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John Nicholson
| Age: | 10 |
| Died: | 12th Mar 1845 |
| Accident: | 12th Mar 1845 |
| Year Born: | abt. 1835 |
| Colliery: | South Hetton |
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| Occupation: | Trapper |
| Notes: | Run over by waggons |
| Buried: | [not known] |
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Two trappers, William Watson, 11, and John Nicholson, 10, had been walking on the rolley-way at the time the waggons were running in South Hetton Colliery, when they were knocked down and run over by them. A man who worked at some distance from the place observed the rope connected with the engine and the waggons stop very suddenly, and on his going forward to ascertain the cause of it, he saw Nicholson lying upon his back across the rails and quite dead, Watson was lying about three or four yards from him, he was alive but did not live more than 10 minutes.
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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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