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Age:
Died:	19th Aug 1851
Accident:	19th Aug 1851 11:30 PM
Born:
Colliery:	Washington
Company:
Occupation:	Trapper
Notes:	young boy ; killed in the 1851 explosion (ignition caused by lighted candle)
Buried:	[not known]
Category:

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.

Pub. Date	Article (Newspaper)
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

• Local Records or Historical Register of Remarkable Events by T. Fordyce, published in 1867
• Sunderland Herald

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