged 60, Shifter, making refuge stalls in the inclined plane in the West Minor pit Ridding South wagon way in West minor pit | |
Robson, Thomas, aged 36, Hewer, working up the new incline in the West minor pit | |
Ross, Ralph, aged 16, Timber Leader, found near the furnace in the West Minor pit | |
Sandilands, Thomas, aged 32, Shifter | |
Scott, Joseph, aged 50, Shifter | |
Soulsby, Jacob, aged 16, Timber Leader | |
Walker, Joseph, aged 32, Deputy | |
Walton, George, aged 16, Putter, working up the new incline in the West minor pit | |
| | Wilson, Robert, aged 54, Shifter, father in law of Henry Wonders, repairing timber at the station in the South-East Drift in the West Minor pit, Buried: St. Nicholas's Churchyard, Hetton-le-Hole |
| | Wonders, Henry, aged 34, Hewer, son in law of Robert Wilson, working up the new incline in the West minor pit, Buried: St. Nicholas's Churchyard, Hetton-le-Hole |
Wright, Thomas, aged 43, Shifter | |
Young, Anthony, aged 52, Shifter, making refuge stalls in the inclined plane in the West Minor pit Ridding South wagon way in West minor pit | |
All names found | |
Youngest: 16 years old ; Oldest: 63 ; Average: 40 | |
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| Newspaper Articles | |
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| 27 Dec 1860 | The Hetton Colliery Explosion (The Times) |
| 11 Jan 1861 | The Hetton Colliery Explosion (The Times) |
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