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Local Records
1808
November 29. — An explosion took place in Harraton colliery, Durham, by which unfortunate occurrence four human beings and twenty-one horses lost their lives. The coal was set on fire by this explosion, and the pits were tightly scaffolded to exclude the air, for the purpose of smothering out the fire. The pits were opened out at the end of two months, when the fire on the coal was found to be extinguished; but, to the astonishment of everybody, a pony was found alive, and in high condition. This pony had a trick of slipping his halter, and wandering about the workings. The explosion happened just after the men had finished their day’s work, and the horses, 22 in number, had been tied up in the stables, It was supposed that this pony had slipped his halter, and gone upon his rambles as usual, as all the remaining 21 horses were killed in the stables by the explosion. It would seem that the life of this pony had been preserved by the fresh air which was sent up in the rise part of the workings, and he had lived upon the forage of his dead companions. He survived the accident many years. [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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