Joseph Hunter
| Age: | |
| Died: | 5th Sep 1826 |
| Accident: | 5th Sep 1826 6:00 AM |
| Born: | |
| Colliery: | Heworth |
| Company: | |
| Occupation: | Pitman |
| Notes: | killed in the 1826 explosion |
| Buried: | [not known] |
| Category: | |
About six o’clock on the morning, an explosion took place in Heworth colliery, when three men and two boys were unfortunately killed, and ten others scorched and bruised. This explosion dashed to pieces the stoppings, brattices, and props, and brought down the roof in several places. Some of the men who were working in a distant part of the mine, were unhurt and even unconscious, until they came to bank, of the accident having happened.
Extracts from the Inquest into this death.
Pub.
Date | Article (Newspaper) |
|---|
| 09 Sep 1826 | Explosion at Heworth Colliery (Newcastle Courant) |
| 09 Sep 1826 | Accident at High Heworth Colliery (Newcastle Weekly Chronicle) |
| 12 Sep 1826 | Explosion at High Heworth Colliery (Tyne Mercury) |
- 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.
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