Full Details

Surname

WATSON

Forename

Thomas

Day

04

Month

05

Year

1900

Age

31

Occupation

Hewer

Mine/Quarry Name

Elswick, South

Mineral Worked

Coal

Owner

Elswick Coal Co. Ltd

Location

Newcastle on Tyne

County

Northumberland

Details of Event

Inspection made and inquest attended. The two deceased men were hewing in the Beaumont Seam when a holing was unexpectedly made into some old workings containing an accumulation of water. No one had any knowledge of the old workings. 2 killed.