	Hall Pit, Fatfield	Index	Hall Pit, Fatfield

Hall Pit, Fatfield

Location:	Fatfield, Washington 6 miles [10 km] SSE of Newcastle
Map Ref:	(Sheet 88) NZ289545, 54° 53' 6" N, 1° 32' 56" W
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Description

Disasters (5 or more killed)

28th

Sep

1813

Explosion, 32 lives lost (Show Names)

Names of those killed at this colliery

Please note that this collection of names is by no means complete!

						Aisbett, George, 30 Nov 1808, aged 33, Pitman, explosion [More information ...]
						Barrow, Anthony, 30 Nov 1808, aged 32, Pitman, explosion [More information ...]
						Carr, James, 31 Aug 1808, aged 46, Deputy, explosion, Buried: 3rd Nov at Chester-Le-Street [More information ...]
						Curry, George, 28 Sep 1813, aged 16, killed in the 1813 explosion, Buried: Chester-le-Street [More information ...]
						Curry, John, 28 Sep 1813, aged 13, killed in the 1813 explosion, Buried: Chester-le-Street [More information ...]
						Dixon, Charles, 28 Sep 1813, aged 24, killed in the 1813 explosion, Buried: Chester-le-Street [More information ...]
						Dixon, John, 28 Sep 1813, aged 20, killed in the 1813 explosion, Buried: Chester-le-Street [More information ...]
						Dixon, Robert Turnbull, 28 Sep 1813, aged 13, killed in the 1813 explosion, Buried: Chester-le-Street [More information ...]
						Forster, John Baily, 28 Sep 1813, aged 18, killed in the 1813 explosion, of North Biddick, son of Peter Forster, Buried: Washington on 01 Oct 1813 [More information ...]
						Forster, Peter, 28 Sep 1813, aged 41, killed in the 1813 explosion, of North Biddick, father of John Baily Forster, Buried: Washington on 01 Oct 1813 [More information ...]
						Lishman, George, 28 Sep 1813, aged 20, killed in the 1813 explosion, Buried: Chester-le-Street [More information ...]
						Lishman, John, 28 Sep 1813, aged 18, killed in the 1813 explosion, Buried: Chester-le-Street [More information ...]
						Noble, William, 28 Sep 1813, aged 7, killed in the 1813 explosion, Buried: Chester-le-Street [More information ...]
						Oliver, George, 28 Sep 1813, aged 51, killed in the 1813 explosion, Buried: Chester-le-Street [More information ...]
						Oliver, Johnson, 28 Sep 1813, aged 13, killed in the 1813 explosion, Buried: Chester-le-Street [More information ...]
						Pattison, George, 28 Sep 1813, aged 16, killed in the 1813 explosion, Buried: Chester-le-Street [More information ...]
						Pearson, Matthew, 28 Sep 1813, aged 13, killed in the 1813 explosion, Buried: Chester-le-Street [More information ...]
						Proud, Robert, 28 Sep 1813, aged 15, killed in the 1813 explosion, Buried: Chester-le-Street [More information ...]
						Proud, Thomas, 28 Sep 1813, aged 11, killed in the 1813 explosion, Buried: Chester-le-Street [More information ...]
						Proud, William, 28 Sep 1813, aged 13, killed in the 1813 explosion, Buried: Chester-le-Street [More information ...]
						Robson, Benjamin, 31 Aug 1808, aged 17, explosion, son of Matthew Robson, Buried: 3rd Nov at Chester-Le-Street [More information ...]
						Robson, Matthew, 31 Aug 1808, aged 62, Overman, explosion, father of Benjamin Robson, Buried: 2nd Nov at Chester-Le-Street [More information ...]
						Siddle, George, 28 Sep 1813, aged 12, killed in the 1813 explosion, Buried: Chester-le-Street [More information ...]
						Siddle, John, 28 Sep 1813, aged 22, killed in the 1813 explosion, Buried: Chester-le-Street [More information ...]
						Soulsby, Edward, 28 Sep 1813, aged 7, killed in the 1813 explosion, Buried: Chester-le-Street [More information ...]
						Soulsby, Edward, 28 Sep 1813, aged 14, killed in the 1813 explosion, Buried: Chester-le-Street [More information ...]
						Soulsby, Matthew, 28 Sep 1813, aged 9, killed in the 1813 explosion, Buried: Chester-le-Street [More information ...]
						Southern, Joseph, 28 Sep 1813, aged 15, killed in the 1813 explosion, Buried: Chester-le-Street [More information ...]
						Swinhoe, Robert, 28 Sep 1813, aged 40, killed in the 1813 explosion, Buried: Chester-le-Street [More information ...]
						Swinhoe, Thomas, 28 Sep 1813, aged 9, killed in the 1813 explosion, Buried: Chester-le-Street [More information ...]
						Swinhoe, Wilkinson George, 28 Sep 1813, aged 15, killed in the 1813 explosion, Buried: Chester-le-Street [More information ...]
						Swinhoe, William, 28 Sep 1813, aged 36, killed in the 1813 explosion, Buried: Chester-le-Street [More information ...]
						Thornton, George, 28 Sep 1813, aged 15, killed in the 1813 explosion, Buried: Chester-le-Street [More information ...]
						Usher, Michael, 28 Sep 1813, aged 23, killed in the 1813 explosion, Buried: Chester-le-Street [More information ...]
						Wardle, John, 30 Nov 1808, aged 29, Overman, explosion [More information ...]
						Watson, Nicholas, 28 Sep 1813, aged 13, killed in the 1813 explosion, Buried: Chester-le-Street [More information ...]

						36 names found

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Credits

Sources:

Parish Records
Parish/Bishop's Transcript's burial records kindly supplied by Julie Thompson