Durham Mining Museum - Colliery Disaster (original) (raw)

Museum Entrance Museum Museum Friends of Durham Mining Museum Events Calendar e-Books and Books for sale Photograph Gallery Document Archive Master Name Index What's new in the site Mining Mining History Colliery Index Colliery Maps Company Overviews Who's Who Mineral Information Educational Material Bibliography Statistics Workers/Employee Lists Notes for Family Historians War Service information Disasters Disaster Reports Disaster Report Text Disaster Report Name Index UK Disaster Report Text UK Disaster Report Name Index Inquest Texts Names of those killed Disasters in the 1700s Disasters in the 1800s Disasters in the 1900s Memorials Awards for Gallantry On this day ... Links to other sites of interest Industrial Heritage Days Out Former www.pitwork.net web site Index to site Contact and address details Share Page with Social Media Date: 10th April 1862 Colliery: Westwood Company: Newton, Chambers, and Co. Cause: Explosion of firedamp Lives Lost: 6 Category: Individual page Clitheroe, John, son of Thomas Individual page Clitheroe, Thomas, father of John and uncle of William Morton Individual page Hemmingway, A. Individual page Laycock, Thomas Individual page Morton, William, nephew of Thomas Clitheroe Individual page Roger, Walter, Trammer All names found Those names marked with image, have a web page providing individual details of the accident, the page may also include a photograph of the deceased. Click on the image symbol next to the name to see the web page. 11 Apr 1862 Fatal Explosion Of Firedamp (Annual Register for 1862) 19 Apr 1862 Colliery Explosion Near Sheffield, Six Lives Lost (Newcastle Guardian and Tyne Mercury) Return Return Return to Top Return to Top