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Stephen Hann
| Age: | 22 |
| Died: | 12th Aug 1842 |
| Accident: | 12th Aug 1842 |
| Year Born: | abt. 1820 |
| Colliery: | Pensher |
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| Occupation: | Engine man |
| Notes: | boiler explosion |
| Buried: | [not known] |
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An engine used for drawing coal on the railway blew up, killing two people. The boiler was split into pieces, and portions were thrown to a considerable distance. The building was completely destroyed, and unfortunately the engine-man, Stephen Hann, a young man only twenty-two years of age, and a little boy who was not connected with the works named Barber, to whom he was much attached, were killed.
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- Contributions by members of the Public
- Text kindly provided by Jim Grainger from his research into early newspapers (primarily the Durham Advertiser and Durham Chronicle).
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