... GREAT LOSS OF LIFE. explosion, terrible in it consequents, took place shortly after nine o'clock on nit-h^ fn the working* of the West Pit at Little worth, a village about seven miles due west from Snnderland, and closejy adjoinvng the wall-known Washington Chemical Works. in the very heart the North Dor ham coalfield, and its immediate Burroundinge are anvthin* bat picturesque or romantic, ...