Disasters - Names		Disasters - Names

Date:	25th October 1871
Colliery:	Seaham
Cause:	Explosion, firedamp, caused by outburst of gas from roof, probably ignited by naked light
Lives Lost:	26

Photograph(s) of the memorial for this disaster are shown in the Memorials section

	Ashden, James, aged 41, Hewer
	Ballantine, David, aged 69, Shifter
	Barker, George, aged 16, Putter
	Bousfield, Thomas, aged 49, Shifter
	Bowden, John, aged 46, Hewer
	Brown, Matthew, aged 38, Shifter
	Campbell, Edward, aged 30, Hewer
	Coates, William, aged 30, Shifter
	Dobson, Thomas, aged 13, Driver
	Dunn, William, aged 57, Hewer
	Hays, John, aged 60, Deputy
	Hepplewhite, Ralph, aged 55, Shifter
	Hunter, Robinson, aged 45, Shifter
	Hutchinson, Thomas, aged 25, Stoneman
	Laing, Edward, aged 43, Hewer
	Lawson, Charles, aged 28, Furnaceman
	Norris, Thomas, aged 60, Shifter, Buried: Christ Church Churchyard, Seaham
	Proud, Thomas, aged 58, Shifter
	Richardson, John, aged 50, Shifter
	Robins, William, aged 28, Shifter
	Shipley, George, aged 34, Shifter
	Spence, Thomas, aged 39, Master Shifter
	Straughair, Robert, aged 24, Shifter
	Tones, Thomas, aged 64, Shifter
	Weddle, John, aged 52, Shifter
	Young, William, aged 67, Shifter
	All names found
	Youngest: 13 years old ; Oldest: 69 ; Average: 43
	Those names marked with , have a web page providing individual details of the accident, the page may also include a photograph of the deceased. Click on the symbol next to the name to see the web page.

27 Oct 1871	Fatal Colliery Explosion (The Times)
28 Oct 1871	The Colliery Explosion At Seaham (The Times)
30 Oct 1871	The Colliery Explosion At Seaham (The Times)
20 Jan 1872	Recent Colliery Explosions (The Times)

• Troubled Seams - the Story of a Pit and its People by John E. McCutcheon, published in 1955 by J. Greenwood and Sons

 

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