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James Wild
| Age: | 26 |
| Died: | 27th Sep 1848 |
| Accident: | 27th Sep 1848 |
| Year Born: | abt. 1822 |
| Colliery: | Little Green Colliery, Middleton |
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| Notes: | James Wild and Thomas Cheetham went into an old mine at Little Green Colliery, Middleton, on 27 September. They had been warned not to enter the mine, but disobeyed orders and both were severely burnt when their candle ignited some fire damp and caused an explosion. Wild, aged 26, died the following evening; he left a wife and two children. There was little hope of Cheetham recovering. |
| Buried: | [not known] |
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