| Fatal Accidents |
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Fatal Accidents |
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More information on some of the fatal accidents at
Wearmouth Colliery
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18th Apr 1837 |
3 lives lost, Cause: Fell down shaft
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1st Jul 1843 |
2 lives lost, Cause: Shaft accident
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21st Jan 1849 |
1 life lost
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12th Sep 1855 |
1 life lost, Cause: Explosion
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5th Nov 1858 |
1 life lost, Cause: Killed in shaft chains
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16th Jan 1859 |
1 life lost, Cause: Crushed by Machinery
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29th Jul 1859 |
1 life lost, Cause: Fell from furnace drift
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16th Jan 1861 |
1 life lost
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16th Jun 1861 |
1 life lost, Cause: Explosion
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18th Jan 1872 |
2 lives lost, Cause: Fall of stone
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24th Aug 1877 |
2 lives lost, Cause: Fall of stone
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20th Sep 1881 |
2 lives lost, Cause: Run over by tubs on engine plane
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3rd Feb 1888 |
1 life lost, Cause: Building a pillar in waste a large stone slipped off the top
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26th Feb 1903 |
1 life lost
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10th Oct 1904 |
1 life lost
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30th Sep 1904 |
1 life lost
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3rd Oct 1905 |
1 life lost
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2nd Mar 1905 |
1 life lost, Cause: Head hit roof
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20th Mar 1905 |
1 life lost
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5th Jun 1905 |
1 life lost
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31st Jul 1905 |
1 life lost
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9th Jan 1907 |
1 life lost
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10th Oct 1907 |
1 life lost
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1st Nov 1907 |
1 life lost
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5th Dec 1907 |
1 life lost
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2nd May 1907 |
1 life lost
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26th Jun 1907 |
1 life lost
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7th Jun 1907 |
1 life lost, Cause: Fall of stone
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26th Sep 1907 |
1 life lost
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31st Jan 1913 |
1 life lost
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1st Dec 1914 |
1 life lost
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6th Mar 1914 |
1 life lost
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15th Jun 1927 |
1 life lost
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13th Mar 1974 |
1 life lost, Cause: Fall of Stone
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13th Feb 1992 |
2 lives lost
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