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Age:	10
Died:	14th Feb 1871
Accident:	14th Feb 1871
Year Born:	abt. 1861
Colliery:	Oakenshaw
Company:	Strakers and Love
Occupation:	Trapper
Notes:	improperly hewing coal and caused the roof to fall upon him
Buried:	[not known]
Category:

Falls of Coal and Stone.

The accident No. 13 on the list occurred to a trapper boy aged 10 years. He had a wish to improve the comfort of the place in which he sat attending his door during work hours, and for this purpose had procured on more than one occasion a hewer's pick, and had removed some coal from the side and underneath a large stone. He had been corrected (thrashed) for this by the overman repeatedly, and notwithstanding this he repeated the offence and the stone fell upon him.

Previous to the inquest upon the body of the boy I had an anonymous communication to the effect that he was only nine years of age. At the inquest I had the father called and sworn, who stated very circumstantially as to dates, &c. that he was 12. At my request the viewer of the colliery procured his register of birth, which proved him to have been 10 years old.

• 1871 Mines Inspectors Report (C. 653), South Durham, Westmoreland, and Cleveland District by James Willis, H.M. Inspector of Mines, Page: 24 Where to find this report
• 1871 Mines Inspectors Report (C. 653), South Durham, Westmoreland, and Cleveland District by James Willis, H.M. Inspector of Mines, Page: 30, Accident Number: 13 Where to find this report

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