Durham Mining Museum - Henry Firth (original) (raw)
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| Age: | 34 |
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| Died: | 24th Jan 1849 |
| Accident: | 24th Jan 1849 |
| Year Born: | abt. 1815 |
| Colliery: | Darley Main |
| Company: | Messrs. Jeffcock and Jarratt |
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| Notes: | left a wife and four children ; Explosion |
| Buried: | [not known] |
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The text of the report presented to Parliament into this disaster is available in the UK Disaster Reports section of this website.
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| Related Articles | |
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| Pub.Date | Article (Newspaper) |
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| 24 Jan 1849 | Dreadful Colliery Explosion, 75 Lives Lost (Annual Register for 1849) |
| 03 Feb 1849 | Dreadful Explosion At The Darley Main Colliery, Near Barnsley, Upwards Of Eighty Lives Lost (Newcastle Guardian and Tyne Mercury) |
| 03 Feb 1849 | Weekly Retrospect, The Miners' Perils (Newcastle Guardian and Tyne Mercury) |
| 10 Mar 1849 | The Darley Main Colliery Explosion (Newcastle Guardian and Tyne Mercury) |
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| Further Reading | |
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- South Yorkshire Mining Disasters, Vol. 1, 19th century by Brian Elliott, Published by Wharncliffe Books, 2012, ISBN 1-903425-64-6
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