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Local Records
1805
October 21. — An explosion took place in Hebburn colliery, by which thirty-five human beings lost their lives, leaving twenty-five widows and eighty-one children unprovided for. [LHTB]
November 28. — An explosion took place in Oxclose colliery, by which unfortunate accident thirty-eight human beings were hurried into eternity, and eighteen widows and seventy children were thrown upon the charity of the public. [LHTB]
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- LHTB — 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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