James Burnip
| Age: | 36 |
| Died: | 19th Oct 1821 |
| Accident: | 19th Oct 1821 |
| Year Born: | abt. 1785 |
| Colliery: | Nesham's, Newbottle |
| Company: | Earl of Durham |
| Occupation: | |
| Notes: | killed in the 1821 explosion |
| Buried: | [not known] |
| Category: | |
A serious accident happened at Nesham's colliery, at Newbottle, on the river Wear. One of the brattices erected to close up an old working, having been broken into to obtain more air, a current of choke-damp issued from the perforation, which proved fatal to six of the workmen.
Pub.
Date | Article (Newspaper) |
|---|
| 26 Oct 1821 | News (The Times) |
| 03 Nov 1821 | Dreadful Catastrophes (Westmorland Gazette) |
- 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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