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I will now shew you some of the awful misfortunes that have taken place in the Counties of Northumberland and Durham within the last eighty-seven years.
| Year | Month | Colliery | Cause | Lives Lost |
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| 1756 | Aug. | 11 | Chater's Haugh | Explosion | 4 |
| 1757 | June | 10 | Ravensworth | Explosion | 16 |
| 1760 | June | 15 | Hartley | Explosion | 5 |
| 1761 | Dec. | 1 | Walker | Explosion | 8 |
| 1765 | April | 2 | Walker | Explosion | 10 |
| 1766 | March | 18 | Long Benton | Explosion | 1 |
| 1766 | April | 16 | South Biddick | Explosion | 27 |
| 1766 | Aug. | 22 | Lambton | Explosion | 6 |
| 1767 | May | 27 | Fatfield | Explosion | 39 |
| 1773 | Dec. | 6 | North Biddick | Explosion | 19 |
| 1778 | Dec. | 8 | Chater's Haugh | Explosion | 24 |
| 1782 | May | 17 | Fauld Pit, Gateshead | Explosion | 4 |
| 1782 | Oct. | 11 | Wallsend | Explosion | 1 |
| 1784 | Nov. | 6 | Wallsend | Explosion | 3 |
| 1785 | June | 9 | Wallsend | Explosion | 2 |
| 1785 | Dec. | 4 | Wallsend | Explosion | 6 |
| 1786 | April | Wallsend | Explosion | 7 | |
| 1794 | June | 9 | Picktree | Explosion | 30 |
| 1794 | June | 11 | Harraton | Explosion | 28 |
| 1795 | April | 24 | Benwell | Explosion | 11 |
| 1796 | Feb. | 12 | Washington | Explosion | 17 |
| 1796 | Sept. | 8 | Slaty Ford | Explosion | 6 |
| 1799 | Oct. | 11 | Lumley | Explosion | 39 |
| 1803 | Sept. | 25 | Wallsend | Explosion | 13 |
| 1805 | Oct. | 21 | Hebburn | Explosion | 35 |
| 1805 | Nov. | 29 | Oxclose | Explosion | 38 |
| 1806 | March | 28 | Killingworth | Explosion | 10 |
| 1808 | Nov. | 29 | Harraton | Explosion | 4 |
| 1809 | Sept. | 14 | Killingworth | Explosion | 12 |
| 1812 | Oct. | 10 | Harrington Mill Pit | Explosion | 24 |
| 1812 | May | 25 | Felling | Explosion | 92 |
| 1813 | July | 17 | Collingwood Main | Explosion | 8 |
| 1813 | Sept. | 28 | Hall Pit, Fatfield | Explosion | 32 |
| 1813 | Dec. | 24 | Felling | Explosion | 22 |
| 1814 | April | 5 | Howdon | Explosion | |
| 1814 | Aug. | 2 | Hebburn | Explosion | |
| 1814 | Sept. | 9 | Leafield | Explosion | 4 |
| 1815 | May | 3 | Hetton Main | Inundated by water | 75 |
| 1815 | June | 2 | Newbottle Success Pit | Explosion | 57 |
| 1815 | June | 27 | Sheriff Hill | Explosion | 11 |
| 1815 | July | 31 | Newbottle | Boiler bursting | 18 |
| 1815 | Dec. | 11 | Sheriff Hill | Killed | 5 |
| 1815 | Dec. | 18 | Townley | Explosion | 1 |
| 1817 | May | 31 | South Shields | Killed in descending | 5 |
| 1817 | June | 30 | Harraton, N. Scotia | Explosion | 38 |
| 1817 | June | 30 | Harraton, N. Scotia | Choke damp | 8 |
| 1817 | Aug. | 1 | Oxclose | By a fall of stones | 2 |
| 1817 | Aug. | 5 | Wallsend | 4 | |
| 1817 | July | 21 | Sheriff Hill | 1 | |
| 1817 | Sept. | 25 | Jarrow | Explosion | 6 |
| 1817 | Nov. | 1 | North Shields | By a stone | 3 |
| 1817 | Dec. | 18 | Plain Pit, Rainton | Explosion | 27 |
| 1817 | March | 29 | Backworth | Killed | 1 |
| 1818 | June | 26 | Backworth | Killed in descending | 1 |
