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Description: | Song written on the disaster at Hartley Colliery on 16th January, 1862, in which 204 men and boys lost their lives.The Hartley mining disaster is considered to be one of the worst pit accidents to have occurred in the region. At the mouth of Hartley Colliery, stood the largest and most powerful beam in the North of England. On the 16th January, 1862, men were being drawn up from the pit in the cage by means of the winding machine, when the beam broke and fell into the pit. The beam, weighing over 40 tons, crushed the cage and entombed 204 men and boys. Songs such as this would have been sold after the disaster to raise money for the pitmen's dependents.The author of this song, Joseph Philip Robson, was born in Newcastle on 24th September, 1808. Losing his parents at an early age, Robson was sent to learn the trade of a plane maker. However, after an industrial accident, Robson eventually took up the occupation of a schoolmaster, issuing a number of poetical volumes. A regular contributor to Chater's Comic Almanack, Joseph Robson died on 26th August, 1870 aged sixty-seven years.This song forms part of a collection held by Newcastle City Library. The collection comprises much of the original material collected by Thomas Allan for the publication of 'Allan's Tyneside songs'. From original Ned Corvan manuscripts to photographs of Joe Wilson, and correspondence from local figures such as Joseph Cowen, the collection provides a genuinely fascinating glimpse of some of the region's best known composers. The material dates from 1860 to 1890, spanning the dates of the various publications of the book in 1862, 1863, 1864, 1872, 1873 and 1891. ; Song manuscripts, correspondence and broadsides collected for the publication of Allan's Tyneside Songs. | Publisher: | R.H. Coleman New Grey Street ; Sunderland | Rights holder: | rights holder : Newcastle City Library | Subjects: | mining & disasters & death & miners industry and occupation & disasters | Temporal: | start=1861;end=1900; | Source: | Folk Archive Resource North East | Identifier: | farne:L0107801 | Go to resource |
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