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Thomas Lawson
| Age: | 41 |
| Died: | 15th Aug 1848 |
| Accident: | 15th Aug 1848 12:30 PM |
| Year Born: | abt. 1807 |
| Colliery: | Murton, Polka Pit |
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| Occupation: | Miner |
| Notes: | wife and eight children ; killed in the 1848 explosion |
| Buried: | [not known] |
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An explosion took place in the West Pit, Murton Colliery, near South Hetton, the property of Messrs. Braddyll and Co., when sixteen men and boys were killed, and several others much hurt. Upwards of one hundred persons were in the mine at the time, and but for the presence of mind of one of the workmen, who was able to lead the others to a shaft, the whole would have been suffocated.
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| Pub. Date | Article (Newspaper) |
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| 18 Aug 1848 | Dreadful Colliery Explosion (Newcastle Courant) |
| 19 Aug 1848 | Dreadful Colliery Explosion, Loss of Fourteen Lives (Newcastle Guardian and Tyne Mercury) |
| 26 Aug 1848 | Dreadful Colliery Explosion, Fourteen Lives Lost (Yorkshire Gazette) |
| 26 Aug 1848 | The Late Dreadful Colliery Explosion (Newcastle Guardian and Tyne Mercury) |
| 29 Jun 1942 | A Former Disaster (Sunderland Echo and Shipping Gazette) |
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- Local Records or Historical Register of Remarkable Events by T. Fordyce, published in 1867
- Sunderland Herald
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| Tricia Shumate Lewis | 16 Sep 2013 |
Thomas Lawson Sr was a great grandfather of a friend. He works lots of hours so I offered to look for information. If there is more available, would love to find it. |
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| Sandi Wakefield | 12 Nov 2013 |
Thomas Lawson Sr is the Father of William Lawson,(he came to USA in 1870) who is the father of Robert Lawson, who is the father of Chester Lawson who is the father of Jean Lawson Friend,, who is my mother. |
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| Sandra D Riley | 15 Jun 2018 |
Thomas is my 4th Great-Grandfather. My Line: Thomas Lawson William Lawson Isabelle Lawson Edward Hartman Elizabeth Hartman Betty Jean Minerd Me |
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