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John Ditchburn
| Age: | 53 |
| Died: | 15th Feb 1844 |
| Accident: | 15th Feb 1844 |
| Year Born: | abt. 1791 |
| Colliery: | West Cornforth |
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| Occupation: | Sinker |
| Notes: | fell down shaft |
| Buried: | [not known] |
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An inquest was held at West Cornforth into the death of 53 year old sinker John Ditchburn on 15 February. He and another man called Steward had been working on a cradle suspended in the shaft, when Steward decided to reach a little further up and stepped from the cradle onto a seat board. At that moment, the cradle and Ditchburn fell down the shaft into 30 fathoms of water. Afterwards, the machinery was checked and found to be perfect. "The accident was proved to have happened through the coulter or bolt which fastened the joints having been removed from its place, but however, or in what manner, could not be satisfactorily explained." [date of inquest]
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