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John Smith
| Age: | 29 |
| Died: | 5th Jun 1856 |
| Accident: | 5th Jun 1856 |
| Year Born: | abt. 1827 |
| Colliery: | Todd's End |
| Company: | Welsh and Barrow |
| Occupation: | Pikeman |
| Notes: | Descending the shaft with five others he suddenly fell out of the skip |
| Buried: | [not known] |
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Drawing coal in loose skips, without the aid and security of guides and cages, is the prevailing custom, and from such primitive method of winding arose the deaths recorded in the accidents numbered in the list 17, 52, 101, and 124.
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- 1856 Mines Inspectors Report, by Lionel Brough, H.M. Inspector of Mines, Page: 100, Accident Number: 52
- 1856 Mines Inspectors Report, by Lionel Brough, H.M. Inspector of Mines, Page: 83
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