SLATTYFORD. Slattyford, Northumberland. 8th. September, 1796.
Six people were drowned when water from an old waste flooded the pit. In 1797, Mr. Thomas, of Denton, read a paper on the need to keep plans of colliery workings to the Literary and Philosophical Society of Newcastle-on-Tyne. He proposed that voluntary contributions should be made but the scheme failed to create enough interest to lead to the proposals being carried out.
REFERENCES
Annals of Coal Mining. Galloway, Vol.1, p.292.
Sykes. Local Records.
Information supplied by Ian Winstanley and the Coal Mining History Resource Centre.
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