There is a re-print of the contemporary Newcastle Daily Journal
account, by T. Wemyss Reid, in Mike Kirkup (1999, ed.) "Eyewitness:
The Great Northern Coalfield", Newcastle: TUPS Books, pp. 107-137.
Mike
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On 19 Jan 2009, at 11:18, Jamie Grayson wrote:
> I am working as a researcher on the BBC1 genealogy series Who Do You
> Think
> You Are? The subject of my current programme has a relative who was
> the
> resident viewer of New Hartley Colliery at the time of the disaster
> in 1862.
> I am currently searching for potential contributors and was told
> that the
> members of this mailing list may be able to help me. If any of you
> are aware
> of any mining experts/historians that are familiar with the Hartley
> Colliery
> Disaster, I would really appreciate it if you could pass me there
> details.
>
> I will check for responses on this mailing list. I can also be
> contacted
> directly by email: [log in to unmask] or phone: 020
> 72419236.
>
> Thanks for your time.
>
> Jamie Grayson
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