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John Whitfield
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| Died: | 12th Oct 1853 |
| Accident: | 12th Oct 1853 |
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| Colliery: | Low Grange |
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| Notes: | killed by a fall of stone |
| Buried: | [not known] |
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Two men were killed by a large stone which fell from the roof at Low Grange Pit on 12 October. John Whitfield and Cuthbert Charlton both left widows. Whitfield had moved from Rainton that day and his furniture had just been taken into his house ‘when the sad news reached the ears of his wife.'
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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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