Robert DOUGLAS

1812 - 1844  (32 years)

• Name	Robert DOUGLAS
  Birth	1812	Co Durham
  	1841 Census Age at death
  Gender	Male
  Death	28 Sep 1844	Haswell Colliery Co Durham
  	Durham Mining Museum website One of the most destructive explosions which ever occurred in the Durham coal field took place at Haswell colliery, the property of Messrs Plummer, Taylor, and Co., when ninety-five human beings were deprived of life. The explosion occurred in the Hutton seam, almost immediately after a fall of stone from the roof, which had liberated a vast quantity of gas ; and only four persons in the mine succeeded in escaping. On the 30th, fifty-four bodies were interred side by side in South Hetton churchyard, thirty-one at Easington, and the remainder at more distant places. The pit had been seven years at work, and was considered a very safe one. A subscription was immediately set on foot for the relief of the sufferers, and the sum received amounted to £4,264.
  Burial	30 Sep 1844	Easington Co Durham
  	Durham Mining Museum website Extract show from Parish of Easington No 383 30th Sep 1844 Robert Douglas of Haswell aged 32
  Person ID	I14568	Main Tree
  Last Modified	7 Jul 2020

  
  

  Family	Margaret ?,   b. 1811, Beamish Co Durham d. 1882 (Age 71 years)
  Children	+ 1. Christiana DOUGLAS,   b. 1835, Pittington Co Durham   2. Robert DOUGLAS,   b. 1837, Pittington Co Durham   3. Barbara DOUGLAS,   b. 1838, Pittington Co Durham   4. John DOUGLAS,   b. 1840, Co Durham d. 1841 (Age 1 year)   5. John DOUGLAS,   b. 1843, Haswell Co Durham + 6. William DOUGLAS,   b. 1844, Haswell Co Durham
  Family ID	F3627	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	14 Sep 2025

  
  

• Notes

  1841 HO107 313 4 7 at Quarry Row Haswell coal miner aged 25 born in county