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Edward Whitfield
| Age: | 12 |
| Died: | 18th May 1871 |
| Accident: | 18th May 1871 |
| Year Born: | abt. 1859 |
| Colliery: | Tudhoe |
| Company: | Weardale Iron and Coal Co. |
| Occupation: | Trapper |
| Notes: | climbing on the fencing of an incline wheel, where he should not have been, whilst it was running, fell among the spokes, and was pulled to pieces |
| Buried: | Holy Innocents Churchyard, Low Spennymoor on 21 May 1871 {NBI} |
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By Machinery Underground.
No. 31. This was a case in which a trapper boy was supposed to have been playing with an engine plane tail rope wheel, having left his door, at 10 or 12 yards distance, for this purpose. The wheel was situated in the seam of coal, which is four feet high. It was well fenced, the largest opening being near the roof of the seam, about 10 inches deep by two feet in length, the opening being left for convenience in oiling. Whilst it was in motion he had fallen amongst the spokes and was literally torn to pieces. It was no part of his duty to be near the wheel.
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- 1871 Mines Inspectors Report (C. 653), South Durham, Westmoreland, and Cleveland District by James Willis, H.M. Inspector of Mines, Page: 28 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: 31, Accident Number: 31 Where to find this report
- National Burial Index published by The Federation of Family History Societies & Associates
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