John Butler
| Age: | |
| Died: | 31st Aug 1857 |
| Accident: | 31st Aug 1857 |
| Born: | |
| Colliery: | Evenwood |
| Company: | |
| Occupation: | |
| Notes: | killed by a fall of coal |
| Buried: | [not known] |
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At 2a.m. on 31 August, John Butler was taking out a pillar in Evenwood Colliery when about five tons of coal came away and buried him. At the inquest his "marrow" Peter Wilson said he had undermined the coal for a considerable distance, leaving a "jack" to support it. Butler had sat down to knock out the jack instead of standing up to do it, despite being warned not to do so by two other men. Wilson had gone for a pick and returned to find Butler covered in coal — only his head was showing and he was quite dead. Butler left a wife and four children.
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Date | Article (Newspaper) |
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| 12 Sep 1857 | Fatal Accident In A Colliery (Newcastle Guardian and Tyne Mercury) |
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