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John Dakers
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| Died: | 9th Jul 1831 |
| Accident: | 9th Jul 1831 |
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| Colliery: | King Pit, Wreckington |
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| Notes: | explosion of gas |
| Buried: | [not known] |
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An explosion of hydrogen gas took place in the King pit, near Wrekenton, belonging to the owners of Birtley iron works, by which two overmen named John Dakers and John Boggon, and a boy, lost their lives. Happily the workmen had not all descended the pit at the time, or the loss would have been great. It was supposed to have been occasioned by a door having been left open in the mine.
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- Local Records or Historical Register of Remarkable Events by John Sykes, published in 1833 in two volumes
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