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James Willis
| Age: | 26 |
| Died: | 1st Mar 1873 |
| Accident: | 1st Mar 1873 |
| Year Born: | abt. 1847 |
| Colliery: | Springwell |
| Company: | John Bowes and Partners |
| Occupation: | Deputy |
| Notes: | killed by a fall of stone |
| Buried: | [not known] |
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Accident No. 14 resulted in the death of James Willis, a deputy at Springwell Colliery. He was taking out a prop in the Low Main Seam, and another deputy was holding a light for him, when a "cauldron bottom," which has a slippery parting in the strata, and generally comes away without warning, fell on to him from the roof and caused his death.
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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: 224 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: 14 Where to find this report
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