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Old 11-11-2013, 02:39 PM
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Default Shilbottle Pit Explosion

Being a new starter, I've found the info on this site memory-jogging and fascinating.
My wife's grandfather William Alder died (along with two others) following an explosion at Shilbottle pit. http://www.dmm.org.uk/individ1/i18064.htm

Sadly, his wife Maria died the following year leaving a young son and daughter orphaned. They were taken in by two families in Warkworth but were prevented from seeing each other while they were young.

William was born and lived his early years in Youngers Terrace in Warkworth - in the 1911 census there were eleven people living in a small terraced house. No doubt there was a long queue for the netty!
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