| 1819 | March | 29 | Backworth | Explosion | 2 |
| 1819 | July | 19 | Sheriff Hill | Explosion | 35 |
| 1819 | Oct. | 9 | George Pit, Lumley | Explosion | 13 |
| 1820 | April | 28 | Jarrow | Explosion | 2 |
| 1820 | Oct. | 1 | Backworth | Choke damp | 1 |
| 1821 | May | 31 | Leafield | By a stone | 1 |
| 1821 | June | 4 | Elswick | By a stone | 2 |
| 1821 | July | 9 | Rainton North Pit | Explosion | 1 |
| 1821 | July | 9 | Coxlodge | Explosion | 1 |
| 1821 | Oct. | 19 | Nesham | Explosion | 6 |
| 1821 | Oct. | 20 | Burraton Pit, Killingworth | Explosion | 4 |
| 1821 | Oct. | 23 | Wallsend, Russell's | Explosion | 52 |
| 1821 | Oct. | 23 | Felling | Explosion | 6 |
| 1822 | Feb. | 13 | Killingworth | In descending | 4 |
| 1822 | May | 29 | Killingworth | By a stone | 1 |
| 1822 | June | 4 | Killingworth | Falling down pit | 1 |
| 1822 | June | 24 | Backworth | By a stone | 1 |
| 1823 | Jan. | 19 | Walker | By a fall of stones | 4 |
| 1823 | Oct. | 9 | Backworth | Falling down pit | 1 |
| 1823 | Feb. | 20 | Ouston | Explosion | 4 |
| 1823 | Feb. | 21 | Killingworth | By a stone | 1 |
| 1823 | Nov. | 3 | Plain Pit, Rainton | 59 | |
| 1824 | Feb. | 19 | Killingworth | Choke damp | 1 |
| 1824 | April | 21 | Backworth B | By coals falling | 1 |
| 1824 | May | 11 | Backworth A | By a tram | 1 |
| 1824 | Oct. | 25 | G. Pit, Lumley | Explosion | 14 |
| 1824 | Nov. | 19 | Dorothy Pit, Newbottle | Explosion | 11 |
| 1825 | July | 3 | Judy Pit, Fatfield | Explosion | 11 |
| 1825 | Oct. | 5 | Hebburn | Explosion | 4 |
| 1825 | Dec. | 10 | Jarrow | Fall of a stone | 1 |
| 1826 | Jan. | 6 | Beamish | Fell down the pit | 1 |
| 1826 | Jan. | 12 | Jarrow | Fell down the pit | 1 |
| 1826 | Jan. | 17 | Jarrow | Explosion | 34 |
| 1826 | Jan. | 26 | Backworth | By a waggon | 1 |
| 1826 | May | 30 | Townley | Explosion | 38 |
| 1826 | Sept. | 2 | Earsdon | Fell down the pit | 1 |
| 1826 | Sept. | 5 | Heworth | Explosion | 5 |
| 1826 | Sept. | 27 | Benwell | Explosion | 2 |
| 1827 | Sept. | 5 | Fawdon | Explosion | 2 |
| 1827 | July | 20 | C. Pit, Lambton | Explosion | 1 |
| 1828 | May | 15 | Jarrow | Explosion | 8 |
| 1828 | Sept. | 1 | Houghton-le-Spring | Explosion | 7 |
| 1828 | Nov. | 20 | E. Pit, Washington | Explosion | 14 |
| 1828 | Dec. | 1 | Townley | Explosion | 1 |
| 1829 | June | 26 | D. Pit, Newbottle | Explosion | 1 |
| 1829 | May | 14 | Killingworth | Explosion | 1 |
| 1829 | Nov. | 6 | Killingworth | Killed in the pit | 1 |
| 1829 | July | 9 | Backworth | Killed by a stone | 1 |
| 1829 | Oct. | 7 | Cramlington | Killed by a stone | 1 |
| 1829 | Nov. | 10 | Hetton | By a fall of stones | 1 |
| 1829 | Nov. | 18 | Jarrow | In descending | 1 |
| 1829 | Nov. | 26 | Shiney Row | By a tram | 1 |
| 1829 | Dec. | 3 | Willington | Explosion | 4 |
| 1830 | March | 26 | Hetton, Ellemore | Fell down the pit | 1 |
| 1830 | April | 1 | Earsdon | By a stone | 1 |
| 1830 | Aug. | 3 | Jarrow, Bensham Seam | Explosion | 40 |
| 1830 | Nov. | 27 | Hebburn | Suffocation | 2 |
| 1831 | April | 4 | Walker | By a stone | 1 |
| 1831 | June | 8 | Hebburn | In descending | 1 |
