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Robert Hunter
| Age: | 15 |
| Died: | 29th Aug 1871 |
| Accident: | 29th Aug 1871 |
| Year Born: | abt. 1856 |
| Colliery: | Throckley New |
| Company: | Throckley Coal Co. |
| Occupation: | Putter |
| Notes: | killed by a fall of stone |
| Buried: | [not known] |
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Fall of Stone and Coal.
No. 48. At the Throckley New Colliery, on the 29th August, Robert Hunter, a pony putter, aged 15 years, was killed by a fall of band stone. He, it appeared, ought not to have been in the place at all where the accident happened, and had been cautioned previously not to go in, but unfortunately disobeyed orders given him.
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- 1871 Mines Inspectors Report (C. 653), Northumberland, North Durham, and Cumberland District by George William Southern, H.M. Inspector of Mines, Page: 160 Where to find this report
- 1871 Mines Inspectors Report (C. 653), Northumberland, North Durham, and Cumberland District by George William Southern, H.M. Inspector of Mines, Page: 164, Accident Number: 48 Where to find this report
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