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John Pratt
| Age: | 10 |
| Died: | 7th Dec 1844 |
| Accident: | 7th Dec 1844 |
| Year Born: | abt. 1834 |
| Colliery: | Wingate Grange, Lady Pit |
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| Occupation: | Putter |
| Notes: | crushed between a tub and the wall |
| Buried: | [not known] |
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On Saturday, 7 December, as a putter named Marshall was going towards a flat in the Lady Pit, Wingate Grange Colliery, with a tub of coals, he felt the tub rub against something and then, after passing, heard something fall down. He went back with his candle and found a ten year old putter, John Pratt, crushed between the tub and the wall, "with blood flowing in large quantities from his nose and mouth." The boy died shortly afterwards. A few minutes before the accident, Pratt had been reprimanded by a deputy-overman for not having a string for his door to enable him to open it without leaving his hole. A verdict of "Accidental death with a deodand on the tub of 1s." was recorded at the inquest
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- Contributions by members of the Public
- Text kindly provided by Jim Grainger from his research into early newspapers (primarily the Durham Advertiser and Durham Chronicle).
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