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William Dawson
A dreadful explosion of inflammable air took place in the Plain pit of Rainton colliery, in the parish of Houghton-le-Spring, Durham, belonging to the marquis of Londonderry, when fifty-three men and boys perished, and several others were dreadfully hurt, two of whom afterwards died ; twelve horses were also killed. A little before eight o'clock, one of the overmen, and soon after, one of the workmen, descended the pit, and succeeded in bringing several of the sufferers to bank ; and in the course of the morning the bodies of all who had perished were brought up, with the exception of four, who were in the most distant parts of the mine. The bodies presented a most shocking spectacle, being much burnt, and many of them very much mutilated.
Penshaw — All Saints Churchyard
Location: OS Map 88, Grid Ref NZ329539
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| Name | Died | Age | Born |
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| Margaret DAWSON | 28th Nov 1844 | 50 | 1794 |
| Margaret DAWSON | 28th Nov 1844 | 50 | 1794 |
| William DAWSON | 3rd Nov 1823 | 29 | 1794 |
| William DAWSON | 3rd Nov 1823 | 29 | 1794 |
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Date | Article (Newspaper) |
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| 08 Nov 1823 | Explosion in the Rainton Coal-Pit (The Times) |
| 20 Nov 1823 | Rainton Colliery, Safety Lamp (The Times) |
- Durham Mining Disasters, c.1700 - 1950s by Maureen Anderson, Published by Wharncliffe Books, 2008, ISBN 1-845630-73-4
- Church/Cemetery photograph (T-00902-01-0002) © Kev Duncan
- Headstone(s) in All Saints Churchyard, Penshaw
- 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.
- Tombstone photograph (T-08468-13-0002) © Kev Duncan
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olga truscott
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20 Jun 2015 |
researching John Dawson, married 8/10/1842 to Barbara Brewes at St Nicholas, Newcastle. He was a coal miner living in Middle Rainton in 1851 census. I am descended from his daughter Jane. Was this William his father? His father is named as William on his marriage certificate, but said to be deceased.
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