| 1831 | June | 18 | Killingworth | By a prop | 1 |
| 1831 | June | 24 | South Shields | Killed by a shot | 1 |
| 1831 | July | 9 | King Pit, Wreckington | Explosion | 3 |
| 1831 | July | 15 | Wallsend | By a shot | 1 |
| 1831 | July | 16 | Backworth | Drawn over the pully | 1 |
| 1831 | Aug. | 5 | Backworth | Killed by a coal | 1 |
| 1831 | Sept. | 20 | Willington | Explosion | 7 |
| 1831 | Oct. | 25 | Collerton | Fell down the pit | 1 |
| 1831 | Nov. | 11 | Jarrow | In descending | 1 |
| 1831 | Dec. | 14 | Earsdon | Fell down the pit | 1 |
| 1832 | March | 7 | Beamish | Inundated | 2 |
| 1832 | June | 15 | Newbottle | Explosion | 12 |
| 1832 | Monkwearmouth | Fall of a stone | 1 | ||
| 1832 | Oct. | Wallsend | Explosion | 1 | |
| 1832 | Nov. | 10 | New Pit, Gosforth | Falling down the shaft | 2 |
| 1832 | Nov. | 13 | Heaton | Explosion | 1 |
| 1832 | Sheriff Hill | Fall of stone from roof | 2 | ||
| 1832 | Dec. | Monkwearmouth | Fall of stone from roof | 1 | |
| 1833 | May | 9 | Springwell | Explosion | 47 |
| 1833 | May | 24 | Great Lumley | Explosion | 2 |
| 1833 | Aug. | 2 | Fatfield | Fall of a stone | 1 |
| 1833 | Nov. | 8 | Blackfell | Explosion | 3 |
| 1833 | Nov. | 26 | Wideopen | Boiler bursting | 1 |
| 1834 | Feb. | 25 | Fanny Pit, Gosforth | Corf unhooking | 4 |
| 1834 | March | 28 | Buddle Pit, Pittington | Corf blown down the shaft | 2 |
| 1838 | Sept. | 17 | Elemore Pit, Hetton | Boiler bursting | 1 |
| 1824 | Oct. | 4 | Springwell | Timber falling down shaft | 2 |
| 1834 | Nov. | 24 | Hartley | Breaking of the shaft rope | 4 |
| 1834 | Nov. | 24 | St. Lawrence | Explosion | 3 |
| 1835 | Feb. | 3 | Downs Pit, Hetton | Explosion | 22 |
| 1835 | May | 1 | Whitley | Corf improperly hooked | 6 |
| 1835 | June | 18 | Wallsend | Explosion | 102 |
| 1835 | June | 30 | Backworth | Fall of stone | 2 |
| 1835 | Nov. | 19 | Burdon Main | Explosion | 11 |
| 1836 | Jan. | 27 | High Heworth | Explosion | 4 |
| 1836 | Feb. | 12 | Mushroom | Fell down the pit | 1 |
| 1836 | July | 19 | B. Pit, Hebburn | Explosion | 3 |
| 1836 | Sept. | 29 | Lumley Pit | Fall of stone | 1 |
| 1836 | Nov. | Jarrow | Explosion | 2 | |
| 1837 | March | 24 | Norwood | Chain broke | 2 |
| 1837 | April | Monkwearmouth | Chain broke | 3 | |
| 1837 | Dec. | 6 | Springwell | Explosion | 30 |
| 1838 | Nov. | 4 | Monkwearmouth | Fall of stone | 2 |
| 1838 | Dec. | 19 | Wallsend | Explosion | 11 |
| 1839 | June | 28 | St. Hilda | Explosion | 51 |
| 1840 | Oct. | 23 | Farnacres | Drown'd from old workings | 5 |
| 1841 | April | 13 | Whitley | Explosion | 1 |
| 1841 | April | 19 | Willington | Explosion | 32 |
| 1841 | Aug. | 5 | Thornley | Explosion | 9 |
| 1841 | Aug. | 9 | Cramlington | Explosion | 1 |
| 1841 | Aug. | 17 | Haswell | Explosion | 2 |
| 1841 | Aug. | 28 | Radcliffe Pit | Fell down pit | 1 |
| 1841 | Oct. | 29 | Cramlington | Stone fall | 3 |
| 1842 | March | 5 | Monkwearmouth | Fell down pit | 1 |
| 1843 | April | 5 | King Pit | Explosion | 28 |
| 1843 | South Hetton | 3 | |||
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