Haswell Colliery Cache Traditional Cache
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This is a small well stocked cache in a popular public place. Easy access. Beware of muggles.
In 1833 the first shaft at Haswell Colliery was sunk, between Haswell and Haswell Plough. This saw hundreds of miners from around Britain flock to the area. New houses, churches, schools, pubs and shops were all built to accommodate their needs, thus a thriving mine community was born.
On the morning of Saturday September 28th 1844 most of the miners were only too pleased to be returning to work after the Strike. A pillar of coal had been extracted and the wooden props supporting the roof or 'jud' had to be drawn so that the roof would fall. Small pieces of roof began to fall, bigger pieces crashed down; then a crack like thunder was followed by a blinding flash. At 3.20pm Haswell pit had fired. Of the 99 men underground at that moment only four escaped. They had all been working near the shaft and were protected from the blast by a nearby pony and tubs.
Michael Faraday was sent by the then Prime Minister, Sir Robert Peel to investigate the explosion. The explosion was caused by the ignition of coal dust and bought the village together in sympathy as virtually every family was affected. The mine closed in 1895 but a substantial part of the pumping engine house has survived, this is near the location of the cache.
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