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Matthias Dunn

Warning: This is not intended to be an exhaustive history of this individual, but an indication of the changes of positions and the links between companies, directors and managers in those companies. Only collieries, pits etc. in the North of England are shown - the individual may be involved with other companies or collieries outside this area and there may have been other positions for which we currently do not have details.

Links to other pages on this site

02 Oct 1844  —  Newspaper article (The Late Dreadful Colliery Explosion)
04 Oct 1844  —  Newspaper article (The Colliery Explosion at Haswell)
21 Aug 1851  —  Newspaper article (Destructive Colliery Explosion)
29 Aug 1851  —  Newspaper article (Washington Colliery Explosion)
13 Nov 1851  —  Newspaper article (The Killingworth Colliery Explosion)
27 Feb 1852  —  Newspaper article (Colliery Inspections)
14 Jan 1853  —  Newspaper article (Fatal Colliery Explosion In South Durham)
14 Oct 1858  —  Newspaper article (The Fire In The Page Bank Pit)
29 Oct 1859  —  Newspaper article (The Colliery Explosion in Durham)
05 Mar 1860  —  Newspaper article (The Appalling Colliery Explosion In Northumberland)
07 Mar 1860  —  Newspaper article (The Colliery Explosion In Northumberland)
12 Mar 1860  —  Newspaper article (The Burradon Colliery Explosion)
24 Mar 1860  —  Newspaper article (The Burradon Colliery Explosion)
07 Apr 1860  —  Newspaper article (The Burradon Colliery Explosion)
16 Apr 1860  —  Newspaper article (The Burradon Colliery Explosion)
15 Dec 1860  —  Newspaper article (The Recent Colliery Explosion in Cumberland)
03 Jan 1861  —  Newspaper article (Colliery Inspection)
11 Jan 1861  —  Newspaper article (The Hetton Colliery Explosion)
20 Jan 1862  —  Newspaper article (The Dreadful Colliery Accident In Northumberland)
23 Jan 1862  —  Newspaper article (The Terrible Calamity In The Hartley Colliery)
27 Jan 1862  —  Newspaper article (The Hartley Colliery Accident)
31 Jan 1862  —  Newspaper article (Hartley Colliery Accident)
05 Feb 1862  —  Newspaper article (The Hartley Colliery Accident)
24 Nov 1862  —  Newspaper article (Fearful Colliery Explosion)
25 Nov 1862  —  Newspaper article (The Colliery Explosion)
28 Nov 1862  —  Newspaper article (The Walker Colliery Explosion)
29 Nov 1862  —  Newspaper article (Explosion at Walker Colliery)
10 Mar 1863  —  Newspaper article (Death Of Nineteen Pitmen)
10 Jan 1866  —  Newspaper article (The fatal accident at Cramlington Colliery)


1834

Commercial/Trade Directory

Page 606: Newcastle - Dunn, Matthias, Colliery Viewer, Strawberry Place House
Source: Pigot & Co.'s Commercial Directory of Durham, Northumberland and Yorkshire. Published in 1834


1848

Biographical Notes

Published "A Treatise on the Working and Winning of Collieries" The text is available on this web site here.

Commercial/Trade Directory

Page ?: Newcastle - Dunn, Matthias, Colliery Viewer & Mining Engineer, 8 St. Mary's Place. Northumberland Street
Source: Slater's Trade Directory for Northumberland, 1848


1853

Membership

1853-1854, North of England Institute of Mining and Mechanical Engineers. Position: Honorary Member; Address: Inspector of Mines, Newcastle


1854

H.M. Inspectors of Mines

Inspector of Mines, Northern Area
Source: 1854 Mines Inspectors Report


1855

Commercial/Trade Directory

Page 248: Newcastle - Dunn, Matthias, Inspector of Mines, 8 St. Mary's Place
Source: History, Topography, and Directory of Northumberland by William Whellan & Co. Published in 1855.

H.M. Inspectors of Mines

Inspector of Mines, Northern Area
Source: 1855 Mines Inspectors Report


1856

H.M. Inspectors of Mines

Inspector of Mines, Northern Area
Source: 1856 Mines Inspectors Report


1857

H.M. Inspectors of Mines

Inspector of Mines, Northern Area
Source: 1857 Mines Inspectors Report


1858

H.M. Inspectors of Mines

Inspector of Mines, Northern Area
Source: 1858 Mines Inspectors Report


1859

H.M. Inspectors of Mines

Inspector of Mines, Northern Area
Source: 1859 Mines Inspectors Report


1860

H.M. Inspectors of Mines

Inspector of Mines, Northern Area
Source: 1860 Mines Inspectors Report


1861

H.M. Inspectors of Mines

Inspector of Mines, Northern Area
Source: 1861 Mines Inspectors Report


1862

H.M. Inspectors of Mines

Inspector of Mines, Northern Area
Source: 1862 Mines Inspectors Report


1863

H.M. Inspectors of Mines

Inspector of Mines, Northern Area
Source: 1863 Mines Inspectors Report


1864

Membership

1864-1865, North of England Institute of Mining and Mechanical Engineers. Position: Honorary Member; Address: Inspector of Mines, 5, St. Thomas Place, Newcastle.

H.M. Inspectors of Mines

Inspector of Mines, Northern Area
Source: 1864 Mines Inspectors Report


1865

H.M. Inspectors of Mines

Inspector of Mines, Northern Area
Source: 1865 Mines Inspectors Report


Sources
  • 1854 Mines Inspectors Report
  • 1855 Mines Inspectors Report
  • 1856 Mines Inspectors Report
  • 1857 Mines Inspectors Report
  • 1858 Mines Inspectors Report
  • 1859 Mines Inspectors Report
  • 1860 Mines Inspectors Report
  • 1861 Mines Inspectors Report
  • 1862 Mines Inspectors Report
  • 1863 Mines Inspectors Report
  • 1864 Mines Inspectors Report
  • 1865 Mines Inspectors Report
  • History, Topography, and Directory of Northumberland by William Whellan & Co. Published in 1855.
  • Pigot & Co.'s Commercial Directory of Durham, Northumberland and Yorkshire. Published in 1834
  • Slater's Trade Directory for Northumberland, 1848
  • Transactions of the North of England Institute of Mining and Mechanical Engineers, Volume II published in 1854
  • Transactions of the North of England Institute of Mining and Mechanical Engineers, Volume XIV published in 1865

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