Link: Explosion in Gateshead 1854

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Victims of the 1854 Fire and Explosion in Gateshead

In the early hours of 6th October 1854, a fire in a worsted factory on the riverside in Gateshead spread into an adjoining warehouse containing large quantities of chemicals. The resulting explosion blasted stone and burning debris over large areas of Gateshead and Newcastle, causing destruction and loss of life on a scale not equalled until the terrible Autumn of 1941 when death and fire once more rained down from the skies

This site contains a list of the dead, those who died at the infirmary and a list of out-patients. Great little site
http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/DUR/GreatFire/index.html