| Thursday, about two o'clock in the afternoon, one of those dreadful explosions which have been so lamentably frequent in mining districts, took place at one of Mr. Russell's collieries, at Wallsend, known by the name of the church pit, or Russell's old Wallsend, by which twenty-six men and seventy-five boys lost their lives, leaving twenty-four widows and eighty-three children to bewail their sudden, and, under the circumstances, most sorrowful departure.
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Appleby |
Henry |
aged 17 |
Putter |
Appleby |
James |
aged 11 |
Trapper |
Bell |
Edward |
aged 19 |
Helper Up |
Bell |
Francis |
aged 22 |
Crane-man |
Bell |
Richard |
aged 19 |
Putter |
Bell |
Robert |
aged 13 |
Rolley-driver |
Bell |
William |
aged 16 |
Rolley-driver |
Brown |
Martin |
aged 33 |
Hewer |
Buddle |
John |
aged 19 |
Putter |
Buddle |
Matthew |
aged 14 |
Putter |
Buddle |
Michael |
aged 17 |
Putter |
Chicken |
John |
aged 19 |
Putter |
Clark |
Robert |
aged 21 |
Putter |
Collins |
David |
aged 19 |
Putter |
Combie |
Edward |
aged 22 |
Putter |
Combie |
Edward |
aged 12 |
Rolley-driver |
Combie |
James |
aged 11 |
Trapper |
Combie |
Robert |
aged 20 |
Putter |
Cousins |
James |
aged 20 |
Putter |
Crister |
William |
aged 56 |
Deputy Overman |
Crister |
William Jnr |
aged 17 |
Crane-man |
Croser |
John |
aged 23 |
Hewer |
Dawson |
Robert |
aged 13 |
Trapper |
Dinning |
Bateman |
aged 12 |
Putter |
Dinning |
William |
aged 17 |
Putter |
Elrington |
Thomas |
aged 15 |
Attending Davy lamps |
English |
John |
aged 19 |
Putter |
Giles |
Andrew |
aged 16 |
Rolley-driver |
Giles |
Henry |
aged 21 |
Putter |
Giles |
James |
aged 19 |
Putter |
Giles |
John |
aged 19 |
Putter |
Gillis |
John |
aged 20 |
Putter |
Green |
James |
aged 19 |
Crane-man |
Green |
Peter |
aged 16 |
Stone stower |
Hall |
George |
aged 11 |
Putter |
Hall |
John |
aged 18 |
Putter |
Harbottle |
Joseph |
aged 72 |
Trapper |
Haxon |
Francis |
aged 14 |
Trapper |
Hepple |
John |
aged 12 |
Trapper |
Huggup |
Thomas |
aged 11 |
Trapper |
Johnson |
William |
aged 47 |
Sinker |
Kennedy |
George |
aged 16 |
Rolley-driver |
Kyle |
George |
aged 9 |
Trapper |
Lawson |
Joseph |
aged 63 |
Deputy Overman |
Lowry |
John |
aged 15 |
Attending Davy Lamps |
Mason |
Luke |
aged 19 |
Putter |
Mason |
Peter |
aged 17 |
Putter |
Mason |
Robert |
aged 13 |
Trapper |
Mason |
Thomas |
aged 12 |
Trapper |
Mason |
William |
aged 15 |
Putter |
McNay |
Edward |
aged 18 |
Putter |
Miller |
George |
aged 16 |
Putter |
Miller |
Jamers |
aged 20 |
Putter |
Miller |
John |
aged 12 |
Trapper |
Moore |
James |
aged 12 |
Way cleaner |
Moore |
Thomas |
aged 14 |
Helper Up |
Ovington |
Christopher Jnr |
aged 19 |
Putter |
Ovington |
Christopher Sen |
aged 67 |
Door Keeper |
Patrick |
David |
aged 15 |
Trapper |
Patrick |
William |
aged 17 |
Trapper |
Pendlington |
Ralph |
aged 15 |
Rolley-driver |
Raite |
Christopher |
aged 13 |
Putter |
Raite |
Hutton |
aged 18 |
Putter |
Reavley |
Cuthbert |
aged 43 |
Hewer |
Reavley |
John |
aged 20 |
Putter |
Reavley |
John |
aged 11 |
Trapper |
Reavley |
John |
aged 12 |
Trapper |
Reavley |
Thomas |
aged 34 |
Hewer |
Reavley |
Thomas |
aged 16 |
Helper Up |
Reay |
Andrew |
aged 28 |
Hewer |
Reay |
William |
aged 24 |
Hewer |
Reed |
John |
aged 14 |
Way-cleaner |
Reed |
John sen. |
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Reed |
Percival |
aged 15 |
Way-cleaner |
Robson |
Andrew |
aged 12 |
Trapper |
Robson |
John |
aged 35 |
Deputy Overman |
Roseby |
Christopher |
aged 13 |
Rolley-driver |
Roseby |
John |
aged 16 |
Putter |
Roseby |
Joseph |
aged 15 |
Rolley-driver |
Roseby |
Joseph |
aged 10 |
Putter |
Roseby |
Robert |
aged 8 |
Trapper |
Sharp |
Roger |
aged 19 |
Putter |
Sharp |
Thomas |
aged 19 |
Putter |
Simpson |
Thomas |
aged 62 |
Overman |
Soulsby |
George |
aged 14 |
Trapper |
Soulsby |
John |
aged 16 |
Way cleaner |
Soulsby |
Matthew |
aged 31 |
Onsetter |
Stannes |
John |
aged 20 |
Putter |
Swan |
Thomas |
aged 13 |
Rolley-driver |
Thompson |
James |
aged 13 |
Driver |
Thompson |
John |
aged 14 |
Rolley-driver |
Thompson |
William |
aged 53 |
Sinker |
Usher |
Matthew |
aged 12 |
Trapper |
Waggot |
John |
aged 14 |
Driver |
Waggot |
John |
aged 21 |
Putter |
Waggot |
Ralph |
aged 75 |
Trapper |
Waggot |
Ralph |
aged 16 |
Driver |
Wanless |
Joseph |
aged 10 |
Trapper |
Watson |
Luke |
aged 15 |
Trapper |
Wilkinson |
Robert |
aged 21 |
Trapper |
Wilkinson |
William |
aged 17 |
Rolley-driver |
Wright |
Joseph |
aged 21 |
Putter |
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