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Robert Douglas
| Age: | 32 |
| Died: | 28th Sep 1844 |
| Accident: | 28th Sep 1844 |
| Year Born: | abt. 1812 |
| Colliery: | Haswell |
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| Notes: | wife and 4 children ; killed in the 1844 explosion |
| Buried: | Holy Trinity Churchyard, South Hetton |
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One of the most destructive explosions which ever occurred in the Durham coal field took place at Haswell colliery, the property of Messrs Plummer, Taylor, and Co., when ninety-five human beings were deprived of life. The explosion occurred in the Hutton seam, almost immediately after a fall of stone from the roof, which had liberated a vast quantity of gas ; and only four persons in the mine succeeded in escaping. On the 30th, fifty-four bodies were interred side by side in South Hetton churchyard, thirty-one at Easington, and the remainder at more distant places. The pit had been seven years at work, and was considered a very safe one. A subscription was immediately set on foot for the relief of the sufferers, and the sum received amounted to £4,264.
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BURIALS in the Parish of Easington, in the County of Durham, in the Year 1844 | ||||||
| Page | No | Name | Abode | When buried | Age | By whom the Ceremony was performed |
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| 48 | 383 | Robert Douglas | Haswell | September 30th | 32 years | William Mackenzie Curate |
Top of page 46: Haswell Pit exploded on the 28th September, and 95 persons were killed |
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South Hetton — Holy Trinity Churchyard
Location: OS Map 88, Grid Ref NZ384451
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| Related Newspaper Articles | |
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| 01 Oct 1844 | Dreadfull Colliery Explosion (The Times) |
| 02 Oct 1844 | The Late Dreadful Colliery Explosion, Inquest on the Bodies (The Times) |
| 03 Oct 1844 | The Colliery Explosion at Haswell, Adjourned Inquest (The Times) |
| 04 Oct 1844 | The Colliery Explosion at Haswell, Adjourned Inquest (The Times) |
| 05 Oct 1844 | Colliery Accidents (The Times) |
| 11 Oct 1844 | The Colliery Explosion at Haswell, Adjourned Inquest (The Times) |
| 14 Oct 1844 | The Late Explosion at Haswell Colliery (The Times) |
| 15 Oct 1844 | Catastrophe at Haswell Coal-Pit (The Times) |
| 19 Oct 1844 | The Haswell Sufferers (The Times) |
| 14 Mar 1845 | The Late Explosion at Haswell Colliery (The Times) |
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- Church/Cemetery photograph (T-00972-01-0002) © Kev Duncan
- 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-04179-00-0002) © Kev Duncan
- Parish Records
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