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Robert Hepplewhite
| Age: | 28 |
| Died: | 12th Aug 1814 |
| Accident: | 12th Aug 1814 |
| Year Born: | abt. 1786 |
| Colliery: | Hebburn |
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| Notes: | killed in the 1814 explosion |
| Buried: | [not known] |
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A melancholy accident happened at Hebburn colliery, near Newcastle. Elias Mould, under-viewer, has descended one of the pits, with the deputies and overmen, to change the course of the air for ventilation, when the pit fired, and himself and ten others were unfortunately burnt to death.
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- Local Historian's Table Book of Remarkable Occurrences Connected with the Counties of Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, Northumberland and Durham by M.A. Richardson. Published in five volumes in 1844.
- Parish Records
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| Researcher | Date | Interest | |
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| Dianne Lang (nee Langley) | 20 Apr 2012 |
My great great grandmother was Elizabeth Hepplewhite born around 1822 and transported to Tasmania for 7 years in 1840 for larceny. She came from Durham. |
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| Cathy Andrews | 31 Mar 2014 |
I am helping Muriel Evelyn Barreau nee Johannson to research her great great grandmother Elizabeth Hepplewhite. She is particularly interested in finding out who were Elizabeth's parents and their occupations. |
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