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John Dowsey

Age:   12
Died:   30th May 1826
Accident:   30th May 1826 3:00 AM
Year Born:   abt. 1814
Colliery:   Towneley Main
Company:  
Occupation:  
Notes:  
killed in the 1826 explosion
Buried:   Holy Cross Churchyard, Ryton
Category:  

Description

An explosion took place in Townley Main, (Stella) colliery on the river Tyne, by which lamentable occurrence thirty eight human beings lost their lives.


Memorial: 1826 Stargate Colliery Disaster

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Memorial

Ryton — Holy Cross Churchyard

Location: OS Map 88, Grid Ref NZ150648




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Related Articles

Pub.
Date		Article (Newspaper)
03 Jun 1826  Most Melancholy Accident (Durham Advertiser)
08 Jun 1826  Explosion In A Coal-Pit (Annual Register for 1826)
10 Jun 1826  News (Durham Advertiser)

Further Reading

  • Durham Mining Disasters, c.1700 - 1950s by Maureen Anderson, Published by Wharncliffe Books, 2008, ISBN 1-845630-73-4

Sources
  • Church/Cemetery photograph (T-02292-04-0064) © Bob Dunn
  • Contributions by members of the Public
  • 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.
  • Memorial in Holy Cross Churchyard, Ryton
  • Memorial photograph (T-02278-04-0064) © Bob Dunn

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