Nova Scotia Colliery Accident – Harraton – 1817

NOVA SCOTIA. Harraton, Durham. 2nd. July, 1817.

Two days after the explosion at Harraton Colliery Row Pit, July 2nd, eight men went down the Nova Scotia Pit at the same colliery and were killed by the afterdamp which had entered the workings from Row Pit.

REFERENCES
Durham Advertiser.

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