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Joseph Mason
| Age: | 15 |
| Died: | 18th Dec 1817 |
| Accident: | 18th Dec 1817 |
| Year Born: | abt. 1802 |
| Colliery: | Rainton, Plain Pit |
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| Notes: | of Cross Fines Row ; killed in the 1817 explosion |
| Buried: | St. Michael and All Angels Churchyard, Houghton on 21 Dec 1817 |
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An explosion took place in the Plain pit, at Rainton colliery, when twenty seven persons (eleven men and sixteen boys) lost their lives ; the accident took place before all the workmen had descended to their work ; had it occurred a little time later, there would have been upwards of one hundred and sixty men and boys in the pit, most of whom, it is probable would have perished.
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BURIALS in the Parish of Houghton le Spring, in the County of Durham, in the Year 1817 | ||||||
| Page | No | Name | Abode | When buried | Age | By whom the Ceremony was performed |
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| 594 | Joseph Mason | Dec 21 | 15 | D. Crossthwaite Curate |
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(From entry 601) N.B. The 22 Burials which immediately precede this were occasioned, together with 4 other corpses who are interred at Chester le Street, by an explosion of Fire Damp in the Plane Pit in this parish as specified in the Coroners certificate of inquest (Daniel Crossthwaite) |
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| Pub. Date | Article (Newspaper) |
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| 23 Dec 1817 | Coal Mine Explosion (The Morning Post) |
| 27 Dec 1817 | News (Carlisle Patriot) |
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- Burial register entry courtesy of Julie Thompson
- Local Historian's Table Book of Remarkable Occurrences Connected with the Counties of Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, Northumberland and Durham by M.A. Richardson. Published in five volumes in 1844.
- Parish/Bishop's Transcript's burial records kindly supplied by Julie Thompson
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