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John Baily Forster
| Age: | 18 |
| Died: | 28th Sep 1813 |
| Accident: | 28th Sep 1813 |
| Year Born: | abt. 1795 |
| Colliery: | Fatfield, Hall Pit |
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| Notes: | of North Biddick, son of Peter Forster ; killed in the 1813 explosion |
| Buried: | Washington on 01 Oct 1813 |
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The Hall Pit at Fatfield colliery, in the parish of Chester-le-street, fired from the foul air, and thirty-two men and boys were killed.
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BURIALS in the Parish of Washington, in the County of Durham, in the Year 1813 | ||||||
| Page | No | Name | Abode | When buried | Age | By whom the Ceremony was performed |
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| 4 | 31 | John Baily Forster son to the above | North Biddick | Oct 1 | 18 | Chas. Gerton Rector |
N.B. These two were killed by the blasting of the Fatfield Colliery, by which accident 32 ??? Lost their lives — none of the others were buried here |
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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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