Lookup Request - Any mining disasters that occurred 3 Mar 1825

[Tickettyboo]

As this was a Co. Durham newspaper, they did not specify a county for Painshaw (Penshaw) as their readership would know where it was

11 Mar 1815 Durham County Advertiser
page 2, col 4

A distressing accident occurred on Wednesday last at Painshaw Colliery. Four men having occasion  to go down to examine the state of the air,  (although by agreement they were to be instantly drawn up on giving notice) incautiously did not fasten  themselves to the descending ropes: they met what is called the choak damp and they called up, but not in due time; they were struck sensless and three of them, Jeremiah Taylor, Edward Barrass and Thomas Barrass, being precipitated to the bottom, were killed on the spot; the fourth was fortunately caught by the heels, and being pulled up soon recovered. Mr Castle, of this ciity, the Coroner, on investigating the cause on oath, gave the usual orders for interment.
Boo

[AlanBoyd]

I went off on a tangent looking for when the spelling changed from Painshaw to Penshaw. In terms of OS maps the shift seems to have occurred between 1895 and 1915. In the tithe record the map of 1848 uses Painshaw but the apportionment document of 1842 uses Pensher.

[cerilogan81]

So, if we are talking about the right men, they were killed in a pit accident.
For some reason all the newspapers thought that Penshaw was in Cumberland.

On Wednesday week at Painshaw Colliery, Cumberland, four men having occasion to go down to examine the state of the air, they met what is called chock damp, and were struck senseless, when three of them Edward Taylor,  E. Barrass and T. Barrass, being precipitated to the bottom, were killed on the spot, the fourth was fortunately caught by the heels, and being pulled up, soon recovered.

Blimey thank you so much, I did think it may have been a pit disaster, I was also right that the MIs were mistranscribed, sorry I didnt reply with their details earlier, I was at work and shouldnt rlly be doing this at work either, but I get so bore between calls....I have to to keep me awake and my mind occupied

Caledonian Mercury, 1st April 1815

[2zpool]

I have 2 Barrass relatives that died in a Penshaw mine in Oct 1812.  Thomas and William.  Related?

Janis

[cerilogan81]

I have 2 Barrass relatives that died in a Penshaw mine in Oct 1812.  Thomas and William.  Related?

Janis

Maybe possibly...are you on ancestry? Barrass is such an unusual name but it's also increasingly popular in County Durham so there is a possibility.