Durham Mining Museum - Thomas Crosby (original) (raw)
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| Age: | 67 |
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| Died: | 10th Oct 1812 |
| Accident: | 10th Oct 1812 1:00 PM |
| Year Born: | abt. 1745 |
| Colliery: | Herrington Mill Pit |
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| Notes: | killed in the 1812 explosion |
| Buried: | All Saints Churchyard, Penshaw on 13 Oct 1812 {NBI} |
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An explosion took place in Herrington-mill pit, Pensher, when nineteen boys and four men were killed. Many others were severely burnt and wounded.
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| Pub.Date | Article (Newspaper) |
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| 20 Oct 1812 | News (Cumberland Pacquet) |
| 23 Oct 1812 | Fire Damp in Coal-Mines (The Times) |
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| Further Reading | |
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- Durham Mining Disasters, c.1700 - 1950s by Maureen Anderson, Published by Wharncliffe Books, 2008, ISBN 1-845630-73-4
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- 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.
- National Burial Index published by The Federation of Family History Societies & Associates
- Parish Records
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