Rainton Plain Pit 1823 Colliery Disaster
Date:
3 Nov 1823
Location:
Rainton, County Durham, England
Surnames/tags:
Mining Disasters England Disasters
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History and Circumstances
- Date: 3 November 1823
- Location: Colliery, Rainton, County Durham, England
- Victims: 55 lives lost
- Cause: Colliery Explosion
Victims
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| Adamson, Thomas, died two days later
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| Anderson, John, aged 24, of West Rainton,
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| Armstrong, George, aged 37, of Collier Row
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| Blackbird, Thomas, aged 42, of Shiney Row
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| Carr, Richard
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| Carr, Thomas
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| Cowey, John, aged 19, of Cross Fines
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| Crake, Thomas
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| Curry, John, aged 49, of West Rainton
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| Dawson, Thomas
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| Dawson, William, aged 29, Overman
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| Dial, Michael, aged 46, of The Knott
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| Dinning, Henry, aged 46, of Collier Row
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| Elliott, George, aged 46, of Collier Row
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| Elliott, George, aged 18, of Collier Row
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| Elliott, Mark, aged 14, of Collier Row
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| Elliott, Wardle, aged 34, of Middle Rainton
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| Foster, John, aged 12, of Houghton
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| Foster, Peter, aged 16, of Houghton
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| Gibson, John, aged 15, of Collier Row, son of Robert
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| Gibson, Robert, aged 42, of Collier Row, father of John
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| Golightly, James, aged 15, of Low Dubmire
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| Golightly, Thomas, aged 13, of Low Dubmire
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| Golightly, William, aged 8, of Low Dubmire
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| Hall, Anderson, aged 9, of Middle Rainton
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| Hall, John, aged 12, of Middle Rainton
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| Hall, John, aged 46, of Middle Rainton
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| Hall, Thomas, aged 56, of Collier Row
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| Hand, John, aged 47, of East Rainton
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| Hand, Robert, aged 19, of East Rainton
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| Harburne, John, aged 14, of Collier Row
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| Harrison, John, aged 7, of The Knott
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| Harrison, Joseph, aged 9, of The Knott
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| Hutchinson, William, died two days later
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| Johnson, John, aged 17, of Houghton
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| Johnson, Robert, aged 14, of Houghton
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| Lonsdale, William, aged 21, of West Rainton
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| Lowery, Francis, aged 22, of Hetton
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| Mason, John, aged 11, of Houghton
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| Nelson, James, aged 23, of West Rainton
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| Orde, John, aged 18, of Middle Rainton
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| Padley, John, aged 31, of Houghton
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| Porter, Mark, aged 20, of Collier Row
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| Pratt, Cuthbert, aged 18, of West Rainton
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| Rampshaw, Edward, aged 18, of Houghton
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| Roddson, Joseph
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| Shields, James, aged 30, of Collier Row
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| Shields, Matthew, aged 11, of Collier Row
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| Shields, Robert, aged 28, of Collier Row
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| Short, Adam, aged 17, of Collier Row
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| Short, William, aged 10, of Collier Row
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| Smith, Christopher, aged 39, of Nicholson Pit
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| Stephenson, John, aged 9, of Middle Rainton
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| Thompson, George
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| Welsh, John, aged 43, of Collier Row
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| Wilkinson, Jonathan, aged 15, of Collier Row
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