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Haswell Colliery explosion - burial of the dead, 1844. Creator: Unknown.

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Haswell Colliery explosion - burial of the dead, 1844. On 28 September 1844, 95 men and boys were killed in an explosion at Haswell Colliery in County Durham. "Those killed by the flame were blackened and scorched, some barely recognisable even by their nearest relations...Those killed by choke damp showed no expression of pain. Twenty putters were found lying clasped hand in hand, huddled together in that long last sleep of death". In one street, every house except one lost loved ones. An inquest showed that the explosion was caused by coal dust igniting. From "Illustrated London News", 1844, Vol V.

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Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

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HRM21A06_289

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51,0Mo (3,7Mo) / 42,0cm x 30,4cm / 4960 x 3594 (300dpi)

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UK England religious industry religion British church death industrial Christianity explosion mining miners miner location disaster Victorian century burial Britain catastrophe newspapers press burying concept mourning B&W coal mine killed coal mining Coal Industry 19th century black & white black and white B W deaths coal miner coal miners mourner mourners nineteenth century County Durham The Print Collector colliery Illustrated London News industrial accident TGN ILN newspaper engraving Unknown coalmine Haswell Haswell Colliery