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- Killingworth Colliery after mine explosion 7 December 1910
- https://history.lakemac.com.au/page-local-history.aspx?pid=1085&vid=20&tmpt=showmedia&objid=2599
- …Media … Killingworth Colliery after mine explosion 7 December 1910 … Photo Ref: 2599 … Creator: Hutchinson, Mr James … The West Wallsend-Killingworth Colliery is remembered for one of the most violent mine explosions in the North.…
- Coal Mining
- https://history.lakemac.com.au/page-local-history.aspx?pid=1085&vid=20&tmpt=narrative&narid=3564
- …Safety and technology were sadly lacking in the early mining industry and between 1898 and 1926 there were 47 fatalities in underground mine explosions. The 1900s saw an improvement in and focus on safety as well as heralding in new technology to mine the coal.……Safety and technology were sadly lacking…
- Mining Deaths - Dudley Collieries
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- …Mine Disaster … Dorrity … Thomas … 21 … March … 1898 … 21 … Poisoning from Carbon Monoxide explosion - Dudley Mine Disaster … Dunn … Arthur … 21 … March … 1898 … 20 … Poisoning from Carbon Monoxide explosion - Dudley Mine Disaster … Green … Thomas … 21 … March … 1898 … 27 … Poisoning from Carbon Monoxide explosion - Dudley……Mine…
- Shared Stories: Industry
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- …An explosion inside Killingworth Colliery had flung dust and debris 300 metres in the air. The powerful explosion had compacted shattered coal, cages, ironwork and steel cables under the poppet head.……An explosion inside Killingworth Colliery had flung dust and debris 300 metres in the air. The powerful…
- Local Heroes
- https://history.lakemac.com.au/page-local-history.aspx?pid=1085&vid=20&tmpt=narrative&narid=5513
- …Corporal Sneddon, 1st Tunnelling Company, was buried in the face of the sap by the explosion of a shell. We were 4 to 6 ft from the surface of the ground and endeavoured to dig him out. He had been buried there for 3 or 4 days. We did not find him.”……Corporal Sneddon, 1st Tunnelling Company, was buried…
- Follow the Plaques 1988 bicentennial plaques
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- …Fifteen men were killed in an underground explosion on 21 March 1898, the majority being buried in Whitebridge Cemetery. In 1906 the Colliery employed 403 men and boys. It closed in 1939 with most surface features demolished about 1940. The headframe stood until 1956.……Fifteen men were killed in an…
- Mining Deaths - Monkwearmouth Colliery
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- …Mining Deaths - Monkwearmouth Colliery … SURNAME … CHRISTIAN NAMES … DAY … MONTH … YEAR … AGE … CAUSE OF DEATH … Walters … Louis … 13 … December … 1889 … 39 … effects from an explosion of gas - negligent death: Overman, William Penman charged with manslaughter … This work by Lake Macquarie City Library is licensed……under…
- Shared Stories: Experiencing tragedy
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- …On Monday 21 March 1898 at 9.20am a huge explosion was heard as far as in Belmont and a rumbling underground in Newcastle. Coal dust filled the air at Dudley Colliery for more than 15 minutes. … Once the air cleared the extent of the damage was visible.……On Monday 21 March 1898 at 9.20am a huge explosion…
- Mining Deaths - Lymington Collieries
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- …MONTH … YEAR … AGE … CAUSE OF DEATH … Ashley … Thomas … 9 … January … 1891 … 65 … suffocation by a load of coal falling - accidental death … Reichert … William … 11 … March … 1889 … 43 … injuries sustained from a fall of stone - accidental death … Gardiner … William … 30 … June … 1886 … 45 … fracture of the neck after an explosion……MONTH … YEAR … AGE … CAUSE…
- Killingworth
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- …In December 1910 an explosion wrecked the mine but no lives were lost. It was closed for four years. During this time, in 1912, it was purchased by Caledonian Collieries. Like most mines, it closed during the Depression of the 1930's and re-opened when the war brought a demand for coal.……In December…
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