WALLSEND. Gateshead, Durham. 25th. September, 1799.

There was an explosion at the pit which claimed thirteen lives.

Those who died were:

  • John Ward aged 37 years.
  • Thomas Morrow aged 30.
  • Thomas Holmes aged 18 years.
  • Joseph Wilson aged 13 years.
  • Christopher Barras aged 20 yearrs
  • Thomas Birbeck aged 20 years.
  • John Lee aged 14 years.

 

REFERENCES
The Walls End Miner or a brief Memoir of the life of William Crister by James Everett, 1868.

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

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