Oxclose Colliery Explosion – Oxclose – 1805

OXCLOSE. Oxclose, Durham. 29th. November, 1805.

A steam engine, built by, William Brown, who was the engineer at Throckley Colliery, was installed in 1762. The colliery exploded with the loss of thirty eight lives.

REFERENCES
Annals of Coal Mining. Galloway, Vol.1, p.398.
Sykes Local Records.
A History of Coal Mining in Great Britain. Galloway, p. 131.

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