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Robert Lamb
| Age: | 21 |
| Died: | 7th Sep 1862 |
| Accident: | 7th Sep 1862 |
| Year Born: | abt. 1841 |
| Colliery: | Wearmouth, A Pit |
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| Notes: | left a wife but no children ; killed in the 1862 accident |
| Buried: | [not known] |
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A serious accident occurred at Monkwearmouth Colliery, accompanied with the loss of five lives. It appeared that about 100 fathoms from the mouth of the shaft a commencement had been made to wall the sides of the pit, the men working upon a "cradle," suspended by six chains to a tremendously strong rope attached to an engine, by which the "cradle" could be moved up and down as the work progressed. Early this morning, as five men were at work on the "cradle," the scaffold above the 180 fathom drift suddenly gave way, and with a fearful noise went down the pit. A tremendous rush of air down the shaft immediately followed ; and so strong was the suction upon the "cradle" that four of the six chains gave way, the "cradle" canted to one side, and the five men were plunged into the frightful abyss. Their names were Robert Dryden, James Hall, David Mason, Robert Lamb, and Charles Wright.
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Date | Article (Newspaper) |
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| 06 Sep 1862 | Fatal Accident at Monkwearmouth Colliery, Five Men Killed (Gateshead Observer) |
| 08 Sep 1862 | Five Men Killed (The Times) |
| 11 Sep 1862 | The Accident at Monkwearmouth Colliery (The Times) |
| 12 Sep 1862 | The Accident in Monkwearmouth Colliery (The Times) |
| 13 Sep 1862 | Accident and loss of Five Lives at Monkwearmouth Colliery (Gateshead Observer) |
| 13 Sep 1862 | Accidents, Inquests, etc., Fatal Colliery Accident (The Penny Illustrated Paper) |
| 13 Sep 1862 | Another Mining Calamity, Five Lives Lost (Newcastle Guardian and Tyne Mercury) |
| 20 Sep 1862 | Monkwearmouth Colliery (Newcastle Guardian and Tyne Mercury) |
| 27 Sep 1862 | Wearmouth Colliery (Newcastle Guardian and Tyne Mercury) |
| 11 Oct 1862 | Monkwearmouth Pit Accident (Newcastle Guardian and Tyne Mercury) |
- Durham Mining Disasters, c.1700 - 1950s by Maureen Anderson, Published by Wharncliffe Books, 2008, ISBN 1-845630-73-4
- Gateshead Observer
- Local Records or Historical Register of Remarkable Events by T. Fordyce, published in 1867
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