Matthew Armstrong
| Age: | 32 |
| Died: | 19th Nov 1824 |
| Accident: | 19th Nov 1824 |
| Year Born: | abt. 1792 |
| Colliery: | Dorothea Pit, Newbottle |
| Company: | Earl of Durham |
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| Notes: | killed in the 1824 explosion |
| Buried: | buried 22 Nov 1824 |
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An explosion took place in the Dolly pit, Newbottle colliery, which proved fatal to the eight deputy overmen and wastemen who were below at the time ; and also to three of five others who afterwards descended in search of the dead bodies. A partition which divided the shaft (it being a double one) was blown from its situation and fell to the bottom.
- Durham Mining Disasters, c.1700 - 1950s by Maureen Anderson, Published by Wharncliffe Books, 2008, ISBN 1-845630-73-4
- 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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Matthew Armstrong was my 4x great grandfather RIP
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