Lonnen Pit Disaster – Fatfield – 1736

LONNEN PIT. Fatfield, Durham. June 1736.

A local burial register records multiple burials which indicate a disaster in a mine.

Buried on the 17th June 1736:

• Thomas Newby of Biddick, pitman.
• Anthony Healy of Biddick, pitman.
• William Robinson of Biddick, pitman.
• Thomas Bowmer of Biddick, pitman.

Buried on the 19th June 1736:

• Jacob Robinson of Biddick, pitman.

REFERENCES
Burial Register for Holy Trinity, Washington.

Information supplied by Ian Winstanley and the Coal Mining History Resource Centre.