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Date:	2nd April 1860
Colliery:	Seaton Burn
Company:
Cause:	Boiler explosion
Lives Lost:	4
Category:

A boiler explosion occurred this morning, at Seaton Burn Colliery, situated on the Morpeth road, about six miles from Newcastle, and the property of Mr. Bowes and Partners, by which four men lost their lives, and several others were seriously mutilated. When it took place two stokers, named Robert Ewing and John Turner, were standing with the engineman, Younger, at the fire-hole, and all three were overwhelmed in the storm of rubbish. William Chevil, who was running small coals, received a blow on the head from a stone, and died the same evening. A great many others were struck by portions of the falling fragments and seriously injured.

Source:

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

See also: a1860-91

	Chevil, William, boiler explosion, Buried: St. Bartholomew, Longbenton on 04 Apr 1860 {NBI}
	Ewing, Robert, Stoker, boiler explosion
	Turner, John, Stoker, boiler explosion
	Younger, Wilkinson (died: 09 Apr 1860) , Engineman, boiler explosion
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04 Apr 1860

Fatal Boiler Explosion (The Times)

 

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