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Silas Phillips
| Age: | 23 |
| Died: | 6th May 1852 |
| Accident: | 6th May 1852 10:00 AM |
| Year Born: | abt. 1829 |
| Colliery: | Hebburn |
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| Occupation: | Deputy |
| Notes: | left a wife and 2 children ; killed in the 1852 explosion (caused by naked light) |
| Buried: | [not known] |
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A fearful explosion of gas took place in Hebburn Colliery, near Newcastle, the property of Messrs. Easton and Co. Two hundred workmen were in the mine when the calamity occurred, but the effects were confined to the Monkton Flat, in which twenty men and two boys were working, all of whom were suffocated. Fourteen of the sufferers left widows and families, and, as proof of the uncertainty of life amongst miners, one of the women lost two husbands in the same awful manner.
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| Pub. Date | Article (Newspaper) |
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| 07 May 1852 | Colliery Explosion (The Times) |
| 08 May 1852 | Dreadful Colliery Explosion, Twenty-two Lives Lost (Newcastle Guardian and Tyne Mercury) |
| 08 May 1852 | Colliery Explosion At Hebburn (Newcastle Journal) |
| 10 May 1852 | Fearful Colliery Explosions (Annual Register for 1852) |
| 15 May 1852 | The Hebburn Pit Catastrophe (Newcastle Guardian and Tyne Mercury) |
| 15 May 1852 | The Hebburn Colliery Explosion, Inquest On The Bodies (The Star of Freedom) |
| 22 May 1852 | The Hebburn Colliery Explosion, Adjourned Inquest (Newcastle Guardian and Tyne Mercury) |
| 22 May 1852 | The Late Explosion At Hebburn Colliery (Newcastle Journal) |
| 05 Jun 1852 | The late explosion at Hebburn (Newcastle Guardian and Tyne Mercury) |
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- Local Records or Historical Register of Remarkable Events by T. Fordyce, published in 1867
- Sunderland Herald
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| Researcher | Date | Interest | |
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| Marilyn Goodwin | 21 Feb 2015 |
Family History |
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| Faye Phillips | 03 May 2015 |
Silas Phillips who was killed in Hebburn Mine disaster 1852 and his ancestors. |
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