Durham Mining Museum - Francis Gray (original) (raw)
| Age: | 29 |
|---|---|
| Died: | 20th Dec 1860 |
| Accident: | 20th Dec 1860 8:00 PM |
| Year Born: | abt. 1831 |
| Colliery: | Hetton, Minor Pit |
| Company: | Hetton Coal Co. |
| Occupation: | Deputy |
| Notes: | explosion of gases, supposed to have been generated from the coals on an engine plane or boiler fire, and not from gases generated in the workings of the mine |
| Buried: | [not known] |
| Category: |
This evening another of those lamentable explosions, so frequent in this district, took place in one of the workings of the far famed Hetton Colliery ; and unfortunately, twenty two persons fell victims, not improbably, to the recklessness or carelessness of some of themselves, or, it may be to hidden causes which are inexplicable. The whole of the horses and ponies in the pit were destroyed by fire, which had seized on the hay in the stables, and the way in which they met their deaths was horrible in the extreme.
| Pub.Date | Article (Newspaper) |
|---|---|
| 20 Dec 1860 | Boiler Explosion In Hetton Colliery, 23 Lives Lost (Annual Register for 1860) |
| 24 Dec 1860 | Fatal Explosion (The Times) |
| 27 Dec 1860 | The Hetton Colliery Explosion (The Times) |
| 29 Dec 1860 | The Hetton Colliery Explosion, Recovery Of Another Body (Newcastle Guardian and Tyne Mercury) |
| 05 Jan 1861 | The Hetton Colliery Explosion (Newcastle Guardian and Tyne Mercury) |
| 11 Jan 1861 | The Hetton Colliery Explosion (The Times) |
| 12 Jan 1861 | The Explosion At Hetton (Newcastle Guardian and Tyne Mercury) |
| 12 Jan 1861 | The Hetton Colliery Explosion, The Coroner's Inquest (Newcastle Guardian and Tyne Mercury) |
| 26 Apr 1862 | The Risca Colliery Explosion (Newcastle Guardian and Tyne Mercury) |
Durham Mining Disasters, c.1700 - 1950s by Maureen Anderson, Published by Wharncliffe Books, 2008, ISBN 1-845630-73-4
The Miners of Northumberland and Durham by Richard Fynes, first published in 1873
1860 Mines Inspectors Report, Southern District by John J. Atkinson, H.M. Inspector of Mines, Page: 27, Accident Number: 67
Local Records or Historical Register of Remarkable Events by T. Fordyce, published in 1867
| Researcher | Date | Interest | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Andrew P. Gray | 15 Dec 2011 | I am researching my g g g grandfather John Gray born 1823 in Escomb and married to Isabella. They had children John (b 1845) and Isabella (b 1850/51). They immigrated to America in 1854. I am curious if he is a relation to the Francis Gray who was killed in the coal explosion of December 20th 1860. Thank you. | |
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