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William Hall
| Age: | 44 |
| Died: | 19th Aug 1851 |
| Accident: | 19th Aug 1851 11:30 PM |
| Year Born: | abt. 1807 |
| Colliery: | Washington |
| Company: | |
| Occupation: | Deputy |
| Notes: | wife and seven children ; killed in the 1851 explosion (ignition caused by lighted candle) |
| Buried: | [not known] |
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A fearful colliery accident occurred at Washington, Durham, by which thirty two men and boys unfortunately perished, besides two brave fellows, named Hutchinson and Errington, who lost their lives in a magnanimous attempt to save those of others. The explosion was believed to have occurred in consequence of a man having removed the top from his Davy lamp. Ten widows and thirty three children were left destitute by this melancholy catastrophe, but a handsome sum was raised by subscription for their relief.
1851 Census
Address: New Washington, Co. Durham
(Ref: HO107 / 2394 / 678 / 24 / 81)
| Name | Age | Rel | Mar | Occupation | Where Born | Born |
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| HALL, William | 44 | Head | Mar | Coal Miner | DUR: Penshaw | 1807 |
| HALL, Dorothy | 44 | Wife | Mar | | DUR: Washington | 1807 |
| HALL, Mary | 19 | Dau | Unn | At home | DUR: Washington | 1832 |
| HALL, Cuthbert | 15 | Son | Unn | Coal Miner | DUR: Washington | 1836 |
| HALL, Peter | 11 | Son | | Scholar | DUR: Washington | 1840 |
| HALL, John | 10 | Son | | Coal Miner | DUR: Washington | 1841 |
| HALL, Dorothy | 7 | Dau | | | DUR: Washington | 1844 |
| HALL, William | 4 | Son | | | DUR: Washington | 1847 |
| HALL, Thomas | 1 | Son | | | DUR: Washington | 1850 |
Please note: the census extracts shown here are our 'best guess
match' to the person shown on this page and is not intended to be
definitive — only knowledge of the family would allow this.
Pub.
Date | Article (Newspaper) |
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| 18 Aug 1851 | Colliery Explosion At Washington, Thirty-five Lives Lost (Annual Register for 1851) |
| 21 Aug 1851 | Destructive Colliery Explosion (The Times) |
| 22 Aug 1851 | The Washington Colliery Explosion (The Times) |
| 23 Aug 1851 | Dreadful Colliery Explosion At Washington, Loss Of Thirty-four Lives (Newcastle Guardian and Tyne Mercury) |
| 29 Aug 1851 | Washington Colliery Explosion, Adjourned Inquest (The Times) |
| 30 Aug 1851 | Perils Of Coal Miners (Newcastle Guardian and Tyne Mercury) |
| 30 Aug 1851 | The Washington Inquest (Newcastle Guardian and Tyne Mercury) |
| 30 Aug 1851 | The Explosion At Washington Colliery, The Adjourned Inquest (Newcastle Guardian and Tyne Mercury) |
| 30 Aug 1851 | Explosion At Washington Colliery, Subscription on Behalf Of The Sufferers (Newcastle Guardian and Tyne Mercury) |
| 06 Sep 1851 | The Washington Colliery Explosion (Newcastle Guardian and Tyne Mercury) |
| 06 Sep 1851 | Explosion At Washington Colliery, Subscription on Behalf Of The Sufferers (Newcastle Guardian and Tyne Mercury) |
| 13 Sep 1851 | Explosion At Washington Colliery, Subscription on Behalf Of The Sufferers (Newcastle Guardian and Tyne Mercury) |
| 20 Sep 1851 | Explosion At Washington Colliery, Subscriptions On Behalf Of The Sufferers (Newcastle Guardian and Tyne Mercury) |
| 27 Sep 1851 | Explosion At Washington Colliery, Additional Subscriptions (Newcastle Guardian and Tyne Mercury) |
| 04 Oct 1851 | Explosion At Washington Colliery, Additional Subscriptions (Newcastle Guardian and Tyne Mercury) |
| 11 Oct 1851 | Explosion At Washington Colliery, Additional Subscriptions (Newcastle Guardian and Tyne Mercury) |
| 18 Oct 1851 | Explosion At Washington Colliery, Additional Subscriptions (Newcastle Guardian and Tyne Mercury) |
| 22 Nov 1851 | Gateshead Board Of Guardians (Newcastle Guardian and Tyne Mercury) |
| 22 Nov 1851 | Explosion At Washington Colliery, Additional Subscriptions (Newcastle Guardian and Tyne Mercury) |
- Durham Mining Disasters, c.1700 - 1950s by Maureen Anderson, Published by Wharncliffe Books, 2008, ISBN 1-845630-73-4
- The Miners of Northumberland and Durham by Richard Fynes, first published in 1873
- 1851 Census — taken 30th March, 1851
- Local Records or Historical Register of Remarkable Events by T. Fordyce, published in 1867
- Sunderland Herald
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