Earsdon Hartley Disaster memorial, Wallsend, Tyne and Wear
The inscription on this memorial reads: ERECTED TO THE MEMORY OF THE 204 MINERS WHO LOST THEIR LIVES IN HARTLEY PIT, BY THE FATAL CATASTROPHE OF THE ENGINE BEAM BREAKING 16th JANUARY 1862. The youngest victim was William Davidson aged 11. The coroner's inquest recommended that all mines should have more than one shaft. Also that mine engine beams should be made of 'malleable iron instead of cast metal'
