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Local Records
1793
This year, the corporation of Newcastle lost a trial at York, concerning the coal revenue, which greatly affected their income, in consequence of which most of the officers of the town had their salaries reduced. [LRS]
December 27. — An explosion took place in the Hope pit, at Sheriff Hill colliery, when fourteen human beings were hurried into eternity. [LRS]
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- LRS — Local Records or Historical Register of Remarkable Events by John Sykes, Published in 1833 in two volumes
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