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| Picture No | 10933741 |
| Date | 30 September 1844 |
| Description | Haswell Colliery disaster 1844 |
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Following the Haswell colliery explosion, on 28 September 1844, many of the 95 dead are laid to rest in a communal grave at nearby South Hetton Church (the village of Haswell did not have its own church or graveyard).
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| Source | The Illustrated London News 5 October 1844 |
| Credit | © Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans |
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