Robert Ewing
| Age: | |
| Died: | 2nd Apr 1860 |
| Accident: | 2nd Apr 1860 |
| Born: | |
| Colliery: | Seaton Burn |
| Company: | |
| Occupation: | Stoker |
| Notes: | boiler explosion |
| Buried: | [not known] |
| Category: | |
A boiler explosion occurred this morning, at Seaton Burn Colliery, situated on the Morpeth road, about six miles from Newcastle, and the property of Mr. Bowes and Partners, by which four men lost their lives, and several others were seriously mutilated. When it took place two stokers, named Robert Ewing and John Turner, were standing with the engineman, Younger, at the fire-hole, and all three were overwhelmed in the storm of rubbish. William Chevil, who was running small coals, received a blow on the head from a stone, and died the same evening. A great many others were struck by portions of the falling fragments and seriously injured.
Pub.
Date | Article (Newspaper) |
|---|
| 04 Apr 1860 | Fatal Boiler Explosion (The Times) |
- Local Records or Historical Register of Remarkable Events by John Sykes, published in 1833 in two volumes
- Local Records or Historical Register of Remarkable Events by T. Fordyce, published in 1867
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