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Hugh Holland
| Age: | 21 |
| Died: | 5th Jun 1850 |
| Accident: | 5th Jun 1850 8:30 AM |
| Year Born: | abt. 1829 |
| Colliery: | Usworth, Wellington Pit |
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| Notes: | single ; killed in the 1850 explosion (ignition caused by naked light) |
| Buried: | [not known] |
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An explosion took place in the Wellington Pit, at Usworth, the property of Messrs. Jonassohn & Co. Nearly 160 persons were down the pit at the time, but the effects of the explosion were confined to one portion of the mine, where twelve men and a boy were killed.
Pub.
Date | Article (Newspaper) |
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| 05 Jun 1850 | Fatal Colliery Explosion At Little Usworth (Annual Register for 1850) |
| 08 Jun 1850 | Fatal Colliery Explosion (The Times) |
| 08 Jun 1850 | Frightful Colliery Explosion At Usworth, Thirteen Lives Lost (Newcastle Guardian and Tyne Mercury) |
| 08 Jun 1850 | Colliery Explosion And Loss Of Life (Newcastle Journal) |
- Durham Mining Disasters, c.1700 - 1950s by Maureen Anderson, Published by Wharncliffe Books, 2008, ISBN 1-845630-73-4
- Local Records or Historical Register of Remarkable Events by T. Fordyce, published in 1867
- Sunderland Herald
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