Among the many other medical gentlemen who occasionally rendered assistance The burial ground attached to the parish church at Earsdon was totally inadequate to the extraordinary requirements made upon it, and provision had consequently to be made outside the church-yard for nearly the whole of the bodies. After the funeral service had been read And now commenced, in this district, six days of the most intense anxiety and harrowing suspense. And soon the sound of mall and pick, In all the ghastly company not one spark of precious life remained. quietly, the fountains of their grief being wellnigh exhausted, and the anguish After receiving the item, cancel the purchase within. Unto the living God. 21 March – James Bruce, 8th Earl of Elgin appointed Governor-General of India. No additional import charges on delivery. To awake when heaven and earth have sped course, be added to the churchyard, The work of making the graves does not appear The Hartley Pit disaster, Northumberland. [1] Illustrated London News, 1 February 1862, p. 106. The exploring parties have seen little boys in the arms of their fathers, Written by Reginald Beer Frontispiece Ltd. On this day, January 16 1862, The Hartley Colliery disaster (also known as the Hartley Pit disaster or Hester Pit disaster) occurred. Antique Print: NORTHUMBERLAND: Hartley Colliery, after disaster. into a narrow lane that runs along the back of the cottages the whole length carried on, several medical men were in constant attendance at the pit’s This antique print from the ‘Illustrated London News’ is from Frontispiece of Canary Wharf and can be viewed at mapsandantiqueprints.com. This photograph was taken in 1862 at New Hartley Colliery during rescue efforts at the infamous disaster which killed over two hundred men and boys (There is a theory that this photo was staged at a slightly later time). © 1996-2020, Amazon.com, Inc. ou ses filiales. sensibly to affect the auditory. With words of healing power; As soon as the nature of the accident became known, the pit mouth was soon crowded with noble fellows, who at once volunteered to enter the mine, and render every assistance in their power to rescue the living and recover the mangled remains of the dead. And clang on clang the wheel and hoof Earsdon Church The viewer, Charles Carr, esq., and his assistant, Mr. Humble, were soon on the spot, along with Hugh Taylor, esq., of Backworth; T. E. Forster, esq., Newcastle; M. Dunn, esq., her majesty's inspector of mines ; Mr. Coulson, the master sinker of North Seaton Colliery; and many other able and scientific men connected with the coal trade. Awake in 'wall' and 'board', In 1862, a pit disaster devastated the small, close-knit Northumberland mining community of New Hartley. The Illustrated London News 1862 . They seek the shaft, to seek the residence of the Incumbent. would be, slowly returning to their desolate homes. The Hartley disaster of the 25th January 1862 was one of the first great mining disaster of Victorian times to catch widespread public attention when upwards of two hundred men and boys lost their lives after a shaft accident at the colliery. A fatal sleep did o'er them creep, one or other of the heroic sinkers who were continually being brought up more Hath wing'd its flight on high. Mr. M’Allister, and Mr. H. Ward, the four latter gentlemen gallantly volunteering Whilst yet they kneel, again they fell From eve to morning tide. needed to be turned they volunteered for the service, for the horses were thoroughly In the Hartley catastrophe Mr. Davison by Black figures bend their steps noiselessly This appalling catastrophe aroused the benevolent and charitable feelings of the country to an extent never paralleled in spontaneity and magnificence by any purely local calamity. Close by — heigh-ho! ( Log Out /  In addition to those attending the obsequies nor on the briney sea, Her Majesty commands me to say that her tenderest sympathy is with the poor widows and mothers, and that her own misery only makes her feel the more for them.” [1] This rare and unforeseen acknowledgement from the Queen connotes the seriousness of the disaster, with the loss of life being severe, even by Victorian mining standards. succumbed in the act of taking an affectionate farewell of his wife. biers moved slowly away, followed by the relatives and friends of the deceased to the blow of the mal below And lay the mighty low. regarding the fate of their loved ones, and then, with fixed stony countenances, The item you've selected wasn't added to your basket. have a web page providing individual details of the accident, the page may The whole of the mournful If you reside in an EU member state besides UK, import VAT on this purchase is not recoverable. to the afflicted, There was an immense concourse of people at the place of interment. Merci d’essayer à nouveau. But they slept — still — in silence dread, Great credit is At every village and solitary house along the route spectators had collected Portrait we engrave. And streams of sweat still glue Amid the din of war But friend with friend, united, blend On the 16th January 1862 the disaster struck the small mining community of Hartley, where miners were entombed when the engine beam broke and blocked the only working shaft trapping hundreds of men. Whilst sleep!" To soothe their dying hour; Ye'll hear a tale of woe; ( Log Out /  16 January 2019 By InYourArea Community. The buyer is responsible for return postage costs. The New Hartley Pit calamity: Change ), You are commenting using your Facebook account. And sire with son were clasp'd as one And leave at last a scanty share The Hartley Pit Disaster (contiued) February 8th - Page 155 The New Hartley Pit calamity: The funeral procession leaving Colliery Row for Earsdon Churchyard . But, latterly, along with this provision for the living However it was the North-Eastern region of England, in particular the districts of Durham and Northumberland which became renowned for its prospering coal industry and eventually became the biggest centre of trade in the British Isles. And concurring legions are: Sleep, brother, sleep and I will keep by the Lord Mayor from the bench of the Mansion House on Tuesday, that since midst storm and hail, he never left his post except to administer relief to Nous utilisons des cookies et des outils similaires pour faciliter vos achats, fournir nos services, pour comprendre comment les clients utilisent nos services afin de pouvoir apporter des améliorations, et pour présenter des annonces. the third was composed almost entirely of single and double graves, intervening [2]. heart sick,” came from the village to know if anything had transpired Reminiscences of a Survivor of the 1862 disaster, Miners entombed when engine beam broke and blocked only working shaft, The Dreadful Colliery Accident In Northumberland (, The Terrible Calamity In the Hartley Colliery (, Letters to the Editor, Hartley Colliery (, The Awful Calamity In New Hartley Colliery (, Letters to the Editor, The Sufferers By The Accident At Hartley Pit (, Dreadful Colliery Accident, Loss of Two Hundred and twenty lives (, Accidents, Inquests, etc., Terrible Colliery Accident (, Letters to the Editor, Hartley Colliery Accident (, The Sufferers By the Hartley Colliery Accident (, The Hartley Calamity, Mr. Elliott On Insurance (, Mining Accidents, Government Inspection And Public Sympathy (, Letters to the Editor, The Hartley Disaster (, Letters to the Editor, Accidents In Coal Mines (, Complete Report Of The Hartley Pit Catastrophe (, Accidents, Inquests, etc., The Inquiry into the Hartley Colliery Calamity (, The Hartley Fund, Meeting Of The Relief Committee (, Sayings and Doings in Parliament, The Hartley Colliery Accident (, The Hartley Accident, Honour To Whom Honour Is Due (, Home News, The Hartley Colliery Calamity (, Home News, The Hartley Widows and Orphans (, Sunderland Contributions To The Hartley Fund (, The Hartley Relief Fund At The Mansion House (, Hartley Sinkers' Testimonials, Presentation Ceremony (, Hartley Sinkers' Testimonial Fund, Notice To Workmen, Tradesmen, And Others (, Letters to the Editor, The Hartley Colliery Fund (, Letters to the Editor, The Hartley Colliery Relief Fund (, Aged Miners' Cottages, Hartley Disaster Memorial (, Great Pit Disasters, 1700 to present day by Helen and Baron Duckham, Published by David & Charles, 1973, The Hartley Colliery Disaster by John E. 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