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William Dower
| Age: | 28 |
| Died: | 3rd Dec 1868 |
| Accident: | 3rd Dec 1868 |
| Year Born: | abt. 1840 |
| Colliery: | Castle Eden |
| Company: | William Cook |
| Occupation: | Sinker |
| Notes: | a piece of plank fell down the shaft upon him |
| Buried: | [not known] |
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Fatal Accidents in Shafts.
No. 79 accident was caused by a small piece of timber falling from a loop whilst being drawn up a new shaft, and striking the sufferer, who was engaged at the bottom of the shaft. It would appear that the small piece of timber had been by some oversight sent away from the bottom of the shaft on the point of the hook, and that it had dropped off on coming into contact with the side of the shaft after it had been raised for some distance from the bottom.
The timber or board was used for securing building stones in being lowered down the shaft for masonry that was in progress there.
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- 1868 Mines Inspectors Report, South Durham District by John J. Atkinson, H.M. Inspector of Mines, Page: 15
- 1868 Mines Inspectors Report, South Durham District by John J. Atkinson, H.M. Inspector of Mines, Page: 24, Accident Number: 79
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