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Date:  20th December 1858
Colliery:  Hetton Railway
Company:  
Cause:  Boiler explosion
Lives Lost:  2
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Description

A fearful boiler explosion occurred on the Hetton Railway, by which James Ford, the engineman, and his son, a boy ten years of age, were killed. Three others were blown a considerable distance, and severely mutilated.

Source: 

Local Records or Historical Register of Remarkable Events by T. Fordyce, published in 1867



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Ford, -, aged 10, killed on the Hetton Railway by a boiler explosion along with his father (James)

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Ford, James, Engineman, killed on the Hetton Railway by a boiler explosion along with his son

 
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