Haswell Colliery explosion - burial of the dead, 1844. Creator: Unknown
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Haswell Colliery explosion - burial of the dead, 1844. Creator: Unknown
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 bychoke dampshowed 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 bycoal dustigniting. From " Illustrated London News", 1844, Vol V
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