New Hartley Mining Disaster, 1862
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Description
"One of the most appalling and heartrending catastrophes that has ever occurred in any country took place this morning in Hartley New Pit, near Seaton Delaval. Over the mouth of the pit was the beam of a pumping engine, the largest and most powerful in the North of England, the beam weighing about forty tons....." -
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Durham Mining Museum -
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Further information
Link: http://www.dmm.org.uk/names/n1862-01.htm
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Added by: Simon Cotterill
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