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Richard Lawson
| Age: | 12 |
| Died: | 28th Oct 1848 |
| Accident: | 28th Oct 1848 |
| Year Born: | abt. 1836 |
| Colliery: | Cleator Moor, Whinny Hill |
| Company: | Hermatite Mining Co. |
| Occupation: | |
| Notes: | son of Richard, brother of John ; explosion of gas |
| Buried: | [not known] |
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Pub.
Date | Article (Newspaper) |
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| 28 Oct 1847 | Frightful Coal Pit Explosion, Thirty Lives Lost (Annual Register for 1848) |
| 31 Oct 1848 | Dreaful Colliery Explosion, Thirty Lives Lost (Cumberland Pacquet) |
| 02 Nov 1848 | Dreadful Explosion — Thirty Persons Killed (The Times) |
| 02 Nov 1848 | Dreadful Colliery Explosion, Thirty Lives Lost (Ulverston Advertiser) |
| 04 Nov 1848 | The Explosion at Whinney Hill Pit (Whitehaven Herald) |
| 04 Nov 1848 | The Awful Explosion at Whinney Hill Pit, To the Editor of the Whitehaven Herald (Whitehaven Herald) |
| 04 Nov 1848 | Awful Explosion At Whinney Hill Colliery, Loss Of Thirty-One Lives (Whitehaven Herald) |
| 11 Nov 1848 | The Late Explosion at Whinney Hill Pit (Whitehaven Herald) |
| 18 Nov 1848 | The Late Explosion at Whinney Hill Pit (Whitehaven Herald) |
| 23 Nov 1848 | The Late Explosion at Whiney Hill Pit (Ulverston Advertiser) |
| 16 Dec 1848 | News (Whitehaven Herald) |
- Northumberland & Cumberland Mining Disasters by Maureen Anderson, Published by Wharncliffe Books, 2009, ISBN 1-845630-81-5
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