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Benjamin Greenwood
| Age: | 26 |
| Died: | 31st Jul 1857 |
| Accident: | 31st Jul 1857 |
| Year Born: | abt. 1831 |
| Colliery: | Heys |
| Company: | John Kenworthy and Brother |
| Occupation: | |
| Notes: | Explosion of firedamp |
| Buried: | [not known] |
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The extract from the annual Mines Inspector report concerning this disaster is available in the UK Disaster Reports section of this website.
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Date | Article (Newspaper) |
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| 31 Jul 1857 | Colliery Explosion At Ashton, Forty Lives Lost (Annual Register for 1857) |
| 08 Aug 1857 | Dreadful Colliery Explosion, More Than Thirty Lives Lost (Newcastle Guardian and Tyne Mercury) |
| 08 Aug 1857 | Fatal Colliery Explosion (Morpeth Herald) |
| 15 Aug 1857 | The Great Colliery Explosion At Ashton, Adjourned Inquest (Newcastle Guardian and Tyne Mercury) |
| 22 Aug 1857 | Epitome Of News (Morpeth Herald) |
- 1857 Mines Inspectors Report, North and East Lancashire District, by Joseph Dickinson, H.M. Inspector of Mines, Page: 25
- 1857 Mines Inspectors Report, North and East Lancashire District, by Joseph Dickinson, H.M. Inspector of Mines, Page: 30, Accident Number: 32
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