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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