Robert Weallans
| Age: | 15 |
| Died: | 6th Mar 1863 |
| Accident: | 6th Mar 1863 |
| Year Born: | abt. 1848 |
| Colliery: | Coxlodge |
| Company: | |
| Occupation: | Driver |
| Notes: | killed in the 1863 explosion (ignition caused by naked lights) |
| Buried: | [not known] |
| Category: | |
This morning another of those dreadful colliery explosions, which are constantly occurring in this district, took place at Coxlodge, by which nineteen men and boys lost their lives. The pit, along with many others in the neighbourhood, including the one at Burradon, at which seventy-four men and boys recently lost their lives, is the property of Joshua Bower, esq., of Leeds, and has long been celebrated for its excellent household coals. It is about 95 fathoms deep, has two shafts, and its workings extend several miles underground. One of the most remarkable things in connection with this sad occurrence was the very slight amount of attention, on the part of the public, which it had attracted. The inhabitants of this district seemed to have their appetites for horrors of this description completely surfeited, and the consequence was, that the scene of the calamity had scarcely been visited by anyone, nor had the catastrophe caused a sensation even in the immediate neighbourhood of the spot.
Pub.
Date | Article (Newspaper) |
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| 07 Mar 1863 | Dreadful Catastrophe at Coxlodge Colliery, Nineteen Lives Lost (Gateshead Observer) |
| 07 Mar 1863 | Dreadful Catastrophe At Coxlodge Colliery, Nineteen Lives Lost (Newcastle Guardian and Tyne Mercury) |
| 10 Mar 1863 | Death Of Nineteen Pitmen (The Times) |
| 14 Mar 1863 | Another Fatal Colliery Explosion (The Penny Illustrated Paper) |
| 14 Mar 1863 | The Explosion At Coxlodge Colliery (Newcastle Guardian and Tyne Mercury) |
| 14 Mar 1863 | The Coxlodge Colliery Explosion, The Adjourned Inquest (Newcastle Guardian and Tyne Mercury) |
| 21 Mar 1863 | The Explosion At Coxlodge Colliery (Newcastle Guardian and Tyne Mercury) |
- Northumberland & Cumberland Mining Disasters by Maureen Anderson, Published by Wharncliffe Books, 2009, ISBN 1-845630-81-5
- Local Records or Historical Register of Remarkable Events by T. Fordyce, published in 1867
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