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David Ballantine
| Age: | 69 |
| Died: | 25th Oct 1871 |
| Accident: | 25th Oct 1871 11:30 p.m. |
| Year Born: | abt. 1802 |
| Colliery: | Seaham, No. 3 Pit |
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| Occupation: | Shifter |
| Notes: | killed in the 1871 explosion (caused by outburst of gas from roof, probably ignited by naked light) |
| Buried: | [not known] |
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| Name | Died | Age | Born |
| James ASHDEN | 25th Oct 1871 | 41 | 1830 |
| David BALLANTINE | 25th Oct 1871 | 69 | 1802 |
| George BARKER | 25th Oct 1871 | 16 | 1855 |
| Thomas BOUSFIELD | 25th Oct 1871 | 49 | 1822 |
| John BOWDEN | 25th Oct 1871 | 46 | 1825 |
| Matthew BROWN | 25th Oct 1871 | 38 | 1833 |
| Edward CAMPBELL | 25th Oct 1871 | 30 | 1841 |
| William COATES | 25th Oct 1871 | 30 | 1841 |
| Thomas DOBSON | 25th Oct 1871 | 13 | 1858 |
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| 27 Oct 1871 | Fatal Colliery Explosion (The Times) |
| 28 Oct 1871 | The Colliery Explosion At Seaham (The Times) |
| 30 Oct 1871 | The Colliery Explosion At Seaham (The Times) |
| 20 Jan 1872 | Recent Colliery Explosions (The Times) |
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- Troubled Seams - the Story of a Pit and its People by John E. McCutcheon, published in 1955 by J. Greenwood and Sons
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- Memorial photograph (T-00144-00-0002) © Kev Duncan
- Tombstone(s) and Memorials in Christ Church Churchyard, Seaham
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