James Moustrey
| Age: | 58 |
| Died: | 20th Nov 1828 |
| Accident: | 20th Nov 1828 3:00 PM |
| Year Born: | abt. 1770 |
| Colliery: | I. Pit, Washington |
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| Occupation: | |
| Notes: | of Waggon Row ; killed in the 1828 explosion |
| Buried: | [not known] |
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A dreadful explosion took place in the Eye Pit, at Washington colliery, upon the river Wear. There were fifteen persons (eleven boys and four men) in the pit when it occurred, all of whom were killed, excepting a man named Michael Hall, the onsetter, who was much burnt. The report was awfully loud, and the blast so powerful, that the machinery at the mouth of the pit was blown down and scattered about to some distance, with corves and other weighty bodies from the bottom of the shaft. The colliery had been examined in the morning, and was considered to be in a state of perfect ventilation.
Pub.
Date | Article (Newspaper) |
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| 20 Nov 1828 | Explosion In A Coal-Mine (Annual Register for 1828) |
| 02 Dec 1828 | News (Cumberland Pacquet) |
- 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.
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