Thomas Cleghorn
| Age: | 20 |
| Died: | 5th Apr 1843 |
| Accident: | 5th Apr 1843 7:45 AM |
| Year Born: | abt. 1823 |
| Colliery: | Stormont Main |
| Company: | |
| Occupation: | Hewer |
| Notes: | brother of Michael ; killed in the 1843 explosion |
| Buried: | [not known] |
| Category: | |
An explosion occurred at Stormont Main colliery, near Gateshead, the property of J. Grace, Esq., and Partners. At the time of the accident, upwards of fifty men were at work, and the most praiseworthy exertions were made to rescue the survivors. Twenty-six men were brought out alive, but four of them died soon after of their injuries, and twenty-four persons were brought up in whom life was quite extinct. It appeared that there had been much foul air in the pit for some days previous, and the men had been advised to use extreme care. A subscription was entered into for the fourteen widows and twenty-three children left destitute by the calamity, and a considerable sum was raised for their support.
Extracts from the Inquest into this death.
Pub.
Date | Article (Newspaper) |
|---|
| 07 Apr 1843 | Dreadful Colliery Explosion At Newcastle-on-Tyne (Annual Register for 1843) |
| 08 Apr 1843 | Colliery Calamity, Seven and Twenty lives sacrificed by an explosion (Gateshead Observer) |
| 10 Apr 1843 | Dreadful Colliery Explosion, Twenty-Seven Lives Lost (The Times) |
| 15 Apr 1843 | Letter to the Editor, The King Pit Calamity (Gateshead Observer) |
- Durham Mining Disasters, c.1700 - 1950s by Maureen Anderson, Published by Wharncliffe Books, 2008, ISBN 1-845630-73-4
- Gateshead Observer
- Local Records or Historical Register of Remarkable Events by John Latimer, published in 1857
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