Durham Mining Museum - Matthew Newton

Matthew Newton

Age:	41
Died:	30^th May 1826
Accident:	30^th May 1826 3:00 a.m.
Year Born:	abt. 1785
Colliery:	Towneley Main
Company:
Occupation:
Notes:	died of injuries ; killed in the 1826 explosion
Buried:	Holy Cross Churchyard, Ryton


Description

An explosion took place in Townley Main, (Stella) colliery on the river Tyne, by which lamentable occurrence thirty eight human beings lost their lives.


Disaster Memorial


Memorial

Ryton — Holy Cross Churchyard

Location: OS Map 88, Grid Ref NZ150648

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Names in this memorial picture
Name	Died	Age	Born
No names listed


Sources

Church/Cemetery photograph (T-02292-04-0064) © Bob Dunn
Contributions by members of the Public
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.
Memorial photograph (T-02278-04-0064) © Bob Dunn


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