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William Howard
| Age: | 21 |
| Died: | 8th Feb 1873 |
| Accident: | 8th Feb 1873 |
| Year Born: | abt. 1852 |
| Colliery: | Cramlington |
| Company: | Lamb, Potter, and Co. |
| Occupation: | Hewer |
| Notes: | explosion of powder |
| Buried: | [not known] |
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Accident No. 8 also occurred at Cramlington Colliery, in the Daisy pit; it was caused by an explosion of powder, by which a hewer, named William Howard, was killed. He and another man were engaged at work in the same place. The straw which they had used in firing a shot had, as they thought, flushed, and while they were preparing another, and were near the place where the first shot was fixed, the first straw had fired it, and so caused the accident.
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- 1873 Mines Inspectors Report (C. 1056), Northumberland, North Durham, and Cumberland District by George William Southern, H.M. Inspector of Mines, Page: 223 Where to find this report
- 1873 Mines Inspectors Report (C. 1056), Northumberland, North Durham, and Cumberland District by George William Southern, H.M. Inspector of Mines, Page: 227, Accident Number: 8 Where to find this report
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