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One of the most destructive explosions which ever occurred in the Durham coal field took place at Haswell colliery, the property of Messrs Plummer, Taylor, and Co., when ninety-five human beings were deprived of life. The explosion occurred in the Hutton seam, almost immediately after a fall of stone from the roof, which had liberated a vast quantity of gas; and only four persons in the mine succeeded in escaping. On the 30th, fifty-four bodies were interred side by side in South Hetton churchyard, thirty-one at Easington, and the remainder at more distant places. The pit had been seven years at work, and was considered a very safe one. A subscription was immediately set on foot for the relief of the sufferers, and the sum received amounted to £4,264. |
| Barress, William aged 32, left a wife and 4 children, father of John Barress, John aged 10, son of William, taken down the pit for the first time to look at it Bell, George aged 31, brother of Jonathan, lived at Gateshead, buried 01 October 1844 Bell, Jonathan aged 28, brother of George Bottoms, Thomas aged 17 Briggs, Thomas aged 65, left a wife Briggs, John aged 25, a son of Thomas Briggs, and son Briggs, James aged 10 Brown, John aged 42 Brown, John aged 17 Carr, Robert aged 26, left a wife and one child Clough, Michael aged 14, brother of Matthew and Henry Clough, Matthew aged 10, brother of Michael and Henry Clough, Henry aged 12, brother of Michael and Matthew Curley, John aged 30, left a wife and one child Davison, Mark aged 16 Davison, William aged 26, left a wife and three children Dawson, George aged 53, left a wife and six children Dixon, John aged 15 Dixon, William aged 46, and son, left a wife and family Dixon, William aged 16, son of William Dobson, William aged 50, left a wife Douglas, Robert aged 32, left a wife and 4 children Dryden, George aged 19, brother of James, Robert and Thomas Dryden, James aged 15, brother of George, Robert and Thomas Dryden, Robert aged 17, James, George and Thomas Dryden, Thomas aged 22, James, George and Robert Elsdon, William aged 22, brother of George Elsdon, George aged 18, brother of William Favish, William aged 30, left a wife Ferry, John aged 35, left a wife and five children Ferry, George aged 14, son of the above Gibson, Joseph aged 50, and three sons Gibson, John aged 22, son of Joseph, brother of Ralph and William Gibson, Ralph aged 15, son of Joseph, brother of John and William Gibson, William aged 12, son of Joseph, brother of John and Ralph Gilroy, John aged 13, brother of William Gilroy, William aged 16, brother of John Hall, George aged 38, married, son also killed Hall, John aged 10 Hall, Robert aged 12 Harrison, William aged 13, brother of John Harrison John aged 12, brother of William Heslop, George aged 20 Hogg, Robert aged 20 Jobling, William aged 29, left a widow Laylands, James aged 29, left a wife and 2 children Lemmon, Daniel left a wife and one child, cousin of William Routledge Mather, Henry aged 19 Maughan, James aged 23 Moffat, Joseph aged 25, married Moody, Thomas Nicholson, Robert aged 11, brother of Thomas Nicholson, Thomas aged 16, brother of Robert Nicholson, Edward aged 19 Nicholson, William aged 18 Noble, John aged 40, left a wife and four children Padley, John aged 28 Parkinson, John aged 28 Richardson, Elliot aged 38, left a wife and a family, father of John Richardson, John aged 14, son of Elliot Richardson, George aged 29, left a wife and one child Richardson, James aged 41, left a wife and four children Robinson, Peter aged 24 Robson, James aged 10 Rosecamp, Robert aged 33, brother of William, left a wife and four children Rosecamp, William aged 22, brother of Robert, left a widow Routledge, William aged 18, cousin of Daniel Lemmon, this young man's father was burnt to death upon the same colliery a short time since Sanderson, James aged 40, left a wife and two children Sanderson, John aged 24, left a wife Surtees, Ralph aged 19, cousin of John and William Surtees, John aged 16, brother of William, cousin of Ralph Surtees, William aged 12, brother of John, cousin of Ralph Taylor, William aged 21 Teasdale, Christopher aged 21, brother of John and Stephen Teasdale, John aged 19, brother of Christopher and Stephen Teasdale, Stephen aged 17, brother of John and Christopher Thirlaway, Michael aged 18 Thompson, Wanless aged 55, left a wife and large family Turnbull, James aged 12, brother of Thomas Turnbull, Thomas aged 22, brother of James Ward, Hans aged 30, left a wife and five children, pregnant with the sixth Wheatman, Henry aged 42, wife and one child Wheatman, William aged 14, son or nephew of Henry Whitfield, John aged 31 Whitfield, John aged 10, son of John Williamson, Robert aged 19, brother of John Williamson, John aged 34, deputy, brother of Robert, left a wife and six children, pregnant with the seventh Willis, John aged 20, brother of Thomas Willis, Thomas aged 18, brother of John Willis, John aged 12 Wolfe, Joseph aged 25, brother of Peter, left a wife and one child Wolfe, Peter aged 20, brother of Joseph |
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