Worldwide Disasters | Mining Disasters | England Mining Disasters |Harraton Colliery, Harraton, County Durham, 1817]
Contact: TBC
History and Circumstances
- Date: 30 June 1817 & 2 July 1817
- Location: Harraton Row Pit & Harriaton Nova Scotia Pit, Harraton Colliery, Hrraton, County Durham, England
- Victims: 28 & 8 lives lost
- Cause: Colliery Explosions
Victims 30 June 1817
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| Allen, James, aged 15
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| Allen, Ralph, aged 18
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| Allen, Robert, aged 12
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| Baker, Edward, aged 12
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| Baker, Thomas, aged 24
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| Browell, Ralph, aged 9
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| Browell, William, aged 16
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| Browell, William, aged 5
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| Chisholm, Thomas, aged 21
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| Cowey, John, aged 10,
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| Dickinson, Joseph, aged 12
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| Emery, John, aged 15
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| Gallilee, Thomas, aged 15
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| Galliley, William, aged 24
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| Grundy, Thomas, aged 55
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| Hardy, William, aged 22
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| Hill, George, aged 8
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| Hill, George, aged 12
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| Hill, John, aged 38
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| Hill, Michael, aged 10
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| Hill, Michael, aged 62
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| Hill, Michael, aged 15
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| Hill, Pearson, aged 24
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| Hill, Robert, aged 11
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| Hill, Robert, aged 14
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| Hill, Thomas, aged 9
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| Jobling, Ralph, aged 10
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| Moody, John, aged 21
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| Royally, Job, aged 17
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| Royally, John, aged 10
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| Short, Alexander, aged 18
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| Short, John, aged 11
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| Short, Ralph, aged 9
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| Stephenson, George, aged 19
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| Stephenson, James, aged 16
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| Taylor, John, aged 23
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| Wardle, John, aged 29
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| Wheatley, John, aged 48
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Victims 2 July 1817
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| Anderson, William, aged 32
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| Blakey, Robert, aged 37
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| Blakey, Thomas, aged 43
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| Crisp, Thomas, aged 23
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| Hepburn, Thomas, aged 71
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| Melvin, George, aged 45
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| Melvin, John, aged 24
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| Noble, James, aged 25,
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