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Robert Walton
| Age: | 24 |
| Died: | 16th Jun 1864 |
| Accident: | 16th Jun 1864 |
| Year Born: | abt. 1840 |
| Colliery: | Wooley |
| Company: | Joseph Pease and Partners |
| Occupation: | Sinker |
| Notes: | fall of stone in shaft |
| Buried: | [not known] |
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At the Wooley sinking pit, belonging to Messrs. Joseph Pease & Co., on the 16th June, Robert Walton, a sinker, was killed by a stone falling down the shaft and striking him upon the head while he was working in the bottom of the shaft.
At was a small stone, which had apparently come off the side of the shaft, but from what part of the shaft could not be ascertained, although the shaft was examined immediately after the accident with the view of ascertaining this.
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- 1864 Mines Inspectors Report, Southern District by John J. Atkinson, H.M. Inspector of Mines, Page: 20
- 1864 Mines Inspectors Report, Southern District by John J. Atkinson, H.M. Inspector of Mines, Page: 36, Accident Number: 33
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