Walker Colliery Explosion – Gateshead – 1766

WALKER. Gateshead, Northumberland, 18th. March, 1766.

An explosion was reported at the colliery which resulted in the deaths of ten persons.

REFERENCES
Annals of Coal Mining. Galloway, Vol. 1, p.266.
Sykes Local Records.
Fynes. History of the Northumberland and Durham Miners.

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