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He was killed at 4.30 p.m. on Friday, 13 November as he left work at Whitworth Colliery. At the inquest William Pinkney of Tudhoe said that he and Parry had come to bank together and were going down a gangway leading from the pit heap to the road. He had taken hold of the hand-rail, which was broken about three-quarters of the way down, and had slipped, overbalanced and fallen seven feet to the ground below; Parry had followed him down instantly. He saw the unconscious Parry lying at his feet and tried to help him up. It took the injured man some time to breath as he appeared to have fallen on his head and shoulders onto some iron sheets and rails which were lying about. Parry was taken home on a hand cart where the surgeon diagnosed bruising to the head and a dislocated left shoulder; he failed to regain consciousness and died the following night. In evidence, Edward Beaton said he was coming from the colliery that evening and had seen Pinkney fall and pull Parry after him. A verdict of accidental death was recorded and the Coroner censured the colliery owners about the broken hand rail not being repaired after being reported a month earlier

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