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Henry Hoult
| Age: | 38 |
| Died: | 4th Jan 1854 |
| Accident: | 4th Jan 1854 |
| Year Born: | abt. 1816 |
| Colliery: | Elemore, Isabella Pit |
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| Notes: | fell from cage down shaft |
| Buried: | [not known] |
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On 4 January, deputy overman George Young, 32, and Henry Hoult, 38, were at work in the shaft of the Isabella Pit, Elemore Colliery. They were standing on top of the cage at the time, and then having completed their work gave the signal to the brakesman to draw them to bank. With the cage being in the middle of the shaft, it was only lowered half a piston stroke of the engine — a distance of about 30 feet — and the two men were unfortunately thrown off and fell to their deaths.
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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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